Charlotte E L Evans

• Dr
• University of Leeds

Background: Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) in Mexican children remains high with soft drinks accounting for 10% of energy intake. Greater intakes of SSB are associated with higher risks of weight gain, type 2 diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome (MS). Objective: A 12-week educational programme was de- veloped to target environmental...

A systematic review of childhood and adolescent cohorts: a comparison of reported energy and macronutrient intakes - Volume 77 Issue OCE4 - C.E. Rycroft, C.E.L. Evans, J.E. Cade

The effects of takeaway food and eating meals outside of the home on UK adolescents diet quality - Volume 77 Issue OCE4 - A. Taher, C.E.L. Evans

Objectives The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the coverage of national nutrition surveys in the 53 countries monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and identify gaps in provision, (2) to describe relevant survey attributes and (3) to check whether energy and nutrients are reported with a view to...

Few prospective cohort studies in the UK have specifically focused on the associations between commonly consumed dietary patterns and colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of this study was to assess whether red meat, poultry, fish and vegetarian dietary patterns are associated with differences in the incidence of cancers of colon and rectum in the UKWC...

Evidence on adherence to diet-related cancer prevention guidelines and associations with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk is limited and conflicting. The aim of this cohort analysis is to evaluate associations between adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute of Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) 2007 recommendations and incident CRC. The...

Family meals to fast food: findings from a systematic review of childhood and adolescent cohorts which measure whole diet and subsequent adiposity - Volume 76 Issue OCE4 - C.E. Rycroft, C.E.L. Evans, J.E. Cade

Background: Evidence from epidemiological studies investigating associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and colorectal cancer is inconsistent. The aim of this study is to assess in the UK Women's Cohort Study whether adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern is associated with reduced incidence of cancers of the colon and rec...

A systematic review and meta-analyses were conducted to evaluate the effects of interventions to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) or increase water intakes and to examine the impact of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) in consumption patterns. Randomized and nonrandomized controlled trials published after January 1990 and until December 2016...

Background: High blood pressure is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease.Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the associations of dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in healthy individuals.Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis of rand...

Adherence to sugars guidelines and micronutrient intakes in UK adult participants of the National Diet & Nutrition Survey (2008/09–2011/12) - Volume 76 Issue OCE1 - V.J. Burley, H.T. Lai, C.E.L. Evans

myfood24 Is an online 24-h dietary assessment tool developed for use among British adolescents and adults. Limited information is available regarding the validity of using new technology in assessing nutritional intake among adolescents. Thus, a relative validation of myfood24 against a face-to-face interviewer-administered 24-h multiple-pass recal...

div class="title">Decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage intake in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Volume 75 Issue OCE3 - E.J. Vargas-Garcia, C.E.L. Evans, J.E. Cade

div class="title">Factors influencing adolescent whole grain intake: In-depth interviews with adolescents using SenseCam technology - Volume 75 Issue OCE3 - M. Kamar, C.E.L. Evans, S. Hugh-Jones

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have been stressed as relevant targets of public health interventions considering the negative outcomes derived from their excessive intake. Though the evidence from published literature grows to support a cause-and-effect association of SSBs with obesity and other diseases, little is known on the effectiveness that...

in developed countries, disadvantaged groups have higher prevalence of obesity and its associated chronic diseases than do high income groups. This study aimed to investigate the association between the level of household income and food portion size for the top 20 most frequently consumed foods by adolescents and adults. Methods: data for this st...

Myfood24 is a new online 24 h dietary assessment tool developed for use among the UK population. Limited information is available on the usability and acceptability of such tools. Hence this study aims to determine the usability and acceptability of myfood24 among British adolescents (11-18y) before and after making the improvements. Methods A to...

Development and usability of myfood24: an online 24-hour dietary assessment tool - Volume 74 Issue OCE4 - M.C. Carter, S.A. Albar, M.A. Morris, U.Z. Mulla, N. Hancock, C.E.L. Evans, N. Alwan, D.C. Greenwood, L.J. Hardie, G.S. Frost, P.A. Wark, J.E. Cade, on behalf of the Myfood24 Consortium

To describe the effects of number of eating occasions and snacks on dietary quality (DQ), defined as adherence to dietary recommendations. A sample of 884 adolescents (11-18 years) in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) were included. The Diet Quality Index for Adolescents (DQI-A) was implemented. The total number of eating occasions a...

