Professor Vicki Lambert from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) and GDAR has been part of spearheading the African Academic Consortium on Physical Activity for Health, which has released two … Continue reading Bold steps needed for national physical activity policy for COVID-19 and beyond

GDAR researchers have been involved in a range of work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 prevention information translated into several widely spoken African languages An Engage Africa Foundation translation team … Continue reading GDAR researchers supporting COVID-19 response

GDAR teams up with NCD Alliance and BBC StoryWorks as part of short film series They’re the world’s biggest killers. Non-communicable diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, and … Continue reading Turning the tide

How will changes in the food environment affect communities in Kenya? This article is an extract from epigram, the newsletter of the MRC Epidemiology Unit, which coordinates GDAR. Read the full issue … Continue reading Kisumu: from hypermarket to household

The Global Burden of Disease study, which tracked trends in consumption of 15 dietary factors from 1990 to 2017 in 195 countries, and is now published in The Lancet, finds that … Continue reading Global diet and health: GDAR and MRC Epidemiology Unit researchers discuss fresh evidence from a huge global study

Press Release issued when the GDAR funding was announced in July 2017. The MRC Epidemiology Unit has been awarded funding by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for a … Continue reading Funding awarded for new Global Diet and Activity Research Group and Network (GDAR)