Simon John Howard is a public health physician working in the North East of England. He has authored or co-authored a number of articles on public health in medical journals, and served as Public Health Registrar to

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Sally Davies from 2013-2014, acting as Editor-in-Chief of the ''2012 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer.''

Biography

Howard qualified as a

medical doctor A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

with the degree

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

from

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in 2008. He was awarded an MSc in Public Health and Health Services Research from Newcastle University in 2011. He has authored and co-authored articles which criticise current nutritional labelling practices in the UK, and on topics related to respiratory, and ophthalmic health. From 2013-2014, Howard served as Public Health Registrar to Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies, and acted as Editor-in-Chief of the ''2012 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer.'' He has contributed to or co-authored a number of other works with Davies. In 2012, Howard co-wrote a study in the ''

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'' that compared the nutritional content of television chefs' recipes and supermarket meals. The study found that the chefs' meals were "less healthy" than ready-made supermarket meals. The article received considerable coverage in the news media, while some scholars criticised the assumption that "health ought to prominently inform TV cooking." In 2010, Howard re-published a compilation of his political blog posts in a book titled ''Instant Opinion''.Howard, SJ (2010). ''Instant Opinion''.

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References

External links

Biography on Simon Howard's blog
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