Helen Croker

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
121 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Helen Croker is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Croker has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 44 papers in Clinical Psychology and 33 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in Helen Croker's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (71 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (40 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (33 papers). Helen Croker is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (71 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (40 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (33 papers). Helen Croker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Helen Croker's co-authors include Jane Wardle, Russell Viner, Simon Russell, Jessica Packer, Claire Stansfield, Joseph Ward, Chris Bonell, Lucy Cooke, Oliver Mytton and Robert Booy and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Helen Croker

115 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

School closure and management practices during coronavirus outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review

2020 1.5k citations Russell Viner, Simon Russell et al. profile →
Effect of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT study): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

2015 469 citations Helen Croker, Jane Wardle et al. profile →
School Closures During Social Lockdown and Mental Health, Health Behaviors, and Well-being Among Children and Adolescents During the First COVID-19 Wave

2022 377 citations Russell Viner, Simon Russell et al. JAMA Pediatrics profile →

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Shefaly Shorey Singapore

Nancy Perrin United States

Debbie Smith United Kingdom

Gary G. Bennett United States

Manoj Sharma United States

Pernille Due Denmark

Yvonne Kelly United Kingdom

Jane Gunn Australia

Kylie D. Hesketh Australia

Christine M. Olson United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Croker

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chu, Anne, Helen Croker, Georgios Markozannes, et al.. (2025). Dietary-Lifestyle Patterns and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) Systematic Literature Review. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 121(5). 986–998. 8 indexed citations

Farrow, Claire, Emma Haycraft, Moritz Herle, et al.. (2025). Daily manifestations of Children's avid eating behaviour and associations with temperament, parental feeding practices and wellbeing. Appetite. 211. 107982–107982. 1 indexed citations

Farrow, Claire, Emma Haycraft, Moritz Herle, et al.. (2024). Differences in parental behaviour, emotions, and cognitions between children's eating profiles. Appetite. 202. 107641–107641. 2 indexed citations

Croker, Helen, Claire Farrow, Emma Haycraft, et al.. (2024). Examining Parent Mood, Feeding Context, and Feeding Goals as Predictors of Feeding Practices Used by Parents of Preschool Children With Avid Eating Behavior: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e55193–e55193. 3 indexed citations

Farrow, Claire, Emma Haycraft, Moritz Herle, et al.. (2024). Associations between parent and child latent eating profiles and the role of parental feeding practices. Appetite. 201. 107589–107589. 5 indexed citations

Kennedy, Fiona, Phillippa Lally, Rana Conway, et al.. (2023). Fatigue, quality of life and associations with adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund guidelines for health behaviours in 5835 adults living with and beyond breast, prostate and colorectal cancer in England: A cross‐sectional study. Cancer Medicine. 12(11). 12705–12716. 8 indexed citations

Kininmonth, Alice R., Moritz Herle, Emma Haycraft, et al.. (2023). Parental feeding practices as a response to child appetitive traits in toddlerhood and early childhood: a discordant twin analysis of the Gemini cohort. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 20(1). 39–39. 8 indexed citations

Kininmonth, Alice R., Moritz Herle, Emma Haycraft, et al.. (2023). Reciprocal associations between parental feeding practices and child eating behaviours from toddlerhood to early childhood: bivariate latent change analysis in the Gemini cohort. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 64(10). 1432–1445. 20 indexed citations

Croker, Helen, Claire Farrow, Emma Haycraft, et al.. (2023). Identifying an avid eating profile in childhood: Associations with temperament, feeding practices and food insecurity. Appetite. 191. 107050–107050. 15 indexed citations

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Kininmonth, Alice R., Moritz Herle, Emma Haycraft, et al.. (2023). Prospective associations between parental feeding practices used in toddlerhood and preschool children's appetite vary according to appetite avidity in toddlerhood. Appetite. 185. 106541–106541. 11 indexed citations

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Fildes, Alison, Phillippa Lally, Michelle Morris, Alexandra F. Dalton, & Helen Croker. (2022). Impact on purchasing behaviour of implementing ‘junk free checkouts’: A pre‐post study. Nutrition Bulletin. 47(3). 333–345. 4 indexed citations

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Viner, Russell, Simon Russell, Rosella Saulle, et al.. (2022). School Closures During Social Lockdown and Mental Health, Health Behaviors, and Well-being Among Children and Adolescents During the First COVID-19 Wave. JAMA Pediatrics. 176(4). 400–400. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

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Viner, Russell, Rosella Saulle, Helen Croker, et al.. (2021). Associations of School Closures with and without Social Lockdown on Physical and Mental Health of Children and Young People during the First COVID-19 Wave: A Systematic Review. JAMA Pediatrics. 2 indexed citations

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Viner, Russell, Sanjay Kinra, Deborah Christie, et al.. (2020). Improving the assessment and management of obesity in UK children and adolescents: the PROMISE research programme including a RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(3). 1–264. 7 indexed citations

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McGowan, Laura, et al.. (2012). Habit-formation as a novel theoretical framework for dietary change in preschoolers. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Croker, Helen. (2010). The practical aspects of healthy eating: Facilitating change. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Haroun, Dalia, Helen Croker, Russell Viner, et al.. (2009). Validation of BIA in Obese Children and Adolescents and Re‐evaluation in a Longitudinal Study. Obesity. 17(12). 2245–2250. 75 indexed citations

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Croker, Helen. (2007). Tackling overweight and obesity in children. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Croker, Helen. (2006). Counselling for obesity (Book Review). UCL Discovery (University College London).

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Wardle, Jon, et al.. (2001). Shape-Up (A lifestyle programme to manage your weight). UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

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