Outputs (22)

A systematic review of physical activity and nutritional interventions for the management of normal weight and overweight obesity (2024)
Journal Article
Jacob, E., Moura, A., & Avery, A. (2024). A systematic review of physical activity and nutritional interventions for the management of normal weight and overweight obesity. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2024.08.001

Aims: Normal Weight Obesity (NWO) and Overweight Obesity (OWO) are prevalent conditions, yet knowledge of management is limited. This review aims to assess the effectiveness of physical activity and nutritional interventions in the management of NWO... Read More about A systematic review of physical activity and nutritional interventions for the management of normal weight and overweight obesity.

A service evaluation of more than 1 million self‐funding adults attending a community weight management programme (2024)
Journal Article
Toon, J., Bennett, S., Lavin, J., Pallister, C., & Avery, A. (2024). A service evaluation of more than 1 million self‐funding adults attending a community weight management programme. Clinical Obesity, 14(4), Article e12665. https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12665

Scaled interventions are required to address levels of overweight and obesity and reduce health inequalities. Little data is available on the effectiveness of community weight management programmes for participants self-selecting to attend across dif... Read More about A service evaluation of more than 1 million self‐funding adults attending a community weight management programme.

The role of Healthy Life Centres in delivering weight management: a retrospective study (2024)
Journal Article
Okuyucu, K., Kaçar, H. K., Kose, E. D., & Avery, A. (2024). The role of Healthy Life Centres in delivering weight management: a retrospective study. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 68, Article 102358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2024.102358

Introduction: Healthy Life Centres (HLCs) in Turkey were established as primary health services to promote healthier lifestyle behaviours, aiming to reduce obesity and diseases linked to physical inactivity. This study aimed to investigate the weight... Read More about The role of Healthy Life Centres in delivering weight management: a retrospective study.

Mineral supplements in Aging (2023)
Book Chapter
Welham, S., Rose, P., Coneyworth, L., Avery, A., & Kirk, C. Mineral supplements in Aging. In Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Ageing: Part V, Anti-ageing Interventions. Springer

With advancing age, achievement of dietary adequacy for all nutrients is increasingly difficult and this is particularly so for minerals. Various factors impede mineral acquisition and absorption including reduced appetite, depressed gastric acid pro... Read More about Mineral supplements in Aging.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Food Security of UK Adults Aged 20–65 Years (COVID-19 Food Security and Dietary Assessment Study) (2022)
Journal Article
Thomas, M., Eveleigh, E., Vural, Z., Rose, P., Avery, A., Coneyworth, L., & Welham, S. (2022). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Food Security of UK Adults Aged 20–65 Years (COVID-19 Food Security and Dietary Assessment Study). Nutrients, 14(23), Article 5078. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14235078

The first UK lockdown greatly impacted the food security status of UK adults. This study set out to establish if food procurement was adapted differently for different income groups and if this impacted dietary intakes disproportionately. Adults (n=5... Read More about The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Food Security of UK Adults Aged 20–65 Years (COVID-19 Food Security and Dietary Assessment Study).

Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter)-a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial (2022)
Journal Article
Bath, P. M., Skinner, C. J. C., Bath, C. S., Woodhouse, L. J., Areti, A., Korovesi, K., …Gordon, A. L. (2022). Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter)-a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial. European Geriatric Medicine, 13, 1343-1355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-022-00714-5

Purpose
Infections cause considerable care home morbidity and mortality. Nitric oxide (NO) has broad-spectrum anti-viral, bacterial and yeast activity in vitro. We assessed the feasibility of supplementing dietary nitrate (NO substrate) intake in ca... Read More about Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter)-a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial.

Diet and irritable bowel syndrome: an update from a UK consensus meeting (2022)
Journal Article
Rej, A., Avery, A., Aziz, I., Black, C. J., Bowyer, R. K., Buckle, R. L., …Sanders, D. S. (2022). Diet and irritable bowel syndrome: an update from a UK consensus meeting. BMC Medicine, 20(1), Article 287. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02496-w

There has been a renewed interest in the role of dietary therapies to manage irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), with diet high on the agenda for patients. Currently, interest has focussed on the use of traditional dietary advice (TDA), a gluten-free die... Read More about Diet and irritable bowel syndrome: an update from a UK consensus meeting.

Weight loss outcomes achieved by adults accessing an online programme offered as part of Public Health England’s ‘Better Health’ campaign (2022)
Journal Article
Toon, J., Geneva, M., Sharpe, P., Lavin, J., Bennett, S., & Avery, A. (2022). Weight loss outcomes achieved by adults accessing an online programme offered as part of Public Health England’s ‘Better Health’ campaign. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1456. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13847-w

Effective use of health technology may offer a scalable solution to the obesity pandemic. Online digital programmes provide a convenient and flexible way for more people to access regular support. This service evaluation aims to determine whether adu... Read More about Weight loss outcomes achieved by adults accessing an online programme offered as part of Public Health England’s ‘Better Health’ campaign.

Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Althubeati, S., Avery, A., Tench, C., Lobo, D. N., Salter, A., & Eldeghaidy, S. (2022). Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 136, Article 104603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104603

Understanding how neurohormonal gut-brain signaling regulates appetite and satiety is vital for the development of therapies for obesity and altered eating behavior. However, reported brain areas associated with appetite or satiety regulators show in... Read More about Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis.

Rare sugars: metabolic impacts and mechanisms of action: a scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, A., Avery, A., Ford, R., Yang, Q., Goux, A., Mukherjee, I., …Jethwa, P. (2022). Rare sugars: metabolic impacts and mechanisms of action: a scoping review. British Journal of Nutrition, 128(3), 389-406. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521003524

Food manufacturers are under increasing pressure to limit the amount of free sugars in their products. Many have reformulated products to replace sucrose, glucose and fructose with alternative sweeteners, but some of these have been associated with a... Read More about Rare sugars: metabolic impacts and mechanisms of action: a scoping review.