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Diet, Data and Interventions Group

The Diet, Data and Interventions group uses big data techniques to map the food system and evaluate interventions aimed at improving the healthiness and sustainability of diets.

We are interested in policy-level and community-level interventions, changes in food retail environments and digital behaviour change interventions, but our main focus is on population-level changes to the food environment. We are interested in all areas of the food system where consumers interact with food providers (e.g. retail outlets, fast food, restaurants, canteens, etc.) We evaluate interventions using experimental studies, natural experiments and scenario models.

Research projects

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Our Team

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publications

Impact of the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on sugar content, price, product size and number of available soft drinks in the UK, 2015-19: a controlled interrupted time series analysis.
PLoS Medicine, 2020;17(2):e1003025.


Nutrient composition databases in the age of big data: foodDB, a comprehensive, real-time database infrastructure.
BMJ Open, 2019;9:e026652.


Reductions in sugar sales from soft drinks in the UK from 2015-2018.
BMC Medicine, 2020;18:20.


A systematic review, and meta-analysis, examining the prevalence of price promotions on foods and whether they are more likely to be found on less-healthy foods.
Public Health Nutrition, 2020;23(8):1281-1296.


PRIMEtime CE: a multistate life table model for estimating the cost-effectiveness of interventions affecting diet and physical activity.
BMC Health Services Research, 2019;19:485.


Estimating the potential impacts of the Public Health England Sugar Reduction Strategy on child and adult health: a modelling study.
BMJ, 2019;365:l1417.


Regulating health and nutrition claims in the UK using a nutrient profile model: an explorative modelled health impact assessment.
International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019;16:18.


A health impact assessment of the UK soft drinks industry levy: a comparative risk assessment modelling study.
The Lancet Public Health, 2017;2(1):e15-e22.


The Eatwell Guide: modelling the dietary and cost implications of incorporating new sugar and fibre guidelines.
BMJ Open, 2016;6:e013182.



News

Sugar levels in UK soft drinks lowered following government levy

Diet, Data and Interventions WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention

Amount of sugar sold in soft drinks drops by 29% in the UK

Diet, Data and Interventions WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention

Effect of adding calorie content to fast food menus

Diet, Data and Interventions WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention

Achieving sugar reduction targets could cut child obesity and healthcare costs

Diet, Data and Interventions WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention

Tax on meat could offset health costs

Diet, Data and Interventions Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Group WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention

Balanced plant-based diets improve our health and the health of the planet

Diet, Data and Interventions Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Group WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention

Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 within planetary limits may be achievable, say researchers

Diet, Data and Interventions Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Group WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention

Meat consumption, health and the environment

Diet, Data and Interventions Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Group WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention

Contact us

Big Data Institute | Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery
University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7LF

Tel: +44(0)1865 617784

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JOB VACANCIES

For our current vacancies and those within the Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), please visit the NDPH Work with us page.

POSTGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES

We welcome applications from students who wish to study for a DPhil (PhD) in a research area allied to our interests. If you are interested in studying with us, we would like to hear from you. A list of current proposed DPhil projects can be found on the NDPH website.