Putting public health research into practice has had major impacts worldwide, resulting in longer, healthier lives.
Emma Glennon is a PhD candidate in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Here, she tells us about her research on...
Food sold at restaurants whose menus display energy information is lower in fat and salt than that of their competitors, according to new research...
Valentina Ndolo is a Gates Cambridge Scholar in the...
Children are more likely to start drinking alcohol, drink more frequently and get drunk if their parents have a lenient attitude towards drinking...
A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage corporations to push...
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds, including from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds, have lower...
Children who regularly walk or cycle to school are less likely to be overweight or obese than those who travel by car or public transport, a new...
Around four million people in the UK carry genetic variants that protect them from obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, suggests new...
The first large-scale study of autism in China has revealed that around one in a hundred people in China has an autism spectrum condition – the...
