MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Interventions in Small Island Developing States to improve diet, with a focus on the consumption of local, nutritious foods: a systematic review.

Haynes E, Augustus E, Brown CR, Guell C, Iese V, Jia L, Morrissey K, and Unwin N

BMJ nutrition, prevention & health. Oct 2022

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjnph-2021-000410)

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The Impact of Nutrition-Based Interventions on Nutritional Status and Metabolic Health in Small Island Developing States: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.

Augustus E, Haynes E, Guell C, Morrissey K, Murphy MM, Halliday C, Jia L, Iese V, Anderson SG, and Unwin N

Nutrients. Sep 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/nu14173529)

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Dietary Patterns, Food Insecurity, and Their Relationships with Food Sources and Social Determinants in Two Small Island Developing States.

Bhagtani D, Augustus E, Haynes E, Iese V, Brown CR, Fesaitu J, Hambleton I, Badrie N, Kroll F, Saint-Ville A, Samuels TA, Forouhi NG, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Unwin N, and On Behalf Of The CFaH Team

Nutrients. May 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/nu14142891)

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Peripheral Arterial Disease Prevalence in a Population-Based Sample of People with Diabetes on the Caribbean Island of Barbados.

Adams OP, Herbert JR, Unwin N, and Howitt C

Vascular health and risk management. May 2022

(DOI : 10.2147/VHRM.S364993)

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Perspectives on strengthening local food systems in Small Island Developing States.

Guell C, Brown CR, Navunicagi OW, Iese V, Badrie N, Wairiu M, Saint Ville A, Unwin N, and Community Food and Health (CFaH) team Community Food and Health (CFaH) team

Food security. Jul 2021

(DOI : 10.1007/s12571-022-01281-0)

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A Systematic Scoping Review of the Impacts of Community Food Production Initiatives in Kenya, Cameroon, and South Africa.

Hutton GB, Brugulat-Panés A, Bhagtani D, Mba Maadjhou C, Birch JM, Shih H, Okop K, Muti M, Wadende P, Tatah L, Mogo E, Guariguata L, and Unwin N

Journal of global health reports. Apr 2021

(DOI : 10.29392/001c.19468)

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Anthropometric cut-offs to identify hyperglycemia in an Afro-Caribbean population: a cross-sectional population-based study from Barbados.

Wade AN, Hambleton IR, Hennis AJM, Howitt C, Jeyaseelan SM, Ojeh NO, Rose AMC, and Unwin N

BMJ open diabetes research & care. Feb 2021

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002246)

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Systems science for developing policy to improve physical activity, the Caribbean.

Guariguata L, Unwin N, Garcia L, Woodcock J, Samuels TA, and Guell C

Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Dec 2020

(DOI : 10.2471/BLT.20.285297)

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Ultra-processed food consumption in Barbados: evidence from a nationally representative, cross-sectional study.

Harris RM, Rose AMC, Soares-Wynter S, and Unwin N

Journal of nutritional science. Dec 2020

(DOI : 10.1017/jns.2021.21)

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Evidence of a health risk 'signalling effect' following the introduction of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax.

Alvarado M, Penney TL, Unwin N, Murphy MM, and Adams J

Food policy. Oct 2020

(DOI : 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102104)

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"We used to get food from the garden." Understanding changing practices of local food production and consumption in small island states.

Guell C, Brown CR, Iese V, Navunicagi O, Wairiu M, Unwin N, and Community Food and Health (CFaH) Team

Social science & medicine (1982). Oct 2020

(DOI : 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114214)

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Food Sources and Dietary Quality in Small Island Developing States: Development of Methods and Policy Relevant Novel Survey Data from the Pacific and Caribbean.

Haynes E, Bhagtani D, Iese V, Brown CR, Fesaitu J, Hambleton I, Badrie N, Kroll F, Guell C, Brugulat-Panés A, Saint Ville A, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Foley L, Samuels TA, Wairiu M, Forouhi NG, Unwin N, and On Behalf Of The Community Food And Health CFaH Team

Nutrients. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.3390/nu12113350)

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Using nutritional survey data to inform the design of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in low-resource contexts: a cross-sectional analysis based on data from an adult Caribbean population.

Alvarado M, Harris R, Rose A, Unwin N, Hambleton I, Imamura F, and Adams J

BMJ Open. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035981)

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Implications of COVID-19 control measures for diet and physical activity, and lessons for addressing other pandemics facing rapidly urbanising countries.

