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 […]
CEDAR Bulletin July 2019 – our latest news, events and evidence
The July 2019 edition of CEDAR Bulletin is out now. Read it here.This issue includes: Public Health Research Centres of Excellence: achievements and impacts Vacancy: Research Associates in physical activity and public health What makes young people GoActive? Study hosts discussion event Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minorities do less vigorous physical activity Twenty […]
What makes young people GoActive? Study hosts discussion event
The GoActive study team hosted a discussion event at the Møller Centre, Cambridge on 10 June which attracted delegates from a variety of fields including researchers, policymakers and practitioners.GoActive stands for Get Others Active, and is an intervention designed to increase physical activity in young people, aged 13 to 14 through increased peer support, self-efficacy, […]
Podcast – Dr Jean Adams talks dietary public health
The Confidence Interval is an occasional podcast from the MRC Epidemiology Unit and CEDAR – talking science, people and public health.In the latest edition, Oliver Francis talks to Dr Jean Adams from the dietary public health team at the Unit and Centre for Diet and Activity Research about how we might improve the nation’s diet, […]
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minorities do less vigorous physical activity
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds, including from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds, have lower levels of vigorous physical activity, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. The patterns mirror inequalities seen in levels of childhood obesity, suggesting a need for a greater focus on the promotion of vigorous physical activity, particularly […]
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