In this episode of The Confidence Interval, Dr Marie Spreckley shares her journey from the UN to weight loss research.

She discusses diverse communities being more involved in research programmes, how drugs for type 2 diabetes are being used for weight loss, and the future of her research.

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In this episode of The Confidence Interval, Dr Cara Ruggiero shares her journey from Nutritionist to an Early Career Researcher.

She discusses the importance of knowing "your why" and lays out her personal map for working to solve the issues of poor nutrition.

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In this episode of The Confidence Interval, Dr Thomas Burgoine shares how creating healthy neighbourhoods can help people make healthy choices.

NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) funded researchers have developed a toolkit, which helps local authorities implement takeaway management zones, particularly near schools

Dr Thomas Burgoine is one of the researchers involved developing the toolkit.

MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
Takeaway Management Zone toolkit

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