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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)

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)

The impact of social media interventions on eating behaviours and diet in adolescents and young adults: a mixed methods systematic review protocol.

Tang H, Spreckley M, van Sluijs E, Ahern AL, Smith AD

BMJ Open Apr 2024

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083465)

The association between patterns of weight change, diabetes status and glycaemia among adults with overweight and obesity.

Yin R, Ahern AL, Lafortune L, Griffin SJ, Strelitz JM, Mueller J

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Mar 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111607)

The relationship of within-individual and between-individual variation in mental health with bodyweight: An exploratory longitudinal study.

Mueller J, Ahern AL, Jones RA, Sharp SJ, Davies A, Zuckerman A, Perry BI, Khandaker GM, Rolfe EL, Wareham NJ, Rennie KL

PLoS ONE Jan 2024

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0295117)

The moderating and mediating role of eating behaviour traits in acceptance and commitment therapy-based weight management interventions: protocol for an individual participant data meta-analysis

Kudlek L, Mueller J, Eustachio Colombo P, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL

BMJ Open Dec 2023

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076411)

Experiences of emotional eating in an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy based weight management intervention (SWiM): A qualitative study.

Kudlek L, Jones RA, Hughes C, Duschinsky R, Hill A, Richards R, Thompson M, Vincent A, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL

Appetite Nov 2023

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2023.107138)

Dietary intervention in gestational diabetes: a qualitative study of the acceptability and feasibility of a novel whole-diet intervention in healthcare professionals.

Kusinski LC, Richards R, Jones DL, Turner E, Hughes DJ, Dyson P, Ahern AL, Meek CL

The British journal of nutrition Aug 2023

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114523001666)

Eating disorders in weight-related therapy (EDIT): Protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data meta-analysis of eating disorder risk in behavioural weight management.

Jebeile H, Lister NB, Libesman S, Hunter KE, McMaster CM, Johnson BJ, Baur LA, Paxton SJ, Garnett SP, Ahern AL, Wilfley DE, Maguire S, Sainsbury A, Steinbeck K, Askie L, Braet C, Hill AJ, Nicholls D, Jones RA, Dammery G, Grunseit AM, Cooper K, Kyle TK, Heeren FA, Quigley F, Barnes RD, Bean MK, Beaulieu K, Bonham M, Boutelle KN, Branco BHM, Calugi S, Cardel MI, Carpenter K, Cheng HL, Dalle Grave R, Danielsen YS, Demarzo M, Dordevic A, Eichen DM, Goldschmidt AB, Hilbert A, Houben K, Lofrano do Prado M, Martin CK, McTiernan A, Mensinger JL, Pacanowski C, do Prado WL, Ramalho SM, Raynor HA, Rieger E, Robinson E, Salvo V, Sherwood NE, Simpson SA, Skjakodegard HF, Smith E, Partridge S, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Taylor RW, Van Eyck A, Varady KA, Vidmar AP, Whitelock V, Yanovski J, Seidler AL, Eating Disorders In weight-related Therapy (EDIT) Collaboration Eating Disorders In weight-related Therapy (EDIT) Collaboration

PLoS ONE Jul 2023

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0282401)

A systematic review of ecological momentary assessment studies of appetite and affect in the experience of temptations and lapses during weight loss dieting.

Randle M, Ahern AL, Boyland E, Christiansen P, Halford JCG, Stevenson-Smith J, Roberts C

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Jul 2023

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13596)

Preventing type 2 diabetes: A research agenda for behavioural science.

French DP, Ahern AL, Greaves CJ, Hawkes RE, Higgs S, Pechey R, Sniehotta FF

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association May 2023

(DOI : 10.1111/dme.15147)

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)

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)

Eating disorder risk during behavioral weight management in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Jebeile H, Libesman S, Melville H, Low-Wah T, Dammery G, Seidler AL, Jones RA, McMaster CM, Paxton SJ, Hill AJ, Ahern AL, Garnett SP, Braet C, Wilfley DE, Baur LA, Lister NB

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Mar 2023

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13561)

Eating Disorders In weight-related Therapy (EDIT) Collaboration: Rationale and study design.

Lister NB, Baur LA, Paxton SJ, Garnett SP, Ahern AL, Wilfley D, Maguire S, Sainsbury A, Steinbeck K, Braet C, Hill A, Nicholls D, Jones RA, Dammery G, Grunseit A, Cooper K, Kyle TK, Heeren FN, Hunter KE, McMaster CM, Johnson BJ, Seidler AL, Jebeile H

Nutrition research reviews Feb 2023

(DOI : 10.1017/S0954422423000045)

The need for future research into the assessment and monitoring of eating disorder risk in the context of obesity treatment.

