Chartered Psychologist ▪ MSc Nutrition ▪ Co-host R4 Made of Stronger Stuff ▪ Food, Psychology, Mental Health ▪
Whole Body Mental Health
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Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
🧠 Starting a new hobby not only boosts your mood but it can also help improve brain power.
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson (@FoodAndPsych) explains why pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones is beneficial, no matter how small the change.
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Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Join us at British Library in London on-line or in person Fri 9th May at 7pm to hear me, @zoesqwilliams @foodandpsych @christinaavogel, discuss GLP-1 based therapies for obesity 🥗🍰. Buy tickets via:
events.bl.uk/events/ozempic-… @imperialbrains @imperialmed @imperialnhs @imperialmdr
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
If you're feeling anxious or low, we're always just a text away 💜 Our free, confidential and anonymous service is here for you 24/7 over the festive period.
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
We are an #international research programme, exploring the link between #inflammation and #depression to develop personalised treatments. We're looking for individuals with lived experience to join our Advisory Board! 🌟 Get involved: aspirestudy.org/registration
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Feel better, stay sharp. Drawing on the latest clinical evidence, our #IBGC2024 keynote speaker, Kimberley Wilson, psychologist and author of How to Build a Healthy Brain, guided us on how to stay sharp and protect long-term brain health.
@FoodAndPsych
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
You might have heard of the gut-brain connection, but what does it actually mean? 🤔🧠
Join Crick scientist @MaryamRRahim and psychologist and author @FoodAndPsych for a free panel discussion all about the gut-brain connection on 13 November.
Book now ⤵️eventbrite.co.uk/e/gut-feeli…
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
⚠️ People facing food insecurity are more than twice as likely to be living with a mental health condition.
Our latest report finds families across the UK are stuck in a cycle of poverty, food insecurity and poor mental health - with children particularly affected.
Read more: ➡️bit.ly/47ShrKu
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #foodpoverty @AnxietyUK
ALT Food Insecurity and Mental Health report
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Is food doing our heads in?
The brain is our hungriest organ, yet we rarely think about how what we eat affects it.
It’s the topic today recorded @afoodfestival - from childhood into later life, policy & what individuals can do.
Join us @BBCRadio4 at 11am.
#gutbrain
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
📈 Nearly 10 million adults and children are struggling to afford basic essentials such as food, according to our latest #FoodInsecurity Tracker.
And households with children in the poorest 5th of the population would have to spend 70% of their disposable income to afford a healthy diet.
More findings: ➡️ bit.ly/3WAuyvN
#CostOfLivingCrisis #FreeSchoolMeals
ALT Food insecurity graphic
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Borrowed this from the lib & now off to order a copy becuse it's so full of interesting research & sound advice. Covers all sorts of things from nutrition, exercise, stress, meditation & heat to understanding emotions, building psychol resilience & neurogenesis. 👏 @FoodAndPsych
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
This is such a good news story - such a simple way to support mothers during pregnancy and to help launch her offspring to a great start to life. Micronutrients led to more regulated babies. Read Dr Campbell's summary for more information on what we found.
blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/scien…
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
For years everyone in the criminal justice system has been warning of the inevitable result when a populist government legislates to send more people to prison for longer without funding the required prison spaces.
Anyone now expressing shock is either oblivious or disingenuous.
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Mini-pupillage opportunities @1CrownOfficeRow
Eligibility:
🏫 State school
and one from:
👩🏻🎓 Parents didn't go to uni
🥗 Free school meals
📊 Family on income support
💗 Care experienced/a carer yourself
BAME & disabled candidates esp. encouraged
💰 we pay expenses & bursary
Applications for the 1 Crown Office Row Assessed Mini Pupillage Scheme are open until 28th June 2024.
Find out how to apply to our mini pupillage aimed at widening access to the Bar here: 1cor.com/london/assessed-min…
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Let's taco 'bout our sixth Food Season:
- The Psychological Impossibility of Eating Well with @FoodAndPsych & @DoctorChrisVT
- Table Manners, with special guest @jordanfstephens
- Big Weekender, a two-day celebration
And plenty more: bit.ly/BLFoodSeason2024
Sponsored by Miele
ALT A yellow graphic with text in a bold font reading: Food Season 2024. A cutout of an illustration of a strawberry plant grows up from the bottom corner.
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Destitution is when people cannot afford to meet their most basic physical needs to stay warm, dry, clean and fed.
Our new report reveals a shameful rise in the number of people experiencing destitution in the UK.
Here are the key findings 🧵
#DontIgnoreDestitution
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Author and chartered psychologist Kimberley Wilson, @FoodAndPsych, met people using St Giles' west London Pantry this month.
Sharing recipes with the Pantry’s clients using the service to help them access affordable, nutritious food.
Read about the visit:
stgilestrust.org.uk/kimberle…
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Following on from the ‘Food & Mood’ topic, @FoodAndPsych’s book ‘Unprocessed’ is a brilliant resource that dives into the way food can impact our brain and it also looks at how things can be improved on a Govt level - in my top 5 reads of 2023! 📚
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
📯 Would you like to help us improve #FoodSystems?
If so, why not join our Adult Food Ambassadors panel & campaign for everyone's right to access a healthy and affordable diet!
More details here: ➡️ bit.ly/44oVujf
#volunteer #CostOfLivingCrisis #foodpoverty
ALT Food Ambassador Dan White
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
Currently listening to #Unprocessed by Kimberley Wilson @FoodAndPsych, the first #6amBookClub read...and it's kinda blowing my mind a bit. Only about half way through but a topic that EPs urgently need to attend to!
@davidp_tep review coming soon - any other #TwitterEPs reading?
Kimberley Wilson CPsychol retweeted
@FoodAndPsych @cheltfestivals just tucking into this beauty. I was blown away by the depth of food and nutrition knowledge of Kimberley Wilson. Just blew my mind. Thank you for coming to Cheltenham 🙏
