| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Worldwide trends in childhood overweight and obesity | Pediatric Obesity | 2006 | 2,159 |
| 2 | The Global Epidemic of Obesity: An Overview | Epidemiologic Reviews | 2007 | 925 |
| 3 | Is China facing an obesity epidemic and the consequences? The trends in obesity and chronic disease in China | International Journal of Obesity | 2007 | 652 |
| 4 | Is Sleep Duration Associated With Childhood Obesity? A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis | Obesity | 2008 | 642 |
| 5 | Accelerometer Data Reduction: A Comparison of Four Reduction Algorithms on Select Outcome Variables | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2005 | 552 |
| 6 | Association between obesity and kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Kidney International | 2008 | 500 |
| 7 | Obesity and central obesity as risk factors for incident dementia and its subtypes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis | Obesity Reviews | 2008 | 432 |
| 8 | Are American children and adolescents of low socioeconomic status at increased risk of obesity? Changes in the association between overweight and family income between 1971 and 2002 | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2006 | 376 |
| 9 | Diet Soda Intake and Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) | Diabetes Care | 2009 | 340 |
| 10 | A Nutrition Paradox — Underweight and Obesity in Developing Countries | New England Journal of Medicine | 2005 | 297 |
| 11 | Defining Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Public Health Terms: A Time for Reflection | Journal of Nutrition | 2001 | 266 |
| 12 | Effects of iron supplementation and anthelmintic treatment on motor and language development of preschool children in Zanzibar: double blind, placebo controlled study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2001 | 241 |
| 13 | Osteoporosis in China | Osteoporosis International | 2009 | 192 |
| 14 | Summary: Implications for Research and Programs | Journal of Nutrition | 2001 | 180 |
| 15 | Do children and their parents eat a similar diet? Resemblance in child and parental dietary intake: systematic review and meta-analysis | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2011 | 171 |
| 16 | Night blindness of pregnancy in rural Nepal--nutritional and health risks | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1998 | 153 |
| 17 | A corner store intervention in a low-income urban community is associated with increased availability and sales of some healthy foods | Public Health Nutrition | 2009 | 152 |
| 18 | Validity and Reliability of Activity Measures in African-American Girls for GEMS | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2003 | 146 |
| 19 | Formative Research in School and Community-Based Health Programs and Studies: “State of the Art” and the TAAG Approach | Health Education and Behavior | 2006 | 142 |
| 20 | Malaria, Hookworms and Recent Fever Are Related to Anemia and Iron Status Indicators in 0- to 5-y Old Zanzibari Children and These Relationships Change with Age | Journal of Nutrition | 2000 | 140 |
| 21 | Global outlook on nutrition and the environment: meeting the challenges of the next millennium | Science of the Total Environment | 2000 | 131 |
| 22 | Impact of Energy Intake, Physical Activity, and Population-wide Weight Loss on Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mortality in Cuba, 1980 2005 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2007 | 130 |
| 23 | ENERGY EXPENDITURE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND OBESITY IN CHILDREN | Pediatric Clinics of North America | 2001 | 129 |
| 24 | Healthy food availability in small urban food stores: a comparison of four US cities | Public Health Nutrition | 2010 | 122 |
| 25 | Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation Reduced Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh | Pediatrics | 2008 | 121 |
| 26 | Measured body mass index, body weight perception, dissatisfaction and control practices in urban, low-income African American adolescents | BMC Public Health | 2009 | 120 |
| 27 | Changes in racial/ethnic disparities in the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes by obesity level among US adults | Ethnicity and Health | 2009 | 118 |
| 28 | Serum Antioxidant Status Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome among U.S. Adults in Recent National Surveys1–3 | Journal of Nutrition | 2011 | 117 |
| 29 | Understanding the Food Environment in a Low-Income Urban Setting: Implications for Food Store Interventions | Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition | 2008 | 109 |
| 30 | Access to food source and food source use are associated with healthy and unhealthy food-purchasing behaviours among low-income African-American adults in Baltimore City | Public Health Nutrition | 2011 | 103 |
| 31 | Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders in Children and Women | Food and Nutrition Bulletin | 2003 | 97 |
| 32 | Aflatoxin exposure during the first 1000 days of life in rural South Asia assessed by aflatoxin B1-lysine albumin biomarkers | Food and Chemical Toxicology | 2014 | 97 |
| 33 | Food prices and fruit and vegetable consumption among young American adults | Health and Place | 2009 | 96 |
| 34 | Process Evaluation of Baltimore Healthy Stores: A Pilot Health Intervention Program With Supermarkets and Corner Stores in Baltimore City | Health Promotion Practice | 2010 | 96 |
| 35 | Hyporetinolemia, illness symptoms, and acute phase protein response in pregnant women with and without night blindness | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1998 | 94 |
| 36 | The Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnant Native Canadians: A risk profile | Diabetes Care | 1997 | 92 |
| 37 | Physical, Consumer, and Social Aspects of Measuring the Food Environment Among Diverse Low-Income Populations | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2009 | 91 |
| 38 | A Food Store–Based Environmental Intervention Is Associated with Reduced BMI and Improved Psychosocial Factors and Food-Related Behaviors on the Navajo Nation | Journal of Nutrition | 2013 | 90 |
| 39 | Objectively Assessed Associations between Physical Activity and Body Composition in Middle-School Girls: The Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2007 | 87 |
| 40 | Gender‐ethnic Disparity in BMI and Waist Circumference Distribution Shifts in US Adults | Obesity | 2009 | 86 |
| 41 | Assessing dietary intake in a population undergoing a rapid transition in diet and lifestyle: the Arctic Inuit in Nunavut, Canada | British Journal of Nutrition | 2010 | 83 |
| 42 | Antenatal and Postnatal Iron Supplementation and Childhood Mortality in Rural Nepal: A Prospective Follow-up in a Randomized, Controlled Community Trial | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2009 | 82 |
| 43 | Association between Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Evidence from a Large Sample of Chinese Children and Adolescents | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 79 |
| 44 | Rethinking anaemia surveillance | Lancet, The | 1997 | 76 |
| 45 | Body weight misperception patterns and their association with health‐related factors among adolescents in South Korea | Obesity | 2013 | 76 |
| 46 | Process evaluation of a store-based environmental obesity intervention on two American Indian Reservations | Health Education Research | 2005 | 75 |
| 47 | Separation of phytic acid and other related inositol phosphates by high-performance ion chromatography and its applications | Journal of Chromatography A | 2003 | 74 |
| 48 | Physical activity self-report and accelerometry measures from the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies | Preventive Medicine | 2004 | 74 |
| 49 | Randomized controlled trial of prenatal zinc supplementation and fetal bone growth | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2004 | 73 |
| 50 | Obesity and related risk factors among low socio-economic status minority students in Chicago | Public Health Nutrition | 2007 | 73 |
