OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Childhood 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity Risk: A Systematic Review	137
Tracking of Obesity in Childhood into Adulthood: Effects on Body Mass Index and Fat Mass Index at Age 50	64
Complexity and Stigma of Pediatric Obesity	53
Overweight and Obesity in Children Are Associated with an Abundance of Firmicutes and Reduction of Bifidobacterium in Their Gastrointestinal Microbiota	50
Weight-Related Behaviors of Children with Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic	50
COVID-19 and Nutrition: The Need for Initiatives to Promote Healthy Eating and Prevent Obesity in Childhood	39
Latent Class Analysis of Lifestyle Risk Factors and Association with Overweight and/or Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review	36
Efficacy of Clinic-Based Telehealth vs. Face-to-Face Interventions for Obesity Treatment in Children and Adolescents in the United States and Canada: A Systematic Review	30
Internalized Weight Bias, Teasing, and Self-Esteem in Children with Overweight or Obesity	28
School Gardening Activities Aimed at Obesity Prevention Improve Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Parameters in School-Aged Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	25
Metformin Therapy Reduces Obesity Indices in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials	25
Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of a New Taxonomy of Intervention Components to Improve Weight Status in Children 2–5 Years of Age, 2005–2019	22
Impact of a Gardening and Physical Activity Intervention in Title 1 Schools: The TGEG Study	19
Influence of Grandparental Child Care on Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	18
“I Feel Like Less of a Mom”: Experiences of Weight Stigma by Association among Mothers of Children with Overweight and Obesity	17
Gut Bacterial Families Are Associated with Body Composition and Metabolic Risk Markers in School-Aged Children in Rural Mexico	16
Addressing Structural Racism Is Critical for Ameliorating the Childhood Obesity Epidemic in Black Youth	15
The Influence of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Children and Their Parents in Relation to Childhood Overweight/Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece	15
Identifying Key Determinants of Childhood Obesity: A Narrative Review of Machine Learning Studies	14
Adolescent Exposure to Weight Loss Imagery on Instagram: A Content Analysis of “Top” Images	13
What Change in Body Mass Index Is Required to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity through Lifestyle Interventions: A Meta-Regression	13
A Media Literacy-Based Nutrition Program Fosters Parent–Child Food Marketing Discussions, Improves Home Food Environment, and Youth Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables	13
The Effectiveness of a Blended In-Person and Online Family-Based Childhood Obesity Management Program	13
Alarming Trends in Severe Obesity in Chinese Children from 1991 to 2015	13
Changes in Weight-Related Health Behaviors and Social Determinants of Health among Youth with Overweight/Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic	12

Feasibility of Targeting Hispanic Fathers and Children in an Obesity Intervention: Papás Saludables Niños Saludables	12
Observations of Maternal Feeding Practices and Styles and Young Children's Obesity Risk: A Longitudinal Study of Hispanic Mothers with Low Incomes	12
Starting Early Program Impacts on Feeding at Infant 10 Months Age: A Randomized Controlled Trial	11
Effectiveness of a Weight Loss Program Using Digital Health in Adolescents and Preadolescents	11
Incorrect Analyses of Cluster-Randomized Trials that Do Not Take Clustering and Nesting into Account Likely Lead to p-Values that Are Too Small	11
Food Insecurity Influences Weight Trajectory in Children with Obesity	10
Sleep during Infancy and Associations with Childhood Body Composition: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis	10
Are There Inter-Individual Differences in Fat Mass and Percent Body Fat as a Result of Aerobic Exercise Training in Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents? A Meta-Analytic Perspective	10
A Healthy Start: National Trends in Child Care Regulations and Uptake of Obesity Prevention Standards (2010–2018)	10
Food Insecurity and Obesity in US Adolescents: A Population-Based Analysis	10
Weight Gain during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a High-Risk Cohort of Children in San Francisco, CA	9
Clustering Patterns of Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, Sedentary, and Dietary Behavior among School Children	9
Relationship between Obesity and Iron Deficiency in Healthy Adolescents	9
Predictors of Engagement in a Pediatric Weight Management Clinic after Referral	9
Changes in the Health-Related Quality of Life and Weight Status of Children with Overweight or Obesity Aged 7 to 13 Years after Participating in a 10-Week Lifestyle Intervention	9
Breastfeeding Associations with Childhood Obesity and Body Composition: Findings from a Racially Diverse Maternal–Child Cohort	9
Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention Preferences of Adolescents with Overweight/Obesity	9
Weight Status, Medication Use, and Recreational Activities of Treatment-Naïve Transgender Youth	8
Modifiable Early Childhood Risk Factors for Obesity at Age Four Years	8
Let's Not Just Dismiss the Weight Watchers Kurbo App	8
Evolution of a Coalition Network during a Whole-of-Community Intervention to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity	8
Longitudinal Assessment of Sleep Trajectories during Early Childhood and Their Association with Obesity	8
The Relation of Adiposity Rebound to Subsequent BMI in a Large Electronic Health Record Database	8
The Impact of a Multipronged Intervention to Increase School Lunch Participation among Secondary School Students in an Urban Public School District	7
Associations between Obesity and Adverse Childhood Experiences in the United States	7
The Impact of Parental Diabetes on the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity	7
Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: Methods for Taxonomy Development for Application in Taxonomic Meta-Analysis	7
Utilization Trends and Disparities in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery in the United States 2009–2017	7
Physical Activity and Screen Time Practices of Family Child Care Providers: Do They Meet Best Practice Guidelines?	7
How Important is Motor Competence for Healthy Weight Status across Adolescence?	7
Associations of Neighborhood Safety and Collective Efficacy with Dietary Intake among Preschool-Aged Children and Mothers	7
Can a Behavioral Weight-Loss Intervention Change Adolescents' Food Addiction Severity?	7
Associations between Bottle-Feeding during Infancy and Obesity at Age 6 Years Are Mediated by Greater Infancy Weight Gain	6
Cross-Sectional Associations of Built and Social Neighborhood Environment Variables with Body Mass Index in a Large Sample of Urban Predominantly African American Children	6
JOIN for ME: Testing a Scalable Weight Control Intervention for Adolescents	6
Family Encouragement of Healthy Eating Predicts Child Dietary Intake and Weight Loss in Family-Based Behavioral Weight-Loss Treatment	6
Design and Approach of the Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management Intervention Package and Implementation: Massachusetts-CORD 3.0	6
“We've Had to Build the Plane as We Flew It.”:Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on School-Based Weight Management Interventions	6
Sleep, Food Insecurity, and Weight Status: Findings from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study	6
Muscle-to-Fat Ratio for Predicting Metabolic Syndrome Components in Children with Overweight and Obesity	6
Longitudinal Assessment of Childhood Dietary Patterns: Associations with Body Mass Index z-Score among Children in the Samoan Ola Tuputupua'e (Growing Up) Cohort	6
Maternal Gestational Diabetes and Early Childhood Obesity: A Retrospective Cohort Study	6
Gustatory Function Can Improve after Multimodal Lifestyle Intervention: A Longitudinal Observational Study in Pediatric Patients with Obesity	6
High Rates of Obesity at Presentation Persist into Survivorship across Childhood Cancer Types	6
Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: A Rationale for Taxonomic versus Conventional Meta-Analysis	5
Effect of Coffee and Tea Consumption on Adolescent Weight Control: An Interventional Pilot Study	5
A Mixed-Methods Examination of Referral Processes to Clinic–Community Partnership Programs for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity	5
Topiramate for Weight Management in Children With Severe Obesity	5
Disparities in Nutrition Counseling at Pediatric Wellness Visits in South Carolina	5
Maternal Stress Moderates the Relationship of Food Insufficiency with Body Mass Index Trajectories from Childhood to Early Adulthood among U.S. Rural Youth	5

Obesity Risk Assessment Tool among 3–5 Year Olds: Validation with Biomarkers of Low-Grade Chronic Inflammation	5
Investigating the Relationship between Body Mass Index and Pain in the Spine in Children or Adolescents: A Systematic Review	5
Moving Pediatric Healthy Weight Interventions into Real-World Settings, Using Implementation Science to Address Access, Flexibility, and Sustainability	5
Parent Food-Related Behaviors and Family-Based Dietary and Activity Environments: Associations with BMI z-Scores in Low-Income Preschoolers	5
Maternal Chronic Hypertension Elevates the Risk for Long-Term Selected Endocrine and Metabolic Morbidity in the Offspring, Particularly Childhood Obesity	5
Association between Sleep Duration and Body Composition in Girls Ten to Eighteen Years of Age: A Population-Based Study	5
Promoting Sleep and Balanced Screen Time among School-Aged Children with Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Disorders: A Parent Perspective	5
Economic Growth and Weight of Children and Adolescents in Urban Areas: A Panel Data Analysis on Twenty-Seven Provinces in China, 1985–2014	5
Planned Evaluation of the Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management and Implementation: Massachusetts-CORD 3.0	5