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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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2002–2026
Publication span
13.5%
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Behavioural AI, digital health and frameworks (2018–2026)
Machine learning and procedureless balloon (2023)
eHealth and bariatric surgery (2019–2021)
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
International Journal of Obesity 2018 Obesity / weight
Sacher PM, Kolotourou M, Poupakis S, Chadwick P, Radley D, Fagg J
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
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 2018 Obesity / weight
Wilson TA, Liu Y, Adolph AL, Sacher PM, Barlow SE, Pont S, Sharma S, Byrd-Williams C, Hoelscher DM, Butte NF
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
Obesity (Silver Spring) 2017 Obesity / weight
Butte NF, Hoelscher DM, Barlow SE, Pont S, Durand C, Vandewater EA, Liu Y, Adolph AL, Pérez A, Wilson TA, Gonzalez A, Puyau MR, Sharma SV, Byrd-Williams C, Oluyomi A, Huang T, Finkelstein EA, Sacher PM, Kelder SH
doi.org/10.1002/oby.21929 · PMID: 28703504
Long-term outcomes following the MEND 7–13 child weight management programme
Childhood Obesity 2015 Obesity / weight
Kolotourou M, Radley D, Gammon C, Smith L, Chadwick P, Sacher PM
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
Childhood Obesity 2015 Obesity / weight
Hoelscher DM, Butte NF, Barlow S, Vandewater EA, Sharma SV, Huang T, Finkelstein E, Pont S, Sacher P, Byrd-Williams C et al.
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?
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2014 Obesity / weight
Fagg J, Cole TJ, Cummins S, Goldstein H, Morris S, Radley D, Sacher P, Law C
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
International Journal of Obesity 2014 Obesity / weight
Fagg J, Chadwick P, Cole TJ, Cummins S, Goldstein H, Lewis H, Morris S, Radley D, Sacher P, Law C
doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2014.103 · PMID: 24919564
Is BMI alone a sufficient outcome to evaluate interventions for child obesity?
Childhood Obesity 2013 Obesity / weight
Kolotourou M, Radley D, Chadwick P, Smith L, Orfanos S, Kapetanakis V, Singhal A, Cole TJ, Sacher PM
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
BMJ Open 2013 Obesity / weight
Smith LR, Chadwick P, Radley D, Kolotourou M, Gammon CS, Rosborough J, Sacher PM
doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002607 · PMID: 23645925
Parental influence and obesity prevention in pre-schoolers: a systematic review of interventions
Obesity Reviews 2011 Obesity / weight
Skouteris H, McCabe M, Swinburn B, Newgreen V, Sacher P, Chadwick P
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
Obesity 2010 Obesity / weight
Sacher PM, Kolotourou M, Chadwick PM, Cole TJ, Lawson MS, Lucas A, Singhal A
doi.org/10.1038/oby.2009.433 · PMID: 20107463
Early MEND programme and childhood nutrition (2002–2008)