MRC Epidemiology Unit
Dr Claudia Langenberg, a Programme Leader with our Aetiology of Diabetes and Related Metabolic disorders programme, is one of five scientists to win this year’s Helmholtz International Fellow Award. This […]
How genetic studies are helping to explain the global surge of type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and understanding its causes is essential to stem the rapid increase in the number of people affected by this chronic […]
Walking and cycling rather than driving may reduce your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by almost a third
Dr Jenna Panter and Dr Oliver Mytton of the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) write in The Conversation about new research published in the journal Heart. Swapping your car […]
Using Google Street View to estimate travel patterns in cities
A study published today in PLOS ONE indicates that Google Street View has the potential to estimate how common cycling is in cities, and potentially other travel patterns too. The […]
England’s NHS Health Check Programme Saving Lives
The NHS Health Check programme prevents around 300 premature deaths and results in more people living free of cardiovascular disease in England each year, according to a new study published […]
Investigation of the role of inflammation in cancer shortlisted for Cancer Research UK Grand Challenge
Two University of Cambridge scientists, Professor Steve Jackson of The Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and Dr John Perry of the MRC Epidemiology Unit, are members of a […]
NatCen and MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge to deliver the next four years of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and the University of Cambridge have been awarded the contract to provide the next four years of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey […]
New research programme will develop and evaluate weight management programmes for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes
Researchers at the MRC Epidemiology Unit and the Primary Care Unit have started work on an NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research to develop and evaluate scalable behavioural weight management […]
The price of prevention – healthy diets and the cost of food
For decades, the UK government has provided science-based recommendations and guidelines for healthy eating, but British diets still fall short of these recommendations. Understanding the population-level factors behind this shortfall […]
Incorporating active travel into long commutes is associated with reduced body fat
Encouraging more active travel (walking and cycling for transport) is one promising approach to prevent obesity and related diseases. In this study, published online in Preventive Medicine, we looked at […]
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