We are delighted to announce that Alisha has secured a Seedcorn Funding (2024-25) award of £6,260 from the Bristol Population Initiative (BPI) for her project ‘Ultra-Processed Foods and Health Inequalities: A Data-Driven Approach to Understanding Socioeconomic Disparities in Diet‘.
In collaboration with Professor Jeff Brunstrom and Dr. Anya Skatova, this research addresses the public health challenge of rising consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in the UK, particularly among lower-income populations. By leveraging supermarket loyalty card data, the project aims to analyse household food purchasing patterns to explore links between UPF consumption and socioeconomic status. This data-driven approach has the potential to provide valuable evidence into the socioeconomic factors driving diet-related health disparities, contributing to efforts to address inequities in public health.