Progroup obesity

Weight gain and obesity have a major impacts on health and quality of life. However, the origins of obesity are complex and effective prevention strategies and treatment interventions are lacking. Our research investigates the origins of weight gain and obesity and how it impacts on health. Our work seeks to identify how, and at what ages, to predict and prevent weight gain, and how to deliver individualised behavioural interventions for sustained weight loss.

Our current projects

Our completed projects

Publications

  • Tarrant M, Khan SS, Farrow CV, Shah P, Daly M, Kos K (2017).  British Journal of Health Psychology, 22, 77-93.

  • Steele, T , Narayanan, RP , James, M , James, J , Mazey, N and Wilding, JPH (2017). . Clinical Obesity, 7 (6). 368 - 376.

  • Borek, A. J., Abraham, C., Greaves, C. J. and Tarrant, M. (2018), . Appl Psychol Health Well-Being.

  • Tarrant M, Warmoth K, Code C, et al (2016). . BMJ Open, 6(2).

  • Farrow CV, Tarrant M, Khan SS (2017). Using social identity to promote health: The impact of group memberships on health in the context of obesity. In: Buckingham S, Frings D, Albery IP, eds. Addiction, Behavioural Change and Social Identity: Routledge.

  • O'Kane M, Parretti HM, Pinkney J, Welbourn R, Hughes CA, Mok J, Walker N, Thomas D, Devin J & Coulman KD 2020 'British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society Guidelines on perioperative and postoperative biochemical monitoring and micronutrient replacement for patients undergoing bariatric surgery—2020 update' Obesity Reviews ,

  • Chynoweth J, Hosking J, Jeffery A & Pinkney J 2020 'Contrasting impact of androgens on male and female adiposity, fat distribution and insulin resistance in childhood and adolescence (EarlyBird 75)' Pediatric Obesity e12685-e12685 ,

  • Carayol J, Hosking J, Pinkney J, Marquis J, Charpagne A, Metairon S, Jeffery A, Hager J & Martin F-P 2020 'Genetic Susceptibility Determines β-Cell Function and Fasting Glycemia Trajectories Throughout Childhood: A 12-Year Cohort Study (EarlyBird 76)' Diabetes Care dc190806-dc190806 ,

  • Swancutt D, Tarrant M & Pinkney J 2019 'How Group-Based Interventions Can Improve Services for People with Severe Obesity' Current Obesity Reports 8, (3) 333-339 ,

  • Clarke-Harris R, Wilkin TJ, Hosking J, Pinkney J, Jeffery AN, Metcalf BS, Godfrey KM, Voss LD, Lillycrop KA & Burdge GC 2014 'PGC1α promoter methylation in blood at 5-7 years predicts adiposity from 9 to 14 years (EarlyBird 50)' Diabetes 63, (7) 2528-2537 ,

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