Alcohol & mortality
Executive summary * This week’s note is about something I don’t like the taste of – alcohol. * A large
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Public Health
The PURE study – diet, CVD & mortality in 80 countries
Executive summary * The PURE study is an ongoing large population study, which differs from other population studies because of
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Saturated fat & Parkinson’s Disease
Executive Summary * A Swedish population study reviewed the association between dietary fat intake and the incidence of Parkinson’s Disease
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Zoë chats with Ben Rubin about the UK NHS health system
Part 1 Show Notes: Ben Rubin was born in East Anglia in 1981. He graduated from the University of Leeds.
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Weight change & dying in older adults
Executive Summary * This week’s study reviewed associations of change in weight and waist circumference with deaths in older adults.
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Pre-diabetes diet advice
Executive Summary * This post was inspired by two events. First, an email containing diet advice given to someone recently
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Does not having a COVID jab increase your risk of a traffic crash?
Executive summary * A novel paper generated news headlines in December 2022. It tried to evaluate if COVID vaccination was
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Does intermittent fasting raise the risk of early death?
Executive summary * A study examined the associations of meal frequency, skipping meals, and intervals between meals with all-cause and
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Can governments nudge away obesity?
Executive summary * Behavioural scientists generally, and an organisation called the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) specifically, played a significant role
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Fibre – ask why, not how
Executive summary * This week’s note is about fibre. A recently published paper assumed that there is an optimal fibre
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