OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pediatric Obesity is 6. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Changes in lifestyle behaviours during the COVID‐19 confinement in Spanish children: A longitudinal analysis from the MUGI project	175
Physical activity behaviour and screen time in Dutch children during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Pre‐, during‐ and post‐school closures	118
Impact of theCOVID‐19 pandemic on elementary schoolers' physical activity, sleep, screen time and diet: A quasi‐experimental interrupted time series study	85
Positive parenting approaches and their association with child eating and weight: A narrative review from infancy to adolescence	70
The paediatric weight management office visit via telemedicine: pre‐ to post‐COVID‐19 pandemic	42
Association of gut microbiome with fasting triglycerides, fasting insulin and obesity status in Mexican children	37
Fathers' food parenting: A scoping review of the literature from 1990 to 2019	36
BMIstatus and associations between affect, physical activity and anxiety amongU.S.children duringCOVID‐19	32
Beyond sleep duration: Sleep timing as a risk factor for childhood obesity	32
Associations of parents' use of food as reward with children's eating behaviour and BMI in a population‐based cohort	29
Bardet‐Biedlsyndrome: Weight patterns and genetics in a rare obesity syndrome	29
Effect of a responsive parenting intervention on child emotional overeating is mediated by reduced maternal use of food to soothe: The INSIGHT RCT	26
Microbiome of the first stool and overweight at age 3 years: A prospective cohort study	26
A branched‐chain amino acid‐based metabolic score can predict liver fat in children and adolescents with severe obesity	24
Childhood obesity within the lens of racism	23
The effects of Mediterranean diet on hepatic steatosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation in adolescents with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial	23
The relationship between excessive dietary fructose consumption and paediatric fatty liver disease	22
Adiposity and cardiovascular outcomes in three‐year‐old children of participants inUPBEAT, anRCTof a complex intervention in pregnant women with obesity	22
Recent trends in overweight and obesity in adolescents aged 12 to 15 years across 21 countries	22
Understanding, comparing and learning from the four EPOCH early childhood obesity prevention interventions: A multi‐methods study	21
Recent advances in the epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children	21
The differential relationship of an afterschool physical activity intervention on brain function and cognition in children with obesity and their normal weight peers	20
Obesity and immunodeficiencies are the main pre‐existing conditions associated with mild to moderate COVID‐19 in children	20
Abnormal liver enzymes in children and infants with COVID‐19: A narrative review of case‐series studies	19
Sugar‐sweetened beverages intake and the risk of obesity in children: An updated systematic review and dose–response meta‐analysis	19

Prevalence of prediabetes in children and adolescents by class of obesity	19
Age‐dependent association of obesity with COVID‐19 severity in paediatric patients	18
Changes in obesity and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal analysis from 2019 to 2020	18
Misperceptions about added sugar, non‐nutritive sweeteners and juice in popular children's drinks: Experimental and cross‐sectional study with U.S. parents of young children (1‐5 years)	18
Contemporary screen time usage among children 9–10‐years‐old is associated with higher body mass index percentile at 1‐year follow‐up: A prospective cohort study	18
Acceleration in BMI gain following COVID‐19 restrictions. A longitudinal study with 7‐ to 10‐year‐old primary school children	17
Bioactive compounds in mothers milk affecting offspring outcomes: A narrative review	17
Strategies to reduce attrition in managing paediatric obesity: A systematic review	17
Youth prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: Risk factors and prevalence of dysglycaemia	17
Controlling and less controlling feeding practices are differentially associated with child food intake and appetitive behaviors assessed in a school environment	16
Associations between maternal obesity and offspring gut microbiome in the first year of life	16
Foetal tobacco and cannabis exposure, body fat and cardio‐metabolic health in childhood	15
Gut microbiota in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome: Effects of randomized treatments	15
Association of insufficient sleep and skipping breakfast with overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: Findings from a cross‐sectional provincial surveillance project in Jiangsu	15
Reference charts for body composition parameters by dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry in European children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years—Results from the Austrian LEAD (Lung, hEart	15
Associations between human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) and eating behaviour in Hispanic infants at 1 and 6 months of age	14
Trends in prescribing anti‐obesity pharmacotherapy for paediatric weight management: Data from the POWER Work Group	14
30‐Day morbidity and mortality of bariatric metabolic surgery in adolescence during the COVID‐19 pandemic – The GENEVA study	14
Dietary inflammation and cardiometabolic health in adolescents	14
Food insecurity is associated with higher food responsiveness in low‐income children: The moderating role of parent stress and family functioning	14
Examining Chile's unique food marketing policy: TV advertising and dietary intake in preschool children, a pre‐ and post‐ policy study	14
Associations between maternal obesity, gestational cytokine levels and child obesity in the NEST cohort	13
Infant growth during the first year of life following a pregnancy lifestyle intervention in routine care—Findings from the cluster‐randomisedGeliStrial	13
Contrasting impact of androgens on male and female adiposity, fat distribution and insulin resistance in childhood and adolescence (EarlyBird 75)	13
