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Carolyn Summerbell

Carolyn Summerbell

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Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
33802
World Ranking
16418
National Ranking
1499

Overview

Carolyn Summerbell is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and focuses their research primarily within the fields of medicine and health professions. Their scholarly output spans areas such as public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, pharmacy, developmental and educational psychology, and physiology.

The main topics of Carolyn Summerbell's work encompass obesity, physical activity, and diet, as well as obesity and health practices. Additional areas of interest include child and adolescent health, children's physical and motor development, physical activity and health, child nutrition and feeding issues, and health and lifestyle studies.

Recent notable papers authored by Carolyn Summerbell include:

  • "Child and adolescent obesity" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease" (2020), published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess the physical activity and sedentary behaviour of pre-school aged children" (2021), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Obesity in young children and its relationship with diagnosis of asthma, vitamin D deficiency, iron deficiency, specific allergies and flat-footedness: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020), published in Obesity Reviews
  • "A secondary analysis of the childhood obesity prevention Cochrane Review through a wider determinants of health lens: implications for research funders, researchers, policymakers and practitioners" (2021), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Carolyn Summerbell frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of their frequent co-authors include Theresa HM Moore, Russell Jago, Frances Hillier-Brown, Sophie M. Phillips, and Hannah Fairbrother.

Their publications often appear in journals associated with public health and behavioral nutrition. Frequent publication venues include the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, BMC Public Health, Research Square, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Interventions for preventing obesity in children

    Tamara Brown;Theresa Hm Moore;Theresa Hm Moore;Lee Hooper;Yang Gao

  • Cochrane review: Interventions for treating obesity in children

    Hiltje Oude Luttikhuis;Louise Baur;Hanneke Jansen;Vanessa A Shrewsbury

  • Interventions for treating obesity in children

    Hiltje Oude Luttikhuis;Louise Baur;Hanneke Jansen;Vanessa A. Shrewsbury

  • Interventions for preventing obesity in children

    Elizabeth R. Waters;Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski;Belinda J. Burford;Tamara Brown

  • Interventions for preventing obesity in children (Review)

    E. Waters;A. de Silva Sanigorski;B. J. Hall;T Brown

  • Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review

    Lee Hooper;Rachel L Thompson;Roger A Harrison;Carolyn D Summerbell

  • Systematic review of school-based interventions that focus on changing dietary intake and physical activity levels to prevent childhood obesity: an update to the obesity guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

    Tamara Brown;Carolyn Summerbell

  • Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: Data from nine countries

    Tim Olds;Carol Maher;Shi Zumin;Shi Zumin;Sandrine Péneau

  • Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease.

    Lee Hooper;Carolyn D. Summerbell;Rachel Thompson;Deirdre Sills

  • Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

    Asmaa S. Abdelhamid;Tracey J. Brown;Julii S. Brainard;Priti Biswas

  • Meta-analysis: effect of exercise, with or without dieting, on the body composition of overweight subjects.

    J S Garrow;C D Summerbell

  • The impact of maternal BMI status on pregnancy outcomes with immediate short-term obstetric resource implications: a meta-analysis.

    Nicola Heslehurst;Helen Simpson;Louisa J Ells;Judith Rankin

  • Television food advertising to children: a global perspective.

    Bridget Kelly;Jason C.G. Halford;Emma J. Boyland;Kathy Chapman

  • Dietary fat intake and prevention of cardiovascular disease: systematic review.

    Lee Hooper;Carolyn D Summerbell;Julian P T Higgins;Rachel L Thompson

  • A nationally representative study of maternal obesity in England, UK: trends in incidence and demographic inequalities in 619 323 births, 1989–2007

    Nicola Heslehurst;Judith Rankin;John R Wilkinson;Carolyn D Summerbell

  • Searching and synthesising ‘grey literature’ and ‘grey information’ in public health: critical reflections on three case studies

    Jean Adams;Jean Adams;Frances C. Hillier-Brown;Frances C. Hillier-Brown;Helen J. Moore;Helen J. Moore;Amelia A. Lake;Amelia A. Lake

  • Trends in maternal obesity incidence rates, demographic predictors, and health inequalities in 36 821 women over a 15-year period

    Nicola Heslehurst;Louisa J Ells;Helen Simpson;Alan Batterham

  • Effect of reducing total fat intake on body weight: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies

    Lee Hooper;Asmaa Abdelhamid;Helen J Moore;Wayne Douthwaite

  • FAO/WHO scientific update on carbohydrates in human nutrition: conclusions.

    J Mann;J H Cummings;H N Englyst;T Key

  • Interventions for preventing obesity in childhood. A systematic review.

    K. Campbell;E. Waters;S. O'Meara;C.D. Summerbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee Hooper
Lee Hooper University of East Anglia
Jean Adams
Jean Adams University of Cambridge
Judith Rankin
Judith Rankin Newcastle University
John J. Reilly
John J. Reilly University of Strathclyde
Clare Bambra
Clare Bambra Newcastle University
Falko F. Sniehotta
Falko F. Sniehotta Newcastle University
Elizabeth Waters
Elizabeth Waters University of Melbourne
John Wright
John Wright National Health Service
Claire O'Malley
Claire O'Malley Teesside University
Yannis Manios
Yannis Manios Harokopio University

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