T J Parsons

Summary

Affiliation: University College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Longitudinal physical activity and diet patterns in the 1958 British Birth Cohort
    Tessa J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:547-54. 2006
  2. ncbi Are levels of bone turnover related to lower bone mass of adolescents previously fed a macrobiotic diet?
    T J Parsons
    Systematic Reviews Training Unit, Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 109:288-93. 2001
  3. ncbi Estimated activity patterns in British 45 year olds: cross-sectional findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
    T J Parsons
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 63:978-85. 2009
  4. ncbi Television viewing and obesity: a prospective study in the 1958 British birth cohort
    T J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 62:1355-63. 2008
  5. ncbi Physical activity and change in body mass index from adolescence to mid-adulthood in the 1958 British cohort
    Tessa J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 35:197-204. 2006
  6. ncbi Physical activity, television viewing and body mass index: a cross-sectional analysis from childhood to adulthood in the 1958 British cohort
    T J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Int J Obes (Lond) 29:1212-21. 2005
  7. ncbi Changes in diet and physical activity in the 1990s in a large British sample (1958 birth cohort)
    T J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 59:49-56. 2005
  8. ncbi Infant feeding and obesity through the lifecourse
    T J Parsons
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
    Arch Dis Child 88:793-4. 2003
  9. ncbi Fetal and early life growth and body mass index from birth to early adulthood in 1958 British cohort: longitudinal study
    T J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
    BMJ 323:1331-5. 2001
  10. ncbi Breast feeding and obesity in childhood: cross sectional study
    L Li
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH
    BMJ 327:904-5. 2003

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Longitudinal physical activity and diet patterns in the 1958 British Birth Cohort
    Tessa J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:547-54. 2006
    ..We also assessed whether activity level in adulthood was influenced by activity or television viewing in adolescence or early adulthood and to examine change in diet quality and whether any change was related to change in activity level...
  2. ncbi Are levels of bone turnover related to lower bone mass of adolescents previously fed a macrobiotic diet?
    T J Parsons
    Systematic Reviews Training Unit, Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 109:288-93. 2001
    ..In summary, we found no evidence for group differences in bone turnover, or catch up in relative bone mass, which might be due to the fact that 60% of subjects were still in early stages of puberty...
  3. ncbi Estimated activity patterns in British 45 year olds: cross-sectional findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
    T J Parsons
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 63:978-85. 2009
    ..To investigate patterns of, and associations between, physical activity at work and in leisure time, television viewing and computer use...
  4. ncbi Television viewing and obesity: a prospective study in the 1958 British birth cohort
    T J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 62:1355-63. 2008
    ..To assess whether frequency of television viewing in adolescence (11 and 16 years) or early adulthood (23 years) affected subsequent changes in body mass index (BMI) through to mid-adulthood life, and waist-hip ratio in mid-adulthood...
  5. ncbi Physical activity and change in body mass index from adolescence to mid-adulthood in the 1958 British cohort
    Tessa J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 35:197-204. 2006
    ..Prevention of obesity has focused on childhood as a target period. Our aim was to assess whether frequency of adolescent physical activity affected subsequent body mass index (BMI) gain through to mid-adulthood...
  6. ncbi Physical activity, television viewing and body mass index: a cross-sectional analysis from childhood to adulthood in the 1958 British cohort
    T J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Int J Obes (Lond) 29:1212-21. 2005
    ..To investigate how the relationships vary with age and gender and whether any relationships are due to confounding factors...
  7. ncbi Changes in diet and physical activity in the 1990s in a large British sample (1958 birth cohort)
    T J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 59:49-56. 2005
    ..To investigate whether adults studied in 1991 and 1999 (at ages 33 and 42 y) improved their diet and their physical activity level, in the direction of recommendations issued during the same period...
  8. ncbi Infant feeding and obesity through the lifecourse
    T J Parsons
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
    Arch Dis Child 88:793-4. 2003
    ..Breast feeding was protective against increased BMI at ages 16 and 33 years in females, and at 33 years in males, but this effect was markedly reduced and no longer significant after adjustment for confounding factors...
  9. ncbi Fetal and early life growth and body mass index from birth to early adulthood in 1958 British cohort: longitudinal study
    T J Parsons
    Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
    BMJ 323:1331-5. 2001
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  10. ncbi Breast feeding and obesity in childhood: cross sectional study
    L Li
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH
    BMJ 327:904-5. 2003
  11. ncbi Self-esteem and quality of life in obese children and adolescents: a systematic review
    Lucy J Griffiths
    MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK l griffi
    Int J Pediatr Obes 5:282-304. 2010
    ..Competency improvements occurred in the presence and absence of weight loss, suggesting their value as intervention outcomes and the need for further investigation...
  12. ncbi Dietary advice and nutritional supplements in the management of illness-related malnutrition: systematic review
    Christine Baldwin
    Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Imperial College, University of London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK
    Clin Nutr 23:1267-79. 2004
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