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Pediatric Obesity is devoted to research into obesity during childhood and adolescence. This topic is currently at the centre of intense interest in the scientific community and is of increasing concern to health policymakers and the public at large. We have established ourselves as the leading journal for high quality papers in this field, covering all areas of pediatric obesity.
Pediatric Obesity is owned by the World Obesity Federation, a not-for-profit charitable body linking over 50 regional and national associations with over 10,000 professional members in scientific, medical and research organisations.
Articles
Weight development in children with obesity without treatment: A Danish cohort study with long‐term follow‐up
-  4 February 2025
Childhood obesity trajectories and adolescent mental health: A UK cohort study
-  30 January 2025
Interaction between breastfeeding duration and an obesity genetic risk score to predict body fat composition in European adolescents: The HELENA study
-  21 January 2025
Sleep‐disordered breathing and cardiometabolic and inflammatory markers in children with overweight/obesity: The role of cardiorespiratory fitness
-  21 January 2025
Effect of a physical activity and healthy eating lifestyle intervention in pregnancy on fetal growth trajectories: The DALI randomised controlled trial
-  19 January 2025
This is a list of the most read articles in Pediatric Obesity.
Physical activity behaviour and screen time in Dutch children during the COVID-19 pandemic: Pre-, during- and post-school closures
Beyond sleep duration: Sleep timing as a risk factor for childhood obesity
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on elementary schoolers' physical activity, sleep, screen time and diet: A quasi-experimental interrupted time series study
Positive parenting approaches and their association with child eating and weight: A narrative review from infancy to adolescence
30-Day morbidity and mortality of bariatric metabolic surgery in adolescence during the COVID-19 pandemic – The GENEVA study
Pediatric obesity treatment, self‐esteem, and body image: A systematic review with meta‐analysis
Associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and the metabolic syndrome: A meta‐analysis of more than 6000 children and adolescents
Effects of a carbohydrate‐restricted diet on hepatic lipid content in adolescents with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: A pilot, randomized trial
Positive parenting approaches and their association with child eating and weight: A narrative review from infancy to adolescence
Executive functioning and disinhibited eating in children and adolescents
Interventions commenced by early infancy to prevent childhood obesity—The EPOCH Collaboration: An individual participant data prospective meta‐analysis of four randomized controlled trials
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
Extended international (IOTF) body mass index cut-offs for thinness, overweight and obesity
- Pediatric Obesity
-  284-294
-  19 June 2012
Changes in lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 confinement in Spanish children: A longitudinal analysis from the MUGI project
- Pediatric Obesity
-  24 September 2020
Children and adolescents' exposure to food and beverage marketing in social media apps
- Pediatric Obesity
-  28 January 2019
Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
- Pediatric Obesity
-  234-244
-  25 June 2014
Circulating branched‐chain amino acid concentrations are associated with obesity and future insulin resistance in children and adolescents
- Pediatric Obesity
-  52-61
-  7 September 2012
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