MRC Epidemiology Unit
Congratulations to Professor Nita Forouhi on being elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship. Nita is one of 58 exceptional biomedical and health scientists to be elected to the […]
What does the World Health Organization’s guidance that non-sugar sweeteners are not effective for weight loss or disease prevention mean for consumers?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidance on the use of non-sugar sweeteners, recommending that they should “not be used as a means of achieving weight control or […]
Biomarkers improve evaluation of Mediterranean diet health benefits
Researchers have developed a novel way to detect whether a person follows a Mediterranean diet using a blood test and used it to show that a Mediterranean diet is associated […]
Heart disease risk from saturated fats may depend on what foods they come from
In this article originally published in The Conversation, Dr Marinka Steur and Professor Nita Forouhi discuss new research indicating that the heart disease risk associated with saturated fats depends on […]
Taking the analysis to the data to understand the relationship between legumes and type 2 diabetes.
An international research team led by scientists at the MRC Epidemiology Unit has used a new approach to combine data from 27 individual population studies and conduct the largest ever […]
Replacing red and processed meat with cheese, yogurt, nuts or cereals may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes
In a paper published in Diabetes Care, a research team led by scientists at the MRC Epidemiology Unit and the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University in Denmark found […]
Unit scientists join call for urgent action to address global diabetes epidemic
Researchers from the MRC Epidemiology Unit are part of the international team behind a new report in The Lancet summarising the best evidence for effectively managing and preventing diabetes. This […]
Type 2 diabetes: eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables daily lowers risk, study shows
In this article for The Conversation, Professor Nita Forouhi, Dr Ju-Sheng Zheng and Professor Nick Wareham discuss research showing how indicators of dietary intake, metabolism or nutritional status that are […]
Global diet and health: Unit researchers Professor Nita Forouhi and Dr Nigel Unwin discuss fresh evidence from a huge global study
The Global Burden of Disease study, which tracked trends in consumption of 15 dietary factors from 1990 to 2017 in 195 countries, and is now published in The Lancet, finds […]
Professor Nita Forouhi discusses her medical research career inspirations
Don’t be afraid to tailor-make a career.” Nutrition and public health scientist Professor Nita Forouhi’s career story features in the second episode of the Medical Research Council’s 2019 ‘career inspirations’ […]