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Socio-economic and age variations in response to supermarket-led checkout food policies: a repeated measures analysis.

Ejlerskov K, Sharp SJ, Stead M, Adamson AJ, White M, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Sep 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-018-0755-4)

Different scientific approaches are needed to generate stronger evidence for population health improvement.

White M, Adams J

PLoS Medicine Aug 2018

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002639)

Are school-based physical activity interventions effective and equitable? A meta-analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with accelerometer-assessed activity.

Love R, Adams J, van Sluijs EMF

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Aug 2018

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.12823)

Comparison of individuals with low versus high consumption of home-prepared food in a group with universally high dietary quality: a cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet & Nutrition Survey (2008-2016).

Clifford Astbury C, Penney TL, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Aug 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-019-0768-7)

Supermarket policies on less-healthy food at checkouts: Natural experimental evaluation using interrupted time series analyses of purchases.

Ejlerskov KT, Sharp SJ, Stead M, Adamson AJ, White M, Adams J

PLoS Medicine Jun 2018

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002712)

Time trends in adherence to UK dietary recommendations and associated sociodemographic inequalities, 1986-2012: a repeated cross-sectional analysis.

Yau A, Adams J, Monsivais P

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Jun 2018

(DOI : 10.1038/s41430-018-0347-z)

Sociodemographic characteristics and frequency of consuming home-cooked meals and meals from out-of-home sources: cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study.

Mills S, Adams J, Wrieden W, White M, Brown H

Public Health Nutrition Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.1017/S1368980018000812)

Hayes L, Forrest L, Adams J, Hidajat M, Ben-Shlomo Y, White M, Sharp L

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2018-210842)

Associations between introduction and withdrawal of a financial incentive and timing of attendance for antenatal care and incidence of small for gestational age: natural experimental evaluation using interrupted time series methods.

Adams J, van der Waal Z, Rushton S, Rankin J

BMJ Open Feb 2018

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017697)

The nature of UK supermarkets' policies on checkout food and associations with healthfulness and type of food displayed: cross-sectional study.

Ejlerskov KT, Stead M, Adamson A, White M, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Jan 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-018-0684-2)

A cumulative meta-analysis of the effects of individual physical activity interventions targeting healthy adults.

Love R, Adams J, van Sluijs EMF, Foster C, Humphreys D

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Nov 2017

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.12690)

What are older smokers' attitudes to quitting and how are they managed in primary care? An analysis of the cross-sectional English Smoking Toolkit Study.

Jordan H, Hidajat M, Payne N, Adams J, White M, Ben-Shlomo Y

BMJ Open Nov 2017

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018150)

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)

Childcare in Infancy and Later Obesity: a Narrative Review of Longitudinal Studies.

Costa S, Adams J, Gonzalez-Nahm S, Benjamin Neelon SE

Current Pediatrics Reports Aug 2017

(DOI : 10.1007/s40124-017-0134-7)

Frequency of eating home cooked meals and potential benefits for diet and health: cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study.

Mills S, Brown H, Wrieden W, White M, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity May 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0567-y)

Alcohol Marketing during the UEFA EURO 2016 Football Tournament: A Frequency Analysis.

Purves RI, Critchlow N, Stead M, Adams J, Brown K

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health May 2017

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph14070704)

Equity effects of children's physical activity interventions: a systematic scoping review.

Love R, Adams J, van Sluijs EMF

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Apr 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0586-8)

How do public health professionals view and engage with research? A qualitative interview study and stakeholder workshop engaging public health professionals and researchers.

Van der Graaf P, Forrest LF, Adams J, Shucksmith J, White M

BMC Public Health Apr 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4896-1)

Relationship between mean daily energy intake and frequency of consumption of out-of-home meals in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey.

Goffe L, Rushton S, White M, Adamson A, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0589-5)

Trends in beverage prices following the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Barbados.

Alvarado M, Kostova D, Suhrcke M, Hambleton I, Hassell T, Samuels TA, Adams J, Unwin N, Barbados SSB Tax Evaluation Group

Preventive medicine Feb 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.07.013)

Utilization of Away-From-Home Food Establishments, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Dietary Pattern, and Obesity.

Penney TL, Jones NRV, Adams J, Maguire ER, Burgoine T, Monsivais P

American Journal of Preventive Medicine Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.06.003)

The challenges of interventions to promote healthier food in independent takeaways in England: qualitative study of intervention deliverers' views.

Goffe L, Penn L, Adams J, Araújo-Soares V, Summerbell CD, Abraham C, White M, Adamson A, Lake AA

BMC Public Health Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-5096-3)

Home food preparation practices, experiences and perceptions: A qualitative interview study with photo-elicitation.

