Maxine Sharps
Biographic Data
| ID | 6254886 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maxine Sharps |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maxine |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharps |
| SIGNATURE | SHARPS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4703-8121 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Application of the Behaviour Change Wheel to Optimise Infant Feeding in Bangladeshi and Pakistani Communities in the UK
Breastfeeding rates in the UK are amongst the lowest in the world, largely driven by individual- and social-level barriers. Evidence has also highlighted that cultural factors can play an important part, such as for the UK South Asian community. Although aggregated breastfeeding data indicates that initiation is high amongst the UK South Asian population, sub-group data shows that this is substantially lower amongst people of Pakistani and Bangla…
Engaging South Asian Communities in the United Kingdom to Explore Infant Feeding Practices and Inform Intervention Development
Breastfeeding in UK Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities is positively and negatively influenced by cultural beliefs and practices. The LIFT (Learning about Infant Feeding Together) project aimed to understand the determinants of infant feeding in these target communities and to engage them in the development of a culturally specific and acceptable infant feeding intervention to support breastfeeding. Reported here is phase one of the LIFT proje…
Social norms and young adults’ self-reported meat and plant-based meal intake
Influence of different cues on willingness-to-try burgers made with insects
The influence of peers and friends on young adults’ plant-based eating
Eating in the lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic; self-reported changes in eating behaviour, and associations with BMI, eating style, coping and health anxiety
Using co-creation to identify infant feeding practices and develop a toolkit to optimise infant feeding in South Asian communities in the UK
The role of perceived descriptive and injunctive norms on the self-reported frequency of meat and plant-based meal intake in UK-based adults
Using pictorial nudges of fruit and vegetables on tableware to increase children's fruit and vegetable consumption
The influence of fictitious peers in a social media intervention for downsizing portions
Downsizing portions of high energy-dense snack food and sugar-sweetened beverages in adolescents
Perceived eating norms and children's eating behaviour
There is initial evidence that beliefs about the eating behaviour of others (perceived eating norms) can influence children's vegetable consumption, but little research has examined the mechanisms explaining this effect. In two studies we aimed to replicate the effect that perceived eating norms have on children's vegetable consumption, and to explore mechanisms which may underlie the influence of perceived eating norms on children's vegetable co…
Encouraging children to eat more fruit and vegetables using descriptive social norm-based messages
Do social norm based messages increase fruit and vegetable intake in children
Encouraging children to eat more fruit and vegetables
Traditional intervention approaches to promote fruit and vegetable consumption outline the health benefits of eating fruit and vegetables. More recently, social norm-based messages describing the healthy eating habits of others have been shown to increase fruit and vegetable intake in adults. Here we report two experimental studies which investigated whether exposure to descriptive social norm-based messages about the behaviour of other children …
Reprint of
Examining evidence for behavioural mimicry of parental eating by adolescent females. An observational study
Eating like you are overweight
How do social norms influence children's food choices
Eating in the lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic; self-reported changes in eating behaviour, and associations with BMI, eating style, coping and health anxiety
Perceived eating norms and children's eating behaviour
There is initial evidence that beliefs about the eating behaviour of others (perceived eating norms) can influence children's vegetable consumption, but little research has examined the mechanisms explaining this effect. In two studies we aimed to replicate the effect that perceived eating norms have on children's vegetable consumption, and to explore mechanisms which may underlie the influence of perceived eating norms on children's vegetable co…
The role of perceived descriptive and injunctive norms on the self-reported frequency of meat and plant-based meal intake in UK-based adults
Encouraging children to eat more fruit and vegetables
Traditional intervention approaches to promote fruit and vegetable consumption outline the health benefits of eating fruit and vegetables. More recently, social norm-based messages describing the healthy eating habits of others have been shown to increase fruit and vegetable intake in adults. Here we report two experimental studies which investigated whether exposure to descriptive social norm-based messages about the behaviour of other children …
Eating like you are overweight
Using pictorial nudges of fruit and vegetables on tableware to increase children's fruit and vegetable consumption
Reprint of
Examining evidence for behavioural mimicry of parental eating by adolescent females. An observational study
Eating like you are overweight
How do social norms influence children's food choices
Reprint of
Examining evidence for behavioural mimicry of parental eating by adolescent females. An observational study
Encouraging children to eat more fruit and vegetables using descriptive social norm-based messages
Do social norm based messages increase fruit and vegetable intake in children
Encouraging children to eat more fruit and vegetables
Traditional intervention approaches to promote fruit and vegetable consumption outline the health benefits of eating fruit and vegetables. More recently, social norm-based messages describing the healthy eating habits of others have been shown to increase fruit and vegetable intake in adults. Here we report two experimental studies which investigated whether exposure to descriptive social norm-based messages about the behaviour of other children …
Perceived eating norms and children's eating behaviour
There is initial evidence that beliefs about the eating behaviour of others (perceived eating norms) can influence children's vegetable consumption, but little research has examined the mechanisms explaining this effect. In two studies we aimed to replicate the effect that perceived eating norms have on children's vegetable consumption, and to explore mechanisms which may underlie the influence of perceived eating norms on children's vegetable co…
The influence of fictitious peers in a social media intervention for downsizing portions
Downsizing portions of high energy-dense snack food and sugar-sweetened beverages in adolescents
Using pictorial nudges of fruit and vegetables on tableware to increase children's fruit and vegetable consumption
Eating in the lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic; self-reported changes in eating behaviour, and associations with BMI, eating style, coping and health anxiety
Using co-creation to identify infant feeding practices and develop a toolkit to optimise infant feeding in South Asian communities in the UK
The role of perceived descriptive and injunctive norms on the self-reported frequency of meat and plant-based meal intake in UK-based adults
The influence of peers and friends on young adults’ plant-based eating
Social norms and young adults’ self-reported meat and plant-based meal intake
Influence of different cues on willingness-to-try burgers made with insects
Application of the Behaviour Change Wheel to Optimise Infant Feeding in Bangladeshi and Pakistani Communities in the UK
Breastfeeding rates in the UK are amongst the lowest in the world, largely driven by individual- and social-level barriers. Evidence has also highlighted that cultural factors can play an important part, such as for the UK South Asian community. Although aggregated breastfeeding data indicates that initiation is high amongst the UK South Asian population, sub-group data shows that this is substantially lower amongst people of Pakistani and Bangla…
Engaging South Asian Communities in the United Kingdom to Explore Infant Feeding Practices and Inform Intervention Development
Breastfeeding in UK Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities is positively and negatively influenced by cultural beliefs and practices. The LIFT (Learning about Infant Feeding Together) project aimed to understand the determinants of infant feeding in these target communities and to engage them in the development of a culturally specific and acceptable infant feeding intervention to support breastfeeding. Reported here is phase one of the LIFT proje…
Psychology (17 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Food Science (5 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Obesity (4 works)