Nutrient and food standards exist for school lunches in English primary schools although packed lunches brought from home are not regulated. The aim of the present study was to determine nutritional and dietary differences by lunch type. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2007 assessing diet using the Child and Diet Evaluation Tool (CADET)...

As a group of scientists working within academia, we are concerned by the implications of your feature suggesting that industry should stop funding external research.1 Universities are one of the best types of institution to carry out nutrition research because academic researchers are interested in finding out the truth. Would it be better if all...

To determine the effect of different types of dietary fibre on SBP and DBP. A systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials using random-effects models. Eligibility criteria for studies included randomized controlled trials of at least 6 weeks duration, testing a fibre isolate or fibre-rich diet against a c...

myfood24 is an innovative UK online 24-hour dietary recall tool for large scale population studies. Successful web-based dietary assessment software needs to be intuitive, simple and engaging for users. However, limited information is available on how to test such a new tool’s usability, especially dietary assessments tool. This study aims to asses...

Background/objectives: The Child And Diet Evaluation Tool (CADET) is a 24-h food diary that measures the nutrition intake of children aged 3-7 years, with a focus on fruit and vegetable consumption. Until now CADET has not been used to measure nutrient intake of children aged 8-11 years. To ensure that newly assigned portion sizes for this older a...

Children’s fruit and vegetable intake in the UK is low. Changing intake is challenging. Gardening in schools might be a vehicle for facilitating fruit and vegetable intake. Objectives To undertake the first clustered randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of a gardening intervention. To evaluate the impact of a school gardening programme, the Royal H...

The prevalence of obesity has increased simultaneously with the increase in the consumption of large food portion sizes (FPS). Studies investigating this association among adolescents are limited; fewer have addressed energy-dense foods as a potential risk factor. In the present study, the association between the portion size of the most energy-den...

The intake of sugar-sweetened soft drinks has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, but it is unclear whether this is because of the sugar content or related lifestyle factors, whether similar associations hold for artificially sweetened soft drinks, and how these associations are related to BMI. We aimed to cond...

To investigate dietary fibre intake and any potential dose-response association with coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease. Systematic review of available literature and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies using random effects models. The Cochrane Library, Medline, Medline in-process, Embase, CAB Abstracts, ISI Web of Science,...

OBJECTIVE Diets with high glycemic index (GI), with high glycemic load (GL), or high in all carbohydrates may predispose to higher blood glucose and insulin concentrations, glucose intolerance, and risk of type 2 diabetes. We aimed to conduct a systematic literature review and dose-response meta-analysis of evidence from prospective cohorts.RESEARC...

Background: One-quarter of children in England are overweight/obese at school entry. We investigated the impact of a programme designed to provide parents of infants and preschool children with the skills required for a healthier family lifestyle. Method: A cohort of families was followed across the 8-week HENRY (Health Exercise Nutrition for th...

and Purpose—Fiber intake is associated with reduced stroke risk in prospective studies, but no meta-analysis has been published to date. Methods—Multiple electronic databases were searched for healthy participant studies reporting fiber intake and incidence of first hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, published between January 1990 and May 2012. Result...

Background and purpose: Fiber intake is associated with reduced stroke risk in prospective studies, but no meta-analysis has been published to date. Methods: Multiple electronic databases were searched for healthy participant studies reporting fiber intake and incidence of first hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, published between January 1990 and...

The trend of consuming large food portion sizes has occurred simultaneously with the rise in obesity prevalence, and therefore it is worth examining food portion size as a potential contributing risk factor for weight gain. However, limited studies have investigated this relationship particularly among adolescents. This study aims to investigate th...

