| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Dissecting Obesogenic Environments: The Development and Application of a Framework for Identifying and Prioritizing Environmental Interventions for Obesity | Preventive Medicine | 1999 | 1,686 |
| 2 | Green tea composition, consumption, and polyphenol chemistry | Preventive Medicine | 1992 | 1,604 |
| 3 | Estrogen replacement therapy and coronary heart disease: A quantitative assessment of the epidemiologic evidence | Preventive Medicine | 1991 | 1,538 |
| 4 | Do Obese Children Become Obese Adults? A Review of the Literature | Preventive Medicine | 1993 | 1,445 |
| 5 | The development of scales to measure social support for diet and exercise behaviors | Preventive Medicine | 1987 | 1,268 |
| 6 | Relationship of physical health status and health practices | Preventive Medicine | 1972 | 987 |
| 7 | Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: An international review | Preventive Medicine | 2010 | 957 |
| 8 | The Omega-3 Index: a new risk factor for death from coronary heart disease? | Preventive Medicine | 2004 | 909 |
| 9 | A meta-analysis of alcohol consumption and the risk of 15 diseases | Preventive Medicine | 2004 | 888 |
| 10 | The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for reporting observational studies | Preventive Medicine | 2007 | 887 |
| 11 | Food store availability and neighborhood characteristics in the United States | Preventive Medicine | 2007 | 814 |
| 12 | The framingham offspring study. Design and preliminary data | Preventive Medicine | 1975 | 803 |
| 13 | Physical activity level and health-related quality of life in the general adult population: A systematic review | Preventive Medicine | 2007 | 800 |
| 14 | Barriers and motivations to exercise in older adults | Preventive Medicine | 2004 | 784 |
| 15 | The impact of adverse childhood experiences on health problems: evidence from four birth cohorts dating back to 1900 | Preventive Medicine | 2003 | 782 |
| 16 | Predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability: A theory-informed, systematic review | Preventive Medicine | 2007 | 727 |
| 17 | A meta-analysis of computer-tailored interventions for health behavior change | Preventive Medicine | 2010 | 693 |
| 18 | Erectile Dysfunction and Coronary Risk Factors: Prospective Results from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study | Preventive Medicine | 2000 | 684 |
| 19 | Socioeconomic Status Differences in Recreational Physical Activity Levels and Real and Perceived Access to a Supportive Physical Environment | Preventive Medicine | 2002 | 660 |
| 20 | Efficacy and effectiveness trials (and other phases of research) in the development of health promotion programs | Preventive Medicine | 1986 | 642 |
| 21 | Incidence and precursors of hypertension in young adults: The Framingham offspring study | Preventive Medicine | 1987 | 639 |
| 22 | Validation of a Youth/Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire | Preventive Medicine | 1997 | 626 |
| 23 | Perceptions about the local neighborhood and walking and cycling among children | Preventive Medicine | 2004 | 623 |
| 24 | Social–Cognitive and Perceived Environment Influences Associated with Physical Activity in Older Australians | Preventive Medicine | 2000 | 588 |
| 25 | Health impact assessment of active transportation: A systematic review | Preventive Medicine | 2015 | 579 |
| 26 | Association between physical activity and mental disorders among adults in the United States | Preventive Medicine | 2003 | 560 |
| 27 | A Critical Period of Brain Development: Studies of Cerebral Glucose Utilization with PET | Preventive Medicine | 1998 | 555 |
| 28 | The combined effects of healthy lifestyle behaviors on all cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Preventive Medicine | 2012 | 550 |
| 29 | Preventing alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use among adolescents: Peer pressure resistance training versus establishing conservative norms | Preventive Medicine | 1991 | 526 |
| 30 | Active commuting and cardiovascular risk: A meta-analytic review | Preventive Medicine | 2008 | 522 |
| 31 | Barriers to Providing Nutrition Counseling by Physicians: A Survey of Primary Care Practitioners | Preventive Medicine | 1995 | 519 |
| 32 | Physical activity and likelihood of depression in adults: A review | Preventive Medicine | 2008 | 519 |
| 33 | Adherence to the Mediterranean food pattern predicts the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and obesity, among healthy adults; the accuracy of the MedDietScore | Preventive Medicine | 2007 | 510 |
| 34 | Physical Activity Patterns in a Diverse Population of Women | Preventive Medicine | 1999 | 506 |
| 35 | Geographic variation in breast cancer mortality in the United States: A hypothesis involving exposure to solar radiation | Preventive Medicine | 1990 | 499 |
| 36 | A Controlled Trial of Physician Counseling to Promote the Adoption of Physical Activity | Preventive Medicine | 1996 | 497 |
| 37 | Tracking of sedentary behaviours of young people: A systematic review | Preventive Medicine | 2010 | 495 |
| 38 | Multiple health behavior change research: An introduction and overview | Preventive Medicine | 2008 | 486 |
| 39 | Physical Exercise and Psychological Well-Being: A Population Study in Finland | Preventive Medicine | 2000 | 485 |
| 40 | Physical Activity Preferences, Preferred Sources of Assistance, and Perceived Barriers to Increased Activity among Physically Inactive Australians | Preventive Medicine | 1997 | 474 |
| 41 | The hypertension detection and follow-up program | Preventive Medicine | 1976 | 473 |
| 42 | Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging | Preventive Medicine | 2004 | 471 |
| 43 | Dietary Saturated and transFatty Acids and Cholesterol and 25-Year Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease: The Seven Countries Study | Preventive Medicine | 1995 | 468 |
| 44 | The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance: A systematic review of the literature | Preventive Medicine | 2011 | 459 |
| 45 | The built environment, neighborhood crime and constrained physical activity: An exploration of inconsistent findings | Preventive Medicine | 2008 | 454 |
| 46 | Active school transport, physical activity levels and body weight of children and youth: A systematic review | Preventive Medicine | 2009 | 452 |
| 47 | Persistence of health habits and their relationship to mortality | Preventive Medicine | 1980 | 446 |
| 48 | Factors associated with repeat adherence to breast cancer screening | Preventive Medicine | 1990 | 444 |
| 49 | The seven countries study: 2,289 deaths in 15 years | Preventive Medicine | 1984 | 439 |
| 50 | The prevalence and clustering of four major lifestyle risk factors in an English adult population | Preventive Medicine | 2007 | 437 |
