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. […]
Cuts to public health laid bare in new analysis
The Health Foundation and the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) are today calling on the government to increase funding for public health. The years of underinvestment are documented in new analysis commissioned by the Health Foundation and conducted by a team led by John Ford and Mike Kelly. The analysis shows that the […]
Why policy makers get obesity wrong
Blog from Professor Mike Kelly, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Primary Care Unit The coronavirus pandemic has revealed a lot about the health of the UK population. Not least that certain health conditions, including being overweight, are linked to an increased risk from infectious diseases like COVID-19, and perhaps more significantly, that this risk is […]
How hospital doctors can improve public health
Hospital-based doctors can make important contributions to improving population health through the application of public health principles to clinical practice in hospitals, according to a study published today in the British Journal of Hospital Medicine. The authors, public health doctors Dr. James McGowan from University of Cambridge, Dr. Helena Jopling from West Suffolk NHS Foundation […]