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  • Brief Interval - meat, chicken nuggets, and a side order of type 2 diabetes

    Brief Interval - meat, chicken nuggets, and a side order of type 2 diabetes
    2025/11/13

    Chunxiao Li is a Research Associate at the Unit, and a lead author on a paper that investigated the association of meat consumption on type two diabetes.



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    10 分
  • Brief Interval - the new technologies improving the outcomes of diabetes

    Brief Interval - the new technologies improving the outcomes of diabetes
    2025/11/12

    Dr Charlotte Boughton is a Clinical Researcher at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Charlotte’s research focuses on the use of automated insulin delivery systems with the aim of improving outcomes for people with diabetes. Leading randomised controlled trials, Charlotte is evaluating the efficacy and safety of the delivery system for people with type 2 diabetes.

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    14 分
  • Brief Interval - Understanding the origins of gestational diabetes

    Brief Interval - Understanding the origins of gestational diabetes
    2025/11/12

    Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy for a multitude of reasons, being overweight or obese can be a factor but some may be genetically predisposed to developing the condition.

    Researchers from the IMS Metabolic Research Laboratory are investigating the interventions pregnant woman can use to mitigate the onset of gestational diabetes.

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    13 分
  • Brief Interval - the multiple morbidities of diabetes

    Brief Interval - the multiple morbidities of diabetes
    2025/11/11

    One point 27 billion people are expected to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by 2050.

    This week we’ll be hearing from researchers from the MRC Epidemiology Unit and the IMS Metabolic Research Laboratory, at the University of Cambridge.

    We’ll find out more about their research and how they hope to change how diabetes is impacting our lives.

    Dr Ana Luiza Arruda is a Research Associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit. And in this podcast Ana talks about the multiple morbidities of diabetes.

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    11 分
  • The Confidence Interval - from the UN to weight loss research

    The Confidence Interval - from the UN to weight loss research
    2025/05/23

    In this episode of The Confidence Interval, Dr Marie Spreckley shares her journey from the UN to weight loss research.

    She discusses diverse communities being more involved in research programmes, how drugs for type 2 diabetes are being used for weight loss, and the future of her research.

    Find out more about the MRC Epidemiology Unit and Marie's work.

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    25 分
  • The Confidence Interval - from Nutritionist to Early Career Researcher

    The Confidence Interval - from Nutritionist to Early Career Researcher
    2025/01/24

    In this episode of The Confidence Interval, Dr Cara Ruggiero shares her journey from Nutritionist to an Early Career Researcher.

    She discusses the importance of knowing "your why" and lays out her personal map for working to solve the issues of poor nutrition.

    Find out more about the MRC Epidemiology Unit and Cara's work.

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    19 分
  • The Confidence Interval - taking away the takeaways for healthy neighbourhoods

    The Confidence Interval - taking away the takeaways for healthy neighbourhoods
    2024/11/07

    In this episode of The Confidence Interval, Dr Thomas Burgoine shares how creating healthy neighbourhoods can help people make healthy choices.

    NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) funded researchers have developed a toolkit, which helps local authorities implement takeaway management zones, particularly near schools

    Dr Thomas Burgoine is one of the researchers involved developing the toolkit.

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    Takeaway Management Zone toolkit

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    31 分
  • The Confidence Interval - David Ogilvie talks research and impact

    The Confidence Interval - David Ogilvie talks research and impact
    2024/08/05

    Dr David Ogilvie, Programme Leader and MRC Investigator in the Population Health Interventions group, talks to Unit Head of Communications Oliver Francis.

    They discuss how we evaluate complex interventions and phenomena; how we put together the findings of multiple studies in a meaningful way; and what we do with all this evidence if we want to improve public health.

    David reflects on his career studying physical activity, health and the built environment, and what we can learn from the Covid pandemic… and Sherlock Holmes

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    48 分