OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pediatric Obesity is 5. 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.)

Article	Citations
Physical activity behaviour and screen time in Dutch children during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Pre‐, during‐ and post‐school closures	125
Impact of theCOVID‐19 pandemic on elementary schoolers' physical activity, sleep, screen time and diet: A quasi‐experimental interrupted time series study	92
Association of gut microbiome with fasting triglycerides, fasting insulin and obesity status in Mexican children	45
BMIstatus and associations between affect, physical activity and anxiety amongU.S.children duringCOVID‐19	34
Recent advances in the epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children	28
Childhood obesity within the lens of racism	28
Sugar‐sweetened beverages intake and the risk of obesity in children: An updated systematic review and dose–response meta‐analysis	27
Recent trends in overweight and obesity in adolescents aged 12 to 15 years across 21 countries	27
The relationship between excessive dietary fructose consumption and paediatric fatty liver disease	27
The effects of Mediterranean diet on hepatic steatosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation in adolescents with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial	26
Changes in obesity and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal analysis from 2019 to 2020	23
Prevalence of prediabetes in children and adolescents by class of obesity	21
Associations between maternal obesity and offspring gut microbiome in the first year of life	21
Food insecurity is associated with higher food responsiveness in low‐income children: The moderating role of parent stress and family functioning	21
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 study	21
Misalignment among adolescents living with obesity, caregivers, and healthcare professionals: ACTION Teens global survey study	20
Acceleration in BMI gain following COVID‐19 restrictions. A longitudinal study with 7‐ to 10‐year‐old primary school children	20
Age‐dependent association of obesity with COVID‐19 severity in paediatric patients	18
Youth prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: Risk factors and prevalence of dysglycaemia	18
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
Associations between maternal obesity, gestational cytokine levels and child obesity in the NEST cohort	17
Association of insufficient sleep and skipping breakfast with overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: Findings from a cross‐sectional provincial surveillance project in Jiangsu	17
Bioactive compounds in mothers milk affecting offspring outcomes: A narrative review	17
Exploring an algorithm to harmonize International Obesity Task Force and World Health Organization child overweight and obesity prevalence rates	16
Cross‐sectional comparisons of gut microbiome and short‐chain fatty acid levels among children with varied weight classifications	16

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 study	16
Foetal tobacco and cannabis exposure, body fat and cardio‐metabolic health in childhood	15
Changes in nonnutritive sweetener intake in a cohort of preschoolers after the implementation of Chile's Law of Food Labelling and Advertising	15
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 trial	15
Health behaviour outcomes of a family based intervention for paediatric obesity in primary care: A randomized type II hybrid effectiveness‐implementation trial	14
30‐Day morbidity and mortality of bariatric metabolic surgery in adolescence during the COVID‐19 pandemic – The GENEVA study	14
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 studies	14
The association of a low glycaemic index diet in pregnancy with child body composition at 5 years of age: A secondary analysis of theROLOstudy	14
Central obesity in school‐aged children increases the likelihood of developing paediatric autoimmune diseases	13
MicroRNAs as the promising markers of comorbidities in childhood obesity—A systematic review	13
Visceral fat and arterial stiffness in youth with healthy weight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes	12
Novel dietary interventions for adolescents with obesity: A narrative review	12
Determinants of rapid infant weight gain: A pooled analysis of seven cohorts	12
Effects of PNPLA3, TM6SF2 and SAMM50 on the development and severity of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in children	12
Motivations for engaging in or avoiding conversations about weight: Adolescent and parent perspectives	11
The relationship of sleep duration and quality to energy expenditure and physical activity in children	11
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 trial	10
Adiposity, psychomotor and behaviour outcomes of children born after maternal bariatric surgery	10
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 trial	10
Circulating miRNAs in girls with abdominal obesity: miR‐221‐3p as a biomarker of response to weight loss interventions	10
Association of leukocyte telomere length with obesity‐related traits in Asian children with early‐onset obesity	10
Personalized approach to childhood obesity: Lessons from gut microbiota and omics studies. Narrative review and insights from the 29th European childhood obesity congress	10
The association between maternal pre‐pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain and child adiposity: A racial‐ethnically diverse cohort of children	10
