Nerys M. Astbury

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Nerys M. Astbury is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Nerys M. Astbury has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 24 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Nerys M. Astbury's work include Diet and metabolism studies (21 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers) and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (15 papers). Nerys M. Astbury is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (21 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers) and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (15 papers). Nerys M. Astbury collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Nerys M. Astbury's co-authors include Susan A. Jebb, Paul Aveyard, Carmen Piernas, Moira A. Taylor, Ian Macdonald, Min Gao, Julia Hippisley–Cox, Stephen O’Rahilly, Kate Tudor and Michaela Noreik and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Nerys M. Astbury

50 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Associations between body-mass index and COVID-19 severity in 6·9 million people in England: a prospective, community-based, cohort study

2021 324 citations Min Gao, Carmen Piernas et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nerys M. Astbury United Kingdom	21	612	402	264	249	241	56	1.6k
Gabriella Pugliese Italy	28	929 1.5×	548 1.4×	323 1.2×	267 1.1×	172 0.7×	58	2.4k
Carolyn Bain United States	15	667 1.1×	412 1.0×	126 0.5×	240 1.0×	188 0.8×	29	1.5k
Flávia Campos Corgosinho Brazil	22	534 0.9×	320 0.8×	140 0.5×	357 1.4×	172 0.7×	64	1.3k
Ilaria Goitre Italy	16	393 0.6×	240 0.6×	94 0.4×	123 0.5×	268 1.1×	31	1.4k
George Alberti United Kingdom	10	275 0.4×	556 1.4×	620 2.3×	328 1.3×	56 0.2×	19	1.7k
Marianna Pellegrini Italy	16	355 0.6×	164 0.4×	81 0.3×	148 0.6×	280 1.2×	30	1.1k
Andrew Grandinetti United States	27	340 0.6×	545 1.4×	469 1.8×	243 1.0×	95 0.4×	59	2.0k
Haleh Ashraf Iran	22	239 0.4×	276 0.7×	345 1.3×	257 1.0×	90 0.4×	94	1.5k
Jens Kristoffer Hertel Norway	24	598 1.0×	277 0.7×	392 1.5×	246 1.0×	66 0.3×	88	2.1k
Akatsuki Kokaze Japan	23	288 0.5×	513 1.3×	160 0.6×	300 1.2×	133 0.6×	138	1.7k

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Tenorio-Jiménez, Carmen, Isabel Haro, Concepción M. Aguilera, et al.. (2025). Intervention design and adherence to Mediterranean diet in the Cardiovascular Risk Prevention with a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Reduced in Saturated Fat (CADIMED) randomized trial. Nutrition Research. 136. 120–132. 2 indexed citations

Tucker, Katherine L., et al.. (2025). A Digital Lifestyle App for Hypertension During Pregnancy: Mixed Methods Intervention Development Study Using the Person-Based Approach. JMIR Formative Research. 9. e68927–e68927.

Astbury, Nerys M., et al.. (2025). Prediction Models for Maternal and Offspring Short‐ and Long‐Term Outcomes Following Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review. Obesity Reviews. 26(9). e13934–e13934. 1 indexed citations

Koutoukidis, Dimitrios A., Jennifer Carter, Carmen Piernas, et al.. (2024). Associations between Dietary Patterns and Incident Colorectal Cancer in 114,443 Individuals from the UK Biobank: A Prospective Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 33(11). 1445–1455. 2 indexed citations

Onyimadu, Olu, Nerys M. Astbury, Felix Achana, Stavros Petrou, & Mara Violato. (2024). Childhood Transitions Between Weight Status Categories: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. PharmacoEconomics. 42(6). 649–661. 1 indexed citations

Kirk, Megan, Anisa Hajizadeh, Paul Doody, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of behavioural interventions with motivational interviewing on physical activity outcomes in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 386. e078713–e078713. 12 indexed citations

Jebb, Susan A., et al.. (2024). REduced‐Carbohydrate intervention for managing Obesity and Reduction of gestational Diabetes ( RECORD ): A randomized controlled feasibility trial. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 26(4). 1407–1420. 6 indexed citations

Piernas, Carmen, Koen B. Pouwels, Susan A. Jebb, et al.. (2024). Associations between BMI and hospital resource use in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 in England: a community-based cohort study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 12(7). 462–471. 2 indexed citations

Astbury, Nerys M., et al.. (2023). Clinical guidelines for the management of weight during pregnancy: a qualitative evidence synthesis of practice recommendations across NHS Trusts in England. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23(1). 164–164. 4 indexed citations

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Jebb, Susan A., et al.. (2023). Dietary interventions in pregnancy for the prevention of gestational diabetes: a literature review. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 84(3). 290–302.

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Butler, Ailsa R., et al.. (2022). Setting the top 10 priorities for obesity and weight-related research (POWeR): a stakeholder priority setting process. BMJ Open. 12(7). e058177–e058177. 3 indexed citations

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Patel, Rajan S., et al.. (2022). Evidence of lifestyle interventions in a pregnant population with chronic hypertension and/or pre-existing diabetes: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Pregnancy Hypertension. 31. 60–72. 2 indexed citations

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Ferrey, Anne, Nerys M. Astbury, Yvonne Kenworthy, et al.. (2021). Exploring women’s thoughts on self-weighing during pregnancy: results of the Self-Weighing in Pregnancy: Experiences (SWIPE) study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 21(1). 154–154. 8 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Filippo, Cristina Stewart, Nerys M. Astbury, et al.. (2021). Replacing meat with alternative plant-based products (RE-MAP): a randomized controlled trial of a multicomponent behavioral intervention to reduce meat consumption. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(5). 1357–1366. 35 indexed citations

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Piernas, Carmen, Paul Aveyard, Charlotte Lee, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of an intervention to provide brief support and personalized feedback on food shopping to reduce saturated fat intake (PC-SHOP): A randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 17(11). e1003385–e1003385. 13 indexed citations

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Koutoukidis, Dimitrios A., Susan A. Jebb, Paul Aveyard, & Nerys M. Astbury. (2020). The Effect of Moderate Weight Loss on a Non-Invasive Biomarker of Liver Fibrosis: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Obesity Facts. 13(2). 144–151. 4 indexed citations

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Astbury, Nerys M., et al.. (2019). A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the effectiveness of meal replacements for weight loss. Obesity Reviews. 20(4). 569–587. 108 indexed citations

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Piernas, Carmen, Melina Tsiountsioura, Nerys M. Astbury, et al.. (2019). Primary Care SHOPping intervention for cardiovascular disease prevention (PC-SHOP): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to reduce saturated fat intake. BMJ Open. 9(4). e027035–e027035. 6 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Filippo, Paul Aveyard, Nerys M. Astbury, et al.. (2019). Replacing meat with alternative plant-based products (RE-MAPs): protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a behavioural intervention to reduce meat consumption. BMJ Open. 9(5). e027016–e027016. 11 indexed citations

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Astbury, Nerys M., Moira A. Taylor, Stephen French, & Ian Macdonald. (2014). Snacks containing whey protein and polydextrose induce a sustained reduction in daily energy intake over 2 wk under free-living conditions. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 99(5). 1131–1140. 23 indexed citations

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