Journal Articles
Yang, Y,
Thackray, A, Shen, T, Alotaibi, TF, Alanazi, T, Clifford, T, Hartescu, I, King, J, Willis, S, Roberts, M, Lolli, L, Atkinson, G, Stensel, D (2024)
A replicate crossover trial on the inter-individual variability of sleep indices in response to acute exercise undertaken by healthy men,
Sleep, ISSN: 0161-8105.
Alruwaili, A, King, J, Deighton, K, Kelly, B, Liao, Z, Innes, A, Henson, J, Yates, T, Johnson, W, Thivel, D, Metz, L,
Thackray, A, Tolfrey, K, Stensel, D, Willis, S (2024)
The association of smoking with different eating and dietary behaviours: a cross-sectional analysis of 80,296 UK adults,
Addiction, ISSN: 0965-2140.
Shen, T,
Thackray, A, King, J, Alotaibi, T, Alanazi, T, Willis, S, Roberts, M, Lolli, L, Atkinson, G, Stensel, D (2023)
Are there interindividual responses of cardiovascular disease risk markers to acute exercise? A replicate crossover study,
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 56(1), pp.63-72, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0000000000003283.
Jin, Z,
Thackray, A, King, J, Deighton, K, Davies, M, Stensel, D (2023)
Analytical performance of the factory-calibrated flash glucose monitoring system FreeStyle Libre2TM in healthy women,
Sensors, 23(17), 7417, DOI:
10.3390/s23177417.
Malaikah, S, Willis, S, Henson, J, Sargeant, J, Yates, T,
Thackray, A, Goltz, F, Roberts, M, Bodicoat, D, Aithal, G, Stensel, D, King, J (2023)
Associations of objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time and cardiorespiratory fitness with adipose tissue insulin resistance and ectopic fat,
International Journal of Obesity, 47(10), ISSN: 0307-0565. DOI:
10.1038/s41366-023-01350-0.
Dera, A, Shen, T,
Thackray, A, Hinton, EC, King, J, James, L, Morgan, PS, Rush, N, Miyashita, M, Batterham, R, Stensel, D (2023)
The influence of physical activity on neural responses to visual food cues in humans: A systematic review of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies,
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 152, 105247, ISSN: 0149-7634. DOI:
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105247.
Thackray, A, Hinton, E, Alanazi, T, Dera, A, Fujihara, K, Hamilton-Shield, J, King, J, Lithander, F, Miyashita, M, Thompson, J, Morgan, P, Davies, M, Stensel, D (2023)
Exploring the acute effects of running on cerebral blood flow and food cue reactivity in healthy young men using functional magnetic resonance imaging,
Human Brain Mapping, 44(9), pp.3815-3832, ISSN: 1065-9471. DOI:
10.1002/hbm.26314.
Thackray, A and Stensel, D (2023)
The impact of acute exercise on appetite control: current insights and future perspectives,
Appetite, 186, 106557, ISSN: 0195-6663. DOI:
10.1016/j.appet.2023.106557.
Malaikah, S, Willis, S, Henson, J, Sargeant, J, Yates, T,
Thackray, A, Goltz, F, Roberts, M, Bernard-Deshong, D, Aithal, G, Stensel, D, King, J (2023)
Circulating leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 and fibroblast growth factor 21 are negatively associated with cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy volunteers,
Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 48(6), pp.436-444, ISSN: 1715-5312. DOI:
10.1139/apnm-2022-0445.
Roberts, M,
Thackray, A, Wadley, A, Alotaibi, T, Hunter, D, Thompson, J, Fujihara, K, Miyashita, M, Mastana, S, Bishop, N, ODonnell, E, Davies, M, King, J, Yates, T, Webb, D, Stensel, D (2022)
Effect of acute walking on endothelial function and postprandial lipemia in South Asians and White Europeans,
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 55(5), pp.794-802, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0000000000003098.
Grigg, M, Thake, D, Allgrove, J, King, J,
Thackray, A, Stensel, D, Owen, A, Broom, D (2022)
Influence of water-based exercise on energy intake, appetite, and appetite-related hormones in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis,
Appetite, 180, 106375, ISSN: 0195-6663. DOI:
10.1016/j.appet.2022.106375.
