MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Public acceptability of proposals to manage new takeaway food outlets near schools: cross-sectional analysis of the 2021 International Food Policy Study.

Keeble M, Adams J, Amies-Cull B, Chang M, Cummins S, Derbyshire D, Hammond D, Hassan S, Liu B, Medina-Lara A, Mytton O, Rahilly J, Rogers N, Savory B, Smith R, Thompson C, White CM, White M, Burgoine T

Cities & Health. Dec 2024

(DOI : 10.1080/23748834.2024.2336311)

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Health impacts of takeaway management zones around schools in six different local authorities across England: a public health modelling study using PRIMEtime.

Rogers NT, Amies-Cull B, Adams J, Chang M, Cummins S, Derbyshire D, Hassan S, Keeble M, Liu B, Medina-Lara A, Savory B, Rahilly J, Smith R, Thompson C, White M, Mytton O, Burgoine T

BMC medicine. Nov 2024

(DOI : 10.1186/s12916-024-03739-8)

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Development of an approach to forecast future takeaway outlet growth around schools and population exposure to takeaways in England.

Liu B, Mytton O, Rahilly J, Amies-Cull B, Rogers N, Bishop T, Chang M, Cummins S, Derbyshire D, Hassan S, Huang Y, Medina-Lara A, Savory B, Smith R, Thompson C, White M, Adams J, Burgoine T

International Journal of Health Geographics. Nov 2024

(DOI : 10.1186/s12942-024-00383-6)

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The adoption and implementation of local government planning policy to manage hot food takeaways near schools in England: A qualitative process evaluation.

Hassan S, Thompson C, Adams J, Chang M, Derbyshire D, Keeble M, Liu B, Mytton OT, Rahilly J, Savory B, Smith R, White M, Burgoine T, Cummins S

Social science & medicine (1982). Oct 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117431)

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Estimated changes in free sugar consumption one year after the UK soft drinks industry levy came into force: controlled interrupted time series analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2011-2019).

Rogers NT, Cummins S, Jones CP, Mytton O, Rayner M, Rutter H, White M, Adams J

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Jul 2024

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2023-221051)

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The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy and childhood hospital admissions for asthma in England.

Rogers NT, Cummins S, Jones CP, Mytton OT, Roberts CH, Shaheen SO, Shah SA, Sheikh A, White M, Adams J

Nature communications. Jun 2024

(DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-49120-4)

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Changes in the number of new takeaway food outlets associated with adoption of management zones around schools: A natural experimental evaluation in England.

Rahilly J, Amies-Cull B, Chang M, Cummins S, Derbyshire D, Hassan S, Huang Y, Keeble M, Liu B, Medina-Lara A, Mytton O, Rogers N, Savory B, Schiff A, Sharp SJ, Smith R, Thompson C, White M, Adams J, Burgoine T

SSM - Population Health. Apr 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101646)

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Changes in the number and outcome of takeaway food outlet planning applications in response to adoption of management zones around schools in England: A time series analysis.

Rahilly J, Williams A, Chang M, Cummins S, Derbyshire D, Hassan S, Huang Y, Keeble M, Liu B, Medina-Lara A, Mytton O, Savory B, Schiff A, Sharp SJ, Smith R, Thompson C, White M, Adams J, Burgoine T

Health & place. Apr 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103237)

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Impact of the UK soft drinks industry levy on health and health inequalities in children and adolescents in England: An interrupted time series analysis and population health modelling study.

Cobiac LJ, Rogers NT, Adams J, Cummins S, Smith R, Mytton O, White M, Scarborough P

PLoS Medicine. Mar 2024

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004371)

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Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates.

Jones CP, Lawlor ER, Forde H, Theis DRZ, Cummins S, Adams J, Smith R, Rayner M, Rutter H, Penney TL, Alliot O, Armitage S, White M

Public Health Nutrition. Jan 2024

(DOI : 10.1017/S1368980024000247)

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Association Between Household Online Grocery Delivery Service Use and Food and Drink Purchase Behavior in England: Cross-Sectional Analysis.

Yau A, Law C, Cornelsen L, Adams J, Boyland E, Burgoine T, de Vocht F, White M, Cummins S

JMIR public health and surveillance. Dec 2023

(DOI : 10.2196/41540)

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Changes in soft drinks purchased by British households associated with the UK soft drinks industry levy: a controlled interrupted time series analysis.

Rogers NT, Pell D, Mytton OT, Penney TL, Briggs A, Cummins S, Jones C, Rayner M, Rutter H, Scarborough P, Sharp S, Smith R, White M, Adams J

BMJ Open. Dec 2023

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077059)

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The impact of the UK soft drink industry levy on the soft drink marketplace, 2017-2020: An interrupted time series analysis with comparator series.

