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IMS Epidemiology, University of Cambridge @imsepidemiology.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Research by @ninarogers.bsky.social & Prof. David Conway incicates the SDIL may have reduced tooth removal in under 18's due to tooth decay by 12%, saving >5,500 hospital admissions for tooth decay with the largest reductions in children aged 0-9 years. www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2023/11... (3/4)

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UK soft drinks levy linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth extraction - MRC Epidemiology Unit

The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under 18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12%. Research published today […]

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Dr Nina Rogers @ninarogers.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🧋 A NEW sugar tax on milkshakes and lattes has just been announced. Our work found the #sugartax has been beneficial for children's health (obesity, dental & asthma) & has reduced sugar intake. This is evidence-informed public health policy in action www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

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Budget live updates: Packaged milkshakes and lattes to be included in sugar tax for first time in UK

Health Secretary Wes Streeting announces the changes ahead of tomorrow's Budget.

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IMS Epidemiology, University of Cambridge @imsepidemiology.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

(1/4) 19 months after the introduction of the UK’s Sugar Drinks Industry Levy, households with children bought fewer sugary drinks! But researchers also found that sugary drink purchases went up by 14% in households WITHOUT children. Read - buff.ly/kgiuoAs

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IMS Epidemiology, University of Cambridge @imsepidemiology.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

(1/6) Takeaways can negatively impact the diet and diet-related health outcomes of local residents Local authority urban planners can deny planning for new takeaways in management zones around schools But what are the long term impacts of these exclusion zones? Read - buff.ly/S04RDSP

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Eva Hyldgaard 🇩🇰 Dane for Democracy @evahyldgaard.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Strong words from Ursula von der Leyen today: “Science belongs to humanity. We must protect it, prioritize it, and give it the freedom it needs to flourish.” At the launch of the EU’s “Choose Science - Choose Europe” initiative, she announced four key actions. 🧵1/3

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Dr Nina Rogers @ninarogers.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The Uk government are consulting on extending the UK sugar tax by 1) including milk-based drinks (previously exempt) and 2) Lowering the threshold of the tax to cover drinks with >4g sugar/100ml (previously 5g/100 ml). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · 07/04/2025

🆕"How can we make food that is good for health, societies, the planet and the economy?" Richard Westcott talks to experts Jonathan Stieglitz, IAST, & @martinwhite33.bsky.social, @mrcepid.bsky.social, in this month's #CrossingChannels #Podcast Listen: pod.fo/e/2c3eac

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British Dental Association @thebda.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

We were pleased to organise a Parliamentary discussion on sugar with the APPG for Dentistry and Oral Health and @oha-updates.bsky.social Our Mick Armstrong spoke movingly about the shame and trauma of the families whose children need to have decayed teeth extracted in hospital.

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Jean Adams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 @jeanmadams.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I think I spot some figures from @ninarogers.bsky.social paper where we reported a 12% reduction in admissions for severe dental caries in children following introduction of the levy (and maybe even Nina herself in the foreground there!). nutrition.bmj.com/content/bmjn...

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Association for the Study of Obesity UK @ukaso.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

ASO attended a Parliamentary roundtable yesterday on the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), discussing its role in improving public health through sugar reduction. Great to see @katfoodjenner.bsky.social from @oha-updates.bsky.social on the panel, sharing evidence of its impact and future potential.

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Jean Adams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 @jeanmadams.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Impacts were greatest in the lowest income households (14% reduction) and those with children (13.7% reduction. These households also had the highest pre-intervention purchasing. So the levy may help reduce inequalities in diet and health.

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Jean Adams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 @jeanmadams.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

ICYMI: Our new paper on the impact of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy is out. 19 months after implementation, we found that households purchased 7.5g less sugar from soft drinks compared to expected - equivalent to a 2.6% reduction. nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...

Background The WHO recommends taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) to improve population health. We examined changes in volume of and amount of sugar in purchases of soft drinks according to household income and composition, 19 months following the implementation of the UK soft drinks industry levy.

Methods Data were from the Kantar Fast Moving Consumer Goods panel, a market research panel which collects data on weekly household purchases (mean weekly number of households=21 908), March 2014–November 2019. Interrupted time series analysis of volume and sugar purchases was used to estimate absolute and relative differences in the volume and amount of sugar in soft drinks, confectionery and alcohol purchased weekly by household income (<£20 000, £20–50 000 or >£50 000) and composition (presence of children (<16 years) in the household (yes or no)), 19 months after soft drinks industry levy (SDIL) implementation, compared with the counterfactual scenario based on pre-announcement trends and using a control group (toiletries).

Results By November 2019, purchased weekly sugar in soft drinks fell by 7.46 g (95% CI: 12.05, 2.87) per household but volumes of drinks purchased remained unchanged, compared with the counterfactual. In low-income households, weekly sugar purchased in soft drinks decreased by 14.0% (95% CI: 12.1, 15.9) compared with the counterfactual but in high-income households increased by 3.4% (1.07, 5.75). Among households with children, sugar purchased decreased by 13.7% (12.1, 15.3) but increased in households without children by 5.0% (3.0, 7.0). Low-income households and those with children also reduced their weekly volume of soft drinks purchased by 5.7% (3.7, 7.7) and 8.5% (6.8, 10.2) respectively. There was no evidence of substitution to confectionary or alcohol.

