Professor Amanda Daley

Amanda is a Professor of Behavioural Medicine and an NIHR Research Professor in Public Health. Amanda is the Director of the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB). Her work is focused on investigating the effects of lifestyle interventions on health outcomes. Amanda has a particular interest in testing lifestyle interventions that can be delivered by health care professionals within routine NHS consultations. She is the chief investigator on several on-going trials that are examining the effectiveness of community and general practice based physical activity and weight management interventions. Amanda currently leads a programme of work around testing the effects of physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling on the purchase and consumption of food and drinks. Amanda works closely with public health organisations, the NHS and other stakeholders. She is most interested in conducting randomised controlled trials, but also has a strong interest in conducting systematic reviews and interrogating large datasets. Amanda currently receives funding from a range of funding bodies and leads the following research awards:

• National Institute for Health Research. ‘Programme Grants for Applied Health Research. Snacktivity’ to promote physical activity and reduce future risk of disease in the population (£2,235,041). Awarded July 2019-August 2027. Chief investigator.
• National Institute for Health Research. NIHR Research Professorship. NIHR Academy. Innovative lifestyle interventions to improve population health (£1,835,651). Awarded November 2019-November 2025. Personal award.
• National Institute for Health Research. Policy Research Programme. A qualitative study to understand the expectations, experiences, and needs of people who experience weight regain after accessing Weight Management Services (£400,000). Awarded March 2024-December 2025. Co-chief investigator.

• International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (Editorial Board)
• British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Advisory Board Member
• Breast Cancer Now (Improving Public Health, Equity and Wellbeing) research funding board

• Doughty J, Large JF, Daley AJ, Yonel Z. Integrating health screening for non-communicable diseases into dental services: what do we know? Community Dental Health. 2024 Nov 29;41(4):237-243.
• Large JF, Madigan C, Graham H, Biddle GJH, Sanders J, Daley AJ. Public and dental teams' views about weight management interventions in dental health settings: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews. 2024 Jun;25(6):e13726.
• Biddle GJ, Thomas N, Edwardson CL, Clemes SA, Daley AJ. Burnout, psychological wellbeing, and musculoskeletal complaints in UK GPs: an observational study. BJGP Open. 2023 Dec 19;7(4):BJGPO.2023.0007.
• Biddle GJH, Thomas N, Edwardson CL, Clemes SA, Daley AJ. Feasibility and acceptability of general practitioners using sit-stand desks: a feasibility trial. BMJ Open. 2024 Jun 23;14(6):e084085.
• Graham H, Madigan C, Daley AJ. A randomised controlled trial to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a small change approach to prevent weight gain. J Behav Med. 2024 Apr;47(2):232-243.
• Large JF, Roalfe A, Madigan C, Daley AJ. Acceptance among the public of weight screening and interventions delivered by dental professionals: observational study. Obesity. 2024 Dec;32(12):2364-2375.
• Madigan CD, Grimmett C, Sweet SN, Daley AJ, Kettle VE, Phillips B, Graham HE. Understanding Adult's Experiences and Perceptions of How to Maintain Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis. Int J Behav Med. 2024 Nov 18.
• Gokal K, Daley AJ, Madigan CD. "Fear of raising the problem without a solution": a qualitative study of patients' and healthcare professionals' views regarding the integration of routine support for physical activity within breast cancer care. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Jan 8;32(1):87.
• Daley AJ, Roalfe AK, Bleich SN. Political voting in the United Kingdom 2019 general election and risk of living with obesity in a nationally representative sample. Int J Obes. 2024 Oct;48(10):1430-1437.
• Krouwel M, Greenfield S, Sanders JP, Gokal K, Chalkley A, Griffin RA, Parretti H, Jolly K, Skrybant M, Biddle S, Greaves C, Esliger DW, Sherar LB, Edwardson C, Yates T, Maddison R, Frew E, Mutrie N, Ives N, Tearne S, Daley AJ. Making Every Contact Count: health professionals' experiences of integrating conversations about Snacktivity to promote physical activity within routine consultations - a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2024 Oct 22;14(10):e085233.
• Sanders JP, Daley AJ, Esliger DW, Roalfe AK, Colda A, Turner J, Hajdu S, Potter A, Humayun AM, Spiliotis I,Reckless I, Mytton O. Effectiveness of a digital health and financial incentive intervention to promote physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with a nested qualitative study-ACTIVATE trial. Trials. 2024 Nov 12;25(1):755.
• Iris N, Munir F, Daley AJ. Physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling on discretionary foods in secondary school canteens in England: an efficacy cluster randomised controlled trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Feb 26;22(1):24
• Iris N, Munir F, Daley AJ. Examining young people's views and understanding of traffic light and physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labels. BMC Public Health. 2023 Jun 14;23(1):1143.
• Thomas JJC, Daley AJ, Esliger DW, Kettle VE, Coombe A, Stamatakis E, Sanders JP. Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Data Sets (Global Physical Activity Data Set Catalogue) That Include Markers of Cardiometabolic Health: Systematic Scoping Review. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Jul 19;25:e45599.
• McLeod CJ, Haycraft E, Daley AJ. Offering vegetables to children at breakfast time in nursery and kindergarten settings: the Veggie Brek feasibility and acceptability cluster randomised controlled trial. International Journal Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity 2023;28;20(1):38.
• Graham H, Madigan C, Daley AJ. A randomised controlled trial to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a small change approach to prevent weight gain. J Behav Med. 2024 Apr;47(2):232-243.
• Doughty J, Gallier S, Paisi M, Witton R, Daley AJ.  Opportunistic health screening for cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors in primary care dental practices: experiences from a service evaluation and a call to action.  British Dental Journal 2023;235, 727–733.
• Graham HE, Madigan CD, Daley AJ. Is a small change approach for weight management effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Obes Rev. 2022 Feb;23(2):e13357.
• Sharp KJ, Sherar LB, Kettle VE, Sanders JP, Daley AJ. Effectiveness of interventions to increase device-measured physical activity in pregnant women: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022 Dec 1;19(1):142.