McMaster CM, Paxton SJ, Maguire S, Hill AJ, Braet C, Seidler AL, Nicholls D, Garnett SP, Ahern AL, Wilfley DE, Lister NB, Jebeile H

The International journal of eating disorders Jan 2023

(DOI : 10.1002/eat.23898)

Association between indicators of inequality and weight change following a behavioural weight loss intervention.

Birch JM, Mueller J, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ, Kelly MP, Halford JCG, Ahern AL

Obesity facts Dec 2022

(DOI : 10.1159/000528135)

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)

Supporting Weight Management during COVID-19 (SWiM-C): twelve-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial of a web-based, ACT-based, guided self-help intervention.

Mueller J, Richards R, Jones RA, Whittle F, Woolston J, Stubbings M, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ, Bostock J, Hughes CA, Hill AJ, Boothby CE, Ahern AL

International journal of obesity (2005) Nov 2022

(DOI : 10.1038/s41366-022-01232-x)

Long-term impact of a behavioral weight management program on depression and anxiety symptoms: 5-year follow-up of the WRAP trial.

Jones RA, Mueller J, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Oct 2022

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.23570)

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, Griffin SJ

The Lancet Public Health Oct 2022

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

Perceived weight-related stigma, loneliness, and mental wellbeing during COVID-19 in people with obesity: A cross-sectional study from ten European countries.

Jones RA, Christiansen P, Maloney NG, Duckworth JJ, Hugh-Jones S, Ahern AL, Richards R, Brown A, Flint SW, Robinson E, Bryant S, Halford JCG, Hardman CA

International journal of obesity (2005) Sep 2022

(DOI : 10.1038/s41366-022-01220-1)

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, 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, 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, Ahern AL

Obesity facts Apr 2022

(DOI : 10.1159/000522083)

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)

A systematic review of inequalities in the uptake of, adherence to, and effectiveness of behavioral weight management interventions in adults.

Birch JM, Jones RA, Mueller J, McDonald MD, Richards R, Kelly MP, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Mar 2022

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13438)

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)

Association between patient activation, self-management behaviours and clinical outcomes in adults with diabetes or related metabolic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

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

BMJ Open Feb 2022

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056293)

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, Ahern AL

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Nov 2021

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

Supporting Weight Management during COVID-19 (SWiM-C): A randomised controlled trial of a web-based, ACT-based, guided self-help intervention.

Mueller J, Richards R, Jones RA, Whittle F, Woolston J, Stubbings M, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ, Bostock J, Hughes CA, Hill AJ, Ahern AL

Obesity facts Sep 2021

(DOI : 10.1159/000524031)

Development of a Web-Based, Guided Self-help, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Intervention for Weight Loss Maintenance: Evidence-, Theory-, and Person-Based Approach.

Richards R, Jones RA, Whittle F, Hughes CA, Hill AJ, Lawlor ER, Bostock J, Bates S, Breeze PR, Brennan A, Thomas CV, Stubbings M, Woolston J, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL

JMIR formative research Jul 2021

(DOI : 10.2196/31801)

Modification of cardiovascular disease risk by health behaviour change following type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

Estlin AFL, Ahern AL, Griffin SJ, Strelitz J

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association Jul 2021

(DOI : 10.1111/dme.14646)

Changing the narrative around obesity in the UK: a survey of people with obesity and healthcare professionals from the ACTION-IO study.

Hughes CA, Ahern AL, Kasetty H, McGowan BM, Parretti HM, Vincent A, Halford JCG

BMJ Open Jul 2021

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045616)

Association between weight change and incidence of cardiovascular disease events and mortality among adults with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of observational studies and behavioural intervention trials.

Strelitz J, Lawlor ER, Wu Y, Estlin A, Nandakumar G, Ahern AL, Griffin SJ

Diabetologia May 2021

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-021-05605-1)

Mechanisms of Action in a Behavioral Weight-Management Program: Latent Growth Curve Analysis.

Bates S, Norman P, Breeze P, Brennan A, Ahern AL

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine Apr 2021

(DOI : 10.1093/abm/kaab019)

Using health economic modelling to inform the design and development of an intervention: estimating the justifiable cost of weight loss maintenance in the UK.

Bates SE, Thomas C, Islam N, Ahern AL, Breeze P, Griffin S, Brennan A

BMC Public Health Mar 2021

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-022-12737-5)

The impact of adult behavioural weight management interventions on mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jones RA, Lawlor ER, Birch JM, Patel MI, Werneck AO, Hoare E, Griffin SJ, van Sluijs EMF, Sharp SJ, Ahern AL

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Oct 2020

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13150)

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)

Associations between hedonic hunger and BMI during a two-year behavioural weight loss trial.

