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Debbie A Lawlor
Researcher at University of Bristol
Publications - 1118
Citations - 118183
Debbie A Lawlor is an academic researcher from University of Bristol. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 147, co-authored 1114 publications receiving 101123 citations. Previous affiliations of Debbie A Lawlor include Southampton General Hospital & University of Vermont.
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Associations of maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D in pregnancy with offspring cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and adolescence: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Dylan M. Williams,Abigail Fraser,William D. Fraser,Elina Hyppönen,George Davey Smith,John E. Deanfield,Aroon D. Hingorani,Naveed Sattar,Debbie A Lawlor +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that fetal exposure to 25(OH)D is unlikely to influence cardiovascular risk factors of individuals later in life, as shown in the findings of this longitudinal, prospective study.
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Child height, health and human capital: Evidence using genetic markers.
Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder,George Davey Smith,Debbie A Lawlor,Carol Propper,Frank Windmeijer +4 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the effect of child/adolescent height on a wide range of outcomes: academic performance, IQ, self-esteem, depression symptoms and behavioral problems, and found that taller children have higher IQ, perform better in school, and are less likely to have behavioral problems.
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Social Inequalities in Height: Persisting Differences Today Depend upon Height of the Parents
Bruna Galobardes,Valerie McCormack,Peter McCarron,Laura D Howe,John P. Lynch,John P. Lynch,Debbie A Lawlor,George Davey Smith +7 more
TL;DR: In a cohort of children born in the 1990s, mothers with higher education gave birth to taller boys and girls, and although height differences were small they persisted throughout childhood.
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Design and characteristics of a new birth cohort, to study the early origins and ethnic variation of childhood obesity: the BiB1000 study
Maria Bryant,Gill Santorelli,Lesley Fairley,Jane West,Debbie A Lawlor,Raj Bhopal,Emily S. Petherick,Pinki Sahota,Andrew P. Hill,Noel Cameron,Neil Small,John Wright +11 more
TL;DR: The methodology and characteristics of participants in BiB1000, a nested cohort of the Born in Bradford prospective birth cohort, are described, which aims to enable a deep and extensive understanding of the predictors and influences of health-related behaviours to develop a culturally-specific obesity prevention intervention.
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Intervention fidelity in a school-based diet and physical activity intervention in the UK: Active for Life Year 5
Rona Campbell,Emma Rawlins,Sian Wells,Ruth R Kipping,Catherine R Chittleborough,Tim J Peters,Debbie A Lawlor,Russell Jago +7 more
TL;DR: Fidelity of intervention implementation was good but teachers’ enthusiasm for the AFLY5 programme was mixed despite them believing that the messages behind the lessons were important, which may have meant that the intervention messages were not delivered as anticipated and explain why the intervention was found not to be effective.