| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Worldwide trends in childhood overweight and obesity | Pediatric Obesity | 2006 | 2,159 |
| 2 | Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: data from nine countries | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 486 |
| 3 | Defining obesity risk status in the general childhood population: Which cut-offs should we use? | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 474 |
| 4 | Self-esteem and quality of life in obese children and adolescents: A systematic review | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 417 |
| 5 | General parenting, childhood overweight and obesity-inducing behaviors: a review | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 363 |
| 6 | Associations between objectively measured habitual physical activity and adiposity in children and adolescents: Systematic review | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 362 |
| 7 | A comparison of indirect versus direct measures for assessing physical activity in the pediatric population: A systematic review | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 346 |
| 8 | Parents as agents of change in childhood obesity – from research to practice | Pediatric Obesity | 2006 | 331 |
| 9 | Tracking of obesity and physical activity from childhood to adulthood: The Physical Activity Longitudinal Study | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 279 |
| 10 | Estimated burden of paediatric obesity and co-morbidities in Europe. Part 1. The increase in the prevalence of child obesity in Europe is itself increasing | Pediatric Obesity | 2006 | 238 |
| 11 | Calibration of an accelerometer during free-living activities in children | Pediatric Obesity | 2007 | 218 |
| 12 | Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2006 | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 210 |
| 13 | Fitness, fatness and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in children from Denmark, Estonia and Portugal: The European Youth Heart Study | Pediatric Obesity | 2008 | 195 |
| 14 | Canadian childhood obesity estimates based on WHO, IOTF and CDC cut-points | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 187 |
| 15 | Estimated burden of paediatric obesity and co-morbidities in Europe. Part 2. Numbers of children with indicators of obesity-related disease | Pediatric Obesity | 2006 | 185 |
| 16 | Artificial Sweeteners: A systematic review of metabolic effects in youth | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 178 |
| 17 | Childhood obesity: current definitions and recommendations for their use | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 172 |
| 18 | Trends and racial/ethnic disparities in severe obesity among US children and adolescents, 1976–2006 | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 164 |
| 19 | Assessing dietary intake in children and adolescents: Considerations and recommendations for obesity research | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 149 |
| 20 | Preliminary findings of the effect of a 3-year after-school physical activity intervention on fitness and body fat: The Medical College of Georgia Fitkid Project | Pediatric Obesity | 2008 | 147 |
| 21 | Gross motor coordination in relation to weight status and age in 5- to 12-year-old boys and girls: A cross-sectional study | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 145 |
| 22 | Effects of an exercise intervention using Dance Dance Revolution on endothelial function and other risk factors in overweight children | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 142 |
| 23 | Muscular strength and cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with higher insulin sensitivity in children and adolescents | Pediatric Obesity | 2006 | 141 |
| 24 | Mechanisms underlying the association between breastfeeding and obesity | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 138 |
| 25 | Age-specific stabilization in obesity prevalence in German children: A cross-sectional study from 1999 to 2008 | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 138 |
| 26 | Tracking of cardiometabolic risk factor clustering from childhood to adulthood | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 136 |
| 27 | Prevalence and behavioral risk factors of overweight and obesity among children aged 2–18 in Beijing, China | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 135 |
| 28 | The effects of increasing outdoor play time on physical activity in Latino preschool children | Pediatric Obesity | 2007 | 132 |
| 29 | Associations between children's socioeconomic status, weight status, and sex, with screen-based sedentary behaviours and sport participation | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 130 |
| 30 | Stress and obesity/metabolic syndrome in childhood and adolescence | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 130 |
| 31 | Maternal self-efficacy regarding children's eating and sedentary behaviours in the early years: Associations with children's food intake and sedentary behaviours | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 125 |
| 32 | Reliability and validity of the Children's Dietary Questionnaire; A new tool to measure children's dietary patterns | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 123 |
| 33 | Child overweight and obesity in the USA: Prevalence rates according to IOTF definitions | Pediatric Obesity | 2007 | 122 |
| 34 | Association between television viewing and poor diet quality in young children | Pediatric Obesity | 2008 | 121 |
| 35 | Overweight children, weight-based teasing and academic performance | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 120 |
| 36 | Neighborhood characteristics in relation to diet, physical activity and overweight of Canadian children | Pediatric Obesity | 2008 | 117 |
| 37 | Stabilization of overweight prevalence in French children between 2000 and 2007 | Pediatric Obesity | 2009 | 117 |
| 38 | An update on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 116 |
| 39 | Interventions addressing general parenting to prevent or treat childhood obesity | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 114 |
| 40 | Temporal trends in overweight and obesity of children and adolescents from nine Provinces in China from 1991–2006 | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 108 |
| 41 | Calibration and comparison of accelerometer cut points in preschool children | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 106 |
| 42 | Associations between pedagogues attitudes, praxis and policy in relation to physical activity of children in kindergarten – results from a cross sectional study of health behaviour amongst Danish pre-school children. | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 106 |
| 43 | Overweight prevention strategies in preschool children | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 105 |
| 44 | A review of risk factors for overweight in preschool children: A policy perspective | Pediatric Obesity | 2006 | 103 |
| 45 | Regulating the commercial promotion of food to children: A survey of actions worldwide | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 101 |
| 46 | The extent of food advertising to children on UK television in 2008 | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 96 |
| 47 | Socioeconomic disparities in trajectories of adiposity across childhood | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 94 |
| 48 | The PedsQL™ Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in pediatric obesity: Feasibility, reliability and validity | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 93 |
| 49 | Examining behavioural susceptibility to obesity among Canadian pre-school children: The role of eating behaviours | Pediatric Obesity | 2011 | 92 |
| 50 | Influence of neighbourhood design and access to facilities on overweight among preschool children | Pediatric Obesity | 2008 | 91 |
