OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Obesity Reports is 19. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Anti-Obesity Treatment: Where Do We Stand?	135
Sex/Gender Differences in Obesity Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Treatment	133
Weight Stigma in Youth: Prevalence, Consequences, and Considerations for Clinical Practice	123
Metabolically Healthy Obesity: Criteria, Epidemiology, Controversies, and Consequences	107
Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, Postbiotics, and Obesity: Current Evidence, Controversies, and Perspectives	105
A Review of Obesity, Physical Activity, and Cardiovascular Disease	94
Vitamin D and Obesity: Current Evidence and Controversies	91
Food Insecurity and Pediatric Obesity: a Double Whammy in the Era of COVID-19	84
Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Obesity: a Review of Literature from the Past Decade to Inform Intervention Research	81
Socioeconomics of Obesity	80
Adolescent and Childhood Obesity and Excess Morbidity and Mortality in Young Adulthood—a Systematic Review	65
Is There an Obesity Paradox in Critical Illness? Epidemiologic and Metabolic Considerations	62
COVID-19 Self-quarantine and Weight Gain Risk Factors in Adults	61
Childhood Obesity and Cancer Risk in Adulthood	59
Deciphering the Association Between Psoriasis and Obesity: Current Evidence and Treatment Considerations	58
Autoantibody Production in Obesity: Is There Evidence for a Link Between Obesity and Autoimmunity?	56
Outcomes in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: an Updated 5-Year Review	54
Cognition, Brain Structure, and Brain Function in Individuals with Obesity and Related Disorders	51
Time-Restricted Eating, Intermittent Fasting, and Fasting-Mimicking Diets in Weight Loss	50
Do Antibiotics Cause Obesity Through Long-term Alterations in the Gut Microbiome? A Review of Current Evidence	49
Mediterranean Diet and Obesity-related Disorders: What is the Evidence?	47
Understanding the Co-Epidemic of Obesity and COVID-19: Current Evidence, Comparison with Previous Epidemics, Mechanisms, and Preventive and Therapeutic Perspectives	47
Ultra-processed Foods, Weight Gain, and Co-morbidity Risk	42
The Implication of Gut Hormones in the Regulation of Energy Homeostasis and Their Role in the Pathophysiology of Obesity	41
Obesity as a Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19: Summary of the Best Evidence and Implications for Health Care	40

Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Autophagy in the Pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): Current Evidence and Perspectives	40
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	37
Developing Integrated Clinical Pathways for the Management of Clinically Severe Adult Obesity: a Critique of NHS England Policy	34
Omics Biomarkers in Obesity: Novel Etiological Insights and Targets for Precision Prevention	33
Batokines: Mediators of Inter-Tissue Communication (a Mini-Review)	33
Psychological Correlates of Sedentary Screen Time Behaviour Among Children and Adolescents: a Narrative Review	30
Hepatocyte Mitochondrial Dynamics and Bioenergetics in Obesity-Related Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease	29
The Optimal Nutritional Programme for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery	29
Use of Weight Loss Medications in Patients after Bariatric Surgery	29
Obesity Stigma: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions	29
The COVID-19, Obesity, and Food Insecurity Syndemic	28
Predicting Responses to Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery	27
Safety and Efficacy of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery	25
Weight Bias During the COVID-19 Pandemic	24
The Role of Eating Behaviours in Genetic Susceptibility to Obesity	24
Racial Disparities in Obesity Treatment Among Children and Adolescents	21
The Role of Mitochondrial Adaptation and Metabolic Flexibility in the Pathophysiology of Obesity and Insulin Resistance: an Updated Overview	21
The Most Undertreated Chronic Disease: Addressing Obesity in Primary Care Settings	20
Drugs Affecting Body Weight, Body Fat Distribution, and Metabolic Function—Mechanisms and Possible Therapeutic or Preventive Measures: an Update	19
Social Isolation and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on Weight	19
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents	19
Anti-obesity Medications for the Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease	19