The summer 2013 edition of CEDAR Bulletin is out now. You can read it here, and sign up for future issues here. This issue includes: What shall we do about diet and physical activity? Research and policy meeting, 9 October 2013 Help shape CEDAR’s research: lay member sought for advisory group Government announces investment and […]
CEDAR Bulletin Spring/Summer 2012 – out now
The spring/summer 2012 edition of CEDAR Bulletin is out now. You can read it here, and sign up for future issues.This issue includes: CEDAR Evidence Briefing: supporting physical activity in schools Join us for a research translation conference New online publications database CEDAR – read all about us! Baby Milk Study gets NPRI funding Draft […]
Baby Milk Study – larger study seeks 700 babies
Following on from the successful pilot, the Baby Milk Study from CEDAR and the MRC Epidemiology Unit in Cambridge has been awarded a grant by the National Prevention Research Initiative to recruit 700 babies to the study.Researchers have been working with mothers and healthcare professionals to develop a feeding programme which aims to avoid excess […]
Get active and learn about public health
The Institute of Public Health, which hosts CEDAR, has created a great way to get active and learn about public health. They have teamed up with Stride Design, a Cambridge web design company, to create the guided walk revealing 800 years and death and disease in Cambridge. It’s an unusual topic, but one that tells […]
Interventions to promote cycling – a systematic review
Community-wide promotional activities, improving cycle routes and targeted marketing to households all have the potential to increase cycling in the population, finds a study published by the British Medical Journal on 19 October. This could make a valuable contribution to improving public health.There is a strong case for promoting cycling on health grounds, write Lin […]