All Healthy Weight Research Projects

This project will scope research literature describing the relationship between obesity with different healthy and social outcomes during childhood and adolescence.

This project will examine the growth of MDAs in England and their impacts on consumers and on food businesses.

This project will identify opportunities to support age-appropriate feeding with commercial infant food labelling.

This project will map the convenience store sector in England to identify policy opportunities for health and well-being.

This project will analyse how food purchasing patterns vary across different retailers and geographic areas in Great Britain.

This research will comprise three projects that synthesise the evidence on why and how retail marketing strategies are adopted by food businesses, and how they lead to changes in consumer behaviour.

This project will assess the relationship between weight status or weight change and key labour market outcomes.

This project evaluated the effectiveness of early years interventions in preventing obesity and supporting healthy weight among children during the pre-school years.

This project will assess the evidence for health benefits of low-moderate weight loss: A systematic review

This project will determine the suitability of the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) for assessing physical activity (PA) in primary care.

This project will assess whether food processing policies effectively change consumer behaviour to increase purchasing of minimally processed foods.

This project will assess how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected how British households, especially families, decide what foods to purchase.

This project will help inform public health efforts to improve the food environment before and during pregnancy.

This project will assess the evidence for the impact of non-fiscal regulatory and voluntary policies on the reformulation of food and drink products.

This project will identify how DHSC policy designed to improve dietary behaviour and reduce rates of obesity.