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First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
💼 Today's #Budget2026 paid a worrying lack of attention to the UK's food system, as prices continue to rise.
We believe removing tariffs on items such as gherkins and sweets falls short of the urgent need to make healthy & sustainable food accessible to everyone.
🔗 instagram.com/p/Dev-WQCTtS5/
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
📢 Today the government:
✅️ Removed import tariffs on 100+products, including baked beans!
❌ Ignored calls by 100+ organisations to extend the Healthy Start scheme
750,000 families are still missing out: instagram.com/p/Dev-WQCTtS5/
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
📢 2 outdated rules are locking families out of @NHSHealthyStart - a vital scheme helping households on lower incomes afford nutritious food.
Ahead of Wednesday's #Budget like and share our video to show policymakers why it matters: ➡️ instagram.com/p/Dev-WQCTtS5/
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
🛒💳 When money is tight, healthy food can be the first thing that goes back on the shelf.
No parent should have to choose between essentials and feeding their children well.
That's why 100+ orgs are calling for an expansion of @NHSHealthyStart
🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/show/2l2iYV…
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
Thanks for supporting @Jo_Frost @barnardos @Feeding_Britain @RCPCHtweets @ActionSaltSugar @BiteBack2030 @1stepsnutrition @SoilAssociation @WSN_NI @HughFW @savechildrenuk and many others.
Read our new briefing: ➡️ foodfoundation.org.uk/initia…
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
The Food Standards Agency has issued a Food Alert for Action to businesses, including caterers, manufacturers and wholesalers, instructing the withdrawal of eggs and egg products from a Ukrainian food business due to salmonella.
Read more: gov.uk/government/news/the-f…
ALT Food Standards Agency social media graphic about salmonella in eggs. The background shows a close-up photograph of brown eggs filling the frame. In the top right corner is the Food Standards Agency logo and website address, food.gov.uk. Two blue text panels overlay the image. The first reads: “Eggs and Salmonella”. The second reads: “Businesses to remove some eggs from sale due to salmonella”.
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
Here the Nature Metabolism research briefing on the new RCT on UPF vs non-UPF meals by Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio & Zach Hutelin showing food processing matters far beyond macronutrients. rdcu.be/NZfbGDnhyU2a
A new RCT shows that even when UPF meals are nutritionally matched to non-UPF meals, they trigger higher insulin spikes, alter energy metabolism, and also change how your brain responds to food cues. Food processing matters far beyond macronutrients! nature.com/articles/s42255-0…
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
A new RCT shows that even when UPF meals are nutritionally matched to non-UPF meals, they trigger higher insulin spikes, alter energy metabolism, and also change how your brain responds to food cues. Food processing matters far beyond macronutrients! nature.com/articles/s42255-0…
The health harms of these products need to be given greater prominence, esp when in so many cases risks of use are outweighing benefits due to over- and misdiagnosis
Frequency and Timing of Specialized Formula Prescriptions for Children Under 2 Years
#Formula #CowsMilkAllergy #OralHealth #ChildhoodObesity @BSACI_Allergy @EAACI_HQ @pai_eaaci @ascia_news
doi.org/10.1111/cea.70447
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
Frequency and Timing of Specialized Formula Prescriptions for Children Under 2 Years
#Formula #CowsMilkAllergy #OralHealth #ChildhoodObesity @BSACI_Allergy @EAACI_HQ @pai_eaaci @ascia_news
doi.org/10.1111/cea.70447
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
What happens when dietary guidelines ignore the degree of processing in the overall diet? Trust in health authorities erodes.
Interesting paper here in Norwegian, but with abstract in English. scup.com/doi/epdf/10.18261/n…
We also wrote about this in our October newsletter - read it here firststepsnutrition.org/news
Infant Formula Marketing: Lessons From Recent Litigation
#FormulaMarketing #InfantFormula #CowMilkAllergy @BSACI_Allergy @EAACI_HQ @worldallergy @AAAAI_org @ascia_news
doi.org/10.1111/cea.70433
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First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
Infant Formula Marketing: Lessons From Recent Litigation
#FormulaMarketing #InfantFormula #CowMilkAllergy @BSACI_Allergy @EAACI_HQ @worldallergy @AAAAI_org @ascia_news
doi.org/10.1111/cea.70433
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
Nope, I will not spend time reviewing manuscripts written by AI.
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
Scientific uncertainty should always be acknowledged, but it should not be conflated with complexity, nor should heterogeneity within a meaningful category justify inaction. Check out our full response to criticisms on the UPF Lancet Series. rdcu.be/Ks49sk66Ydma
First Steps Nutrition Trust retweeted
Fantastic day in Leeds hosting the Bridging the Gaps Forum on Rethinking Early Life Nutrition Guidance, supported by @RankPrize. Together with @1stepsnutrition, we brought 22 experts from research, practice and policy to discuss how we can improve nutrition, growth and health. 🧵
New paper: key learning - many baby food pouches are really sugary drinks in disguise adc.bmj.com/content/early/20…
‘Proteinmaxxing’ could lead to higher prices for infant formula, say experts - quotes from us at First Steps. Increasing formula prices remain grave concern for infant food security theguardian.com/business/202…
telegraph.co.uk/money/consum… More misleading formula marketing. Our research found Kendamil to be worst of all formula companies for compliance with UK formula regs, guidance notes & the Code @BflgUk All first infant formula are nutritionally equivalent. switching brands is safe.