New paper on the UK's Soft Drinks Levy led by Pete Scarborough & Linda Cobiac at Oxford. We measured how the tax changed sugar consumption and found bigger falls in more deprived areas. We then modelled how this would affect health.... journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…

New paper from Matt Keeble exploring public acceptability of local planning restrictions on new takeaways around schools. 51% of adults support, 37% neutral, 9% opposed. Thus new proposals are unlikely to be met with substantial public disapproval tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

On Wednesday Professor Pablo Monsivais WSU Medicine returns for a hybrid seminar to discuss 2 projects aimed at identifying population-level determinants of diet, and 1 developing heart-healthy ready meals. 🗓️15 May 2024 ⏰1.15 PM Info and registration: mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-…

Creating Harvest Plots in R by Christina Xiao link.medium.com/OkKPi9QDMJb Who doesn't love a harvest plot? Who doesn't love a walk through of how it make one yourself?

Dark kitchens and dark grocery stores Join our workshop to share your views on the impact of dark kitchens and grocery stores, with a network of academics & policy colleagues. 📅30/07/24 ⏲️11:00-15:30 📍The Derby Hotel, London Register - buff.ly/3Vdqobg

Job Alert! 📢: Research Fellow in Epidemiology & Population Health Exciting 18 RF month post working on a large e-cohort of children to explore the role of environment on health and educational attainment 🌳🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓🌿 Closing: July 5th jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

📣 2 jobs in our team Cambridge University for people who want to improve the lives of people living with obesity & have the skills and experience to help lead our National Institute for Health and Care Research funded research programme to further develop and evaluate our SWiM intervention. doi.org/10.2196/31801

New IJHPM paper by Matt Keeble, Thomas Burgoine and colleagues. Retailer Responses to Public Consultations on the Adoption of Takeaway Management Zones Around Schools: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis Read at: buff.ly/4coDKYS #HealthPolicy #Takeaways

New BMJPublicHealth paper by Steven Cummins et al finds online grocery delivery use is associated with higher household income, but not social grade. Online takeaway food delivery app use was associated with lower social grade, but not income. buff.ly/3WWkUm8

National Institute for Health and Care Research funded researchers have developed a toolkit that helps local authorities adopt and implement takeaway management zones. It is based on their research evidencing the positive impact these zones have on local communities. Toolkit - bit.ly/TMZ-toolkit

The Autumn 2024 issue of our newsletter epigram is out now. Read about... 🏫More children walk & cycle to school after ULEZ introduction 🧬UK Biobank aids understanding of disease risk 🥓Red & processed meat and type 2 #diabetes risk ...and more! mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/news/epigram/e…

The Confidence Interval - taking away the takeaways for healthy neighbourhoods. In this episode, Dr Thomas Burgoine shares how a toolkit he helped create creating healthy neighbourhoods can help people make healthy choices. Listen - buff.ly/3UGmhoE

.Dr Nina Rogers Ben Amies-Cull @olimytton Thomas Burgoine and colleagues model the impact on health of food outlet takeaway management zones around schools. Read the full study here: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

What is the food environment like around London schools? 🚸 On average, children encounter 5 fast-food outlets within a 10-minute walk. But in the most deprived areas, they’re exposed to 3x more - and they’re often less healthy 📊🌍 At #PHSci? Come chat to me about our research.

This month sees the start of Health-Driven Design for Cities (HD4), a ground-breaking Singapore-based research collaboration involving the MRC Epidemiology Unit. HD4 seeks to discover how best to design urban environments that enhance the health of their residents. 🧵

See below job opportunities to become part of our dynamic Centre for Food Policy team!

(1) The The Food Foundation has published its The Broken Plate 2025 report. MRC Epidemiology Unit researchers, Drs Thomas Burgoine & Jody Hoenink, & Prof. Jean Adams contributed to the report, finding the gap is widening between the cost of more & less healthy foods. buff.ly/42zECIJ

McDonald's is overturning council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets by claiming they will encourage healthier lifestyles, reveals a BMJ investigation. It shows the firm has won planning appeals in some of the most deprived areas of England bmj.com/content/388/bm…

🚨The MRC Epidemiology Unit Food environment assessment tool (Feat) just had a makeover. And we added a NEW feature - historic data downloads are now available! Check it out: feat-tool.org.uk 🚨