OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Childhood 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Physical Activity and Screen Time Practices of Family Child Care Providers: Do They Meet Best Practice Guidelines?	23
Reliability of Anthropometric Measurement of Young Children with Parent Involvement	20
Parental Reasons for Engaging in or Avoiding Weight Talk With Children	20
Maternal Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity across Pregnancy and Early Childhood Growth	19
Topiramate for Weight Management in Children With Severe Obesity	19
Intergenerational Determinants of Weight Status Concordance and Discordance in Parent/Adolescent Dyads from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study	18
Families Chose In-Person Visits over Telehealth for Pediatric Weight Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic	17
Parental Perspectives Regarding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Their Children	17
Body Weight at Age Four Years and Readiness to Start School: A Prospective Cohort Study	16
Influence of the Home Environment on Physical Activity Behaviors in African American Youth	15
Perceptions of Weight Management: Interviews with Adolescents with Severe Obesity and Their Mothers	14
Are Students Paid to Market Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Peers? A Review of University Pouring Rights Contracts	13
Rates of Body Mass Index Increase in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic	13
Wellness Achieved Through Changing Habits: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Acceptance-Based Intervention for Adolescent Girls With Overweight or Obesity	11
Associations of Neighborhood Food Retail Environments with Weight Status in a Regional Pediatric Health System	11
Evaluation of a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program in a Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Obesity Prevention Program	11
Treating Children and Adolescents With Obesity: Characteristics of Success	11
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Childhood Obesity	11
Effects of Early Wake-Up Time on Obesity in Adolescents	11
Who Gets a Code for Obesity? Reliability, Use, and Implications of Combining International Classification of Diseases-Based Obesity Codes, 2014-2021	11
Three- and Twelve-Month Changes in Child and Adult Care Food Program Best Practices and Preschool Children’s Dietary Intake in Family Child Care Homes after the Happy Healthy Homes Randomized Controll	11
Associations Between Neighborhood Opportunity and Indicators of Physical Fitness for New York City Public School Youth	10
Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Is Associated With Higher BMI Among Preschool-Aged Children: A Cross-Sectional Study	10
Real-World Experience of the Efficacy and Safety of Phentermine Use in Adolescents: A Case Series	10
Psychosocial Outcomes Reported in Randomized Behavioral Intervention Trials for Children and Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity: A Scoping Review	10

Understanding Accelerated Summer Body Mass Index Gain by Tracking Changes in Children's Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index Throughout the Year	10
Scaling What Works: The Role of CDC’s CORD 3.0 in Packaging Family Healthy Weight Programs for Real-World Impact to Address Childhood Obesity	10
The Influence of Social Determinants of Health and Structural Racism on Childhood Obesity	9
Examining Changes in Implementation of Priority Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practices, and Related Barriers, Over Time in Australian Early Childhood Education and Care Services: A Repeated Cr	9
Neighborhood Public Transportation Access and Adolescent Body Mass Index: Results from the FLASHE Study	9
Adapting the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment: A Cross-Country Case Study of Improving Early Childhood Health Environments in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom	9
Caring for Kids of All Sizes: An Outpatient Quality Improvement Pilot Project to Decrease Weight Stigma	8
Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiometabolic Health in Middle-School Children	8
Nonpharmacological Childhood Obesity Management in Denmark Reduces Steatotic Liver Disease and Obesity	8
Food Insecurity Influences Weight Trajectory in Children with Obesity	7
Examining the Relationship between Infant Weight Status and Parent–Infant Interactions within a Food and Nonfood Context	7
Real-World Use of Phentermine and Topiramate for Adolescent Obesity: Retrospective Effectiveness and Safety Analysis	7
“ Som la Pera ,” a School-Based, Peer-Led Social Marketing Intervention to Engage Spanish Adolescents in a Healthy Lifestyle: A Parallel-Cluster Randomiz	7
Honoring Dr. Dianne Stanton Ward: A Legacy of Transformative Leadership in Childhood Obesity Prevention and Health Promotion	7
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Young Children with Obesity	7
The National Physical Activity Plan Early Childhood Education Strategy: State Policy Surveillance	7
Effectiveness of a Scalable mHealth Intervention for Children With Overweight and Obesity	6
Latino Children's Obesity Risk Varies by Place of Birth: Findings from New York City Public School Youth, 2006–2017	6
What Do Health Professionals and Parents Want as Part of an Online Childhood Obesity Prevention Program?	6
Development and Testing of the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children–Toddlers	6
Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity and Shape and Weight Concerns Among Youth With Overweight and Obesity: A Pilot Exploratory Ecological Momentary Assessment Study	6
Successful Virtual Delivery of a Group Childhood Healthy Weight Program	6
A Scale-Out Study of an Evidence-Based Family Meals Program Delivered in the Head Start Setting: Results, Challenges, and Opportunities	6
Increased BMI Velocity is Associated with Elevated Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Scores in Adolescents with Obesity	5