Zakrzewski-Fruer, J and
Thackray, A (2022)
Enhancing cardiometabolic health through physical activity and breakfast manipulations in children and adolescents: good for humans, good for the planet,
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 82(3), pp.272-285, ISSN: 0029-6651. DOI:
10.1017/S0029665122002804.
Chow, LS, Gerszten, RE, Taylor, JM, Pedersen, BK, van Praag, H, Trappe, S, Febbraio, MA, Galis, ZS, Gao, Y, Haus, JM, Lanza, IR, Lavie, CJ, Lee, C-H, Lucia, A, Moro, C, Pandey, A, Robbins, JM, Stanford, KI,
Thackray, AE, Villeda, S, Watt, MJ, Xia, A, Zierath, JR, Goodpaster, BH, Snyder, M (2022)
Reply to ‘Lactate as a major myokine and exerkine’,
Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 18(11), pp.713-713, ISSN: 1759-5029. DOI:
10.1038/s41574-022-00726-y.
Smallcombe, J, Biddle, G, Slater, T,
Thackray, A, Dunstan, DW, Barrett, L, Tolfrey, K (2022)
Breaking sitting time with physical activity increases energy expenditure but does not alter postprandial metabolism in girls,
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 54(11), pp.1850-1860, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/mss.0000000000002979.
Chow, LS, Gerszten, RE, Taylor, JM, Pedersen, BK, van Praag, H, Trappe, S, Febbraio, MA, Galis, ZS, Gao, Y, Haus, JM, Lanza, IR, Lavie, CJ, Lee, C-H, Lucia, A, Moro, C, Pandey, A, Robbins, JM, Stanford, KI,
Thackray, A, Villeda, S, Watt, MJ, Xia, A, Zierath, JR, Goodpaster, BH, Snyder, MP (2022)
Exerkines in health, resilience and disease,
Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 18(5), pp.273-289, ISSN: 1759-5029. DOI:
10.1038/s41574-022-00641-2.
Hamrouni, M, Roberts, M,
Thackray, A, Stensel, D, Bishop, N (2021)
Associations of obesity, physical activity level, inflammation and cardiometabolic health with COVID-19 mortality: a prospective analysis of the UK Biobank cohort,
BMJ Open, 11(11), e055003, ISSN: 2044-6055. DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055003.
Hartescu, I, Stensel, D,
Thackray, A, King, J, Dorling, J, Rogers, E, Hall, AP, Brady, EM, Davies, MJ, Yates, T, Morgan, K (2021)
Sleep extension and metabolic health in male overweight/obese short sleepers: A randomised controlled trial,
Journal of Sleep Research, 31(2), e13469, ISSN: 0962-1105. DOI:
10.1111/jsr.13469.
Nagayama, C, Burns, S,
Thackray, A, Stensel, D, Miyashita, M (2021)
Postprandial metabolism and physical activity in Asians: a narrative review,
International Journal of Sports Medicine, 42(11), pp.953-966, ISSN: 0172-4622. DOI:
10.1055/a-1493-2948.
Benedetti, S, Moir, H, Stensel, D,
Thackray, A, Naughton, D, Allgrove, J (2021)
Effects of moderate to vigorous intensity cycling on appetite, ad libitum energy intake and appetite-related hormones in healthy South Asian and white European men,
Appetite, 165, 105282, ISSN: 0195-6663. DOI:
10.1016/j.appet.2021.105282.
Wadley, A, Roberts, M, Creighton, J,
Thackray, A, Stensel, D, Bishop, N (2021)
Higher levels of physical activity are associated with reduced tethering and migration of pro-inflammatory monocytes in males with central obesity,
Exercise Immunology Review, 27, pp.54-66, ISSN: 1077-5552.
Kinnear, F, Lithander, F, Searle, A, Bayly, G, Wei, C, Stensel, D,
Thackray, A, Hunt, L, Hamilton-Shield, J (2020)
Reducing cardiovascular disease risk among families with familial hypercholesterolaemia by improving diet and physical activity: a randomised controlled feasibility trial,
BMJ Open, 10(12), e044200, ISSN: 2044-6055. DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044200.