Luick M, Bandy LK, Harrington R, Vijayan J, Adams J, Cummins S, Rayner M, Rogers N, Rutter H, Smith R, White M, Scarborough P

PLoS ONE. Oct 2023

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0301890)

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Retailer Responses to Public Consultations on the Adoption of Takeaway Management Zones Around Schools: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis.

Keeble M, Chang M, Derbyshire D, White M, Adams J, Amies-Cull B, Cummins S, Hassan S, Liu B, Medina-Lara A, Mytton O, Penney TL, Rahilly J, Rogers N, Savory B, Schiff A, Smith R, Thompson C, Burgoine T

International journal of health policy and management. Sep 2023

(DOI : 10.34172/ijhpm.8294)

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Characterizing restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England.

McKevitt S, White M, Petticrew M, Summerbell C, Vasiljevic M, Boyland E, Cummins S, Laverty AA, Millett C, de Vocht F, Junghans C, Vamos EP

Journal of public health (Oxford, England). Aug 2023

(DOI : 10.1093/pubmed/fdad155)

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Industry views of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: a thematic analysis of elite interviews with food and drink industry professionals, 2018-2020.

Jones CP, Forde H, Penney TL, van Tulleken D, Cummins S, Adams J, Law C, Rutter H, Smith R, White M

BMJ Open. Aug 2023

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072223)

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Exploring views of members of the public and policymakers on the acceptability of population level dietary and active-travel policies: a qualitative study.

Toumpakari Z, Valerino-Perea S, Willis K, Adams J, White M, Vasiljevic M, Ternent l, Brown J, Kelly MP, Bonell C, Cummins S, Majeed A, Anderson S, Robinson T, Araújo-Soares V, Watson J, Soulsby I, Green D, Sniehotta FF, Jago R

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. May 2023

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-023-01465-7)

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Reactions of industry and associated organisations to the announcement of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: longitudinal thematic analysis of UK media articles, 2016-18.

Penney TL, Jones CP, Pell D, Cummins S, Adams J, Forde H, Mytton O, Rutter H, Smith R, White M

BMC Public Health. Feb 2023

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-023-15190-0)

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Associations between trajectories of obesity prevalence in English primary school children and the UK soft drinks industry levy: An interrupted time series analysis of surveillance data.

Rogers NT, Cummins S, Forde H, Jones CP, Mytton O, Rutter H, Sharp SJ, Theis D, White M, Adams J

PLoS Medicine. Jan 2023

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004160)

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Adolescents' perspectives on soft drinks after the introduction of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: A focus group study using reflexive thematic analysis.

Jones CP, Armstrong-Moore R, Penney TL, Cummins S, Armitage S, Adams J, White M

Appetite. Jan 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106305)

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Changes in household food and drink purchases following restrictions on the advertisement of high fat, salt, and sugar products across the Transport for London network: A controlled interrupted time series analysis.

Yau A, Berger N, Law C, Cornelsen L, Greener R, Adams J, Boyland EJ, Burgoine T, de Vocht F, Egan M, Er V, Lake AA, Lock K, Mytton O, Petticrew M, Thompson C, White M, Cummins S

PLoS Medicine. Oct 2021

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003915)

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Restricting the advertising of high fat, salt and sugar foods on the Transport for London estate: Process and implementation study.

Meiksin R, Er V, Thompson C, Adams J, Boyland E, Burgoine T, Cornelsen L, de Vocht F, Egan M, Lake AA, Lock K, Mytton O, White M, Yau A, Cummins S

Social science & medicine (1982). Jul 2021

(DOI : 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114548)

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Media representations of opposition to the 'junk food advertising ban' on the Transport for London (TfL) network: A thematic content analysis of UK news and trade press.

Thompson C, Clary C, Er V, Adams J, Boyland E, Burgoine T, Cornelsen L, de Vocht F, Egan M, Lake AA, Lock K, Mytton O, Petticrew M, White M, Yau A, Cummins S

SSM - Population Health. May 2021

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100828)

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Sociodemographic differences in self-reported exposure to high fat, salt and sugar food and drink advertising: a cross-sectional analysis of 2019 UK panel data.

Yau A, Adams J, Boyland EJ, Burgoine T, Cornelsen L, de Vocht F, Egan M, Er V, Lake AA, Lock K, Mytton O, Petticrew M, Thompson C, White M, Cummins S

BMJ Open. Apr 2021

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048139)

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Changes in soft drinks purchased by British households associated with the UK soft drinks industry levy: controlled interrupted time series analysis.

Pell D, Mytton O, Penney TL, Briggs A, Cummins S, Jones C, Rayner M, Rutter H, Scarborough P, Sharp SJ, Smith RD, White M, Adams J

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Mar 2021

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.n254)

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Conceptualizing the commercial determinants of dietary behaviors associated with obesity: A systematic review using principles from critical interpretative synthesis.

