OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Childhood Obesity is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Modifiable Early Childhood Risk Factors for Obesity at Age Four Years by Z Malihi et al. (DOI: 10.1089/chi.2020.0174)	98
Intergenerational Determinants of Weight Status Concordance and Discordance in Parent/Adolescent Dyads from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study	58
Body Size Misperception and Dissatisfaction in Elementary School Children	32
Parental Perspectives Regarding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Their Children	25
Maternal Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity across Pregnancy and Early Childhood Growth	22
Reliability of Anthropometric Measurement of Young Children with Parent Involvement	17
Physical Activity and Screen Time Practices of Family Child Care Providers: Do They Meet Best Practice Guidelines?	17
Parental Reasons for Engaging in or Avoiding Weight Talk With Children	16
Moving Pediatric Healthy Weight Interventions into Real-World Settings, Using Implementation Science to Address Access, Flexibility, and Sustainability	16
Topiramate for Weight Management in Children With Severe Obesity	16
Families Chose In-Person Visits over Telehealth for Pediatric Weight Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Obesity in Early Childhood: Examining the Relationship among Demographic, Behavioral, Nutritional, and Socioeconomic Factors	13
Rates of Body Mass Index Increase in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Influence of the Home Environment on Physical Activity Behaviors in African American Youth	12
Wellness Achieved Through Changing Habits: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Acceptance-Based Intervention for Adolescent Girls With Overweight or Obesity	12
Treating Children and Adolescents With Obesity: Characteristics of Success	11
Are Students Paid to Market Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Peers? A Review of University Pouring Rights Contracts	9
Body Weight at Age Four Years and Readiness to Start School: A Prospective Cohort Study	9
Effects of Early Wake-Up Time on Obesity in Adolescents	9
Perceptions of Weight Management: Interviews with Adolescents with Severe Obesity and Their Mothers	9
Evaluation of a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program in a Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Obesity Prevention Program	9
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	8
Utilization Trends and Disparities in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery in the United States 2009–2017	8
Associations of Neighborhood Food Retail Environments with Weight Status in a Regional Pediatric Health System	8
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2021	8

Who Gets a Code for Obesity? Reliability, Use, and Implications of Combining International Classification of Diseases-Based Obesity Codes, 2014-2021	8
Understanding Accelerated Summer Body Mass Index Gain by Tracking Changes in Children's Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index Throughout the Year	8
Examining the Relationship between Infant Weight Status and Parent–Infant Interactions within a Food and Nonfood Context	7
Real-World Experience of the Efficacy and Safety of Phentermine Use in Adolescents: A Case Series	7
Nonpharmacological Childhood Obesity Management in Denmark Reduces Steatotic Liver Disease and Obesity	7
Implementation of the JOIN for ME Program for Families from Low-Income Backgrounds: The Use of Theory-Driven Formative Evaluation: Rhode Island CORD 3.0	7
Neighborhood Public Transportation Access and Adolescent Body Mass Index: Results from the FLASHE Study	7
Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Is Associated With Higher BMI Among Preschool-Aged Children: A Cross-Sectional Study	7
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Young Children with Obesity	6
Prediction of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Anthropometric Indices and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Children	6
Latino Children's Obesity Risk Varies by Place of Birth: Findings from New York City Public School Youth, 2006–2017	6
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	6
Food Insecurity Influences Weight Trajectory in Children with Obesity	6
“Som la Pera,” a School-Based, Peer-Led Social Marketing Intervention to Engage Spanish Adolescents in a Healthy Lifestyle: A Parallel-Cluster Randomized Controlled Study	6
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	6
Successful Virtual Delivery of a Group Childhood Healthy Weight Program	6
The Influence of Social Determinants of Health and Structural Racism on Childhood Obesity	6
Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiometabolic Health in Middle-School Children	6
Associations Between Neighborhood Opportunity and Indicators of Physical Fitness for New York City Public School Youth	6
What Do Health Professionals and Parents Want as Part of an Online Childhood Obesity Prevention Program?	6
Packaging and Scaling the Stanford Pediatric Weight Control Program: A Family-Based, Group, Behavioral Weight Management Program for Children with Obesity and Their Families: Background, Rationale, an	6
Effectiveness of a Scalable mHealth Intervention for Children With Overweight and Obesity	5
A Scale-Out Study of an Evidence-Based Family Meals Program Delivered in the Head Start Setting: Results, Challenges, and Opportunities	5
Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity and Shape and Weight Concerns Among Youth With Overweight and Obesity: A Pilot Exploratory Ecological Momentary Assessment Study	5
Weight Status, Medication Use, and Recreational Activities of Treatment-Naïve Transgender Youth	5
The National Physical Activity Plan Early Childhood Education Strategy: State Policy Surveillance	5
Teaching Second-Year Medical Students How to Counsel Pediatric Patients With Unhealthy Body Mass Index	5
Empowerment Approaches in Childhood Weight Management: A Systematic Review	5
Increased BMI Velocity is Associated with Elevated Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Scores in Adolescents with Obesity	5
Honoring Dr. Dianne Stanton Ward: A Legacy of Transformative Leadership in Childhood Obesity Prevention and Health Promotion	5