Elevated transaminases potentiate the risk for emerging dysglycemia in children with overweight and obesity	9
Body fat differences among US youth aged 8–19 by race and Hispanic origin, 2011–2018	9
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the efficacy of a family‐based treatment programme for paediatric obesity	9
Types of diabetes during pregnancy and longitudinal BMI in offspring from birth to age 10 years	9
Metabolomics in early life and the association with body composition at age 2 years	9
Associations of sleep with food cravings and loss‐of‐control eating in youth: An ecological momentary assessment study	9
Characteristics of paediatric weight management in the United States: Associations with program retention and BMI outcomes in the paediatric obesity weight evaluation registry (POWER	9
Psychometric properties of the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) in school age children with overweight and obesity: A proposed three‐factor structure	9
Prevalence of food and beverage brands in “made‐for‐kids” child‐influencer YouTube videos: 2019–2020	9
Digital food and beverage marketing appealing to children and adolescents: An emerging challenge in Mexico	9
Adolescent overweight and obesity in Ireland—Trends and sociodemographic associations between 1990 and 2020	9
Measuring BMI change among children and adolescents	9
Nighttime sleep duration trajectories were associated with body mass index trajectories in early childhood	8
Stratification by obesity class, rather than age, can identify a higher percent of children at risk for non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic dysfunction	8
Mendelian randomization analysis identified causal Association of Childhood Obesity with adult major depressive disorder	8
A family‐based weight loss randomized controlled trial for youth with intellectual disabilities	8
Effectiveness of an adapted physical activity intervention for weight management in adolescents with intellectual disability: A randomized controlled trial	8
Infant intakes of human milk branched chain amino acids are negatively associated with infant growth and influenced by maternal body mass index	8
Early onset of overweight among children from low‐income families: The role of exclusive breastfeeding and maternal intake of ultra‐processed food	8
Physical activity participation, flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity	8
Metabolomic profiling of stool of two‐year old children from the INSIGHT study reveals links between butyrate and child weight outcomes	8
Association of gut microbiota and glucose metabolism in children with disparate degrees of adiposity	8
Potential cost‐effectiveness of e‐health interventions for treating overweight and obesity in Australian adolescents	8
Impact of a year‐round school calendar on children's BMI and fitness: Final outcomes from a natural experiment	8
Association between ectopic pancreatic and hepatic fat and metabolic risk factors in children with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease	8
Learning to overeat in infancy: Concurrent and prospective relationships between maternal BMI, feeding practices and child eating response among Hispanic mothers and children	8
Longitudinal associations between executive control and body mass index across childhood	8

Psychiatric comorbidity associated with weight status in 9 to 10 year old children	8
Early weight gain trajectories and body composition in infancy in infants born very preterm	8
Revisiting the cross‐sectional and prospective association of physical activity with body composition and physical fitness in preschoolers: A compositional data approach	7
Update on pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery	7
An improved algorithm to harmonize child overweight and obesity prevalence rates	7
Paediatric obesity and metabolic syndrome associations with cognition and the brain in youth: Current evidence and future directions	7
Does the severity of obesity influence bone density, geometry and strength in adolescents?	7
Liraglutide pharmacokinetics and exposure‐response in adolescents with obesity	7
Quantifying the overall impact of an early childhood multi‐behavioural lifestyle intervention	7
A Prudent dietary pattern is inversely associated with liver fat content among multi‐ethnic youth	7
Comparing two different family‐based childhood obesity treatment programmes in a medically underserved region: Effectiveness, engagement and implementation outcomes from a randomized controlled trial	7
Associations between fruit juice and milk consumption and change in BMI in a large prospective cohort of U.S. adolescents and preadolescents	7
Prevalence of low and high BMI during the first 3 years of life: using New Zealand national electronic health data	7
Use of person‐centred language among scientific research focused on childhood obesity	7
Review of paediatric obesity and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease—A focus on emerging non‐pharmacologic treatment strategies	7
Anthropometry‐based prediction of body composition in early infancy compared to air‐displacement plethysmography	6
ApoB‐lipoprotein remnant dyslipidemia and high‐fat meal intolerance is associated with markers of cardiometabolic risk in youth with obesity	6
Evaluating potential predictors of weight loss response to liraglutide in adolescents with obesity: A post hoc analysis of the randomized, placebo‐controlled SCALE Teens trial	6
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 Belarus	6
