🚨 New published paper!
Can differentiated VAT rates promote healthier diets?
I assess Costa Rica’s 2023 reform aiming to align VAT rates with nutritional aspects to “guarantee a balanced diet”
Read @_Food_Policy: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.20…@ImperialBiz@imperialchepi
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Dame Professor Carol Propper reacts to the UK government's plans to fix the #NHS and shares what will be key to tackling long-standing issues 🏥
Find out how she hopes healthcare policy will change in 2025 👇
View her research: imprl.biz/3PBm3My#IBHopesFor2025
ALT Blue graphic featuring an image of Dame Professor Carol Propper and a close-up of a healthcare professional's hands. Professor Propper's quote reads: “The current government is clear in its determination to increase the quality and productivity of the UK’s national health service (NHS) in England.”
ALT Quote reads: "The government has announced a series of reforms, which seek to accelerate change through a mixture of new ways of delivering care, targets, changes in financial incentives and greater information for patients.” Image shows a blue wall next to a 'Waiting Room' sign.
ALT Medical professionals in scrubs and surgical masks focused on a task. The quote reads "I hope to see individuals in the healthcare system given more freedom to seek their own local solutions within this broader framework of politically-set, longer-term goals and targets.”
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This full-day Imperial conference on UPFs was one of the best I’ve ever watched: The Science Behind UPFs: Clear Links to Poor Health Outcomes, Policy Reflections: Paving the Way for Systemic Change, and Policy Action and Next Steps. Truly unmissable.
imperial.ac.uk/news/258854/i…
Science supports stronger action on childhood obesity. Franco Sassi illustrates lessons from the @STOPobesityEU to Members of the European Parliament. #STOP#EuropeanParliament
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Congratulations to Dr Arianna Gentilini [@agentilini_] whose paper 'Managing experts’ conflicts of interest in the EU Joint Clinical Assessment' has been published in @BMJ_Open 👏 👏 👏
Read the paper: imprl.biz/3ASHyoy#IBResearch
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Our highly anticipated conference on UPFs and the scope for government action at the end of this month is now sold out! But, the good news is you can still join us online. Learn more at the link below: imperial.ac.uk/business-scho…#UPF#conference#foodpolicy
A new study from the Business School has found that 72% of the UK public are in favour of a higher tax on unhealthy foods if the money raised was directly used to make healthy food more affordable. 🍎 🥦
Find out more ↓
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🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
Why do poorer consumers have unhealthier eating habits compared to the wealthy? It’s more than just price/access to healthy foods! Here's what our new paper (w/ @YanVieites, Larissa Elmor, and Eduardo Andrade), published in Journal of Marketing, reveals
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We are #hiring a Research Software Engineer to join our team to work on our Health-GPS policy simulation tool. If you know of C++ experts interested in simulation modelling, please let them know about this position. linkedin.com/jobs/view/40309…
⭐ VoxTalks Economics NEW EPISODE ⭐
What effect did access to 3G have on the rate of #COVID19 infection? Carol Propper @ImperialBiz tells @timsvengali@cepr_org about surprising new research into a very effective NPI.
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