Pediatric Obesity

Papers
(The median citation count of Pediatric Obesity is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Physical activity behaviour and screen time in Dutch children during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Pre‐, during‐ and post‐school closures125
Impact of theCOVID‐19 pandemic on elementary schoolers' physical activity, sleep, screen time and diet: A quasi‐experimental interrupted time series study92
Association of gut microbiome with fasting triglycerides, fasting insulin and obesity status in Mexican children45
BMIstatus and associations between affect, physical activity and anxiety amongU.S.children duringCOVID‐1934
Recent advances in the epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children28
Childhood obesity within the lens of racism28
The relationship between excessive dietary fructose consumption and paediatric fatty liver disease27
Sugar‐sweetened beverages intake and the risk of obesity in children: An updated systematic review and dose–response meta‐analysis27
Recent trends in overweight and obesity in adolescents aged 12 to 15 years across 21 countries27
The effects of Mediterranean diet on hepatic steatosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation in adolescents with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial26
Changes in obesity and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal analysis from 2019 to 202023
Associations between maternal obesity and offspring gut microbiome in the first year of life21
Food insecurity is associated with higher food responsiveness in low‐income children: The moderating role of parent stress and family functioning21
Contemporary screen time usage among children 9–10‐years‐old is associated with higher body mass index percentile at 1‐year follow‐up: A prospective cohort study21
Prevalence of prediabetes in children and adolescents by class of obesity21
Acceleration in BMI gain following COVID‐19 restrictions. A longitudinal study with 7‐ to 10‐year‐old primary school children20
Misalignment among adolescents living with obesity, caregivers, and healthcare professionals: ACTION Teens global survey study20
Youth prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: Risk factors and prevalence of dysglycaemia18
Misperceptions about added sugar, non‐nutritive sweeteners and juice in popular children's drinks: Experimental and cross‐sectional study with U.S. parents of young children (1‐5 years)18
Age‐dependent association of obesity with COVID‐19 severity in paediatric patients18
Bioactive compounds in mothers milk affecting offspring outcomes: A narrative review17
Associations between maternal obesity, gestational cytokine levels and child obesity in the NEST cohort17
Association of insufficient sleep and skipping breakfast with overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: Findings from a cross‐sectional provincial surveillance project in Jiangsu17
Sedentary time has a stronger impact on metabolic health than moderate to vigorous physical activity in adolescents with obesity: a cross‐sectional analysis of the Beta‐JUDO study16
Exploring an algorithm to harmonize International Obesity Task Force and World Health Organization child overweight and obesity prevalence rates16
Cross‐sectional comparisons of gut microbiome and short‐chain fatty acid levels among children with varied weight classifications16
Effect of liraglutide treatment on body mass index and weight parameters in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes: Post hoc analysis of the ellipse trial15
Foetal tobacco and cannabis exposure, body fat and cardio‐metabolic health in childhood15
Changes in nonnutritive sweetener intake in a cohort of preschoolers after the implementation of Chile's Law of Food Labelling and Advertising15
The association between Sugars Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and lipid profile among children and youth: A systematic review and dose‐response meta‐analysis of cross‐sectional studies14
The association of a low glycaemic index diet in pregnancy with child body composition at 5 years of age: A secondary analysis of theROLOstudy14
Health behaviour outcomes of a family based intervention for paediatric obesity in primary care: A randomized type II hybrid effectiveness‐implementation trial14
30‐Day morbidity and mortality of bariatric metabolic surgery in adolescence during the COVID‐19 pandemic – The GENEVA study14
Central obesity in school‐aged children increases the likelihood of developing paediatric autoimmune diseases13
MicroRNAs as the promising markers of comorbidities in childhood obesity—A systematic review13
Determinants of rapid infant weight gain: A pooled analysis of seven cohorts12
Effects of PNPLA3, TM6SF2 and SAMM50 on the development and severity of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in children12
Visceral fat and arterial stiffness in youth with healthy weight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes12
Novel dietary interventions for adolescents with obesity: A narrative review12