Mills S, White M, Wrieden W, Brown H, Stead M, Adams J

PLoS ONE Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0182842)

Identifying inequitable healthcare in older people: systematic review of current research practice.

Salway SM, Payne N, Rimmer M, Buckner S, Jordan H, Adams J, Walters K, Sowden SL, Forrest L, Sharp L, Hidajat M, White M, Ben-Shlomo Y

International Journal for Equity in Health Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12939-017-0605-z)

Association between home food preparation skills and behaviour, and consumption of ultra-processed foods: Cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and nutrition survey (2008-2009).

Lam MCL, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Dec 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0524-9)

A description of interventions promoting healthier ready-to-eat meals (to eat in, to take away, or to be delivered) sold by specific food outlets in England: a systematic mapping and evidence synthesis.

Hillier-Brown FC, Summerbell CD, Moore HJ, Wrieden WL, Adams J, Abraham C, Adamson A, Araújo-Soares V, White M, Lake AA

BMC Public Health Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3980-2)

Comparison of sodium content of meals served by independent takeaways using standard versus reduced holed salt shakers: cross-sectional study.

Goffe L, Hillier-Brown F, Doherty A, Wrieden W, Lake AA, Araújo-Soares V, Summerbell C, White M, Adamson AJ, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-016-0429-z)

Health and social determinants and outcomes of home cooking: A systematic review of observational studies.

Mills S, White M, Brown H, Wrieden W, Kwasnicka D, Halligan J, Robalino S, Adams J

Appetite Jun 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.022)

The impact of interventions to promote healthier ready-to-eat meals (to eat in, to take away or to be delivered) sold by specific food outlets open to the general public: a systematic review.

Hillier-Brown FC, Summerbell CD, Moore HJ, Routen A, Lake AA, Adams J, White M, Araújo-Soares V, Abraham C, Adamson AJ, Brown TJ

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Jun 2016

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.12479)

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a physical activity loyalty scheme for behaviour change maintenance: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Hunter RF, Brennan SF, Tang J, Smith OJ, Murray J, Tully MA, Patterson C, Longo A, Hutchinson G, Prior L, French DP, Adams J, McIntosh E, Kee F

BMC Public Health Jun 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3244-1)

Parental Preferences for the Organization of Preschool Vaccination Programs Including Financial Incentives: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

Flynn D, Ternent l, Becker F, Oluboyede Y, Adams J

MDM policy & practice Jun 2016

(DOI : 10.1177_2381468317708319)

Socio-economic inequalities in stage at diagnosis, and in time intervals on the lung cancer pathway from first symptom to treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Forrest LF, Sowden S, Rubin G, White M, Adams J

Thorax Jun 2016

(DOI : 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209013)

Forrest LF, Adams J, Ben-Shlomo Y, Buckner S, Payne N, Rimmer M, Salway S, Sowden S, Walters K, White M

Age and ageing Jun 2016

(DOI : 10.1093/ageing/afw235)

Searching and synthesising 'grey literature' and 'grey information' in public health: critical reflections on three case studies.

Adams J, Hillier-Brown FC, Moore HJ, Lake AA, Araújo-Soares V, White M, Summerbell C

Systematic Reviews May 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s13643-016-0337-y)

Promoting physical activity with a school-based dance mat exergaming intervention: qualitative findings from a natural experiment.

Burges Watson D, Adams J, Azevedo LB, Haighton C

BMC Public Health Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3308-2)

Acceptability of financial incentives for health behaviour change to public health policymakers: a qualitative study.

Giles EL, Sniehotta FF, McColl E, Adams J

BMC Public Health Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3646-0)

Public responses to proposals for a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages: A thematic analysis of online reader comments posted on major UK news websites.

Thomas-Meyer M, Mytton O, Adams J

PLoS ONE Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0186750)

Why Are Some Population Interventions for Diet and Obesity More Equitable and Effective Than Others? The Role of Individual Agency.

Adams J, Mytton O, White M, Monsivais P

PLoS Medicine Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001990)

The relationship between childcare and adiposity, body mass and obesity-related risk factors: protocol for a systematic review of longitudinal studies.

Costa S, Adams J, Phillips V, Benjamin Neelon SE

Systematic Reviews Mar 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s13643-016-0312-7)

Acceptability of Financial Incentives for Health Behaviours: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

Giles EL, Becker F, Ternent l, Sniehotta FF, McColl E, Adams J

PLoS ONE Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0157403)

Identifying small groups of foods that can predict achievement of key dietary recommendations: data mining of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey, 2008-12.

