OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Obesity Reviews is 46. 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
Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships	773
Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers	427
Ultraprocessed food and chronic noncommunicable diseases: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 43 observational studies	286
Risk of COVID‐19 for patients with obesity	278
Obesity is a risk factor for developing critical condition in COVID‐19 patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	193
Beneficial effects of the ketogenic diet on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A comprehensive review of the literature	122
British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society Guidelines on perioperative and postoperative biochemical monitoring and micronutrient replacement for patients undergoing bariatric surgery—2020 update	120
The nutrition transition to a stage of high obesity and noncommunicable disease prevalence dominated by ultra‐processed foods is not inevitable	118
Dietary fiber‐derived short‐chain fatty acids: A potential therapeutic target to alleviate obesity‐related nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	94
The dietary inflammatory index, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors and diseases	86
Visceral obesity and incident cancer and cardiovascular disease: An integrative review of the epidemiological evidence	77
The association between childhood adiposity and appetite assessed using the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire and Baby Eating Behavior Questionnaire: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	76
Effect of exercise training on weight loss, body composition changes, and weight maintenance in adults with overweight or obesity: An overview of 12 systematic reviews and 149 studies	74
Greenspace with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of epidemiological studies up to 2020	71
Associations between the built environment and dietary intake, physical activity, and obesity: A scoping review of reviews	70
The association between adverse childhood experiences and childhood obesity: A systematic review	68
What exercise prescription is optimal to improve body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness in adults living with obesity? A network meta‐analysis	64
Comparison of the effect of Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy on remission of type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	64
Male adiposity, sperm parameters and reproductive hormones: An updated systematic review and collaborative meta‐analysis	64
Effectiveness of body roundness index in predicting metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	61
Serotonin, food intake, and obesity	61
Metabolically healthy overweight/obesity are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adults, even in the absence of metabolic risk factors: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of	60
Scientific evidence underlying contraindications to the ketogenic diet: An update	59
Third‐wave cognitive behaviour therapies for weight management: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis	58
Eating disorder risk in adolescents with obesity	57

Mapping the digital food environment: A systematic scoping review	56
Differential exposure to, and potential impact of, unhealthy advertising to children by socio‐economic and ethnic groups: A systematic review of the evidence	55
Ultraprocessed food consumption and dietary nutrient profiles associated with obesity: A multicountry study of children and adolescents	55
Exercise training in the management of overweight and obesity in adults: Synthesis of the evidence and recommendations from the European Association for the Study of Obesity Physical Activity Working	54
Predictors of successful weight loss outcomes amongst individuals with obesity undergoing lifestyle interventions: A systematic review	54
Body mass index and all‐cause mortality in older adults: A scoping review of observational studies	52
Effects of nonnutritive sweeteners on body weight and BMI in diverse clinical contexts: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	52
Obesity and COVID‐19 in Latin America: A tragedy of two pandemics—Official document of the Latin American Federation of Obesity Societies	52
Effect of glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists on body weight in adults with obesity without diabetes mellitus—a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized control trials	51
Effects of lifestyle intervention on long‐term risk of diabetes in women with prior gestational diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	51
The biology of human overfeeding: A systematic review	51
Body Composition Measurements from Birth through 5 Years: Challenges, Gaps, and Existing & Emerging Technologies—A National Institutes of Health workshop	51
Global prevalence of obesity, overweight and underweight in children, adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder, attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analy	50
Thinness, overweight, and obesity in 6‐ to 9‐year‐old children from 36 countries: The World Health Organization European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative—COSI 2015–2017	50
Should patients with obesity be more afraid of COVID‐19?	49
Effect of exercise training before and after bariatric surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	49
Systematic review and meta‐analyses of the relationship between short sleep and incidence of obesity and effectiveness of sleep interventions on weight gain in preschool children	48
Associations of short sleep duration with appetite‐regulating hormones and adipokines: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	48
Effective strategies in ending weight stigma in healthcare	48
Effect of obesity and body mass index on coronavirus disease 2019 severity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	48
Falls, fractures, and areal bone mineral density in older adults with sarcopenic obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	46