Clinical and Biological Phenotypes of Patients Carrying a Heterozygous Variant in Genes of Leptin-Melanocortin Signaling Pathway	5
Teaching Second-Year Medical Students How to Counsel Pediatric Patients With Unhealthy Body Mass Index	5
Retraction of: Body Mass Index and Gut Microbiome: A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled, Pilot Feasibility Study (doi: 10.1089/chi.2022.0171)	5
Food Waste, Preference, and Cost: Perceived Barriers and Self-Reported Food Service Best Practices in Family Child Care Homes	5
Parental Priorities for Childhood Obesity Management in Primary Care	5
Tracking Physical Activity and Nutrition Policies and Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care: Five Years Post-Implementation of a Provincial-Level Active Play Standard	5
Four-Year Accelerometry Outcomes from a Cluster Randomized Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity	5
Exploratory Decision Trees to Predict Obesity Intervention Response among Hispanic American Youth	4
Parental Perspectives on Their Child’s Body Image	4
Greater Improvement in Obesity Among Children With Prediabetes in a Clinical Weight Management Program	4
Change in Weight Status Among Children Who Do and Do Not Participate in Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment for Obesity	4
Implementation and Effectiveness Outcomes of a Pilot Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Food Is Medicine Program Among At-Risk Pediatric Populations	4
Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Child Obesity Prevention: Effects of Adverse Social Determinants of Health on Intervention Attendance and Impact	4
Association of Dietary Inflammatory Potential with Inflammatory Biomarkers in Brazilian Children: The Role of Obesity Status in the South American Youth/Child Cardiovascular and Environmental (SAYCARE	4
Considerations for Interpreting Childhood Obesity Treatment Trials from the COVID-19 Pandemic Era	4
Accuracy and Precision of Opportunistic Measures of Body Composition from the Tanita DC-430U	4
Resting Energy Expenditure Profiles in Pediatric Patients with Obesity Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy	4
Differences in Geographical Location and Health Behaviors of Participants in a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Children and Adolescents Living with Obesity	4
High BMI z-Scores from Different Growth References Are Not Comparable: An Example from a Weight Management Trial with an Anti-Obesity Medication in Pubertal Adolescents with Obesity	4
Weight Status, Medication Use, and Recreational Activities of Treatment-Naïve Transgender Youth	4
Short-Term Efficacy of a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program Designed to Pair Feeding Content With Nutrition Education	4
Emotional Eating Prevalence and Correlates in Adolescents in the United States	4
Rural Family Satisfaction With Telehealth Delivery of an Intervention for Pediatric Obesity and Associated Family Characteristics	4
Childhood Obesity Body Mass Index and Gut Microbiome: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot Feasibility Study	4
Managing Obesity in Young Children: A Multiple Methods Study Assessing Feasibility, Acceptability, and Implementation of a Multicomponent, Family-Based Intervention	4
An Assessment of the Relationship Between BMI and Children Undergoing Surgical Procedures: A Retrospective Study	4

Utilization of Counseling Services by Pediatric Patients With Obesity Using MarketScan Data (2017–2019)	4
Obesity Prevalence and Dietary Factors Among Preschool-Aged Head Start Children in Remote Alaska Native Communities: Baseline Data from the “ Got Neqpiaq?	4
A Scoping Review of Tailoring in Pediatric Obesity Interventions	4
Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial	4
Parental Influences on Physical Activity and Screen Time among Preschool Children from Low-Income Families in Brazil	4
High Blood Pressure in Children Aged 3 to 12 Years Old With Overweight or Obesity	4
Independent and Interactive Associations of Subjective and Objective Socioeconomic Status With Body Composition and Parent-Reported Hyperphagia Among Children	4
Adoption of Nutrition and Physical Activity Best Practices in the Early Care and Education Setting: Examination of Differences Between Centers and Family Child Care Homes	4
Exploring Disparities in Dietary Quality Among Young Children Across Diverse Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Households	4
Do Individual Characteristics and Social Support Increase Children's Use of an MHealth Intervention? Findings from the Evaluation of a Behavior Change MHealth App, Aim2Be	3
Differential Participation: Comparison of Latino and Non-Latino Families in Fitline, a Family-Centered Weight Management Intervention	3
Household Income Moderates Longitudinal Relations Between Neighborhood Child Opportunity Index and BMI Growth	3
Health Behaviors of Transgender Youth with and Without Obesity: Establishing an Evidence Base and Prevalence Rates	3
Relationship between “Blue Space” Proximity and Children's Weight Status, Health Behaviors, and Health-Related Quality of Life among a Sample of Regional Victorian Primary School Children	3
The Mediating Effect of Sleep Duration on the Association between Food Insecurity and Childhood Obesity	3
Retracted: Body Mass Index and Gut Microbiome: A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled, Pilot Feasibility Study	3
Validity and Reliability of a Site-Level Assessment Questionnaire to Assess Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices in Schools	3
Associations Between Household Frequency of Cooking Dinner and Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Dietary Quality Among US Children and Adolescents	3
Identifying and Managing Eating Disorders in Pediatric Obesity Treatment: Current Practices in Weight Management Programs throughout the United States	3
Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	3
Body Mass Index Trajectories and Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Children from Low-Income and Racially and Ethnically Diverse Households	3
