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- Improving our diets: more freedom or more control? 23 October, 5.30pm
- Global Diet and Activity Research resources go live
- Like CEDAR Bulletin? Introducing epigram
- Upcoming talks and seminars
- Our latest publications
- Your information and preferences
Improving our diets: more freedom or more control? Last few places
23 October 2018, 5.30pm – 7.00pm McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus Christi College
Please note that booking is required for this event.
Governments try to improve our diets by labelling, taxes and influencing what shops are on the high street. The right approach is not just a matter of what works, but involves questions about government and personal rights and responsibilities.
Join public health and policy experts for a lively discussion to explore the role of evidence and ethics in helping us decide how and when to intervene.
This is a Cambridge Festival of Ideas event, co-organised by CEDAR and the Bennett Institute for Public Policy
- Read more about the event
- Book here now – last few places available!
- Find more events at the Festival at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk
Global Diet and Activity Research resources go live
Working with partners in Africa and the Caribbean, the Global Diet and Activity Research Group and Network (GDAR) seeks to apply some of the CEDAR philosophy and approaches to help prevent non-communicable diseases in low and middle income countries.
Two of the most important causes of the current increase in these diseases are unhealthy diets and a lack of physical activity, both of which are associated with rapid economic development.
The GDAR group and network will generate evidence on the factors that lead to poor diet and physical inactivity, design and evaluate interventions to change these factors (also known as determinants), and use mathematical modelling to investigate the long-term health and economic effects of such interventions.
- Visit the new GDAR website: www.gdarnet.org
- Follow GDAR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gdarnetwork
Like CEDAR Bulletin? Introducing epigram
The MRC Epidemiology Unit, which leads CEDAR looks, conducts research into all the influences on obesity, diabetes and related metabolic disorders – from the make-up of our DNA all the way out to how our towns and cities are designed.
The Unit has recently launched a new version of it’s annual newsletter – epigram.
This issue of epigram contains stories about how the MRC Epidemiology Unit is growing, how risk-taking might be in our genes, weight loss and type 2 diabetes, the NHS Health Check programme and much more.
- Download epigram here
- Printed copies are also available on request from comms@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
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Upcoming talks and seminars
Look out for more talks and events at www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/events and www.iph.cam.ac.uk/news/seminars
CEDAR / MRC Epidemiology Seminars
Past talks where slides, audio or video are available are listed at
www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/past-seminars/
19 October 2018, 11:00 – 12:00
Can we promote physical activity at the population level? Findings from a community-based cluster randomised trial and a sport fandom-based app study.
Dr Masamitsu Kamada, University of Tokyo.
Meeting rooms 1&2, Level 3, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge Biomedical Campus
5 November 2018, 12:30 – 13:30
The nexus between food literacy, food security and disadvantage. [link tbc]
Danielle Gallegos, Queensland University of Technology
Meeting Rooms 1&2, Level 4, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus
14 November 2018, 12:30 – 13:30
Dr Ruth Hunter, Queens University Belfast. Title TBC
Meeting Rooms 1&2, Level 4, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Bradford Hill Seminars
All at 1pm on Fridays in the Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health. More details at http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/14499
5 October 2018. Options and Opportunities for Health Data Science
Professor Andrew Morris, Farr Institute, Scotland.
26 October 2018. Professor Joan Morris, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine. Title TBC
16 November 2018. Dr Richard Pebody,Head of Respiratory Diseases, Public Health England. Title TBC
15 March 2019. Professor Michael Kenny, Director of Bennett Institute of Public Policy. Title TBC
Our latest publications
The following papers have been published or added to our publications database since the last CEDAR Bulletin. All are Open Access.
General public health
- Changes in workplace car parking and commute mode: a natural experimental study. Knott CS, Sharp SJ, Mytton OT, Ogilvie D, Panter J. J Epidemiol Community Health.
- Different scientific approaches are needed to generate stronger evidence for population health improvement. White M, Adams J. PLoS Med.
- The health benefits of the great outdoors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of greenspace exposure and health outcomes. Twohig-Bennett C, Jones A. Environ Res.
- How does the UK childcare energy-balance environment influence anthropometry of children aged 3-4 years? A cross-sectional exploration. Hesketh KR, Benjamin-Neelon SE, van Sluijs EMF. BMJ Open.
- Preventable fractions of colon and breast cancers by increasing physical activity in Brazil: perspectives from plausible counterfactual scenarios. Rezende LFM, Garcia LMT, Mielke GI, Lee DH, Wu K, Giovannucci E, Eluf-Neto J. Cancer Epidemiol.
- Sedentary behaviour and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose response meta-analysis. Patterson R, McNamara E, Tainio M, de Sá TH, Smith AD, Sharp SJ, Edwards P, Woodcock J, Brage S, Wijndaele K. Eur J Epidemiol.
Diet
- Changes in diet through adolescence and early adulthood: longitudinal trajectories and association with key life transitions. Winpenny EM, van Sluijs EMF, White M, Klepp KI, Wold B, Lien N. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act.
- Examining the interaction of fast-food outlet exposure and income on diet and obesity: evidence from 51,361 UK Biobank participants. Burgoine T, Sarkar C, Webster CJ, Monsivais P. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act.
- Sociodemographic characteristics and frequency of consuming home-cooked meals and meals from out-of-home sources: cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study. Mills S, Adams J, Wrieden W, White M, Brown H. Public Health Nutr.
Physical Activity
- Changes in the mode of travel to work and the severity of depressive symptoms: a longitudinal analysis of UK Biobank. Knott CS, Panter J, Foley L, Ogilvie D. Prev Med.
- Cross-Sectional Associations of Reallocating Time Between Sedentary and Active Behaviours on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Young People: An International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Analysis. Hansen BH, Anderssen SA, Andersen LB, Hildebrand M, Kolle E, Steene-Johannessen J, Kriemler S, Page AS, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Wedderkopp N, Ekelund U; International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators. Sports Med.
- Cycling injury risk in London: A case-control study exploring the impact of cycle volumes, motor vehicle volumes, and road characteristics including speed limits. Aldred R, Goodman A, Gulliver J, Woodcock J. Accid Anal Prev.
- Development of the Impacts of Cycling Tool (ICT): A modelling study and web tool for evaluating health and environmental impacts of cycling uptake. Woodcock J, Abbas A, Ullrich A, Tainio M, Lovelace R, Sá TH, Westgate K, Goodman A. PLoS Med.
- Patterns of health behaviour associated with active travel: a compositional data analysis. Foley L, Dumuid D, Atkin AJ, Olds T, Ogilvie D. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act.
- Physical activity intensity, bout-duration, and cardiometabolic risk markers in children and adolescents. Tarp J, Child A, White T, Westgate K, Bugge A, Grøntved A, Wedderkopp N, Andersen LB, Cardon G, Davey R, Janz KF, Kriemler S, Northstone K, Page AS, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Ekelund U, Wijndaele K, Brage S; International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators. Int J Obes (Lond).
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