Pediatric Obesity

Papers
(The median citation count of Pediatric Obesity is 1. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
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Child temperament is associated with energy intake and its day‐to‐day variability among preschoolers—Results from a cross‐sectional DAGIS study34
Longitudinal associations between diet quality, sedentary behaviours and physical activity and risk of overweight and obesity in preschool children: The ToyBox‐study28
Effectiveness of an adapted physical activity intervention for weight management in adolescents with intellectual disability: A randomized controlled trial28
Seasonal variability in body mass index change among children enrolled in the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry: A step in the right direction28
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 study27
Performance of mid‐upper arm circumference to identify adolescents with obesity and metabolic syndrome: NHANES 2011–2018 analysis26
Evaluating appetite/satiety hormones and eating behaviours as predictors of weight loss maintenance with GLP‐1RA therapy in adolescents with severe obesity23
Weight status change from birth to childhood and high carotid intima‐media thickness in childhood21
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Cost‐effectiveness analysis of individual‐level obesity treatment in paediatrics: A scoping review20
Trends in U.S. adolescent physical activity and obesity: A 20‐year age‐period‐cohort analysis20
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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. children18
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Assessing health disparities in foods and beverages served in early care and education programs across Georgia17
Genetic risk score prediction of leg fat and insulin sensitivity differs by race/ethnicity in early pubertal children16
Changes in obesity and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal analysis from 2019 to 202016
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Variation in ultra‐processed food consumption from 6 to 15 years, body weight and body composition at 15 years of age at The Pelotas 2004 Birth Cohort15
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Application of a composite scoring protocol to identify factors that contribute to the risk of overweight and obesity in Irish children14
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Associations between maternal metabolic parameters during pregnancy and fetal and child growth trajectories from 20 weeks' gestation to 5 years of age: Secondary analysis from the ROLO long13
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Online retail nudges to help parents with lower‐income choose healthy beverages for their children: A randomized clinical trial12
High levels of FSH before puberty are associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome during pubertal transition12
Body mass index and visual impairment in Israeli adolescents: A nationwide study12
A 24‐month metformin treatment study of children with obesity: Changes in circulating GDF‐15 and associations with changes in body weight and visceral fat11
The effects of experimentally manipulated social status and subjective social status on physical activity among Hispanic adolescents: An RCT11
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Maternal pre‐pregnancy body mass index and offspring with overweight/obesity at preschool age: The possible role of epigenome‐wideDNAmethylation changes in cord blood10
Development of genome‐wide association studies on childhood obesity and its indicators: A scoping review and enrichment analysis10
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Voluntary healthier kids' meals policies: Are caregivers choosing kids' meals and healthier items for their child?9
Does the severity of obesity influence bone density, geometry and strength in adolescents?9
Psychiatric comorbidity associated with weight status in 9 to 10 year old children9
Associations of childhood physical activity and screen time with cardiometabolic health in preteens who were born to mothers with previous macrosomic delivery: Findings from the ROLO longit9
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 Health9
Short‐term complications and post‐acute sequelae in hospitalized paediatric patients with COVID‐19 and obesity: A multicenter cohort study9
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Early‐life exposure to tobacco and childhood adiposity: Identifying windows of susceptibility9
Lifestyle‐based subtypes of childhood obesity and their association with cardiometabolic factors: A cluster analysis9
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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 study9
Effectiveness of surgical interventions for managing obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis framed using minimal important difference estimates based on GRADE<8
Effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for managing obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis framed using minimal important difference estimates based on 8
Leptin receptor expression in blood mononuclear cells of lactating women is associated with infant body weight: Potential role as a molecular biomarker8
Outcomes and risk factors of death among hospitalized children and adolescents with obesity and COVID‐19 in Brazil: An analysis of a nationwide database8
Prospective associations between leukocyte telomere length and adiposity in childhood8
Associations between eating behaviours and cardiometabolic risk among adolescents in the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment study8
Review of paediatric obesity and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease—A focus on emerging non‐pharmacologic treatment strategies8
Immune profile of adipose tissue from youth with obesity and asthma8
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Weight‐based cybervictimization: Implications for adolescent health8
Exposure to maternal fuels during pregnancy and offspring hepatic fat in early childhood: The healthy start study8
The effects of duration of any breastfeeding on body mass index in Australian children: Exploration of health, economic and equity impacts8
