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Communicating about diet and physical activity research, behaviours, interventions and policies. From the MRC Epidemiology Unit @MRC_Epid, Cambridge.
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New paper from Matt Keeble exploring public acceptability of local planning restrictions on new takeaways around schools. 51% of adults support, 37% neutral, 9% opposed. Thus new proposals are unlikely to be met with substantial public disapproval tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Yinhua Tao MRC Epidemiology Unit CEDAR will be speaking this Wednesday about his current research (with me, Laura Howe Jane Maddock) exploring how socioeconomic exposures during early adulthood are related to adult diet much later in life. ✏️sign-up to join online
We’ll be checking in before & after Mandala research projects through a series of short films. Here's a taster of the first film profiling our research with Change Kitchen, a social enterprise in Balsall Health, Birmingham... #foodsystems #healthy #sustainable
Heard of participatory systems mapping and not sure where to start?
A new guidance and framework developed by researchers Improving Health & Cambridge University will help you select the method that’s right for you and think about how to design your project
doi.org/10.36399/gla.p…
Are you looking for a #PhD in #Epidemiology or #PublicHealth research?
Application is now open for our 2024/2025 #PhD studentships
⏰Closing date: 4 January 2024
More info & application details: mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2023/11/1…
Read the paper 'Estimated impact of the UK soft drinks industry levy on childhood hospital admissions for carious tooth extractions: interrupted time series analysis' by Dr Nina Rogers and colleagues in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph…
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There's lots of talk about 'systems thinking' in public health research, but it's not always clear what it might mean for doing things differently. In this paper Miriam discusses how systems thinking could help generate novel research questions. gh-bmj-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/content/8/Supp…
Join us this Friday, 10 November, 2pm GMT to discuss with PhD Georgina Dowsett
'Are anti-obesity drugs really the answer to the problem of our food system?'
Cambridge Metabolism
Cambridge University
Email [email protected] for the Zoom link
It’s day two of #InternationalOpenAccessWeek and we’re highlighting our range of freely accessible scientific resources and tools today! ✅ mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/publi…
Report makes nine key recommendations to adopt a whole systems approach to better support #physicalactivity in pregnant and postnatal women, upskill more fitness professionals, and ⬆️provision of high quality pregnant & postnatal classes.
Read: activepregnancyfoundation.org/_files/ugd/4c6…
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The ActivePregnancyFoundation #COVID19 lockdown survey of 722 #pregnant & #postnatal women found low levels of physical activity compared to pre-lockdown.
The report by Dr Kathryn Hesketh & colleagues found reduced opportunities and ability to be active.
activepregnancyfoundation.org/post/overlooke…
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Are plant-based meat alternatives a nutritionally sound alternative to meat? 🥩🍔🫘
Dr Daniel Borch Ibsen, Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge University examines the evidence on #WorldPulsesDay2023
Read his thoughts here: bit.ly/3JYEYj8