Conclusion In the second year following implementation of the SDIL, effects on sugar purchased were greatest in those with the highest pre-SDIL purchasing levels (low-income household…

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Society for Social Medicine & Population Health @socsocmed.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

🥁Abstract submission now live for this year's conference!🥁 Conference dates: Wednesday 10th - Friday 12th September 2025, with an ECR day on Tuesday 9th Where: Bradford Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/3PKGo2k Submission deadline: 23:59 GMT, Monday 24th February 2025 📷 Neil Turner

Bradford City Hall, taken from the 8th floor seminar suite at the National Media Museum.

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Calorie labelling has “modest” effect on food choice, Cochrane review .http://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r106.short?rss=1 Take great care Calorie labels are not a substitute for regulation of advertising, product But will be sold as such Labels have great limits

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Jean Adams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 @jeanmadams.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Great to see this final(?) paper from our evaluation of the UK soft drinks industry levy (our soda tax) showing sustained reductions in sugar purchased from soft drinks by households. Effects seem greatest in those with highest baseline purchasing suggesting the levy may help reduce inequalities.

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Dr Nina Rogers @ninarogers.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Thank you! We aimed to triangulate our evaluation of the UK SDIL by examining changes in consumption and purchasing of sugar from soft drinks and a number of health outcomes related to sugar intake. Our studies suggest that there are multiple benefits to the levy

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The junk food crisis harming Britain’s children www.ft.com/content/b503... A. It'll not be solved by Celeb Chefs in Schools Self regulation Cookery classes Campaigns B. It'll be solved by govt regulation With interventions focused on price, advertising, reformulation, availability

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The junk food crisis harming Britain’s children

As their diets worsen, young people are suffering increasing levels of malnutrition and obesity. Can the UK turn the tide?

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Dr Nina Rogers @ninarogers.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Stormy seas and a hardworking lighthouse: beautiful Southwold in January.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Speaking of commercial determinants of poor health, Nestle should win the top prize 🏆 Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, but not in western countries www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds

Swiss food firm’s infant formula and cereal sold in global south ignore WHO anti-obesity guidelines for Europe, says Public Eye

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Dr Nina Rogers @ninarogers.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

🚨New paper:We modelled adult health impacts of takeaway management zones across rural & urban areas. A 50% reduction in takeaway growth led to reductions in obesity levels, incidence of type 2 diabetes, IHD, asthma, back pain,& some cancers.Plus gains in QALYs & healthcare savings 📃: rdcu.be/d0OUV

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/11/2024

Great to be here 👋🏽 Let’s start with some good news. A new report shows free school meals in London's state primaries are having a positive impact: ➡️ Improving children’s health and wellbeing ➡️ Supporting families, esp. those struggling with the cost of living www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Free school meals in all London primary schools 'boosting health of families'

A report finds a massive 84% of parents believe the rollout of free school meals for primary pupils in the London have also helped or significantly improved their household budgets

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IMS Epidemiology, University of Cambridge @imsepidemiology.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

(1/2) This morning Dr. Nina Rogers, a visiting scientist at the Unit, was interviewed by James Gallagher on BBC Radio 4 about the impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) on tooth decay and extraction on children. Her interview starts at 00:20:20 on buff.ly/3CD8Xvd

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Dr Nina Rogers @ninarogers.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

On today's episode of @BBCRadio4 Inside health, they ask "Can supervised toothbrushing fix the children's dental crisis?" I also talk about sugar, UK Soft Drinks Industry levy & how it may expand & our findings re:children's tooth extractions www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Inside Health - Can supervised toothbrushing fix the children's dental crisis? - BBC Sounds

Around a third of British children have tooth decay. Is supervised toothbrushing the fix?

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Dr Nina Rogers @ninarogers.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

👋🏻Bluesky! I'm an epidemiologist interested in ALL things public health incl evaluation of interventions (recently sugar taxes & takeaway exclusion zones) ageing well and kid's health. Advocate of lived experience/co-production. My very old cat signalling "it's time to switch platforms, human"

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Jean Adams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 @jeanmadams.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Great to see the contribution from Yuru Huang from @mrcepid.bsky.social to the Food Foundation's 2024 State of the Nation's Food Industry report. foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/...

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The State of the Nation's Food Industry report 2024

The Food Foundation's State of the Nation’s Food Industry report 2024

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Society for Epidemiologic Research @societyforepi.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

We've put together an #Epidemiology / #EpiSky starter pack with some of our members & friends! Please share! TESTIMONIALS 'The original data scientists' - @miguelhernan.bsky.social 'The new rock stars' - @nytimes.com 'A science of high importance' - @natureportfolio.bsky.social go.bsky.app/K6DXCGi

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IMS Epidemiology, University of Cambridge @imsepidemiology.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Unit Professor Martin White will chair an online Cambridge Global Food Security discussion on the role of Ultra-Processed Food in our broken food system. Thurs 21 Nov, 17.30 (UK) Speakers: Dr Chris van Tulleken Dr Jag Singh Srai Dr Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde, Register at buff.ly/48Hi2iE

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