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View article: Economic evaluation of the national school food standards across secondary schools in the Midlands, UK (the FUEL study): methodological challenges of undertaking health economics research within non-health settings
Economic evaluation of the national school food standards across secondary schools in the Midlands, UK (the FUEL study): methodological challenges of undertaking health economics research within non-health settings Open
View article: Risk factors for eating disorder symptoms at 15 years of age: a 9-year longitudinal cohort study
Risk factors for eating disorder symptoms at 15 years of age: a 9-year longitudinal cohort study Open
Eating disorders (EDs) are typically diagnosed in the later stages of puberty, but risk factors for EDs are present in pre-pubertal children. This longitudinal, population-based birth cohort study aimed to examine prospective predictors of…
View article: Learnings from providing integrated health, housing and wider care for people rough sleeping during the COVID- 19 pandemic: a national qualitative study of the ‘Everyone In’ policy initiative
Learnings from providing integrated health, housing and wider care for people rough sleeping during the COVID- 19 pandemic: a national qualitative study of the ‘Everyone In’ policy initiative Open
View article: Health behaviours of 17- to 19-year olds in North East England: assessing adherence to current recommendations for young people at the adolescent-adult boundary
Health behaviours of 17- to 19-year olds in North East England: assessing adherence to current recommendations for young people at the adolescent-adult boundary Open
Aims: Late adolescence/young adulthood represents a transition to independence, with increasing control over health behaviours (HB). However, HB data of late adolescents are often reported in wide and inconsistent age brackets, making comp…
View article: Mechanisms and outcomes of a very low intensity intervention to improve parental acknowledgement and understanding of childhood overweight/obesity, embedded in the National Child Measurement Programme: A sub‐study within a large cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ( <scp>MapMe2</scp> )
Mechanisms and outcomes of a very low intensity intervention to improve parental acknowledgement and understanding of childhood overweight/obesity, embedded in the National Child Measurement Programme: A sub‐study within a large cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ( <span>MapMe2</span> ) Open
Objectives Parental underdetection of child underweight and overweight/obesity may negatively affect children's longer‐term health. We examined psychological/behavioural mechanisms of a very low‐intensity intervention to improve acknowledg…
View article: Inequalities at Age of Diagnosis of Severe Mental Illness in England
Inequalities at Age of Diagnosis of Severe Mental Illness in England Open
This cohort study evaluates whether socioeconomic factors, including sex, race and ethnicity, material deprivation, and rurality) are associated with the age at which patients are diagnosed with severe mental illness.
View article: How do families access holiday activities and food programmes and other support? Learnings from the Borough of Southwark holiday activities and food club’s evaluation
How do families access holiday activities and food programmes and other support? Learnings from the Borough of Southwark holiday activities and food club’s evaluation Open
Introduction The school holidays can be a challenging time for many families especially for those reliant on free school meals. The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme aims to provide disadvantaged families across England with heal…
View article: Correction: National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake
Correction: National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake Open
View article: Tier 2 adult weight management services in the <scp>UK</scp>: A case study evaluation of local authority provision of targeted services for higher‐risk groups in England
Tier 2 adult weight management services in the <span>UK</span>: A case study evaluation of local authority provision of targeted services for higher‐risk groups in England Open
Summary In 2021, the UK Government announced additional funding in England for Adult Weight Management Services (AWMS); it was specified that the extra funding must be used to commission or extend existing tier 2 services. The Office for H…
View article: School food policy in secondary schools in England and its impact on adolescents’ diets and dental health: the FUEL multiple-methods study
School food policy in secondary schools in England and its impact on adolescents’ diets and dental health: the FUEL multiple-methods study Open
Background School food standards are a legal requirement for state-funded schools in England and are designed to promote healthy eating in pupils. However, state-funded academies/free schools established between 2010 and 2014 are exempt fr…
View article: Learnings from ‘Everyone In’ initiative in England for improving health of people facing homelessness
Learnings from ‘Everyone In’ initiative in England for improving health of people facing homelessness Open
Issue The COVID-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented health risk to people experiencing homelessness including risk of infection due to inability to self-isolate, and pandemic restrictions adding barriers to accessing health support. The…
View article: National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake
National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake Open
Background Many countries have introduced school food standards to improve the dietary intakes of school-aged children. England has school food standards (SFS) legislation in place but little is known about how well secondary schools compl…
View article: The association between selenium status and global and attention-specific cognition in very old adults in the Newcastle 85+ Study: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses
The association between selenium status and global and attention-specific cognition in very old adults in the Newcastle 85+ Study: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses Open
There were no associations between selenium status and cognitive decline. However, serum selenium, but not SELENOP or GPx3 activity, was positively associated nonlinearly with global cognition at baseline. Furthermore, these associations w…
View article: Adaptation and Validation of the MapMe Body Image Scales in Spanish Parents of Schoolchildren
Adaptation and Validation of the MapMe Body Image Scales in Spanish Parents of Schoolchildren Open
Childhood overweight and obesity is a worldwide problem and to treat it parents’ detection has to be improved. The MapMe Body Image Scales (BIS) are a visual tool developed to improve parental perception of child weight in the United Kingd…
View article: Tracking of MVPA across childhood and adolescence
Tracking of MVPA across childhood and adolescence Open
View article: Establishing Research Ecosystems in Local Government: Ten lessons from the front line of the first year of the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs)
Establishing Research Ecosystems in Local Government: Ten lessons from the front line of the first year of the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs) Open
