OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Childhood Obesity is 4. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Reliability of Anthropometric Measurement of Young Children with Parent Involvement	30
Topiramate for Weight Management in Children With Severe Obesity	26
Physical Activity and Screen Time Practices of Family Child Care Providers: Do They Meet Best Practice Guidelines?	21
Intergenerational Determinants of Weight Status Concordance and Discordance in Parent/Adolescent Dyads from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study	19
Parental Perspectives Regarding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Their Children	18
Maternal Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity across Pregnancy and Early Childhood Growth	17
Families Chose In-Person Visits over Telehealth for Pediatric Weight Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Parental Reasons for Engaging in or Avoiding Weight Talk With Children	15
Perceptions of Weight Management: Interviews with Adolescents with Severe Obesity and Their Mothers	14
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	14
Treating Children and Adolescents With Obesity: Characteristics of Success	13
Rates of Body Mass Index Increase in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic	13
Effects of Early Wake-Up Time on Obesity in Adolescents	13
Associations of Neighborhood Food Retail Environments with Weight Status in a Regional Pediatric Health System	13
Body Weight at Age Four Years and Readiness to Start School: A Prospective Cohort Study	11
Evaluation of a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program in a Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Obesity Prevention Program	11
Influence of the Home Environment on Physical Activity Behaviors in African American Youth	11
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Childhood Obesity	11
Utilization Trends and Disparities in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery in the United States 2009–2017	10
Who Gets a Code for Obesity? Reliability, Use, and Implications of Combining International Classification of Diseases-Based Obesity Codes, 2014-2021	10
Are Students Paid to Market Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Peers? A Review of University Pouring Rights Contracts	10
Wellness Achieved Through Changing Habits: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Acceptance-Based Intervention for Adolescent Girls With Overweight or Obesity	10
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2021	10
Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Is Associated With Higher BMI Among Preschool-Aged Children: A Cross-Sectional Study	9
Understanding Accelerated Summer Body Mass Index Gain by Tracking Changes in Children's Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index Throughout the Year	9

Real-World Experience of the Efficacy and Safety of Phentermine Use in Adolescents: A Case Series	9
Associations Between Neighborhood Opportunity and Indicators of Physical Fitness for New York City Public School Youth	8
Prediction of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Anthropometric Indices and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Children	8
Nonpharmacological Childhood Obesity Management in Denmark Reduces Steatotic Liver Disease and Obesity	8
Neighborhood Public Transportation Access and Adolescent Body Mass Index: Results from the FLASHE Study	8
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	8
The Influence of Social Determinants of Health and Structural Racism on Childhood Obesity	8
Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiometabolic Health in Middle-School Children	8
“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	7
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Young Children with Obesity	7
Breastfeeding Associations with Childhood Obesity and Body Composition: Findings from a Racially Diverse Maternal–Child Cohort	7
Caring for Kids of All Sizes: An Outpatient Quality Improvement Pilot Project to Decrease Weight Stigma	7
Food Insecurity Influences Weight Trajectory in Children with Obesity	7
What Do Health Professionals and Parents Want as Part of an Online Childhood Obesity Prevention Program?	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
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	7
Latino Children's Obesity Risk Varies by Place of Birth: Findings from New York City Public School Youth, 2006–2017	6
The National Physical Activity Plan Early Childhood Education Strategy: State Policy Surveillance	6
A Scale-Out Study of an Evidence-Based Family Meals Program Delivered in the Head Start Setting: Results, Challenges, and Opportunities	6
Honoring Dr. Dianne Stanton Ward: A Legacy of Transformative Leadership in Childhood Obesity Prevention and Health Promotion	6
Development and Testing of the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children–Toddlers	6
Successful Virtual Delivery of a Group Childhood Healthy Weight Program	6
Effectiveness of a Scalable mHealth Intervention for Children With Overweight and Obesity	5
Parental Influences on Physical Activity and Screen Time among Preschool Children from Low-Income Families in Brazil	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
Increased BMI Velocity is Associated with Elevated Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Scores in Adolescents with Obesity	5
Short-Term Efficacy of a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program Designed to Pair Feeding Content With Nutrition Education	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	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
Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity and Shape and Weight Concerns Among Youth With Overweight and Obesity: A Pilot Exploratory Ecological Momentary Assessment Study	5
Accuracy and Precision of Opportunistic Measures of Body Composition from the Tanita DC-430U	4
Exploratory Decision Trees to Predict Obesity Intervention Response among Hispanic American Youth	4
Change in Weight Status Among Children Who Do and Do Not Participate in Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment for Obesity	4
Patient Retention in Pediatric Weight Management Programs in the United States: Analyses of Data from the Pediatrics Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry	4
Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Child Obesity Prevention: Effects of Adverse Social Determinants of Health on Intervention Attendance and Impact	4
Emotional Eating Prevalence and Correlates in Adolescents in the United States	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
Effects of a Pediatric Weight Management Intervention on Parental Stress	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
High Blood Pressure in Children Aged 3 to 12 Years Old With Overweight or Obesity	4
Rural Family Satisfaction With Telehealth Delivery of an Intervention for Pediatric Obesity and Associated Family Characteristics	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
Obesity Prevalence and Dietary Factors Among Preschool-Aged Head Start Children in Remote Alaska Native Communities: Baseline Data from the “Got Neqpiaq?” Study	4
Four-Year Accelerometry Outcomes from a Cluster Randomized Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity	4
Empowerment Approaches in Childhood Weight Management: A Systematic Review	4
Differences in Geographical Location and Health Behaviors of Participants in a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Children and Adolescents Living with Obesity	4
Parenting Stress, Child Weight-Related Behaviors, and Child Weight Status	4

Childhood Obesity Body Mass Index and Gut Microbiome: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot Feasibility Study	4
Exploring Disparities in Dietary Quality Among Young Children Across Diverse Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Households	4
Independent and Interactive Associations of Subjective and Objective Socioeconomic Status With Body Composition and Parent-Reported Hyperphagia Among Children	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
A Scoping Review of Tailoring in Pediatric Obesity Interventions	4
Weight Status, Medication Use, and Recreational Activities of Treatment-Naïve Transgender Youth	4
Resting Energy Expenditure Profiles in Pediatric Patients with Obesity Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy	4
An Assessment of the Relationship Between BMI and Children Undergoing Surgical Procedures: A Retrospective Study	4
Considerations for Interpreting Childhood Obesity Treatment Trials from the COVID-19 Pandemic Era	4