A5057160428- Obesity and Health Practices
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Diabetes Management and Education
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
MRC Epidemiology Unit
2020-2025
University of Cambridge
2020-2025
University of Lincoln
2025
Counties Manukau District Health Board
2011
Abstract Aims/hypothesis UK standard care for type 2 diabetes is structured education, with no effects on HbA 1c , small, short-term weight and low uptake. We evaluated whether remotely delivered tailored education combined commercial behavioural management cost-effective compared current in helping people to lower their blood glucose, lose weight, achieve remission improve cardiovascular risk factors. Methods conducted a pragmatic, randomised, parallel two-group trial. Participants were...
This study investigated the impact of Healthy Housing Programme in reducing acute hospitalisations South Auckland, New Zealand. The programme involved house modifications to reduce overcrowding, insulation and ventilation improvements, health social service assessments, referrals linkages.An intervention evaluation was used. Participants were considered cases following their house's counterfactuals/controls prior intervention. Rigorous age-censoring used construct a case-counterfactual...
Community science can provide crucial insights into population dynamics and demography. To date, its effectiveness for understanding human-wildlife interactions has not been tested. This is vital designing effective wildlife management plans. We used a case study of an individually marked mute swans Cygnus olor, to test the reliability community scientist data quantifying self-reported interactions. compared 5,251 sightings birds with 317 observations recorded through systematic recording...
ABSTRACT Background Most weight lost during weight‐loss programmes is eventually regained. Interventions based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) demonstrate good evidence for long‐term loss, but are often costly difficult to scale up. Guided self‐help delivered using technology non‐specialist coaches could increase scalability, it unclear whether delivering ACT‐based interventions in this way feasible acceptable. Methods In feasibility study, 61 people who recently completed a...
<b><i>Background:</i></b> There is considerable heterogeneity in long-term weight loss among people referred to obesity treatment programmes. It unclear whether attendance at face-to-face sessions the early weeks of programme an independent predictor success. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> To investigate frequency a community over first 12 associated with change. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Participants were randomised receive...
Introduction The cost-effectiveness and long-term health impact of behavioural weight management programmes depends on post-treatment weight-loss maintenance. Growing evidence suggests that interventions using acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) could improve management. We developed an ACT-based, guided self-help intervention to support adults who have recently completed a loss programme. This study will assess the feasibility acceptability this type findings inform development full-scale...
Introduction People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) can improve glycaemic control or even achieve remission through weight loss and reduce their use of medication risk cardiovascular disease. The Glucose Lowering Weight management (GLoW) trial will evaluate whether a tailored education behavioural programme (DEW) is more effective cost-effective than (DE) in helping people overweight obesity recent diagnosis T2D to lower blood glucose, lose other markers risk. Methods analysis This study...