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 the tax would harm their businesses, researchers have found.An analysis of stock market returns of soft-drinks companies registered on the London Stock Exchange, was conducted […]
CEDAR Bulletin February 2020 – our latest news, events and evidence
The February 2020 edition of CEDAR Bulletin is out now. Read it here.This issue includes: Four questions to help us make CEDAR Bulletin better Sugar levels in UK soft drinks lowered following government levy New Evidence Brief. Checking out checkouts Downsides of becoming an adult – becoming less active and gaining weight Cambridge Science Festival: Building […]
Cambridge Science Festival – Building a healthier childhood for a brighter future
Sunday, 22 March, 11.00am – 4pm (drop in) Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, Robinson Way, CB2 0SZ On Sunday 22 March members of CEDAR and the MRC Epidemiology Unit will be taking part in a drop-in event for families that is part of the 2020 Cambridge Science Festival.Visit our stand to take part in a […]
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 drinks manufacturers in the UK lowering the sugar levels in their drinks, researchers have found.The research was carried out by teams at the University of […]
Becoming less active and gaining weight: downsides of becoming an adult revealed in scientific reviews
Leaving school and getting a job both lead to a drop in the amount of physical activity, while becoming a mother is linked to increased weight gain, conclude two reviews published today and led by researchers at the University of Cambridge.Many people tend to put on weight as they leave adolescence and move into adulthood, […]
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 if you knew it contained almost 6,000 calories? Some would gladly tuck in while others would recoil in horror. But if you have calories on the […]
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 CEDAR.The researchers behind the study argue that if government policy made menu labelling mandatory, it could encourage restaurants to produce healthier options, leading to public health benefits.Obesity levels worldwide have […]
Designing for health – creating physically active communities
CEDAR PhD student Anna Le Gouais outlines the findings of research on the opportunities and challenges in creating neighbourhoods that encourage physical activity and promote health. This piece was originally published in the October 2019 issue of The Journal of the Town and Country Planning Association. www.tcpa.org.ukOur environments can influence how much everyday physical activity […]
New Evidence Brief. Active travel – function over form
How to make walking and cycling interventions successfulChanges to the environment are being made to encourage more people to walk or cycle. But why do some of these interventions work and others fall flat? The latest research suggests the answer may lie in asking not what works? but rather “how does it work, and in […]
Find our Feat: CEDAR launches upgrade to the Food environment assessment tool
CEDAR has launched a big upgrade to the Food environment assessment tool (Feat) www.feat-tool.org.uk, packed with new features.Feat enables detailed exploration of the geography of food retail access. It is designed around the needs of professionals in public health, environmental health and planning roles, locally and nationally. It can be used to map, measure and […]
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