Edited by: Michael Jensen, MD
Impact factor (2022):6.9
Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023): 23/145 (Endocrinology & Metabolism (Science))12/89 (Nutrition & Dietetics (Science))
Online ISSN:1930-739X
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Obesity is the official journal of The Obesity Society and is the premier source of information for increasing knowledge, fostering translational research from basic to population science, and promoting better treatment for people with obesity. Obesity publishes important peer-reviewed research and cutting-edge reviews, commentaries, and public health and medical developments.
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Replacing the body mass index with the sagittal abdominal diameter (abdominal height)
- 25 September 2023
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Visceral adipocyte size links obesity with dysmetabolism more than fibrosis, and both can be estimated by circulating miRNAs
Yair Pincu, Nataly Makarenkov, Alexandra A. Tsitrina, Marina Rosengarten-Levine, Yulia Haim, Uri Yoel, Idit F. Liberty, Oleg Dukhno, Ivan Kukeev, Matthias Blüher, Isana Veksler-Lublinsky, Assaf Rudich,
- 25 September 2023
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Rapid increases in BMI waist to height ratio during adolescence and subsequent neurobehavioral deficits
Ting Yu, Yining Jiang, Jue Fan, Xiangrong Guo, Hui Hua, Dongqing Xu, Yuefen Wang, Chonghuai Yan, Jian Xu,
- 21 September 2023
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Variation in executive function relates to BMI increases in youth who were initially of a healthy weight in the ABCD Study
Shana Adise, Jonatan Ottino-Gonzalez, Lauren Goedde, Andrew T. Marshall, Eric Kan, Kyung E. Rhee, Michael I. Goran, Elizabeth R. Sowell,
- 20 September 2023
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High Prevalence of Obesity in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
Arthur Simonnet, Mikael Chetboun, Julien Poissy, Violeta Raverdy, Jerome Noulette, Alain Duhamel, Julien Labreuche, Daniel Mathieu, Francois Pattou, Merce Jourdain, the LICORN and the Lille COVID-19 and Obesity study group,
- 1195-1199
- 9 April 2020
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Effects of COVID‐19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study
Angelo Pietrobelli, Luca Pecoraro, Alessandro Ferruzzi, Moonseong Heo, Myles Faith, Thomas Zoller, Franco Antoniazzi, Giorgio Piacentini, S. Nicole Fearnbach, Steven B. Heymsfield,
- 1382-1385
- 30 April 2020
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Microbiota and SCFA in Lean and Overweight Healthy Subjects
Andreas Schwiertz, David Taras, Klaus Schäfer, Silvia Beijer, Nicolaas A. Bos, Christiane Donus, Philip D. Hardt,
- 190-195
- 31 December 2012
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COVID‐19–Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children
- 1008-1009
- 30 March 2020
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Higher protein intake during caloric restriction improves diet quality and attenuates loss of lean body mass
- Obesity
- 1411-1419
- 10.1002/oby.23428
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In their own words: Topic analysis of the motivations and strategies of over 6,000 long‐term weight‐loss maintainers
Suzanne Phelan, James Roake, Noemi Alarcon, Sarah M. Ng, Hunter Glanz, Michelle I. Cardel, Gary D. Foster,
- Obesity
- 751-761
- 10.1002/oby.23372
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Macronutrient (im)balance drives energy intake in an obesogenic food environment: An ecological analysis
- Obesity
- 2156-2166
- 10.1002/oby.23578
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Beyond appetite regulation: Targeting energy expenditure, fat oxidation, and lean mass preservation for sustainable weight loss
Berit Østergaard Christoffersen, Guillermo Sanchez-Delgado, Linu Mary John, Donna H. Ryan, Kirsten Raun, Eric Ravussin,
- Obesity
- 841-857
- 10.1002/oby.23374
Benefits of weight loss of 10% or more in patients with overweight or obesity: A review
- Obesity
- 802-840
- 10.1002/oby.23371
Social determinants of health and obesity: Findings from a national study of US adults
Zulqarnain Javed, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Muhammad Haisum Maqsood, Shiwani Mahajan, Mohamad B. Taha, Kershaw V. Patel, Garima Sharma, Kobina Hagan, Michael J. Blaha, Ron Blankstein, Elias Mossialos, Salim S. Virani, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Khurram Nasir,
- Obesity
- 491-502
- 10.1002/oby.23336
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Metabolic adaptation delays time to reach weight loss goals
- Obesity
- 400-406
- 10.1002/oby.23333
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A meta‐analysis comparing the effectiveness of alternate day fasting, the 5:2 diet, and time‐restricted eating for weight loss
Paloma Elortegui Pascual, Maryann R. Rolands, Alison L. Eldridge, Amira Kassis, Fabio Mainardi, Kim-Anne Lê, Leonidas G. Karagounis, Philipp Gut, Krista A. Varady,
- Obesity
- 9-21
- 10.1002/oby.23568
Pragmatic implementation of a fully automated online obesity treatment in primary care
J. Graham Thomas, Emily Panza, Hallie M. Espel-Huynh, Carly M. Goldstein, Kevin O'Leary, Noah Benedict, Albert J. Puerini, Rena R. Wing,
- Obesity
- 1621-1628
- 10.1002/oby.23502
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Impact of training modes on fitness and body composition in women with obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
- Obesity
- 300-319
- 10.1002/oby.23305
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