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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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A potential decline in life expectancy in the United States in the 21st century.
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N Engl J Med
|
2005
|
19.63
|
|
2
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Sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in young and middle-aged women.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
11.69
|
|
3
|
Childhood obesity: public-health crisis, common sense cure.
|
Lancet
|
2002
|
10.20
|
|
4
|
Fast-food habits, weight gain, and insulin resistance (the CARDIA study): 15-year prospective analysis.
|
Lancet
|
2005
|
8.49
|
|
5
|
The public health and economic benefits of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages.
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N Engl J Med
|
2009
|
7.48
|
|
6
|
A randomized trial of sugar-sweetened beverages and adolescent body weight.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2012
|
6.86
|
|
7
|
Effects of fast-food consumption on energy intake and diet quality among children in a national household survey.
|
Pediatrics
|
2004
|
6.44
|
|
8
|
Dairy consumption, obesity, and the insulin resistance syndrome in young adults: the CARDIA Study.
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JAMA
|
2002
|
5.44
|
|
9
|
Recommendations for treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity.
|
Pediatrics
|
2007
|
4.80
|
|
10
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Effects of decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption on body weight in adolescents: a randomized, controlled pilot study.
|
Pediatrics
|
2006
|
4.70
|
|
11
|
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in American adolescents: findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
|
Circulation
|
2004
|
4.58
|
|
12
|
Effects of dietary composition on energy expenditure during weight-loss maintenance.
|
JAMA
|
2012
|
4.33
|
|
13
|
A reduced-glycemic load diet in the treatment of adolescent obesity.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
2003
|
3.22
|
|
14
|
Personal responsibility and obesity: a constructive approach to a controversial issue.
|
Health Aff (Millwood)
|
2010
|
3.16
|
|
15
|
State intervention in life-threatening childhood obesity.
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JAMA
|
2011
|
2.94
|
|
16
|
Effects of dietary glycaemic index on adiposity, glucose homoeostasis, and plasma lipids in animals.
|
Lancet
|
2004
|
2.84
|
|
17
|
Effects of a low-glycemic load diet on resting energy expenditure and heart disease risk factors during weight loss.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
2.70
|
|
18
|
Effects of a low-glycemic load vs low-fat diet in obese young adults: a randomized trial.
|
JAMA
|
2007
|
2.66
|
|
19
|
Compensation for energy intake from fast food among overweight and lean adolescents.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
2.57
|
|
20
|
Relationship between funding source and conclusion among nutrition-related scientific articles.
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PLoS Med
|
2007
|
2.54
|
|
21
|
Accuracy of administrative coding for type 2 diabetes in children, adolescents, and young adults.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2007
|
2.45
|
|
22
|
When children eat what they watch: impact of television viewing on dietary intake in youth.
|
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
2006
|
2.38
|
|
23
|
Impact of change in sweetened caloric beverage consumption on energy intake among children and adolescents.
|
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
2009
|
2.26
|
|
24
|
Association of consumption of fried food away from home with body mass index and diet quality in older children and adolescents.
|
Pediatrics
|
2005
|
2.09
|
|
25
|
Effects of an ad libitum low-glycemic load diet on cardiovascular disease risk factors in obese young adults.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2005
|
2.03
|
|
26
|
The importance of biodiversity to medicine.
|
JAMA
|
2008
|
1.89
|
|
27
|
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, soda, and USDA policy: who benefits?
|
JAMA
|
2011
|
1.87
|
|
28
|
Effects of dietary glycemic index on brain regions related to reward and craving in men.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2013
|
1.73
|
|
29
|
Extra calories cause weight gain--but how much?
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
1.64
|
|
30
|
Front-of-package food labels: public health or propaganda?
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
1.63
|
|
31
|
Joint association of glycemic load and alcohol intake with type 2 diabetes incidence in women.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2011
|
1.63
|
|
32
|
Effects of replacing the habitual consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages with milk in Chilean children.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2008
|
1.57
|
|
33
|
Dietary guidelines in the 21st century--a time for food.
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
1.53
|
|
34
|
How early should obesity prevention start?
|
N Engl J Med
|
2013
|
1.51
|
|
35
|
A low-glycemic-load versus low-fat diet in the treatment of fatty liver in obese children.
|
Child Obes
|
2013
|
1.43
|
|
36
|
Inflammation and changes in metabolic syndrome abnormalities in US adolescents: findings from the 1988-1994 and 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.
|
Clin Chem
|
2006
|
1.34
|
|
37
|
Bring back home economics education.
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
1.31
|
|
38
|
Type 2 diabetes and the vegetarian diet.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2003
|
1.31
|
|
39
|
Eating disorder pathology among overweight treatment-seeking youth: clinical correlates and cross-sectional risk modeling.
|
Behav Res Ther
|
2007
|
1.15
|
|
40
|
Breakfast frequency and development of metabolic risk.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2013
|
1.14
|
|
41
|
Increasing adiposity: consequence or cause of overeating?
|
JAMA
|
2014
|
1.13
|
|
42
|
Effects of a low-glycemic load diet in overweight and obese pregnant women: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2010
|
1.13
|
|
43
|
Storm over statins--the controversy surrounding pharmacologic treatment of children.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2008
|
1.06
|
|
44
|
Curbing gun violence: lessons from public health successes.
|
JAMA
|
2013
|
1.05
|
|
45
|
Best practice guidelines in pediatric/adolescent weight loss surgery.
