Pediatric Obesity

Papers
(The TQCC of Pediatric Obesity is 5. 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.)
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Early‐life exposure to tobacco and childhood adiposity: Identifying windows of susceptibility48
Exposure to Metal Mixtures and Childhood Adiposity: An Examination of Periods of Heightened Susceptibility Between Gestation and Late Childhood40
Effectiveness of an adapted physical activity intervention for weight management in adolescents with intellectual disability: A randomized controlled trial39
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Cost‐effectiveness analysis of individual‐level obesity treatment in paediatrics: A scoping review34
The impact of community‐based childhood obesity prevention interventions in Australia by socio‐economic position: An individual participant data meta‐analysis32
Role of Sleep Duration and Timing on Paediatric BMI Across Childhood and Adolescence: Do Both Matter?30
High levels of FSH before puberty are associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome during pubertal transition29
Associations between eating behaviours and cardiometabolic risk among adolescents in the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment study26
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An improved algorithm to harmonize child overweight and obesity prevalence rates26
Correction to “Unintentional error in formula preparation and its simulated impact on infant weight and adiposity”22
Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on children overweight in Japan in 202022
Weight‐based cybervictimization: Implications for adolescent health21
Acute simulated weight gain might not increase the energy cost of walking in adolescents with obesity21
Gut microbiota and microbial metabolites are associated with body composition in 5‐year‐old children: A cross‐sectional study in the Gen3G cohort20
Afternoon school shift is associated with increased risk of overweight/obesity in 11–14‐year‐old females with early and intermediate chronotype19
Mediterranean diet and obesity polygenic risk interaction on adiposity in European children: The IDEFICS/I.Family Study19
Use of person‐centred language among scientific research focused on childhood obesity18
Association between bone age maturity and childhood adiposity18
Association of gut microbiota and glucose metabolism in children with disparate degrees of adiposity17
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Mendelian randomization analysis identified causal Association of Childhood Obesity with adult major depressive disorder17
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Overweight/obesity is associated with problematic social media use: Addressing problematic social media use could help reduce overweight/obesity among adolescents15
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Child and mother characteristics associated with 6‐month weight gain for infants and toddlers during 6 to 36 months14
Neurological‐related proteomic profiling in plasma of children with metabolic healthy and unhealthy overweight/obesity14
Identifying Children With Obesity at High Risk for Metabolic Syndrome: Sensitivity and Specificity of the Monocyte/HDL Index14
Assessment and impact of paediatric internalized weight bias: A systematic review14
Changes in nonnutritive sweetener intake in a cohort of preschoolers after the implementation of Chile's Law of Food Labelling and Advertising13
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An addiction‐based digital weight loss intervention: A multi‐centre randomized controlled trial13
Physical activity, screen time and body composition in 13‐year‐old adolescents: The Generation R Study13
Family structure in relation to body mass index and metabolic score in European children and adolescents13
Childhood obesity within the lens of racism13
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Exploring the association between internalized weight bias and mental health among Canadian adolescents12
Associations of radiologic characteristics of the neonatal hypothalamus with early life adiposity gain12
FirstStep2Health: A cluster randomised trial to promote healthy behaviours and prevent obesity amongst low‐income preschoolers12
Early childhood executive control modulates negative affectivity's role in increasing adolescent body mass index trajectories12
Evaluating the impact of community interventions on childhood obesity in populations living in low‐income households in Los Angeles: A simulation study11
Priority Populations in Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Interventions: A Scoping Review11
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Association of insufficient sleep and skipping breakfast with overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: Findings from a cross‐sectional provincial surveillance project in Jiangsu11
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Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors according to Life's Essential 8 in children and adolescents during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta‐analysis including 1 526 17311
Strategies to promote responsive bottle‐feeding in WIC predict less frequent use of food to soothe and healthier weight status for infants with negative temperaments11
The effectiveness of multidisciplinary weight loss interventions is associated with initial cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents with obesity10
The use of submaximal parameters in the assessment of exercise capacity in children with obesity10
Time spent on social media use and BMI z‐score: A cross‐sectional explanatory pathway analysis of 10798 14‐year‐old boys and girls10
Identifying elevated child weight from 3 to 24 months: Early transitions into nonparental care and to solid foods10
Prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated demographic and health factors in India: Findings from Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS)10
Bioactive compounds in mothers milk affecting offspring outcomes: A narrative review10
Adolescents' chronotype and its association with obesity‐related outcomes: The EHDLA study10
The role of lifestyle in the impact of constant phthalate exposure on overweight and obesity: A longitudinal cohort study in China10
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Adolescent experiences of weight‐related communication: Sociodemographic differences and the role of parents9
Association between excessive screen time and steatotic liver disease in adolescents: Findings from the 2017–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey9
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Prevalence of Overweight/Obesity Among Under‐Five Children in Lower Middle‐Income Countries and Assessment of the Reported Associated Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis9
Infant intakes of human milk branched chain amino acids are negatively associated with infant growth and influenced by maternal body mass index9
Modified body mass index z‐scores in children in New York City during the COVID‐19 pandemic9
Nutrition transition's latest stage: Are ultra‐processed food increases in low‐ and middle‐income countries dooming our preschoolers' diets and future health?9
Development of a prediction protocol for the screening of metabolic associated fatty liver disease in children with overweight or obesity9
Anthropometry and Body Composition in Childhood: Follow‐Up of a Randomised, Double‐Blinded Controlled Trial With a Modified, Low‐Protein Infant Formula During Infancy9
