Obesity in childhood carries a wide range of physical, psychological and social disbenefits
and also increases the risk of adult obesity with its well-recognised, enhanced risk of several …

Background There is a need for development of more effective interventions to achieve
healthy eating, enhance healthy ageing, and to reduce the risk of age-related diseases. The …

Background Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disorder that requires lifelong treatment. We aimed
to assess whether intensive weight management within routine primary care would achieve …

Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are thought to result from the explosions of certain
massive stars, and some are bright enough that they should be observable out to redshifts of …

Summary Background The DiRECT trial assessed remission of type 2 diabetes during a
primary care-led weight-management programme. At 1 year, 68 (46%) of 149 intervention …

Introduction Ready‐to‐eat meals sold by food outlets that are accessible to the general
public are an important target for public health intervention. We conducted a systematic …

Background and aim There is a widely held and influential view that physical activity begins
to decline at adolescence. This study aimed to identify the timing of changes in physical …

Background Links between diet in childhood and the prevention of disease in adulthood
have been established. This longitudinal dietary survey provided quantitative evidence of …

OBJECTIVE: Physical activity is thought to decline during childhood, but the extent of the
decline is unknown. We made objective measures of 2-year changes in physical activity and …

This paper defines the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Early Data Release
(EDR). UKIDSS is a set of five large near-infrared surveys being undertaken with the United …