Professor Charlotte Hardman is a Professor of Psychology of Eating Behaviour in the Department of Psychology, Institute of Population Health, at the University of Liverpool. Charlotte leads a programme of research on the psychology of food-related behaviours. Recent work is focusing on tackling dietary inequalities, and co-creating a healthy, sustainable and more equitable food system. Charlotte has received competitive research funding from major funders including UKRI and the European Commission and has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals. Charlotte is a founding member of the Liverpool Food Growers Network, a trustee of Feeding Liverpool, and a member of the Food Standards Agency’s Advisory Committee on Social Sciences.

Charlotte leads FIO Food Work Package 1, which aims to co-design supermarket-based interventions that support people living with obesity and food insecurity to acquire healthy & sustainable food.

Talk title:
Navigating healthy and sustainable supermarket food purchasing during the cost-of-living crisis: Lived experience and retailer perspectives

Description:
To cover our recent findings from FIO Food including:
- The experiences and perspectives of people living with obesity and food insecurity on how the cost-of-living crisis has impacted on their food purchasing and preparation behaviours.
- Insights from the lived experience in terms of what works and doesn’t work in terms of supporting healthy and sustainable supermarket food purchasing.
- Insights from UK supermarket senior nutritionists on their perspectives, views and experiences of implementing interventions to support healthy and sustainable customer food purchasing, including the feasibility and acceptability of various approaches and the importance of conducting robust evaluations of supermarket trials.