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1 | Obesity in children and young people: a crisis in public health | Obesity Reviews | 2004 | 2,993 |
2 | Tracking of childhood overweight into adulthood: a systematic review of the literature | Obesity Reviews | 2008 | 1,974 |
3 | A comparison of direct vs. self-report measures for assessing height, weight and body mass index: a systematic review | Obesity Reviews | 2007 | 1,571 |
4 | Subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue: structural and functional differences | Obesity Reviews | 2010 | 1,487 |
5 | Waist‐to‐height ratio is a better screening tool than waist circumference and BMI for adult cardiometabolic risk factors: systematic review and meta‐analysis | Obesity Reviews | 2012 | 1,322 |
6 | Metabolic syndrome: a closer look at the growing epidemic and its associated pathologies | Obesity Reviews | 2015 | 1,177 |
7 | Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis | Obesity Reviews | 2016 | 1,136 |
8 | Who succeeds in maintaining weight loss? A conceptual review of factors associated with weight loss maintenance and weight regain | Obesity Reviews | 2005 | 1,064 |
9 | Ultra‐processed products are becoming dominant in the global food system | Obesity Reviews | 2013 | 1,059 |
10 | Asians are different from Caucasians and from each other in their body mass index/body fat per cent relationship | Obesity Reviews | 2002 | 1,043 |
11 | The role of leptin and ghrelin in the regulation of food intake and body weight in humans: a review | Obesity Reviews | 2007 | 1,013 |
12 | Childhood overweight: a contextual model and recommendations for future research | Obesity Reviews | 2001 | 984 |
13 | Beyond body mass index | Obesity Reviews | 2001 | 973 |
14 | Do stress reactions cause abdominal obesity and comorbidities? | Obesity Reviews | 2001 | 940 |
15 | Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns | Obesity Reviews | 2005 | 912 |
16 | Obesity: a chronic relapsing progressive disease process. A position statement of the World Obesity Federation | Obesity Reviews | 2017 | 846 |
17 | Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships | Obesity Reviews | 2020 | 824 |
18 | Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity | Obesity Reviews | 2015 | 789 |
19 | The economic burden of obesity worldwide: a systematic review of the direct costs of obesity | Obesity Reviews | 2011 | 759 |
20 | Rapid growth in infancy and childhood and obesity in later life - a systematic review | Obesity Reviews | 2005 | 753 |
21 | Appetite control: methodological aspects of the evaluation of foods | Obesity Reviews | 2010 | 753 |
22 | Environmental correlates of physical activity in youth ? a review and update | Obesity Reviews | 2007 | 727 |
23 | Reducing obesity and related chronic disease risk in children and youth: a synthesis of evidence with 'best practice' recommendations | Obesity Reviews | 2006 | 720 |
24 | Resolved: there is sufficient scientific evidence that decreasing sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption will reduce the prevalence of obesity and obesity‐related diseases | Obesity Reviews | 2013 | 696 |
25 | How much physical activity is enough to prevent unhealthy weight gain? Outcome of the IASO 1st Stock Conference and consensus statement | Obesity Reviews | 2003 | 694 |
26 | Risks associated with obesity in pregnancy, for the mother and baby: a systematic review of reviews | Obesity Reviews | 2015 | 693 |
27 | Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globe | Obesity Reviews | 2012 | 653 |
28 | Prevalence of overweight among children in Europe | Obesity Reviews | 2003 | 641 |
29 | Obesity and addiction: neurobiological overlaps | Obesity Reviews | 2013 | 622 |
30 | Obesity and vitamin D deficiency: a systematic review and meta‐analysis | Obesity Reviews | 2015 | 622 |
31 | Obesity and socioeconomic status in developing countries: a systematic review | Obesity Reviews | 2012 | 610 |
32 | Body mass index in midlife and late‐life as a risk factor for dementia: a meta‐analysis of prospective studies | Obesity Reviews | 2011 | 602 |
33 | Fast foods, energy density and obesity: a possible mechanistic link | Obesity Reviews | 2003 | 592 |
34 | The biology of white adipocyte proliferation | Obesity Reviews | 2001 | 590 |
35 | Obesity and health-related quality of life | Obesity Reviews | 2001 | 588 |
36 | Prepregnancy BMI and the risk of gestational diabetes: a systematic review of the literature with meta‐analysis | Obesity Reviews | 2009 | 581 |
37 | Adiponectin: action, regulation and association to insulin sensitivity | Obesity Reviews | 2005 | 569 |
38 | A review of the association between obesity and cognitive function across the lifespan: implications for novel approaches to prevention and treatment | Obesity Reviews | 2011 | 561 |
39 | Health risks associated with overweight and obesity | Obesity Reviews | 2007 | 559 |
40 | Childhood obesity as a predictor of morbidity in adulthood: a systematic review and meta‐analysis | Obesity Reviews | 2016 | 548 |
41 | The impact of childhood obesity on morbidity and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review | Obesity Reviews | 2012 | 545 |
42 | Systematic review of school‐based interventions that focus on changing dietary intake and physical activity levels to prevent childhood obesity: an update to the obesity guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence | Obesity Reviews | 2009 | 541 |
43 | Eating out of home and its association with dietary intake: a systematic review of the evidence | Obesity Reviews | 2012 | 539 |
44 | Fast food consumption and increased caloric intake: a systematic review of a trajectory towards weight gain and obesity risk | Obesity Reviews | 2008 | 524 |
45 | The prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a review of interventions and programmes | Obesity Reviews | 2006 | 513 |
46 | Food cue reactivity and craving predict eating and weight gain: a meta‐analytic review | Obesity Reviews | 2016 | 505 |
47 | Quality of life and obesity | Obesity Reviews | 2001 | 499 |
48 | The levelling off of the obesity epidemic since the year 1999 – a review of evidence and perspectives | Obesity Reviews | 2010 | 495 |
49 | Potential environmental determinants of physical activity in adults: a systematic review | Obesity Reviews | 2007 | 489 |
50 | Psychosocial origins of obesity stigma: toward changing a powerful and pervasive bias | Obesity Reviews | 2003 | 488 |