The National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Unit in Nutrition, Diet and Lifestyle at the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol (Bristol Nutrition BRU)

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POLICY

The Bristol Nutrition BRU

The Bristol Nutrition BRU opened in April 2012 and is a partnership between the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol. The aim of the unit is to translate knowledge developed from our work on causal associations in nutrition, drawn from population and clinical studies, to develop interventions that improve the health of people with conditions related to poor nutrition. The unit carries out patient-focused early phase experimental clinical research (commonly referred to as experimental medicine) in the areas of human nutrition, diet and lifestyle (including obesity). We have four specific themes:  nutrition in people with prostate cancer  optimising nutrition in children with chronic disease  pre and post-surgical feeding  sedentary behaviour in people with diabetes

Work in these themes is supported by a core team of methodologists. This team also supports the transfer of ideas in other areas.

Public engagement at the University of Bristol

Public Engagement is central to the University of Bristol’s mission to pursue and share knowledge and understanding with the public. The University has a Centre for Public Engagement (CPE). The centre is led by Dr Maggie Leggett. The CPE’s primary aim is to promote open and continuous engagement between University staff and the public. The CPE strategy for engagement has been adopted by the University. Further information can be found on their website http://www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/. The aims of this strategy are to:  help members of staff and students by o enriching research o enabling them see the relevance of their work in the wider community o developing communication and other transferable skills o supporting them to fulfil funders’ expectations for public engagement  increase involvement of the public in the work of the university,  aid the university by enhancing research and teaching

The Bristol Nutrition BRU Public Engagement policy

The unit is committed to public engagement. Rachel Perry was appointed as Public Engagement Lead and tasked with writing this policy for the unit. This policy will guide engagement activity within the unit. It was developed with support from the CPE and discussed with BRU staff. It has been agreed by the BRU Executive. The policy will be reviewed and updated regularly. The policy outlines work in four key areas:  Supporting University strategy and engagement activities  Staff training  Leading engagement activities  Monitoring and reviewing engagement activities

Supporting University strategy and engagement activities

The Bristol Nutrition BRU will work with the University to support their strategy and centrally organised engagement activities. The unit will also support the work of other groups such as The University West of England (UWE) Science Communications Unit (SCU). They have students completing a Masters who are often looking for research projects so there may be opportunities for collaboration. The Bristol Nutrition BRU will do the following:  The engagement lead will circulate the Engagers digest (a regular update on engagement activities produced by the CPE)  The unit will continue to run a seminar series open to the public  Unit staff will host stalls at public fairs in the Trust and University (e.g. clinical trials day)  Unit staff we will be encouraged to give talks to the public  The engagement lead will explore the possibilities of running a twilight session on nutrition

Staff training

The Bristol Nutrition BRU is committed to staff development and training. The Unit has a training co-ordinator (Dr Charlotte Atkinson) and a unit training policy. http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/media/1736236/briefing_note_on_the_training_portfolio_for_ the_bristol_nutrition_bru_v10.1.pdf. The unit will ensure that training in skills to support engagement is offered to unit staff. To do this the unit will do the following:  The engagement lead will identify relevant media training courses and ensure unit staff are aware of these  The engagement lead will look into the possibility of running a media training course specifically for unit staff  The engagement lead will work with the University CPE to run a half day on engagement for unit staff

Leading engagement activities

In addition to supporting engagement activities organised by others the Bristol Nutrition BRU will lead some engagement activities. For example, Dr Elanor Hinton visited Redland Green Secondary School in Bristol. She ran a mini workshop entitled 'Food on the brain' for year 8 and year 12. Further details are available in the appendix that describes all engagement activities carried out to date. The unit is funded by University of Bristol Institute of Advanced Studies to run workshops and pilot a school project. The first workshop was held on the 12th September 2013. It brought together academics working on childhood and health. The aim was to share research interests and encourage multi-disciplinary working between academics and to discuss ideas for public engagement with a local primary school. The engagement project will focus on developing the skills of research and enquiry defined in their broadest sense through stories of childhood and children's health. The unit are working in partnership with Bishop Road Primary School, to develop and pilot activities with them that will be tested after Easter and then potentially be rolled out to other schools. Once the materials and activities have been successfully refined the intention is to run further workshops and seek external funding to extend the range of topics covered and to formally evaluate their use in schools.

