Kath Roberts @drkathroberts

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25.07.2025 14:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

📢 The @commonshealth.bsky.social inquiry on food & weight management is now open for submissions.

They want to hear from YOU
🔹 Lived experience of obesity
🔹 Researchers, clinicians & orgs
🔹 Insights on policy, drugs & health inequalities
🗓️ Deadline: 28 Aug

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18.07.2025 10:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It was a pleasure to attend the launch of the Child of the North APPG report in Parliament, yesterday.

Co-authored by ASO’s Prof Maria Bryant, Prof Nicola Heslehurst, Dr Kath Roberts, Rob Oxley & others, the report highlights stark North–South divides in childhood obesity and food insecurity.

09.07.2025 12:26 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

@drkathroberts is following 13 prominent accounts

Emilie Combet
@emiliecombet

Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK | Director, Scottish Alliance for Food | Assoc. for the Study of Obesity (ASO)

Health Equity North
@healthequitynorth

Health Equity North is a virtual institute focused on place-based solutions to public health problems and health inequalities www.healthequitynorth.couk

Child of the North
@childofthenorth

Our vision is for children in the North of England to grow up with the same opportunities and life chances as those in the rest of the country. Child of the North is joint project with the N8 Research Partnership and Health Equity North

Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health
@fuseonline

Fuse brings together 6 Universities in North East England & North Cumbria (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside, Cumbria and Sunderland) in a unique collaboration to deliver world-class #PublicHealth research. @nihrsphr.bsky.social member. fuse.ac.uk

Maria Bryant
@mariabryant

Professor of Public Health Nutrition @HealthSciYork @HullYorkMed & Food lead @BiBResearch

Scottish Obesity Alliance
@soa-25

Working together to create a Scotland which promotes health and wellbeing. A Scotland where healthy food and physical activity are easy, acceptable, affordable and sustainable for all. https://www.scottishobesityalliance.org/

Obesity Health Alliance
@oha-updates

The Obesity Health Alliance is a coalition of 60 health organisations who have joined together to advocate for policies to improve population health and address obesity.

Harry Rutter
@harryrutter

Prof of Global Public Health, University of Bath. European.

Prof Amelia Lake
@lakenutrition

Dietitian & Public Health Nutritionist at Teesside University. Deputy Director for Fuse https://fuse.ac.uk/ Researching Food Inequalities & Insecurity, Food Environments, Energy Drinks. https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/amelia-lake

@jasoncghalford

Researcher and Advocate for People Living With Obesity. European Coalition of People Living with Obesity (ECPO) board member. World Obesity Federation (WOF) Treasurer. Former European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) President. Psychologist.

The European Association for the Study of Obesity
@easoobesity

The European Association for the Study of Obesity represents 40 European nations dedicated to understanding and addressing obesity to improve public health.

Association for the Study of Obesity UK
@ukaso

The Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) is the UK’s foremost charitable organisation dedicated to the understanding, prevention and treatment of obesity.

Bluesky
@bsky.app

official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app