OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Obesity Research & Clinical Practice is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Natural histories of metabolite BMI phenotypes and their impacts on cardiovascular disease risk over a decade-long follow-up	119
First year infant weight trajectories predict overweight/obesity at age 2 in a diverse population	58
Insights into diet, psychological distress, and personality traits among patients with lower-extremity lymphedema and overweight/obesity in comparison to patients with lifestyle-induced overweight/obe	49
High percentage of immune Th1 and Tc1 cells infiltrating visceral adipose tissue in people with obesity	31
Is single anastomosis duodenoileal bypass (SADI) an effective option for conversional surgery following sleeve gastrectomy? A comprehensive review and revised scope of current literature	31
Prenatal, birth, and postnatal mediators of maternal education level and children affected with obesity at five years	27
Emotional and behavioral problems associated with food addiction in children and adolescents with obesity	26
Clinical insights about Lipedema: Awareness and clinical perception	24
Approach to duodenal pathology in bariatric surgery: Transit bipartition as an option	24
Non-albumin proteinuria marks tubular involvement and is associated with arterial stiffness in subjects affected by severe obesity	22
The role of resistance training in influencing insulin resistance among adults living with obesity/overweight without diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Letter to the Editor: Comment on “The impact of adiposity indices on lung function in children with respiratory allergic diseases”	18
The impact of CPT1B rs470117, LEPR rs1137101 and BDNF rs6265 polymorphisms on the risk of developing obesity in an Italian population	16
The Feasibility, Acceptability and Clinical Effectiveness of an Adolescent Obesity Tele-consultation Service	16
The Adiponectin Serum Level in Obese and Non-obese Community-dwelling Adults in Cimahi District-west Java	16
Impact of Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery on Weight Loss Outcomes in an Asian Cohort: A 10-year Follow-up Study	15
Neonatal cytokines associated with infant overweight and obesity at 1 year of age	15
The Long-term Effects of Intentional Weight Loss on Obesity-related Morbidity and Mortality in East and South Asian Populations: A Systematic Review	15
Evaluation of esophageal pathology in a group of patients 2 years after one-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) — Cohort study	14
Long-term outcomes after gastric bypass surgery in patients with craniopharyngioma-related hypothalamic obesity—Three cases with 7, 8, and 14 years follow-up	14
First and second pregnancy outcomes in women with class III obesity: An observational cohort study	14
Does there exist an obesity paradox in COVID-19? Insights of the international HOPE-COVID-19-registry	13
Fat tissue quantity, waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio in patients with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Siolmatra brasiliensis stem extract ameliorates antioxidant defenses and mitigates glycoxidative stress in mice with high-fat diet-induced obesity	13
Association of obesity, diabetes, and physical frailty with dental and tongue–lip motor dysfunctions in patients with metabolic disease	12

Comparison of obstetrician-gynecologists and family physicians regarding weight-related attitudes, communication, and bias	12
Dieting practices of adolescents seeking obesity treatment	11
Seeing is believing: how food pictures on packaged children's snacks influence parent's product perceptions	11
Mitigating unintended consequences: Evaluating combined sugar and sweetener warning labels on beverage choices in a real-world selection task	10
The Role of Sphingolipids in NASH Progression Revealed by Lipidomics	10
Sex-specific regulation of metabolism by leptin	10
Exploring the impact of maternal weight loss on metabolic function in offspring adipose tissue	10
Treatment with dual agonist improves eating behaviour in people living with overweight/obesity	10
Reporting of dietary intake and dietary quality in interventions evaluating the effects of liraglutide, semaglutide or tirzepatide on weight-loss and/or blood glucose in patients of all age groups wit	10
Impact of short- and long- term High fat diet on hypothalamic lipid metabolism	10
Evaluating the implementation of an embedded service for obesity in a sleep disorders clinic at a tertiary hospital setting using the RE-AIM framework	10
Gut butyrate concentration mediates microbial imbalance and epigenetic regulation of GLP1 in diet-induced obesity	9
Nutrition Quality of People with Prader-Willi Syndrome in Australia	9
Developing a framework to enable clinical health promotion across the healthcare system in Queensland, Australia.	8
Patient Perspectives on Exercise Prehabilitation: Preliminary Findings from the BARIPrehab Telehealth Program	8
Impact of clinically significant weight loss on remission of metabolic complications: A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative controlled studies	8
Fathers’/male partner’s representation in breastfeeding policies: A content analysis of Australian and global infant feeding policies	8
The recruitment of adolescents with obesity to a trial of novel dietary interventions: a Fast Track to Health sub-study	8
Weight loss and remission of pre-diabetes with an evidence-based lifestyle intervention	8
The role of overweight and obesity in explaining perinatal outcome differences between women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes	8
A scoping review of primary studies from systematic reviews investigating non-nutritive sweeteners and metabolic health and cancer	7
Early-onset severe obesity due to homozygous p.R105W (c313C> T) mutation in leptin gene in Turkish siblings: Two cases reports	7
Temporal changes in quality of the food environment at a weekly market in Tasmania	7
