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 […]
Public Health Research Centres of Excellence: achievements and impacts
By building capacity and capability in public health research, a report released on 28 March 2019 shows how the UK-wide network of Centres of Excellence that includes CEDAR, has helped fuel future public health and prevention research.Since 2008, partners in the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) have invested £37 million in a network of six […]
Twenty times more English children could cycle to school with better transport planning
Rachel Aldred (University of Westminster), Anna Goodman (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), James Woodcock (CEDAR / MRC Epidemiology Unit) and Robin Lovelace (University of Leeds) from the Propensity to Cycle – www.pct.bike – team write about we can get more children cycling to school. This post was originally published in The Conversation.Only 2% […]
Understanding the use of data visualisation tools
Calling all working in and with local authorities: take part in our study to help evidence-informed policyAt CEDAR we are conducting an NIHR School for Public Health Research study looking at the uses of data visualisation tools to support decision making in local authorities.We’re looking for people working in public health, urban planning, transport planning […]
Physical activity programmes in schools aren’t working – here’s why
Rebecca Love, PhD student at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, writes in The Conversation about the lack of success in efforts to help children be more active at school.A third of children in the UK are overweight or obese by the time they reach primary school. Many other countries are facing the same issue, with a […]
Removing sweets and crisps from supermarket checkouts linked to dramatic fall in unhealthy snack purchases
Policies aimed at removing sweets and crisps from checkouts could lead to a dramatic reduction in the amount of unhealthy food purchased to eat ‘on the go’ and a significant reduction in that purchased to take home, suggests new research led by the University of Cambridge.The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, found that […]
More Freedom or More Control? Event recording now available
The Confidence Interval is a new, occasional podcast from the MRC Epidemiology Unit, which leads CEDAR – talking science, people and public health.The lates episode features a recording of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas event “Improving our Diets – More Freedom or More Control?” which CEDAR organised with The Bennett Institute for Public Policy Governments […]
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