MRC Epidemiology Unit - Publications Database

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of referral to a commercial open group behavioural weight management programme in adults with overweight and obesity: 5-year follow-up of the WRAP randomised controlled trial

Ahern AL, Breeze PR, Fusco F, Sharp SJ, Islam N, Wheeler G, Hill AJ, Hughes CA, Duschinsky R, Thomas C, Bates S, Woolston J, Stubbings M, Whittle F, Boothby C, Bostock J, Jebb SA, Aveyard P, Boyland EJ, Halford JCG, Morris S, Brennan A, and Griffin SJ

The Lancet Public Health. Oct 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00226-2)

Participants' experiences of mental health during a COVID-19 tailored ACT-based behavioural weight management intervention: a qualitative study.

Jones RA, Richards R, Palat R, Hughes C, Hill AJ, Vincent A, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL, and Duschinsky R

International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being. Sep 2022

(DOI : 10.1080/17482631.2022.2123093)

Acceptability and feasibility of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based guided self-help intervention for weight loss maintenance in adults who have previously completed a behavioural weight loss programme: the SWiM feasibility study protocol.

Ahern AL, Richards R, Jones RA, Whittle F, Mueller J, Woolston J, Sharp SJ, Hughes CA, Hill AJ, Duschinsky R, Lawlor ER, Morris S, Fusco F, Brennan A, Bostock J, and Griffin SJ

BMJ Open. Apr 2022

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058103)

Participant characteristics associated with changes in mental health in a trial of behavioural weight management programmes: Secondary analysis of the WRAP trial.

Jones RA, Mueller J, Sharp SJ, Duschinsky R, Griffin SJ, and Ahern AL

Obesity facts. Apr 2022

(DOI : 10.1159/000522083)

The impact of participant mental health on attendance and engagement in a trial of behavioural weight management programmes: secondary analysis of the WRAP randomised controlled trial.

Jones RA, Mueller J, Sharp SJ, Vincent A, Duschinsky R, Griffin SJ, and Ahern AL

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Nov 2021

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-021-01216-6)

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a diabetes education and behavioural weight management programme versus a diabetes education programme in adults with a recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: study protocol for the Glucose Lowering through Weight management (GLoW) randomised controlled trial.

Ahern AL, Woolston J, Wells E, Sharp SJ, Islam N, Lawlor ER, Duschinsky R, Hill AJ, Doble B, Wilson E, Morris S, Hughes CA, Brennan A, Bostock J, Boothby C, and Griffin SJ

BMJ Open. May 2020

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035020)

Cognitive and behavioural strategies employed to overcome "lapses" and prevent "relapse" among weight-loss maintainers and regainers: A qualitative study.

Lawlor ER, Hughes CA, Duschinsky R, Pountain GD, Hill AJ, Griffin SJ, and Ahern AL

Clinical obesity. Feb 2020

(DOI : 10.1111/cob.12395)

Responses to provision of personalised cancer risk information: a qualitative interview study with members of the public.

Usher-Smith JA, Silarova B, Lophatananon A, Duschinsky R, Campbell J, Warcaba J, and Muir K

BMC Public Health. Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4985-1)