Staff profile

Professor Carolyn Summerbell joined Durham University in 2008, originally to work in the Department of Medicine and Health. She joined the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences in 2017. She is a nutritionist and qualified dietitian and was trained at KCL. Prior to working at Durham she worked at Teesside (latterly as Director of Research in the School of Health), UCL (as Lecturer in Systematic Reviewing) and QMUL (as Lecturer in Nutrition). She has successfully supervised 24 PhD students to completion.

Carolyn’s research has been supported by a range of funders, including the NIHR, MRC, and European Commission. She has many significant international collaborations including academics from the European, Eastern Mediterranean and Western Pacific regions. She works with national and global NGOs, such a NICE, Cochrane Equity Methods Group and WHO, to support their tool development and guidance. She is committed to public/patient involvement in her research and, in turn, the translation and dissemination of her research findings to public/patient engagement and communication outputs. These outputs include policy briefings, research briefings, toolkits, podcasts, animations and infographics. Examples relating to two projects can be found here and here.

The reach of Carolyn’s research can be evidenced from here from her Scopus citation index (70) and extensive range of international co-authors. She is regularly invited to deliver international keynotes and invited talks. The impact of Carolyn’s research can be found in her Impact case study which was included in the Department’s REF 2021 submission.

Research interests

Carolyn’s primary research interests lie in the domain of physical activity (+/- diet) interventions in children which aim to prevent obesity, promote healthy growth and reduce inequity.

Although some of this work is focussed on the UK, specific projects in high, low and middle-income countries, including Sweden, Malaysia and Qatar, form part of this portfolio of research. Her research focuses on three main areas:

1. The collation of evidence of the effectiveness of interventions that aim to promote physical activity (+/- healthy diet), prevent obesity and promote healthy growth, and promote equity in children. Methods and types of evidence used vary – from Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis methods to novel scoping review methods, and from grey literature and information to unpublished data on equity factors collected by trialists.

2. The development and translation of community-based interventions to promote physical activity (+/- healthy diet), prevent obesity and promote healthy growth, and promote equity in children, for high, low and middle-income countries. Frameworks (e.g. the ADAPT guidance), alongside mixed and creative methods that value meaningful involvement of children, teachers and parents, steer this work.

3. Exploring the relationship between physical activity and dietary patterns in preschool and young children to better understand interactions and how these may be moderated by equity factors and child growth. An emerging line of enquiry explores the time points (age of children) of deviance from physical activity and dietary recommendations and policy implications.

Esteem Indicators

NIHR SPHR  (Member of the Executive, 2015 to present)

Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health (Deputy Director, 2015 – 2026)

World Obesity Federation Finance committee (Chair 2021-2024)

International Journal of Obesity (Editorial Board member, 2010 to present)

Publication Information

ResearchGate Papers here

Scopus Profile here

Google Scholar Profile here

PhD Supervision

Professor Summerbell welcomes expressions of interest from potential PhD students connected to her areas of research expertise.

Media Interviews

Professor Summerbell welcomes media interviews connected to her areas of research expertise.

• 1. The collation of evidence for the prevention of obesity in children.
• 2. Dissemination and translation of evidence for the prevention of obesity in children into policy and practice.
• 3. The development of community-based interventions to prevent childhood obesity.
• 1-3 In all of the above, particular interest in health inequalities.
• 4. The development of tools to assess dietary intake and physical activity levels at a population level.

Journal Article

• Interventions for Preventing Obesity in Children and Adolescents Aged 5–18 Years: An Overview of Nonrandomized Study Evidence Reported in 28 Systematic Reviews
  
  Spiga, F., Savović, J., Summerbell, C., Picton, H., Moore, T., Caldwell, D., & Higgins, J. (2026). Interventions for Preventing Obesity in Children and Adolescents Aged 5–18 Years: An Overview of Nonrandomized Study Evidence Reported in 28 Systematic Reviews. Obesity Reviews, 27(7), Article e70090. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.70090
• Perceptions of the national school holiday programme (Holiday Activities and Food) in England as experienced by local government, service providers and users of the service: a mixed-methods study.
  
