The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission has published its Report on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems, presenting the most comprehensive global scientific evaluation of food systems to date. Key findings of […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
New research led by Unit researcher Dr Andrea Smith and Professor Clare Llewellyn of the UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care finds that family affluence shields children from the […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
A diet high in whole grains, fruits and vegetables and low in animal products and sugary drinks is more sustainable and linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
Can recipe boxes give families with school-aged children the opportunity to access more affordable healthy food? In this episode of The Food Foundation’s podcast – Pod Bites – the MRC […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
Users of the NHS Active 10 app, designed to encourage people to become more active, immediately increased their amount of brisk and non-brisk walking upon using the app, according to […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
An analysis of studies incorporating data from almost 30 million people has highlighted the role that air pollution – including that coming from car exhaust emissions – plays in increased […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded a £1.53 million grant for major study aiming to address dietary inequalities and improve the life chances of people living in social housing […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has published the latest report from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS), which shows results for 2019-2023. The NDNS is […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
In this article Dr Laura Kudlek discusses the implications of two new research papers she led while a PhD student at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, which examined the impact of […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
A new analysis of data on the relative protein abundances of nearly 6,000 human proteins in blood samples from the Fenland and UK Biobank studies finds that while the levels […]| MRC Epidemiology Unit
