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Prof. Emma Boyland

@emmaboyland.bsky.social
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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.

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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
FOOD ON YOUR FEED: If you are 16-24y and use social media, please consider taking part in this study (£20 voucher available) Scan the QR code or email olga.zhiteneva@liverpool.ac.uk
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
📢 Check out the SPHR health and risk communication for public health network webinar series! I'm presenting on 24 SEPTEMBER at 12PM about how the food industry use misleading health communication to influence food behaviours. I hope you can join, register here: sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Happy to be speaking at this ZPS conference today in the beautiful city of Ljubljana
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
We're hiring! We have permanent Gr8 (lecturer) and Gr9 (senior lecturer) Teaching & Research posts available @livunipsyc.bsky.social. See here for more info/to apply: shorturl.at/cFFsf Please share with your networks 👍
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Check out this Original Ideas podcast ep on our relationship with food featuring yours truly, @charlottehardman.bsky.social and @beckyevans.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Brilliant from England women, who I'm sure have a better diet than is represented by those pitch border ads... we've seen this before somewhere haven't we @robinireland.bsky.social ?! share.google/wsIAMLdRPM6H...
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Prof Amelia Lake @lakenutrition.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Brilliant to see this important first report from our #NutritionNorth collaboration highlighting the stark dietary inequalities that exist. However we do offer ideas to address these issues.
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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
New MSc Neuroscience is launching in September 2026. This programme will introduce students to the field of neuroscience through the lens of clinical disorders of the central nervous system. Register your interest: www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
An excellent presentation from @amyfinlay.bsky.social at #ISBNPA2025👏 @livunipsyc.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
If you're at ISBNPA please check out our session on digital food marketing tomorrow (3.15pm, Herald Theatre) 👍
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Prof Amelia Lake @lakenutrition.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Lead author Prof Tim Townshend, co-authors @emmaboyland.bsky.social Prof Heather Brown, @helenjmoore.bsky.social & me
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Prof Amelia Lake @lakenutrition.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We have a new paper on #darkkitchens following on from our @nihr.bsky.social funded research "Hidden in plain sight: a scoping review of ‘dark kitchens’ and the potential implications for the English planning system" www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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Hidden in plain sight: a scoping review of ‘dark kitchens’ and the potential implications for the English planning system | Town Planning Review
Over the past decade, the food environment has changed dramatically. One significant change has been the evolution of online delivery, which has increasingly become associated with so-called ‘dark kitchens’ – catering operations that only offer food for ...
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The Dept of Psychology @livunipsyc.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social are offering SEVEN funded part-time PhD training posts from 1 September 2025. There are associated teaching duties (eg research methods & statistics). For more info and to apply see here: tinyurl.com/yw6zy74f
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Delay, delay, delay... now to January 2026 so that ministers can formally write the exemption for brand advertising into legislation archive.ph/vHR5D
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Nat Taylor, PhD student in the Appetite and Obesity Research Group, presenting some of her PhD research at this @cancook.bsky.social meeting @livunipsyc.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Beautiful setting of St. Asaph's Cathedral for today's @cancook.bsky.social meeting about the future of food and why it matters
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Fabulous presentations from my @livuni-iph.bsky.social colleagues @charlottehardman.bsky.social and Edi Putra at the ECO25 Environment and Policy abstract session 👏
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I always have something new to think about after seeing @harryrutter.bsky.social speak 👍 #ECO25 @easoobesity.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Excellent talk from @jeanmadams.bsky.social setting out public health challenges and opportunities - focus on the broken food system #ECO25 @easoobesity.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Great to see our study, being presented at #ECO25, getting lots of attention today @easoobesity.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social @livunipsyc.bsky.social Children eat more after seeing just five minutes of junk food ads, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Children eat more after seeing just five minutes of junk food ads, study finds
Researchers call on UK government to close advertising ‘loopholes’ that are ‘driving excess calorie intake’
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
ECO25 is a go 😃 @easoobesity.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Delighted to be able to share a range of outputs from our project on brand advertising (thanks to Research England funding to UoL) - A THREAD @livunipress.bsky.social @livunipsyc.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Image based ads will now appear between pieces of content on Threads www.adweek.com/social-marke...
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Meta's Threads Begins Global Ad Rollout Within Its Feed
Image-based ads will appear between pieces of content within Threads’ feed.
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
digiday.com/media/roblox...
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Roblox marketplace competition over how ads are purchased led at least three brands to reconsider their spend
Different sellers are asserting differing visions of how to best advertise on Roblox. The debate has made some brands wary of buying.
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I'm looking forward to our ISBNPA symposium which will explore closing gaps in food marketing regulations - join us if you can! 😊
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Big brands send out barrage of junk food ads before obesity rules bite www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Big brands send out barrage of junk food ads before obesity rules bite
Advertising on snacks rises 26% compared with last year, months before restrictions on promoting unhealthy food come into force
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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📢 A @liverpooluni.bsky.social led @nihr.bsky.social study reveals widespread presence of junk food advertising in England—with significantly higher levels in the country’s most disadvantaged communities. Read more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/04/09/s... #HealthInequality #FoodMarketing
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
📢 Our latest paper is out now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DTKYTC... Brand-only marketing for food and alcohol influences preference, choice, and purchase intent 🧐
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Impact of food, beverage, and alcohol brand marketing on consumptive behaviors and health in children and adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Does anyone know of an R package that computes child (5y+) weight status using UK-90 reference data?
