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 […]
Restricting unhealthy food advertising on TV could reduce number of overweight and obese children by 120,000
New research suggests that unhealthy food advertising on television before the 9pm watershed is responsible for 1 in 22 cases of childhood obesity. Removing these adverts before 9pm, the intention […]
Cycling and walking to work lowers risk of cancer, heart disease and death – The Conversation
In this article for The Conversation, Dr Richard Patterson from the MRC Epidemiology Unit and Dr Anthony Laverty from Imperial College London discuss research highlighting the health benefits of active […]
Walking or cycling to work associated with reduced risk of early death and illness
A study of over 300,000 commuters in England and Wales has found that those who walk, cycle and travel by train to work are at reduced risk of early death […]
Food insecurity in the UK – why we need a new normal
Amy Yau, Jean Adams & Martin White Headlines on ‘Food Bank Britain’ have featured increasingly in our newspapers since the global financial crash in 2008, documenting the struggle of many […]
The Healthy Food Act – Bennett Prospect Prize 2019/20
Dr Oliver Mytton was selected as a finalist for the 2019/2020 The Bennett Prospect Prize for Public Policy for this essay on how a Healthy Food Act could improve the health […]
Sugar levy had no lasting negative impacts on the UK soft drinks industry, despite substantial reformulation of drinks
Leading UK soft drinks companies continued to experience positive growth in their share prices during the implementation of the UK Government’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), despite widespread industry fears […]
Sugar levels in UK soft drinks lowered following government levy
The UK government’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), introduced in April 2018 to help combat childhood obesity and related conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, has resulted in soft […]
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 […]
Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food at major UK restaurant chains
Food sold at restaurants whose menus display energy information are lower in fat and salt than that of their competitors, according to new research from the MRC Epidemiology Unit. The […]