Food, Nutrition, Health: Power, Politics, Equity
Political and commercial determinants of food injustice, malnutrition and ill-health...and what to do about them. Curated by Stuart Gillespie. More welcome...let me know!
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@foodequitycentre.bsky.social
The Food Equity Centre exists to challenge the power and politics that make food systems inequitable. https://ids.ac.uk/foodequitycentre Brazil, South Africa, UK
@marklawrenceoz.bsky.social
Prof of Ecological Nutrition at Deakin University. Ultra-processed foods, Dietary Guidelines, Healthy and sustainable food systems. Board member Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
@agnesayton.bsky.social
Eating disorder Psychiatrist. IMG in Oxford. Democratically elected vice chair of the Faculty of Eating Disorders at RCPsych. Keen to learn, interested in science and evolution
@manonniquette.bsky.social
Professeure titulaire, Dép. d'information et de communication; NUTRISS-INAF, IPAC, Université Laval Communication alimentaire/food communication, food studies Communication et santé/health communication
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Chicana Italiana vegana chingona, low waste maker, baker, wild fermenter, native plant gardener, compost lover, total liberation ecofeminist artist, author, former professor of art and photography luchando for all animals 💚 www.censoredlandscapes.com
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@dlortega.bsky.social
Food Economist | Professor and Noel W. Stuckman Chair in Food Economics and Policy at Michigan State University | Venezuelan 🇻🇪
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Postdoctoral researcher, Uni of Bristol Climate adaptation, food security, risk comms in southern Africa 🌦️she/her
@perrincam.bsky.social
🍎 #FoodPolicy nerd with a keen interest in #European politics. Working at EU Food Policy Coalition (@eufpc.bsky.social) during daytime. Previously @beuc.eu #Agriculture #FoodSystems 🇫🇷 living in 🇧🇪 Posts in FR and EN. *Views are mine* (she/her)
@andrcatt.bsky.social
Engineer turned economist, working on agrifood systems & dabbling with geospatial analysis. I lead FAO's State of Food and Agric. flagship report (SOFA). Formerly @IFPRI and @OECD Interests: #RuralUrban #Resilience #FoodSystems #Geography Views my own
@jeremyfarr.bsky.social
Research Fellow on future food systems transformations ⚕️🌿 🏦 🌏 and archaeologist of past food systems 🔬🌾🏺
@agroecology.bsky.social
We are the coalition for food systems transformation through agroecology. https://agroecology-coalition.org/
@msteele.bsky.social
She/her. Philosopher; postdoc (FEAST; FOODPATH) on food policy, obesity, equality & commercial determinants of health at School of Public Health, University College Cork, Ireland. Electric vehicle driver (gen1 Nissan Leaf). Corkonian. Gaeilge&fáilte.
@themoorelab.bsky.social
Human, Nutritional Scientist. Professor & Chair in Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Liverpool. Steatotic liver disease. Systems biology. Nutraceuticals. Open research and social justice champion. Allotmenteer.
@nourishlead.bsky.social
Nourish works throughout the country to make better food the cornerstone of a more sustainable, equitable, and preventive health care system. https://nourishleadership.ca/ #NourishLeadership
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Author | Dreamer | Builder Associate Professor of Sociology | Director of the Prison Agriculture Lab https://joshuasbicca.com | https://prisonagriculture.com/
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Working on & defending global health & universal human rights. Private account & views. https://www.linkedin.com/in/katri-bertram-85025787
@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
The Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food is an interdisciplinary research network at the University of Oxford. Director: Prof Charles Godfray. Our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/iuYCHA
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Policy and advocacy at NGO. History nerd, suffering football fan, disappointed rugby fan. All views mine.
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📝 poverty and social protection researcher 📚 author of The Empathy Fix 🎙host of Poverty Unpacked podcast 🌎 Co-Deputy Director of Centre for the Study of Global Development at The Open University
@kateot.bsky.social
Head of Policy & Public Affairs at @wcrf.org. Cancer prevention related to healthy diets, physical activity, alcohol, maternal & infant health & nutrition, and social & commercial determinants of health. Passionate about climate justice
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Global Public Health. Equity. Infectious Diseases. MD. MPH Professor. Is Éireannach mé 🇮🇪. M pale Kreyòl🇭🇹 Science, advocacy, humanity.
