MRC Epidemiology UnitEvidence Briefs produced from 2012 to 2022 by the Centre for Diet and Activity Research, which was led by the MRC Epidemiology Unit. A selection are available on this page.
These are succinct summaries of our research findings for policymakers and practitioners, developed in collaboration with our partners.
Please also see our evidence submissions to policy and guidance bodies.
Physical Activity
Evidence Brief – Are you sitting actively?
Not all sedentary behaviours are the same when it comes to mental health – April 2022
April 2022
Active travel – function over form
How to make walking and cycling interventions successful
September 2019
Roads and communities
Impacts of major road infrastructure on local neighbourhood health
December 2017
Changing the way we travel
Infrastructure and our everyday transport choices
June 2017
England’s Cycling Potential
Results from the Department for Transport-funded Propensity to Cycle Tool project
February 2017
A child for all seasons.
Seasonal variation in children’s physical activity
September 2016
Making the Case
Creating Active School Environments for Adolescents, Evidence Review
March 2016
Sitting out physical activity
Children’s sedentary behaviour, health and the family environment
November 2015
Walking & Cycling for Transport
How promoting active travel can help meet the physical activity challenge
March 2013
School-based physical activity programmes
Review for the Youth Sport Trust
November 2012
Supporting physical activity in schools
Findings from the SPEEDY study
May 2012
Dietary public health
Calorie labelling – the level is in the detail
Restaurant approaches to displaying nutritional information online
March 2021
Checking out checkout food
Effects of UK supermarket policies on healthier food at the tills
February 2020
Into the mouths of babes
Effects of infant feeding on growth and childhood obesity
February 2019
DASH diet in the UK and Ireland
Addressing barriers to healthy and sustainable diets
February 2017
13 year of food price changes.
Explore the interactive
April 2016. Compare ONS and NDNS data on products by food group, healthiness, absolute and percentage change – and more
EU Sugar Policy Reforms
Implications for public health
October 2015
Financial hardships, diet & obesity
Findings from the Whitehall II and EPIC-Norfolk studies
November 2014
Are takeaways adding pounds?
How takeaway food outlets where we live and work may affect our health
June 2014
Multiple social ties and healthy eating in older people
Findings from the EPIC-Norfolk study
October 2013
Children’s diets and school
Findings from CEDAR studies and evidence review
December 2012