Giabbanelli PJ, Adams J

Public Health Nutrition Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.1017/S1368980016000185)

Acceptability of Parental Financial Incentives and Quasi-Mandatory Interventions for Preschool Vaccinations: Triangulation of Findings from Three Linked Studies.

Adams J, McNaughton RJ, Wigham S, Flynn D, Ternent l, Shucksmith J

PLoS ONE Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0156843)

Acceptability of financial incentives or quasi-mandatory schemes to increase uptake of immunisations in preschool children in the United Kingdom: Qualitative study with parents and service delivery staff.

McNaughton RJ, Adams J, Shucksmith J

Vaccine Nov 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.009)

Effectiveness and acceptability of parental financial incentives and quasi-mandatory schemes for increasing uptake of vaccinations in preschool children: systematic review, qualitative study and discrete choice experiment.

Adams J, Bateman B, Becker F, Cresswell T, Flynn D, McNaughton R, Oluboyede Y, Robalino S, Ternent l, Sood BG, Michie S, Shucksmith J, Sniehotta FF, Wigham S

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) Nov 2015

(DOI : 10.3310/hta19940)

Reducing the Salt Added to Takeaway Food: Within-Subjects Comparison of Salt Delivered by Five and 17 Holed Salt Shakers in Controlled Conditions.

Goffe L, Wrieden W, Penn L, Hillier-Brown F, Lake AA, Araújo-Soares V, Summerbell C, White M, Adamson AJ, Adams J

PLoS ONE Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0163093)

Characterisation of UK diets according to degree of food processing and associations with socio-demographics and obesity: cross-sectional analysis of UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008-12).

Adams J, White M

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0317-y)

Socio-Economic Differences in the Association between Self-Reported and Clinically Present Diabetes and Hypertension: Secondary Analysis of a Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Tompkins G, Forrest LF, Adams JM

PLoS ONE May 2015

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0139928)

Capturing Public Opinion on Public Health Topics: A Comparison of Experiences from a Systematic Review, Focus Group Study, and Analysis of Online, User-Generated Content.

Giles EL, Adams JM

Frontiers in Public Health Apr 2015

(DOI : 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00200)

Anticipated survival and health behaviours in older English adults: cross sectional and longitudinal analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Adams J, Stamp E, Nettle D, Milne EM, Jagger C

PLoS ONE Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0118782)

Food at checkouts in non-food stores: a cross-sectional study of a large indoor shopping mall.

Wright J, Kamp E, White M, Adams J, Sowden S

Public Health Nutrition Feb 2015

(DOI : 10.1017/S1368980015000178)

Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of cooking skills in UK adults: cross-sectional analysis of data from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey.

Adams J, Goffe L, Adamson AJ, Halligan J, O'Brien N, Purves R, Stead M, Stocken D, White M

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Feb 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0261-x)

Changes in testosterone related to body composition in late midlife: Findings from the 1946 British birth cohort study.

Bann D, Wu FC, Keevil B, Lashen H, Adams J, Hardy R, Muniz G, Kuh D, Ben-Shlomo Y, Ong KK

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.21092)

The nutritional content and cost of supermarket ready-meals. Cross-sectional analysis.

Remnant J, Adams J

Appetite Nov 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2015.04.069)

Acceptability of financial incentives for breastfeeding: thematic analysis of readers' comments to UK online news reports.

Giles EL, Holmes M, McColl E, Sniehotta FF, Adams JM

BMC pregnancy and childbirth Oct 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12884-015-0549-5)

Frequency and socio-demographic correlates of eating meals out and take-away meals at home: cross-sectional analysis of the UK national diet and nutrition survey, waves 1-4 (2008-12).

Adams J, Goffe L, Brown T, Lake AA, Summerbell C, White M, Wrieden W, Adamson AJ

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Oct 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0210-8)

Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of time spent cooking by adults in the 2005 UK Time Use Survey. Cross-sectional analysis.

Adams J, White M

Appetite Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2015.05.022)

Changes in insulin-like growth factor-I and -II associated with fat but not lean mass in early old age.

Bann D, Holly JM, Lashen H, Hardy R, Adams J, Kuh D, Ong KK, Ben-Shlomo Y

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.21002)

Acceptability of financial incentives and penalties for encouraging uptake of healthy behaviours: focus groups.

Giles EL, Sniehotta FF, McColl E, Adams J

BMC Public Health Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-1409-y)

Physical activity across adulthood in relation to fat and lean body mass in early old age: findings from the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, 1946-2010.

Bann D, Kuh D, Wills AK, Adams J, Brage S, Cooper R, National Survey of Health and Development scientific and data collection team

American Journal of Epidemiology Apr 2014

(DOI : 10.1093/aje/kwu033)

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