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.

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Virtual Issue: Continuing the Progress in Pediatric Obesity Care

While there have been major strides in prevention and treatment efforts around childhood obesity over the past decade, including anti-obesity medication and multilevel intervention approaches, there is still a lot of work to be done. Specifically, there is a need to make our efforts in this area equitable, scalable, and sustainable. The Pediatric Obesity Section of The Obesity Society has put together a selection of recent Obesity articles that highlight these issues in childhood obesity research and treatment.

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Associations of takeaway outlets with takeaway food consumption and adiposity: longitudinal analysis of the Fenland cohort

Jody C. Hoenink, Thomas Burgoine, Nita G. Forouhi, Pablo Monsivais, Stephen J. Sharp, Jenna Panter, Jean Adams, 
  •  9 October 2024
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Psychological well-being and the reversal of childhood overweight and obesity in the UK: a longitudinal national cohort study

I Gusti Ngurah Edi Putra, Michael Daly, Eric Robinson, 
  •  7 October 2024
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Open access

Impact of eating behavior on 24‐month weight change after treatment of severe obesity—A clinical prospective cohort study

Sofia Björkman, Gudrún Höskuldsdóttir, Karin Mossberg, Anna Laurenius, My Engström, Lars Fändriks, Björn Eliasson, Ola Wallengren, Ingrid Larsson, 
  •  6 October 2024
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Association of continuous BMI with health‐related quality of life in the United States by age and sex

Zachary J. Ward, Roxanne Dupuis, Michael W. Long, Steven L. Gortmaker, 
  •  6 October 2024
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Coach access to digital self‐monitoring data: an experimental test of short‐term effects in behavioral weight‐loss treatment

Meghan L. Butryn, Nicole A. Miller, Charlotte J. Hagerman, Danielle Arigo, Erica LaFata, Fengqing Zhang, Bonnie Spring, Evan Forman, 
  •  2 October 2024
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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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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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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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The Stigma of Obesity: A Review and Update

Rebecca M. Puhl, Chelsea A. Heuer, 
  •  941-964
  •  6 September 2012
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COVID‐19–Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children

Andrew G. Rundle, Yoosun Park, Julie B. Herbstman, Eliza W. Kinsey, Y. Claire Wang, 
  •  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

Anna R. Ogilvie, Yvette Schlussel, Deeptha Sukumar, Lingqiong Meng, Sue A. Shapses, 
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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, 
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Macronutrient (im)balance drives energy intake in an obesogenic food environment: An ecological analysis

Amanda Grech, Zhixian Sui, Anna Rangan, Stephen J. Simpson, Sean C. P. Coogan, David Raubenheimer, 
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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, 

Benefits of weight loss of 10% or more in patients with overweight or obesity: A review

Abd A. Tahrani, John Morton, 

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, 
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Metabolic adaptation delays time to reach weight loss goals

Catia Martins, Barbara A. Gower, Gary R. Hunter, 
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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, 

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, 
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Impact of training modes on fitness and body composition in women with obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Mary E. Davis, Catherine Blake, Carla Perrotta, Caitriona Cunningham, Gráinne O’Donoghue, 

Early time‐restricted eating compared with daily caloric restriction: A randomized trial in adults with obesity

Elizabeth A. Thomas, Adnin Zaman, Kelsey J. Sloggett, Sheila Steinke, Laura Grau, Victoria A. Catenacci, Marc-Andre Cornier, Corey A. Rynders, 

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