Motivations for engaging in or avoiding conversations about weight: Adolescent and parent perspectives11
The relationship of sleep duration and quality to energy expenditure and physical activity in children11
Effects of telephone support or short message service on body mass index, eating and screen time behaviours of children age 2 years: A 3‐arm randomized controlled trial10
Circulating miRNAs in girls with abdominal obesity: miR‐221‐3p as a biomarker of response to weight loss interventions10
Association of leukocyte telomere length with obesity‐related traits in Asian children with early‐onset obesity10
Personalized approach to childhood obesity: Lessons from gut microbiota and omics studies. Narrative review and insights from the 29th European childhood obesity congress10
The association between maternal pre‐pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain and child adiposity: A racial‐ethnically diverse cohort of children10
Different protein intake in the first year and its effects on adiposity rebound and obesity throughout childhood: 11 years follow‐up of a randomized controlled trial10
Adiposity, psychomotor and behaviour outcomes of children born after maternal bariatric surgery10
Psychometric properties of the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) in school age children with overweight and obesity: A proposed three‐factor structure9
Prevalence of food and beverage brands in “made‐for‐kids” child‐influencer YouTube videos: 2019–20209
Digital food and beverage marketing appealing to children and adolescents: An emerging challenge in Mexico9
Adolescent overweight and obesity in Ireland—Trends and sociodemographic associations between 1990 and 20209
Measuring BMI change among children and adolescents9
Elevated transaminases potentiate the risk for emerging dysglycemia in children with overweight and obesity9
Body fat differences among US youth aged 8–19 by race and Hispanic origin, 2011–20189
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the efficacy of a family‐based treatment programme for paediatric obesity9
Types of diabetes during pregnancy and longitudinal BMI in offspring from birth to age 10 years9
Metabolomics in early life and the association with body composition at age 2 years9
Associations of sleep with food cravings and loss‐of‐control eating in youth: An ecological momentary assessment study9
Characteristics of paediatric weight management in the United States: Associations with program retention and BMI outcomes in the paediatric obesity weight evaluation registry (POWER9
Potential cost‐effectiveness of e‐health interventions for treating overweight and obesity in Australian adolescents8
Impact of a year‐round school calendar on children's BMI and fitness: Final outcomes from a natural experiment8
Association between ectopic pancreatic and hepatic fat and metabolic risk factors in children with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease8
Learning to overeat in infancy: Concurrent and prospective relationships between maternal BMI, feeding practices and child eating response among Hispanic mothers and children8
Longitudinal associations between executive control and body mass index across childhood8
Psychiatric comorbidity associated with weight status in 9 to 10 year old children8
Early weight gain trajectories and body composition in infancy in infants born very preterm8
Nighttime sleep duration trajectories were associated with body mass index trajectories in early childhood8
Stratification by obesity class, rather than age, can identify a higher percent of children at risk for non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic dysfunction8
Mendelian randomization analysis identified causal Association of Childhood Obesity with adult major depressive disorder8
A family‐based weight loss randomized controlled trial for youth with intellectual disabilities8
Effectiveness of an adapted physical activity intervention for weight management in adolescents with intellectual disability: A randomized controlled trial8
Infant intakes of human milk branched chain amino acids are negatively associated with infant growth and influenced by maternal body mass index8
Early onset of overweight among children from low‐income families: The role of exclusive breastfeeding and maternal intake of ultra‐processed food8
Physical activity participation, flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity8
Metabolomic profiling of stool of two‐year old children from the INSIGHT study reveals links between butyrate and child weight outcomes8
Association of gut microbiota and glucose metabolism in children with disparate degrees of adiposity8
Quantifying the overall impact of an early childhood multi‐behavioural lifestyle intervention7
A Prudent dietary pattern is inversely associated with liver fat content among multi‐ethnic youth7
Associations between fruit juice and milk consumption and change in BMI in a large prospective cohort of U.S. adolescents and preadolescents7
