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List of works by Rebecca K Simmons

A randomized evaluation of loss and gain frames in an invitation to screening for type 2 diabetes: effects on attendance, anxiety and self-rated health

scientific article published in March 2010

A simple risk score identifies individuals at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 30 May 2008

A simple risk score using routine data for predicting cardiovascular disease in primary care

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Altered respiratory function is associated with increased metabolic risk, independently of adiposity, fitness and physical activity.

scientific article published in April 2009

An evaluation of the effectiveness of ‘Active for Life’: An exercise referral scheme in West Suffolk

scientific article published on 24 October 2009

Applied public health research -- falling through the cracks?

scientific article published on 25 September 2009

Are changes in glycaemic control associated with diabetes-specific quality of life and health status in screen-detected type 2 diabetes patients? Four-year follow up of the ADDITION-Cambridge cohort

scientific article published in January 2015

Association between objectively assessed sedentary time and physical activity with metabolic risk factors among people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 03 October 2013

Bariatric surgery for obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 11 April 2013

Bidirectional association between physical activity and muscular strength in older adults: Results from the UK Biobank study

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Cardiovascular risk reduction following diagnosis of diabetes by screening: 1-year results from the ADDITION-Cambridge trial cohort

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Change in cardio-protective medication and health-related quality of life after diagnosis of screen-detected diabetes: Results from the ADDITION-Cambridge cohort.

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Change in cardiovascular risk factors following early diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: a cohort analysis of a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on April 2014

Changes in diet, cardiovascular risk factors and modelled cardiovascular risk following diagnosis of diabetes: 1-year results from the ADDITION-Cambridge trial cohort.

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Changes in physical activity and modelled cardiovascular risk following diagnosis of diabetes: 1-year results from the ADDITION-Cambridge trial cohort.

scientific article published on February 2013

Commentary: obesity is not a newly recognized public health problem--a commentary of Breslow's 1952 paper on 'public health aspects of weight control'.

scientific article published on 8 December 2005

Cost-effectiveness of intensive multifactorial treatment compared with routine care for individuals with screen-detected Type 2 diabetes: analysis of the ADDITION-UK cluster-randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Diabetes-specific quality of life but not health status is independently associated with glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis of the ADDITION-Europe trial cohort

scientific article published on 15 January 2014

Do improvements in dietary behaviour contribute to cardiovascular risk factor reduction over and above cardio-protective medication in newly diagnosed diabetes patients?

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Do simple questions about diet and physical activity help to identify those at risk of Type 2 diabetes?

scientific article published on 8 May 2007

Does early intensive multifactorial therapy reduce modelled cardiovascular risk in individuals with screen-detected diabetes? Results from the ADDITION-Europe cluster randomized trial

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Does early intensive multifactorial treatment reduce total cardiovascular burden in individuals with screen-detected diabetes? Findings from the ADDITION-Europe cluster-randomized trial

scientific article published on November 2012

Early Detection and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Reduce Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality: A Simulation of the Results of the Anglo-Danish-Dutch Study of Intensive Treatment in People With Screen-Detected Diabetes in Primary Care (ADDITION-Euro

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Effect of a participant-driven health education programme in primary care for people with hyperglycaemia detected by screening: 3-year results from the Ready to Act randomized controlled trial (nested within the ADDITION-Denmark study).

scientific article published on 15 April 2014

Effect of early intensive multifactorial therapy compared with routine care on self-reported health status, general well-being, diabetes-specific quality of life and treatment satisfaction in screen-detected type 2 diabetes mellitus patients (ADDITI

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

Effect of early intensive multifactorial therapy on 5-year cardiovascular outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes detected by screening (ADDITION-Europe): a cluster-randomised trial

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Effect of early multifactorial therapy compared with routine care on microvascular outcomes at 5 years in people with screen-detected diabetes: a randomized controlled trial: the ADDITION-Europe Study

scientific article published in May 2014

Effect of population screening for type 2 diabetes on mortality: long-term follow-up of the Ely cohort

scientific article published on 27 October 2010

Effect of screening for Type 2 diabetes on population-level self-rated health outcomes and measures of cardiovascular risk: 13-year follow-up of the Ely cohort.

scientific article published on July 2012

Estimating the population impact of screening strategies for identifying and treating people at high risk of cardiovascular disease: modelling study

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Evaluation of the Framingham risk score in the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer-Norfolk cohort: does adding glycated hemoglobin improve the prediction of coronary heart disease events?

scientific article published in June 2008

Experience of miscarriage in the UK: qualitative findings from the National Women's Health Study

scientific article published on 15 June 2006

Glucose intolerance and cardiovascular risk factors in Hong Kong: data from two occupation-based cross-sectional surveys

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Healthy behavior change and cardiovascular outcomes in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients: a cohort analysis of the ADDITION-Cambridge study

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Healthy behaviours and 10-year incidence of diabetes: a population cohort study.