Cord blood adiponectin and leptin concentrations in monochorionic twins with selective intrauterine growth restriction and their associations with childhood growth trajectories8
Perceived barriers in family‐based behavioural treatment of paediatric obesity – Results from theFABOstudy8
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Modifiable early life exposures associated with adiposity and obesity in 3‐year old children born to mothers with obesity7
Association of gut microbiota and glucose metabolism in children with disparate degrees of adiposity7
Impact of the motivational interviewing for childhood obesity treatment: The Obemat2.0 randomized clinical trial7
Opinions from the experts: Experiences of adolescents with severe obesity participating in meal replacement therapy7
Weighing in on COVID‐19: The impact of the pandemic on children and adolescents with obesity participating in a weight management program7
Children's activity and diet behaviours in the summer holidays versus school year7
Is family meal frequency associated with obesity in children and adolescents? A cross‐sectional study including 155 451 participants from 43 countries7
Prospective physical fitness status and development of cardiometabolic risk in children according to body fat and lifestyle behaviours: The IDEFICS study7
BMIstatus and associations between affect, physical activity and anxiety amongU.S.children duringCOVID‐197
Strategies to identify causal common genetic variants and corresponding effector genes for paediatric obesity7
Maternal BMI in the preconception period, and association with child zBMI growth rates7
Acute simulated weight gain might not increase the energy cost of walking in adolescents with obesity7
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The cortisol stress response in youth with overweight and obesity: Influence of psychosocial variables6
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Foetal hyperinsulinaemia and increased fat mass correlate negatively with circulating fatty acid concentrations in neonates of gestational diabetic mothers with dietary‐controlled glycaemia6
Improved food habits and anthropometry among primary school children following a novel healthy eating programme6
The effects of obesity on longitudinal ventricular and atrial strain in a rural population of Spanish children and adolescents, evaluated by a new strain software6
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Sibling absence and body mass index: From adolescence to adulthood6
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Associations of maternal insulin sensitivity during pregnancy with childhood central adiposity in the Genetics of Glucose regulation in Gestation and Growth (Gen3G) cohort6
Prevalence of early childhood obesity in Ireland: Differences over time, between sexes and across child growth criteria6
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Parent–child communication about weight: Priorities for parental education and support6
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Electronic phenotypes to distinguish clinician attention to high body mass index, hypertension, lipid disorders, fatty liver and diabetes in pediatric primary care: Diagnostic accuracy of electronic p6
Does an obesogenic family environment moderate the association between sports participation and body composition in children? The ENERGY project6
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Quantifying the overall impact of an early childhood multi‐behavioural lifestyle intervention5
Assessment of executive functions and physical activity in girls and boys with normal weight, overweight and obesity5
An improved algorithm to harmonize child overweight and obesity prevalence rates5
Afternoon school shift is associated with increased risk of overweight/obesity in 11–14‐year‐old females with early and intermediate chronotype5
A family‐based weight loss randomized controlled trial for youth with intellectual disabilities5
NET‐Works paediatric obesity prevention trial: 66 month outcomes5
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)5
Sleep‐disordered breathing and cardiometabolic and inflammatory markers in children with overweight/obesity: The role of cardiorespiratory fitness5
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 association of breastfeeding duration on metabolic syndrome among children and adolescents, stratified by birth weight for gestational age5
Effects of PNPLA3, TM6SF2 and SAMM50 on the development and severity of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in children5
Exercise dose on hepatic fat and cardiovascular health in adolescents with excess of adiposity5
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The effects of a lifestyle intervention (the HealthyMoms app) during pregnancy on infant body composition: Secondary outcome analysis from a randomized controlled trial5
Mendelian randomization analysis identified causal Association of Childhood Obesity with adult major depressive disorder5
Television watching during meals is associated with higher ultra‐processed food consumption and higher free sugar intake in childhood5
COVID‐19‐related lockdowns and changes in overweight and obesity, movement behaviours, diet quality, and health‐related quality of life among regional Australian primary school children: A 5
Longitudinal associations between executive control and body mass index across childhood5
The metabolic load‐capacity model and cardiometabolic health in children and youth with obesity5
Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on physical health amongst children: Difference‐in‐differences analyses of nationwide school health checkup database5
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Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on children overweight in Japan in 20205
Understanding family dynamics of obesity: Do parents and children lose and gain weight together?5
Is store density associated with sugar‐sweetened beverages consumption and overweight or obesity in Mexican adolescents?5
Early life social conditions and adverse experiences are associated with childhood BMI and perceived overeating5
Longitudinal assessment of brain structure and behaviour in youth with rapid weight gain: Potential contributing causes and consequences5
