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Universal free school meals winning in the fight against childhood obesity
Dr Birgitta Rabe and Dr Angus Holford looked at how children’s weight changed across the school year for Reception children following the introduction of the £600 million-a-year policy
Young parents more likely to suffer ill health in later life
Professor Emily Grundy’s co-authored study finds teen mothers and men who become fathers by their early 20s at greater risk of developing conditions such as heart disease and diabetes in middle age
Inequalities between families and generations now “embedded” and “entrenched” in society
A new report from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), produced in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Understanding Society, ISER’s UK Household Longitudinal Study
Professor Emilia Del Bono appointed to lead new era of our MiSoC research
First female leader of our prestigious research centre will lead new £6.2 million programme of policy-relevant research
E-cigarettes may be helping disadvantaged smokers to quit
‘Socioeconomic Patterning of Vaping by Smoking Status Among UK Adults and Youth’ co-authored by ISER’s Professor Michaela Benzeval
Social integration experts discuss community cohesion in post-Brexit Britain
London event for the launch of this year’s Insights, our annual collection of themed policy-relevant research from ISER’s UK Household Longitudinal Study
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Biomarkers, disability and health care demand
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Maternal investments in children: the role of expected effort and returns
Sonia Bhalotra, Adeline Delavande, Paulino Font-Gilabert, et al.
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The impact of a personalised blood pressure warning on health outcomes and behaviours
Sonia Bhalotra, Adeline Delavande, Paul Fisher, et al.
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The effect of income-based policies on mortality inequalities in Scotland: a modelling study
Elizabeth Richardson, Lynda Fenton, Jane Parkinson, et al.
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The anti-poverty marginal benefit of public funds
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Reducing the income tax burden for households with children: An assessment of the child tax credit reform in Austria