Monitoring and reviewing engagement activities

The Bristol Nutrition BRU will monitor and review engagement activities and training to ensure that the unit is making a contribution to public engagement. Specifically the unit will do the following:  The unit administrative team will collect information on engagement activities. All engagement activities completed to date are included as an appendix. Any future work has also been included.  The engagement lead will provide quarterly reports to the BRU executive  The engagement lead will review and revise the policy annually

Rachel Perry Bristol Nutrition BRU March 2014

Appendix – Engagement Activities to date

April 2013 WCRF International/IASO Conference “Obesity, Physical Activity and Cancer” Dr. Lucy Hackshaw The Obesity, Physical Activity and Cancer conference included presentations from some of the most prominent speakers in the field, enabling transdisciplinary discussion across clinical, epidemiological and mechanistic specialities. The scientific sessions examined the links between obesity, physical activity and cancer incidence/survival, highlighting important biomarkers and early life events in relation to cancer risk, and exploring the molecular events and cellular mechanisms that underlie these processes. Lucy attended this meeting and presented a Poster entitled “Physical activity and nutritional interventions to reduce progression of prostate cancer: A systematic review” April 2013 Prostate Cancer UK Blue Skies Forum, Downing College, Cambridge Dr. Lucy Hackshaw Lucy attended this meeting in Cambridge. It had the objective of focusing attention on new initiatives in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, in particular on areas of research that aim to identify aggressive disease. The meeting was hosted by Prostate Cancer UK and supported by The Howard Foundation. May 2013 Clinical Trials Day Vaneesha Short, Laura Birch, The four BRU themes were represented by stalls manned by staff members. They presented posters Lucy Hackshaw, Georgia and handed out leaflets about the research at the BRU. As this was a public event, staff talked to Herbert, Cat Falconer, Laura members of the public about their research and organised interactive sessions that involved trialling Brocklebank, interventions such as gum (gum-chewing for perioperative care), tomatoes (prostate cancer study), Vanessa Er, Richard Hocking the Mandometer (a machine to help regulate eating) and wearing accelerometers (to measure activity levels).

http://www.nihr.ac.uk/Pages/InternationalClinicalTrialsDay.aspx July 2013 Professor Ashley Cooper presented a Twilight Talk at the Bristol cycling festival on commuter cycling Prof. Ashley Cooper and health http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/commuter-cycling-does-it-help-your-health-tickets-6801863557

http://bristolcyclefestival.com/resources/BCF2013%20Programme%20Web%20(1).pdf July 2013 'Medicine and Me' Cleft lip and palate seminar, Royal Society of Medicine, London. - Promotion of Dr. Aidan Searle and recruitment to www.healthtalkonline.org cleft lip and palate module. Medicine and Me' provides a forum in which member of the public have the opportunity to engage in debate with medical professionals involved in treating a particular medical condition. The cleft lip and palate seminar was hosted for the benefit of families with children affected by cleft lip and palate or individuals born with the condition themselves - presentations were made by both health professionals working within the UK cleft service, parents and individuals. The day provided an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the www.healthtalkonline cleft lip and palate module and talk to families and individuals with a view to participation in the research. September ITV interviewed Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children about his Prof. Julian Hamilton -Shield 2013 work with obese children. They made a programme (shown on 4 September 2013) about childhood obesity and in part of the programme they interviewed Professor Hamilton-Shield and a participant in a Mandolean study at the Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRIC). September 2013 Public Engagement Schools Workshop: this workshop brought together academic staff working on Prof. Andy Ness, Rachel Perry childhood and health. The aim was to share research interests and encourage multi-disciplinary working between academics and to discuss ideas for public engagement with a local primary school. A pilot project is being developed.