Outcomes and risk factors of death among hospitalized children and adolescents with obesity and COVID‐19 in Brazil: An analysis of a nationwide database	6
Longitudinal assessment of brain structure and behaviour in youth with rapid weight gain: Potential contributing causes and consequences	6
No sustained effects of an intervention to prevent excessive GWG on offspring fat and lean mass at 54 weeks: Yet a greater head circumference persists	6
Modified body mass index z‐scores in children in New York City during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Infant appetite traits, feeding practices and child obesity in low‐income Hispanic families	6
Academic performance and psychosocial functioning in European schoolchildren: The role of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status	6
Temperament and eating self‐regulation in young children with or at risk for obesity: An exploratory report	6
Modifiable early life exposures associated with adiposity and obesity in 3‐year old children born to mothers with obesity	6
Exploring the relationship between appetitive behaviours, executive function, and weight status among preschool children	6
Exposure to maternal fuels during pregnancy and offspring hepatic fat in early childhood: The healthy start study	6
A randomized trial comparing diet and delivery strategies for weight management in adolescents with intellectual disabilities	6
Metabolomics reveals sex‐specific pathways associated with changes in adiposity and muscle mass in a cohort of Mexican adolescents	6
Early childhood growth trajectories in a Medicaid population	6
Maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness in early childhood as predictors of children's weight at school age	6
Healthy lifestyles and physical fitness are associated with abdominal obesity amongLatin‐Americanand Spanish preschool children: A cross‐cultural study	6
Weighing in on COVID‐19: The impact of the pandemic on children and adolescents with obesity participating in a weight management program	6
Exercise dose on hepatic fat and cardiovascular health in adolescents with excess of adiposity	6
A 24‐month metformin treatment study of children with obesity: Changes in circulating GDF‐15 and associations with changes in body weight and visceral fat	6
High levels of FSH before puberty are associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome during pubertal transition	5
Associations of caesarean section with body mass and waist circumference trajectories from age 2 to 13 years: A nationally representative birth cohort study in Australia	5
Eating in the absence of hunger in 18‐month‐old children in a home setting	5
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(ECOG	5
The role of parents in adolescent obesity treatment: Results of the TEENS+ randomized clinical pilot trial	5
Positive effect of leptin substitution on mood and behaviour in patients with congenital leptin deficiency	5
Association of a primary care‐based mobile food pantry with child body mass index: A propensity score matched cohort study	5
The long‐term effects of primary school‐based obesity prevention interventions in children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	5
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 study	5
The effects of a lifestyle intervention (the HealthyMoms app) during pregnancy on infant body composition: Secondary outcome analysis from a randomized controlled trial	5
Implicit and explicit fat bias among adolescents from two US populations varying by obesity prevalence	5
Associations between eating behaviours and cardiometabolic risk among adolescents in the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment study	5
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Distinct racial and ethnic metabolic syndrome characteristics: A comparative assessment in low‐income children 7–10 years of age	5
Childhood sleep and obesity risk: A prospective cohort study of 10 000 Swedish children	5
Childhood follow‐up of the GRoW randomized trial: Metformin in addition to dietary and lifestyle advice for pregnant women with overweight or obesity	5
Assessment and impact of paediatric internalized weight bias: A systematic review	5
SMART goals of children of 6–12 years enrolled in a family‐centred lifestyle intervention for childhood obesity: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial	5
Timing of food consumption in Hispanic adolescents with obesity	5
Gestational weight gain and childhood body mass index across three generations: Results from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort	5
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 Health	5
Loneliness and cravings for sugar‐sweetened beverages among adolescents	5
Associations between weight status, body satisfaction, ethnic identity and self‐esteem in Oceanian adolescents	5
Early growth according to protein content of infant formula: Results from the EDEN and ELFE birth cohorts	5
Cost‐effectiveness of scaling up a whole‐of‐community intervention: The Romp & Chomp early childhood obesity prevention intervention	5
Serum zonulin as an index of glucose dysregulation in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity	5
Maternal glucose in pregnancy is associated with child's adiposity and leptin at 5 years of age	5
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 Survey	5
Weight‐based cybervictimization: Implications for adolescent health	5
Sibling absence and body mass index: From adolescence to adulthood	5