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Latest harmonised data on UK smoking rates showcased in new study

15 October 2025

New UCL research using harmonised data from four UK cohort studies shows the extent of the decline in cigarette smoking over the past five decades.

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Diabetes research enhanced with new harmonised datasets

29 September 2025

Harmonised data on diabetes from five UK cohort studies are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.

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CLS to lead first new UK-wide study of child development in a generation

9 September 2025

The UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies is to lead the first new UK-wide scientific study of babies in a quarter of a century. Generation New Era study will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026, during their early years, and potentially beyond.

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LGBTQ+ adults at greater risk of asthma

3 September 2025

Sexual minority women and bisexual adults are at the greatest risk of asthma, with disparities between them and their heterosexual counterparts worsening across life.

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Experiences at college and university may have long-term benefits for diet and health

6 August 2025

Among members of generation X, born in 1970, those who remained in education after age 18 had the best diet at age 46.

Data release

1958 National Child Development Study age 62 data now available

22 July 2025

Data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) Age 62 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service.

Harmonising physical health measures in five national cohort studies

20 May 2025

In this webinar recording, discover new harmonised asthma and diabetes measures available to researchers, find out how you could use these to compare generations, and learn about other future health data releases.

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Exposure to air pollution in childhood linked to poorer health in late adolescence

14 May 2025

Teens from ethnic minority backgrounds and deprived neighbourhoods were particularly at risk of being exposed to high levels of air pollution during childhood, with potential long-term impacts on their health.

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Millennium Cohort Study data included in first-ever DNA dataset for childhood research

4 March 2025

For the first time, large-scale DNA sequence data on three UK birth cohort studies has been released, creating a unique resource to explore the relationship between genetic and environmental factors in child health and development.

FINDME: Finding the missing environmentality

26 February 2025

The FINDME project aims to use social sciences alongside genetics to investigate to what extent our social and genetic data can explain individual differences. It uses information from the Millennium Cohort Study.

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Does access to greenspace matter for teens’ sleep?

14 January 2025

Increasing access to parks and gardens may not be enough to help teenagers in urban areas get a healthy amount of sleep.

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