Policy Live is back for 2025 and registration is now open! 🎉

Hosted by @nestauk.bsky.social and BIT, Policy Live returns this September with 60+ speakers exploring how to do policy differently.

Tickets are limited, apply now:

www.policylive.org/nesta/332/ho...

Excited to see! It's not everyday you help get a policy over the line...

Government has adopted healthy food standard - based on a policy developed by Nesta. It'll see food businesses encouraged to get healthier food on our shelves and in our diets.

Read more👉https://tinyurl.com/43fnpcm5

Nourishing Britain: a political manual for improving the nation’s health Henry Dimbleby and Dr Dolly van Tulleken draw on interviews with former prime ministers and other key figures to offer practical advice and insights on how today’s politicians can tackle the UK’s obes...

This new political manual by experts @henrydimbleby.bsky.social & @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social shares insights from senior politicians on how to drive meaningful change in food policy - supported and published by @nestauk.bsky.social and Impact on Urban Health. www.nesta.org.uk/report/nouri...

Creating a blueprint for halving obesity in the UK We developed an online toolkit to show the cost and impact of different policies aimed at reducing obesity

New analysis: it is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade, if governments implement the most effective high impact, low cost solutions.

Learn more about Nesta’s blueprint for halving obesity:

www.nesta.org.uk/project/crea...

Can weight loss drugs ‘solve’ obesity? Are the new generation of weight loss drugs a quick fix or a long term answer?

With weight loss drugs hitting the headlines, @nestauk.bsky.social explores if these drugs can 'solve' the UK's obesity crisis.

And while they have game-changing potential to tackle the UK's rising obesity rates, they can't work in isolation.
Read the full blog:

www.nesta.org.uk/blog/can-wei...

PSC MAG OCTOBER ISSUE 2024 Demo

🍽️ This month's Public Sector Catering Magazine includes an article by Kinza Mahmood, Patricia Beloe and myself, sharing strategies for increasing uptake of school meals. You can read it online here ⬇️ online.fliphtml5.com/wzjtc/rmlm/#...