Development and Testing of the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children–Toddlers	5
Breastfeeding Associations with Childhood Obesity and Body Composition: Findings from a Racially Diverse Maternal–Child Cohort	5
Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial	5
Food Waste, Preference, and Cost: Perceived Barriers and Self-Reported Food Service Best Practices in Family Child Care Homes	4
Four-Year Accelerometry Outcomes from a Cluster Randomized Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity	4
Changes in High Weight-for-Length among Infants Enrolled in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children during 2010–2018	4
A Scoping Review of Tailoring in Pediatric Obesity Interventions	4
Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Child Obesity Prevention: Effects of Adverse Social Determinants of Health on Intervention Attendance and Impact	4
Accuracy and Precision of Opportunistic Measures of Body Composition from the Tanita DC-430U	4
Parental Influences on Physical Activity and Screen Time among Preschool Children from Low-Income Families in Brazil	4
Retraction of: Body Mass Index and Gut Microbiome: A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled, Pilot Feasibility Study (doi: 10.1089/chi.2022.0171)	4
Change in Weight Status Among Children Who Do and Do Not Participate in Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment for Obesity	4
Obesity Prevalence and Dietary Factors Among Preschool-Aged Head Start Children in Remote Alaska Native Communities: Baseline Data from the “Got Neqpiaq?” Study	4
Differences in Geographical Location and Health Behaviors of Participants in a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Children and Adolescents Living with Obesity	4
Packaging of a Pediatric Weight Management Intervention and Implementation Blueprint for Rural and Micropolitan Communities: The Nebraska CORD 3.0 Project	4
Greater Improvement in Obesity Among Children With Prediabetes in a Clinical Weight Management Program	4
Parental Perspectives on Their Child’s Body Image	4
Short-Term Efficacy of a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program Designed to Pair Feeding Content With Nutrition Education	4
Contribution of Hedonic Hunger and Binge Eating to Childhood Obesity	4
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	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
Emotional Eating Prevalence and Correlates in Adolescents in the United States	4
Independent and Interactive Associations of Subjective and Objective Socioeconomic Status With Body Composition and Parent-Reported Hyperphagia Among Children	4
Patient Retention in Pediatric Weight Management Programs in the United States: Analyses of Data from the Pediatrics Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry	4
Patterns of Screen Time Parenting Practices among Parent–Adolescent Dyads Who Participated in a Cross-Sectional Internet-Based Study	3
An Assessment of the Relationship Between BMI and Children Undergoing Surgical Procedures: A Retrospective Study	3
Can Food and Beverage Advertising Questionnaire Predict Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents from Low- and Middle-Income Countries?	3
Characterization of a Regional Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment System	3
Exploring Disparities in Dietary Quality Among Young Children Across Diverse Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Households	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
Considerations for Interpreting Childhood Obesity Treatment Trials from the COVID-19 Pandemic Era	3
Household Income Moderates Longitudinal Relations Between Neighborhood Child Opportunity Index and BMI Growth	3
Effects of a Pediatric Weight Management Intervention on Parental Stress	3
The Mediating Effect of Sleep Duration on the Association between Food Insecurity and Childhood Obesity	3
Rural Family Satisfaction With Telehealth Delivery of an Intervention for Pediatric Obesity and Associated Family Characteristics	3
Managing Obesity in Young Children: A Multiple Methods Study Assessing Feasibility, Acceptability, and Implementation of a Multicomponent, Family-Based Intervention	3
Age of Bottle Cessation and BMI-for-Age Percentile among Children Aged Thirty-Six Months Participating in WIC	3
Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	3
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
Childhood Obesity Body Mass Index and Gut Microbiome: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot Feasibility Study	3
Lack of Association Between Pandemic School Mode Policy and Pediatric Body Mass Index Percentile Over Time	3
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	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
Association between Eating Patterns and Excess Body Weight in Adolescents	3
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Childhood Obesity	3
A Mixed-Methods Examination of Referral Processes to Clinic–Community Partnership Programs for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity	3
High Blood Pressure in Children Aged 3 to 12 Years Old With Overweight or Obesity	3
Assessment of Pediatric Resident Knowledge and Comfort in Addressing Childhood Obesity in Clinical Practice	3
Validity and Reliability of a Site-Level Assessment Questionnaire to Assess Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices in Schools	3
The Association Between a Neighborhood Adverse Childhood Experiences Index and Body Mass Index Among New York City Youth	3
Utilization of Counseling Services by Pediatric Patients With Obesity Using MarketScan Data (2017–2019)	3
Body Mass Index Trajectories and Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Children from Low-Income and Racially and Ethnically Diverse Households	3
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	3
Associations Between Household Frequency of Cooking Dinner and Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Dietary Quality Among US Children and Adolescents	3
Exploratory Decision Trees to Predict Obesity Intervention Response among Hispanic American Youth	3
Targeting Pediatric Obesity via a Healthy Lifestyle Summer Camp Intervention: How Necessary Is a Parenting Component?	3
Parenting Stress, Child Weight-Related Behaviors, and Child Weight Status	3