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Paula L. Griffiths is affiliated with Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Nursing, with significant contributions to Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

Among the recent publications are:

  • Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption in Children and Risk of Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2022), published in Advances in Nutrition
  • Impact of extreme weather conditions on healthcare provision in urban Ghana (2020), published in Social Science & Medicine
  • Urban physical food environments drive dietary behaviours in Ghana and Kenya: A photovoice study (2021), published in Health & Place
  • Clustering of diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour and related physical and mental health outcomes: a systematic review (2023), published in BMC Public Health
  • Cities and extreme weather events: impacts of flooding and extreme heat on water and electricity services in Ghana (2020), published in Environment and Urbanization

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Paula L. Griffiths include Rebecca Pradeilles, Michelle Holdsworth, Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Hibbah Osei-Kwasi, and Robert Akparibo.

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as Maternal and Child Nutrition, UNC Libraries, IRD, BMJ Open, and BMC Public Health.

Best Publications

  • The burden of anemia among women in India

    M E Bentley;P L Griffiths

  • The Nutrition Transition Is Underway in India

    Paula L. Griffiths;Margaret E. Bentley

  • Understanding users’ perspectives of barriers to maternal health care use in maharashtra, india

    Paula Griffiths;Rob Stephenson

  • Cluster‐randomized trial on complementary and responsive feeding education to caregivers found improved dietary intake, growth and development among rural Indian toddlers

    Shahnaz Vazir;Patrice Engle;Nagalla Balakrishna;Paula L. Griffiths

  • Maternal autonomy is inversely related to child stunting in Andhra Pradesh, India.

    Monal Shroff;Paula Griffiths;Linda S. Adair;Chirayath Suchindran

  • Does maternal autonomy influence feeding practices and infant growth in rural India

    Monal R. Shroff;Paula L. Griffiths;Chirayath Suchindran;Balakrishna Nagalla

  • Factors affecting actualisation of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations in urban poor settings in Kenya.

    Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage;Frederick Wekesah;Milka Wanjohi;Catherine Kyobutungi

  • Barriers to physical activity: Qualitative data on caregiver–daughter perceptions and practices

    Penny Gordon-Larsen;Paula Griffiths;Margaret E. Bentley;Dianne S. Ward

  • Psychometric properties of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: findings from the UK

    Patrick Waterson;Paula L. Griffiths;C.B. Stride;J. Murphy

  • Sitting time and step counts in office workers

    Stacy A. Clemes;Rupal Patel;Charlotte Mahon;Paula L. Griffiths

  • Sociocultural factors influencing breastfeeding practices in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya.

    Milka Wanjohi;Paula L. Griffiths;Frederick Wekesah;Peterrock Muriuki

  • Gender, family, and the nutritional status of children in three culturally contrasting states of India

    Paula Griffiths;Zoë Matthews;Andrew Hinde

  • A tale of two continents: a multilevel comparison of the determinants of child nutritional status from selected African and Indian regions.

    Paula Griffiths;Nyovani Madise;Alison Whitworth;Zoë Matthews

  • Individual differences in food-cue reactivity. The role of BMI and everyday portion-size selections.

    Amanda Tetley;Jeffrey Brunstrom;Paula Griffiths

  • The nutritional dual-burden in developing countries--how is it assessed and what are the health implications?

    Maria Inês Varela-Silva;Federico Dickinson;Hannah Wilson;Hugo Azcorra

  • Age at menarche and the evidence for a positive secular trend in urban South Africa

    Laura L. Jones;Paula L. Griffiths;Paula L. Griffiths;Shane A. Norris;John M. Pettifor

  • Nutritional interventions for preventing stunting in children (Birth to 59 months) living in urban slums in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC)

    Sophie M Goudet;Barry A Bogin;Nyovani J Madise;Paula L Griffiths

  • Individual, behavioural and home environmental factors associated with eating behaviours in young adolescents

    Natalie Pearson;Paula L. Griffiths;Stuart J.H. Biddle;Julie P. Johnston

  • Understanding the sex ratio in India: a simulation approach.

    Paula Griffiths;Zoë Matthews;Andrew Hinde

  • Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults.

    Sophie E O'Connell;Paula L Griffiths;Stacy A Clemes

  • UK adults exhibit higher step counts in summer compared to winter months.

    Sarah L Hamilton;Stacy A Clemes;Paula L Griffiths

Frequent Co-Authors

Nyovani Madise
Nyovani Madise University of Southampton
Barry Bogin
Barry Bogin Loughborough University
Emma Haycraft
Emma Haycraft Loughborough University
Zoe Matthews
Zoe Matthews University of Southampton
Catherine Kyobutungi
Catherine Kyobutungi Heidelberg University
Linda S. Adair
Linda S. Adair University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alex Ezeh
Alex Ezeh Drexel University
Robert L. Wilby
Robert L. Wilby Loughborough University
Stuart J. H. Biddle
Stuart J. H. Biddle University of Southern Queensland
Chirayath M. Suchindran
Chirayath M. Suchindran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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