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Senior Research Fellow, Population Health @GrowingUpinNZ @FMHS_UoA committed to public health, reducing inequities, improving nutrition and child health
Mar 7, 2021 8 tweets 5 min read
👏👏 New research published 👏👏 with @fi_sing @Kbackholer @HealthyAuckland and Dr Sally Mackay!

"Covid-washing" by Big Food brands on social media during the first #lockdown in Aotearoa NZ.

#CDoH @FMHS_UoA @FrontiersIn Nutrition

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doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2… We searched social media posts of 20 big brands, 5 in each of 4 categories: confectionery, snacks, sugary drinks and fastfood. Across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube from Feb-May 2020 pre-pandemic and then in Level 4, 3 and 2 Covid Alert Levels. 2/8