David Boniface
University College London
29 Papers
203 Citations
David Boniface is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 27 publications.
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Papers
Trends in physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adolescence: ethnic and socioeconomic differences
TL;DR: In this paper, a 5-year longitudinal study of a diverse cohort of students aged 11 - 12 years at baseline in 1999 was conducted to assess developmental trends in physical activity and sedentary behaviour in British adolescents in relation to sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES).
Development of adiposity in adolescence: five year longitudinal study of an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of young people in Britain
TL;DR: The results indicate that persistent obesity is established before age 11 and highlight the need to target efforts to prevent obesity in the early years.
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Differences in cancer awareness and beliefs between Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership): do they contribute to differences in cancer survival?
Lindsay J L Forbes,Alice E. Simon,Fiona Warburton,David Boniface,Katherine Emma Brain,Anita Dessaix,Conan Donnelly,Kerry Haynes,Line Hvidberg,Magdalena Lagerlund,G. Lockwood,Carol Tishelman,Peter Vedsted,M. N. Vigmostad,Amanda-Jane Ramirez,Jane Wardle +15 more
TL;DR: The UK had low awareness of age-related risk and the highest perceived barriers to symptomatic presentation, but symptom awareness in the UK did not differ from other countries, which suggests that other factors must be involved in explaining Denmark's poor survival rates.
Eating for Pleasure or Profit The Effect of Incentives on Children’s Enjoyment of Vegetables
Lucy Cooke,Lucy Chambers,Elizabeth V. Añez,Helen Croker,David Boniface,Martin R. Yeomans,Jane Wardle +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that external rewards do not necessarily produce negative effects and may be useful in promoting healthful eating and the effects of exposure with no reward became nonsignificant by 3 months.
Adiposity and 'eating in the absence of hunger' in children.
Claire Hill,Clare H. Llewellyn,Jenny Saxton,Laura Webber,Claudia Semmler,Susan Carnell,C H M van Jaarsveld,David Boniface,Jane Wardle +8 more
TL;DR: EAH is a behavioural phenotype that is not specific to overweight children but instead shows a graded association with adiposity across the weight continuum, particularly in boys, although in this study, the effect was less pronounced in girls.
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