Dorling, J,
Thackray, A, King, J, Pucci, A, Goltz, F, Batterham, R, Stensel, D (2020)
No influence of the fat mass and obesity-associated gene rs9939609 single nucleotide polymorphism on blood lipids in young males,
Nutrients, 12(12), 3857, ISSN: 2072-6643. DOI:
10.3390/nu12123857.
Nagayama, C, Burns, S, Stensel, D,
Thackray, A, Takahashi, M, Miyashita, M (2020)
Effects of a single bout of walking on postprandial triglycerides in men of Chinese, European and Japanese descent: a multisite randomised crossover trial,
BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 6, e000928, ISSN: 2055-7647. DOI:
10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000928.
Leonard, A, Shill, A,
Thackray, A, Stensel, D, Bishop, N (2020)
Fasted plasma asprosin concentrations are associated with menstrual cycle phase, oral contraceptive use and training status in healthy women,
European Journal of Applied Physiology, ISSN: 1439-6319. DOI:
10.1007/s00421-020-04570-8.
Alotaibi, T,
Thackray, A, Roberts, M, Alanazi, T, Bishop, N, Wadley, A, King, J, O’Donnell, E, Steiner, M, Singh, S, Stensel, D (2020)
Acute running and coronary heart disease risk markers in male cigarette smokers and nonsmokers: a randomized crossover trial,
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 53(5), pp.1021-1032, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0000000000002560.
Thackray, A, Willis, S, Clayton, D, Broom, D, Finlayson, G, Goltz, F, Sargeant, J, Woods, R, Stensel, D, King, J (2020)
Influence of short-term hyperenergetic, high-fat feeding on appetite, appetite-related hormones, and food reward in healthy men,
Nutrients, 12(9), 2635, DOI:
10.3390/nu12092635.
Thackray, A, Willis, S, Sherry, A, Clayton, D, Broom, D, Demashkieh, M, Sargeant, J, James, L, Finlayson, G, Stensel, D, King, J (2020)
An acute bout of swimming increases post-exercise energy intake in young healthy men and women,
Appetite, 154, 104785, ISSN: 0195-6663. DOI:
10.1016/j.appet.2020.104785.
Miyashita, M, Hamada, Y, Fujihira, K, Nagayama, C, Takahashi, M, Burns, SF,
Thackray, AE, Stensel, DJ (2020)
Correction to: Energy replacement diminishes the postprandial triglyceride‑lowering effect from accumulated walking in older women,
European Journal of Nutrition, 59(5), pp.2271-2272, ISSN: 1436-6207. DOI:
10.1007/s00394-020-02263-8.
Miyashita, M, Hamada, Y, Fujihira, K, Nagayama, C, Takahashi, M, Burns, S,
Thackray, A, Stensel, D (2020)
Energy replacement diminishes the postprandial triglyceride-lowering effect from accumulated walking in older women,
European Journal of Nutrition, 59, pp.2261-2270, ISSN: 0044-264X. DOI:
10.1007/s00394-020-02234-z.
Kinnear, F, Hamilton-Shield, J, Stensel, D, Bayly, G, Searle, A,
Thackray, A, Lithander, F (2020)
Nutrition and physical activity intervention for families with familial hypercholesterolaemia: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled feasibility study,
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6, 42, ISSN: 2055-5784. DOI:
10.1186/s40814-020-00584-3.
Willis, S, Sargeant, J, Yates, T, Takamura, T, Takayama, H, Gupta, V, Brittain, E, Crawford, J, Parry, S,
Thackray, A, Varela-Mato, V, Stensel, D, Woods, R, Hulston, C, Aithal, G, King, J (2020)
Acute hyper-energetic, high-fat feeding increases circulating FGF21, LECT2 and fetuin-A in healthy men,
The Journal of Nutrition, 150(5), pp.1076-1085, ISSN: 0022-3166. DOI:
10.1093/jn/nxz333.
Thivel, D, Roche, J, Miguet, M, Fillon, A, Khammassi, M, Beaulieu, K, Finlayson, G, Pereira, B, Miyashita, M,
Thackray, A, Masurier, J, Duclos, M, Boirie, Y (2019)
Post- moderate intensity exercise energy replacement does not reduce subsequent appetite and energy intake in adolescents with obesity,
British Journal of Nutrition, 123(5), pp.592-600, ISSN: 0007-1145. DOI:
10.1017/S0007114519003106.
