MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

An individual participant data meta-analysis investigating the mediating role of eating behavior traits in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based weight management interventions

Kudlek L, Mueller J, Colombo PE, Sharp SJ, Boothby C, Boothby CE, Ahern A, Ahern AL

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Jun 2025

(DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaf039)

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Association between patient activation, self-management behaviours and clinical outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review with narrative synthesis

Ahern A, Ahern AL, Richards R, Birch JM, Mueller J, Griffin SJ

BMJ Open. May 2025

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095456)

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Glucose Lowering through Weight management (GLoW): a randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of a diabetes education and behavioural weight management programme vs a diabetes education programme in adults with a recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

Mueller J, Breeze P, Fusco F, Sharp SJ, Pidd K, Brennan A, Hill AJ, Morris S, Hughes CA, Bates SE, Pollard D, Woolston J, Lachassseigne E, Stubbings M, Whittle F, Jones RA, Boothby CE, Duschinsky R, Bostock J, Islam N, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL, Ahern A

Diabetologia. Jan 2025

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-024-06355-6)

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The impact of behavioral weight management interventions on eating behavior traits in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kudlek L, Eustachio Colombo P, Ahern A, Tait S, Reid N, Wickramarachchi M, Lakshmi A, Sharp SJ, Spreckley M, Mueller J, Jones RA

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Nov 2024

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13871)

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An Acceptance-Based Guided Self-Help Program for Weight Loss Maintenance in Adults Who Have Previously Completed a Behavioral Weight Loss Program: The SWiM Feasibility Study.

Jones RA, Mueller J, Richards R, Woolston J, Stubbings M, Whittle F, Hughes CA, Sharp SJ, Chester M, Schwertel C, Tait S, Eustachio Colombo P, Kudlek L, Boothby CE, Lawlor ER, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL, Boothby C, Ahern A

Obesity science & practice. Oct 2024

(DOI : 10.1002/osp4.70048)

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Individual participant data meta-analysis of eating behaviour traits as effect modifiers in acceptance and commitment therapy-based weight management interventions.

Kudlek L, Eustachio Colombo P, Mueller J, Sharp SJ, Boothby CE, Griffin SJ, Hawkins M, Juarascio A, Knäuper B, Kolehmainen M, Levin ME, Lillis J, Maiz E, Manasse S, Palmeira L, Pietiläinen KH, Sherwood NE, Ahern AL, Griffin S, Ahern A

International journal of obesity (2005). Oct 2024

(DOI : 10.1038/s41366-025-01759-9)

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The impact of behavioral weight management interventions on eating behavior traits in children with overweight or obesity: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Colombo PE, Wickramarachchi M, Lakshmi A, Kudlek L, Ahern A, Tait S, Reid N, Jones RA, Smith AD

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Sep 2024

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13839)

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A predictive model for medium-term weight loss response in people with type 2 diabetes engaging in behavioural weight management interventions.

Al-Abdullah L, Ahern A, Welsh P, Logue J

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism. Jun 2024

(DOI : 10.1111/dom.15706)

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Are there inequalities in the attendance and effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions for adults in the UK? Protocol for an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis.

Birch JM, Mueller J, Sharp S, Logue J, Kelly MP, Griffin SJ, Ahern A

BMJ Open. Mar 2023

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067607)

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The moderating role of eating behaviour traits in the association between exposure to hot food takeaway outlets and body fatness.

Hoenink JC, Burgoine T, Brage S, Forouhi N, Griffin SJ, Monsivais P, Wareham NJ, Ahern A, Adams J

International journal of obesity (2005). Mar 2023

(DOI : 10.1038/s41366-023-01290-9)

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Imagine this: Visualising a recent meal as bigger reduces subsequent snack intake.

Szypula J, Ahern A, Cheke L

Appetite. Dec 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106411)

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REalist Synthesis Of non-pharmacologicaL interVEntions for antipsychotic-induced weight gain (RESOLVE) in people living with severe mental illness (SMI).

Maidment ID, Wong G, Duddy C, Upthegrove R, Oduola S, Robotham D, Higgs S, Ahern A, Birdi G

Systematic Reviews. Mar 2022

(DOI : 10.1186/s13643-022-01912-9)

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Effects of a group-based weight management programme on anxiety and depression: A randomised controlled trial (RCT).

Heath L, Jebb S, Stevens R, Wheeler G, Ahern A, Boyland E, Halford J, Aveyard P

PLoS ONE. Feb 2022

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0263228)

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Effect of weight loss on cardiometabolic risk: observational analysis of two randomised controlled trials of community weight-loss programmes.

Morris E, Jebb SA, Oke J, Nickless A, Ahern A, Boyland E, Caterson ID, Halford J, Hauner H, Aveyard P

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Jun 2020

(DOI : 10.3399/bjgp20X714113)

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The role of memory ability, depth and mode of recall in the impact of memory on later consumption.

Szypula J, Ahern A, Cheke L

Appetite. Jul 2019

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104628)

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