Research & publications
Designing and evaluating behaviour change at scale
Over 25 years, this body of work spans the full arc of behaviour change science — from developing and evaluating the MEND programme, a gold-standard family-based obesity intervention delivered across the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia, to building and testing some of the largest digital behaviour change platforms in obesity management. Across RCTs, population studies, and real-world deployments, the common thread is understanding what it takes to change behaviour at scale, and doing it safely.
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Works on ORCID
2002–2026
Publication span
13.5%
Mean TBWL, JMIR 2024
Behavioural AI, digital health and frameworks (2018–2026)
The missing discipline in AI: a call for behavioural science
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doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25922.1
Think FAST: a novel framework to evaluate fidelity, accuracy, safety, and tone in conversational AI health coach dialogues
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doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1460236 · PMID: 40607190
Impact of a health coach-led, text-based digital behaviour change intervention on weight loss and psychological well-being in patients receiving a procedureless intragastric balloon programme: prospective single-arm study
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doi.org/10.2196/54723 · PMID: 39083340
The intersection of behavioural science and digital health: the case for academic-industry partnerships
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doi.org/10.1177/1090198118788600 · PMID: 30041556
Machine learning and procedureless balloon (2023)
Machine learning to predict success of response for patients treated with a procedureless balloon
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doi.org/10.1002/oby.23939
A path to automation: text-based coaching achieves key outcomes in patients with a procedureless balloon
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doi.org/10.1002/oby.23939
Digital appetite tracking enhances awareness of hunger and satiety in patients with a procedureless gastric balloon
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doi.org/10.1002/oby.23939
eHealth and bariatric surgery (2019–2021)
Evidence-based digital tools for weight loss maintenance: the NoHoW project
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doi.org/10.1159/000515663 · PMID: 33915534
Application and effectiveness of eHealth strategies for metabolic and bariatric surgery patients: a systematic review
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doi.org/10.1177/2055207619898987 · PMID: 32030193
Partnering support interventions with bariatric surgery to maximise health outcomes in adolescents with severe obesity
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doi.org/10.1002/oby.22612 · PMID: 31562699
Childhood obesity — population studies and RCTs (2010–2018)
Addressing childhood obesity in low-income, ethnically diverse families: outcomes and peer effects of MEND 7–13 when delivered at scale in US communities
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doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0158-2 · PMID: 30076372
Behaviour modification of diet and parent feeding practices in a community- vs primary care-centred intervention for childhood obesity
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doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.05.010 · PMID: 30139562
Efficacy of a community- versus primary care-centred programme for childhood obesity: TX CORD RCT
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doi.org/10.1002/oby.21929 · PMID: 28703504
Long-term outcomes following the MEND 7–13 child weight management programme
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doi.org/10.1089/chi.2014.0092 · PMID: 25764056
Incorporating primary and secondary prevention approaches to address childhood obesity prevention and treatment in a low-income, ethnically diverse population: study design and demographic data from the TX CORD study
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doi.org/10.1089/chi.2014.0084 · PMID: 25555188
After the RCT: who comes to a family-based intervention for childhood overweight when implemented at scale in the community?
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doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204155 · PMID: 25294895
From trial to population: a study of a family-based community intervention for childhood overweight implemented at scale
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doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2014.103 · PMID: 24919564
Is BMI alone a sufficient outcome to evaluate interventions for child obesity?
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doi.org/10.1089/chi.2013.0019 · PMID: 23767805
Assessing the short-term outcomes of a community-based intervention for overweight and obese children: the MEND 5–7 programme
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doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002607 · PMID: 23645925
Parental influence and obesity prevention in pre-schoolers: a systematic review of interventions
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doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789x.2010.00751.x · PMID: 20492538
Randomised controlled trial of the MEND programme: a family-based community intervention for childhood obesity
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doi.org/10.1038/oby.2009.433 · PMID: 20107463
Early MEND programme and childhood nutrition (2002–2008)
Mini-MEND: MEND's early years healthy lifestyle programme for 2–4 year olds and their families
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doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-3010.2008.00735.x
Dysphagia and nutrition problems in infants with Apert syndrome
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doi.org/10.1597/08-010.1 · PMID: 19642754
Tackling toddler obesity through a pilot community-based family intervention
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PMID: 18297835
Obesity in childhood and adolescence
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PMC: PMC6860514
Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of the MEND programme in a small group of obese 7–11-year-old children
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doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-277x.2004.00578.x · PMID: 15647093
The obesity epidemic
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PMID: 12416020

