MRC Epidemiology Unit
In this article originally published in The Conversation, Dr Amy Ahern and Professor Giles Yeo discuss why is it so difficult to keep the weight off after you’ve lost it. It is often said that 95% of weight-loss measures don’t work. Only, it’s not true. Advances in behavioural treatments (such as cognitive behavioural therapy) for […]
Mums’ activity levels may depend on number and ages of children
Less than half of mums meet the recommended levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity – and mothers of younger children manage to do the least, Cambridge and Southampton researchers have found. Physical activity – particularly when it is moderate to vigorous – has many health benefits, decreasing the risk of a wide range of diseases from […]
How well did the SWiM-C weight management programme support health during COVID-19?
A new study in the International Journal of Obesity examines the effect over 12 months of the SWiM-C weight management programme. The results show that while the effect of SWiM-C on weight was inconclusive, it improved health behaviours and wellbeing. The SWiM-C (Supporting Weight Management during COVID-19) programme was funded by NIHR and the European […]
Revealing the chemical fingerprints of healthy metabolism and disease
An international collaboration led by scientists from the University of Cambridge and Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) has discovered more than 300 regions in the genome that contribute to each person’s individual chemical fingerprint. Their results, published today in Nature Medicine, show how variations between individuals at these regions affect how our body […]
Detecting the undetected: measuring levels of three proteins in the blood can aid detection of undiagnosed prediabetes
Scientists have used a proteomics approach to identify a three-protein signature in the blood that can improve detection of isolated impaired glucose tolerance, a form of prediabetes. The research, led by scientists from the MRC Epidemiology Unit and Berlin Institute of Health at Charité Universitätsmedizin, Germany, is published today in Nature Medicine. Medical and behavioural […]
Breaking the decades-long cycle of failed obesity policy – Max Perutz Science Writing Award 2022
This article by Dr Dolly Theis, then a PhD student with the Unit’s Population Health Interventions programme, was shortlisted for the 2022 Max Perutz Science Writing Award. You can read all ten shortlisted and winning articles here. It’s April 2020. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just left hospital where he was in intensive care […]
Wearable device study in 88,000 people shows the heart health benefits of more intense physical activity
Increasing physical activity of any intensity is beneficial for health, but new research published today in the European Heart Journal shows that there is a greater reduction in cardiovascular disease risk when more of that activity is of at least moderate intensity. The study, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and University of […]
Poor professional development may explain failure of push to promote physical health in primary schools
The government’s £320 million drive to help primary schools promote children’s physical health is in danger of failing because most of the teacher development it funds is ineffective, new research on similar initiatives suggests. Researchers at the University of Cambridge examined the training given to teachers who are charged with implementing new schemes of work […]
The “zero-chance” doctor who now advises government
In an interview with Charis Goodyear originally published in the University of Cambridge’s ‘This Cambridge Life’ MRC Epidemiology Unit scientist Dr Raghib Ali describes how after growing up on free school meals at one of the lowest performing state schools in the country, he went on to become a leading epidemiologist and OBE awardee. He’s […]
Fenland Study finds widening inequalities in physical activity and diet during the COVID-19 pandemic
Findings from a Cambridgeshire study published in the journal Public Health show that diet quality and physical activity levels fell substantially during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels. The fall was greatest in those living in less affluent areas. If these behaviour changes persist, this could have a considerable impact on widening inequalities, with those […]
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