Dietary fibre intake and diabetes risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies - Volume 72 Issue OCE4 - D. E. Threapleton, D. C. Greenwood, C. Evans, C. L. Cleghorn, C. Nykjaer, C. Woodhead, V. J. Burley

Which foods are the strongest predictors of dietary fibre consumption in children aged 6 to 7 years? - Volume 72 Issue OCE3 - C. E. L. Evans, J. E. Cade

Background This study aims to explore how the home food environment and parental attitudes and values affect children's fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake. Methods The sample consists of 2383 children with a mean age of 8.3 years (95% CI 8.2 to 8.3) attending 52 primary schools in London. These children are taking part in two randomised controlled tr...

To our knowledge, no reviews have assessed the impact of a range of multi- and single-component school-based programs on daily fruit and vegetable intake by using a meta-analysis. The aim of this study was to quantify the impact of school-based interventions on fruit and vegetable intake in children aged 5-12 y. A systematic literature review was c...

The current academic literature suggests there is a potential for using gardening as a tool to improve children's fruit and vegetable intake. This study is two parallel randomised controlled trials (RCT) devised to evaluate the school gardening programme of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Campaign for School Gardening, to determine if it has...

The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) provides children in government-run schools in England with a free piece of fruit or a vegetable each school day for the first 3 years of school. The present study examines the impact of the SFVS, in terms of its contribution towards the total daily intake of fruit and vegetables by children across Engla...

Which nutrient is most strongly associated with dietary quality in children's packed lunches? - Volume 71 Issue OCE2 - C. E. L. Evans, J. E. Cade

Dietary fibre intake and cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies - Volume 71 Issue OCE3 - D. E. Threapleton, D. C. Greenwood, C. Evans, C. L. Cleghorn, C. Nykjaer, C. Woodhead, J. E. Cade, C. Gale, V. J. Burley

Systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the associations between glycaemic index and load on markers of cardiovascular disease - Volume 71 Issue OCE3 - C. E. L. Evans, D. E. Threapleton, C. L. Cleghorn, C. Nykjaer, D. C. Greenwood, V. J. Burley

The present analysis evaluates the overall appreciation and implementation of an intervention, Project Tomato, designed to maintain fruit and vegetable intake in children aged 8-9 years. A random sample of fifty-four English primary schools (658 children) were randomised to either the intervention group or the control. The intervention group receiv...

Objective The aims of the review were to identify school-based randomised and non-randomised controlled trials to increase daily or lunchtime fruit and vegetable intake in children and to determine the impact of school-based interventions to change fruit and vegetable consumption at lunchtime and over the whole day. Design A systematic literature r...

Standards for school meals were recently introduced in the UK; however, no such standards exist for packed lunches. This study measures the provision and consumption of a range of food types and nutrients in British children's packed lunches and compares the results with the prevailing school meal standards in England. Cross-sectional survey data w...

Government standards are now in place for children's school meals but not for lunches prepared at home. The aim of this trial is to improve the content of children's packed lunches. A cluster randomised controlled trial in 89 primary schools across the UK involving 1291 children, age 8-9 years at baseline. Follow-up was 12 months afte...

Primary school children in the UK have the choice of a school meal provided by the school or a packed lunch provided from home. Currently, more than half of primary school children have a packed lunch. New food-based standards for school meals were introduced in English primary schools in 2006, followed by nutrient-based standards in 2008. No forma...

Approximately half school pupils take a packed lunch from home (1). With concerns over the nutritional content of school meals currently high on the political agenda, packed lunches are viewed by many parents as a healthier alternative. However, previous studies have shown that packed lunches are deficient in foods encouraged by the eatwell plate (...

To describe the 'Smart Lunch Box' intervention and provide details on feedback from the participants on the acceptability and usability of the intervention materials. A cluster randomised controlled trial, randomised by school. English schools were stratified on percentage free-school-meals eligibility and attainment at Key Stage 2. A 'Smart Lunch...

This review details the history of school meals in the UK, from their origin in the mid-19th Century, to the present day, and provides a summary of how each country has independently developed its own food and or nutrient-based standards for school meals. The standards in place in the UK are amongst some of the most detailed and comprehensive in th...