Effect of a physical activity and healthy eating lifestyle intervention in pregnancy on fetal growth trajectories: The DALI randomised controlled trial5
Changes in leukocyte telomere length among children with obesity participating in a behavioural weight control program4
Metabolomic profiling of stool of two‐year old children from the INSIGHT study reveals links between butyrate and child weight outcomes4
Biopsychosocial predictors of rapid weight gain from birth to 6 months4
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 Survey4
Early‐life body mass index and the risk of six cardiovascular diseases: A Mendelian Randomization study4
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Association between bone age maturity and childhood adiposity4
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)4
Update on pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery4
Effectiveness and predictors of weight loss response to phentermine plus lifestyle modifications among youth in a paediatric weight management clinical setting4
Ultra‐processedfood consumption andBMI‐Zamong children at risk for obesity fromlow‐incomehouseholds4
Relationship between motivations and dietary behaviours within parent–adolescent dyads: Application of actor–partner interdependence models4
Coexistence of obesity and hunger in young adolescents: Evidence from the Global School‐based Student Health Survey4
MicroRNAs as the promising markers of comorbidities in childhood obesity—A systematic review4
Prevalence of low and high BMI during the first 3 years of life: using New Zealand national electronic health data4
Use of person‐centred language among scientific research focused on childhood obesity4
Hair cortisol concentrations are associated with greater adiposity in late adolescence amongst non‐Hispanic White individuals4
Body composition, metabolic syndrome, and lifestyle in treatment‐naïve gender‐diverse youth in Israel4
Correction to “Unintentional error in formula preparation and its simulated impact on infant weight and adiposity”4
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The joint associations of high birth weight and not having siblings with metabolic obesity phenotype among school‐aged children and adolescents: A National Survey in China3
Relationship between parents' and children's objectively assessed movement behaviours prior to and during the COVID‐19 pandemic3
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Infant feeding practices and body mass index up to 7.5 years in the French nationwide ELFE study3
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Associations between maternal obesity and offspring gut microbiome in the first year of life3
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The influence of parental body composition and lifestyle on offspring growth trajectories3
Possible prediction of obesity‐related liver disease in children and adolescents using indices of body composition3
Dual burden of individual malnutrition in children 1–4 years: Findings from the Colombian nutritional health survey ENSIN 20153
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Physical activity, screen time and body composition in 13‐year‐old adolescents: The Generation R Study3
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Hyperactivity in preschool age is associated with higher fat‐free mass and healthy lifestyle behaviours five years later: A longitudinal study of Swedish children3
30‐Day morbidity and mortality of bariatric metabolic surgery in adolescence during the COVID‐19 pandemic – The GENEVA study3
Birth with synthetic oxytocin and the risk of being overweight or obese during childhood3
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Weight development in children with obesity without treatment: A Danish cohort study with long‐term follow‐up3
Childhood obesity within the lens of racism3
Evaluating potential predictors of weight loss response to liraglutide in adolescents with obesity: A post hoc analysis of the randomized, placebo‐controlled SCALE Teens trial3
Impact of mothers' distress and emotional eating on calories served to themselves and their young children: An experimental study3
Psychometric properties of the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) in school age children with overweight and obesity: A proposed three‐factor structure2
Association between maternal and infant screen time with child growth and development: A longitudinal study2
Alanine aminotransferase elevation varies by ethnicity among Asian and Pacific Islander children with overweight or obesity2
Longitudinal associations between weight status and academic achievement in primary school children2
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Family structure in relation to body mass index and metabolic score in European children and adolescents2
Satisfaction with a meal kit delivery program and feasibility of a phase I trial in the intervening in food insecurity to reduce and mitigate (InFoRM) childhood obesity study2
Maternal glucose in pregnancy is associated with child's adiposity and leptin at 5 years of age2
Associations between paediatric obesity, chemical mixtures and environmental factors, in a national cross‐sectional study of Canadian children2
Positive effect of leptin substitution on mood and behaviour in patients with congenital leptin deficiency2
Liraglutide pharmacokinetics and exposure‐response in adolescents with obesity2
Assessment and impact of paediatric internalized weight bias: A systematic review2
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 Belarus2
Overweight/obesity are associated with but not explained by problematic social media use2
Insufficient physical activity and high sedentary behaviour are associated with loneliness in adolescents with overweight/obesity: Evidence from 23 low‐ and middle‐income countries2
Overweight/obesity is associated with problematic social media use: Addressing problematic social media use could help reduce overweight/obesity among adolescents2
Serum zonulin as an index of glucose dysregulation in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity2
SMART goals of children of 6–12 years enrolled in a family‐centred lifestyle intervention for childhood obesity: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial2