Oni T, Micklesfield LK, Wadende P, Obonyo CO, Woodcock J, Mogo ERI, Odunitan-Wayas FA, Assah F, Tatah L, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Bhagtani D, Weimann A, Mba C, Unwin N, Brugulat-Panés A, Hofman KJ, Smith J, Tulloch-Reid M, Erzse A, Shung-King M, Lambert EV, and Wareham NJ

Global health action. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1080/16549716.2020.1810415)

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Evidence for factors associated with diet and physical activity in African and Caribbean countries.

Turner-Moss E, Razavi A, Unwin N, Foley L, and Global Diet and Activity Research Group and Network

Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Jun 2020

(DOI : 10.2471/BLT.20.269308)

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Addressing the triple burden of malnutrition in the time of COVID-19 and climate change in Small Island Developing States: what role for improved local food production?

Hickey GM, and Unwin N

Food security. May 2020

(DOI : 10.1007/s12571-020-01066-3)

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The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts.

Oni T, Assah F, Erzse A, Foley L, Govia I, Hofman KJ, Lambert EV, Micklesfield LK, Shung-King M, Smith J, Turner-Moss E, Unwin N, Wadende P, Woodcock J, Mbanya JC, Norris SA, Obonyo CO, Tulloch-Reid M, Wareham NJ, and GDAR network GDAR network

Globalization and health. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12992-020-00630-y)

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Using Group Model Building to Describe the System Driving Unhealthy Eating and Identify Intervention Points: A Participatory, Stakeholder Engagement Approach in the Caribbean.

Guariguata L, Rouwette EA, Murphy MM, Saint Ville A, Dunn LL, Hickey GM, Jones W, Samuels TA, and Unwin N

Nutrients. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.3390/nu12020384)

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The Lancet Commission on diabetes: using data to transform diabetes care and patient lives.

Chan JCN, Lim LL, Wareham NJ, Shaw JE, Orchard TJ, Zhang P, Lau ESH, Eliasson B, Kong APS, Ezzati M, Aguilar-Salinas CA, McGill M, Levitt NS, Ning G, So WY, Adams J, Bracco P, Forouhi NG, Gregory GA, Guo J, Hua X, Klatman EL, Magliano DJ, Ng BP, Ogilvie D, Panter J, Pavkov M, Shao H, Unwin N, White M, Wou C, Ma RCW, Schmidt MI, Ramachandran A, Seino Y, Bennett PH, Oldenburg B, Gagliardino JJ, Luk AOY, Clarke PM, Ogle GD, Davies MJ, Holman RR, and Gregg EW

Lancet (London, England). Nov 2019

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32374-6)

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Inducing remission of Type 2 diabetes in the Caribbean: findings from a mixed methods feasibility study of a low-calorie liquid diet-based intervention in Barbados.

Bynoe K, Unwin N, Taylor C, Murphy MM, Bartholomew L, Greenidge A, Abed M, Jeyaseelan S, Cobelli C, Dalla Man C, and Taylor R

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association. Jul 2019

(DOI : 10.1111/dme.14096)

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Nutritional adequacy and dietary disparities in an adult Caribbean population of African descent with a high burden of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Harris RM, Rose AMC, Forouhi NG, and Unwin N

Food science & nutrition. Jun 2019

(DOI : 10.1002/fsn3.1363)

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Implications of the growing burden of diabetes for premature cardiovascular disease mortality and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4.

Wou C, Unwin N, and Roglic G

Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy. May 2019

(DOI : 10.21037/cdt.2018.09.04)

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The prevalence of peripheral neuropathy severe enough to cause a loss of protective sensation in a population-based sample of people with known and newly detected diabetes in Barbados: a cross-sectional study.

Adams OP, Herbert JR, Howitt C, and Unwin N

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association. May 2019

(DOI : 10.1111/dme.13989)

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Are there gender differences in acute management and secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes in Barbados? A cohort study.

Sobers N, Rose AMC, Samuels TA, Critchley J, Abed M, Hambleton I, Harvey A, and Unwin N

BMJ Open. Jan 2019

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025977)

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Adverse risk factor trends limit gains in coronary heart disease mortality in Barbados: 1990-2012.

Sobers NP, Unwin N, Samuels TA, Capewell S, O'Flaherty M, and Critchley JA

PLoS ONE. Dec 2018

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0215392)

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Assessing the impact of the Barbados sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beverage sales: an observational study.

Alvarado M, Unwin N, Sharp SJ, Hambleton I, Murphy MM, Samuels TA, Suhrcke M, and Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-019-0776-7)

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Tuberculosis and diabetes: bidirectional association in a UK primary care data set.

