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Amy Yau

@amylaiting

Assistant Professor @PHILabLSHTM. Interested in #Diet #PublicHealth #Inequalities #SDoH #FoodInsecurity #FoodPoverty

 Cambridge, England
Joined September 2016
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@SocSocMed invites abstract submissions for this year's Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) #SSM2023. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Newcastle. Organised by @fuse_online @NCLalumni 🎯🌈👩‍👩‍👦🥁 @ECR_SSM @MCR_SSM shorturl.at/LOQSW Abstract deadline: 28th February 23✍️
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Join our mentoring scheme #SSMMentoring For more details contact @eleanorwinpenny @amylaiting
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Great piece with @amylaiting in conversation with @CRUK_Policy on inequalities and healthy eating 👏👏👏👏👏 Health inequalities: Why is it harder for some people to eat healthily? news.cancerresearchuk.org/20…
Health inequalities: Why is it harder for some people to eat healthily? - Cancer Research UK -...

Health inequalities: Why is it harder for some people to eat healthily?  - Cancer Research UK -...

We investigate diet inequality and its root causes with Dr Amy Yau, Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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Very pleased to share our new @PLOSMed paper where we evaluated the @TfL restrictions on #HFSS advertising: journals.plos.org/plosmedici… 🧵 1/6 @CherryLawTW @l_cornelsen @petticrewmark @cthompson791 @martinwhite33 @NIHRSPHR
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However, reductions were relative to what we expected w/o the policy & were not absolute – the policy was associated with reduced growth in HFSS purchasing! So, cohesive policies across the whole food environment are needed to improve diet & reduce diet inequalities. 5/6
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Nonetheless, our study provides evidence to support the use of advertising restrictions to reduce HFSS purchasing and such policies should be considered as part of obesity prevention strategies. 6/6
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From @NIHRSPHR researchers - @TfL #JunkFood ad ban estimated to reduce calories from household weekly shop by 1,000 - that's around 385 calories or 1.5 standard milk chocolate bars per person! More at: bit.ly/3BBhmuv
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Amy Yau and co-workers study food and drink purchases after the introduction of advertising restrictions across the London (UK) transport network: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed… @amylaiting @LSHTM #nutrition #HealthyEating #publichealth #diet
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Really looking forward to sharing our findings at #PHSci! Abstract available now: thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Changes in household food and drink purchases following restrictions on the advertisement of high...

Changes in household food and drink purchases following restrictions on the advertisement of high...

To our knowledge, this was the first UK study to examine the impact of outdoor HFSS advertising restrictions on food and drink purchases. Our findings provide support for policies that restrict HFSS...

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Tune in to @UKPHSci tomorrow where @NIHRSPHR researchers will be presenting their work including @amylaiting @AdamsEmmaAudrey @EmilyWidnall @EllieHolding1 @hbfairbrother @penny_breeze @frankdevocht ukpublichealthscience.org/
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CEDAR@CedarUK13 Jul 2021
New CEDAR Bulletin is out now! Full of our latest research, news, views, events and job opportunities 👉 cedar.iph.cam.ac.uk/news/ced… 🏃‍♀️🍲🎓🗣️
A collage of images relating to stories in this edition of CEDAR Bulletin

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CEDAR@CedarUK12 Jul 2021
How is food insecurity portrayed in UK newspapers? @amylaiting and @jeanmadams for @BioMedCentral blog blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcs…
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New paper on portrayal of food insecurity in UK newspapers out today in #BMCPublicHealth: rdcu.be/cn1lG ⚫️Food insecurity was recognised as a growing problem ⚫️Newspapers were used to advocate for gov action & structural solutions ⚫️Existing solutions rely on charity
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Blog: ow.ly/oCWj50FsmQT
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ICYMI: Our @BMJ_Open paper finds that lower socioeconomic groups and younger adults were more likely to report exposure to #HFSS ads, and that exposure to digital food delivery services ads and digital HFSS ads was associated with #obesity. #AdEnough bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/4…
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Survey of 1,552 adults published @BMJ_Open finds those in lower socioeconomic groups and younger adults more likely to report exposure to advertising for foods and drinks high in fat, salt and sugar. dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2… #Advertising #Health
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Important new research led by @amylaiting : young people, women, and people from families with lower income all report seeing more junk food ads. References our @BiteBack2030 report which is nice and in the @BMJ_Open too!
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