Simon John Howard is a public health physician working in the North East of England.
[1] He has authored and co-authored articles which criticise current nutritional labelling practices in the UK,[2] and on topics related to respiratory,[3][4] and ophthalmic health.
[8][9] In 2012, Howard co-wrote a study in the British Medical Journal that compared the nutritional content of television chefs' recipes and supermarket meals.
[10] The article received considerable coverage in the news media,[11][12][13][14] while some scholars criticised the assumption that "health ought to prominently inform TV cooking.
"[15][16] In 2010, Howard re-published a compilation of his political blog posts in a book titled Instant Opinion.