A Randomized Trial of Inspiratory Training in Children and Adolescents With Obesity	3
Feasibility of an Obesity Prevention Program for Latino Families from First Trimester of Pregnancy to Child Age 18 Months and Predictors of Program Attendance	3
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Childhood Obesity	3
Targeting Pediatric Obesity via a Healthy Lifestyle Summer Camp Intervention: How Necessary Is a Parenting Component?	3
The Association Between a Neighborhood Adverse Childhood Experiences Index and Body Mass Index Among New York City Youth	3
Lack of Association Between Pandemic School Mode Policy and Pediatric Body Mass Index Percentile Over Time	3
Clinical Performance of Transient Elastography With Comparison to Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound, and Biopsy in Children and Adolescents With Known or Suspected Fatty Liver Diseas	2
BMI Data Collection and Communication Practices in a Multistate Sample of Head Start Programs	2
Behavior Change Techniques That Prevent or Decrease Obesity in Youth With a Low Socioeconomic Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	2
Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice for Childhood Obesity Treatment	2
Parental Factors Associated With Intentions to Initiate a Family-Based Pediatric Weight Management Program	2
“We Feel Like We Are in It Alone”: A Mixed-Methods Study of Pediatric Primary Care Barriers for Weight Management	2
Prevalence and Severity of Chronic Conditions Among Adolescents With Obesity	2
Elevated Alpha-Fetoprotein Levels in Children with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Liver Disease	2
Childhood Obesity and Health Care Utilization: Empirical Evidence from Austrian Administrative Data	2
Evaluation of BMI Growth Charts for Children Living with Severe Obesity	2
How Home Child Care Providers Purchase, Prepare, and Serve Healthy Foods: In-Depth Interviews with Child and Adult Care Food Program Participants	2
Associations Between Coparenting Quality, the Home Food Environment, and Child’s Body Mass Index	2
It’s Time to Put the Nap in Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAPSACC): A Systematic Review Demonstrating the Impact of Child Care on Sleep Outcomes in Early Childhood	2
Efficacy of a Primary Care eHealth Obesity Treatment Pilot Intervention Developed for Vulnerable Pediatric Patients	2
The Unintended Psychosocial Consequences of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Children and Adolescents: A Call for More Research	2
Influences of Child Temperament and Household Chaos on Preschoolers' Emotional Eating	2
Moderating Influence of Home Location and School Type Across Time on Cardiometabolic Risk and Active School Commuting: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study	2
The Associations Between Physical Activity and Skin Carotenoid Levels in a Small Sample of Preschoolers: A Pilot Study	2
Playing Alone: Recess Physical Activity and Social Interactions of Children with and Without Obesity and Severe Obesity	2
Cardiometabolic Health in Adolescents with Obesity: The Role of Protein Intake, Diet Quality, and Physical Activity	2
Family Perceptions of Pediatric Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in a Safety-Net Obesity Clinic	2
Adherence to Health Behavior Recommendations among Youth with Obesity Classes I, II, and III	2
Supporting Healthy Weight in Statewide Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: A Review of 2020 Standards and Comparison to 2015 Standards	2
Availability, Participation, and Interest in Workplace Wellness Programs for Head Start Educators	2
The Effect of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Alanine Aminotransferase and Other Metabolic Parameters in Youths with Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	2
Systematic Review of General Parenting Intervention Impacts on Child Weight as a Secondary Outcome	2
Family and Home Environment Predictors of Children’s 24-Hour Movement Guideline Adherence: A Mixed-Methods Study	2
Sedentary Time Patterns Among Preschoolers: Do Sex Disparities Exist?	2
Neighborhood Environment and Longitudinal Follow-Up of Glycosylated Hemoglobin for Youth with Overweight or Obesity	2
Could Celiac Disease and Overweight/Obesity Coexist in School-Aged Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review	2
Current Weight Status of Sexually Assaulted Pediatric Female Patients in an Emergency Department Setting	2
Parent and Guardian Opinions on Obesity Medications Use in Adolescents with Obesity and Related Comorbidities	2
Diet and Physical Activity by Prediabetes Status Among U.S. Adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2018	2
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2025	2
Acculturation and Feeding in Hispanic Mothers: Continuous and Categorical Analyses	2
Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Program and Participant Factors That Explain Success in a Micropolitan Pediatric Weight Management Intervention	2
Height and Weight Measurement and Communication With Families in Head Start: Developing a Toolkit and Establishing Best Practices	2
The Many Names of Fatty Liver Disease: Strengths and Limitations of Metabolic (Dysfunction)-Associated Fatty Liver Disease	2
Wearable Devices Beyond Activity Trackers in Youth With Obesity: Summary of Options	2
Can Food and Beverage Advertising Questionnaire Predict Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents from Low- and Middle-Income Countries?	2
Protective Effect of Prenatal Social Support on the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity in Low-Income Hispanic Families	2
BMI Metrics Are Poor Predictors of Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity	2
Quantifying the Impact of Supermarket Distance on Childhood Obesity in Greater London, United Kingdom: Exploring Different Access Measures and Modification Effects of Transportation	2
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2022	2