Pearson F, Huangfu P, McNally R, Pearce M, Unwin N, and Critchley JA

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Jun 2018

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2018-211231)

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Sodium and potassium excretion in an adult Caribbean population of African descent with a high burden of cardiovascular disease.

Harris RM, Rose AMC, Hambleton IR, Howitt C, Forouhi NG, Hennis AJM, Samuels TA, and Unwin N

BMC Public Health. Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-5694-0)

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Evaluating policy responses to noncommunicable diseases in seven Caribbean countries: challenges to addressing unhealthy diets and physical inactivity.

Murphy MM, Unwin N, Samuels TA, Hassel TA, Bishop L, and Guell C

Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health. Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.26633/RPSP.2018.174)

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Social determinants of prostate cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Brown CR, Hambleton I, Hercules SM, Unwin N, Murphy MM, Nigel Harris E, Wilks R, MacLeish M, Sullivan L, Sobers-Grannum N, and U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group (USCAHDR)

BMC Public Health. Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-5696-y)

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Prevalence and phenotype of diabetes and prediabetes using fasting glucose vs HbA1c in a Caribbean population.

Unwin N, Howitt C, Rose AM, Samuels TA, Hennis AJ, and Hambleton IR

Journal of global health. Sep 2017

(DOI : 10.7189/jogh.07.020407)

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Do cardiometabolic, behavioural and socioeconomic factors explain the 'healthy migrant effect' in the UK? Linked mortality follow-up of South Asians compared with white Europeans in the Newcastle Heart Project.

Hayes L, White M, McNally RJQ, Unwin N, Tran A, and Bhopal R

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Apr 2017

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2017-209348)

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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ekoru K, Murphy GAV, Young EH, Delisle H, Jerome CS, Assah F, Longo-Mbenza B, Nzambi JPD, On'Kin JBK, Buntix F, Muyer MC, Christensen DL, Wesseh CS, Sabir A, Okafor C, Gezawa ID, Puepet F, Enang O, Raimi T, Ohwovoriole E, Oladapo OO, Bovet P, Mollentze W, Unwin N, Gray WK, Walker R, Agoudavi K, Siziya S, Chifamba J, Njelekela M, Fourie CM, Kruger S, Schutte AE, Walsh C, Gareta D, Kamali A, Seeley J, Norris SA, Crowther NJ, Pillay D, Kaleebu P, Motala AA, and Sandhu MS

International Journal of Obesity. Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2017.240)

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Trends in beverage prices following the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Barbados.

Alvarado M, Kostova D, Suhrcke M, Hambleton I, Hassell T, Samuels TA, Adams J, Unwin N, and Barbados SSB Tax Evaluation Group

Preventive medicine. Feb 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.07.013)

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Systems Science for Caribbean Health: the development and piloting of a model for guiding policy on diabetes in the Caribbean.

Guariguata L, Guell C, Samuels TA, Rouwette EA, Woodcock J, Hambleton IR, and Unwin N

Health research policy and systems. Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12961-016-0150-z)

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A cross-sectional study of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in a Caribbean population: combining objective and questionnaire data to guide future interventions.

Howitt C, Brage S, Hambleton IR, Westgate K, Samuels TA, Rose AM, and Unwin N

BMC Public Health. Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3689-2)

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Female gender is a social determinant of diabetes in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sobers-Grannum N, Murphy MM, Nielsen A, Guell C, Samuels TA, Bishop L, and Unwin N

PLoS ONE. Nov 2014

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0126799)

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Barriers to diabetic foot care in a developing country with a high incidence of diabetes related amputations: an exploratory qualitative interview study.

Guell C, and Unwin N

BMC health services research. Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12913-015-1043-5)

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International Diabetes Federation: An update of the evidence concerning the prevention of type 2 diabetes.

Simmons RK, Unwin N, and Griffin SJ

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. Jun 2009

(DOI : 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.10.003)

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Diabetes and the risk of tuberculosis: a neglected threat to public health?

Stevenson CR, Critchley JA, Forouhi NG, Roglic G, Williams BG, Dye C, and Unwin N

Chronic illness. Dec 2007

(DOI : 10.1177/1742395307081502)

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Diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of the diabetes epidemic on tuberculosis incidence.

Stevenson CR, Forouhi NG, Roglic G, Williams BG, Lauer JA, Dye C, and Unwin N

BMC Public Health. Apr 2007

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-7-234)

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