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Seminar – 20-minute neighbourhoods as an urban design concept to improve health and reduce health inequalities – Dr Jon Olsen

Meeting rooms, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC) Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom

All are invited to the MRC Epidemiology Seminar: 20-minute neighbourhoods as an urban design concept to improve health and reduce health inequalities: reflections from Scottish and international context Dr Jon Olsen, Senior Research Fellow, MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow This hybrid seminar will be held in Institute of Metabolic Science […]

Cambridge Festival – Fibre – what gets you going?

Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, Robinson Way, CB2 0SZ Robinson Way, Cambridge, United Kingdom

How much fibre is in the food you eat? In this drop-in interactive Cambridge Festival activity, part of the open day at the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, we'll invite you to guess the fibre content of a variety of foods. We will explain why dietary fibre is important for health, and how scientists […]

Cambridge Festival – Promoting Play in Preschoolers, why it matters for health and wellbeing

Online , United Kingdom

This talk has been cancelled by Dr Hesketh due to unforseen circumstances. Play is protected as a fundamental right for children by the United Nations (Convention on the Rights of the Child), but children in recent years are spending less time playing and more times with screens. The types of play children engage in changes […]

Cambridge Festival – What does research tell us about maintaining a healthy weight?

Online , United Kingdom

Live NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) webinar for the Cambridge Festival: What does research tell us about maintaining a healthy weight? Have you ever wondered why some people have a large appetite and never gain weight, while others try to eat healthily but find it difficult to lose the pounds? Can health research unlock […]