Food choices aren't made in isolation, they're shaped by the environment around them.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/pyk850ZMELH
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/pyk850ZMELH
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
September 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Food choices aren't made in isolation, they're shaped by the environment around them.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/pyk850ZMELH
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/pyk850ZMELH
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
💡 Restricting the reach of food marketing to children has been shown to reduce their exposure to it, even against continued industry interference.
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
September 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
💡 Restricting the reach of food marketing to children has been shown to reduce their exposure to it, even against continued industry interference.
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
📢 In Latin America, marketing tactics like cartoon characters and product placement appeal directly to children, and are linked to poorer-quality diets.
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
September 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
📢 In Latin America, marketing tactics like cartoon characters and product placement appeal directly to children, and are linked to poorer-quality diets.
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
Processed food is now widely available, affordable and heavily promoted. The food environment has shifted dramatically towards it over the past few decades.
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
September 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Processed food is now widely available, affordable and heavily promoted. The food environment has shifted dramatically towards it over the past few decades.
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🛒 #FridayFindings: Food environments shape choice, through price, placement and marketing.
🔗Read more: https://ow.ly/KRaH50ZMEvl
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🔗Read more: https://ow.ly/KRaH50ZMEvl
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
September 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🛒 #FridayFindings: Food environments shape choice, through price, placement and marketing.
🔗Read more: https://ow.ly/KRaH50ZMEvl
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
🔗Read more: https://ow.ly/KRaH50ZMEvl
#FridayFindings #FoodEnvironments #FoodMarketing
MEPs highlighted the critical role of #FoodEnvironments in shaping what people eat.
🍐 🫘 🥕 🫛 Only 12% of Europeans eat their '5 a day', while eating fruits and veg daily and a "reasonable” amount of meat (i.e. less than what Europeans currently eat...) will benefit heart health.
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🍐 🫘 🥕 🫛 Only 12% of Europeans eat their '5 a day', while eating fruits and veg daily and a "reasonable” amount of meat (i.e. less than what Europeans currently eat...) will benefit heart health.
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September 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
MEPs highlighted the critical role of #FoodEnvironments in shaping what people eat.
🍐 🫘 🥕 🫛 Only 12% of Europeans eat their '5 a day', while eating fruits and veg daily and a "reasonable” amount of meat (i.e. less than what Europeans currently eat...) will benefit heart health.
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🍐 🫘 🥕 🫛 Only 12% of Europeans eat their '5 a day', while eating fruits and veg daily and a "reasonable” amount of meat (i.e. less than what Europeans currently eat...) will benefit heart health.
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📄 New in Obesity Reviews: exposure to unhealthy food outlets in disadvantaged areas may be deepening socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes. 🔎
📚 Read now: https://ow.ly/IIOf50ZNhKf
#ObesityReviews #FoodEnvironments
📚 Read now: https://ow.ly/IIOf50ZNhKf
#ObesityReviews #FoodEnvironments
September 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
📄 New in Obesity Reviews: exposure to unhealthy food outlets in disadvantaged areas may be deepening socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes. 🔎
📚 Read now: https://ow.ly/IIOf50ZNhKf
#ObesityReviews #FoodEnvironments
📚 Read now: https://ow.ly/IIOf50ZNhKf
#ObesityReviews #FoodEnvironments
… reductions of 8-40 tons CO2 eq. per canteen and year, driven by declines in #meat & vegetarian options. Institutional #foodenvironments can drive substantial, measurable change toward plant-based foods that support #health & climate goals.
#Diets #Climate #Vegan #Carbon
#Diets #Climate #Vegan #Carbon
August 26, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The lever for change is procurement and promotion, making sustainable foods available, affordable, convenient, and desirable. Because people can’t choose what the environment doesn’t offer.
#FoodEnvironments #SustainableDiets #FoodPolicy #PlanetaryHealth #Procurement
#FoodEnvironments #SustainableDiets #FoodPolicy #PlanetaryHealth #Procurement
July 24, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The lever for change is procurement and promotion, making sustainable foods available, affordable, convenient, and desirable. Because people can’t choose what the environment doesn’t offer.
#FoodEnvironments #SustainableDiets #FoodPolicy #PlanetaryHealth #Procurement
#FoodEnvironments #SustainableDiets #FoodPolicy #PlanetaryHealth #Procurement
GLP-1 drugs are changing diets in rich countries — but new research warns Big Food may double-down on pushing ultra-processed products in the Global South as a result.
buff.ly/ZY7iUYo
#FoodEnvironments #Nutrition
buff.ly/ZY7iUYo
#FoodEnvironments #Nutrition
Why obesity drugs alone won't fix food environments
New obesity medicines may reshape food demand in high-income countries. But without stronger food environment policies, they could intensify commercial pressure elsewhere.
buff.ly
June 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
GLP-1 drugs are changing diets in rich countries — but new research warns Big Food may double-down on pushing ultra-processed products in the Global South as a result.
buff.ly/ZY7iUYo
#FoodEnvironments #Nutrition
buff.ly/ZY7iUYo
#FoodEnvironments #Nutrition
Young people in Vietnam filmed their own food environments — showing that affordability & taste, not nutrition, drive adolescent food choices.
alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/givi...