|
Obes Res
|
2005
|
1.04
|
|
46
|
A novel interaction between dietary composition and insulin secretion: effects on weight gain in the Quebec Family Study.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2008
|
1.03
|
|
47
|
Acute effects of dietary glycemic index on antioxidant capacity in a nutrient-controlled feeding study.
|
Obesity (Silver Spring)
|
2009
|
1.02
|
|
48
|
Long-term effects of dietary glycemic index on adiposity, energy metabolism, and physical activity in mice.
|
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab
|
2008
|
1.01
|
|
49
|
Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents: attitudes, barriers, and practices among pediatric clinicians.
|
Ambul Pediatr
|
2006
|
0.99
|
|
50
|
Hepatic steatosis and increased adiposity in mice consuming rapidly vs. slowly absorbed carbohydrate.
|
Obesity (Silver Spring)
|
2007
|
0.97
|
|
51
|
Effects of a low glycemic load or a low-fat dietary intervention on body weight in obese Hispanic American children and adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2012
|
0.94
|
|
52
|
Continuous glucose monitoring to assess the ecologic validity of dietary glycemic index and glycemic load.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2011
|
0.93
|
|
53
|
Nutrition attitudes and knowledge in medical students after completion of an integrated nutrition curriculum compared to a dedicated nutrition curriculum: a quasi-experimental study.
|
BMC Med Educ
|
2011
|
0.93
|
|
54
|
Pediatric obesity management: variation by specialty and awareness of guidelines.
|
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
|
2007
|
0.92
|
|
55
|
The insulin-like growth factor axis: a potential link between glycemic index and cancer.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2005
|
0.92
|
|
56
|
Health-related quality of life in adolescents with or at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
|
J Pediatr
|
2012
|
0.90
|
|
57
|
Tracking pediatric obesity: an index of uncertainty?
|
JAMA
|
2008
|
0.89
|
|
58
|
Altering portion sizes and eating rate to attenuate gorging during a fast food meal: effects on energy intake.
|
Pediatrics
|
2007
|
0.88
|
|
59
|
Effects of diet composition on postprandial energy availability during weight loss maintenance.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
60
|
Pediatric obesity prevention initiatives: more questions than answers.
|
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
2010
|
0.87
|
|
61
|
Science souring on sugar.
|
BMJ
|
2013
|
0.86
|
|
62
|
The 2010 Dietary Guidelines--the best recipe for health?
|
N Engl J Med
|
2011
|
0.85
|
|
63
|
Weight-loss maintenance--mind over matter?
|
N Engl J Med
|
2010
|
0.84
|
|
64
|
Training in childhood obesity management in the United States: a survey of pediatric, internal medicine-pediatrics and family medicine residency program directors.
|
BMC Med Educ
|
2010
|
0.81
|
|
65
|
Surveillance of insulin resistance in children.
|
Clin Chem
|
2003
|
0.80
|
|
66
|
Identifying whole grain foods: a comparison of different approaches for selecting more healthful whole grain products.
|
Public Health Nutr
|
2013
|
0.80
|
|
67
|
Overweight children and adolescents.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2005
|
0.79
|
|
68
|
A paradoxical signal intensity increase in fatty livers using opposed-phase gradient echo imaging with fat-suppression pulses.
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Pediatr Radiol
|
2008
|
0.79
|
|
69
|
Childhood obesity as a chronic disease: keeping the weight off.
|
JAMA
|
2007
|
0.79
|
|
70
|
Effects of high and low glycemic load meals on energy intake, satiety and hunger in obese Hispanic-American youth.
|
Int J Pediatr Obes
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
71
|
Preferences for type 2 diabetes health states among adolescents with or at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
|
Pediatr Diabetes
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
72
|
Carbohydrates and the postprandial state: have our cake and eat it too?
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2004
|
0.78
|
|
73
|
Sugar-sweetened beverages, genetic risk, and obesity.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
74
|
Nutritively sweetened beverages and obesity.
|
JAMA
|
2009
|
0.77
|
|
75
|
Hard facts about soft drinks.
|
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
2004
|
0.77
|
|
76
|
Influence of glycemic index/load on glycemic response, appetite, and food intake in healthy humans.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2006
|
0.76
|
|
77
|
In search of a lifestyle prescription to control body weight.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
78
|
Spirited critique of glycaemic index (GI) and its role in the treatment of obesity.
|
Obes Rev
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
79
|
Correction: Changes in Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Weight Change in United States Men and Women Followed for Up to 24 Years: Analysis from Three Prospective Cohort Studies.
|
PLoS Med
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
80
|
Misdirection on the road to Shangri-La.
|
Sci Aging Knowledge Environ
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
81
|
Obesity: Guiding the management of pediatric obesity.
|
Nat Rev Endocrinol
|
2009
|
0.75
|
|
82
|
Putting your genes on a diet: the molecular effects of carbohydrate.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
83
|
Conversation with a Harvard expert. Dr. David S. Ludwig is a nutrition and obesity researcher at Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston. His research has focused on the harmful health effects of high-glycemic load foods. He is author of "Ending the Food Fight," a book about children's nutrition and weight.
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Harv Health Lett
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
84
|
Ask the doctor. More and more nutrition advice seems to be anti-sugar these days. So are artificial sweetners a good alternative?
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Harv Health Lett
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
85
|
Effect of low-dose insulin treatment on body weight and physical development in children and adolescents at risk for type 1 diabetes.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
86
|
Misdirection on the road to Shangri-La.
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Sci Aging Knowledge Environ
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
87
|
Peering into the future of American longevity.
|
Discov Med
|
2005
|
0.75
|