CEDAR researchers and collaborators have recently published a paper in BMJ Global Health. Making sense of the evidence in population health intervention research: building a dry stone wall But why […]
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 […]
CEDAR contributes to the Food Foundation’s Broken Plate 2020
Report on the State of the Nation’s Food System CEDAR researchers have contributed data, evidence and perspectives to the Food Foundation’s 2020 update of The Broken Plate, their report on […]
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 commuting. As many countries ease […]
More evidence that 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 […]
Severo Ochoa Webinars: The impacts of active transport
A multidisciplinary research and practice field On Wednesday 3 June the MRC Epidemiology Unit, in collaboration with ISGlobal and RMIT University, will host two webinars, which explore the state of […]
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 […]
Road Safety: switch to cycling to keep others safe
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. […]
Men pose more risk to other road users than women
Greater gender equity in road transport jobs might help reduce fatalities, suggest researchers Men pose more risk to other road users than women do and they are more likely to […]
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