#FoodEnvironments #Nutrition
alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/givi...
#FoodEnvironments #Nutrition
June 11, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Young people in Vietnam filmed their own food environments — showing that affordability & taste, not nutrition, drive adolescent food choices.
alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/givi...
#FoodEnvironments #Nutrition
alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/givi...
#FoodEnvironments #Nutrition
📢 European doctors and 20 organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals are calling on the European Commission to take urgent action to create healthier #FoodEnvironments across Europe
👉 Read the letter here: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
👉 Read the letter here: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
June 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
📢 European doctors and 20 organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals are calling on the European Commission to take urgent action to create healthier #FoodEnvironments across Europe
👉 Read the letter here: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
👉 Read the letter here: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
Alongside 20 other organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals, @fern.org is calling on @ec.europa.eu to take urgent action to create healthier #FoodEnvironments across Europe.
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June 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Alongside 20 other organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals, @fern.org is calling on @ec.europa.eu to take urgent action to create healthier #FoodEnvironments across Europe.
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Who will be at #ISBNPA2026? Would love to meet colleagues interested in #criticalpublichealth, #commercialdeterminantsofhealth #politicaldeterminantsofhealth everything wrong (and right) with #obesity research, #feminist approaches, #foodsystems, #foodenvironments, #fooddemocracy, etc etc
May 20, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Who will be at #ISBNPA2026? Would love to meet colleagues interested in #criticalpublichealth, #commercialdeterminantsofhealth #politicaldeterminantsofhealth everything wrong (and right) with #obesity research, #feminist approaches, #foodsystems, #foodenvironments, #fooddemocracy, etc etc
♥️ Good to see diets haven’t been totally ignored in the new EU ‘Safe Hearts Plan’ but still so much untapped potential to address #foodenvironments
Hoping in particular the evaluation of unhealthy food marketing to kids will indeed lead to a proposal for stricter rules (how could it not?!)
Hoping in particular the evaluation of unhealthy food marketing to kids will indeed lead to a proposal for stricter rules (how could it not?!)
December 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
♥️ Good to see diets haven’t been totally ignored in the new EU ‘Safe Hearts Plan’ but still so much untapped potential to address #foodenvironments
Hoping in particular the evaluation of unhealthy food marketing to kids will indeed lead to a proposal for stricter rules (how could it not?!)
Hoping in particular the evaluation of unhealthy food marketing to kids will indeed lead to a proposal for stricter rules (how could it not?!)
Should we compare playbooks between big tobacco and #bigfood? @nicholasflorko.bsky.social of @theatlantic.com has thoughts. shorturl.at/aVBUs #foodindustry #foodenvironments #obesity
The Big-Tobacco Playbook Comes for Your Oreos
A new lawsuit likens food companies to the tobacco industry. But it’s much harder to do something about junk food than cigarettes.
shorturl.at
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Should we compare playbooks between big tobacco and #bigfood? @nicholasflorko.bsky.social of @theatlantic.com has thoughts. shorturl.at/aVBUs #foodindustry #foodenvironments #obesity
@eurovia.org’s M. Courgeau nails it: the fact that parts of the population struggle to afford food is not a reason to keep racing toward ever-cheaper food. We need strong social policies, transformed #FoodEnvironments and public procurement to make sustainable food accessible to all.
#EUAgriFoodDays
#EUAgriFoodDays
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@eurovia.org’s M. Courgeau nails it: the fact that parts of the population struggle to afford food is not a reason to keep racing toward ever-cheaper food. We need strong social policies, transformed #FoodEnvironments and public procurement to make sustainable food accessible to all.
#EUAgriFoodDays
#EUAgriFoodDays
Great new campaign by the Netherlands Nutrition Centre! It exposes how food companies, supermarkets, and other industry players design our #FoodEnvironments to make us crave foods that harm both our health and the planet 👏
mobiel.voedingscentrum.nl/nl/nieuws/vo...
mobiel.voedingscentrum.nl/nl/nieuws/vo...