@petersinger.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. Former Special Advisor to WHO Director General; Co-founder of Grand Challenges Canada and University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. My blog: singerp.substack.com
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
Professor of Global Health & Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
@martinwhite33.bsky.social
Public health scientist | healthy and sustainable food systems | Munroist | roots music, fine arts, photography, and the great outdoors | personal account | No cute pet videos...
@jay-goulden.bsky.social
Supporting rights-based programme strategy, innovation, learning and accountability. Works for CARE International, though views my own! Sometimes runs too far for own good
@uribejuanita.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher Geneva Graduate Institute | Visiting Fellow EUI | Doing research on the politics of multistakeholderism & the political economy of knowledge
@mjurkovich.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @ UMassBoston. Food Security, IR, and Ethics. New book: http://bit.ly/2Zjuvpo
@mkellyirving.bsky.social
Health equity, social inequalities, lifecourse, embodiment Leads the Inserm #Equity research team in Toulouse, France Social Epidemiologist & quantitative social scientist Irish, impertinent, impish
@maritahennessy.bsky.social
Researcher | PhD | Ireland #PregnancyLoss #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #WeightStigma #MensHealth #CDoH #COI #PublicHealth #SDoH #ImpSci #KnowledgeTranslation #GraphicMedicine
@lucywesterman.bsky.social
Scrutinising determinants of health - especially social and commercial factors around #NCDs, focused on prevention, health promotion & teaching health communications. Joined bsky 07/23 Australia / UK / Global / lewest on X
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Certified Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.
@christinestewart.bsky.social
Professor of Nutrition at UC Davis and Director of the Institute for Global Nutrition. I study maternal and child nutrition. Lover of chocolate 🍫, coffee ☕️, and a beautiful hike 🏞. Views are my own.
@emmaboyland.bsky.social
Professor of Food Marketing and Child Health, Department of Psychology. Deputy Executive Dean, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool. Interested in food marketing exposure, persuasive power, behavioural impact, & public health policy.
@hannahforde.bsky.social
Senior Researcher & Wellcome Trust Early Career Awardee in the Sustainable Healthy Food Group @oxprimarycare.bsky.social | Visiting Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol | she/her https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/team/hannah-forde
@sarahdlish.bsky.social
Executive Director @CAP2030org. #ChildHealth and #GlobalHealth @JohnsHopkinsSPH & @UCLGlobalHealth. English/French/#Hausa
@drtomori.bsky.social
🇭🇺🇺🇸 Anthropologist/Public Health Prof breastfeeding, lactation, MNCH, reproduction, public health, health policy, equity, justice 🤱🏾🤱🏽🤱 posts - my own. https://nursing.jhu.edu/faculty-research/faculty/directory/cecilia-tomori/
@christinahicks.bsky.social
Professor. Environmental social scientist at Lancaster Environment Centre. Trying to return to a fell runner
@katesievert.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Deakin University - opinions my own 🌻 Political economy of food systems 🌏 Executive member of Healthy Food Systems Australia (@hfsaus.bsky.social) 👁🐚 We are the earth and the earth is us 🐝🌿
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International Editor, The BMJ. Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Views mine.
@carolinecerny.bsky.social
Interested in public health, CDoH, neurodiversity and cats. Fast walker, slow runner. Deputy CE @ASHUK.org, previous Bite Back, @OHA-updates, CRUK Views my own or from someone more articulate than me.