  Hatch, L., Tinner, L., Khofi-Szeremley, C., Darling, F., Clohessy, S., Tanner, J., Murphy, M., Pallan, M., Summerbell, C., Mazzoli-Smith, L., Pokhilenko, I., & Jago, R. (2026). Perceptions of the national school holiday programme (Holiday Activities and Food) in England as experienced by local government, service providers and users of the service: a mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27699-1
• Towards optimal public health interventions for preventing obesity in children: a synopsis of a novel evidence synthesis
  
  Spiga, F., Palmer, J. C., Dawson, S., Higgins, J. P. T., Caldwell, D., Davies, A., Condon, L., Gillison, F., Tomlinson, E., Moore, T., Breheny, K., Nobles, J., Ijaz, S., Savović, J., Campbell, R., & Summerbell, C. D. (2026). Towards optimal public health interventions for preventing obesity in children: a synopsis of a novel evidence synthesis. Public Health Research, 14(2), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3310/AKHD0407
• Real-world evidence of physical activity practices and policies in Greater London primary schools: A cross-sectional survey
  
  Benkhelfa, A., Ram, B., Gullett, N., Cunningham, M., Azar Sharabiani, M. T., Pallan, M., Siddiqui, N., van Sluijs, E., Summerbell, C., Hillsdon, M., & Saxena, S. (2026). Real-world evidence of physical activity practices and policies in Greater London primary schools: A cross-sectional survey. PLOS One, 21(7), Article e0352283. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0352283
• The impact of deprivation and neighbourhood food environments on home food environments, parental feeding practices, child eating behaviours, food preferences and BMI: The Family Food Experience Study-London
  
  Smith, A. D., Kininmonth, A., Tommerup, K., Boniface, D., Gericke, C., Denning, T., Summerbell, C., Vogel, C., & Llewellyn, C. (2025). The impact of deprivation and neighbourhood food environments on home food environments, parental feeding practices, child eating behaviours, food preferences and BMI: The Family Food Experience Study-London. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 22(1), Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01788-7
• An evaluation of economic evidence included in published randomised controlled trials of interventions to prevent obesity in children
  
  Breheny, K., Spiga, F., Tomlinson, E., Summerbell, C. D., & Higgins, J. P. (2025). An evaluation of economic evidence included in published randomised controlled trials of interventions to prevent obesity in children. Public Health Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3310/GJJH1321
• Investigating differential effects of interventions to prevent obesity in children and young people: a novel analytic framework
  
  Spiga, F., Davies, A. L., Palmer, J. C., Tomlinson, E., Coleman, M., Sheldrick, E., Condon, L., Moore, T. H., Caldwell, D. M., Gillison, F. B., Ijaz, S., Nobles, J. D., Savović, J., Campbell, R., Summerbell, C., & Higgins, J. P. (2025). Investigating differential effects of interventions to prevent obesity in children and young people: a novel analytic framework. Public Health Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3310/QLPD8523
• Exploring associations between active school environments and children’s physical activity, mental health and educational performance in Greater London primary schools: the Health and Activity of Pupils in the Primary Years (HAPPY) study protocol
  
  Ram, B., Gullett, N., Benkhelfa, A., Sharabiani, M. T. A., van Sluijs, E., Cunningham, M., Siddiqui, N., Hillsdon, M., Summerbell, C., Pallan, M., & Saxena, S. (2025). Exploring associations between active school environments and children’s physical activity, mental health and educational performance in Greater London primary schools: the Health and Activity of Pupils in the Primary Years (HAPPY) study protocol. BMJ Open, 15(7), Article e103463. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103463
• Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old
  
  Phillips, S. M., Spiga, F., Moore, T. H., Dawson, S., Stockton, H., Rizk, R., Cheng, H. Y., Hodder, R. K., Gao, Y., Hillier-Brown, F., Rai, K., Yu, C. B., O’Brien, K. M., & Summerbell, C. D. (2025). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2025(6), Article CD15326. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015326.pub2
• Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.
  
