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Professor Carolyn Summerbell's Outputs (195)

Promoting healthy eating and physical activity among school children: findings from Health-E-PALS, the first pilot intervention from Lebanon (2014)
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Habib-Mourad, C., Ghandour, L., Moore, H., Nabhani-Zeidan, M., Kasim, A., Hwalla, N., & Summerbell, C. (2014). Promoting healthy eating and physical activity among school children: findings from Health-E-PALS, the first pilot intervention from Lebanon. BMC Public Health, 14, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-940

Background: In Lebanon, childhood obesity doubled during the past decade. Preventive measures should start early in life and Schools are considered an important environment to promote energy balance health behaviours. School-based programmes promotin... Read More about Promoting healthy eating and physical activity among school children: findings from Health-E-PALS, the first pilot intervention from Lebanon.

Community pharmacy interventions for public health priorities: protocol for a systematic review of community pharmacy-delivered smoking, alcohol and weight management interventions (2014)
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Todd, A., Moore, H., Husband, A., Bambra, C., Kasim, A., Sniehotta, F., …Summerbell, C. (2014). Community pharmacy interventions for public health priorities: protocol for a systematic review of community pharmacy-delivered smoking, alcohol and weight management interventions. Systematic Reviews, 3, https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-93

Background: Community pharmacists can deliver health care advice at an opportunistic level, related to prescription or non-prescription medicines and as part of focused services designed to reduce specific risks to health. Obesity, smoking and excess... Read More about Community pharmacy interventions for public health priorities: protocol for a systematic review of community pharmacy-delivered smoking, alcohol and weight management interventions.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of individual, community and societal level interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst children (2014)
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Hillier-Brown, F. C., Bambra, C., Cairns, J.-M., Kasim, A., Moore, H., & Summerbell, C. (2014). A systematic review of the effectiveness of individual, community and societal level interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst children. BMC Public Health, 14, Article 834. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-834

Background: Tackling childhood obesity is one of the major contemporary public health policy challenges and vital in terms of addressing socioeconomic health inequalities. We aimed to systematically review studies of the effectiveness of intervention... Read More about A systematic review of the effectiveness of individual, community and societal level interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst children.

Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes (Protocol) (2014)
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Steed, L., Kassavou, K., Madurasinghe, V., Edwards, E., Todd, A., Summerbell, C., Nkansah, N., Bero, L., Durieux, P., Taylor, S., Rivas, C., & Walton, R. (2014). Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014(7), Article CD011207. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd011207

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: Primary objective To assess the effectiveness of health promotion interventions in community pharmacy practice settings on pharmacy workers and pharmacy client... Read More about Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes (Protocol).

The effectiveness of interventions targeting specific out-of-home food outlets: protocol for a systematic review (2014)
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Hillier-Brown, F., Moore, H., Lake, A., Adamson, A., White, M., Adams, J., …Summerbell, C. (2014). The effectiveness of interventions targeting specific out-of-home food outlets: protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-17

Background: Eating out of the home has been associated with higher intakes of energy and fat and lower micronutrient intakes, as well as the development of obesity. Out-of-home food outlets (OHFOs) and the foods obtained from these outlets are an ide... Read More about The effectiveness of interventions targeting specific out-of-home food outlets: protocol for a systematic review.

Technology-based dietary assessment : development of the Synchronised Nutrition and Activity Program (SNAP™) (2014)
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Moore, H., Hillier, F., Batterham, A., Ells, L., & Summerbell, C. (2014). Technology-based dietary assessment : development of the Synchronised Nutrition and Activity Program (SNAP™). Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 27(Suppl.1), 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-277x.2012.01295.x

Background: Accurate, reliable and feasible methods of dietary intake and physical activity assessment are required to improve our understanding of the associations between energy balance-related behaviours and health. Methods: The Synchronised Nutri... Read More about Technology-based dietary assessment : development of the Synchronised Nutrition and Activity Program (SNAP™).

Pre-schoolers in the playground: an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Barber, S., Jackson, C., Akhtar, S., Bingham, D., Ainsworth, H., Hewitt, C., …Wright, J. (2013). Pre-schoolers in the playground: an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14(1), Article 326. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-326

Background: The pre-school years are considered critical for establishing healthy lifestyle behaviours such as physical activity. Levels of physical activity track through childhood into adulthood, thus establishing habitual physical activity early i... Read More about Pre-schoolers in the playground: an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children? (2013)
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Jones, C. H., Pollard, T. M., Summerbell, C., & Ball, H. L. (2014). Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children?. Journal of Biosocial Science, 46(3), 405-418. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932013000291

Short sleep duration is associated with obesity in young children. This study develops the hypothesis that parental rules play a role in this association. Participants were 3-year-old children and their parents, recruited at nursery schools in socioe... Read More about Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children?.

Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults (2013)
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Bambra, C., Hillier, F., Moore, H., Cairns-Nagi, J., & Summerbell, C. (2013). Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults. Systematic Reviews, 2(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-27

Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity and associated risk factors for obesity are widening throughout developed countries worldwide. Tackling obesity is high on the public health agenda both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Howe... Read More about Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults.

Protocol for systematic reviews of determinants/correlates of obesity related dietary and physical activity behaviours in young children (preschool 0-6yrs): evidence mapping and syntheses (2013)
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Lakshman, R., Paes, V., Hesketh, H., O’Malley, C., Moore, H., Ong, K., …Summerbell, C. (2013). Protocol for systematic reviews of determinants/correlates of obesity related dietary and physical activity behaviours in young children (preschool 0-6yrs): evidence mapping and syntheses. Systematic Reviews, 2(1), Article 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-28

Background: The aim of these reviews is to inform the design and content of interventions to reduce obesity in young children. The behaviors that are associated with obesity/overweight have been studied extensively; however, the factors associated wi... Read More about Protocol for systematic reviews of determinants/correlates of obesity related dietary and physical activity behaviours in young children (preschool 0-6yrs): evidence mapping and syntheses.

Characterizing the EPODE logic model : unravelling the past and informing the future (2013)
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Van Koperen, T., Jebb, S., Summerbell, C., Visscher, T., Romon, M., Borys, J., & Seidell, J. (2013). Characterizing the EPODE logic model : unravelling the past and informing the future. Obesity Reviews, 14(2), 162-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789x.2012.01057.x

EPODE (‘Ensemble Prévenons l'Obésité De Enfants’ or ‘Together let's Prevent Childhood Obesity’) is a large-scale, centrally coordinated, capacity-building approach for communities to implement effective and sustainable strategies to prevent childhood... Read More about Characterizing the EPODE logic model : unravelling the past and informing the future.

Practical evidence-based recommendations relating to educational strategies, psychological approaches, and behavioural models, to consider when developing interventions for the prevention of obesity in young (aged 4-6) children. (2012)
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Summerbell, C. D., Moore, H. J., Gibson, E. L., Vögele, C., Wildgruber, A., Krombholz, H., Kreichauf, S., Douthwaite, W., Nixon, C. A., & Project, O. B. O. T. T. (2012). Practical evidence-based recommendations relating to educational strategies, psychological approaches, and behavioural models, to consider when developing interventions for the prevention of obesity in young (aged 4-6) children. Obesity Reviews, 13(s1), 129-132

Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: a national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England (2012)
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Heslehurst, N., Sattar, N., Rajasingam, D., Wilkinson, J., Summerbell, C., & Rankin, J. (2012). Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: a national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 12(12), Article 156. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-12-156

Background: Asians are at increased risk of morbidity at a lower body mass index (BMI) than European Whites, particularly relating to metabolic risk. UK maternal obesity guidelines use general population BMI criteria to define obesity, which do not r... Read More about Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: a national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England.

A community-based health promotion intervention using brief negotiation techniques and a pledge on dietary intake, physical activity levels and weight outcomes: lessons learnt from an exploratory trial (2012)
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Hillier, F. C., Batterham, A. M., Nixon, C. A., Crayton, A. M., Pedley, C. L., & Summerbell, C. D. (2012). A community-based health promotion intervention using brief negotiation techniques and a pledge on dietary intake, physical activity levels and weight outcomes: lessons learnt from an exploratory trial. Public Health Nutrition, 15(8), 1446-1455. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980011002862

Objective To assess the effectiveness of a brief face-to-face health promotion intervention which included a ‘pledge’ using brief negotiation techniques, compared with standard advice-giving techniques, delivered in a community setting. Design A para... Read More about A community-based health promotion intervention using brief negotiation techniques and a pledge on dietary intake, physical activity levels and weight outcomes: lessons learnt from an exploratory trial.

EPODE approach for childhood obesity prevention : methods, progress and international development (2012)
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Borys, J., Le Bodo, Y., Jebb, S., Seidell, J., Summerbell, C., Richard, D., …Group, T. E. S. (2012). EPODE approach for childhood obesity prevention : methods, progress and international development. Obesity Reviews, 13(4), 299-315. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789x.2011.00950.x

Childhood obesity is a complex issue and needs multistakeholder involvement at all levels to foster healthier lifestyles in a sustainable way. ‘Ensemble Prévenons l'ObésitéDes Enfants’ (EPODE, Together Let's Prevent Childhood Obesity) is a large-scal... Read More about EPODE approach for childhood obesity prevention : methods, progress and international development.