Fluoridation of the water supply may confer a modest benefit to the dental health of children, a seven-year-study from a research team including the University of Cambridge has concluded. However, the benefits are smaller than shown in previous studies – carried out 50 years ago – when fluoride toothpaste was less widely available in the UK. […]
No evidence that physical activity calorie-equivalent (PACE) labelling changes food purchasing in worksite cafeterias
An experiment carried out across ten workplace cafeterias found no significant change in the overall number of calories purchased when food and drink labels showed the amount of physical activity required to burn off their calories. Physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) labels, contrary to expectations, may have little or no impact on the food people […]
New analysis reveals primary care workforce inequalities remain as wide as ever
Updated analysis of UK primary care workforce data reveals inequalities remain as wide as ever. A fair distribution of primary care staff is a key building block to reducing health and care inequalities. In 2021 Dr John Ford (Clinical Lecturer in Public Health, Primary Care Unit) and Claire Nussbaum published a paper showing how primary […]
People smoke more when smoking from larger pack sizes
The first experimental evidence that people smoke more when smoking from larger pack sizes has been published in Addiction today. The research was designed to test whether lowering cigarette pack sizes from 25 to 20 reduced the number of cigarettes smoked. Smoking remains one of the largest risk factors for disease globally and is a […]
Experts urge government to keep focused on levelling-up health
Experts are calling on the Government to maintain a focus on ‘levelling-up’ health to tackle health inequalities, arguing that reducing the health gap is too important an agenda to abandon. It’s crucial that the government considers closing the health gap – which has only got worse during the pandemic – as an urgent priority” John […]
PCU profile: meet Qin Xi
Qin Xi joined PCU in summer 2022 to study for her PhD. Her research is on the economic evaluation of predictive genetic testing. From Beijing to Yale I have been interested in health care since I did my Bachelor’s thesis, which was on China’s public and private health insurance market. My B.A was in economics […]
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