Applications are invited for a post-doctoral Research Associate with experience in understanding and evaluating dietary public health policy interventions.The post will be based within the Unit and the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) at the University of Cambridge. The post will play a key role in a project funded by NIHR Public Health […]
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 out today shows how the a UK-wide network of centres of excellence, which 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 Public Health […]
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 […]
Obesity prevention: Learning to do no harm – 2018 Max Perutz shortlisted article
This article by Sonja Klingberg, a PhD student in the Unit’s Behavioural Epidemiology programme, was shortlisted for the 2018 Max Perutz Science Writing Award. You can read all the shortlisted and winning articles here.“Our daughter doesn’t usually eat this for breakfast,” said the woman across the table from me. We were having breakfast together at […]
CEDAR Bulletin October 2018 – our latest news, events and evidence
The October 2018 edition of CEDAR Bulletin is out now. Read it here.This issue includes: 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 Sign up for future issuesComplete […]
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