Prevalence of low and high BMI during the first 3 years of life: using New Zealand national electronic health data7
Use of person‐centred language among scientific research focused on childhood obesity7
Paediatric obesity and metabolic syndrome associations with cognition and the brain in youth: Current evidence and future directions7
Review of paediatric obesity and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease—A focus on emerging non‐pharmacologic treatment strategies7
Revisiting the cross‐sectional and prospective association of physical activity with body composition and physical fitness in preschoolers: A compositional data approach7
Update on pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery7
An improved algorithm to harmonize child overweight and obesity prevalence rates7
Comparing two different family‐based childhood obesity treatment programmes in a medically underserved region: Effectiveness, engagement and implementation outcomes from a randomized controlled trial7
Does the severity of obesity influence bone density, geometry and strength in adolescents?7
Liraglutide pharmacokinetics and exposure‐response in adolescents with obesity7
A 24‐month metformin treatment study of children with obesity: Changes in circulating GDF‐15 and associations with changes in body weight and visceral fat6
Anthropometry‐based prediction of body composition in early infancy compared to air‐displacement plethysmography6
ApoB‐lipoprotein remnant dyslipidemia and high‐fat meal intolerance is associated with markers of cardiometabolic risk in youth with obesity6
Evaluating potential predictors of weight loss response to liraglutide in adolescents with obesity: A post hoc analysis of the randomized, placebo‐controlled SCALE Teens trial6
Uric acid and gamma‐glutamyl‐transferase in children and adolescents with obesity: Association to anthropometric measures and cardiometabolic risk markers depending on pubertal stage, sex, 6
Delivery by caesarean section and offspring adiposity and cardio‐metabolic health at ages 6.5, 11.5 and 16 years: results from the PROBIT cohort in Belarus6
Outcomes and risk factors of death among hospitalized children and adolescents with obesity and COVID‐19 in Brazil: An analysis of a nationwide database6
Longitudinal assessment of brain structure and behaviour in youth with rapid weight gain: Potential contributing causes and consequences6
No sustained effects of an intervention to prevent excessive GWG on offspring fat and lean mass at 54 weeks: Yet a greater head circumference persists6
Modified body mass index z‐scores in children in New York City during the COVID‐19 pandemic6
Infant appetite traits, feeding practices and child obesity in low‐income Hispanic families6
Academic performance and psychosocial functioning in European schoolchildren: The role of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status6
Temperament and eating self‐regulation in young children with or at risk for obesity: An exploratory report6
Modifiable early life exposures associated with adiposity and obesity in 3‐year old children born to mothers with obesity6
Exploring the relationship between appetitive behaviours, executive function, and weight status among preschool children6
Exposure to maternal fuels during pregnancy and offspring hepatic fat in early childhood: The healthy start study6
A randomized trial comparing diet and delivery strategies for weight management in adolescents with intellectual disabilities6
Metabolomics reveals sex‐specific pathways associated with changes in adiposity and muscle mass in a cohort of Mexican adolescents6
Early childhood growth trajectories in a Medicaid population6
Maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness in early childhood as predictors of children's weight at school age6
Healthy lifestyles and physical fitness are associated with abdominal obesity amongLatin‐Americanand Spanish preschool children: A cross‐cultural study6
Weighing in on COVID‐19: The impact of the pandemic on children and adolescents with obesity participating in a weight management program6
Exercise dose on hepatic fat and cardiovascular health in adolescents with excess of adiposity6
Weight‐based cybervictimization: Implications for adolescent health5
Sibling absence and body mass index: From adolescence to adulthood5
High levels of FSH before puberty are associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome during pubertal transition5
Associations of caesarean section with body mass and waist circumference trajectories from age 2 to 13 years: A nationally representative birth cohort study in Australia5
Eating in the absence of hunger in 18‐month‐old children in a home setting5
Championing the use of people‐first language in childhood overweight and obesity to address weight bias and stigma: A joint statement from theEuropean‐Childhood‐Obesity‐Group(ECOG5
The role of parents in adolescent obesity treatment: Results of the TEENS+ randomized clinical pilot trial5
Positive effect of leptin substitution on mood and behaviour in patients with congenital leptin deficiency5
