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Maritime Cargomobilities: The Impossibilities of Representation (2015)
Book Chapter
Steinberg, P. E. (2015). Maritime Cargomobilities: The Impossibilities of Representation. In T. Birtchnell, S. Savitzky, & J. Urry (Eds.), Cargomobilities: Moving Materials in a Global Age (35-47). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315866673-3

This chapter has related a history of attempts at representing the space of maritime cargomobilities, and it is largely a history of failure. Cartographic efforts that attempted to depict the ocean as an external and empty space of seamless movement... Read More about Maritime Cargomobilities: The Impossibilities of Representation.

A qualitative study exploring pregnant women's weight-related attitudes and beliefs in UK: The BLOOM study (2015)
Journal Article
Padmanabhan, U., Summerbell, C., & Heslehurst, N. (2015). A qualitative study exploring pregnant women's weight-related attitudes and beliefs in UK: The BLOOM study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15, Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0522-3

Background: There is little information on the individual cognitive, perceptual and psychosocial factors that influence the lifestyle behaviours of pregnant women. This study explored pregnant women’s weight-related attitudes and beliefs during pregn... Read More about A qualitative study exploring pregnant women's weight-related attitudes and beliefs in UK: The BLOOM study.

Frequency and socio-demographic correlates of eating meals out and take-away meals at home: cross-sectional analysis of the UK national diet and nutrition survey, waves 1-4 (2008-12) (2015)
Journal Article
Adams, J., Goffe, L., Brown, T., Lake, A., Summerbell, C., White, M., …Adamson, A. (2015). Frequency and socio-demographic correlates of eating meals out and take-away meals at home: cross-sectional analysis of the UK national diet and nutrition survey, waves 1-4 (2008-12). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12, Article 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0210-8

Background: Food prepared out-of-home tends to be less healthful than food prepared at home, with a positive association between frequency of consumption and both fat intake and body fatness. There is little current data on who eats out-of-home food.... Read More about Frequency and socio-demographic correlates of eating meals out and take-away meals at home: cross-sectional analysis of the UK national diet and nutrition survey, waves 1-4 (2008-12).

Wet Ontologies, Fluid Spaces: Giving Depth to Volume through Oceanic Thinking (2015)
Journal Article
Steinberg, P., & Peters, K. (2015). Wet Ontologies, Fluid Spaces: Giving Depth to Volume through Oceanic Thinking. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 33(2), 247-264. https://doi.org/10.1068/d14148p

This paper expands on recent attempts to destabilise the static, bordered, and linear framings that typify human geographical studies of place, territory, and time. In a world conceptualised as open, immanent, and ever-becoming, scholars have turned... Read More about Wet Ontologies, Fluid Spaces: Giving Depth to Volume through Oceanic Thinking.

Diet, physical activity and socio-economic disparities of obesity in Lebanese adults: findings from a national study (2015)
Journal Article
Chamieh, M., Moore, H., Summerbell, C., Tamim, H., Sibai, A., & Hwalla, N. (2015). Diet, physical activity and socio-economic disparities of obesity in Lebanese adults: findings from a national study. BMC Public Health, 15, Article 279. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1605-9

Background: The prevalence of obesity within countries varies by gender, age, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors. Identification of behavioural factors that are associated with obesity within the country’s context is critical for the development of... Read More about Diet, physical activity and socio-economic disparities of obesity in Lebanese adults: findings from a national study.

Understanding the Transnational Higher Education Landscape: shifting positionality and the complexities of partnership (2015)
Journal Article
Caruana, V., & Montgomery, C. (2015). Understanding the Transnational Higher Education Landscape: shifting positionality and the complexities of partnership. Learning and Teaching, 8(1), 5-29. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2015.080102

This article presents a comprehensive review of research on transnational higher education published between 2006 and 2014. It aims to provide an overview of a highly complex field that is both nascent and shifting, with research developing unevenly... Read More about Understanding the Transnational Higher Education Landscape: shifting positionality and the complexities of partnership.