Establishing Research Ecosystems in Local Government: Ten lessons from the front line of the first year of the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs). Newbury-Birch D1, Harbin, K2. Adamson A…
View article: 5-year follow-up of the randomised Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) of continued support for weight loss maintenance in the UK: an extension study
5-year follow-up of the randomised Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) of continued support for weight loss maintenance in the UK: an extension study Open
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View article: A cross‐sectional survey study exploring provision and delivery of expanded community tier 2 behavioural weight management services in England
A cross‐sectional survey study exploring provision and delivery of expanded community tier 2 behavioural weight management services in England Open
Summary Guidelines recommend provision of local behavioural weight management (tier 2) programmes for adults living with overweight and obesity. Following the publication of the UK Government's publication ‘ Tackling Obesity: empowering ad…
View article: A Randomised Control Trial Investigating the Efficacy of the MapMe Intervention on Parental Ability to Correctly Categorise Overweight in Their Child and the Impact on Child BMI Z-Score Change at 1 Year
A Randomised Control Trial Investigating the Efficacy of the MapMe Intervention on Parental Ability to Correctly Categorise Overweight in Their Child and the Impact on Child BMI Z-Score Change at 1 Year Open
Research suggests parental ability to recognise when their child has overweight is limited. It is hypothesised that recognition of child overweight/obesity is fundamental to its prevention, acting as a potential barrier to parental action …
View article: Mediterranean diet adherence is associated with lower dementia risk, independent of genetic predisposition: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study
Mediterranean diet adherence is associated with lower dementia risk, independent of genetic predisposition: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study Open
Background The identification of effective dementia prevention strategies is a major public health priority, due to the enormous and growing societal cost of this condition. Consumption of a Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) has been proposed t…
View article: Exploring change in the diet quality of 11–12y olds in 2010 and 2022: a repeat cross- sectional study
Exploring change in the diet quality of 11–12y olds in 2010 and 2022: a repeat cross- sectional study Open
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View article: ‘What I really want is academics who want to partner and who care about the outcome’: findings from a mixed-methods study of evidence use in local government in England
‘What I really want is academics who want to partner and who care about the outcome’: findings from a mixed-methods study of evidence use in local government in England Open
Background: Local government (LG) is ideally placed to influence the determinants of public health (PH) and reduce inequalities, but opportunities are routinely missed. Aims and objectives: The aim of the Local Authority Champions of Resea…
View article: Challenges and opportunities of remote public involvement and community engagement during a pandemic: refining the MapMe childhood healthy weight intervention
Challenges and opportunities of remote public involvement and community engagement during a pandemic: refining the MapMe childhood healthy weight intervention Open
Aims: Including parents and other stakeholders in the development of interventions to address the sensitive public health issues such as childhood obesity, through public involvement is critical. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has created …
View article: The Effect of a Product Placement Intervention on Pupil’s Food and Drink Purchases in Two Secondary Schools: An Exploratory Study
The Effect of a Product Placement Intervention on Pupil’s Food and Drink Purchases in Two Secondary Schools: An Exploratory Study Open
Limited research exists on the effectiveness of product placement in secondary schools. We explored the impact of re-positioning sweet-baked goods, fruit, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and water on pupil’s lunchtime purchases in two sec…
View article: Changes and differences in school food standards (2010–2021) and free school meal provision during <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 across the <scp>UK</scp>: Potential implications for children's diets
Changes and differences in school food standards (2010–2021) and free school meal provision during <span>COVID</span>‐19 across the <span>UK</span>: Potential implications for children's diets Open
This paper explores changes to school food standards from 2010, free school meal provision during the COVID‐19 pandemic across the UK and potential implications for children's diets. To obtain information on UK school food policies and fre…
View article: Failure to Launch: Predictors of Unfavourable Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Trajectories from Childhood to Adolescence: The Gateshead Millennium Study
Failure to Launch: Predictors of Unfavourable Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Trajectories from Childhood to Adolescence: The Gateshead Millennium Study Open
In a previous study based on this cohort, only 15% of the participants belonged to a favourable physical activity/sedentary behaviour trajectory group (characterised by relatively high moderate–vigorous intensity physical activity and rela…
View article: Participant experiences in the Diabetes REmission Clinical Trial (DiRECT)
Participant experiences in the Diabetes REmission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) Open
Introduction The Diabetes REmission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) has shown that sustained remission of type 2 diabetes in primary care is achievable through weight loss using total diet replacement (TDR) with continued behavioural support. Unde…
View article: ‘Joining the Dots’: Individual, Sociocultural and Environmental Links between Alcohol Consumption, Dietary Intake and Body Weight—A Narrative Review
‘Joining the Dots’: Individual, Sociocultural and Environmental Links between Alcohol Consumption, Dietary Intake and Body Weight—A Narrative Review Open
Alcohol is energy-dense, elicits weak satiety responses relative to solid food, inhibits dietary fat oxidation, and may stimulate food intake. It has, therefore, been proposed as a contributor to weight gain and obesity. The aim of this na…
View article: Moderate-To-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour across Childhood and Adolescence, and Their Combined Relationship with Obesity Risk: A Multi-Trajectory Analysis
Moderate-To-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour across Childhood and Adolescence, and Their Combined Relationship with Obesity Risk: A Multi-Trajectory Analysis Open
The combined role of objectively assessed moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) is unclear in obesity prevention. This study aimed to identify latent groups for MVPA and SB trajectories from chil…
View article: A comparison of food portion size estimation methods among 11–12 year olds: 3D food models vs an online tool using food portion photos (Intake24)
A comparison of food portion size estimation methods among 11–12 year olds: 3D food models vs an online tool using food portion photos (Intake24) Open