Oxidized high‐density lipoprotein and low‐density lipoprotein in adolescents with obesity and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease8
Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Healthy Weight Children at High‐ and Low‐Familial Risk for Obesity8
The predictive utility of the in utero exposome for childhood adiposity in independent and integrated frameworks8
Association Between Caffeine and Nicotine Use and Optimal Obesity Measures for Adolescents: A Refugee Adolescent Study8
Association between sugar‐free beverage intake and childhood obesity among Chinese children and adolescents8
Association of intestinal microbiota and its metabolite markers with excess weight in Chinese children and adolescents8
Associations of cord blood leukocyte telomere length with adiposity growth from infancy to adolescence8
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South‐to‐South parental migration patterns and excess weight among children: Insights from a national cross‐sectional study in Colombia8
Racial Disparities in Paediatric Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: An MBSAQIP Analysis8
Effects of telephone support or short message service on body mass index, eating and screen time behaviours of children age 2 years: A 3‐arm randomized controlled trial8
Lifestyle patterns in European preschoolers: Associations with socio‐demographic factors and body mass index8
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Impact ofCOVID‐19 on childhood obesity: Data from a paediatric weight management trial8
Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis of an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Versus Usual Care for Latino Youth With Prediabetes8
Child ADHD and autistic traits, eating behaviours and weight: A population‐based study8
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Maternal pre‐pregnancy body mass index and offspring with overweight/obesity at preschool age: The possible role of epigenome‐wideDNAmethylation changes in cord blood7
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Body mass index and visual impairment in Israeli adolescents: A nationwide study7
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Performance of mid‐upper arm circumference to identify adolescents with obesity and metabolic syndrome: NHANES 2011–2018 analysis7
Application of a composite scoring protocol to identify factors that contribute to the risk of overweight and obesity in Irish children7
Variation in ultra‐processed food consumption from 6 to 15 years, body weight and body composition at 15 years of age at The Pelotas 2004 Birth Cohort7
Lifestyle‐based subtypes of childhood obesity and their association with cardiometabolic factors: A cluster analysis7
Clinical burden of hyperphagia, obesity and health outcomes in paediatric individuals with Bardet‐Biedl syndrome: A CRIBBS data analysis7
Household food insecurity and childhood obesity/overweight among children with special healthcare needs: Results from a nationally representative sample of 10–17 years old U.S. children7
Trends in U.S. adolescent physical activity and obesity: A 20‐year age‐period‐cohort analysis7
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COVID‐19‐related lockdowns and changes in overweight and obesity, movement behaviours, diet quality, and health‐related quality of life among regional Australian primary school children: A 6
Early life social conditions and adverse experiences are associated with childhood BMI and perceived overeating6
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Early‐life body mass index and the risk of six cardiovascular diseases: A Mendelian Randomization study6
The joint associations of high birth weight and not having siblings with metabolic obesity phenotype among school‐aged children and adolescents: A National Survey in China6
Factors that shape dietary intake in children in the context of increasing risk for obesity development6
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The association of changes in body mass index and metabolic parameters between adults with overweight or obesity and their children in a family‐based randomized trial (DiOGenes)6
Effectiveness and predictors of weight loss response to phentermine plus lifestyle modifications among youth in a paediatric weight management clinical setting6
Prevalence of low and high BMI during the first 3 years of life: using New Zealand national electronic health data6
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Assessment of executive functions and physical activity in girls and boys with normal weight, overweight and obesity6
The association of breastfeeding duration on metabolic syndrome among children and adolescents, stratified by birth weight for gestational age6
A nation‐wide analysis of socioeconomic and geographical disparities in the prevalence of obesity and excess weight in children and adolescents in Spain: Results from the ENE‐COVID study6
Television watching during meals is associated with higher ultra‐processed food consumption and higher free sugar intake in childhood6
Serum zonulin as an index of glucose dysregulation in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity6
Delay discounting and nucleus accumbens functional connectivity are related to weight status in adolescents from the ABCD study5
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Satisfaction with a meal kit delivery program and feasibility of a phase I trial in the intervening in food insecurity to reduce and mitigate (InFoRM) childhood obesity study5
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Associations between healthy eating index and anthropometric outcomes in multiethnic elementary‐aged children5
Association between maternal and infant screen time with child growth and development: A longitudinal study5
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Childhood sleep and obesity risk: A prospective cohort study of 10 000 Swedish children5
Attrition rate and predictors of a monitoring mHealth application in adolescents with obesity5
Impact of prenatal exposure to delta 9‐tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol on birth size and postnatal growth trajectories5
Parental education and neighbourhood socioeconomic status in the prediction of childhood overweight: A multilevel analysis5
Considerations for the design and conduct of pediatric obesity pharmacotherapy clinical trials: Proceedings of expert roundtable meetings5
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Association between calcium intake from different food sources during childhood and cardiometabolic risk on adolescence: The Generation XXI birth cohort5
Relationships examined: Parent and child readiness to change and sociodemographic characteristics in family based weight loss treatment5
Prenatal weight and regional body composition trajectories and neonatal body composition: The NICHD Foetal Growth Studies5
Differences across four major US urban areas in metabolic syndrome in the Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth)5
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Community and School Programs, Policies and Environments Related to Child Dietary Intake:The Healthy Communities Study5
Association of total and pancreatic serum amylase enzymatic activity with insulin resistance and the glucose and insulin responses to oral starch test in Mexican children5
Circadian variation of serum leptin and adipose tissue changes in children5
What can stop the ‘pester power’? A longitudinal study on the impact of children's audiovisual media consumption on media‐motivated food purchase requests5
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