Prof Bernard Corfe
@corferesearch
Professor of Human Nutrition and Health Director: @HNERC_NclUni EiC: Journal of Nutritional Science Own views on science, academia, ultrarunning & "music"
How vested religious interests block progress in medical ethics secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025/0… via @NatSecSoc
The UK and France should be united in recognising Palestine, as set out by President Macron below. In the face of overwhelming suffering, starvation and mass shooting in Gaza and increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the UK must take decisive action.
Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…
Just a reminder that our politicians are letting this happen. I think the world will be surprised how high the death rate is when the conflict ends. I made mortality estimates that some said were too high- I wonder now if they were too low.
Families living in areas of higher poverty – such as the North of England – are less likely to have access to healthy, affordable food and more likely to have children who live with obesity according to our recent APPG report healthequitynorth.co.uk/northern-child…
.@lakenutrition from our Nutrition North network spoke to BBC Look North yesterday about the findings of our new report ‘Food, Health and Nutrition in the North of England: Inequalities and Opportunities’. Read more about the report 👉 thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor-d…
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
Thread below summarises and outlines our report, published today on the state of diet in the North of England and its impacts on Health. @HNERC_NclUni
THREAD Northern regions have some of the poorest diets in England, putting them at risk of conditions such as obesity, hypertension and other preventable diseases, according to a new report released today backed by Hairy Biker @sikingofficial thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor-d… 1/12
Fully funded MPhil to analyse effects of ultra-endurance exercise on posture, based in @HNERC_NclUni with me, Iain Spears and Anette Pantal. Thanks to @LDWA1 for generous support. jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY220/mph…
Since 2012, the consumer price index rose by 45% Since 2012, tuition fees rose by 5%.
If only my constituents’ economic wellbeing had bounced back as fast as Tory arrogance… I asked the Chief Secretary, if he agreed its easier for @OBR_UK to measure the value of cuts like those to welfare than the value of investment, such as investing in people getting into work
Great summary of our research on food related quality of life in #CoeliacDisease, from @ProfLaurenBall @JHND_Official Working with @trott_nick @shefgastro we showed that younger people and those with more gut symptoms have worse #FRQoL Full paper in post 👇🏼👇🏼
What impact does #coeliac disease have on food-related quality of life? @trott_nick and the research team found those with the lowest food related quality of life were aged 18-35 years or with 4+ gastrointestinal symptoms. Read more on JHND: doi.org/10.1111/jhn.70…
Communities in the North are more exposed to fast food outlets, with 69.9% of people living within 1 km of their nearest fast food outlet, with each individual an average of 676m away. Read the full report healthequitynorth.co.uk/northern-child… 7/7
The North-South divide in obesity at reception age is further evident at local authority level, with the highest prevalence in Hartlepool (13.9%) compared to the lowest in Wokingham (5.7%) 6/7
THREAD Families living in areas of higher poverty - such as the North of England - are less likely to have access to healthy, affordable food and more likely to have children who live with obesity. healthequitynorth.co.uk/northern-child… 1/7
Launching today - @The_NHSA report on obesity in children in the North of England and how we might tackle it. Several contributions from @HNERC_NclUni members including @NHeslehurst Jen Bradley, Susanne Spence and me. Read it here: healthequitynorth.co.uk/northern-child…
Glad to see my brief review on DNA methylation & Ageing with @AmyEMorgan published pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40589941/#:~:t…
Nearly at 900 @UCUSurrey @ucu! Please sign against outsourcing: speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/operate-surrey… Our petition is with the Executive Board, and we plan to escalate up ⬆️ @bphillipsonMP @ZoeFranklinLD @DrJoGrady @BBCNews @BBCSurrey @GuardianEdu #foreversurrey @theipaper @timeshighered
Please sign to halt outsourcing plans 👇 University of Surrey proposes to employ all new Professional Services staff through a subsidiary company on lesser T&Cs. This is an existential threat to our university & sector. speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/operate-surrey… @UCUSurrey @UCU @ucusolidarity
The @RoyalSocBio Parliamentary #LinksDay is an institution, welcoming Learned Societies into Westminster to celebrate science and evidence based policy. As Chair of @CommonsSITC, great to host the event.
Closing today - come and join the team at JNS, a very upwardly mobile journal in Nutrition and Dietetics.
🚨 Final Call 🚨 📚 The #JNS is seeking expressions of interest for a First Editor position on the Editorial Board across all areas of nutrition science👇 👉Click on the image to find out more ⏰ Applications will close on 13 June 25 @NutritionSoc @corferesearch
Join our team. JNS has a growing reputation amongst nutritional science journals and is seeking to reinforce its editorial board in line with growth in submissions. We are moving to support wider adoption of open science principles in nutrition. Application is light touch!
✨Reminder✨ 📚 The #JNS is seeking expressions of interest for a First Editor position on the Editorial Board across all areas of nutrition science👇 👉Click on the image to find out more ⏰ Applications will close on 13 June 25 @NutritionSoc @corferesearch