Alex Dalton and Tom Albone are part of our Data Scientist Internship Programme – and the Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics team – their work focusses on the power of Data for Public Good. The shared focus of their intern projects is inequalities in the local Bradford area, and one of the pressing local issues affecting thisContinue reading “Free School Meals through a local lens – Bradford”
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Free School Meals: a National Necessity
Alex Dalton and Tom Albone are part of our Data Scientist Internship Programme – and the Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics Team – their work focusses on the power of Data for Public Good. The shared focus of their intern projects is inequalities in the local Bradford area, and one of the pressing local issues affecting thisContinue reading “Free School Meals: a National Necessity”
Reflections on the dietary impacts of the Covid-19 lockdown period
This post is thanks to Vicki Jenneson, Postgraduate researcher in the Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics team. Vicki Jenneson – ANutr, MPH, MSc, Nutrition PhD Researcher in LIDA (fs10vl@leeds.ac.uk) The closure of cafés, restaurants and work canteens during lockdown has imposed a significant change on the nation’s eating habits, with many of us now consuming allContinue reading “Reflections on the dietary impacts of the Covid-19 lockdown period”
What can tweets about contact tracing apps tell us about attitudes towards data sharing for public health? (Part 1)
This post is thanks to Holly Clarke, LIDA Data Science intern in the Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics team. Holly Clarke is an Intern at Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, applying data science solutions to solve complex, real-world challenges. She is working for the LifeInfo project with Michelle Morris, researching attitudes towards novel lifestyle and health data linkages and how accessContinue reading “What can tweets about contact tracing apps tell us about attitudes towards data sharing for public health? (Part 1)”
What do university students eat?
Data scientists [my Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics team] at the University of Leeds have been able to build a detailed picture of what 835 students ate, and when, by analysing the data linked to their pre-payment food cards. The cards revealed what they were buying in the campus refectory and associated food outlets. The analysis gives theContinue reading “What do university students eat?”
Why a blog?
Why have I created this blog? Aren’t there enough other sites to visit to read about your Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics? What is the point in another? All of these are valid questions, so here is why I am doing this: -I want to be able to share with you some of the excellent workContinue reading “Why a blog?”
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