MRC Epidemiology Unit
COVID-19 related restrictions resulted in substantial reductions in air pollution in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC), offering a ‘real world’ example of how concerted policy efforts could make a […]
WRAP Trial wins Royal College of General Practitioners paper of the year award
Yesterday Professor Simon Griffin accepted the Paper of the Year award at the Royal College of General Practitioners annual conference on behalf of lead author Dr Amy Ahern and coauthors […]
Levels of overweight and obesity in preschool children stable or declining in several high income countries.
The findings are published today as part of the BMJ’s Food for Thought 2023 collection examining the science and politics of nutrition. Dr Sarah Maessen and colleagues examined trends in […]
Distances to the nearest 24/7 accessible automated external defibrillator are greater in more deprived neighbourhoods of England and Scotland.
Unit scientist Dr Thomas Burgoine is first author on a paper published in the journal Heart yesterday which found that in England and Scotland, but not in Wales, the distances […]
Identifying novel sex- and age-specific gene variants that influence obesity risk
From influencing how our body stores fat to how our brain regulates appetite, hundreds of genes, along with environmental factors, collectively determine our weight and body size. Now, researchers add […]
Can improving cardiorespiratory fitness help prevent type 2 diabetes? Genetics may hold the answer
Higher cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with higher insulin sensitivity and lower risk of type 2 diabetes, but until now it hasn’t been clear if the relationship is causal, and the […]
EPIC-Norfolk Open Science helps advance understanding of biology of aging
Open Science is an increasingly important movement across many disciplines. It involves initiatives and resources that make scientific research – including data, publications and software – freely accessible not just […]
Research challenges current thinking on the genetic causes of very early menopause
The genetic causes of very early menopause will have to be reconsidered after researchers found that nearly all women who carried variations thought to cause the condition in fact had […]
DNA discovery highlights how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after meals
A study of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide has shed light on how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after we have eaten, with implications for our […]
Professor Martin White co-leads new £5.4 million national consortium to evaluate interventions to improve food systems
A consortium of Universities and innovation partners has been awarded £5.4 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to run a programme of trials in the food system to evaluate […]
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