Non-linearity in the Ocean Documentary (2015)
Book Chapter
Steinberg, P. E. (2015). Non-linearity in the Ocean Documentary. In R. van Munster, & C. Sylvest (Eds.), Documenting World Politics: A Critical Companion to IR and Non-fiction Film (78-94). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315756899-7

Few topics in International Relations (IR) are as in need of exposure through the documentary genre as the ocean, a space that is rarely understood for the complex, but essential role that it plays in global political, economic and ecological systems... Read More about Non-linearity in the Ocean Documentary.

Urban Carbon Governance Experiments: The Role of Australian Local Governments (2015)
Journal Article
McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Brennan, C., & Bulkeley, H. (2015). Urban Carbon Governance Experiments: The Role of Australian Local Governments. Geographical Research, 53(1), 39-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12098

Cities, and particularly urban local governments, are now widely recognised for their part in the complex, multilevel landscape of climate governance and carbon reduction. Nonetheless local government projects and initiatives are often framed as of l... Read More about Urban Carbon Governance Experiments: The Role of Australian Local Governments.

How effective are interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among children and adults? Two systematic reviews (2015)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Hillier, F., Cairns, J., Kasim, A., Moore, H., & Summerbell, C. (2015). How effective are interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among children and adults? Two systematic reviews. Public Health Research, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.3310/phr03010

Background: Tackling obesity is one of the major contemporary public health policy challenges and is vital in terms of addressing health inequalities. Objectives: To systematically review the effectiveness of interventions (individual, community and... Read More about How effective are interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among children and adults? Two systematic reviews.

Diet and Physical Activity Interventions to Prevent or Treat Obesity in South Asian Children and Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Brown, T., Smith, S., Bhopal, R., Kasim, A., & Summerbell, C. (2015). Diet and Physical Activity Interventions to Prevent or Treat Obesity in South Asian Children and Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(1), 566-594. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120100566

Background and Aims: The metabolic risks associated with obesity are greater for South Asian populations compared with White or other ethnic groups, and levels of obesity in childhood are known to track into adulthood. Tackling obesity in South Asian... Read More about Diet and Physical Activity Interventions to Prevent or Treat Obesity in South Asian Children and Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The role of formal and informal networks in supporting older people's care during extreme weather events (2015)
Journal Article
Wistow, J., Dominelli, L., Oven, K., Dunn, C., & Curtis, S. (2015). The role of formal and informal networks in supporting older people's care during extreme weather events. Policy and Politics, 43(1), 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312x655855

We use theories of formal and informal networks of care, within a local governance system, to interpret networks supporting older people during extreme weather events. Drawing on international literatures about network governance and emergency manage... Read More about The role of formal and informal networks in supporting older people's care during extreme weather events.

Fire in the Plio-Pleistocene: The functions of hominin fire use, and the mechanistic, developmental and evolutionary consequences (2015)
Journal Article
Attwell, L., Kovarovic, K., & Kendal, J. (2015). Fire in the Plio-Pleistocene: The functions of hominin fire use, and the mechanistic, developmental and evolutionary consequences. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 93, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.4436/jass.93006

Fire is a powerful natural force that can change landscapes extremely quickly. Hominins have harnessed this resource for their own purposes, with mechanistic and developmental physiological consequences. In addition, the use of fire has niche constru... Read More about Fire in the Plio-Pleistocene: The functions of hominin fire use, and the mechanistic, developmental and evolutionary consequences.

The co-construction of energy provision and everyday practice: integrating heat pumps in social housing in England (2015)
Journal Article
Judson, E. P., Bell, S., Bulkeley, H., Powells, G., & Lyon, S. M. (2015). The co-construction of energy provision and everyday practice: integrating heat pumps in social housing in England. Science & Technology Studies, 28(3), 26-53

Challenges of energy security, low carbon transitions, and electricity network constraints have led to a shift to new, efficient technologies for household energy services. Studies of such technological innovations usually focus on consumer informati... Read More about The co-construction of energy provision and everyday practice: integrating heat pumps in social housing in England.