Removing largest wine glass serving reduces amount of wine sold in bars and pubs

Taking away the largest serving of wine by the glass – in most cases the 250ml option – led to an average reduction in the amount of wine sold at pubs and bars

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 18, 2024 ~4 min

UK ‘sugar tax’ linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth extraction

The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have saved more than 5,500 hospital admissions for tooth extractions, according to an analysis by

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 15, 2023 ~4 min


Older adults who remain more active have a better quality of life, study finds

A reduction in the amount of time spent physically active when adults are over sixty years old is linked to lower quality of life, a Cambridge study of almost

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 4, 2023 ~5 min

Weak policies and political ideologies risk jeopardising plans to tackle health and climate change, says Cambridge expert

Efforts to tackle major issues facing the UK, including the nation’s health and climate change, are being hampered because politicians often ignore the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 20, 2023 ~7 min

Majority of NHS Trusts do not offer training to prevent sexual harassment, study finds

Failure to implement active bystander training could thwart NHS attempts to tackle sexual harassment, say researchers at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 5, 2023 ~7 min

Daily 11 minute brisk walk enough to reduce risk of early death

One in ten early deaths could be prevented if everyone managed at least half the recommended level of physical activity, say a team led by researchers at the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 1, 2023 ~6 min

GP survey reveals health and healthcare inequalities of trans and non-binary adults

Trans and non-binary adults are more likely than the general population to experience long term health conditions, including mental health problems, dementia

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 7, 2023 ~5 min

Sugary drinks tax may have prevented over 5,000 cases of obesity a year in year six girls alone

The introduction of the soft drinks industry levy – the ‘sugary drinks tax’ – in England was followed by a drop in the number of cases of obesity among older

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 26, 2023 ~6 min


Workplace cafeteria study finds no evidence that physical activity calorie-equivalent labelling changes food purchasing

An experiment carried out across ten workplace cafeterias found no significant change in the overall number of calories purchased when food and drink labels

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 9, 2022 ~5 min

Reducing TV viewing to less than one hour a day could help prevent more than one in ten cases of coronary heart disease

Watching too much TV is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease regardless of an individual’s genetic makeup, say a team of scientists at the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 24, 2022 ~5 min

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