OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Obesity Reports is 30. 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
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Anti-Obesity Treatment: Where Do We Stand?	132
Sex/Gender Differences in Obesity Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Treatment	127
Weight Stigma in Youth: Prevalence, Consequences, and Considerations for Clinical Practice	117
Metabolically Healthy Obesity: Criteria, Epidemiology, Controversies, and Consequences	106
Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, Postbiotics, and Obesity: Current Evidence, Controversies, and Perspectives	102
Vitamin D and Obesity: Current Evidence and Controversies	89
A Review of Obesity, Physical Activity, and Cardiovascular Disease	89
Food Insecurity and Pediatric Obesity: a Double Whammy in the Era of COVID-19	82
Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Obesity: a Review of Literature from the Past Decade to Inform Intervention Research	80
Socioeconomics of Obesity	75
Adolescent and Childhood Obesity and Excess Morbidity and Mortality in Young Adulthood—a Systematic Review	61
Is There an Obesity Paradox in Critical Illness? Epidemiologic and Metabolic Considerations	60
COVID-19 Self-quarantine and Weight Gain Risk Factors in Adults	58
Childhood Obesity and Cancer Risk in Adulthood	57
Deciphering the Association Between Psoriasis and Obesity: Current Evidence and Treatment Considerations	55
Autoantibody Production in Obesity: Is There Evidence for a Link Between Obesity and Autoimmunity?	55
Outcomes in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: an Updated 5-Year Review	52
Cognition, Brain Structure, and Brain Function in Individuals with Obesity and Related Disorders	50
Time-Restricted Eating, Intermittent Fasting, and Fasting-Mimicking Diets in Weight Loss	49
Do Antibiotics Cause Obesity Through Long-term Alterations in the Gut Microbiome? A Review of Current Evidence	47
Understanding the Co-Epidemic of Obesity and COVID-19: Current Evidence, Comparison with Previous Epidemics, Mechanisms, and Preventive and Therapeutic Perspectives	46
Mediterranean Diet and Obesity-related Disorders: What is the Evidence?	41
Obesity as a Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19: Summary of the Best Evidence and Implications for Health Care	40
The Implication of Gut Hormones in the Regulation of Energy Homeostasis and Their Role in the Pathophysiology of Obesity	39
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Autophagy in the Pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): Current Evidence and Perspectives	39

Ultra-processed Foods, Weight Gain, and Co-morbidity Risk	39
The Impact of Physical Activity on Food Reward: Review and Conceptual Synthesis of Evidence from Observational, Acute, and Chronic Exercise Training Studies	38
Gender Differences in Obesity-Related Cancers	35
Developing Integrated Clinical Pathways for the Management of Clinically Severe Adult Obesity: a Critique of NHS England Policy	34
Batokines: Mediators of Inter-Tissue Communication (a Mini-Review)	32