OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Appetite is 47. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Obesity, eating behavior and physical activity during COVID-19 lockdown: A study of UK adults	455
A systematic review on consumer acceptance of alternative proteins: Pulses, algae, insects, plant-based meat alternatives, and cultured meat	374
Physical activity, dietary habits and sleep quality before and during COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal study	212
Eating behavior and food purchases during the COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional study among adults in the Netherlands	196
Increased emotional eating during COVID-19 associated with lockdown, psychological and social distress	156
Food choice motives and the nutritional quality of diet during the COVID-19 lockdown in France	156
Perceived naturalness, disgust, trust and food neophobia as predictors of cultured meat acceptance in ten countries	139
Exploring changes in body image, eating and exercise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A UK survey	125
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	121
Alternative proteins, evolving attitudes: Comparing consumer attitudes to plant-based and cultured meat in Belgium in two consecutive years	119
Meat-related cognitive dissonance: A conceptual framework for understanding how meat eaters reduce negative arousal from eating animals	115
Changes in dietary patterns among youths in China during COVID-19 epidemic: The COVID-19 impact on lifestyle change survey (COINLICS)	109
Behavioral reasoning perspectives on organic food purchase	107
The impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on the experiences and feeding practices of new mothers in the UK: Preliminary data from the COVID-19 New Mum Study	98
Drivers and barriers toward reducing meat consumption	96
Meta-analysis of consumers' willingness to pay for sustainable food products	95
Review of factors affecting consumer acceptance of cultured meat	94
Parental stress, food parenting practices and child snack intake during the COVID-19 pandemic	93
Child eating behaviors, parental feeding practices and food shopping motivations during the COVID-19 lockdown in France: (How) did they change?	91
Food purchase and eating behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey of Russian adults	90
Towards reduced meat consumption: A systematic literature review of intervention effectiveness, 2001–2019	90
“Waste not and stay at home” evidence of decreased food waste during the COVID-19 pandemic from the U.S. and Italy	81
Towards a multi-level framework of household food waste and consumer behaviour: Untangling spaghetti soup	80
The influence of peers′ and siblings′ on children’s and adolescents′ healthy eating behavior. A systematic literature review	79
Adolescents’ engagement with unhealthy food and beverage brands on social media	79

Food, culture, and identity in multicultural societies: Insights from Singapore	78
Susceptibility to increased high energy dense sweet and savoury food intake in response to the COVID-19 lockdown: The role of craving control and acceptance coping strategies	77
Motivations, barriers, and strategies for meat reduction at different family lifecycle stages	69
A qualitative exploration of the impact of COVID-19 on individuals with eating disorders in the UK	65
Gender differences in meat consumption and openness to vegetarianism	62
Identifying barriers to decreasing meat consumption and increasing acceptance of meat substitutes among Swedish consumers	62
‘Eating to survive’: A qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population	61
Meat and masculinities. Can differences in masculinity predict meat consumption, intentions to reduce meat and attitudes towards vegetarians?	61
Panic buying in times of coronavirus (COVID-19): Extending the theory of planned behavior to understand the stockpiling of nonperishable food in Germany	60
Influence of front-of-pack labelling and regulated nutrition claims on consumers’ perceptions of product healthfulness and purchase intentions: A randomized controlled trial	60
Measuring orthorexia nervosa: A comparison of four self-report questionnaires	59
Emotional eating during COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: Exploring the roles of alexithymia and emotion dysregulation	56
Influence of fathers on the feeding practices and behaviors of children: A systematic review	55
The habitual nature of food purchases at the supermarket: Implications for policy making	54
What is restrained eating and how do we identify it?	54
Interventions to reduce meat consumption by appealing to animal welfare: Meta-analysis and evidence-based recommendations	53
A taste for locally produced food - Values, opinions and sociodemographic differences among ‘organic’ and ‘conventional’ consumers	52
COVID-19 stress and eating and drinking behaviors in the United States during the early stages of the pandemic	50
Gender differences in global estimates of cooking frequency prior to COVID-19	49
Consumer perceptions of conventional and alternative protein sources: A mixed-methods approach with meal and product framing	47
Social media’s influence on adolescents′ food choices: A mixed studies systematic literature review	47
The impact of the Nutri-Score nutrition label on perceived healthiness and purchase intentions	47