Voedingscentrum introduceert nieuw woord: eetdrammen
Let er maar eens op, als je het doorhebt, zie je het overal. Ongezond eten dringt zich aan je op. In de supermarkt, op straat, op sociale media, in de sportkantine, zelfs bij de bouwmarkt. Het Voeding...
mobiel.voedingscentrum.nl
October 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Great new campaign by the Netherlands Nutrition Centre! It exposes how food companies, supermarkets, and other industry players design our #FoodEnvironments to make us crave foods that harm both our health and the planet 👏
mobiel.voedingscentrum.nl/nl/nieuws/vo...
mobiel.voedingscentrum.nl/nl/nieuws/vo...
Opportunities and spaces for change in food environments
Ellen Desjardins
#FoodEnvironments #Transformation #Methods #Editorial
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat
Ellen Desjardins
#FoodEnvironments #Transformation #Methods #Editorial
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat
Opportunities and spaces for change in food environments | Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation
Scholarly and community articles about food and food systems
canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca
September 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Opportunities and spaces for change in food environments
Ellen Desjardins
#FoodEnvironments #Transformation #Methods #Editorial
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat
Ellen Desjardins
#FoodEnvironments #Transformation #Methods #Editorial
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat
Doesn’t mean that efforts to promote physical activity should be minimized, but the study calls for regulating #FoodEnvironments to maximize benefits of increased calorie availability without promoting a nutrient-poor, obesogenic diet.
July 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Doesn’t mean that efforts to promote physical activity should be minimized, but the study calls for regulating #FoodEnvironments to maximize benefits of increased calorie availability without promoting a nutrient-poor, obesogenic diet.
Yesterday, national experts met with @ec.europa.eu to discuss the planned EU cardiovascular 🫀 health plan.
With unhealthy diets a leading risk factor for CVDs, boosting access to #GoodFood4ll by transforming #FoodEnvironments should be a priority!
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With unhealthy diets a leading risk factor for CVDs, boosting access to #GoodFood4ll by transforming #FoodEnvironments should be a priority!
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health.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
health.ec.europa.eu
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Yesterday, national experts met with @ec.europa.eu to discuss the planned EU cardiovascular 🫀 health plan.
With unhealthy diets a leading risk factor for CVDs, boosting access to #GoodFood4ll by transforming #FoodEnvironments should be a priority!
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With unhealthy diets a leading risk factor for CVDs, boosting access to #GoodFood4ll by transforming #FoodEnvironments should be a priority!
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health.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
📢 Excited for #ANH2025! Join me this week for online sessions on 🌱#FoodEnvironments, 📊#DataAnalysis & #Gender in #agriculture, #nutrition & health. 🗓️ June 16–18 (online) | June 23–26 (in person) 🔗 Full program: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
ANH2025 (Online and Tanzania)
The Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Week is an annual international event bringing together research, policy and practice for healthy, sustainable and just food systems.
www.anh-academy.org
June 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
📢 Excited for #ANH2025! Join me this week for online sessions on 🌱#FoodEnvironments, 📊#DataAnalysis & #Gender in #agriculture, #nutrition & health. 🗓️ June 16–18 (online) | June 23–26 (in person) 🔗 Full program: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
Fraser Goodwin of @epha-eu.bsky.social:
Poor diets are much more than just personal choices. Highlights the report from @beuc.eu @epha-eu.bsky.social and @eurogroupforanimals.org ‘The Illusion of Choice’ - it is #foodenvironments which need changed
www.beuc.eu/sites/defaul...
Poor diets are much more than just personal choices. Highlights the report from @beuc.eu @epha-eu.bsky.social and @eurogroupforanimals.org ‘The Illusion of Choice’ - it is #foodenvironments which need changed
www.beuc.eu/sites/defaul...
June 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Fraser Goodwin of @epha-eu.bsky.social:
Poor diets are much more than just personal choices. Highlights the report from @beuc.eu @epha-eu.bsky.social and @eurogroupforanimals.org ‘The Illusion of Choice’ - it is #foodenvironments which need changed
www.beuc.eu/sites/defaul...
Poor diets are much more than just personal choices. Highlights the report from @beuc.eu @epha-eu.bsky.social and @eurogroupforanimals.org ‘The Illusion of Choice’ - it is #foodenvironments which need changed
www.beuc.eu/sites/defaul...
@beuc.eu Director @arcapde.bsky.social highlights the excoriating rise of NCDs in Europe as well as the worrying levels of childhood #obesity.
Consumers want to eat healthier and more sustainably but the #foodenvironments we live in push them in the wrong direction. Needs tackled!
Consumers want to eat healthier and more sustainably but the #foodenvironments we live in push them in the wrong direction. Needs tackled!
June 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@beuc.eu Director @arcapde.bsky.social highlights the excoriating rise of NCDs in Europe as well as the worrying levels of childhood #obesity.
Consumers want to eat healthier and more sustainably but the #foodenvironments we live in push them in the wrong direction. Needs tackled!
Consumers want to eat healthier and more sustainably but the #foodenvironments we live in push them in the wrong direction. Needs tackled!