The Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) studies the population-level influences on what we eat and how much physical activity we do. We are developing and evaluating public health interventions, and helping to shape public health practice and policy.

Established in 2008 as one of five UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence, CEDAR is  part of the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, and brings together the Unit’s public health research teams to work with other leading research organisations, and collaborate with public health organisations, schools, charities and policy bodies. A particular focus of CEDAR now is to communicate our public health research to practice and policy.