2025 news
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App uses AI to tackle £72 billion NHS multimorbidity challenge
A newly developed app that tackles multimorbidity – the presence of two or more health conditions such as diabetes and arthritis – with patients across the NHS, has revealed promising results.
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BLOG: Harnessing hope - learning from African and Caribbean communities to promote health equity
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol continue to be some of the biggest public health challenges of our time, and African and Caribbean communities are among those most affected in the UK.
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BLOG: What helps adults stay active over time?
We know that physical activity is good for our overall wellbeing by supporting our health, boosting our mood, and improving our quality of life.
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BLOG: Can PACE food labelling reduce the purchase of sugary foods and combat unhealthy food choices in school canteens?
Childhood obesity remains a growing concern across the world, with 20% of young people now living with overweight or obesity. Studies suggest that an excessive consumption of ultra-processed, energy-dense foods with little nutritional value is a major contributing factor.
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BLOG: The promotion of physical activity by health professionals during routine appointments
Our study found that health professionals were supportive of discussing Snacktivity during routine appointments, despite some reported challenges.
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Advancing CLiMB’s global health vision in West Africa
As part of our ongoing commitment to global health we are proud to see our initiative expand into Nigeria.
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CLiMB researcher wins prestigious WHO World No Tobacco Day award for the African Region
CLiMB research associate, Charity Aienobe-Asekharen, has won the World Health Organization World No Tobacco Day (WHO WNTD) award for the African Region.
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BLOG: For the ‘sugar tax’ to be truly effective, it must be part of a greater food reform
The government announced last week that they are consulting on proposals to extend the sugar tax that is currently applied to fizzy drinks, to include pre-packaged milk-based drinks, as well as non-dairy substitutes such as oat or rice milks.
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BLOG: How dentists could help tackle obesity in children
As a specialty registrar in paediatric dentistry, I’ve seen first-hand the pain children experience because of poor oral health.
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Wellcome Fellowship to research positive deviant behaviours for culturally-tailored public health interventions for African and Caribbean populations
Dr Hibbah Osei-Kwasi, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Fellowship to harness positive deviance to address health inequalities in underserved communities.
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Labelling food with the physical activity required to burn off calories reduces sugary food purchases in secondary school pupils
A trial at English secondary schools of alternative food labelling – which displayed the number of minutes of physical activity needed to burn off calories – reduced the purchase of sugary foods by a small amount.
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NIHR Advanced Fellowship to explore integrating physical activity in the treatment pathway for breast cancer
Dr Kajal Gokal, Senior Research Fellow in Behavioural Medicine in the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour, has been awarded a prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Advanced Fellowship to explore effective ways to promote physical activity as part of routine care for breast cancer.