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Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old (2024)
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Spiga, F., Tomlinson, E., Davies, A. L., Moore, T. H. M., Dawson, S., Breheny, K., …Summerbell, C. D. (2024). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(5), Article CD015330. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015330.pub2

Prevention of obesity in adolescents is an international public health priority. The prevalence of overweight and obesity is over 25% in North and South America, Australia, most of Europe, and the Gulf region. Interventions that aim to prevent obesit... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old.

Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old (2024)
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Spiga, F., Davies, A. L., Tomlinson, E., Moore, T. H. M., Dawson, S., Breheny, K., …Summerbell, C. D. (2024). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(5), Article CD015328. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015328.pub2

Prevention of obesity in children is an international public health priority given the prevalence of the condition (and its significant impact on health, development and well-being). Interventions that aim to prevent obesity involve behavioural chang... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.

Childhood obesity prevention trials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis on trial design and the impact of type 1 error (2024)
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Padgett, L., Stevens, J., Summerbell, C., Burton, W., Stamp, E., McLarty, L., …Bryant, M. (2024). Childhood obesity prevention trials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis on trial design and the impact of type 1 error. Obesity Reviews, 25(6), Article e13736. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13736

Summary: Effect sizes from previously reported trials are often used to determine the meaningful change in weight in childhood obesity prevention interventions because information on clinically meaningful differences is lacking. Estimates from previo... Read More about Childhood obesity prevention trials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis on trial design and the impact of type 1 error.

Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK (2024)
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Dodd-Reynolds, C., Griffin, N., Kyle, P., Scott, S., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., …Summerbell, C. (2024). Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article 813. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18078-9

Background: Intersecting socioeconomic and demographic reasons for physical activity (PA) inequalities are not well understood for young people at risk of experiencing marginalisation and living with disadvantage. This study explored young people’s e... Read More about Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK.

This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22 (2023)
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Hope, S., Stepanova, E., Lloyd-Houldey, O., Hillier-Brown, F., Hargreaves, D., Nicholls, D., …Scott, S. (in press). This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), Article 1448. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10442-6

Background: Integrated care has become a central feature of health system reform worldwide. In England, Integrated Care Systems (ICS) are intended to improve integration across public health, the National Health Service (NHS), education and social ca... Read More about This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22.

Children's experiences of care on walking and cycling journeys between home and school in Healthy New Towns: Reframing active school travel (2023)
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Tupper, E., Morris, S., Lawlor, E. R., Summerbell, C., Panter, J., Jago, R., & Pollard, T. (2024). Children's experiences of care on walking and cycling journeys between home and school in Healthy New Towns: Reframing active school travel. Health & Place, 85, Article 103147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103147

The Healthy New Town programme in England set out to 'put health into place' by supporting the design and construction of healthy places to live, including by creating safe environments for active travel. To explore the impact of this approach, this... Read More about Children's experiences of care on walking and cycling journeys between home and school in Healthy New Towns: Reframing active school travel.

A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK (2023)
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Porter, A., Langford, R., Summerbell, C., Tinner, L., & Kipping, R. (2023). A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1779 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16647-y

Background Food portion size guidance resources aimed at parents of young children in the UK are freely available from a number of credible sources. However, little is known about whether parents are aware of, and use, any of these resources to guid... Read More about A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK.

Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England. (2023)
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McKevitt, S., White, M., Petticrew, M., Summerbell, C., Vasiljevic, M., Boyland, E., …Vamos, E. P. (2023). Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England. Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad155

Background Commercial advertising and sponsorship drive the consumption of harmful commodities. Local authorities (LAs) have considerable powers to reduce such exposures. This study aimed to characterize local commercial policies across all English... Read More about Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England..

From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens (2023)
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Summerbell, C., Reeves, S., & Gibson, E. (2023). From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), Article 6614. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166614

Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is a global concern and in Malaysia it is considered a national public health priority. Determinants of childhood obesity are multifactorial and include factors that directly and indirectly influence ener... Read More about From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens.

Co-design and content validity of the movement measurement in the early years (MoveMEY) tool for assessing movement behaviour of pre-school aged children (2023)
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Phillips, S. M., Summerbell, C., Hesketh, K. R., Saxena, S., & Hillier-Brown, F. C. (2023). Co-design and content validity of the movement measurement in the early years (MoveMEY) tool for assessing movement behaviour of pre-school aged children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, Article 95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01486-2

Process evaluation of a kindergarten-based intervention for obesity prevention in early childhood: the Toybox study Malaysia (2023)
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Cheah, W. L., Poh, B. K., Ruzita, A. T., Lee, J. A. C., Koh, D., Reeves, S., …Gibson, E. L. (2023). Process evaluation of a kindergarten-based intervention for obesity prevention in early childhood: the Toybox study Malaysia. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1082. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16023-w

Background Toybox is a kindergarten-based intervention program that targets sedentary behavior, snacking and drinking habits, as well as promoting physical activity in an effort to improve healthy energy balance-related behaviors among children atte... Read More about Process evaluation of a kindergarten-based intervention for obesity prevention in early childhood: the Toybox study Malaysia.

