Nutrition Research

Nutrition Research

This section of the website provides access to research and evidence relating to the impact of nutrition on health and current best practice.

Coronary Heart Disease

 

Overweight in childhood, adolescence and adulthood and cardiovascular risk in later life: pooled analysis of three British birth cohorts 
Park MH et al. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7): e70684

Salt intake, stroke, and cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of prospective studies 
Strazzullo et al, British Medical Journal, 339:b4567, 2009.

Wholegrain Cereals for Coronary Heart Disease 
Kelly SAM et al, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007

Cancer

Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM et al, March 12 2012, Archives of Internal Medicine,
Role of Diet in the Development of Cancer 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 1998

General

Hunt et al, The Lancet, 2014 (Early Online Publication)
Lenoir-Wijnkoop etc al, British Journal of Nutrition, Vol 109, Issue 5, pp 777-784, March 2013
Worldwide Fund for Nature, 2009
Defra, 2009
The Nutritional Wellbeing of the British Population 
Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, 2008
Food Standards Agency, 2008
Food Standards Agency, 2008

Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases 
World Health Organisation, 2003

Associate Parliamentary Forum Report Considering Links between Diet and Behaviour
Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum, 2008

Nutrient and Micronutrients

Nutrition Guidelines for Europe
European Food Safety Authority, 2011

Folic Acid Audit
National Public Health Service for Wales (NPHS), 2008

Food Standards Agency Consumer Qualitative Research on Fats
The People Partnership, 2007

Update on Vitamin D 
Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, 2007

Report on Folate and Disease Prevention 
Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, 2006

Review of Dietary Advice on Vitamin A 
Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, 2005

Advice on Fish Consumption. Benefits and Risks 
Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, 2004

Salt and Health Report
Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, 2003

Dietary Fats: Nutrition Briefing Paper 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 1999

Children

Impacts of the Primary School Free Breakfast Initiative on socio-economic inequalities in breakfast consumption among 9–11-year-old schoolchildren in Wales 
Moore, G.F, et al. (2013). Public Health Nutrition. Cambridge Journals Online. FirstView Article pp 1-10.
Nelson M and Breda J, Public Health Nutrition (In Press) 2013

A systematic review of the effect of diet and dietary change on learning education and performance of children of relevance to UK schools
Welsh Assembly Government, 2006

A Systematic Review of the Effect of Nutrition, Diet and Dietary Change on Learning, Education and Performance of Children of Relevance to UK Schools 
University of Teesside, 2006

Breastfeeding

National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, 2008

Breastfeeding for Longer – What Works? Systematic Review Summary 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2005

Effectiveness of Public Health Interventions to Promote the Duration of Breastfeeding. Systematic Review part 1 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2005

Effectiveness of Public Health Interventions to Promote the Duration of Breastfeeding. Systematic Review part 2 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2005

Effectiveness of Public Health Interventions to Promote the Initiation of Breastfeeding 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2003

Prevention of Low Birth Weight: Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2003

Older People

Older People Living in the Community – Nutritional Needs, Barriers and Interventions: a Literature Review
Scottish Government, December 2009.

Keep Fit For Life: Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Older People 
World Health Organisation, 2002

Black and Minority Ethnic Communities

Opportunities For and Barriers to Good Nutritional Health in Ethnic Minority Communities 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 1997

Agriculture

A CAP on Health? The Impact of the EU Common Agricultural on Public Health 
Faculty of Public Health, 2007