Pallan, Miranda http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2868-4892
Hurley, Kiya L.
Griffin, Tania
Lancashire, Emma
Blissett, Jacqueline
Frew, Emma
Gill, Paramjit
Hemming, Karla
Jackson, Louise
Jolly, Kate
McGee, Eleanor
Parry, Jayne
Thompson, Janice L.
Adab, Peymane
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Technology Assessment Programme (12/137/05)
Article History
Received: 19 June 2018
Accepted: 14 November 2018
First Online: 26 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was received from the Edgbaston Local Research Ethics Committee in July 2014 (14/WM/1036). Written consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: EM was the manager of the First Steps children’s weight management programme (the programme on which this study is based). PA is a member of the National Institute for Health Research Public Health Research Funding Board. Jayne Parry undertakes committee work for the National Institute for Health Research that attracts a small stipend, which is paid directly to the University of Birmingham where she is employed full-time. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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