Tim Lang

Mapping pediatric cardiac troponin testing worldwide: results from the IFCC survey on emerging applications, standardization needs and access

Catherine L Omosule, Tim Lang, Sharon M. Geaghan, Fatma Taneli et autres

OBJECTIVES: Limited guidance on the use and interpretation of cardiac troponin (cTn) testing in pediatric populations has restricted its broader adoption, despite the significant burden of congenital and acquired cardiac conditions in children. This survey aimed to evaluate global availability, utilization patterns, …

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Assessing neonatal and paediatric acute kidney injury: current practices and insights from the IFCC C-ETPLM International Laboratory Survey

Tim Lang, Catherine L Omosule, Ronda Greaves, Lianna Kyriakopoulou

OBJECTIVES: Identification of acute kidney injury (AKI) in neonatology and paediatrics continues to present challenges to laboratories. Emerging biomarkers are being developed which may offer early detection but haven't been adopted in current guidelines yet. The aim of this IFCC survey was …

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What can we do about the coincidence of runaway obesity and climate change?

Tim Lang

Wherever scientists meet, it is becoming more common to ask whether humanity is getting a grip of the major contemporary challenges raised by scientific research. The lead article by Behrens and colleagues on the obesity and climate "co-crises" illustrates why (1). It …

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Potential Pathways and Solutions to Acute Food System Crisis in the UK

Sarah Bridle, Elta Smith, Aled Jones, Pete Falloon et autres

There is increasing concern in many advanced economies about the risks of disruption and crises in agri-food systems. Government departments and non-governmental organisations are working to identify and understand specific risks but struggle to take broad, holistic perspectives and therefore underestimate the …

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UK horticulture, its policy lock-ins and route options ahead

Tim Lang

The case for horticultural expansion is strong yet in the UK fails to receive adequate policy attention and support. The paper explores this situation as a policy conundrum with ‘lock-ins’ or confounding factors restraining expansion. Lock-ins include: (a) lack of high-level policy …

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Author Correction: An approach to conflicts of interest in UK food regulatory institutions

Erik Millstone, Tim Lang

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The planet on our plates: approaches to incorporate environmental sustainability within food-based dietary guidelines

Corné van Dooren, Brent Loken, Tim Lang, Helle Margrete Meltzer et autres

For many decades, food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) were only health-oriented. This changed post-2009 when gradually, an increasing number of countries began to include environmental sustainability considerations in their guidelines. International organisations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World …

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Publication Recommendations to Report Laboratory Data of Neonates – a Modified Delphi Approach

Zoë Vander Elst, Heidrun Hildebrand, Mary A. Short, Nick Henscheid et autres

BACKGROUND: Clinical and analytical information on laboratory data of neonates in scientific publications is sparse and incomplete. Furthermore, interpreting neonatal laboratory data can be complex due to their time-dependent and developmental physiology, and paucity of well-established age-appropriate reference ranges for neonates. This …

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Scoping Potential Routes to UK Civil Unrest via the Food System: Results of a Structured Expert Elicitation

Aled Jones, Sarah Bridle, Katherine Denby, Riaz Bhunnoo et autres

We report the results of a structured expert elicitation to identify the most likely types of potential food system disruption scenarios for the UK, focusing on routes to civil unrest. We take a backcasting approach by defining as an end-point a societal …

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Russia’s withdrawal from the Ukraine grain deal is weaponising hunger

Tim Lang, Martin McKee

The global food supply system needs urgent change, argue Tim Lang and Martin McKee

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Food Security and the Fractured Consensus on Food Resilience: An Analysis of Development Agency Narratives

Karl‐Axel Lindgren, Tim Lang

Abstract The published narratives on food resilience of 16 development agencies are analysed. Using a rapid appraisal method, their positions and conception of resilience as a factor in food security are scrutinised. The study provides a snapshot of thought in 2020 and …

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An approach to conflicts of interest in UK food regulatory institutions

Erik Millstone, Tim Lang

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