Louisa Ells

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
137 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Louisa Ells is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacy and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Louisa Ells has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 53 papers in Pharmacy and 41 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Louisa Ells's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (64 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (53 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (29 papers). Louisa Ells is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (64 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (53 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (29 papers). Louisa Ells collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Louisa Ells's co-authors include Carolyn Summerbell, John Wilkinson, Emma Mead, Nicola Heslehurst, Tamara Brown, Maria-Intí Metzendorf, Claire O’Malley, Liane B. Azevedo, Karen Rees and Lena Al-Khudairy and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Louisa Ells

128 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years

2017 397 citations Tamara Brown, Karen Rees et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese adolescents aged 12 to 17 years

2017 342 citations Lena Al-Khudairy, Claire O’Malley et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
eHealth interventions for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: a systematic review with meta‐analysis

2015 279 citations Melinda Hutchesson, Megan E. Rollo et al. Obesity Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louisa Ells United Kingdom	30	2.3k	1.2k	874	779	719	137	4.1k
Allison Hedley United States	4	1.9k 0.8×	604 0.5×	543 0.6×	808 1.0×	476 0.7×	6	3.5k
Barbara A. Dennison United States	26	2.7k 1.2×	876 0.7×	319 0.4×	597 0.8×	371 0.5×	63	4.2k
Ellinor K. Olander United Kingdom	25	1.3k 0.5×	639 0.5×	285 0.3×	519 0.7×	466 0.6×	77	3.0k
Joseph A. Skelton United States	31	3.7k 1.6×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	896 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	134	5.7k
Elissa Jelalian United States	35	2.3k 1.0×	925 0.8×	618 0.7×	390 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	131	3.9k
Sharon J. Herring United States	28	1.2k 0.5×	475 0.4×	483 0.6×	326 0.4×	281 0.4×	57	2.4k
Briony Hill Australia	32	1.3k 0.6×	368 0.3×	379 0.4×	236 0.3×	560 0.8×	107	2.6k
Anthea Magarey Australia	43	4.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	549 0.6×	602 0.8×	967 1.3×	138	5.3k
Helen Smiciklas‐Wright United States	39	3.1k 1.4×	721 0.6×	328 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	685 1.0×	120	4.6k
Ahmadreza Dorosty Motlagh Iran	23	2.1k 0.9×	671 0.6×	267 0.3×	774 1.0×	234 0.3×	126	3.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Matu, Jamie, Duncan Radley, Andrew J. Hill, et al.. (2025). Behavior change techniques in low‐calorie and very low‐calorie diet interventions for weight loss: A systematic review with meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 26(5). e13896–e13896.

Franco, Juan Víctor Ariel, Brenda Bongaerts, Maria-Intí Metzendorf, et al.. (2025). Multimodal health behaviour-changing interventions for adolescents living with obesity. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(12). CD016062–CD016062.

Jaiswal, Nishant, Neil Hawkins, Sahar Sharif, et al.. (2025). Dismantling behavioural weight management interventions: component network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and real-world services. Health Technology Assessment. 30(23). 1–27. 1 indexed citations

Franco, Juan Víctor Ariel, Brenda Bongaerts, Maria-Intí Metzendorf, et al.. (2025). Multimodal health behaviour-changing interventions for children living with obesity and their parents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(12). CD016063–CD016063.

Homer, Catherine, Karina Kinsella, Tamara Brown, et al.. (2024). fresh start with high hopes: a qualitative evaluation of experiences of the Total Diet Replacement phase of the NHS Low Calorie Diet Programme pilot. British Journal of Diabetes. 24(1). 60–66. 6 indexed citations

Kinsella, Karina, Catherine Homer, Tamara Brown, et al.. (2024). Is the NHS low‐calorie diet programme delivered as planned? An observational study examining adherence of intervention delivery to service specification. Clinical Obesity. 14(4). e12652–e12652. 3 indexed citations

Halford, Jason C. G., Adrian Brown, Ken Clare, et al.. (2024). Insights from the ACTION Teens Study: a survey of adolescents living with obesity, their caregivers and healthcare professionals in the UK. BMJ Open. 14(7). e086391–e086391.

Radley, Duncan, Catherine Homer, Tamara Brown, et al.. (2024). Participant experiences during the NHS Low Calorie Diet Programme pilot. Findings from an online survey. British Journal of Diabetes. 24(1). 88–94. 3 indexed citations

Homer, Catherine, et al.. (2024). Normalisation and equity of referral to the NHS Low Calorie Diet programme pilot; a qualitative evaluation of the experiences of health care staff. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 152–152. 3 indexed citations

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Homer, Catherine, Karina Kinsella, Tamara Brown, et al.. (2024). ‘Life changing or a failure’? Qualitative experiences of service users from the weight maintenance phase of the NHS Low Calorie Diet Programme pilot for type 2 diabetes. British Journal of Diabetes. 24(1). 74–80. 3 indexed citations

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Jaiswal, Nishant, Olívia Wu, Arlene M. McGarty, et al.. (2024). Supporting active engagement of adults with intellectual disabilities in lifestyle modification interventions: a realist evidence synthesis of what works, for whom, in what context and why. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 68(4). 293–316. 2 indexed citations

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Torbahn, Gabriel, Tamara Brown, Louisa Ells, et al.. (2024). Anti‐Obesity Medication in the Management of Children and Adolescents With Obesity: Recent Developments and Research Gaps. Clinical Endocrinology. 102(1). 51–61. 4 indexed citations

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Maynard, Maria, et al.. (2023). ‘Health Connections’: study protocol for the development of a coproduced, community-based diet, physical activity, and healthy weight intervention for UK black and Asian adults. BMJ Open. 13(9). e073750–e073750. 1 indexed citations

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Maynard, Maria, et al.. (2023). South Asian individuals’ experiences on the NHS low-calorie diet programme: a qualitative study in community settings in England. BMJ Open. 13(12). e079939–e079939. 4 indexed citations

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Hassapidou, Maria, Kerith Duncanson, Vanessa A. Shrewsbury, et al.. (2022). EASO and EFAD Position Statement on Medical Nutrition Therapy for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents. Obesity Facts. 16(1). 29–52. 14 indexed citations

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Ells, Louisa, Mark W. Ashton, Jennifer Logue, et al.. (2022). Can We Deliver Person-Centred Obesity Care Across the Globe?. Current Obesity Reports. 11(4). 350–355. 14 indexed citations

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Azevedo, Liane B., John Stephenson, Louisa Ells, et al.. (2021). The effectiveness of e‐health interventions for the treatment of overweight or obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 23(2). e13373–e13373. 41 indexed citations

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Duncanson, Kerith, Vanessa A. Shrewsbury, Tracy Burrows, et al.. (2020). Impact of weight management nutrition interventions on dietary outcomes in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: a systematic review with meta‐analysis. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 34(1). 147–177. 21 indexed citations

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Foley, Kimberley, Louisa Ells, Esther van Sluijs, et al.. (2019). Protocol for developing a core outcome set for evaluating school-based physical activity interventions in primary schools. BMJ Open. 9(12). e031868–e031868. 6 indexed citations

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Hutchesson, Melinda, Megan E. Rollo, Rebecca A. Krukowski, et al.. (2015). EHealth interventions for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults:A systematic review with meta-analysis. TeesRep (Teesside University). 93 indexed citations

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