Dr AMANDA AVERY's Outputs (42)

Diet Quality and Caloric Accuracy in AI-Generated Diet Plans: A Comparative Study Across Chatbots (2025)
Journal Article
Kaya Kaçar, H., Kaçar, Ö. F., & Avery, A. (2025). Diet Quality and Caloric Accuracy in AI-Generated Diet Plans: A Comparative Study Across Chatbots. Nutrients, 17(2), Article 206. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020206

Background/Objectives: With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in nutrition and healthcare, AI-driven chatbots are increasingly recognised as potential tools for generating personalised diet plans. This study aimed to evaluate the capabilities... Read More about Diet Quality and Caloric Accuracy in AI-Generated Diet Plans: A Comparative Study Across Chatbots.

Mode of Action of Psyllium in Reducing Gas Production from Inulin and its Interaction with Colonic Microbiota: A 24 hours, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Healthy Human Volunteers (2024)
Journal Article
Alhasani, A., Modasia, A., Anodiyil, M., Corsetti, M., Aliyu, A., Crooks, C., MARCIANI, L., Reid, J., Yakubov, G., Avery, A., Harris, H., Warren, F., & Spiller, R. (2024). Mode of Action of Psyllium in Reducing Gas Production from Inulin and its Interaction with Colonic Microbiota: A 24 hours, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Healthy Human Volunteers. Journal of Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.12.017

Background: Recent studies show that the increase in breath hydrogen (BH2) and symptoms after ingestion of inulin is reduced by co-administering psyllium.

Objectives: To determine if slowing delivery of inulin to the colon by administering it in... Read More about Mode of Action of Psyllium in Reducing Gas Production from Inulin and its Interaction with Colonic Microbiota: A 24 hours, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Healthy Human Volunteers.

Mineral Supplements in Ageing (2024)
Book Chapter
Welham, S., Rose, P., Kirk, C., Coneyworth, L., & Avery, A. (2024). Mineral Supplements in Ageing. In V. I. Korolchuk, & J. R. Harris (Eds.), Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Ageing: Part V, Anti-Ageing Interventions (269-306). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66768-8_13

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 Ageing.

Mineral Supplements in Aging (2024)
Book Chapter
Welham, S., Rose, P., Coneyworth, L., Avery, A., & Kirk, C. (2024). Mineral Supplements in Aging. In V. I. Korolchuk, & J. R. Harris (Eds.), Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Ageing: Part V, Anti-ageing Interventions (269-306). Springer Nature

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 food and nutritional insecurity experienced by pregnant women living in shelters following the 2023 earthquakes in Turkiye (2024)
Journal Article
Kaçar, H. K., Kaçar, Ö. F., Kose, T., & Avery, A. (2024). The food and nutritional insecurity experienced by pregnant women living in shelters following the 2023 earthquakes in Turkiye. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 114, Article 104987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104987

Natural hazards may limit household access to food and water. Shelters and food aid were provided as emergency measures following the 2023 earthquakes (EQ) in Turkiye. Pregnancy is a nutritionally vulnerable time. This study investigated weight chang... Read More about The food and nutritional insecurity experienced by pregnant women living in shelters following the 2023 earthquakes in Turkiye.

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, 34(12), 2642-2658. 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.

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., Long, H., Havard, D., Coleman, C. M., England, T. J., Leyland, V., Lim, W. S., Montgomery, A. A., Royal, S., Avery, A., Webb, A. J., & 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., Seamark, L., Shaw, C. C., Thompson, J., Trott, N., Williams, M., & 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., Neville, D. C., & 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.

Impact of COVID-19 on health-related behaviours, well-being and weight management (2021)
Journal Article
Avery, A., Toon, J., Kent, J., Holloway, L., Lavin, J., & Bennett, S. E. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on health-related behaviours, well-being and weight management. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 1152. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11143-7

Background: Weight management is complex for people even in times of stability. Supporting individuals to develop strategies to maintain a healthier weight when there are additional life challenges may prevent relapse. This mixed-methods study descri... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 on health-related behaviours, well-being and weight management.

Underestimation of overweight weight status in children and adolescents aged 0-19 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Alshahrani, A., Shuweihdi, F., Swift, J., & Avery, A. (2021). Underestimation of overweight weight status in children and adolescents aged 0-19 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Science and Practice, 7(6), 760-796. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.531

Background: Perceptions of children's weight status may be important in obesity prevention and treatment. Aims: This review identifies the prevalence of the underestimation of overweight status in children by parents/main carers, children, and health... Read More about Underestimation of overweight weight status in children and adolescents aged 0-19 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity on weight at 12 months postpartum (2021)
Journal Article
Simpson, S. A., Coulman, E., Gallagher, D., Jewell, K., Cohen, D., Newcombe, R. G., Huang, C., Robles, J. A., Busse, M., Owen-Jones, E., Duncan, D., Williams, N., Stanton, H., Avery, A., McIntosh, E., & Playle, R. (2021). Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity on weight at 12 months postpartum. International Journal of Obesity, 45, 1728–1739. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00835-0

Objective: To assess whether a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity was effective in reducing body mass index (BMI) 12 months after giving birth. Methods: Pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) with embedded co... Read More about Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity on weight at 12 months postpartum.

Energy-restricted interventions are effective for the remission of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the evidence base (2021)
Journal Article
Jacob, E., & Avery, A. (2021). Energy-restricted interventions are effective for the remission of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the evidence base. Obesity Science and Practice, 7(5), 606-618. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.504

Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a chronic, progressive disease. Caloric restriction and subsequent weight loss have been associated with both improvements and, in some cases, remission of T2DM.

Aim: To systematically review the safety and ef... Read More about Energy-restricted interventions are effective for the remission of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the evidence base.

Efficacy of lifestyle intervention program for Arab women with prediabetes using social media as an alternative platform of delivery (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Hamdan, R., Avery, A., Al-Disi, D., Sabico, S., Al-Daghri, N. M., & Mccullough, F. (2021). Efficacy of lifestyle intervention program for Arab women with prediabetes using social media as an alternative platform of delivery. Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 12(10), 1872-1880. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.13531

Aims/Introduction: This 6-month interventional study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of different educational programs among Saudi women with prediabetes referred by primary care. Materials and Methods: A total of 253 (100 group education prog... Read More about Efficacy of lifestyle intervention program for Arab women with prediabetes using social media as an alternative platform of delivery.

Health professionals’ knowledge, views and advice on diet and dental health: a survey of UK and Ireland dietitians and dentists (2021)
Journal Article
Kingsnorth, J., Cushen, S. J., Janiszewska, K., & Avery, A. (2024). Health professionals’ knowledge, views and advice on diet and dental health: a survey of UK and Ireland dietitians and dentists. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 34(4), 705-714. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12842

Background

Oral health is affected by dietary practices and may impact quality of life. Collaboration between dietetics and dental professionals for oral health promotion and disease prevention is recommended. The present study aimed to determine... Read More about Health professionals’ knowledge, views and advice on diet and dental health: a survey of UK and Ireland dietitians and dentists.