Dr Xand van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈

How do we give children a healthier relationship with food and change the food environment they’re growing up in? The International Food Addiction Children's Conference (IFACC) 2026 is happening this Saturday, and it will brings together some fantastic scientists, clinicians, journalists and young campaigners to explore the evidence on ultra-processed food addiction and what we can do about it. Speakers include @UNICEF leaders and their Fix My Food youth ambassadors, @BiteBack2030 along with @MichaelMossC, @DollyvanT, @DrNicoleAvena, @AdrianSotoMota and @drjenunwin, @BreroMauro @DollyvanT @RHNutrition @FAS_TheCHCalongside This is for parents, teachers, health professionals, and anyone who wants food policy to put children first. 📅 Saturday 14 November, 4 pm GMT 💻 Online, with the full recording included in your ticket. Tickets and details here - the-chc.org/fas/ifacc-2026 #IFACC2026

Our new paper about UPF is published today in @BMJMedicine - we show the proportion of UPF products which are high in fat, sugar and salt compared to UK government guidance (spoiler alert - it's a lot). This is important because so much of the discussion around UPF has focused on whether ALL of it is unhealthy or whether we should just worry about a few categories of products. So we took a database of products and asked two simple questions: 1. What proportion of Ultra Processed Food products are high in sugar, salt, saturated fat and energy according to UK dietary guidance? 2. What proportion of UPF is defined as 'unhealthy' by the two existing classification systems that we use to define unhealthy food, - Front of Pack Traffic Lights and - the HFSS definition (High Fat, Sugar, Salt)? Here's what we did, and what we found...🧵 bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/…