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Prof Amelia Lake @lakenutrition.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Brilliant to hear this news and interesting given we had a brilliant @fuseonline.bsky.social event last week on this very topic... fuse.ac.uk/events/fuser... @scottylloyd.bsky.social @emmaboyland.bsky.social
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Previous research events | Fuse | Newcastle University
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Scott Lloyd @scottylloyd1979.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Presentations from the @fuseonline.bsky.social event Shaping public spaces: Local Authority action on advertising are now available online. fuse.ac.uk/events/fuser...
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Previous research events | Fuse | Newcastle University
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
BBC News - Meta considers charging for ad-free Facebook and Instagram in the UK www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Meta considers charging for Facebook and Instagram in the UK
The firm is considering asking people to pay to remove ads if they do not want their data to be tracked.
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Happy to be on the #NorthInnovationWomen list for #IWD2025. Congratulations to all, especially my UoL colleagues 👏
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Looking forward to this 😃
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The NHSA @thenhsa.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#NorthInnovationWomen recognises women who are pushing the boundaries of innovation within their fields. It showcases role models to women & girls thinking of working or studying in the many sectors where innovation is key. Recommend women to be included using the below steps bit.ly/3WRZLu4
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
A nice few days in beautiful Malaga, putting together an excellent scientific programme for the European Congress on Obesity here in May 🇪🇦
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Got new important findings that weren't available by the standard abstract deadline? Good news - the late breaking abstract submission is now open for #ECO2025 @easoobesity.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Doing this tonight, should be fun! www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/talks/are-we... @merseyskeptics.org.uk
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Prof Charlotte Hardman @charlottehardman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We're conducting a study @liverpooluni.bsky.social about putting an obesity intervention into practice. If you provide weight management & wellbeing support to people living with obesity and would be interested in participating, please contact us (details attached) @arcnwc.bsky.social
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Well, this is lovely 🥰 BBC News - Students from India say Liverpool is 'so welcoming' www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Liverpool described as 'so welcoming' by students from India
The lives of people of Indian heritage in the UK are celebrated in a new exhibition in Liverpool.
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Brilliant to welcome @universityofleeds.bsky.social colleagues to @livuni-iph.bsky.social today to see our facilities (appetite labs and Digital Innovation Facility) and plan some collaborative projects
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
My investigation for @bmj.com uncovering the influence of the food industry in schools. Experts say there should be much greater scrutiny. www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Food industry has infiltrated UK children’s education: stealth marketing exposed
BMJ investigation reveals widespread influence of food and drink brands in schools and nurseries—through breakfast clubs, nutrition guidance, and healthy eating campaigns. Experts say the tactics requ...
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Just for the record: I've analysed hundreds of thousands of ads in my time, from all sorts of media and settings. Number of porridge and crumpets ads could be counted on one hand...
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
That feeling when you are asked to review a manuscript by a journal that recently desk bounced your own submission 🤨
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
It's an important step forward & sets a strong precedent that unhealthy food ads should be further restricted, but brand marketing = a BIG gap. Data & insights on what this means coming soon - watch this space! BBC News - Only adverts showing junk food covered by TV ban www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Only adverts showing junk food covered by TV ban
Adverts that do not show viewers unhealthy food will not be restricted by a new 9pm watershed.
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Prof Charlotte Hardman @charlottehardman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We've developed two new scales to measure self-stigma associated with food insecurity. Free to use and can be accessed here osf.io/fmpja?revisi...
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
📢 New paper This analysis of youth influencers’ YouTube accounts found that 2/3 of food cues presented were not permitted for marketing to children. @evawinzer.bksy.social @mimitgolden.bsky.social @magdalenamuc.bsky.social bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Influencing children: food cues in YouTube content from child and youth influencers - BMC Public Health
Digital marketing of unhealthy foods is linked to childhood obesity. This study evaluated nutrient quality and creative strategies of food cues on social media, focusing on child/youth influencers, to...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
REF Main Panel Chairs announced (2029.ref.ac.uk/news/chairs-... ). Open recruitment for Sub-panel chairs and members is due to launch later this month. Information here: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/main-pa...
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REF 2029 main panel and sub-panel recruitment to launch in December – REF 2029
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Caroline Cerny @carolinecerny.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Not new news. But today is a vital step towards a ban of junk food ads on TV & online (repeatedly delayed by last Govt) For any sceptics, this is a v good thing for health... 👍 Loads of evidence shows advertising works 👍 Food giants spend £££s on ads - of course it works www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Junk food ad ban legislation progresses to curb childhood obesity
Junk food ads to be banned from October 2025 with final details unveiled today.
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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Was a pleasure to be part of this fantastic conference last week (it was insightful and fun, despite my very serious expression in this pic!) www.imperial.ac.uk/news/258854/...
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Imperial conference: Tackling the harms of Ultra-Processed Foods | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Imperial academics convened a globally-leading conference to discuss the health impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods and the scope for government action.
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