@willmasters.bsky.social
Prof. at the Friedman School of Nutrition & Dept. of Economics at Tufts University @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social. Open-access book on Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health. Details: http://sites.tufts.edu/willmasters
@stefanserban.bsky.social
Senior Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, University of Glasgow
@jennifer-clapp.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Waterloo. Global political economy of food and agriculture. Member of IPES-Food. https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/jclapp Author of Titans of Industrial Agriculture (MIT Press, 2025)
@ebolaphone.bsky.social
PhD chemist etc. 56yo beginner boulderer (6A-ish), climbing walls & being as gibbon-like as my ageing body allows me. More & more into health eating, avoiding the UPF/non food we haven't evolved to eat Using Bluesky https://deck.blue/ - Tweetdeck analogue
@abbarkerpsych.bsky.social
Dr Alex Barker || Lecturer / researcher in Psychology / Public Health || AFBPsS CPsychol FHEA|| Dad || deaf 🦻 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-5114
@rob-percival.bsky.social
Author of 'The Meat Paradox'. Head of Food Policy at the Soil Association https://www.soilassociation.org/. Agroecology, Food Systems, Sustainable Diets. Views my own. http://linktr.ee/rob_percival_
@ipes-food.org
We are the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) : a global think-tank guiding action for #sustainable #foodsystems around the world.🌍 🌱 Follow us for all things #food, #hunger, #climate. ➡️ https://ipes-food.org
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Award-winning news and commentary about the U.S. food system. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://civileats.com/newsletter/
@anhacademy.bsky.social
Fostering a global community of researchers & practitioners focused on #agriculture, #foodsystems, #nutrition & #health 🌱 Housed w/in LSHTM
@michaelpollan.bsky.social
Author of nine books, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind. Website: Michaelpollan.com
@danbanik.bsky.social
Professor of political science, University of Oslo; Academic Director of Circle U's democracy hub; Co-lead, Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence; Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria; Podcaster @globaldevpod.bsky.social
@mollyfate.bsky.social
she/her Dundie Award winner for Best Mom and Step Mom Food geek, social science geek, geek geek, TTRPG GM Lover of fresh air and sunshine ADHD queer weirdo "Make sure you get weird and take some dance breaks"
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Global platform for inclusive dialogue on the future of food. Collaboration between five universities. Get our newsletter: http://tabledebates.org/fodder 📧 Our latest podcast series is #FueltoFork: www.fueltofork.com
@hannahbrins.bsky.social
Food Policy wonk. All things food systems, health inequalities, commercial and social determinants, politics. Currently Head of Policy and Advocacy at The Food Foundation. Ex World Obesity and Action on Salt. PhD Food Policy, City Uni. My own views! 🥦🍅🫛🍓🍏
@kcullerton.bsky.social
Associate Professor @UQ School of Public Health. Examines the tactics used by interest groups to influence public policy. #CDoH. Obsessed with food, travel & politics.
@marmotihe.bsky.social
The UCL Institute of Health Equity was established in 2011 and is led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot
@michaelmarmot.bsky.social
Professor Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity and Past President of the World Medical Association
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@suepritch.bsky.social
Chief Exec, Food, Farming & Countryside Commission, UK. Organic & conservation farming, Monmouthshire. Trustee, CoFarm. Governor, Royal Agricultural University, Trustee, St George’s House. Woman. On. A. Mission.
@alimorpeth.bsky.social
On a mission to build a better food system for people + planet 💚🌍 Live on edge of Yorkshire Dales. Love getting lost in hills www.planeatryalliance.com 📚Substack @alimorpeth 🌐LinkedIn @alimorpeth
@nifallon.bsky.social
PhD student at the Centre for Food Policy. Food systems, policy, power. Lancs lass in London. She/Her.
@madhupai.bsky.social
Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health, McGill University. Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health Tweets: own views. He/him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhukar_Pai
@seyeabimbola.bsky.social
Learning & Governance in Health Systems | Knowledge Practices & Epistemic Injustice in Global Health | Writer, Teacher, Researcher @sydney.edu.au
@benjaminmwood.bsky.social
Research Fellow @ Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE), Deakin University, researching the corporate and economic determinants of health (in)equities
@kentbuse.bsky.social
Prof of Health Policy. Co-CEO of #GlobalHealth5050. Ex Chief Strategy #UNAIDS. #HealthySocieties #Sourdough baker. Bereft of canine companion.
