The vast majority of productivity costs stem from obesity rather than overweight – £24 billion compared with £6.9 billion. Rates of obesity are higher in poorer areas, but salaries are, on average, ...

Test and learn is an iterative approach to public policy and service development. Conventional policymaking typically uses a step-by-step process called “waterfall” where most of the big choices are ...

87% of respondents wanted to increase the number of heat pumps they install each year, but reported challenges to making this a reality. Their largest challenge with increasing heat pump installations ...

Gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes between disadvantaged children and their peers emerge early and persist. While research has mainly focused on economic disadvantage, other factors like ...

Our proposal for retailer targetsThe rest of this briefing focuses on how health targets for retailers could be designed, implemented and enforced to reduce obesity. Large retailers make up over 95% ...

Looking back at UK potato purchasing might tell us something about how the food environment and our diets have evolved.

The post-pandemic rises in absence rates are staggering. The sudden surge in overall and persistent absence has left schools and policymakers scrambling for causes and solutions. Finding ways to bring ...

Our research on heat pump installations in Europe provides learning opportunities for the UK to increase adoption and meet government targets.

The heat pump survey paints a positive picture for the future of heat pump adoption, showing that the majority of users are satisfied with their system. It also highlighted some improvements that ...

Kate was one of the co-directors for People Powered Results, leading the delivery of transformation programmes within highly complex systems.

How lowering the cost ratio of electricity to gas permanently would help make heating greener The government's support for householders in the form of the Energy Price Guarantee not only kept energy ...

Disadvantaged children in England are absent from early-years education more often than their peers, according to new research from the innovation charity Nesta. In the first systematic effort to ...