Highton, PJ, Goltz, FR, Martin, N, Stensel, D,
Thackray, A, Bishop, N (2019)
Microparticle responses to aerobic exercise and meal consumption in healthy men,
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 51(9), pp.1935-1943, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0000000000001985.
Willis, S, Sargeant, JA,
Thackray, A, Yates, TE, Stensel, D, Aithal, GP, King, J (2019)
Effect of exercise intensity on circulating hepatokine concentrations in healthy men,
Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 44(10), pp.1065-1072, ISSN: 1715-5312. DOI:
10.1139/apnm-2018-0818.
Dorling, JL, Clayton, DJ, Jones, J, Carter, W,
Thackray, A, King, J, Pucci, A, Batterham, RL, Stensel, D (2019)
A randomized crossover trial assessing the effects of acute exercise on appetite, circulating ghrelin concentrations, and butyrylcholinesterase activity in normal-weight males with variants of the obesity-linked FTO rs9939609 polymorphism,
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 110(5), pp.1055-1066, ISSN: 0002-9165. DOI:
10.1093/ajcn/nqz188.
Goltz, FR,
Thackray, A, Varela-Mato, V, King, J, Dorling, JL, Dowejko, M, Mastana, S, Thompson, J, Atkinson, G, Stensel, D (2019)
Exploration of associations between the FTO rs9939609 genotype, fasting and postprandial appetite-related hormones and perceived appetite in healthy men and women,
Appetite, 142, 104368, ISSN: 1095-8304. DOI:
10.1016/j.appet.2019.104368.
Goltz, FR,
Thackray, A, Atkinson, G, Lolli, L, King, J, Dorling, JL, Dowejko, M, Mastana, S, Stensel, D (2019)
True interindividual variability exists in postprandial appetite responses in healthy men but is not moderated by the FTO genotype,
The Journal of Nutrition, 149(7), pp.1159-1169, ISSN: 0022-3166. DOI:
10.1093/jn/nxz062.
Benedetti, S, Al-Tannak, NF, Alzharani, M, Moir, HJ, Stensel, D,
Thackray, A, Naughton, D, Dorak, MT, Spendiff, O, Hill, N, Watson, DG, Allgrove, JE (2019)
Plasma free fatty acids metabolic profile with LC-MS and appetite-related hormones in South Asian and white European men in relation to adiposity, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness: a cross sectional study,
Metabolites, 9(4), ISSN: 2218-1989. DOI:
10.3390/metabo9040071.
Dorling, JL, Broom, DR, Burns, SF, Clayton, DJ, Deighton, K, James, L, King, J, Miyashita, M,
Thackray, A, Batterham, RL, Stensel, D (2018)
Acute and chronic effects of exercise on appetite, energy intake, and appetite-related hormones: the modulating effect of adiposity, sex, and habitual physical activity,
Nutrients, ISSN: 2072-6643.
Dorling, J, Broom, D, Burns, S, Clayton, D, Deighton, K, James, L, King, J, Miyashita, M,
Thackray, A, Batterham, R, Stensel, D (2018)
Acute and Chronic Effects of Exercise on Appetite, Energy Intake and Appetite-Related Hormones: the Modulating Effect of Adiposity, Sex and Habitual Physical Activity,
Nutrients, ISSN: 2072-6643. DOI:
10.20944/preprints201807.0495.v1.
Goltz, FR,
Thackray, A, King, J, Dorling, JL, Atkinson, G, Stensel, D (2018)
Interindividual responses of appetite to acute exercise: a replicated crossover study,
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(4), pp.758-768, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0000000000001504.
Tolfrey, K, Zakrzewski, JK,
Thackray, A (2018)
Metabolism and exercise during youth — The year that was 2017,
Pediatric Exercise Science, ISSN: 0899-8493. DOI:
10.1123/pes.2017-0294.
Thackray, A, Barrett, L, Tolfrey, K (2017)
Sex differences in postprandial lipaemia after acute high-intensity interval running in young people,
Journal of Sports Sciences, ISSN: 0264-0414. DOI:
10.1080/02640414.2017.1409610.