October 2013 Cleft Lip and Palate Association, Annual conference. - Promotion of and recruitment to Dr. Aidan Searle www.healthtalkonline.org cleft lip and palate module. 'Cleft Lip and Palate Association Annual conference ' Glasgow, provided an opportunity for families and individuals affected by the condition to learn about current developments in the UK cleft service and add their voice to the discussion on current topics of interest. The conference is also attended by health professionals involved in treating children and individuals born with cleft lip and palate. The theme of the conference 'What does good look like' explored the idea of what a good outcome is with regard to the treatment of cleft from a functional, cosmetic and psychological perspective. Presentations were made by both health professionals working within the UK cleft service, parents and individuals and was streamed online via webcam. The day provided an opportunity to raise awareness of the www.healthtalkonline cleft lip and palate module and talk to families and individuals with a view to participation in the research. October 2013 Dr Elanor Hinton visited Redland Green School to present to three classes. For year 8 and year 12, Dr. Eleanor Hinton she ran a mini workshop entitled 'Food on the brain', regarding how food cues in the environment can influence our appetite and lead to increase risk of obesity. Pupils helped design a study to test whether food cues influence appetite, also learning about experimental design in research. Pupils in year 8, 12 and also 13 were introduced to magnetic resonance imaging and how it can be applied to this area through a current research study conducted by Dr Hinton. The workshop was well received by the pupils who were enthusiastic and interested. Nov 2013 UK Society of Behavioural Medicine, Oxford, UK Dr Lucy Hackshaw

The UK Society of Behavioural Medicine aims to encourage and promote exchanges of scientific information and professional experience between social, behavioural and clinical scientists, as well as practitioners, as well as working towards integrating knowledge of biology, behaviour and the environment to prevent and treat disease. Lucy attended the annual meeting in Oxford and gave an oral presentation entitled “Developing a feasibility trial of a dietary and physical activity intervention in men with prostate cancer: findings from a systematic review and qualitative interviews” Nov 2013 British Heart Foundation National Centre - 13th Annual Conference, Time to Change - Understanding Dr Lucy Hackshaw and changing physical activity behaviour, Reading Lucy attended this meeting which took a fresh look at behaviour change research, theory and practice and explored how the latest learning can be applied to the planning of physical activity interventions and behaviours.

Jan 2014 Lecture at: The Association for Science Education. Metabolism and energy balance. Birmingham, Jan Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield 2014 (Sponsored by British Endocrine Society and Wellcome Trust)

February 2014 For the FADES study (Feeding and Autoimmunity in Down’s Syndrome Evaluation Study) we are Dr. Georgina Williams collaborating with the Down’s Syndrome Association and Down’s Syndrome Scotland. These are both member led organisations, they have been engaged in planning the study, and will be heavily involved with recruitment.

The Down’s Syndrome Association’s Bristol branch is known as BADSS (Bristol Area Down’s Syndrome Support) and they kindly agreed for Dr Georgina Williams (Chief Investigator for the FADES study) to attend their committee meeting on evening of the 10th February 2014. The committee members are all parents of children with Down’s Syndrome and includes new members who are parents of babies with Down’s Syndrome. Georgina presented the background and outline of the study and committee members had the opportunity to look at the study documentation that will be provided to families. There was then an opportunity for everyone to discuss the study in an open forum. Georgina asked committee members how acceptable they felt the study was and how we could improve recruitment and work with families in the best way. Overall the feedback from the committee members was very positive, they felt that it would be hard recruiting families when they are coming to terms with the diagnosis of Down’s syndrome but that engaging in research may offer an opportunity for families to get extra support. Attending the meeting was extremely beneficial and gave a better insight into the experiences of families of children with Down’s Syndrome and the role that research may play.

