Selected Peer Reviewed Publications
2019 - Zanganeh M, Adab P, Li B and Frew E, ‘A Systematic Review of Methods, Study Quality, and Results of Economic Evaluation for Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Intervention’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (485), DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16030485.
2018 - Lidgate ED, Li B* (joint first and corresponding author), Lindenmeyer A, ‘A Qualitative Insight into Informal Childcare and Childhood Obesity in pre-schoolers in the UK’, BMC Public Health, 8(1229) (DOI:10.1186/s12889-018-6131-0)
2018 - Zanganeh M, Adab P, Li B, Frew E, ‘Protocol for a systematic review and quality assessment of methods used for economic evaluations of obesity prevention and/or treatment interventions in children and adolescents’, BMC Systematic Review, 7(54) (DOI: 10.1186/s13643-018-0718-5)
2017 - Li B*, Lin R, Liu W, Chen JY, Liu WJ, Cheng KK, et al, ‘Differences in perceived causes of childhood obesity between migrant and local communities in China: a qualitative study’, Plos One, 12(5) (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177505) 4
2017 - Li B, Liu WJ, Adab P, Pallan M, Hemming K, Frew M, et al, ‘A cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an obesity prevention programme for 4 Chinese primary school-aged children: the CHIRPY DRAGON study protocol’, BMJ Open, 7(11) (DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018415)
2017 Pallan M, Liu WJ, Xiong LH, Guo ZS, Li B, Griffin T, et al, ‘Weight status, Cardiorespiratory fitness and high blood pressure relationship among 5-12 years old Chinese primary school children’, Journal of Human Hypertension, 31(12): 808-814 (DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2017.67)
2016 - Liu W, Lin R, Liu WJ, Guo ZS, Xiong LH, Li B, et al, ‘Relationship between weight status and health-related quality of life in Chinese primary school children in Guangzhou: a cross-sectional study’, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 14(166) (DOI: 10.1186/s12955-016-0567-7)
2016 - Wang J, Adab P, Liu WJ, Chen YJ, Li B, Lin R, et al, ‘Prevalence of adiposity and its association with sleep duration, quality and timing among 9-to-12 years old children in China, Guangzhou’, Journal of Epidemiology, 27(11):531-537 (DOI: 10.1016/j.je.2016.11.003)
2016 - Liu WJ, Lin R, Li B, Pallan M, Liu W, Cheng KK, et al, ‘Socioeconomic determinants of childhood obesity among primary school children in Guangzhou, China’, BMC Public Health, 16(482) (DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3171-1)
2015 - Li B, Adab P, Cheng KK, ‘The role of grandparents in childhood obesity in China - evidence from a mixed methods study’, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity,12(91) (DOI:10.1186/s12966-015-0251-z)
2015 - Li B, ‘Moving The Field of Health Behaviour Research Forward with Genuine Application and Cross-Culture Assessment of Established Theoretical Models and Techniques’, Int J Translation Community Dis, Editorial,3(2e): 1-2 (DOI: 10.19070/2333-8385-150005e)
2013 - Li B, Adab P, Cheng KK, ‘Family and neighbourhood correlates of weight status and obesogenic behaviours among Chinese children’, International Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 21(4): 700-709 (DOI: 10.1007/s12529-013-9333-y)
Selected Symposia Chairing and Conference Presentations:
2018 - International symposium at the 2018 UKCO, titled ‘Are Systems and Programme-focused Approaches Complementary or Contradictory in Obesity Prevention and How Should we Move forward?’ (Chair)
2018 - International symposium at University of Birmingham, titled‘Perspectives and experiences of intersectional systems based approaches to childhood obesity prevention’ (Chair)
2018 - ‘Evaluation of the CHIRPY DRAGON intervention to prevent obesity in urban Chinese primary-school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial’, 14th UK Society of Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting (oral presentation), Birmingham
2018 - ‘A Qualitative Insight into Informal Childcare and Childhood Obesity in the UK’, 14th UK Society of Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting (oral presentation), Birmingham
2018 - ‘Rigorous development and evaluation of an evidence based obesity prevention programme for Chinese children – the CHIRPY DRAGON study’, 2018 UKCO (oral presentation), Newcastle
2017 - ‘Association between type of grandparent care and childhood obesity - baseline data from the Chirpy Dragon trial’, 2017 UKCO (poster), Wales
2016 - ‘Differences in perceived causes of childhood obesity between migrant and local communities in China: a qualitative study’, 2nd Lancet CAMS Health Summit in Beijing (oral presentation), The Lancet, V388 (S3) (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31930-4)
2016 - ‘Development of the CHIRPY DRAGON (CHInese pRimary school children PhYsical activity and DietaRy behAviour chanGes InterventiON) - a cluster randomised controlled trial of a theoretically based childhood obesity prevention programme in urban China’, the 2nd Lancet CAMS Health Summit in Beijing (poster), The Lancet, V388 (S51), (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31978-X)
2015 - ‘Systematic review of modifiable risk factors associated with childhood obesity in China, a population undergoing rapid social and economic transition’, UK Congress on Obesity (poster), Appetite, V87:376 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.12.117)
2015 - 'Are grandparents the key to childhood obesity prevention in China? Evidence from a mixed methods study', UK Congress on Obesity, Appetite (oral presentation), V87:375 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.12.116)
2014 - ‘Stakeholder views on why childhood obesity is rising in China: a qualitative study’, Abstracts of the 12th International Congress on Obesity in Malaysia (poster), Obesity Reviews, 15(S2):203 (DOI: 10.1111/obr.12152)
2014 - ‘What and how childhood obesity prevention interventions should be delivered in China: a qualitative study’, Abstracts of the 12th International Congress on Obesity in Malaysia (poster), Obesity Reviews, 15(S2): 237 (DOI: 10.1111/obr.12153)
2012 - ‘Family and neighbourhood environmental correlates of weight status and obesogenic behaviours among Chinese primary school children’, 12th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine in Budapest (oral presentation), International Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 19(S1): 226 (DOI 10.1007/S12529-012-9247-0)
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