  Phillips, S. M., Spiga, F., Moore, T. H., Dawson, S., Stockton, H., Rizk, R., Cheng, H., Hodder, R. K., Gao, Y., Hillier-Brown, F., Rai, K., Yu, C. B., O’Brien, K. M., & Summerbell, C. D. (2025). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 6(6), Article CD015326. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015326.pub2
• Do the effects of interventions aimed at the prevention of childhood obesity reduce inequities? A re-analysis of randomized trial data from two Cochrane reviews
  
  Palmer, J. C., Davies, A. L., Spiga, F., Heitmann, B. L., Jago, R., Summerbell, C. D., Higgins, J. P., Astrup, A., Barbosa Filho, V. C., Benden, M. E., Boddy, L., Bogart, L. M., Brown, B., Carlin, A., Pozuelo Carrascosa, D. P., Chai, L. K., Drummy, C., Duncan, S., Ebbeling, C., … Wolfenden, L. (2025). Do the effects of interventions aimed at the prevention of childhood obesity reduce inequities? A re-analysis of randomized trial data from two Cochrane reviews. EClinicalMedicine, 81, Article 103130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103130
• Reflections of a Research Team on Using Creative Facilitation for the First Time: Illuminating the Lived Experience of the School Holidays for Children and Families Living in Poverty Across England
  
  Darling, F., Mazzoli Smith, L., Robson, M., Tinner, L., Murphy, M., Pallan, M., Tanner, J., Hatch, L., Jago, R., & Summerbell, C. (2025). Reflections of a Research Team on Using Creative Facilitation for the First Time: Illuminating the Lived Experience of the School Holidays for Children and Families Living in Poverty Across England. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251369293
• Challenges and opportunities for inclusive, equitable and accessible school holiday clubs for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
  
  Hatch, L., Tinner, L., Khofi-Szeremley, C., Darling, F., Clohessy, S., Tanner, J., Robinson, H., Jago, R., Summerbell, C., Mazzoli-Smith, L., Pallan, M., Defeyter, M. A., & Murphy, M. (2025). Challenges and opportunities for inclusive, equitable and accessible school holiday clubs for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). International Journal for Equity in Health, 24, Article 236. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02607-y
• Factors associated with effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in children: a synthesis of evidence from 204 randomized trials
  
  Davies, A. L., Spiga, F., Caldwell, D. M., Savović, J., Palmer, J. C., Tomlinson, E., Moore, T. H. M., Summerbell, C. D., & Higgins, J. P. T. (2025). Factors associated with effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in children: a synthesis of evidence from 204 randomized trials. BMJ Public Health, 3(1), Article e001707. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001707
• Commonality of 25 Component Themes of integrated care for children: rapid review of 170 models
  
  Stepanova, E., Hillier-Brown, F., Owen-Boukra, E., Hope, S., Scott, S., Hargreaves, D., Nicholls, D., Viner, R., & Summerbell, C. (2025). Commonality of 25 Component Themes of integrated care for children: rapid review of 170 models. BMC Health Service Research, 25, Article 1332. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13345-w
• ‘It depends on where you were born…here in the North East, there’s not really many job opportunities compared to in the South’: young people’s perspectives on a North-South health divide and its drivers in England, UK
  
  Fairbrother, H., Woodrow, N., Holding, E., Crowder, M., Griffin, N., Er, V., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Egan, M., Scott, S., Summerbell, C., Rigby, E., Kyle, P., Knights, N., Quirk, H., & Goyder, E. (2024). ‘It depends on where you were born…here in the North East, there’s not really many job opportunities compared to in the South’: young people’s perspectives on a North-South health divide and its drivers in England, UK. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19537-z
• Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK
  
