Margaret Ashwell

9.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
79 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Margaret Ashwell is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret Ashwell has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Margaret Ashwell's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (24 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (11 papers). Margaret Ashwell is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (24 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (11 papers). Margaret Ashwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Margaret Ashwell's co-authors include Sigrid Gibson, Shiun Dong Hsieh, Pippa J. Gunn, Lucy M. Browning, H. D. McCarthy, Anne de la Hunty, Adrian K. Dixon, Timothy J. Cole, Janet M. Warren and Nicola Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Margaret Ashwell

71 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Waist‐to‐height ratio is a better screening tool than waist circumference and BMI for adult cardiometabolic risk factors: systematic review and meta‐analysis

2011 1.4k citations Margaret Ashwell, Sigrid Gibson et al. profile →
A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: 0·5 could be a suitable global boundary value

2010 1.0k citations Lucy M. Browning, Shiun Dong Hsieh et al. Nutrition Research Reviews profile →
Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity

2005 750 citations Margaret Ashwell, Shiun Dong Hsieh International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition profile →
A study of central fatness using waist-to-height ratios in UK children and adolescents over two decades supports the simple message – ‘keep your waist circumference to less than half your height’

2006 483 citations Margaret Ashwell et al. International Journal of Obesity profile →
Waist-to-height ratio as an indicator of ‘early health risk’: simpler and more predictive than using a ‘matrix’ based on BMI and waist circumference

2016 393 citations Margaret Ashwell, Sigrid Gibson BMJ Open profile →
A structured literature review on the role of mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating in changing eating behaviours: effectiveness and associated potential mechanisms

2017 264 citations Margaret Ashwell et al. Nutrition Research Reviews profile →

Peers

Margaret Ashwell

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Kurt Widhalm Austria

Leif Lapidus Sweden

Guixiang Zhao United States

Claudio Maffeis Italy

June Stevens United States

Matthew A. Sabin Australia

Stephen Cook United States

Sigrid Gibson United Kingdom

Mary Savoye United States

Thomas P. Erlinger United States

Kurt Widhalm Austria

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4.2k ×1.3

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2.6k ×1.3

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1.1k ×0.7

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873 ×0.7

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1.1k ×1.3

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Fields of papers citing papers by Margaret Ashwell

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Ashwell, Margaret. (2025). Waist-to-Height Ratio Is the Best, Simple Indicator of Health Risk. Nutrition Today. 60(6). 257–263.

Ruxton, C. H. S. & Margaret Ashwell. (2023). Dietitians' and nutritionists' knowledge and views on aspects of health claims regulation in the UK: Do we inadvertently shoot the messenger?. Nutrition Bulletin. 48(2). 216–226.

Ashwell, Margaret, Mary Hickson, Sara Stanner, Ann Prentice, & Christine M. Williams. (2022). Nature of the evidence base and strengths, challenges and recommendations in the area of nutrition and health claims: a position paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences. British Journal Of Nutrition. 130(2). 221–238. 9 indexed citations

Gallagher, Alison, Margaret Ashwell, Jason C. G. Halford, et al.. (2021). Low-calorie sweeteners in the human diet: scientific evidence, recommendations, challenges and future needs. A symposium report from the FENS 2019 conference. Journal of Nutritional Science. 10. e7–e7. 11 indexed citations

Williams, Christine M., Margaret Ashwell, Ann Prentice, Mary Hickson, & Sara Stanner. (2020). Nature of the evidence base and frameworks underpinning dietary recommendations for prevention of non-communicable diseases: a position paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences. British Journal Of Nutrition. 126(7). 1076–1090. 16 indexed citations

Woodside, Jayne V., Margaret Ashwell, James Black, et al.. (2018). NRR volume 31 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Nutrition Research Reviews. 31(1). f1–f9. 1 indexed citations

Woodside, Jayne V., Margaret Ashwell, James Black, et al.. (2017). NRR volume 30 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Nutrition Research Reviews. 30(1). f1–f9. 1 indexed citations

Woodside, Jayne V., Margaret Ashwell, James Black, et al.. (2016). NRR volume 29 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Nutrition Research Reviews. 29(1). f1–f8. 1 indexed citations

Ashwell, Margaret & Sigrid Gibson. (2016). Waist-to-height ratio as an indicator of ‘early health risk’: simpler and more predictive than using a ‘matrix’ based on BMI and waist circumference. BMJ Open. 6(3). e010159–e010159. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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Woodside, Jayne V., Margaret Ashwell, C. Edwards, et al.. (2014). NRR volume 27 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Nutrition Research Reviews. 27(1). f1–f5. 1 indexed citations

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Ashwell, Margaret, et al.. (2014). Waist-to-Height Ratio Is More Predictive of Years of Life Lost than Body Mass Index. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e103483–e103483. 112 indexed citations

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Browning, Lucy M., Shiun Dong Hsieh, & Margaret Ashwell. (2010). A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: 0·5 could be a suitable global boundary value. Nutrition Research Reviews. 23(2). 247–269. 1010 indexed citations breakdown →

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Koletzko, Berthold, Peter Sheridan Dodds, & Margaret Ashwell. (2005). Early nutrition and its later consequences : new opportunities ; perinatal programming of adult health - EC supported research. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 7 indexed citations

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Ashwell, Margaret & Shiun Dong Hsieh. (2005). Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 56(5). 303–307. 750 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ashwell, Margaret. (2002). Elsie May Widdowson, 21 October 1906 - 14 June 2000.. PubMed. 48. 485–506. 1 indexed citations

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Ashwell, Margaret, et al.. (1997). Association of anthropometric indices with elevated blood pressure in British adults. International Journal of Obesity. 21(8). 674–680. 34 indexed citations

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Ashwell, Margaret & R.C. Cottrell. (1990). The food challenge : common and uncommon reaction to food and drink. 1 indexed citations

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Ashwell, Margaret, Timothy J. Cole, & Adrian K. Dixon. (1985). Obesity: new insight into the anthropometric classification of fat distribution shown by computed tomography.. BMJ. 290(6483). 1692–1694. 340 indexed citations

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Ashwell, Margaret, W. R. S. North, & T W Meade. (1978). Social class, smoking, and obesity.. BMJ. 2(6150). 1466–1467. 14 indexed citations

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Ashwell, Margaret, et al.. (1978). Female fat distribution--a photographic and cellularity study.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 2(3). 289–302. 60 indexed citations

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