Identifying the most effective added sugar warning label design for ready-made infant and toddler foods: An online experiment	7
Can adiposity measures enhance the predictive power of the triglyceride-glucose index for metabolic syndrome in adults in the United States?	7
Demographic risk factors for postoperative complications in primary bariatric surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis	7
Uptake of voluntary versus mandatory food labels: A natural experiment in Australia	7
Association of obesity with venous thromboembolism and myocardial injury in COVID-19	7
Development and psychometric testing of the intention to engage in children’s healthy weight (iCHeW) guideline scale for dental staff	6
The relationship between visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic risk in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome	6
Intrapartum antibiotic use is associated with higher child body mass index (BMI) z-score at 4 years of age	6
Genetic association of the PERIOD3 (PER3) Clock gene with extreme obesity	6
The COVID-19 pandemic and weight management: Effective behaviors and pandemic-specific risk factors	6
Trajectories of body mass index before the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in a cohort of Taiwanese adults	6
Association between weight change, waist circumference change, and the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with metabolically healthy overweight or obesity and metabolically unheal	6
A qualitative investigation of the need for and feasibility of weight loss programs on university campuses	6
Impact of obesity on influenza compared to pneumonia hospitalization outcomes	6
Association between N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and maximal functional capacity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: The modifying role of obesity	6
Low prenatal resting energy expenditure and high energy intake predict high gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight/obesity	6
Metabolic syndrome screening using visceral adipose tissue (VAT) from opportunistic MRI locations in a multi-ethnic population	6
Associations between obesity parameters and hyperuricemia by sex, age, and diabetes mellitus: A nationwide study in Korea	5
Visceral adiposity index is positively associated with blood pressure: A systematic review	5
Initial investigation of associations between feeding practices, eating behaviours, and weight status in Vietnamese children using modified questionnaires	5
Parental concerns about picky eating and undereating, feeding practices, and child’s weight	5
Prevalence and predictors of weight recurrence following bariatric surgery: A longitudinal prospective cohort study from Tehran Obesity Treatment Study (TOTS)	5
Sarcopenic obesity using the ESPEN and EASO consensus statement criteria of 2022 – Results from the German KORA-Age study	5
Nonhepatic hyperammonemic encephalopathy following bariatric surgery: A systematic review	5
Postoperative outcomes after bariatric surgery in patients on chronic dialysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Abdominal visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio in the prediction of metabolic syndrome risk in Japanese Americans followed prospectively for 10-years loses information	5
Is obesity-induced ECM remodeling a prelude to the development of various diseases?	5

Naringin reduces fat deposition by promoting the expression of lipolysis and β-oxidation related genes	5
Appetitive traits and body mass index in Chinese adolescents: An 18-month longitudinal study with latent growth curve analyses	4
Obesity in dialysis patients – What is the problem?	4
Financial and time constraints identified as the most important barriers to obesity management in primary care in Australia.	4
Acute Liver Failure following Sleeve Gastrectomy with Jejuno-Ileal Bypass	4
Physical activity and fasting glucose in adults with abnormal glucose metabolism: Findings from two independent cross-sectional studies in China	4
Global trends in BMS research using publication as a surrogate marker: A 30 year review	4
Relationship between metabolically healthy obesity and coronary artery calcification	4
Rat models of diet-induced obesity and metabolic dysregulation: Current trends, shortcomings and considerations for future research	4
Knowledge of obesity-related cancer risk factors via public health messaging and impact on dietary behaviour	4
Genetic mapping of insulin sensitivity identifies alpha-defensin peptides as modulators of murine metabolic health	4
Comment on “Visceral fat area and cardiometabolic risk: The Kardiovize study”	4
Adherence to the DASH, MeDi, and MIND diet scores and the incidence of metabolically unhealthy phenotypes	4
Exploring the Relationship Between Obesity and Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes	4
The association between obesity and pressure ulcer development in critically ill patients: A prospective cohort study	4
An evaluation of a school nutrition program to improve accessibility to and consumption of vegetables and fruit among primary school students in Queensland, Australia: From ‘What’s this?’ to ‘I grew i	4
Integrating health literacy and cultural considerations into a web-based program promoting healthy behaviours in infants	4
The effects of weight gain over time on gait in children with cerebral palsy: Comparison to a matched healthy weight cerebral palsy control group	4
Comment on “Association of obesity with illness severity in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study”	4
The relationship between use of digital food retail environments and associated sociodemographic characteristics: a multi-country analysis	3
Semaglutide improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with high risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis – a subgroup analysis from the SELECT trial	3
Identifying school barriers and enablers to adoption of an evidence-based healthy lunchbox program	3
Semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with overweight or obesity who do not have diabetes	3
Antecedents of weight stigma in Australian undergraduate students	3
Parent and child choice of sugary drinks under four labelling conditions	3
Discussing weight with patients in primary care: A mixed methods experimental study.	3
Association between ketosis and appetite suppression following low-energy diets with varying amounts of carbohydrates	3
Predictors of healthy and unhealthy food and drink sales in Victorian primary schools	3
The complex incidence of non-nutritive sweeteners in the Australian food supply and the Australian, the UK and the USA beverage supply	3
Liver proteomic assessment of mice fed high carbohydrate and high fat diets identify a disconnect between proteins associated with de novo lipogenesis and fat.	3
Pick me for kids: children's perspectives on healthy food and drink marketing in sport and recreation facilities	3
Rapid weight gain in infancy: knowledge and practices of ‘Well Child’ health practitioners in Aotearoa New Zealand	3
AI-driven approaches to identifying baseline characteristics of weight loss in a multidisciplinary metabolic weight management program for people with Class 3 obesity	3
What is the effect of non-ketogenic, diet-induced weight loss on appetite markers in adults with overweight and obesity? A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Obesity phenotyping not BMI associated with the likelihood of cardiac surgery	3
Impact of biologic agents on body weight and obesity-related disorders in patients with psoriasis: A nationwide population-based cohort study	2
Relationship between obesity and school absenteeism in Australian children: Implications for carer productivity	2
Diurnal rythm of Nampt is gender and weight dependent	2
High grip strength attenuates risk of severe COVID-19 in males but not females with obesity: A short communication of prospective findings from UK Biobank	2
The missense variant, rs373863828, in CREBRF plays a role in longitudinal changes in body mass index in Samoans	2
Biomarkers of obesity and liver disease in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Once-weekly semaglutide in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, obesity and type 2 diabetes: main results from the STEP-HFpEF DM trial	2
Does exercise preserve fat free mass during a very low energy diet in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and overweight or obesity?	2
Digital consultations for weight management in the NHS: A qualitative evaluation	2
Vegetarianism and weight status: What are the differences in eating styles, impulsivity, and emotional competences? A preliminary study	2
Intermittent fasting increases growth differentiation factor 15 in females with overweight or obesity but not associated with food intake	2
A convenient calf proportion index calculator for survival prediction in overweight and obese patients with cancer	2
Associations of pancreas fat content and size with markers of iron metabolism	2
Supplementation with vitamin D and insulin homeostasis in healthy overweight and obese adults: A randomized clinical trial	2
Validation of the Universal Measure of Bias–Fat (UMB Fat) among Malaysian health practitioners using Rasch analysis	2
Reply to the letter	2
Efficacy of Lisosan G (fermented wheat) on reactive hypoglycemia after bariatric surgery	2
Nutrition, body composition and physical activity have differential impact on the determination of lipidemic blood profiles between young females with different blood cholesterol concentrations	2
A comparison of early childhood obesity prevention in Australia between general practice and child and family health nursing services: a mixed methods study	2
The impact of a multidisciplinary group intervention on weight loss, diet quality and mood in an Australian sample with severe and complex obesity	2
The association of sex and calendar month with changes in weight: A retrospective cohort study of a community-based weight management clinic	2
Gray matter volume increases induced by intragastric balloon treatment and their associations with neuroinflammation: A magnetic resonance study	2
What matters for weight loss in behavioral trials in the Latinx community: Learnings from three randomized controlled trials	2
Early-life exposure to antibiotics and excess body weight in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Health care cost of severe obesity and obesity-related comorbidities: A retrospective cohort study from Alberta, Canada	2
Macronutrient quality and the incidence of metabolically unhealthy phenotypes in adults with normal weight and overweight/obesity	2
Patient perspectives on personalised medicine for obesity: An IMI2 SOPHIA Study	2
Association between neck circumference and depressive mood among Korean adults	2
Women with obesity in cervical cancer screening. The double penalty: Underscreening and income inequalities	2
Impulsivity its relationship to other lifestyle habits and weight loss at a tertiary weight loss clinic	2
Accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with classes II and III obesity: A pathological image study	2
Unpacking adolescent weight management interventions: a synthesis of delivery features and behaviour change strategies	2
Effects of duration of high-fat diet on adipocyte hyperplasia in rat epididymis	2
Long-term changes in eating-related problems and quality of life in children with overweight and obesity attending a 10-week lifestyle camp	2
Effects of aerobic, resistance, and high-intensity interval training on thermogenic gene expression in white adipose tissue in high fat diet induced obese mice	2
Prevalence and associated factors of chronic diarrhea among adults with obesity in the United States: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005 to 2010	2
Association with pre-pregnancy BMI on early pregnancy loss in infertility patients in first HRT-FET cycles: A retrospective cohort study	2