Publications & scientific resources

• Our scientific publications are Open Access. For more, see our Publications and Scientific Resources

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Evidence summaries

• Evidence submissions and summaries for parliamentary bodies and guidance producing organisations.
• Evidence resources: dietary public health
• Evidence resources: travel, transport and urban design
• Evidence Briefs and data visualisations – succinct summaries of research findings for policymakers and practitioners from the Centre for Diet & Activity Research (CEDAR) which was led by the MRC Epidemiology Unit.

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Tools

• Food environment assessment tool (Feat) – www.feat-tool.org.uk. Feat allows for detailed exploration of the geography of food retail access across England. Map, measure and monitor access to food outlets at a neighbourhood level, including changes over time.
• Propensity to Cycle tool – www.pct.bike. The PCT provides an evidence base to inform cycling investment.
• Diet, Anthropometry and Physical Activity (DAPA) Measurement Toolkit – www.measurement-toolkit.org. A free resource to assist researchers and public health or public end-users to identify methods for the assessment of diet, anthropometry and physical activity.
• Managing takeaways near schools: a toolkit for local authorities – Designed in partnership with local authority staff, this toolkit provides local authorities with four practical steps to help successfully implement evidence based takeaway management zones. The toolkit is based on the latest high-quality research in this area.

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Guidance for evidence use and evaluation

• Guidance and links to support effective evaluation and evidence use.

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Talks and seminars

• Active Travel: How and Why (pdf) – a talk given by Jenna Panter at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Annual Travel Awards conference on 25 February 2016.
• Searching for evidence in the living laboratory: a keynote lecture given by Dr David Ogilvie at the International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, Rio de Janeiro, 9 April 2014
• MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminar Series. Hear from leading researchers in diet, physical activity, public health and epidemiology, as well as others beyond academia working in these areas.

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