Ashley Olson
MRC Human Nutrition Research
10 Papers
27 Citations
Ashley Olson is an academic researcher from MRC Human Nutrition Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Referral. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment versus standard care: a randomised controlled trial
Susan A. Jebb,Amy L Ahern,Ashley Olson,Louise M. Aston,Christina Holzapfel,Julia Stoll,Ulrike Amann-Gassner,Annie E. Simpson,Nicholas R. Fuller,Suzanne Pearson,Namson S Lau,Adrian Mander,Hans Hauner,Ian D. Caterson +13 more
TL;DR: Referral by a primary health-care professional to a commercial weight loss programme that provides regular weighing, advice about diet and physical activity, motivation, and group support can offer a clinically useful early intervention for weight management in overweight and obese people that can be delivered at large scale.
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Weight Watchers on prescription: An observational study of weight change among adults referred to Weight Watchers by the NHS
TL;DR: This is the largest audit of NHS referral to a commercial weight loss programme in the UK and results are comparable with other options for weight loss available through primary care.
A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment, relative to standard care—an international randomised controlled trial
Nicholas R. Fuller,Stephen Colagiuri,Deborah Schofield,Ashley Olson,Rupendra N. Shrestha,Christina Holzapfel,S B Wolfenstetter,Rolf Holle,Amy L Ahern,Hans Hauner,Susan A. Jebb,Ian D. Caterson +11 more
TL;DR: This study indicates that it is cost effective for general practitioners to refer overweight and obese patients to a CP, which may be better value than expending public funds on GP visits to manage this problem.
Genetic predisposition influences plasma lipids of participants on habitual diet, but not the response to reductions in dietary intake of saturated fatty acids
Celia G. Walker,Ruth J. F. Loos,Ashley Olson,Gary Frost,Bruce A. Griffin,Julie A. Lovegrove,Thomas A. B. Sanders,Susan A. Jebb +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that increased genetic predisposition was associated with an unfavourable plasma lipid profile at baseline, but did not influence the improvement in lipid profiles by the low-saturated-fat diets.
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A re-analysis of the iron content of plant based foods in the United Kingdom
Sylvaine F. A. Bruggraber,Thomas P. E. Chapman,C W Thane,Ashley Olson,Ravin Jugdaohsingh,Jonathan J. Powell +5 more
TL;DR: The overall Fe content of plant-based foods is largely consistent between the 1930s and 2000s, with a fall in natural dietary Fe content negated or even surpassed by a rise in fortificant Fe but for which the long-term effects are uncertain.