Association of a primary care‐based mobile food pantry with child body mass index: A propensity score matched cohort study5
The long‐term effects of primary school‐based obesity prevention interventions in children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis5
A nation‐wide analysis of socioeconomic and geographical disparities in the prevalence of obesity and excess weight in children and adolescents in Spain: Results from the ENE‐COVID study5
The effects of a lifestyle intervention (the HealthyMoms app) during pregnancy on infant body composition: Secondary outcome analysis from a randomized controlled trial5
Implicit and explicit fat bias among adolescents from two US populations varying by obesity prevalence5
Associations between eating behaviours and cardiometabolic risk among adolescents in the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment study5
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Distinct racial and ethnic metabolic syndrome characteristics: A comparative assessment in low‐income children 7–10 years of age5
Childhood sleep and obesity risk: A prospective cohort study of 10 000 Swedish children5
Childhood follow‐up of the GRoW randomized trial: Metformin in addition to dietary and lifestyle advice for pregnant women with overweight or obesity5
Assessment and impact of paediatric internalized weight bias: A systematic review5
SMART goals of children of 6–12 years enrolled in a family‐centred lifestyle intervention for childhood obesity: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial5
Timing of food consumption in Hispanic adolescents with obesity5
Gestational weight gain and childhood body mass index across three generations: Results from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort5
Is store density associated with sugar‐sweetened beverages consumption and overweight or obesity in Mexican adolescents?5
Do adverse childhood experiences and genetic obesity risk interact in relation to body mass index in young adulthood? Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health5
Loneliness and cravings for sugar‐sweetened beverages among adolescents5
Associations between weight status, body satisfaction, ethnic identity and self‐esteem in Oceanian adolescents5
Early growth according to protein content of infant formula: Results from the EDEN and ELFE birth cohorts5
Cost‐effectiveness of scaling up a whole‐of‐community intervention: The Romp & Chomp early childhood obesity prevention intervention5
Serum zonulin as an index of glucose dysregulation in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity5
Maternal glucose in pregnancy is associated with child's adiposity and leptin at 5 years of age5
Examining differences in children and adolescents' exposure to food and beverage marketing in Canada by sociodemographic characteristics: Findings from the International Food Policy Study Youth Survey5
Time spent on social media use and BMI z‐score: A cross‐sectional explanatory pathway analysis of 10798 14‐year‐old boys and girls4
A 3‐year longitudinal study of the association of physical activity and sedentary behaviours with childhood obesity in China: The childhood obesity study in China mega‐cities4
Ultra‐processedfood consumption andBMI‐Zamong children at risk for obesity fromlow‐incomehouseholds4
Association between child/adolescent overweight/obesity and conduct disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis4
Impact ofCOVID‐19 on childhood obesity: Data from a paediatric weight management trial4
Problematic social media use and overweight/obesity: explanatory pathway analysis of 124 667 in‐school adolescents in 39 high‐income countries4
Adolescents report low opposition towards policy options to reduce consumption of sugary drinks4
Controlled attenuation parameter in the diagnosis of different liver steatosis groups in children with obesity4
Referral and utilization of paediatric bariatric surgery in an academic freestanding children's hospital with dedicated paediatric bariatric programme4
Association between maternal and infant screen time with child growth and development: A longitudinal study4
Differences in sibling temperament are associated with differences in maternal use of food to soothe during infancy: A sibling analysis4
Parent–child communication about weight: Priorities for parental education and support4
Trends in U.S. adolescent physical activity and obesity: A 20‐year age‐period‐cohort analysis4
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells‐expressed miRNA profiles derived from children with metabolic‐associated fatty liver disease and insulin resistance4
Cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations between family meals frequency and children's overweight/obesity in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes: The Feel4Diabetesstudy4
Completeness and representativeness of body mass index in children's electronic general practice records: Linked cross‐sectional study in an ethnically‐diverse urban population in the United Kingdom4