  Dodd-Reynolds, C., Griffin, N., Kyle, P., Scott, S., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., Crowder, M., Woodrow, N., & Summerbell, C. (2024). Young people’s experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article 813. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18078-9
• Young people’s views and experience of diet-related inequalities in England (UK): a qualitative study
  
  Er, V., Crowder, M., Holding, E., Woodrow, N., Griffin, N., Summerbell, C., Egan, M., & Fairbrother, H. (2024). Young people’s views and experience of diet-related inequalities in England (UK): a qualitative study. Health Promotion International, 39(4), Article daae107. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae107
• Childhood obesity prevention trials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis on trial design and the impact of type 1 error
  
  Padgett, L., Stevens, J., Summerbell, C., Burton, W., Stamp, E., McLarty, L., Schofield, H., & Bryant, M. (2024). Childhood obesity prevention trials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis on trial design and the impact of type 1 error. Obesity Reviews, 25(6), Article e13736. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13736
• Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old
  
  Spiga, F., Davies, A. L., Tomlinson, E., Moore, T. H. M., Dawson, S., Breheny, K., Savović, J., Gao, Y., Phillips, S. M., Hillier-Brown, F., Hodder, R. K., Wolfenden, L., Higgins, J. P. T., & Summerbell, C. D. (2024). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(5), Article CD015328. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015328.pub2
• Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old
  
  Spiga, F., Tomlinson, E., Davies, A. L., Moore, T. H. M., Dawson, S., Breheny, K., Savović, J., Hodder, R. K., Wolfenden, L., Higgins, J. P. T., & Summerbell, C. D. (2024). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(5), Article CD015330. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015330.pub2
• Children's experiences of care on walking and cycling journeys between home and school in Healthy New Towns: Reframing active school travel
  
  Tupper, E., Morris, S., Lawlor, E. R., Summerbell, C., Panter, J., Jago, R., & Pollard, T. (2024). Children’s experiences of care on walking and cycling journeys between home and school in Healthy New Towns: Reframing active school travel. Health & Place, 85, Article 103147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103147
• This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22
  
  Hope, S., Stepanova, E., Lloyd-Houldey, O., Hillier-Brown, F., Hargreaves, D., Nicholls, D., Summerbell, C., Viner, R. M., Dedat, Z., Owen, E. C., & Scott, S. (2023). This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), Article 1448. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10442-6
• Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England.
  
  McKevitt, S., White, M., Petticrew, M., Summerbell, C., Vasiljevic, M., Boyland, E., Cummins, S., Laverty, A. A., Millett, C., de Vocht, F., Junghans, C., & Vamos, E. P. (2023). Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England. Journal of Public Health, 45(4), 878–887. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad155
• A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK
  
  Porter, A., Langford, R., Summerbell, C., Tinner, L., & Kipping, R. (2023). A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1779 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16647-y
• From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens
  
  Summerbell, C., Reeves, S., & Gibson, E. (2023). From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), Article 6614. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166614
• ‘Bigotry is all around us, and we have to deal with that’: Exploring LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences and understandings of health inequalities in North East England
  
  Griffin, N., Crowder, M., Kyle, P., Holding, E., Woodrow, N., Fairbrother, H., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Summerbell, C., & Scott, S. (2023). ‘Bigotry is all around us, and we have to deal with that’: Exploring LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences and understandings of health inequalities in North East England. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3, Article 100263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100263
• Typology of how ‘harmful commodity industries’ interact with local governments in England: a critical interpretive synthesis
  
  McKevitt, S., White, M., Petticrew, M., Summerbell, C., Vasiljevic, M., Boyland, E., Cummins, S., Laverty, A. A., Junghans, C., Millett, C., De Vocht, F., Hrobonova, E., & Vamos, E. P. (2023). Typology of how ‘harmful commodity industries’ interact with local governments in England: a critical interpretive synthesis. BMJ Global Health, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010216
• Measurement Instruments for Integration within Children and Young People Healthcare Systems and Networks: A Rapid Review of the International Literature
  