March 2014 Professor Richard Martin visited McGill University in Montreal to discuss collaborative research with Professor Richard Martin Professor Michael Kramer and colleagues, and to give the following lectures "Does an intervention to promote longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding have metabolic health benefits at age 11.5 yrs?" and "Where are we with prostate cancer screening?"

April 2014 Catherine Faulkener presented at the North Somerset NHS Partnership practice nurse Diabetes Dr. Catherine Faulkener education evening. She presented the diabetes work we are involved in and there were 15-20 nurses present.

April 2014 Year 13 students from Redland Green School, Bristol will be visiting CRICBristol for a workshop on Dr. Elanor Hinton MRI and the brain run by Dr Elanor Hinton. Students will have the opportunity to see the MRI scanner and learn about how it works, and to see the images first hand. Dr Hinton will give a presentation on how the MRI scanner works, and give some examples of what imaging has taught us about the brain in health and disease. Students will learn about brain anatomy and functions of different regions through teamwork on quizzes. It is hoped that the session will be both educational and enjoyable, and will be repeated for future year 13 groups. April 2014 Childhood, Wellbeing & Risk Engaged workshop at Bath University. Dr. Catherine Falconer

The remit of this event is to hear about ongoing research as well as the experiences of a diversity of charities, organisations and politicians. This engaged workshop is intended to be a platform from which to develop meaningful research into the future.

April 2014 Clinical Trials Day The four BRU themes were represented by stalls manned by staff members. They presented Vaneesha Short, Vanessa posters and handed out leaflets about the research at the BRU. As this was a public event, staff Marshall, Rachel Perry, Laura talked to members of the public about their research and organised interactive sessions that Birch, Vanessa Er. involved trialling interventions such as gum (gum-chewing for perioperative care), tomatoes (prostate cancer study) and the Mandometer (a machine to help regulate eating).

May 2014 The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Annual Meeting, San Diego, Dr Lucy Hackshaw USA The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, annual meeting brought together experts in Nutrition and Physical Activity from around the world with the overall intention of promoting healthy eating and physical activity worldwide.

August 2014 Vaneesa Er – details of interviews and press coverage of her tomatoes for prostate cancer study* Vanessa Er

August 2014 GREENMAN FESTIVAL Laura Birch, Cat Falconer, Laura The BRU team managed a stall in Einstein’s Garden – we ran a physical activity/nutrition information Johnson, Vaneesha Short, game aimed at children (How do you like them apples?). Rachel Perry, Eileen Sutton We had over 450 participants during the 4 days and gave away over 500 apples. September 2014 Engage -@ Bristol. Meeting with other Engagement Officers – ideas, updates and training. Rachel Perry

Sept 2014 The BRU ran the “How do you like them apples” game at a stall @ Bristol. BRU flyers were given out Lucy Hacvkshaw, Chris Penfold , to members of the public and posters about the 4 themes were on display. Laura Birch, Vanessa Er

September 2014 School Asthma Engagement Project – discussion with School Engagement Officer (Chloe Anderson) Andy Ness, Vanessa Marshall, about the Asthma project. Possibility of taking this to a secondary school. Rachel Perry, Kate Miller, Chloe Anderson September 2014 BBC Radio Bristol, Monday 29 Sept 2014 Vanessa Er

1. Raising awareness about the risk of prostate cancer in African Caribbean men. 2. Role of diet and lifestyle in prostate cancer. 3. Appeal for research participants: Caribbean men with prostate cancer under active monitoring. October 2014 UJIMA radio station Wednesday 8th October Vanessa Er

1. Raising awareness about the risk of prostate cancer in African Caribbean men. 2. Role of diet and lifestyle in prostate cancer. 3. Appeal for research participants: Caribbean men with prostate cancer under active monitoring. November 2014 As part of the ESRC's Thinking Futures week, Mark Edwards is organising a Health and wellbeing Laura Birch, Laura Johnson and across the lifecourse event at the Galleries Shopping Centre on Saturday 8th November. The BRU Rachel Perry took the “How do you like them apples” game as part of the programme.

