MRC Epidemiology Unit
Today the House of Lords Food Diet and Obesity Committee published the report ‘Recipe for Health: a plan to fix our broken food system’. The MRC Epidemiology Unit provided expertise […]
Red and processed meat consumption associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk, new study in two million people finds
Meat consumption, particularly processed meat and unprocessed red meat consumption, is associated with a higher type 2 diabetes risk, an analysis of data from 1.97 million participants, new research published […]
The Conversation – UK teenagers get two-thirds of their calories from ultra-processed foods
In an article originally published in The Conversation, Dr Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde and Dr Esther van Sluijs of the MRC Epidemiology Unit, and Dr Zoi Toumpakari of the School for Policy […]
Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents
New analysis of data from UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey finds that adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs). The research led by scientists […]
Professor Nita Forouhi awarded prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
Congratulations to Professor Nita Forouhi on being elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship. Nita is one of 58 exceptional biomedical and health scientists to be elected to the […]
What does the World Health Organization’s guidance that non-sugar sweeteners are not effective for weight loss or disease prevention mean for consumers?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidance on the use of non-sugar sweeteners, recommending that they should “not be used as a means of achieving weight control or […]
Biomarkers improve evaluation of Mediterranean diet health benefits
Researchers have developed a novel way to detect whether a person follows a Mediterranean diet using a blood test and used it to show that a Mediterranean diet is associated […]
Heart disease risk from saturated fats may depend on what foods they come from
In this article originally published in The Conversation, Dr Marinka Steur and Professor Nita Forouhi discuss new research indicating that the heart disease risk associated with saturated fats depends on […]
Taking the analysis to the data to understand the relationship between legumes and type 2 diabetes.
An international research team led by scientists at the MRC Epidemiology Unit has used a new approach to combine data from 27 individual population studies and conduct the largest ever […]
Replacing red and processed meat with cheese, yogurt, nuts or cereals may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes
In a paper published in Diabetes Care, a research team led by scientists at the MRC Epidemiology Unit and the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University in Denmark found […]