Cutting down on sugary drinks: what works best?
A blog on Cochrane evidence on interventions to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks.
Tag Archives: diet
Dysphagia: evidence on approaches to swallowing difficulties.
Sarah Chapman looks at Cochrane evidence on interventions for dysphagia in people with dementia and after stroke.
Preventing type 2 diabetes in people with ‘prediabetes’: do diet and exercise work?
Catriona Hilton looks at prediabetes and the evidence on whether diet and exercise can reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Behind the headlines: can one in three dementia cases be prevented?
Kirsty Marais from Alzheimer's UK goes behind the headlines that 1 in 3 dementia cases could be prevented, unpacking what the new Lancet Commission on Dementia found
Recurrent abdominal pain in children: evidence and uncertainty
In this blog for trainee doctors, paediatrician and Cochrane Fellow Rufaro Ndokera looks at the Cochrane evidence on recurrent abdominal pain in children
A pinch of evidence on how to cut salt intake
In this guest blog, public health doctor David Robert looks at the evidence on what can be done to cut down the salt in our diets.
Preventing type 2 diabetes: exercise, eating and evidence
This blog looks at the WHO Global report on diabetes and some evidence on preventing type 2 diabetes
Stones, groans and citrates
Can citrates help prevent kidney stones? Richard Lehman looks at the latest Cochrane evidence
How to be a healthy weight in pregnancy and beyond
What's the evidence on diet and exercise in pregnancy and after?
Let’s talk about portion size and overeating
Quick guide to important new evidence on portion size
Don’t go large! New evidence on portion size
New evidence that larger sizes lead us to eat more
Fishing for answers: can omega 3 supplements save our vision?
New evidence on whether taking omega 3 supplements can prevent or slow age-related macular degeneration