Laura Basterfield

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Laura Basterfield is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Basterfield has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 24 papers in Physiology and 16 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Laura Basterfield's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (36 papers), Physical Activity and Health (22 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (16 papers). Laura Basterfield is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (36 papers), Physical Activity and Health (22 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (16 papers). Laura Basterfield collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Qatar. Laura Basterfield's co-authors include Ashley Adamson, John J. Reilly, Kathryn Parkinson, Mark S. Pearce, Jessica Reilly, Xanne Janssen, Adrienne Hughes, Kay Mann, Mohammed Farooq and John C. Mathers and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Laura Basterfield

39 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Timing of the decline in physical activity in childhood and adolescence: Gateshead Millennium Cohort Study

2017 269 citations Kathryn Parkinson, Ashley Adamson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Basterfield United Kingdom	21	1.1k	814	585	313	166	43	1.6k
Paul J. Collings United Kingdom	21	909 0.8×	613 0.8×	399 0.7×	259 0.8×	148 0.9×	60	1.5k
Eric E. Wickel United States	20	1.1k 1.0×	795 1.0×	544 0.9×	312 1.0×	116 0.7×	42	1.6k
David Martínez‐Gómez Spain	25	1.2k 1.0×	619 0.8×	484 0.8×	433 1.4×	137 0.8×	41	1.6k
Miguel Martín‐Matillas Spain	19	758 0.7×	617 0.8×	278 0.5×	307 1.0×	191 1.2×	36	1.5k
Geir Kåre Resaland Norway	28	1.2k 1.0×	765 0.9×	862 1.5×	290 0.9×	79 0.5×	76	2.0k
Aristides M. Machado‐Rodrigues Portugal	19	619 0.6×	319 0.4×	291 0.5×	206 0.7×	109 0.7×	98	1.1k
Patricia K. Strikmiller United States	10	959 0.9×	553 0.7×	664 1.1×	293 0.9×	73 0.4×	12	1.3k
Nina Ferrari Germany	15	753 0.7×	476 0.6×	264 0.5×	294 0.9×	100 0.6×	41	1.3k
Vera Verbestel Belgium	18	873 0.8×	337 0.4×	299 0.5×	349 1.1×	135 0.8×	34	1.2k
María Plada Greece	20	1.4k 1.2×	569 0.7×	271 0.5×	398 1.3×	168 1.0×	32	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Basterfield

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Evans, Elizabeth H., Ashley Adamson, Angela R. Jones, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms and outcomes of a very low intensity intervention to improve parental acknowledgement and understanding of childhood overweight/obesity, embedded in the National Child Measurement Programme: A sub‐study within a large cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ( MapMe2 ). British Journal of Health Psychology. 30(1). e12784–e12784. 1 indexed citations

Adamson, Ashley, Laura Basterfield, John J. Reilly, et al.. (2025). Risk factors for eating disorder symptoms at 15 years of age: a 9-year longitudinal cohort study. Appetite. 214. 108149–108149.

Pearce, Mark S., et al.. (2024). Tracking of MVPA across childhood and adolescence. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 27(6). 396–401. 2 indexed citations

Basterfield, Laura, Dan Jones, Tim Rapley, et al.. (2023). Early Years Physical Activity and Motor Skills Intervention—A Feasibility Study to Evaluate an Existing Training Programme for Early Years Educators. Children. 10(1). 145–145.

Basterfield, Laura, et al.. (2021). The association between physical fitness, sports club participation and body mass index on health-related quality of life in primary school children from a socioeconomically deprived area of England. Preventive Medicine Reports. 24. 101557–101557. 14 indexed citations

Mann, Kay, Laura Basterfield, Catherine Wright, et al.. (2019). Birth weight and adolescent blood pressure measured at age 12 years in the Gateshead Millennium Study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 10(6). 621–626. 2 indexed citations

Janssen, Xanne, Laura Basterfield, Kathryn Parkinson, et al.. (2018). Non-linear longitudinal associations between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and adiposity across the adiposity distribution during childhood and adolescence: Gateshead Millennium Study. International Journal of Obesity. 43(4). 744–750. 22 indexed citations

Parkinson, Kathryn, John J. Reilly, Laura Basterfield, et al.. (2017). Mothers' perceptions of child weight status and the subsequent weight gain of their children: a population-based longitudinal study. International Journal of Obesity. 41(5). 801–806. 28 indexed citations

Mann, Kay, Laura D Howe, Laura Basterfield, et al.. (2017). Longitudinal study of the associations between change in sedentary behavior and change in adiposity during childhood and adolescence: Gateshead Millennium Study. International Journal of Obesity. 41(7). 1042–1047. 53 indexed citations

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Parkinson, Kathryn, Ashley Adamson, Laura Basterfield, et al.. (2015). Influence of adiposity on health-related quality of life in the Gateshead Millennium Study cohort: longitudinal study at 12 years. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 100(8). 779–783. 9 indexed citations

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Basterfield, Laura, Jessica Reilly, Mark S. Pearce, et al.. (2014). Longitudinal associations between sports participation, body composition and physical activity from childhood to adolescence. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 18(2). 178–182. 60 indexed citations

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Basterfield, Laura, Angela R. Jones, Kathryn Parkinson, et al.. (2014). Physical activity, diet and BMI in children aged 6–8 years: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open. 4(6). e005001–e005001. 38 indexed citations

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Pearce, Mark S., et al.. (2012). Early Predictors of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in 8–10 Year Old Children: The Gateshead Millennium Study. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e37975–e37975. 62 indexed citations

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Mann, Kay, Louise Hayes, Laura Basterfield, Louise Parker, & Mark S. Pearce. (2012). Differing lifecourse associations with sport-, occupational- and household-based physical activity at age 49–51 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. International Journal of Public Health. 58(1). 79–88. 10 indexed citations

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Basterfield, Laura, Mark S. Pearce, Ashley Adamson, et al.. (2012). Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Adiposity in English Children. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 42(5). 445–451. 78 indexed citations

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Basterfield, Laura, Mark S. Pearce, Ashley Adamson, et al.. (2012). Effect of choice of outcome measure on studies of the etiology of obesity in children. Annals of Epidemiology. 22(12). 888–891. 20 indexed citations

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Basterfield, Laura, Ashley Adamson, Mark S. Pearce, & John J. Reilly. (2011). Stability of Habitual Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Monitoring by Accelerometry in 6- to 8-Year-Olds. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 8(4). 543–547. 62 indexed citations

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Basterfield, Laura, et al.. (2009). Wheel running in female C57BL/6J mice: impact of oestrus and dietary fat and effects on sleep and body mass. International Journal of Obesity. 33(2). 212–218. 34 indexed citations

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Basterfield, Laura, et al.. (2008). Surveillance of physical activity in the UK is flawed: validation of the Health Survey for England Physical Activity Questionnaire. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 93(12). 1054–1058. 82 indexed citations

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Basterfield, Laura, Johannes M. H. M. Reul, & John C. Mathers. (2005). Impact of Physical Activity on Intestinal Cancer Development in Mice. Journal of Nutrition. 135(12). 3002S–3008S. 24 indexed citations

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