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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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Sex and area differences in the association between adiposity and lipid profile in Malawi

TL;DR: The consistent associations observed of higher adiposity with adverse lipid profiles in men and women living in rural and urban areas of Malawi highlight the emerging adverse cardio-metabolic epidemic in this poor population.
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Fifteen years of epidemiology in BMC Medicine.

TL;DR: The last 15 years of epidemiological research published by BMC Medicine is discussed, with a specific focus on how this reflects changes occurring in the field of epidemiology over this period; the impact of ‘Big Data’; the reinvigoration of debates about causality; and, as the authors increasingly work across and with many diverse disciplines, the use of the name ‘population health science’.
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The effect of a lifestyle intervention in obese pregnant women on change in gestational metabolic profiles: findings form the UK Pregnancies Better Eating and Activity Trial (UPBEAT) RCT.

TL;DR: Systemic metabolism is markedly disrupted in obese pregnant women, but a lifestyle intervention that improved their diet and physical activity has beneficial effects on some of these profiles; these effects might have long-term benefit.