Bullying victimization and obesogenic behaviour among adolescents aged 12 to 15 years from 54 low‐ and middle‐income countries	13
Impact of early rapid weight gain on odds for overweight at one year differs between breastfed and formula‐fed infants	13
Sedentary time has a stronger impact on metabolic health than moderate to vigorous physical activity in adolescents with obesity: a cross‐sectional analysis of the Beta‐JUDO study	13
Does exposure to controlling parental feeding practices during adolescence predict disordered eating behaviors 8 years later in emerging adulthood?	13
Paediatric obesity and brain functioning: The role of physical activity—A novel and important expert opinion of the European Childhood Obesity Group	13
Associations of sleep with gray matter volume and their implications for academic achievement, executive function and intelligence in children with overweight/obesity	13
Parenting andsocial‐ecologicalcorrelates with children's health behaviours: A latent profile analysis	12
Effect of liraglutide treatment on body mass index and weight parameters in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes: Post hoc analysis of the ellipse trial	12
Misalignment among adolescents living with obesity, caregivers, and healthcare professionals: ACTION Teens global survey study	12
Health behaviour outcomes of a family based intervention for paediatric obesity in primary care: A randomized type II hybrid effectiveness‐implementation trial	12
Two‐year outcomes of Whānau Pakari, a multi‐disciplinary assessment and intervention for children and adolescents with weight issues: A randomized clinical trial	12
Exploring an algorithm to harmonize International Obesity Task Force and World Health Organization child overweight and obesity prevalence rates	11
The association of a low glycaemic index diet in pregnancy with child body composition at 5 years of age: A secondary analysis of theROLOstudy	11
Effects of PNPLA3, TM6SF2 and SAMM50 on the development and severity of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in children	11
Increased dairy product consumption as part of a diet and exercise weight management program improves body composition in adolescent females with overweight and obesity—A randomized controlled trial	11
Changes in nonnutritive sweetener intake in a cohort of preschoolers after the implementation of Chile's Law of Food Labelling and Advertising	11
Bedtime, body mass index and obesity risk in preschool‐aged children	11
Relationship between chewing features and body mass index in young adolescents	11
Novel dietary interventions for adolescents with obesity: A narrative review	11
Cross‐sectional comparisons of gut microbiome and short‐chain fatty acid levels among children with varied weight classifications	11
The association between Sugars Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and lipid profile among children and youth: A systematic review and dose‐response meta‐analysis of cross‐sectional studies	10
Central obesity in school‐aged children increases the likelihood of developing paediatric autoimmune diseases	10
Determinants of rapid infant weight gain: A pooled analysis of seven cohorts	10
Personalized approach to childhood obesity: Lessons from gut microbiota and omics studies. Narrative review and insights from the 29th European childhood obesity congress	10
The relationship of sleep duration and quality to energy expenditure and physical activity in children	10
Associations of DXA‐measured abdominal adiposity with cardio‐metabolic risk and related markers in early adolescence in Project Viva	10

Does eating in the absence of hunger extend to healthy snacks in children?	10
Association of leukocyte telomere length with obesity‐related traits in Asian children with early‐onset obesity	9
Association between obstructive sleep apnea and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in pediatric patients: a meta‐analysis	9
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the efficacy of a family‐based treatment programme for paediatric obesity	9
Different protein intake in the first year and its effects on adiposity rebound and obesity throughout childhood: 11 years follow‐up of a randomized controlled trial	9
Effect of a high protein/low glycaemic index diet on insulin resistance in adolescents with overweight/obesity—A PREVIEW randomized clinical trial	9
Increased atherogenic lipoprotein profile in children with non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis	9
The association between father involvement in caregiving and early childhood overweight or obesity	9
The increasing prevalence and adverse impact of morbid obesity in paediatric acute pancreatitis	9
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 trial	9
Circulating miRNAs in girls with abdominal obesity: miR‐221‐3p as a biomarker of response to weight loss interventions	9
Elevated transaminases potentiate the risk for emerging dysglycemia in children with overweight and obesity	9
Cost comparison of five Australasian obesity prevention interventions for children aged from birth to two years	9
MicroRNAs as the promising markers of comorbidities in childhood obesity—A systematic review	9
Visceral fat and arterial stiffness in youth with healthy weight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes	9
Use of advertising strategies to target children in sugar‐sweetened beverages packaging in Mexico and the nutritional quality of those beverages	9
Psychometric properties of the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) in school age children with overweight and obesity: A proposed three‐factor structure	9
Adherence to the 24‐hour movement guidelines and adiposity in a cohort of at risk youth: A longitudinal analysis	9
Adiposity, psychomotor and behaviour outcomes of children born after maternal bariatric surgery	9
The association between maternal pre‐pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain and child adiposity: A racial‐ethnically diverse cohort of children	8
Food insecurity is associated with increased weight loss attempts in children and adolescents	8