@clarepatton.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds. Research: Commercial Determinants of Health | Business & Human Rights | Corporate Social Responsibility | Corporate Governance Irish immigrant in Yorkshire Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@drcpettingerrd.bsky.social
Educator & Researcher (Uni of Plymouth) - Social Justice & sustainable food systems (FoodSEqual); blue foods; creative methods for engagement; community; public engagement
@usrighttoknow.bsky.social
We investigate corporate wrongdoing and government failures that threaten our health, environment and food system. Follow our public health reporting: www.usrtk.org
@garyruskin.bsky.social
executive director of U.S. Right to Know, working to expose corporate wrongdoing and government failures threatening our health, food and environment.
@jtoop.bsky.social
Chief Executive Bite Back Former Chief Executive Ambition Institute Chair Education for the 21st Century Rockefeller-Acumen Food Systems Fellow 2022 All views my own.
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Corporate Accountability stops transnational corporations from devastating democracy, trampling human rights, and destroying our planet. Join us! 📍 HQ: Boston/Campaigns: Global | 🌐 More info: https://bit.ly/4fAJRvD
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A non-profit platform for discussing the power of multinationals, by and for civil society. https://criticaltakes.org To keep up with the latest, sign up here: https://criticaltakes.org/newsletters/
@markpetticrew.bsky.social
Public Health, Commercial Determinants of Health, Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
@kstoreng.bsky.social
Global Health Politics lead, University of Oslo |Co-Director, Collective of the Political Determinants of Health | Co-Editor-in-Chief, Globalization & Health
@katiepk.bsky.social
Senior Nutritionist, First Steps Nutrition Trust. Research Consultant, Alive & Thrive East Asia Pacific; South African Medical Research Council. Working to protect optimal maternal, infant & young child nutrition & health. Auntie, Sister, Wife, Friend.
@lakenutrition.bsky.social
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
@barrycsmith.bsky.social
Prof of Philosophy. Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Interested in Neuroscience, Sensory Science, Taste, Smell, Flavour, Multisensory Perception, Wine, Scotch
@bazm.bsky.social
Emeritus Public health academic, socialist, internationalist, former city councillor, saints fc
@nicknisbett.bsky.social
Member, Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies @ids.ac.uk Professor of Global Public Policy, Nutrition & Health Equity, University of Sussex, UK
@justjody23.bsky.social
Academic, researching the politics and ethics of equitable food and nutrition policy. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=f1y3QEsAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
@katfoodjenner.bsky.social
registered nutritionist @AfNutr, fellow of @R_S_P_H director of ngo @oha_updates. views my own.
@austinfrerick.bsky.social
Wrote: Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry. Fellow Yale. Formerly USTreasury/CRS. #firstgen 🌽🐷🏳️🌈
@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Prof of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford. Researching digital health/ inequities, covid prevention (masks/ air quality). Wild swimmer. Mum to Rob (marine bio) & Al (doc). She/her. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=QDCqsJwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
@tedgreiner.bsky.social
Retired nutrition professional, editor of World Nutrition (https://worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn), the journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association. Dual citizen of US and Sweden, living in Brazil.
@wellsrebecca.bsky.social
I lead adult education programmes to support food policy change. I research how to teach food policy & food systems literacy. Centre for Food Policy, City St George’s Uni of London. Programme Director MSc Food Policy www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/mscfoodpolicy
@garysacks.bsky.social
Prof of Public Health Policy at Deakin University | Co-Director of Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition | Conducts research into ways to improve nutrition and population health
@maizie333.bsky.social
Public health doctor & Research Fellow researching the commercial determinants of health @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social.
@spidermaani.bsky.social
Lecturer @ U of Ed GHPU, Dep Director @ UKPHI Local Health Global Profits, host @ MoneyPowerHealth, editor Commercial Determinants of Health (OUP), author of A Healthy Profit (OUP, 2026). Interested in commercial and social determinants of health
@dollyvantulleken.bsky.social
Policy Consultant | Visiting Researcher, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Uni of Cambridge | QPR | Vice President, Tempus Novo | Ambassador, Salute Her UK | Co-founder, 50:50 Parliament #AskHerToStand
@1stepsnutrition.bsky.social
We are a UK NGO providing evidence based information & resources about good nutrition from pre-conception to 5 years. This account is managed by First Steps Director Dr Vicky Sibson