Nov 2014 Prof Ashley Cooper's research showing that the clocks should stay forward to help improve public Prof Ashley Cooper health is on the front page of The Times today.

I can't claim any credit because the research was led and issued by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - but it's great coverage for Bristol! This is the type of research that always does well because it's topical (perfect timing), health-related and affects a lot of people, so please do flag up anything similar which should be on our radar. Other coverage includes:

 Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2804376/Time-change-improves- child-health.html  The Mirror: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/time-change-moving-clocks-forward- 4494610  BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29739799  The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/23/clock-change-good-for- child-health

Dec 2014 World Cancer Congress, Melbourne, Australia. The World Cancer Congress is the leading Dr. Lucy Hackshaw international conference for cancer control experts, practitioners, and advocates who share the latest information in cancer implementation science. The congress will create opportunities for networking with the leading experts in all areas of cancer research, provide an increased understanding of successful interventions in prevention, diagnosis and care, as well as giving exposure to individual research.

Lucy will be presenting two papers “’I’d do anything. I’d try anything. When you’re in this position you just want to get well again’ Acceptability of nutritional and physical activity interventions for men with localised prostate cancer” and “Nutritional and physical activity interventions for men with prostate cancer: A systematic review” Jan 2015 BRU received training on engagement activate from Kate Miller from the Centre of Public BRU unit Engagement, University of Bristol Jan 2015 Asthma School Engagement project- meeting with Science representative from Hanham Wood Prof. Andy Ness, Rachel Academy – The plan is to run the workshop in October Perry, Sally Brown, Jon Hames and a teacher from Hallum Wood school Feb 2015 Cancer Research UK (CRUK)/BUPA Foundation Cancer Prevention Initiative Funding Panel – Dr Lucy Dr Lucy Hackshaw-McGeagh Hackshaw-McGeagh In February 2015 Lucy was invited to attend the second Innovation Workshop based on 'Cancer Prevention and Risk Perception' funded by the Cancer Research UK (CRUK)/BUPA Foundation Cancer Prevention Initiative. This was a 3-day residential event in Oxfordshire, which brought together about 30 researchers, practitioners, members of local community groups, and policy workers, who had an interest in the area of cancer prevention and risk perception. Lucy attended as an expert mentor to advise the attendees, and help them to develop their innovative research proposals. Lucy was then part of the CRUK/BUPA Foundation funding panel to award funding to the exciting and promising proposals. Approximately £100k was awarded. March 2015 School engagement: Laura Birch, Vaneesha short, Westbury Leigh Primary School (Wiltshire): A team went out to the school and ran two 45 minute Rhona Benyon, Lucy workshops. There were 3 work stations; one looked a physical activity using pedometers, one Hackshaw-McGeagh, Rachel looked at sugar content in drinks and one was a bingo game related to the Eatwell plate. The Perry session ended with a competition between two teams using the “how do you like them apples” format. March 2015 British Science Week Workshop: A team went out to the Southville Centre, Bristol, and ran a 45 Laura Birch, Vaneesha short, minute workshop. Again we had 3 work stations; one looked a physical activity using pedometers, Vanessa Er, Lucy Hackshaw- one looked at sugar content in drinks and one was a bingo game related to the Eatwell plate. The McGeagh, Rachel Perry, session ended with a competition between two teams using the “how do you like them apples” Chris Penfold format. March 2015 “A Week In Your Life” Dr Lucy Hackshaw-McGeagh In July last year Lucy applied for and was accepted to attend the first Innovation Workshop based on 'Cancer Prevention in Harder to Reach Groups' funded by the Cancer Research UK (CRUK)/BUPA Foundation Cancer Prevention Initiative. She was successfully awarded £15,000 to run a 12 month research project entitled ‘A Week In Your Life’, along with two colleagues from Durham University and Queens University Belfast. This project aims to identify barriers and facilitators to cancer preventing / causing behaviours in young mothers, from the perspective of the young mothers. Aiming to recruit about 10-20 young women (21 years old or under) who are mothers in Bristol, Middlesbrough and Belfast, and ask them to take photographs of things that matter to them, in ‘their world' over a week. Focus groups will then be held with about 6 women in each group, with discussion about the photos, and in turn identifying if there are barriers or facilitators to cancer preventing or causing behaviour. The women will then be worked with closely to try and design an intervention to try and help to enhance or adapt these behaviours for young mothers in general. In Bristol so far, seven women have taken photographs and completed focus groups, a further six are lined up to be recruited within the next week. Women have been recruited through local charities and children’s centres. April 2015 Vaneesha Short: recorded a Podcast on the Gum Chewing review for the Cochrane Website Vaneesha Short April 2015 Vanessa Er was approached by the editor of Oncology News to write an article on tomatoes and Vanessa Er prostate cancer www.oncologynews.biz April 2015 IDEAL project – we are planning to work with the IDEAL community project to engage with ex- Chris Penfold is leading on prisoners and ex-drug addicts and have had several meetings with the project co-ordinator, Nick this work Bentley FUTURE EVENTS Regular Seminars Seminars: Fortnightly seminars take place at the BRU which are open to the public and advertised on the website. All previous seminars from 2013/2014 are listed along with the seminar series for 2015 http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/research-innovation/bristol-nutrition-bru/news-and-seminars/