  Dedat, Z., Hope, S., Hargreaves, D., Lloyd-Houldey, O., Nicholls, D., Scott, S., Stepanova, E., Summerbell, C., Viner, R. M., & Hillier-Brown, F. (2023). Measurement Instruments for Integration within Children and Young People Healthcare Systems and Networks: A Rapid Review of the International Literature. International Journal of Integrated Care, 23(2), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7028
• Process evaluation of a kindergarten-based intervention for obesity prevention in early childhood: the Toybox study Malaysia
  
  Cheah, W. L., Poh, B. K., Ruzita, A. T., Lee, J. A. C., Koh, D., Reeves, S., Essau, C., Summerbell, C., Noor Hafizah, Y., Anchang, G. N. J., & Gibson, E. L. (2023). Process evaluation of a kindergarten-based intervention for obesity prevention in early childhood: the Toybox study Malaysia. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1082. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16023-w
• Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia
  
  Lee, J., Cheah, W., Anchang, G., Noor Hafizah, Y., Abim, M., Ruzita, A., Koh, D., Reeves, S., Summerbell, C., Essau, C., Poh, B., & Gibson, E. (2023). Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia. Early Childhood Education Journal, 51(1), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01290-2
• Child and adolescent obesity
  
  Lister, N. B., Baur, L. A., Felix, J. F., Hill, A. J., Marcus, C., Reinehr, T., Summerbell, C., & Wabitsch, M. (2023). Child and adolescent obesity. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 9(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-023-00435-4
• Co-design and content validity of the movement measurement in the early years (MoveMEY) tool for assessing movement behaviour of pre-school aged children
  
  Phillips, S. M., Summerbell, C., Hesketh, K. R., Saxena, S., & Hillier-Brown, F. C. (2023). Co-design and content validity of the movement measurement in the early years (MoveMEY) tool for assessing movement behaviour of pre-school aged children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, Article 95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01486-2
• Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis
  
  Lawlor, E., Ellis, K., Adams, J., Jago, R., Foley, L., Morris, S., Pollard, T., Summerbell, C., Cummins, S., Forde, H., Foubister, C., Xiao, C., & Panter, J. (2023). Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Transport Reviews, 43(3), 478-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2022.2119298
• Where and when are portion sizes larger in young children? An analysis of eating occasion size among 1·5–5-year-olds in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008–2017)
  
  Porter, A., Toumpakari, Z., Kipping, R., Summerbell, C., & Johnson, L. (2022). Where and when are portion sizes larger in young children? An analysis of eating occasion size among 1·5–5-year-olds in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008–2017). Public Health Nutrition, 25(12), 3420-3431. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980021005024
• Children's experiences of the journey between home and school: A qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography
  
  Morris, S. L., Lawlor, E. R., Foley, L., Summerbell, C., Panter, J., Adams, J., Jago, R., & Pollard, T. M. (2022). Children’s experiences of the journey between home and school: A qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography. Health & Place, 76, Article 102819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102819
• Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions: the ToyBox-study
  
  Manios, Y., Lambert, K. A., Karaglani, E., Mavrogianni, C., Moreno Aznar, L. A., Iotova, V., Świąder-Leśniak, A., Koletzko, B., Cardon, G., Androutsos, O., Moschonis, G., Toy Box Study Group, & Summerbell, C. (2022). Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions: the ToyBox-study. Public Health Nutrition, 25(6), 1552-1562. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980021001518
• ‘It All Kind of Links Really’: Young People’s Perspectives on the Relationship between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Health
  
  Fairbrother, H., Woodrow, N., Crowder, M., Holding, E., Griffin, N., Er, V., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Egan, M., Lock, K., Scott, S., Summerbell, C., McKeown, R., Rigby, E., Kyle, P., & Goyder, E. (2022). ‘It All Kind of Links Really’: Young People’s Perspectives on the Relationship between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), Article 3679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063679
• Parental Views on the Acceptability and Feasibility of Measurement Tools Used to Assess Movement Behaviour of Pre-School Children: A Qualitative Study
  
