Inequalities in the uptake of weight management interventions in a pragmatic trial: an observational study in primary care. by Ahern, A, Aveyard, P, Boyland, E, Halford, J, Jebb, S

Inequalities in the uptake of weight management interventions in a pragmatic trial: an observational study in primary care by Ahern, A, Aveyard, P, Boyland, E, Halford, J, Jebb, S

Effects of a group-based weight management programme on anxiety and depression: a randomised controlled trial (RCT) by Heath, L, Jebb, S, Stevens, R, Wheeler, G, Ahern, A, Boyland, E, Halford, J, Aveyard, P

“…<br><strong>Objectives<br></strong> The aim was to investigate the impact of a group-based weight management programme on symptoms of depression and anxiety compared with self-help in a randomised controlled trial (RCT). …”

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

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong>&nbsp;There is evidence that commercially available behavioural weight management programmes can lead to short-term weight loss and reductions in glycaemia. …”

Participants' explanatory model of being overweight and their experiences of 2 weight loss interventions. by Ahern, A, Boyland, E, Jebb, SA, Cohn, SR

“…RESULTS: The commercial provider delivered weight management in a nonmedical context, which mirrors how participants regard being overweight. …”