Our research is focused on diet, physical activity and helping people maintain a healthy body weight.
Improving what people eat and how active they are is important because not everyone is affected by these issues in the same way. People on a low income and those from ethnic minorities are more likely to experience the negative effects of health inequalities. Because of this we develop and test new ways of improving physical activity, diet and healthy weight maintenance through technology and innovation.
To make sure that our work prioritises the needs of those people most affected by health inequalities, we have partnered with the Bradford Institute of Health Research. Bradford is a city where 30% of adults are unemployed and 40% of the city’s wards are among some of the poorest in Britain. Joining forces will let our research teams tackle issues of nutrition and physical activity that impact the communities living in our cities most.
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Co-designing a digital solution to help people manage their diabetes
Theme Diet and physical activity
Workstream Clinical diet and physical activity
Developing a non-invasive continuous glucose monitor
Theme Diet and physical activity
Workstream Clinical diet and physical activity
Tackling inequalities in childhood obesity with the help of Islamic religious settings
Theme Diet and physical activity
Workstream Population diet and physical activity
Designing tailored physical activity interventions for primary schools
- 8 February 2024
The UK Diet and Diabetes Questionnaire - a research tool story
- 8 February 2024
NIHR Bristol BRC Director’s Fund award for three new research projects
- 14 December 2023