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PhD. #MaternalandChildHealth #PregnancyLoss #WeightStigma #MensHealth #CDoH #COI #PublicHealth #SDoH #ImpSci #KnowledgeTranslation
Jan 31, 2021 9 tweets 5 min read
"Nutritionism - or nutritional reductionism - is characterised by a reductive focus on the nutrient composition of foods as the means for understanding their healthfulness, as well as by reductive interpretation of the role of these nutrients in bodily health." (p2) #Nutritionism 👇 p13 #Nutritionism

- Preserves authority & interests of 'nutrition experts'

- Traditional & cultural knowledge of food, or people's sensual/practical experience with food is devalued

- Serves interests of food, supplement & wt loss industries (#CDoH)
Jan 30, 2021 6 tweets 7 min read
Did this quick search while listening to @RIAdawson & @IrishResearch #ResearchforPolicy seminar.

We need to include discussions re industry influence (#COI & #CDoH) on policymaking if we truly want to put the #publicgood at the centre of all of this Ping @FrancisFinucane @mags_steele @LarkinJames @MIALONMelissa @suzannemsc