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The role of a prospective public health intervention study register in building public health evidence: proposal for content and use (2007)
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Waters, E., Priest, N., Armstrong, R., Oliver, S., Baker, P., McQueen, D., …Swinburn, B. (2007). The role of a prospective public health intervention study register in building public health evidence: proposal for content and use. Journal of Public Health, 29(3), 322-327. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdm039

Evidence-informed practice is a key component of public health and the focus of much discussion, of which the nature of evidence and how it is best gathered and appraised has formed a large part. Prospective registration of trials is now a key compon... Read More about The role of a prospective public health intervention study register in building public health evidence: proposal for content and use.

Invited Review article: Energy Regulation in Young People. (2007)
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Dodd, C. (2007). Invited Review article: Energy Regulation in Young People. Journal of sports science and medicine, 6(3), 327-336

Obesity in young people is now realised as a worldwide crisis of epidemic proportion. The aetiology of this disease suggests a disruption in regulation of energy at the population level, leading to a positive energy balance and excess adiposity. The... Read More about Invited Review article: Energy Regulation in Young People..

Methods for evaluation of health promotion programmes (2007)
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Maier, B., Bau, A., James, J., Görgen, R., Graf, C., Hanewinkel, R., …Thomas, R. (2007). Methods for evaluation of health promotion programmes. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 50(7), 980-986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-007-0302-y

In a seminar held by the Interdisciplinary Network for Epidemiological Research in Berlin (EpiBerlin) in November 2006 methodological aspects for evaluation of health promotion interventions for children and adolescents were discussed. Smoking and ob... Read More about Methods for evaluation of health promotion programmes.

Commentary on Taylor F. C., Irons L. J., Finn P. & Summerbell C. D. (2003) Controlled clinical trial of two weight reducing diets in a NHS hospital dietetic outpatient clinic – a pilot study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics; 16, 85–87 (2007)
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Summerbell, C. (2007). Commentary on Taylor F. C., Irons L. J., Finn P. & Summerbell C. D. (2003) Controlled clinical trial of two weight reducing diets in a NHS hospital dietetic outpatient clinic – a pilot study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics; 16, 85–87. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 20(3), 273-274. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-277x.2007.00790.x

Commentary : the identification of effective programs to prevent and treat overweight preschool children (2007)
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Summerbell, C. (2007). Commentary : the identification of effective programs to prevent and treat overweight preschool children. Obesity, 15(6), 1341-1342. https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2007.160

First paragraph: There is substantial evidence that body weight and dietary and physical activity behaviors track from childhood to adulthood. Evidence regarding the specific age at which this tracking becomes tight is debatable, but most agree that... Read More about Commentary : the identification of effective programs to prevent and treat overweight preschool children.

A systematic review of population and community dietary interventions to prevent cancer (2007)
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Thorogood, M., Simera, I., Dowler, E., Summerbell, C., & Brunner, E. (2007). A systematic review of population and community dietary interventions to prevent cancer. Nutrition Research Reviews, 20(1), 74-88. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954422407733073

Diet is an important factor in the causation of cancer. Previous systematic reviews of one-to-one interventions to encourage dietary change have found that such interventions can achieve modest improvements in diet. However, such interventions are re... Read More about A systematic review of population and community dietary interventions to prevent cancer.