The amount of sugar purchased by households through soft drinks fell by 10% in the year following the introduction of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy.While the volume of soft drinks purchased did not change, the amount of sugar in those drinks was 30g lower per household per week, which the researchers say represents a […]
Dr Eva Maguire, 1985 – 2021
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dr Eva Maguire, a former PhD student at CEDAR, has died.Eva joined us in 2011 having completed an undergraduate degree in Politics and Philosophy in Sheffield followed by a Masters in Social and Spatial Inequalities. We awarded her an integrated Masters and PhD fellowship […]
English obesity policies have long been unfit for purpose, but they are improving
In this article for The Conversation, CEDAR PhD student Dolly Theis discusses new insights into why successive government’s obesity policies in England over the past three decades have largely failed.In England, 63% of men and women live with obesity or are overweight. Although the government has recognised obesity to be a significant health challenge that […]
Successive governments’ approach to obesity policies has destined them to fail, say researchers
Government obesity policies in England over the past three decades have largely failed because of problems with implementation, lack of learning from past successes or failures, and a reliance on trying to persuade individuals to change their behaviour rather than tackling unhealthy environments. This is the conclusion of new research by a team at the […]
New consortium funded to deliver systems research programme to transform urban food system
CEDAR researchers are leading one of four multi-million pound interdisciplinary research programmes awarded funding to support the transformation of the UK food system.The research is being funded through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF). Each of the five-year programmes will address issues such as obesity, sustainable agriculture and global warming, placing […]
Making sense of the evidence in population health intervention research: building a dry stone wall
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 a dry stone wall? On one hand it sometimes feels you can’t move for all the new research coming out. It’s hard to see the wood […]
PhD Studentships in Public Health Research (Diet and Physical Activity)
Opportunities for PhD studentships in Public Health Research (Diet and Physical Activity) are available at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. The studentships enable students to explore and develop their own area of research, within the context of the broader aims of: Understanding the determinants of dietary and physical activity behaviour at individual, community […]
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 of new government regulation announced in July this year, has the potential to reduce the number of children with obesity by 40,000 and those with […]
CEDAR contributes to the Food Foundation’s Broken Plate 2020
Report on the State of the Nation’s Food SystemCEDAR researchers have contributed data, evidence and perspectives to the Food Foundation’s 2020 update of The Broken Plate, their report on the state of the UK’s food system.The report highlights ten vital signs showing the health of our food system, how it impacts on our lives, and […]
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 their lockdowns and more people return to work, there’s an effort to limit the use of public transport to avoid further spread of COVID-19. It seems […]
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