Lifestyle instability: an overlooked cause of population obesity?

Arthur B Daw^{1

2}, Chiara N Hinchcliffe¹, Lewis J James^{2

3}, James A King^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Surpic Ltd, Cheltenham, UK.
² National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
³ NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁴ National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. j.a.king@lboro.ac.uk.
⁵ NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. j.a.king@lboro.ac.uk.

Review

Arthur B Daw et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;49(8):1423-1424.

doi: 10.1038/s41366-025-01787-5. Epub 2025 Apr 9.

Arthur B Daw^{1

2}, Chiara N Hinchcliffe¹, Lewis J James^{2

3}, James A King^{4

5}

¹ Surpic Ltd, Cheltenham, UK.
² National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
³ NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁴ National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. j.a.king@lboro.ac.uk.
⁵ NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. j.a.king@lboro.ac.uk.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: AD is Director of Surpic Limited. CH is an employee of Surpic Limited. JK and LJ have no competing interests to declare.

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