  Phillips, S. M., Summerbell, C., Hesketh, K. R., Saxena, S., & Hillier-Brown, F. C. (2022). Parental Views on the Acceptability and Feasibility of Measurement Tools Used to Assess Movement Behaviour of Pre-School Children: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), Article 3733. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063733
• Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015–2021
  
  Hodder, R. K., O’Brien, K. M., Lorien, S., Wolfenden, L., Moore, T. H., Hall, A., Yoong, S. L., & Summerbell, C. (2022). Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015–2021. EClinicalMedicine, 54, Article 101635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101635
• An analysis of English national policy approaches to health inequalities: ‘transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ and its consultation process
  
  Griffin, N., Wistow, J., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., Sirisena, M., Powell, K., & Summerbell, C. (2022). An analysis of English national policy approaches to health inequalities: ‘transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ and its consultation process. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1084. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13473-6
• The validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess sleep of pre-school aged children: a systematic rapid review
  
  Phillips, S. M., Summerbell, C., Ball, H. L., Hesketh, K. R., Saxena, S., & Hillier-Brown, F. C. (2021). The validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess sleep of pre-school aged children: a systematic rapid review. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9, Article 770262. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.770262
• Impact of cuts to local government spending on Sure Start children’s centres on childhood obesity in England: a longitudinal ecological study
  
  Mason, K. E., Alexiou, A., Bennett, D. L., Summerbell, C., Barr, B., & Taylor-Robinson, D. (2021). Impact of cuts to local government spending on Sure Start children’s centres on childhood obesity in England: a longitudinal ecological study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(9), 860-866. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-216064
• Exploring the local policy context for reducing health inequalities in children and young people: an in depth qualitative case study of one local authority in the North of England, UK
  
  Holding, E., Fairbrother, H., Griffin, N., Wistow, J., Powell, K., & Summerbell, C. (2021). Exploring the local policy context for reducing health inequalities in children and young people: an in depth qualitative case study of one local authority in the North of England, UK. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 887. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10782-0
• A secondary analysis of the childhood obesity prevention Cochrane Review through a wider determinants of health lens: implications for research funders, researchers, policymakers and practitioners
  
  Nobles, J., Summerbell, C., Brown, T., Jago, R., & Moore, T. (2021). A secondary analysis of the childhood obesity prevention Cochrane Review through a wider determinants of health lens: implications for research funders, researchers, policymakers and practitioners. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18(1), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01082-2
• A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess the physical activity and sedentary behaviour of pre-school aged children
  
  Phillips, S. M., Summerbell, C., Hobbs, M., Hesketh, K. R., Saxena, S., Muir, C., & Hillier-Brown, F. C. (2021). A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess the physical activity and sedentary behaviour of pre-school aged children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18(1), Article 141. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01132-9
• A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019)
  
  Griffin, N., Phillips, S. M., Hillier‑Brown, F., Wistow, J., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., Powell, K., & Summerbell, C. (2021). A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019). BMC Public Health, 21, Article 2284. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12364-6

Other (Print)

• Conference Poster: Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies for Preschools in Lebanon and Qatar
  
  Rizk, R., Summerbell, C. D., Siddiqui, N., Obeid, O., & El-Obeid, T. (2022). Conference Poster: Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies for Preschools in Lebanon and Qatar.

Report

• Childhood Obesity
  
  Summerbell, C., & et al. (2021). Childhood Obesity. London: The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
• The Child of the North: Building a fairer future after COVID-19
  
  Pickett, K., & Taylor-Robinson, D. (2021). The Child of the North: Building a fairer future after COVID-19. Northern Health Science Alliance and N8 Research Partnership.