Metabolomic profiling of stool of two‐year old children from the INSIGHT study reveals links between butyrate and child weight outcomes	8
Effectiveness of an adapted physical activity intervention for weight management in adolescents with intellectual disability: A randomized controlled trial	8
Infant intakes of human milk branched chain amino acids are negatively associated with infant growth and influenced by maternal body mass index	8
Associations of telomere length with two dietary quality indices after a lifestyle intervention in children with abdominal obesity: a randomized controlled trial	8
Learning to overeat in infancy: Concurrent and prospective relationships between maternal BMI, feeding practices and child eating response among Hispanic mothers and children	8
Observed restrictive feeding practices among low‐income mothers of pre‐adolescents	8
Associations of sleep with food cravings and loss‐of‐control eating in youth: An ecological momentary assessment study	8
Dynamic prediction model to identify young children at high risk of future overweight: Development and internal validation in a cohort study	8
High intake of added sugars is linked to rapid weight gain in infancy, breastfeeding ≥12 months may protect against this: A preliminary investigation	8
Types of diabetes during pregnancy and longitudinal BMI in offspring from birth to age 10 years	8
Sleep‐wake patterns in newborns are associated with infant rapid weight gain and incident adiposity in toddlerhood	7
The reciprocal relationship between body mass index categories and physical fitness: A 4‐year prospective cohort study of 20 000 Chinese children	7
Associations between fruit juice and milk consumption and change in BMI in a large prospective cohort of U.S. adolescents and preadolescents	7
Longitudinal associations between executive control and body mass index across childhood	7
Socioeconomic inequalities and severe obesity—Sex differences in a nationwide study of 1.12 million Israeli adolescents	7
Pilot multi‐site and reproducibility study of hypothalamic gliosis in children	7
Motivations for engaging in or avoiding conversations about weight: Adolescent and parent perspectives	7
Body fat differences among US youth aged 8–19 by race and Hispanic origin, 2011–2018	7
Association between ectopic pancreatic and hepatic fat and metabolic risk factors in children with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease	7
A combination of circulating chemokines as biomarkers of obesity‐induced insulin resistance at puberty	7
A family‐based weight loss randomized controlled trial for youth with intellectual disabilities	7
Comparing two different family‐based childhood obesity treatment programmes in a medically underserved region: Effectiveness, engagement and implementation outcomes from a randomized controlled trial	7
Early weight gain trajectories and body composition in infancy in infants born very preterm	7
Characteristics of paediatric weight management in the United States: Associations with program retention and BMI outcomes in the paediatric obesity weight evaluation registry (POWER	7
Revisiting the cross‐sectional and prospective association of physical activity with body composition and physical fitness in preschoolers: A compositional data approach	7
Use of person‐centred language among scientific research focused on childhood obesity	7
A Prudent dietary pattern is inversely associated with liver fat content among multi‐ethnic youth	7
Metabolomics in early life and the association with body composition at age 2 years	7
Impact of a year‐round school calendar on children's BMI and fitness: Final outcomes from a natural experiment	7
Ethnicity, socioeconomic status and the nutritional status of Chinese children and adolescents: Findings from three consecutive national surveys between 2005 and 2014	6
ApoB‐lipoprotein remnant dyslipidemia and high‐fat meal intolerance is associated with markers of cardiometabolic risk in youth with obesity	6
Early onset of overweight among children from low‐income families: The role of exclusive breastfeeding and maternal intake of ultra‐processed food	6
Liraglutide pharmacokinetics and exposure‐response in adolescents with obesity	6
Association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring overweight in U.S.‐born children	6
Weighing in on COVID‐19: The impact of the pandemic on children and adolescents with obesity participating in a weight management program	6
Modifiable early life exposures associated with adiposity and obesity in 3‐year old children born to mothers with obesity	6
Prevalence of food and beverage brands in “made‐for‐kids” child‐influencer YouTube videos: 2019–2020	6
Associations between objective physical activity and emotional eating among adiposity‐discordant siblings using ecological momentary assessment and accelerometers	6
Nighttime sleep duration trajectories were associated with body mass index trajectories in early childhood	6
Stratification by obesity class, rather than age, can identify a higher percent of children at risk for non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic dysfunction	6
Update on pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery	6
Exploring the relationship between appetitive behaviours, executive function, and weight status among preschool children	6
Significance of autoantibody seropositivity in children with obesity and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease	6
Inter‐individual differences in body mass index were not observed as a result of aerobic exercise in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity	6
Increased adiposity in children with obesity is associated with low red blood cell omega‐3 fatty acid status and inadequate polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary intake	6
Infant appetite traits, feeding practices and child obesity in low‐income Hispanic families	6
Maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness in early childhood as predictors of children's weight at school age	6
Quantifying the overall impact of an early childhood multi‐behavioural lifestyle intervention	6
Intestinal permeability and small intestine bacterial overgrowth in excess weight adolescents	6