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Ruth R Kipping
Researcher at University of Bristol
Publications - 90
Citations - 2141
Ruth R Kipping is an academic researcher from University of Bristol. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Cluster randomised controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 75 publications receiving 1730 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth R Kipping include University of Birmingham.
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Obesity in children. Part 1: Epidemiology, measurement, risk factors, and screening
TL;DR: The prevalence of obesity in children, its underlying risk factors, its consequences, and how it can be measured are described; it also discusses whether children should be screened for obesity.
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Effect of intervention aimed at increasing physical activity, reducing sedentary behaviour, and increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children: Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) school based cluster randomised controlled trial
Ruth R Kipping,Laura D Howe,Russell Jago,Rona Campbell,Sian Wells,Catherine R Chittleborough,Julie Mytton,Sian M Noble,Tim J Peters,Debbie A Lawlor +9 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that the AFLY5 school based intervention is not effective at increasing levels of physical activity, decreasing sedentary behaviour, and increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in primary school children.
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Patterns of alcohol use and multiple risk behaviour by gender during early and late adolescence: the ALSPAC cohort
Georgina J MacArthur,MC Smith,Roberto Melotti,Jon Heron,John Macleod,Matthew Hickman,Ruth R Kipping,Rona Campbell,Glyn Lewis +8 more
TL;DR: Multiple risk behaviour is prevalent in both genders during adolescence but the pattern of individual risk behaviour varies between boys and girls, and effective interventions are needed to address gender-specific patterns of risk behaviour during adolescence.
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Redesigning work processes in health care: lessons from the National Health Service.
TL;DR: The national booked admissions program was the forerunner of an ambitious policy to redesign health services around the patient, and the experience reported here is important in shedding light on the likely impact of the Blair government's reforms.
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Multiple risk behaviour in adolescence
TL;DR: The onset of multiple risk behaviours, such as smoking, anti-social behaviour, hazardous alcohol consumption and unprotected sexual intercourse, cluster in adolescence and are associated with increased risk of poor educational attainment, future morbidity and premature mortality.