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

How much does screening bring forward the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and reduce complications? Twelve year follow-up of the Ely cohort

scientific article published on 12 January 2012

How much might achievement of diabetes prevention behaviour goals reduce the incidence of diabetes if implemented at the population level?

scientific article published in March 2006

Incidence of type 2 diabetes using proposed HbA1c diagnostic criteria in the european prospective investigation of cancer-norfolk cohort: implications for preventive strategies

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Increasing objectively measured sedentary time increases clustered cardiometabolic risk: a 6 year analysis of the ProActive study

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International Diabetes Federation: An update of the evidence concerning the prevention of type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 12 November 2009

Is wearing a pedometer associated with higher physical activity among adolescents?

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Long-term effect of population screening for diabetes on cardiovascular morbidity, self-rated health, and health behavior

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Medication burden in the first 5 years following diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: findings from the ADDITION-UK trial cohort

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Multiple behaviour change intervention and outcomes in recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: the ADDITION-Plus randomised controlled trial

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Non-diabetic hyperglycaemia and cardiovascular risk: moving beyond categorisation to individual interpretation of absolute risk

scientific article published on 23 September 2010

Objectively measured sedentary time, physical activity and kidney function in people with recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort analysis.

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Patient-centred care, health behaviours and cardiovascular risk factor levels in people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: 5-year follow-up of the ADDITION-Plus trial cohort

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Performance of the UK Prospective Diabetes Study Risk Engine and the Framingham Risk Equations in Estimating Cardiovascular Disease in the EPIC- Norfolk Cohort

scientific article published on 29 December 2008

Performance of the UKPDS outcomes model for prediction of myocardial infarction and stroke in the ADDITION-Europe trial cohort

scientific article published on 7 August 2013

Physical activity, sedentary time and gain in overall and central body fat: 7-year follow-up of the ProActive trial cohort

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Physical activity, sedentary time and physical capability in early old age: British birth cohort study

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Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy weight gain: an individual-level meta-analysis

scientific article published in August 2011

Predictors of change in objectively measured and self-reported health behaviours among individuals with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: longitudinal results from the ADDITION-Plus trial cohort.

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Prospective associations between sedentary time, physical activity, fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes

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Protocol for ADDITION-PRO: a longitudinal cohort study of the cardiovascular experience of individuals at high risk for diabetes recruited from Danish primary care

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Protocol for the ADDITION-Plus study: a randomised controlled trial of an individually-tailored behaviour change intervention among people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes under intensive UK general practice care

scientific article published on April 4, 2011

Record-based, stepwise screening for type 2 diabetes integrated into an annual cardiovascular care review system: Findings from a UK general practice

scientific article published on 02 October 2011

Repeat Cardiovascular Risk Assessment after Four Years: Is There Improvement in Risk Prediction?

scientific article published on 19 February 2016

Researching how to realize the potential of diabetes prevention

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Risk Assessment Tools for Identifying Individuals at Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

scientific article published on May 27, 2011

Screening for type 2 diabetes and population mortality over 10 years (ADDITION-Cambridge): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 4 October 2012

Screening for type 2 diabetes and population mortality over 10 years - authors' reply.

scientific article published in March 2013

Screening for type 2 diabetes is feasible, acceptable, but associated with increased short-term anxiety: a randomised controlled trial in British general practice.

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Screening for type 2 diabetes. Lessons from the ADDITION-Europe study

scientific article published in November 2011

Screening for type 2 diabetes: an update of the evidence

scientific article published on October 2010

Self-rated health and cardiovascular disease incidence: results from a longitudinal population-based cohort in Norfolk, UK

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Sleep duration and cardiometabolic risk factors among individuals with type 2 diabetes.

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Socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of physical activity perception in individuals with recently diagnosed diabetes: results from a cross-sectional study

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Temporal shifts in cardiovascular risk factor distribution

scientific article published on February 2014

The ADDITION-Cambridge trial protocol: a cluster -- randomised controlled trial of screening for type 2 diabetes and intensive treatment for screen-detected patients

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The association of cycling with all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality: findings from the population-based EPIC-Norfolk cohort

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The impact of intensive multifactorial treatment on perceptions of chronic care among individuals with screen-detected diabetes: results from the ADDITION-Denmark trial

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

The metabolic syndrome: useful concept or clinical tool? Report of a WHO Expert Consultation

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Validity of self-assessed waist circumference in a multi-ethnic UK population.

scientific article published in March 2012

Variation in prescribing of lipid-lowering medication in primary care is associated with incidence of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in people with screen-detected diabetes: findings from the ADDITION-Denmark trial

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Which behavior change techniques are associated with changes in physical activity, diet and body mass index in people with recently diagnosed diabetes?

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Which risk engines are best to assess CVD risk in diabetes?

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Who attends a UK diabetes screening programme? Findings from the ADDITION-Cambridge study.

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Who will increase their physical activity? Predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort

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