MRC Epidemiology Unit

Recent papers from MRC Epidemiology Unit

1. From climate hazards to diet and physical activity pathways: Investigating policy intersections for health in five global South CitiesThe Journal of Climate Change and Health · 2026
2. Gene-by-Sleep Duration Interaction for Glycemic Traits in More Than 480,000 IndividualsDiabetes · 2026
3. A Systematic Review of Food Swap Interventions Used in Grocery Store SettingsNutrition Reviews · 2026
4. 24-hour movement behaviour composition associated with desired social-emotional functioning in the early yearsPLoS ONE · 2026
5. Clustering of takeaway outlets around London schools: A geospatial analysisHealth & Place · 2026
6. Low-Carbohydrate Diets, Nutritional Adequacy, Glycemia, and Perinatal Outcomes in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Secondary Analysis of the DiGest TrialDiabetes Care · 2026
7. Pathways to a healthy net-zero future: report of the Lancet Pathfinder CommissionThe Lancet · 2023
8. Association between alcohol and tobacco use and primary open-angle glaucoma: the Eyes of Africa studyEye and Vision · 2026
9. Conducting cross-sectoral collaborative research for food system transformation: learnings from a qualitative evaluation studyHealth Research Policy and Systems · 2026
10. When we sit: textile electromyography identifies decreasing muscle activity and implications for metabolic healthnpj Exercise Medicine and Health · 2026
11. Dietary pattern and epigenetic aging: a longitudinal twin studyGeroScience · 2026
12. Attractin-like protein 1 is an essential partner of MC4R to regulate body weightNature Communications · 2026
13. Examining Data-Driven Approaches for Clean Air Advocacy in a Changing Climate: a Scoping ReviewCurrent Environmental Health Reports · 2026
14. Effect of robotic arm-assisted bi-unicompartmental knee arthroplasty versus total knee arthroplasty on objectively measured physical activity: secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trialBone and Joint Research · 2026
15. Common variant contributions to neurodevelopmental risk in orofacial cleftsBMC Medicine · 2026
16. Intestinal infections establish antigen-specific, long-lived memory CD4+ T cells in the brain and meningesNature Neuroscience · 2026
17. Proteomics identify disease-associated variants in patients with rare diseases undiagnosed after genome sequencingScience Translational Medicine · 2026
18. Glycemic and bodyweight effects of GIPR coding variation reflect differences in surface expression and intrinsic functional impairmentScience Advances · 2026
19. Association between physical activity bout length and physical functioning in older adults using absolute and relative intensity thresholds: A longitudinal cohort studyThe Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2026
20. Multifunctional antibody responses from a primate Shigella outbreak inform vaccine designScience Translational Medicine · 2026