Steven Allender

Causal machine learning for understanding heterogeneous effects of childhood obesity prevention

Abstract Community-based interventions (CBIs) are widely used to prevent childhood obesity, yet evaluating their causal effects is challenging due to multi-level interactions and variation across individuals. Standard statistical approaches often have difficulty addressing these...

Adolescents’ perspectives on socio-cultural influences on overweight and obesity in African countries: a systematic scoping review of qualitative studies

Abstract Introduction Adolescent obesity is a global public health concern, with increasing prevalence rates in many African countries. Studies have highlighted diverse social and cultural influences on weight, but there is uncertainty about how adolescents in Africa perceive and...