| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries | Lancet, The | 2013 | 5,719 |
| 2 | Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems | Lancet, The | 2019 | 5,421 |
| 3 | Worldwide prevalence of anaemia, WHO Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System, 1993–2005 | Public Health Nutrition | 2009 | 1,684 |
| 4 | Global prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2010 | 1,651 |
| 5 | Worldwide Timing of Growth Faltering: Revisiting Implications for Interventions | Pediatrics | 2010 | 1,369 |
| 6 | Effect of lower sodium intake on health: systematic review and meta-analyses | BMJ, The | 2013 | 931 |
| 7 | Dynamics of the double burden of malnutrition and the changing nutrition reality | Lancet, The | 2020 | 753 |
| 8 | Global maize production, utilization, and consumption | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | 2014 | 750 |
| 9 | Childhood stunting: a global perspective | Maternal and Child Nutrition | 2016 | 698 |
| 10 | Effect of increased potassium intake on cardiovascular risk factors and disease: systematic review and meta-analyses | BMJ, The | 2013 | 650 |
| 11 | Body mass index, waist circumference and waist:hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular risk—a review of the literature | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2010 | 557 |
| 12 | National, regional, and worldwide estimates of low birthweight in 2015, with trends from 2000: a systematic analysis | The Lancet Global Health | 2019 | 557 |
| 13 | Prevalence and trends of overweight among preschool children in developing countries | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2000 | 520 |
| 14 | Prevention and control of iodine deficiency in pregnant and lactating women and in children less than 2-years-old: conclusions and recommendations of the Technical Consultation | Public Health Nutrition | 2007 | 489 |
| 15 | Conclusions of a WHO Technical Consultation on Folate and Vitamin B12 Deficiencies | Food and Nutrition Bulletin | 2008 | 484 |
| 16 | Worldwide Timing of Growth Faltering: Implications for Nutritional Interventions | Pediatrics | 2001 | 479 |
| 17 | Defining obesity risk status in the general childhood population: Which cut-offs should we use? | Pediatric Obesity | 2010 | 474 |
| 18 | Prevalence and trends of stunting among pre-school children, 1990–2020 | Public Health Nutrition | 2012 | 390 |
| 19 | Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys | The Lancet Global Health | 2015 | 389 |
| 20 | The World Health Organization Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition: methodology and applications | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 388 |
| 21 | Iodine Deficiency in 2007: Global Progress since 2003 | Food and Nutrition Bulletin | 2008 | 328 |
| 22 | Worldwide implementation of the WHO Child Growth Standards | Public Health Nutrition | 2012 | 311 |
| 23 | A life course approach to diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases | Public Health Nutrition | 2004 | 302 |
| 24 | Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy | Public Health Nutrition | 2012 | 299 |
| 25 | Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy | The Cochrane Library | 2015 | 257 |
| 26 | Conclusions of the Joint WHO/UNICEF/IAEA/IZiNCG Interagency Meeting on Zinc Status Indicators | Food and Nutrition Bulletin | 2007 | 237 |
| 27 | Effects and safety of periconceptional folate supplementation for preventing birth defects | Food and Nutrition Bulletin | 2010 | 235 |
| 28 | Review of the Magnitude of Folate and Vitamin B12 Deficiencies Worldwide | Food and Nutrition Bulletin | 2008 | 232 |
| 29 | WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience—going beyond survival | BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 2017 | 232 |
| 30 | Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for health and nutrition in children under two years of age | The Cochrane Library | 2011 | 225 |
| 31 | Is malnutrition declining? An analysis of changes in levels of child malnutrition since 1980 | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2000 | 195 |
| 32 | Prevalence thresholds for wasting, overweight and stunting in children under 5 years | Public Health Nutrition | 2019 | 179 |
| 33 | Effects and safety of preventive oral iron or iron+folic acid supplementation for women during pregnancy | Public Health Nutrition | 2009 | 175 |
| 34 | Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy | Public Health Nutrition | 2012 | 153 |
| 35 | Vitamin A Supplementation Programs and Country-Level Evidence of Vitamin A Deficiency | Nutrients | 2017 | 148 |
| 36 | Current global iodine status and progress over the last decade towards the elimination of iodine deficiency | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2005 | 146 |
| 37 | Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for health and nutrition in children under two years of age (Review) | Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal | 2013 | 141 |
| 38 | Fats and Fatty Acids in Human Nutrition: Introduction | Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism | 2009 | 133 |
| 39 | Indicators linking health and sustainability in the post-2015 development agenda | Lancet, The | 2015 | 119 |
| 40 | Epidemiology of iodine deficiency: Salt iodisation and iodine status | Best Practice and Research in Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2010 | 114 |
| 41 | Intermittent oral iron supplementation during pregnancy | The Cochrane Library | 2015 | 111 |
| 42 | What drives political commitment for nutrition? A review and framework synthesis to inform the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 109 |
| 43 | Transmission of Zika virus through breast milk and other breastfeeding-related bodily-fluids: A systematic review | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2017 | 108 |
| 44 | Health effects of saturated and trans-fatty acid intake in children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 107 |
| 45 | Iodine supplementation for women during the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum period | The Cochrane Library | 2017 | 101 |
| 46 | Patient blood management in obstetrics: management of anaemia and haematinic deficiencies in pregnancy and in the post‐partum period: NATA consensus statement | Transfusion Medicine | 2018 | 95 |
| 47 | Deaths and years of life lost due to suboptimal breast-feeding among children in the developing world: a global ecological risk assessment | Public Health Nutrition | 2006 | 94 |
| 48 | Intermittent iron supplementation for improving nutrition and development in children under 12 years of age | The Cochrane Library | 2014 | 94 |
| 49 | Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy: Updated meta-analysis on maternal outcomes | Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2016 | 93 |
| 50 | Effects of nutrition interventions during pregnancy on low birth weight: an overview of systematic reviews | BMJ Global Health | 2017 | 86 |