Chavez-Ugalde Y, Jago R, Toumpakari Z, Egan M, Cummins S, White M, Hulls P, de Vocht F

Obesity science & practice. Oct 2020

(DOI : 10.1002/osp4.507)

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Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review.

McGill E, Er V, Penney T, Egan M, White M, Meier P, Whitehead M, Lock K, Anderson de Cuevas R, Smith R, Savona N, Rutter H, Marks D, de Vocht F, Cummins S, Popay J, Petticrew M

Social science & medicine (1982). Aug 2020

(DOI : 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113697)

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Associations between commute mode and cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality, and cancer incidence, using linked Census data over 25 years in England and Wales: a cohort study.

Patterson R, Panter J, Vamos EP, Cummins S, Millett C, Laverty AA

The Lancet. Planetary health. May 2020

(DOI : 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30079-6)

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Planning and Public Health professionals' experiences of using the planning system to regulate hot food takeaway outlets in England: A qualitative study.

Keeble M, Burgoine T, White M, Summerbell C, Cummins S, Adams J

Health & place. Mar 2020

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102305)

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Anticipatory changes in British household purchases of soft drinks associated with the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy: A controlled interrupted time series analysis.

Pell D, Penney TL, Mytton O, Briggs A, Cummins S, Rayner M, Rutter H, Scarborough P, Sharp SJ, Smith RD, White M, Adams J

PLoS Medicine. Sep 2019

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003269)

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Impact of the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on sugar content, price, product size and number of available soft drinks in the UK, 2015-19: A controlled interrupted time series analysis.

Scarborough P, Adhikari V, Harrington RA, Elhussein A, Briggs A, Rayner M, Adams J, Cummins S, Penney T, White M

PLoS Medicine. Jul 2019

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003025)

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Correlates of English local government use of the planning system to regulate hot food takeaway outlets: a cross-sectional analysis.

Keeble M, Adams EJ, White M, Summerbell C, Cummins S, Burgoine T

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Apr 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-019-0884-4)

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How does local government use the planning system to regulate hot food takeaway outlets? A census of current practice in England using document review.

Keeble M, Burgoine T, White M, Summerbell C, Cummins S, Adams JM

Health & place. Oct 2018

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.03.010)

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Using alternatives to the car and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality.

Panter J, Mytton OT, Sharp SJ, Brage S, Cummins S, Laverty AA, Wijndaele K, Ogilvie D

Heart (British Cardiac Society). Nov 2017

(DOI : 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312699)

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Change in non-alcoholic beverage sales following a 10-pence levy on sugar-sweetened beverages within a national chain of restaurants in the UK: interrupted time series analysis of a natural experiment.

Cornelsen L, Mytton OT, Adams J, Gasparrini A, Iskander D, Knai C, Petticrew M, Scott C, Smith R, Thompson C, White M, Cummins S

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Sep 2017

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2017-209947)

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The need for a complex systems model of evidence for public health.

Rutter H, Savona N, Glonti K, Bibby J, Cummins S, Finegood DT, Greaves F, Harper L, Hawe P, Moore L, Petticrew M, Rehfuess E, Shiell A, Thomas J, White M

Lancet (London, England). Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31267-9)

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How can planning add value to obesity prevention programmes? A qualitative study of planning and planners in the Healthy Towns programme in England.

May Goodwin D, Mapp F, Sautkina E, Jones A, Ogilvie D, White M, Petticrew M, Cummins S

Health & place. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.08.012)

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Lost in translation? Theory, policy and practice in systems-based environmental approaches to obesity prevention in the Healthy Towns programme in England.

Sautkina E, Goodwin D, Jones A, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, White M, Cummins S

Health & place. Dec 2013

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.05.006)

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Using spatial equity analysis in the process evaluation of environmental interventions to tackle obesity: the healthy towns programme in England.

Dalton AM, Jones A, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, White M, Cummins S

International Journal for Equity in Health. Oct 2012

(DOI : 10.1186/1475-9276-12-43)

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The role and status of evidence and innovation in the healthy towns programme in England: a qualitative stakeholder interview study.

Goodwin DM, Cummins S, Sautkina E, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, Jones A, Wheeler K, White M

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Sep 2012

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2012-201481)

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Assessing the evaluability of complex public health interventions: five questions for researchers, funders, and policymakers.

Ogilvie D, Cummins S, Petticrew M, White M, Jones A, Wheeler K

The Milbank quarterly. Jun 2011

(DOI : 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00626.x)

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The impact of public transportation strikes on use of a bicycle share program in London: interrupted time series design.

Fuller D, Sahlqvist S, Cummins S, Ogilvie D

Preventive medicine. Jun 2011

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.021)

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