Association between dietary inflammatory index and anthropometric indicators of adiposity in Brazilian adolescents4
Breastfeeding and infant growth in offspring of mothers with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: The pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia study4
Insufficient physical activity and high sedentary behaviour are associated with loneliness in adolescents with overweight/obesity: Evidence from 23 low‐ and middle‐income countries4
Strategies to identify causal common genetic variants and corresponding effector genes for paediatric obesity4
Household food insecurity and childhood obesity/overweight among children with special healthcare needs: Results from a nationally representative sample of 10–17 years old U.S. children4
Effect of obesity on mortality among hospitalized paediatric patients with severe sepsis4
Prenatal antibiotic exposure and birth weight4
The nature and extent of food marketing on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube posts in Mexico4
Anthropometric models to estimate fat mass at 3 days, 15 and 54 weeks4
Lifestyle patterns in European preschoolers: Associations with socio‐demographic factors and body mass index4
The role of parental depression during early childhood obesity treatment—Secondary findings from a randomized controlled trial3
An addiction‐based digital weight loss intervention: A multi‐centre randomized controlled trial3
Longitudinal associations of total and trunk fat in childhood and adolescence and risk of hepatic steatosis at 24 years3
Genome‐wide association study identifying novel variant for fasting insulin and allelic heterogeneity in known glycemic loci in Chilean adolescents: The Santiago Longitudinal Study3
The effects of experimentally manipulated social status and subjective social status on physical activity among Hispanic adolescents: An RCT3
Body mass index and visual impairment in Israeli adolescents: A nationwide study3
Changes in OGTT‐derived biomarkers in response to lifestyle intervention among Latino adolescents with obesity3
Examining the sustainability of effects of early childhood obesity prevention interventions: Follow‐up of the EPOCH individual participant data prospective meta‐analysis3
Development of a prediction protocol for the screening of metabolic associated fatty liver disease in children with overweight or obesity3
Prenatal tobacco and cannabis co‐exposure and offspring obesity development from birth to mid‐childhood3
Change in parent and child psychopathology following obesity treatment and maintenance: A secondary data analysis3
Physical activity, screen time and body composition in 13‐year‐old adolescents: The Generation R Study3
Associations of maternal and infant metabolite profiles with foetal growth and the odds of adverse birth outcomes3
Prevalence of early childhood obesity in Ireland: Differences over time, between sexes and across child growth criteria3
Weight for length measures may not accurately reflect adiposity in preterm infants born appropriate for gestational age during hospitalisation or after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit3
Longitudinal associations between diet quality, sedentary behaviours and physical activity and risk of overweight and obesity in preschool children: The ToyBox‐study3
Early‐life determinants of excessive weight gain among low‐income children: Examining the adherence of theoretical frameworks to empirical data using structural equation modelling3
Physical activity and adiposity in preschool children: The Barwon Infant Study3
Characteristics of achieving clinically important weight loss in two paediatric weight management interventions3
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Projected impact of anti‐obesity pharmacotherapy use on racial and ethnic disparities in adolescent obesity3
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Family structure in relation to body mass index and metabolic score in European children and adolescents3
Trends in prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in a community‐based programme: The VIF Programme3
The association of changes in body mass index and metabolic parameters between adults with overweight or obesity and their children in a family‐based randomized trial (DiOGenes)3
Early‐life exposure to tobacco and childhood adiposity: Identifying windows of susceptibility3
Association of dietary macronutrient intake with adiposity during childhood according to sex: Findings from the generationXXIbirth cohort3
Two‐year change in weight status and high carotid intima‐media thickness in Chinese children3
Prenatal and infant antibiotic exposure and childhood growth, obesity and cardiovascular risk factors: The Rhea mother–child cohort study, Crete, Greece3
Novel clinical algorithm for hypothalamic obesity in youth with brain tumours and factors associated with excess weight gain3
Paediatric obesity: Documentation, screening, and pharmacotherapy in a national cohort2
Racial/ethnic differences in dietary intake among a diverse sample of adolescents: An experimental study2
