PhD in Health Psychology

PhD 2: What can local and national governments do to help people make healthier food choices?/nThis PhD will examine how the food environment can be changed through public health policy in order to improve diets and reduce obesity and diet-related disease. The PhD will use a combination of methods and generate evidence which will inform local and national public health policy in the UK. The PhD will have two main parts: contribution to a new trial testing menu calorie labelling feasibility for small out of home food businesses and investigation of how food advertising shapes eating behaviour and how this might change if advertising is restricted./nThe studentship is supported by a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) programme. Students will be encouraged to engage with collaborating institutes including Oxford, City St George’s, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and will have a dedicated budget for personalised training, study visits and external placements. Students will also become members of the NIHR academy.