Measurement Instruments for Integration within Children and Young People Healthcare Systems and Networks: A Rapid Review of the International Literature (2023)
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Dedat, Z., Hope, S., Hargreaves, D., Lloyd-Houldey, O., Nicholls, D., Scott, S., …Hillier-Brown, F. (2023). Measurement Instruments for Integration within Children and Young People Healthcare Systems and Networks: A Rapid Review of the International Literature. International Journal of Integrated Care, 23(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7028

Introduction: Robust measures of integration are essential for assessment of the development, design and implementation of integration within healthcare systems. This review aimed to identify measurement instruments for integration within children an... Read More about Measurement Instruments for Integration within Children and Young People Healthcare Systems and Networks: A Rapid Review of the International Literature.

Child and adolescent obesity (2023)
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Lister, N. B., Baur, L. A., Felix, J. F., Hill, A. J., Marcus, C., Reinehr, T., …Wabitsch, M. (2023). Child and adolescent obesity. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 9(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-023-00435-4

The prevalence of child and adolescent obesity has plateaued at high levels in most high-income countries and is increasing in many low-income and middle-income countries. Obesity arises when a mix of genetic and epigenetic factors, behavioural risk... Read More about Child and adolescent obesity.

‘Bigotry is all around us, and we have to deal with that’: Exploring LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences and understandings of health inequalities in North East England (2023)
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Griffin, N., Crowder, M., Kyle, P., Holding, E., Woodrow, N., Fairbrother, H., …Scott, S. (2023). ‘Bigotry is all around us, and we have to deal with that’: Exploring LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences and understandings of health inequalities in North East England. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3, Article 100263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100263

Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/agender+ (LGBTQ+ hereafter) people report poorer health and worse experiences of healthcare than the general population, compounded by growing inequalities in healt... Read More about ‘Bigotry is all around us, and we have to deal with that’: Exploring LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences and understandings of health inequalities in North East England.

Typology of how ‘harmful commodity industries’ interact with local governments in England: a critical interpretive synthesis (2023)
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McKevitt, S., White, M., Petticrew, M., Summerbell, C., Vasiljevic, M., Boyland, E., …Vamos, E. P. (2023). Typology of how ‘harmful commodity industries’ interact with local governments in England: a critical interpretive synthesis. BMJ Global Health, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010216

Introduction Industries that produce and market potentially harmful commodities or services (eg, tobacco, alcohol, gambling, less healthy foods and beverages) are a major influence on the drivers of behavioural risk factors for non-communicable disea... Read More about Typology of how ‘harmful commodity industries’ interact with local governments in England: a critical interpretive synthesis.

Interventions to prevent obesity in children under 2 years old (2022)
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Moore, T. H., Phillips, S., Heslehurst, N., Hodder, R. K., Dawson, S., Gao, Y., …Summerbell, C. D. (2022). Interventions to prevent obesity in children under 2 years old. Cochrane Library, 2022(11), Article CD015324. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd015324

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The overall aim of the review is to determine the effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in children under two years old. This includes to assess obesi... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children under 2 years old.

Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015–2021 (2022)
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Hodder, R. K., O'Brien, K. M., Lorien, S., Wolfenden, L., Moore, T. H., Hall, A., …Summerbell, C. (2022). Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015–2021. EClinicalMedicine, 54, Article 101635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101635

Background Childhood obesity remains a global public health priority due to the enormous burden it generates. Recent surveillance data suggests there has been a sharp increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The C... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015–2021.

Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis (2022)
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Lawlor, E., Ellis, K., Adams, J., Jago, R., Foley, L., Morris, S., …Panter, J. (2023). Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Transport Reviews, 43(3), 478-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2022.2119298

Infrastructure for active travel (AT) is receiving attention as a low-cost, sustainable transport option that promotes physical activity. However, the planning and implementation of new AT infrastructure often brings challenges. This review synthesis... Read More about Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis.

Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old  (2022)
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Moore, T. H., Phillips, S., Hodder, R. K., O'Brien, K. M., Hillier-Brown, F., Dawson, S., …Summerbell, C. D. (2022). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old . Cochrane Library, 2022(9), Article CD015326. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd015326

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The overall aim of the review is to determine the effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in two‐ to four‐year‐old children. The four objectives are: 1.... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old .