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Mr Oliver Huse

Research Fellow in Qual. Process Eval.

United Kingdom

Oliver Huse is public health nutrition research fellow at the at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As part of the ESRC-funded SALIENT project, Oliver will be conducting process evaluations of food retail interventions aimed at supporting healthier eating and reducing the impact of food on the planet. Prior to this, Oliver’s PhD thesis, entitled ‘The Commercial Determinants of Unhealthy Diets in Asia’, took a mixed-methods approach to exploring the influence of unhealthy food and beverage corporations over food and nutrition environments and policies in East Asian lower-middle income countries. He has also worked as a consultant within UNICEF’s East Asia and Pacific regional Office, supporting country offices and governments in their efforts to introduce policies to address overweight and obesity.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Research

Public health nutrition policy research
Commercial determinants of health
Global health
Food systems
Qualitative research
Mixed methods research

Selected Publications

Home, school, and retail food environments driving obesity among adolescent girls in South Asia.
HUSE, O; Sethi, V; Rowel, D; Shahula Ahmed, A; Liyana Pathirana, N; Arora, M; Backholer, K; South Asia Better Diets and Better Growth for Adol,;
2025
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Exploring the commercial determinants of health in the online food delivery sector: a case study of Uber Eats in Australia
Bennett, R; Sacks, G; Zorbas, C; HUSE, O; Wood, B; Backholer, K;
2025
Critical Public Health
A best practice guide for conducting healthy food retail research: A resource for researchers and health promotion practitioners.
Scapin, T; Boelsen-Robinson, T; Naughton, S; Ananthapavan, J; Blake, M; Ferguson, M; Gomez-Donoso, C; Gupta, A; Hobbs, V; McMahon, EJ; Romaniuk, H; Sacks, G; Thompson, J; Alston, L; Backholer, K; Bennett, R; Brimblecombe, J; Chan, J; Duus, KS; HUSE, O; Maganja, D; Marshall, J; Orellana, L; Rosewarne, E; Schultz, S; ... Cameron, AJ.
2025
Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
Influence and impact of commercial actors on nutrition policy in the Philippines
HUSE, O; Ananthapavan, J; Reeve, E; Zambrano, P; Nguyen, P; Calibo, A; Guirindola, M; Desnacido, J; Angeles-Agdeppa, I; Bell, C; Peeters, A; Sacks, G; Baker, P; Backholer, K;
2024
World Public Health Nutrition Congress
The rise and fall of the Queensland Government policy to restrict unhealthy food and alcohol advertising on publicly owned assets.
Backholer, K; HUSE, O; Brooks, R; Martino, F; Chung, A; Zorbas, C; Driessen, C; Sartori, A; Browne, J;
2024
Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
Prevention of childhood overweight and obesity in Mongolia, the Philippines and Vietnam: identifying priority actions.
Norov, B; Cristobal-Maramag, C; Van Minh, H; Long, KQ; HUSE, O; Nkoroi, A; Luvsanjamba, M; Phuong, DH; Kupka, R; Lobstein, T; Jewell, J; Castro, MC; Oliver, N; Watson, F;
2023
Health promotion international
Nutritional status of school-age children (5-19 years) in South Asia: A scoping review.
Choedon, T; Brennan, E; Joe, W; LELIJVELD, N; HUSE, O; Zorbas, C; Backholer, K; Murira, Z; Wrottesley, SV; Sethi, V;
2023
Maternal & Child Nutrition
A comparative analysis of the cost-utility of the Philippine tax on sweetened beverages as proposed and as implemented.
HUSE, O; Backholer, K; Nguyen, P; Calibo, A; Guirindola, M; Desnacido, JP; Sacks, G; Bell, AC; Peeters, A; Angeles-Agdeppa, I; Ananthapavan, J;
2023
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
Understanding the corporate political activity of the ultra - processed food industry in East Asia: a Philippines case study.
HUSE, O; Reeve, E; Zambrano, P; Bell, C; Peeters, A; Sacks, G; Baker, P; Backholer, K;
2023
Globalization and health
Healthy weight in childhood.
HUSE, O; Lobstein, T; Jewell, J; Zahr, S; Williams, D; Leon, K; Watson, F;
2023
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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