HELSI publications from July 2025

Members of the Healthy Lifespan Institute publish original research on a regular basis.

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Some of these publications may still be in press. You can find Open Access versions via our Open Access Repository.

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Lally, Claire. POSTnote on geographical differences in healthy life expectancy.

Gittus M; O’Cathain A; Miller K; Oklopcic A; Ong AC; Fotheringham J. A conceptual model of factors potentially influencing prescribing decisions for chronic conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. Neurodiversity

Lee G; Andrade GM; Kim YJ; Anumba DOC. The sex difference in the pathophysiology of preterm birth. Cells

Mahdi S; Chilcott J; Buckland NJ. The impact of the Change4Life Food Scanner app on children’s diets and parental psychological outcomes: a randomised pilot and feasibility study. BMC Public Health

Pofi R; Othonos N; Marjot T; Bonaventura I; Barrett A; White S; Miller H; Potter T; Bailey M; Eastell R. Dose-dependent and tissue-specific adverse effects of exogenous glucocorticoids: insights for optimizing clinical practice. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Wilson LB; Pryce R; Leeming G; Holmes J; Angus C. Estimating the differential exposure of household groups to alcohol duty reforms in Great Britain. Journal of Public Health

Greco M; Deary V; Fryer K; Sanders T; Burton C. Awakening the sense of the possible: the Symptoms Clinic as liminal affective technology. Social Science & Medicine

Field M; Gaskell M. Reducing gambling harm requires a balanced focus on commercial factors, individual differences and their interaction. Addiction

Gray L; Breton M. Long-term trends in central obesity in England: An Age-Period-Cohort Approach. International Journal of Obesity

Bright S; Buckley C; Holman D; Squires H; Greene N; Mulia N; Kilian C; Probst C; Angus C; Holmes J. Applying an intersectional lens to alcohol inequities: a conceptual framework. Addiction

Montana L; Magallanes J; Juarez M; Mason S; Narracott A; van Gemeren L; Wood S; Villa-Uriol M-C. EventBox: A novel visual encoding for interactive analysis of temporal and multivariate attributes in event sequences. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Jallow-Badjan H; Bagnall A-M; Apekey T; Tunkara Bah H; Crookes H; Janha RE; Kassama F; Njie H; Erikowa-Orighoye O; Senghore T. The Health-Secure Partnership: Study protocol for the development of a school- and community-based intervention for promoting healthy nutrition among rural adolescents in the Gambia. PLoS ONE

Götz MS; Hayman DJ; Adams G; Obata F; Simons MJP. Suppression rather than activation of the integrated-stress-response (GCN2-ATF4) pathway extends lifespan in the fly.

Davis S; Mon-Yee M; Sutton A; Leaviss J; Forsyth JE; Burton C. Cost effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for fatigue in patients with long-term conditions: a systematic literature review. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research

Sasso A; Schelleman-Offermans K; Hernández Alava M; Holmes J; Meier P; Field M. Do drinking occasion characteristics differ across individuals using different moderation approaches? A social practice perspective. Addiction Research and Theory

Leaviss J; Burton C. Effectiveness of non-pharmacological Interventions For Fatigue in Long term conditions (EIFFEL) - systematic review and network meta-analysis. 

Moolla A; Holmes J; Wilson L; Brown J; Kersbergen I; Stevely A. Temporary and sustained changes in alcoholic and alcohol-free or low-alcohol drinks sales during January? A time series analysis of seasonal patterning in Great Britain. International Journal of Drug Policy

Gray L; Mensah J; Opazo Breton M; Aryeetey R; Boadu I; Anongeba Anaba E; Atuobi-Yeboah A; Akparibo R. Long-term trends in obesity and overweight in women in Ghana from 2003–2023. Communications Medicine

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