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Obesity and Health Practices

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Christina Amutah
University of Pennsylvania
2
Christiane Lundegaard Haase
Novo Nordisk (Denmark)
3
Kristen M. Lee
University of California, Los Angeles
4
Georg Halbeisen
Ruhr University Bochum
5
Leah M. Lessard
University of Connecticut
6
McKenzie Prillaman
World Federation of Science Journalists
7
Jennifer C. H. Sebring
University of Manitoba
8
Jessica M. Alleva
Maastricht University
9
Zachary J. Ward
Harvard University
10
Marta Buoncristiano
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Rising Stars Papers

1
Is ChatGPT making scientists hyper-productive? The highs and lows of using AI
Nature|2024
41 cit.
2
How cancer hijacks the nervous system to grow and spread
Nature|2024
22 cit.
3
Global maternal mortality projections by urban/rural location and education level: a simulation-based analysis
EClinicalMedicine|2024
22 cit.
4
A randomized controlled trial investigating two protective filtering strategies to mitigate the effects of beauty-ideal media imagery on women's body image
Computers in Human Behavior|2024
21 cit.
5
Cancer incidence and survival for 11 cancers in the Commonwealth: a simulation-based modelling study
The Lancet Oncology|2024
17 cit.
6
Obesity drugs aren’t always forever. What happens when you quit?
Nature|2024
13 cit.
7
Weight stigma as a stressor: A preliminary multi-wave, longitudinal study testing the biobehavioral pathways of the cyclic obesity/weight-based stigma (COBWEBS) model
Appetite|2024
11 cit.
8
Acute Activity Urges Predict Lower Early Weight Gain During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa
International Journal of Eating Disorders|2024
9 cit.
9
Exploring Gender Differences in Early Weight Change and Variability in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa during Inpatient Treatment
Journal of Clinical Medicine|2024
8 cit.
10
The feeling is mutual: A randomised controlled trial testing the positive body image process of reciprocity among close friends
Body Image|2024
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Sonja Wicklum
University of Calgary
2
Kymika Okechukwu
American Academy of Pediatrics
3
Wahiba Elhag
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
4
Jun Xu
Peking University
5
Christine R. Wells
Data Management (Italy)
6
Brigida Palatino
Connecticut College
7
Jaya Aysola
General Department of Preventive Medicine
8
Margaret E. Calamari
Drexel University
9
Sonia Lázaro-Masedo
Unknown
10
Rosenda Murillo
University of Houston

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity
PEDIATRICS|2023
1.1k cit.
2
Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity
PEDIATRICS|2023
107 cit.
3
Effectiveness and Safety of Liraglutide in Managing Inadequate Weight Loss and Weight Regain after Primary and Revisional Bariatric Surgery: Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Outcomes
Obesity Surgery|2022
45 cit.
4
Gender Differences in Emergency Medicine Attending Physician Comments to Residents: A Qualitative Analysis
JAMA Network Open|2022
24 cit.
5
Health systems and health equity: Advancing the agenda
Nursing Outlook|2022
23 cit.
6
When Definitions Differ, are Comparisons Meaningful? Definitions of Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery and Their Associations with Patient Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes - A Need for a Revisit?
Obesity Surgery|2023
20 cit.
7
The effect of protein supplements on weight loss, body composition, protein status, and micronutrients post laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG): A Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)
Annals of Medicine and Surgery|2022
16 cit.
8
Employee Health and Wellness Outcomes Associated With Perceived Discrimination in Academic Medicine
JAMA Network Open|2022
16 cit.
9
Race and ethnic differences in physical activity, osteopenia, and osteoporosis: results from NHANES 2009–2010, 2013–2014, 2017–2018
Archives of Osteoporosis|2023
15 cit.
10
Zero Echo Time vs. <scp>T1</scp>‐Weighted <scp>MRI</scp> for Assessment of Cortical and Medullary Bone Morphology Abnormalities Using <scp>CT</scp> as the Reference Standard
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging|2022
14 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Dianne Neumark‐Sztainer
University of Minnesota
2
Tracy L. Tylka
The Ohio State University
3
Ian D. Caterson
The University of Sydney
4
J. Kevin Thompson
University of Jos
5
J. Kevin Thompson
Unity Health System
6
Shiriki Kumanyika
University of Pennsylvania
7
Johannes Hebebrand
Philipps University of Marburg
8
Susan A. Jebb
University of Oxford
9
Rebecca M. Puhl
University of Connecticut
10
Thomas A. Wadden
University of Pennsylvania

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Perzentile für den Body-mass-Index für das Kindes- und Jugendalter unter Heranziehung verschiedener deutscher Stichproben
Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde|2001
2.2k cit.
2
A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment, relative to standard care—an international randomised controlled trial
International Journal of Obesity|2012
2.1k cit.
3
Obesity Stigma: Important Considerations for Public Health
American Journal of Public Health|2010
1.9k cit.
4
Will All Americans Become Overweight or Obese? Estimating the Progression and Cost of the US Obesity Epidemic
Obesity|2008
1.5k cit.
5
Thin-Ideal Internalization: Mounting Evidence for a New Risk Factor for Body-Image Disturbance and Eating Pathology
Current Directions in Psychological Science|2001
1.4k cit.
6
The Body Appreciation Scale-2: Item refinement and psychometric evaluation
Body Image|2014
1.2k cit.
7
The sociocultural attitudes towards appearance scale‐3 (SATAQ‐3): Development and validation
International Journal of Eating Disorders|2004
1.2k cit.
8
Obesity in Britain: gluttony or sloth?
BMJ|1995
1.2k cit.
9
Does Body Satisfaction Matter? Five-year Longitudinal Associations between Body Satisfaction and Health Behaviors in Adolescent Females and Males
Journal of Adolescent Health|2006
1.1k cit.
10
Confronting and Coping with Weight Stigma: An Investigation of Overweight and Obese Adults
Obesity|2006
1k cit.

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