Mead BR, Boyland EJ, Christiansen P, Halford JCG, Jebb SA, Ahern AL

PLoS ONE Jun 2020

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0252110)

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, Griffin SJ

BMJ Open May 2020

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035020)

The effect of referral to an open-group behavioural weight-management programme on the relative risk of normoglycaemia, non-diabetic hyperglycaemia and type 2 diabetes: Secondary analysis of the WRAP trial.

Ahern AL, Griffin SJ, Wheeler GM, Sharp SJ, Aveyard P, Boyland EJ, Halford JCG, Jebb SA

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism Mar 2020

(DOI : 10.1111/dom.14123)

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, Ahern AL

Clinical obesity Feb 2020

(DOI : 10.1111/cob.12395)

Impact of adult weight management interventions on mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Jones RA, Lawlor ER, Griffin SJ, van Sluijs EMF, Ahern AL

BMJ Open Jan 2020

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031857)

Greater Attendance at a Community Weight Loss Programme over the First 12 Weeks Predicts Weight Loss at 2 Years.

Piernas C, MacLean F, Aveyard P, Ahern AL, Woolston J, Boyland EJ, Halford JCG, Jebb SA

Obesity facts Jan 2020

(DOI : 10.1159/000509131)

Third-wave cognitive behaviour therapies for weight management: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Lawlor ER, Islam N, Bates S, Griffin SJ, Hill AJ, Hughes CA, Sharp SJ, Ahern AL

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Oct 2019

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13013)

Positive maternal attitudes to following healthy infant feeding guidelines attenuate the associations between infant appetitive traits and both infant milk intake and weight.

Clifton EAD, Ahern AL, Day FR, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ, Ong KK, Rajalakshmi Lakshman

Appetite Oct 2019

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105124)

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)

Changes in behaviors after diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and 10-year incidence of cardiovascular disease and mortality.

Strelitz J, Ahern AL, Long GH, Boothby CE, Wareham NJ, Griffin SJ

Cardiovascular diabetology May 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12933-019-0902-5)

Moderate weight change following diabetes diagnosis and 10 year incidence of cardiovascular disease and mortality.

Strelitz J, Ahern AL, Long GH, Hare MJL, Irving G, Boothby CE, Wareham NJ, Griffin SJ

Diabetologia Dec 2018

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-019-4886-1)

Third-wave cognitive behaviour therapies for weight management: systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol.

Lawlor ER, Islam N, Griffin SJ, Hill AJ, Hughes CA, Ahern AL

BMJ Open Aug 2018

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023425)

Greater improvements in diet quality among overweight participants following a group-based commercial weight loss programme than those receiving support to lose weight in primary care.

Ambrosini GL, Solis-Trapala I, Ahern AL, Fuller NR, Holzapfel C, Hauner H, Caterson ID, Jebb SA

Nutrition journal Feb 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12937-018-0370-x)

Impact of weight maintenance and loss on diabetes risk and burden: a population-based study in 33,184 participants.

Feldman AL, Griffin SJ, Ahern AL, Long GH, Weinehall L, Fhärm E, Norberg M, Wennberg P

BMC Public Health Sep 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4081-6)

Extended and standard duration weight-loss programme referrals for adults in primary care (WRAP): a randomised controlled trial.

Ahern AL, Wheeler GM, Aveyard P, Boyland EJ, Halford JCG, Mander AP, Woolston J, Thomson AM, Tsiountsioura M, Cole D, Mead BR, Irvine L, Turner D, Suhrcke M, Pimpin L, Retat L, Jaccard A, Webber L, Cohn SR, Jebb SA

Lancet (London, England) Jan 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30647-5)

Inequalities in the uptake of weight management interventions in a pragmatic trial: an observational study in primary care.

Ahern AL, Aveyard P, Boyland EJ, Halford JC, Jebb SA, WRAP trial team WRAP trial team

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.3399/bjgp16X684337)

Experiences of a commercial weight-loss programme after primary care referral: a qualitative study.

Allen JT, Cohn SR, Ahern AL

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners Apr 2015

(DOI : 10.3399/bjgp15X684409)

Priming healthy eating. You can't prime all the people all of the time.

Forwood SE, Ahern AL, Hollands GJ, Ng YL, Marteau TM

Appetite Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2015.01.018)

Weight loss referrals for adults in primary care (WRAP): protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of primary care referral to a commercial weight loss provider for 12 weeks, referral for 52 weeks, and a brief self-help intervention [ISRCTN82857232].

Ahern AL, Aveyard PN, Halford JC, Mander A, Cresswell L, Cohn SR, Suhrcke M, Marsh T, Thomson AM, Jebb SA

BMC Public Health Jun 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-14-620)

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