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Overview

Jean Adams is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with extensive contributions to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their work covers a range of topics related to obesity, diet, and public health policies.

The scientist's major topics of study include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors

Jean Adams has published extensively across several prominent venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
  • PLoS Medicine
  • BMJ Open
  • Health & Place

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Jean Adams include:

  • "Impact of the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on sugar content, price, product size and number of available soft drinks in the UK, 2015-19: A controlled interrupted time series analysis" (2020, PLoS Medicine)
  • "Use of Online Food Delivery Services to Order Food Prepared Away-From-Home and Associated Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional, Multi-Country Analysis" (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "RETRACTED: Changes in soft drinks purchased by British households associated with the UK soft drinks industry levy: controlled interrupted time series analysis" (2021, BMJ)
  • "Public health response to ultra-processed food and drinks" (2020, BMJ)
  • "Associations between trajectories of obesity prevalence in English primary school children and the UK soft drinks industry levy: An interrupted time series analysis of surveillance data" (2023, PLoS Medicine)

Jean Adams has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Martin White
  • Steven Cummins
  • Thomas Burgoine
  • Oliver Mytton
  • Richard Smith

Best Publications

  • The Lancet Commission on diabetes: using data to transform diabetes care and patient lives

    Juliana C N Chan;Lee-Ling Lim;Nicholas J Wareham;Jonathan E Shaw

  • Why Are Some Population Interventions for Diet and Obesity More Equitable and Effective Than Others? The Role of Individual Agency

    Jean Adams;Oliver Mytton;Martin White;Pablo Monsivais

  • 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

  • The effectiveness of financial incentives for health behaviour change: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Emma L. Giles;Shannon Robalino;Elaine McColl;Falko F. Sniehotta

  • Why don't stage-based activity promotion interventions work?

    JM Adams;M White

  • Time perspective, personality and smoking, body mass, and physical activity: An empirical study

    Jean Adams;Daniel Nettle

  • Are school-based physical activity interventions effective and equitable? A meta-analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with accelerometer-assessed activity

    Rebecca Love;Jean Adams;Esther M. F. van Sluijs

  • Are activity promotion interventions based on the transtheoretical model effective? A critical review

    JM Adams;M White

  • How and why do interventions that increase health overall widen inequalities within populations

    Martin White;Jean Adams;Peter Heywood

  • Health and social determinants and outcomes of home cooking: A systematic review of observational studies.

    Susanna Mills;Martin White;Martin White;Heather Brown;Wendy Wrieden

  • Frequency of eating home cooked meals and potential benefits for diet and health: cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study

    Susanna Mills;Heather Brown;Wendy Wrieden;Martin White;Martin White

  • Characterisation of UK diets according to degree of food processing and associations with socio-demographics and obesity: cross-sectional analysis of UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008–12)

    Jean Margaret Adams;Martin James White

  • Impact of the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on sugar content, price, product size and number of available soft drinks in the UK, 2015-19: A controlled interrupted time series analysis.

    Peter Scarborough;Vyas Adhikari;Richard A. Harrington;Ahmed Elhussein

  • Frequency and socio-demographic correlates of eating meals out and take-away meals at home: cross-sectional analysis of the UK national diet and nutrition survey, waves 1–4 (2008–12)

    Jean Adams;Jean Adams;Louis Goffe;Tamara Brown;Amelia A Lake

  • Global benchmarking of children's exposure to television advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages across 22 countries

    Bridget Kelly;Stefanie Vandevijvere;See Hoe Ng;Jean Adams

  • Socioeconomic Inequalities in Lung Cancer Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Lynne F. Forrest;Jean Adams;Helen Wareham;Greg Rubin

  • Using natural experimental studies to guide public health action: turning the evidence-based medicine paradigm on its head.

    David Ogilvie;Jean Adams;Adrian Bauman;Edward W. Gregg

  • Effect of Restrictions on Television Food Advertising to Children on Exposure to Advertisements for 'Less Healthy' Foods: Repeat Cross-sectional Study

    Jean Adams;Rachel Tyrrell;Ashley J. Adamson;Martin White

  • Use of Online Food Delivery Services to Order Food Prepared Away-From-Home and Associated Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional, Multi-Country Analysis

    Matthew Keeble;Jean Adams;Gary Sacks;Lana Vanderlee

  • Biological ageing A fundamental, biological link between socio-economic status and health?

    Jean M Adams;Martin White

  • Carrots, sticks and health behaviours: a framework for documenting the complexity of financial incentive interventions to change health behaviours

    Jean Adams;Emma L Giles;Elaine McColl;Falko F Sniehotta

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Falko F. Sniehotta
Falko F. Sniehotta Newcastle University
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Martine Stead
Martine Stead University of Stirling
Mark A. Tully
Mark A. Tully University of Ulster
David P. French
David P. French University of Manchester
Richard Smith
Richard Smith University of Exeter
Charles Abraham
Charles Abraham University of Exeter
Nita G. Forouhi
Nita G. Forouhi University of Cambridge
Daniel Nettle
Daniel Nettle Newcastle University

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