Rachel Aldred and James Woodcock write about new research examining the risk posed to other road users by particular types of transport. This post was originally published in The Conversation. […]
Some countries have introduced mandatory nutritional labelling on menus – here’s why the UK should follow suit
CEDAR Ph.D. student Dolly Theis writes about how labelling menus may help us to eat more healthily. This post was originally published in The Conversation. Would you eat a burger […]
The Confidence Interval podcast – new edition out now – Dr Jean Adams
The Confidence Interval is an occasional podcast from the MRC Epidemiology Unit – talking science, people and public health. In the latest edition, Oliver Francis talks to Dr Jean Adams […]
Twenty times more English children could cycle to school with better transport planning
Rachel Aldred (University of Westminster), Anna Goodman (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), James Woodcock (MRC Epidemiology Unit) and Robin Lovelace (University of Leeds) from the Propensity to Cycle […]
Physical activity programmes in schools aren’t working – here’s why
Rebecca Love, PhD student at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, writes in The Conversation about the lack of success in efforts to help children be more active at school. A third […]
The Confidence Interval podcast episode 2 out now – More Freedom or More Control?
The Confidence Interval is a new, occasional podcast from the MRC Epidemiology Unit – talking science, people and public health. Listen on the University of Cambridge streaming service. Subscribe on […]
The Confidence Interval – a new podcast from the MRC Epidemiology Unit
The Confidence Interval is a new, occasional podcast from the MRC Epidemiology Unit – talking science, people and public health. Listen on the University of Cambridge streaming service. Subscribe on […]
Obesity prevention: Learning to do no harm – 2018 Max Perutz Science Prize article
This article by Sonja Klingberg, a PhD student in the Unit’s Behavioural Epidemiology programme, was shortlisted for the 2018 Max Perutz Science Writing Award. You can read all the shortlisted […]
Indian women confined to the home, in cities designed for men.
Rahul Goel, a Research Associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, writes in The Conversation about how safer streets may help reduce inequality and improve the health of women in India. […]
We uncovered the genetic basis of risk taking – and found it’s linked to obesity and mental illness
Emma Clifton, University of Cambridge; Felix Day, University of Cambridge, and Ken Ong, University of Cambridge Those who take extreme risks often describe being drawn in by a feeling of […]