Associations of childhood BMI traits with blood pressure and glycated haemoglobin in 6–9‐year‐old Samoan children2
The association of a low glycaemic index diet in pregnancy with child body composition at 5 years of age: A secondary analysis of theROLOstudy2
Association of a primary care‐based mobile food pantry with child body mass index: A propensity score matched cohort study2
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Maternal exposure to extreme high‐temperature, particulate air pollution and macrosomia in 14 countries of Africa2
Ultra‐processed food consumption and overweight in children, adolescents and young adults: Long‐term data from the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS)2
Physical activity participation, flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity2
Recent prevalence and trends of obesity and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) among US adolescents: 1999 to 20202
Quantifying the childhood and adolescent overnutrition attributable to specific risk factors: The Young Lives Study in Peru2
Academic performance and psychosocial functioning in European schoolchildren: The role of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status2
Central obesity in school‐aged children increases the likelihood of developing paediatric autoimmune diseases2
Higher consumption of ultra‐processed foods is associated with higher odds of overweight and obesity amongst under‐five children: A national cross‐sectional study in Lebanon2
Temperament and eating self‐regulation in young children with or at risk for obesity: An exploratory report2
Associations of maternal and infant metabolite profiles with foetal growth and the odds of adverse birth outcomes2
Stratification by obesity class, rather than age, can identify a higher percent of children at risk for non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic dysfunction2
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Changes in nonnutritive sweetener intake in a cohort of preschoolers after the implementation of Chile's Law of Food Labelling and Advertising2
A survey of stakeholders' perceived importance of health indicators and subgroup analyses to inform the Canadian clinical practice guideline for managing paediatric obesity2
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Youth prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: Risk factors and prevalence of dysglycaemia2
Healthy lifestyles and physical fitness are associated with abdominal obesity amongLatin‐Americanand Spanish preschool children: A cross‐cultural study2
Childhood follow‐up of the GRoW randomized trial: Metformin in addition to dietary and lifestyle advice for pregnant women with overweight or obesity2
Neurobehavioral phenotypes of delay discounting and cognitive control in child attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obesity: Shared or distinct?2
Maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness in early childhood as predictors of children's weight at school age2
Measuring BMI change among children and adolescents2
Racial/ethnic differences in dietary intake among a diverse sample of adolescents: An experimental study2
An addiction‐based digital weight loss intervention: A multi‐centre randomized controlled trial2
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Association of total and pancreatic serum amylase enzymatic activity with insulin resistance and the glucose and insulin responses to oral starch test in Mexican children1
Cross‐sectional and prospective associations of sleep duration and bedtimes with adiposity and obesity risk in 15 810 youth from 11 international cohorts1
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Associations of radiologic characteristics of the neonatal hypothalamus with early life adiposity gain1
Breastfeeding and infant growth in offspring of mothers with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: The pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia study1
Appetitive and psychological phenotypes of pediatric patients with obesity1
Negative familial weight talk and weight bias internalization in a US sample of children and adolescents1
FirstStep2Health: A cluster randomised trial to promote healthy behaviours and prevent obesity amongst low‐income preschoolers1
Paediatric obesity: Documentation, screening, and pharmacotherapy in a national cohort1
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Bioactive compounds in mothers milk affecting offspring outcomes: A narrative review1
Association between maternal antibiotic exposure during pregnancy and childhood obesity in the Japan Environment and Children's Study1
Early childhood executive control modulates negative affectivity's role in increasing adolescent body mass index trajectories1
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Association between ectopic pancreatic and hepatic fat and metabolic risk factors in children with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease1
Association between total, regional and organ fat and type 2 diabetes risk factors among Latino youth: A longitudinal study1
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Intergenerational cardiovascular disease risks among Hispanics living in the United States1
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Evaluating the impact of community interventions on childhood obesity in populations living in low‐income households in Los Angeles: A simulation study1
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Change in parent and child psychopathology following obesity treatment and maintenance: A secondary data analysis1
Breastfeeding and less healthy beverage intake during the first year of life1
Impulsivity and reward sensitivity facets as predictors of weight change in children: Differences by binge‐eating disorder diagnostic status1
Effectiveness of behavioural and psychological interventions for managing obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis framed using minimal important difference estimates1
Cost‐effectiveness of scaling up a whole‐of‐community intervention: The Romp & Chomp early childhood obesity prevention intervention1
Early childhood growth trajectories in a Medicaid population1
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