Douglas, JA, King, J, Clayton, D, Jackson, A, Sargeant, J,
Thackray, A, Davies, MJ, Stensel, D (2017)
Acute effects of exercise on appetite, ad libitum energy intake and appetite-regulatory hormones in lean and overweight/obese men and women,
International Journal of Obesity, 41(12), ISSN: 0307-0565. DOI:
10.1038/ijo.2017.181.
King, J, Deighton, K, Broom, DR, Wasse, LK, Douglas, J, Burns, SF, Cordery, P, Petherick, E, Batterham, RL, Goltz, FR,
Thackray, A, Yates, TE, Stensel, D (2017)
Individual variation in hunger, energy intake and ghrelin responses to acute exercise,
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49(6), pp.1219-1228, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0000000000001220.
West, NR, Dorling, JL,
Thackray, A, Hanson, NC, Decombel, SE, Stensel, D, Grice, SJ (2017)
Effect of obesity-linked FTO rs9939609 variant on physical activity and dietary patterns in physically active men and women,
Journal of Obesity, ISSN: 2090-0708. DOI:
10.1155/2018/7560707.
Broom, DR, Miyashita, M, Wasse, LK, Pulsford, R, King, J,
Thackray, A, Stensel, D (2016)
Acute effect of exercise intensity and duration on acylated ghrelin and hunger in men,
Journal of Endocrinology, 232, pp.411-422, ISSN: 0022-0795. DOI:
10.1530/JOE-16-0561.
Stensel, D, King, J,
Thackray, A (2016)
Role of physical activity in regulating appetite and body fat,
Nutrition Bulletin, 41(4), pp.314-322, ISSN: 1471-9827. DOI:
10.1111/nbu.12234.
Thackray, A, Deighton, K, King, J, Stensel, D (2016)
Exercise, appetite and weight control: are there differences between men and women?,
Nutrients, DOI:
10.3390/nu8090583.
Stensel, DJ, Sedgwick, MJ, Thompson, M, Garnham, J,
Thackray, A, Barrett, LA, Powis, M (2016)
Acute high-intensity interval rowing increases thrombin generation in healthy men,
European Journal of Applied Physiology, ISSN: 1439-6327.
Thackray, AE, Barrett, LA, Tolfrey, K (2016)
Energy replacement diminishes the effect of exercise on postprandial lipemia in boys,
Metabolism: clinical and experimental, ISSN: 1532-8600.
Thackray, A, Barrett, L, Tolfrey, K (2016)
High-intensity running and energy restriction reduces postprandial lipemia in girls,
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48(3), pp.402-411, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0000000000000788.
Thackray, A, Barrett, L, Tolfrey, K (2015)
Acute effects of energy deficit induced by moderate-intensity exercise or energy-intake restriction on postprandial lipemia in healthy girls,
PEDIATRIC EXERCISE SCIENCE, 27(2), pp.192-202, ISSN: 0899-8493. DOI:
10.1123/pes.2014-0096.
Arjunan, SP, Deighton, K, Bishop, N, King, J, Reischak-Oliveira, A, Rogan, A, Sedgewick, MJ,
Thackray, A, Webb, D, Stensel, D (2015)
The effect of prior walking on coronary heart disease risk markers in South Asian and European men,
European Journal of Applied Physiology, ISSN: 1439-6327. DOI:
10.1007/s00421-015-3269-7.
Tolfrey, K,
Thackray, A, Barrett, L (2014)
Acute exercise and postprandial lipemia in young people,
PEDIATRIC EXERCISE SCIENCE, 26(2), pp.127-137, ISSN: 0899-8493. DOI:
10.1123/pes.2013-0126.
Tolfrey, K, Engstrom, A, Murphy, C,
Thackray, A, Weaver, R, Barrett, L (2014)
Exercise energy expenditure and postprandial lipemia in girls,
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46(2), pp.239-246, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182a59ab1.
Thackray, A, Barrett, L, Tolfrey, K (2013)
Acute high-intensity interval running reduces postprandial lipemia in boys, ISSN: 0195-9131. DOI:
10.1249/MSS.0b013e31828452c1.