* Summary of media coverage for Research showing that a tomato-rich diet can reduce risk of developing prostate cancer

Coverage as of 1 September, 2014

Television and radio

Media outlet Description Social media Date

BBC Points West Live interview with Dr Athene Lane 27 Aug

BBC Radio Bristol Study was described by the presenter 27 Aug

BBC Radio Gloucester Study was described by the presenter 27 Aug

ITV West Study was described by the presenter 27 Aug

International Media outlet Description & link Social media Date

Fox News Tomatoes may reduce prostate cancer risk, study says Tweeted to 45.2k 27 Aug followers by @foxnewshealth

TIME magazine How Diet Can Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer 29 Aug

Toronto Sun Tomato-rich diet can lower prostate cancer risk: Study 27 Aug

The Oslo Times 27 Aug Tomatoes ‘important in prostate cancer prevention’

Times of Malta Tomatoes may do wonders 27 Aug

Dallas Morning News Those “Killer” tomatoes could save your life! (blog) 28 Aug

News.com.au Tomatoes cut risk of cancer (weekly round-up of health 29 Aug news)

ANI News (India) Tomato-rich diet reduces risk of prostate cancer by 28 Aug nearly 20pc

New Indian Express Eating Tomatoes Daily Can Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk 28 Aug

Trinidad Guardian Tomatoes linked with fighting prostate cancer 28 Aug

Zee News (India) 20% risk of prostate cancer reduces by tomato-rich diet: Tweeted to 31.9k 28 Aug Study followers by @GuardianTT

Bangladesh News 24 Tomatoes can reduce prostate cancer risk 28 Aug

Business Insider Australia Eating Tomatoes Helps Fight Prostate Cancer 29 Aug

Global news Tanzania 27 Aug Tomatoes 'important in prostate cancer prevention'

Honolulu Daily Digest 30 Aug Tomatoes lower prostate cancer risk by one-fifth

Delhi Daily News Tomatoes help prevent prostate cancer 28 Aug

Libya Today Tomatoes Fight Prostate Cancer 01 Sep

Edmonton Sun (Canada) 27 Aug Tomato-rich diet can lower prostate cancer risk: Study

The Malaysian Digest 29 Aug Tomatoes Beneficial In Lowering Risk Of Prostate Cancer

24 horas (Spain) 28 Aug Consumir tomates ayuda a prevenir el cáncer de próstata

ABC.es (Spain) 29 Aug Una dieta rica en tomate para ayudar a prevenir el cáncer de próstata

Italia Globale (Italy) 29 Aug Prevenzione tumour alla prostate, studi sul pomodoro *52 articles appeared in Italian* Tomato-rich diet helps prevent prostate cancer China Economic Net 28 Aug

National print and online Media outlet Headline & link Social media Date

The Times Tomato feast may keep prostate tumours Tweeted by @thetimes to 238k 27 Aug online away followers. and 28 Aug in print Article on page 16 in print.