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Children's activity and diet behaviours in the summer holidays versus school year2
Influence of antibiotics given during labour and birth on body mass index z scores in children in the All Our Families pregnancy cohort2
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Motivational interviewing to reduce anthropometrics among children: A meta‐analysis, moderation analysis and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation assessment2
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Prospective associations between leukocyte telomere length and adiposity in childhood2
Changes in insulin resistance, body mass index and degree of obesity among junior high school students: A comparison before and after the outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic2
Genetic risk score prediction of leg fat and insulin sensitivity differs by race/ethnicity in early pubertal children2
Effects of pictorial warnings on parents' purchases and perceptions of sugar‐sweetened beverage categories2
Risk stratification of adolescents for the screening of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease2
Higher body mass index after intrapartum antibiotic exposure in children persists over 10‐years2
Circulating diazepam‐binding inhibitor in infancy: Relation to markers of adiposity and metabolic health2
Evaluating the impact of community interventions on childhood obesity in populations living in low‐income households in Los Angeles: A simulation study2
Dual burden of individual malnutrition in children 1–4 years: Findings from the Colombian nutritional health survey ENSIN 20152
Impact of mothers' distress and emotional eating on calories served to themselves and their young children: An experimental study2
Assessment of executive functions and physical activity in girls and boys with normal weight, overweight and obesity2
Body fat, pericardial fat, liver fat and arterial health at age 10 years2
Is earlier obesity associated with poorer executive functioning later in childhood? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study2
Changing from a highly food secure household to a marginal or food insecure household is associated with decreased weight and body mass index z‐scores among Latino children from CHAMACOS2
Longitudinal associations between sleep and weight status in infants and toddlers2
Short‐term complications and post‐acute sequelae in hospitalized paediatric patients with COVID‐19 and obesity: A multicenter cohort study2
Self‐regulation linking the quality of early parent–child relationship to adolescents' obesity risk and food consumption2
Hyperglycemia: A determinant of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in youth with obesity across the spectrum of glycemic regulation2
Leptin resistance in children with in utero exposure to maternal obesity and gestational diabetes2
Association between maternal antibiotic exposure during pregnancy and childhood obesity in the Japan Environment and Children's Study2
Early‐life childhood obesity risk prediction: A Danish register‐based cohort study exploring the predictive value of infancy weight gain2
Neurobehavioral phenotypes of delay discounting and cognitive control in child attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obesity: Shared or distinct?2
Relationship between parents' and children's objectively assessed movement behaviours prior to and during the COVID‐19 pandemic2
Possible prediction of obesity‐related liver disease in children and adolescents using indices of body composition2
Child ADHD and autistic traits, eating behaviours and weight: A population‐based study2
Afternoon school shift is associated with increased risk of overweight/obesity in 11–14‐year‐old females with early and intermediate chronotype2
Association between sugar‐free beverage intake and childhood obesity among Chinese children and adolescents2
Association between hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and growth of offspring in early childhood: The PANDORA study2
Prospective physical fitness status and development of cardiometabolic risk in children according to body fat and lifestyle behaviours: The IDEFICS study2
Risk of body weight changes among Danish children and adolescents during the COVID‐19 pandemic2
Voluntary healthier kids' meals policies: Are caregivers choosing kids' meals and healthier items for their child?2
Early life factors and hippocampal functional connectivity in children with overweight/obesity2
What can stop the ‘pester power’? A longitudinal study on the impact of children's audiovisual media consumption on media‐motivated food purchase requests2
Prenatal weight and regional body composition trajectories and neonatal body composition: The NICHD Foetal Growth Studies2
Cross‐sectional and prospective associations of sleep duration and bedtimes with adiposity and obesity risk in 15 810 youth from 11 international cohorts2
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