Dietary risk factors for development of childhood obesity

Relation between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity: a prospective, observational analysis

2001 • 2,463 citations

Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain: a systematic review1–3

2006 • 2,243 citations

Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain: a systematic review

2006 • 1,994 citations

Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity

2004 • 1,951 citations

Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: cohort study

2005 • 1,671 citations

Overweight in Children and Adolescents

2005 • 1,562 citations

Breast-feeding and childhood obesity—a systematic review

2004 • 1,247 citations

Effects of Fast-Food Consumption on Energy Intake and Diet Quality Among Children in a National Household Survey

2004 • 1,184 citations

Effect of Infant Feeding on the Risk of Obesity Across the Life Course: A Quantitative Review of Published Evidence

2005 • 1,173 citations

Duration of Breastfeeding and Risk of Overweight: A Meta-Analysis

2005 • 1,166 citations

Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks: cluster randomised controlled trial

2004 • 832 citations

Soft Drink Consumption Among US Children and Adolescents

1999 • 800 citations

Risk of Overweight Among Adolescents Who Were Breastfed as Infants

2001 • 797 citations

Family Dinner and Diet Quality Among Older Children and Adolescents

2000 • 793 citations

Identifying Risk for Obesity in Early Childhood

2006 • 787 citations

Infant Weight Gain and Childhood Overweight Status in a Multicenter, Cohort Study

2002 • 702 citations

Activity, Dietary Intake, and Weight Changes in a Longitudinal Study of Preadolescent and Adolescent Boys and Girls

2000 • 657 citations

Sugar‐Added Beverages and Adolescent Weight Change

2004 • 599 citations

The influence of food portion size and energy density on energy intake: implications for weight management

2005 • 493 citations

Energy and protein intakes of breast-fed and formula-fed infants during the first year of life and their association with growth velocity: the DARLING Study

1993 • 458 citations

Serving Portion Size Influences 5-Year-Old but Not 3-Year-Old Children's Food Intakes

2000 • 456 citations

Children’s bite size and intake of an entrée are greater with large portions than with age-appropriate or self-selected portions

2003 • 432 citations

Prevalence of and risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity

2005 • 363 citations

Energy‐Dense Snack Food Intake in Adolescence: Longitudinal Relationship to Weight and Fatness

2004 • 355 citations

Influence of diet, physical activity and parents’ obesity on children’s adiposity: a four-year longitudinal study

1998 • 315 citations

Beverage Intake Among Preschool Children and Its Effect on Weight Status

2006 • 305 citations

Parental Weight Status and Girls’ Television Viewing, Snacking, and Body Mass Indexes

2003 • 299 citations

Overweight Among Low-Income Preschool Children Associated With the Consumption of Sweet Drinks: Missouri, 1999–2002

2005 • 296 citations

Compensation for Energy Intake From Fast Food Among Overweight and Lean Adolescents

2004 • 264 citations

New insights into the field of children and adolescents’ obesity: the European perspective

2004 • 260 citations

Dietary Energy Intake at the Age of 4 Months Predicts Postnatal Weight Gain and Childhood Body Mass Index

2006 • 239 citations

Relationship between diet composition and body fatness, with adjustment for resting energy expenditure and physical activity, in preadolescent children

1993 • 228 citations

Early macronutrient intake and overweight at five years of age

2000 • 209 citations

Meal Frequency and Childhood Obesity

2005 • 201 citations

Snack food intake does not predict weight change among children and adolescents

2004 • 195 citations

Fast-Food Intake and Diet Quality in Black and White Girls

2005 • 176 citations

Is dietary intake able to explain differences in body fatness in children and adolescents?

2006 • 161 citations

Energy and fat intake in obese and lean children at varying risk of obesity

2002 • 152 citations

The Effect of Breast‐Feeding with and without Formula Use on the Risk of Obesity at 4 Years of Age

2004 • 127 citations

Relationship between juvenile obesity, dietary energy and fat intake and physical activity

2002 • 110 citations

Obesity and nutrition in children. The Belgian Luxembourg Child Study IV

1998 • 101 citations

Distribution of food intake as a risk factor for childhood obesity

2000 • 100 citations

Early Programming of Body Composition and Fat Distribution in Adolescents

2006 • 96 citations

Does fat intake predict adiposity in healthy children and adolescents aged 2–15 y? A longitudinal analysis

2001 • 89 citations

How to measure dietary intake and food habits in adolescence: the European perspective

2005 • 84 citations

Food, activity and family—environmental vs biochemical predictors of weight gain in children

2003 • 66 citations

Diet composition and body mass index in pre-school children

1997 • 48 citations

Food composition, food intake and energy balance

1998 • 3 citations