The Daily Mail Tomatoes 'cut risk of prostate cancer by Tweeted by @MailOnline to 681k 27 Aug 20%': It takes 10 portions a week - but even followers. Shared 316 times and 40 baked beans count comments.

27 Aug The Independent Tomato-rich diet can lower prostate cancer Tweeted to 771k followers by risk by a fifth, scientists claim @Independent (retweeted 49 times). Article was shared 253 times in total. Tomatoes 'important in prostate cancer 27 Aug BBC News online Tweeted by @bbchealth to 766k prevention' followers, retweeted 68 times.

Homepage of BBC News website and on BBC News app. 28 Aug The Mirror ’10 tomatoes a week can beat cancer’ page 23 in print. 28 Aug The Sun ‘Beans and pizza hit cancer’ page 32 in print. 27 Aug Huffington Post UK Tomato-Rich Diet Could Reduce Risk Of Prostate Cancer 28 Aug Belfast Telegraph Tomatoes cut risk of prostate cancer

28 Aug The Express Eating tomatoes slashes the risk of cancer Article on page 28 in print. Yahoo News UK Tomatoes link to cancer prevention 27 Aug

Herald Scotland Tomatoes linked to low prostate cancer risk 28 Aug

Daily Record (Scotland) 28 Aug ‘Tomatoes lower risk of cancer’ page 23 in print.

Local and regional

Media outlet Description & link Social media Date

Bristol Post ‘You say tomato, they say eat a lot to beat big C’ article 29 Aug on page 2.

Western Daily Press Reduce the risk of prostate cancer by eating pizza, 28 Aug ketchup and baked beans

Western Morning News ‘Tomato consumption linked to cancer prevention’ article on page 16.

Bristol 247 Tomatoes linked to preventing prostate cancer 28 Aug

Cambridge Evening News Eating tomatoes could greatly reduce prostate cancer 27 Aug risk, Cambridge University researchers suggest

The Journal (Newcastle) ‘Tomatoes and prostate cancer’ article on page 8. 28 Aug Liverpool Echo ‘Tomatoes good for men’ article on page 20.

27 Aug ITV News website (West) Eating tomatoes can reduce risk of prostate cancer 27 Aug ITV News website (Anglia) New research suggests men who eat more than 10 portions of tomatoes a week are less likely to develop prostate cancer

Other news outlets

Media outlet Description & link Social media Date

NHS Choices @NHSChoices tweeted 28 August Tomato-rich diet 'reduces prostate cancer risk' to 148k followers, retweeted 41 times.

Medical news Today Shared 93 times on 27 Aug Tomato-rich diet lowers prostate cancer risks twitter and 301 times on Facebook.

Net Doctor 27 Aug Eating tomatoes may prevent prostate cancer

Nature World News 27 Aug Tomatoes May Help Fight Prostate Cancer

Oncology Nurse Advisor Prostate cancer risk cut by tomatoes 27 Aug

MedicalResearch.com 28 Aug Prostate Cancer Risk May Be Lower With Lycopene, Tomato Intake

Health Central 28 Aug Tomatoes linked with lowering prostate cancer risk

Tech Times 28 Aug Add more tomatoes, reduce your risk of prostate cancer

News on Wellness Following a Diet Rich in Tomatoes to Fight Prostate 28 Aug Cancer

OnMedica Tomato-rich diet linked to protection from prostate 28 Aug cancer

Nursing Times Eating tomatoes linked to cancer prevention in men 28 Aug

Bionity Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet 29 Aug

World Pharma News 27 Aug Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

Pharma News EU Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet 27 Aug

Produced by Philippa Walker, Press Officer at the University of Bristol