| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 12,438 |
| 2 | Cancer Statistics, 2010 | Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 2010 | 12,112 |
| 3 | Cancer Statistics, 2009 | Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 2009 | 9,422 |
| 4 | Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2006 | 7,570 |
| 5 | Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, 2011-2012 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2014 | 6,912 |
| 6 | Physical Activity in the United States Measured by Accelerometer | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2008 | 6,026 |
| 7 | Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2010 | 5,666 |
| 8 | Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2000 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2002 | 5,349 |
| 9 | Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2012 | 4,551 |
| 10 | Prevalence and Trends in Overweight Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2000 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2002 | 3,285 |
| 11 | Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in Body Mass Index Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2010 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2012 | 3,252 |
| 12 | Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2013 | 3,131 |
| 13 | Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960–1994 | International Journal of Obesity | 1998 | 2,589 |
| 14 | Prevalence of High Body Mass Index in US Children and Adolescents, 2007-2008 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2010 | 2,588 |
| 15 | Prevalence of Hypertension in the US Adult Population | Hypertension | 1995 | 2,461 |
| 16 | Prevalence of Diabetes, Impaired Fasting Glucose, and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in U.S. Adults: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994 | Diabetes Care | 1998 | 2,362 |
| 17 | Trends in Obesity Among Adults in the United States, 2005 to 2014 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2016 | 2,339 |
| 18 | Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2005 | 2,283 |
| 19 | Physical growth: National Center for Health Statistics percentiles | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1979 | 2,215 |
| 20 | Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2007 | 2,030 |
| 21 | Trends in Obesity Prevalence Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1988-1994 Through 2013-2014 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2016 | 1,843 |
| 22 | The Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States, 1999 through 2002 | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2006 | 1,743 |
| 23 | Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975‐2006, featuring colorectal cancer trends and impact of interventions (risk factors, screening, and treatment) to reduce future rates | Cancer | 2010 | 1,691 |
| 24 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 Growth Charts for the United States: Improvements to the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics Version | Pediatrics | 2002 | 1,667 |
| 25 | High Body Mass Index for Age Among US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2006 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2008 | 1,505 |
| 26 | Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in US Youth and Adults by Sex and Age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2018 | 1,364 |
| 27 | Trends in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in US Children, 1997–2008 | Pediatrics | 2011 | 1,329 |
| 28 | Overweight Prevalence and Trends for Children and Adolescents | JAMA Pediatrics | 1995 | 1,312 |
| 29 | The Recent Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in the United States Based on Bone Mineral Density at the Femoral Neck or Lumbar Spine | Journal of Bone and Mineral Research | 2014 | 1,305 |
| 30 | The Epidemiology of Obesity | Gastroenterology | 2007 | 1,302 |
| 31 | The Increasing Disparity in Mortality between Socioeconomic Groups in the United States, 1960 and 1986 | New England Journal of Medicine | 1993 | 1,297 |
| 32 | Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2007 | 1,250 |
| 33 | Poor Control of Risk Factors for Vascular Disease Among Adults With Previously Diagnosed Diabetes | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2004 | 1,182 |
| 34 | Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2014, Featuring Survival | Journal of the National Cancer Institute | 2017 | 1,135 |
| 35 | Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Plasma Glucose Levels in U.S. Population Aged 20–74 Yr | Diabetes | 1987 | 1,071 |
| 36 | Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in Adults in the U.S. Population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002 | Diabetes Care | 2006 | 1,066 |
| 37 | Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, part I: National cancer statistics | Cancer | 2018 | 1,066 |
| 38 | Annual Report to the Nation on the status of cancer, 1975‐2010, featuring prevalence of comorbidity and impact on survival among persons with lung, colorectal, breast, or prostate cancer | Cancer | 2014 | 1,020 |
| 39 | Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2001, with a special feature regarding survival | Cancer | 2004 | 1,007 |
| 40 | Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Disorders Among US Children in the 2001–2004 NHANES | Pediatrics | 2010 | 983 |
| 41 | Full Accounting of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes in the U.S. Population in 1988–1994 and 2005–2006 | Diabetes Care | 2009 | 981 |
| 42 | Trends in the Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in the Adult US Population | Hypertension | 1995 | 974 |
| 43 | Updated Data on Proximal Femur Bone Mineral Levels of US Adults | Osteoporosis International | 1998 | 966 |
| 44 | Inequality in income and mortality in the United States: analysis of mortality and potential pathways | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1996 | 947 |
| 45 | Overweight Children and Adolescents: Description, Epidemiology, and Demographics | Pediatrics | 1998 | 946 |
| 46 | Trends in the Parent-Report of Health Care Provider-Diagnosed and Medicated Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: United States, 2003–2011 | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 2014 | 927 |
| 47 | Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007 | National Health Statistics Reports | 2008 | 910 |
| 48 | Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in the United States | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1997 | 905 |
| 49 | Self-reported weight and height | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1990 | 879 |
| 50 | Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults: United States, 2002 | Seminars in Integrative Medicine | 2004 | 849 |
