Summary
Public Health England (PHE)’s Research, Translation and Innovation Division held four Research Prioritisation Workshops. These events have resulted in a series of five reports exploring some issues in research, barriers and gaps in knowledge.
The Research Prioritisation Workshop series of briefings covers three topic-specific themes (concerning dementia, obesity and best start in life), and two broader cross-cutting themes about prioritisation and evaluation in public health interventions.
Dementia Research Prioritisation Workshop
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Dementia: workshop series to support prioritisation of research. London: Public Health England (PHE), August 13th 2015. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2015222.
Obesity Research Prioritisation Workshop
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Obesity: workshop series to support prioritisation of research. London: Public Health England (PHE), August 2015. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2015222.
Best Start in Life Research Prioritisation Workshop
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Best start in life: workshop series to support prioritisation of research. London: Public Health England (PHE), August 2015. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2015222.
Evaluation of Research Prioritisation Workshop
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Evaluation: workshop series to support prioritisation of research. London: Public Health England (PHE), August 2015. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2015222.
Cross-Cutting Themes in Research Prioritisation Workshop
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Cross-cutting themes: workshop series to support prioritisation of research. London: Public Health England (PHE), August 2015. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2015222.
Portion Size and Obesity Reduction
A recent Cochrane review indicates that the rising epidemic obesity might be tackled by reducing portion sizes; whether in supermarkets, restaurants or in the home.
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Gallagher, J. (2015). Portion size key in tackling obesity, says study. London: BBC Health News, September 15th 2015.
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Hollands, GJ. Shemilt, I. [and] Marteau, TM. [et al] (2015). Portion, package or tableware size for changing selection and consumption of food, alcohol and tobacco. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. September 14th 2015; Issue 9, No.CD011045. [Epub ahead of print].
Unhealthy Lifestyles and Cancer (WCRF)
Of the 351,000 new cases of cancer in the UK in 2013, the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) asserts that 84,000 cases could have been prevented by relatively small changes in lifestyle. Roughly one-third of cancer cases in the UK might be preventable by eating healthily, exercising more and reducing alcohol / tobacco consumption. Data suggesting that 20,000 cases of breast cancer and about 19,000 cases of bowel cancer could be avoided per year.
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Healthier lifestyles ‘could cut cancer cases by a third’. London: BBC Health News, September 18th 2015.
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Cancer preventability statistics: estimate of preventable cancers in the UK. [Online]: World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), September 2015.
Cancer Risk From Red and Processed Meats
Consuming modest amounts of red and processed meat (one rasher of bacon per day) can increase the risk of bowel cancer?
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A rasher of bacon a day ‘ups cancer risk’. London: BBC Health News, April 17th 2019.
