Brook Belay

2.3k citations

29 papers · 1.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 14

Impact in

Infectious Diseases top 2%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Pharmacy top 2%

Papers in

Pharmacy 13
- Obesity and Health Practices 13
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet 14

Co-authors: Heidi M. Blanck Alyson B. Goodman David S. Freedman Lyudmyla Kompaniyets Adi V. Gundlapalli Tegan K. Boehmer Carrie Dooyema Marissa Scalia Sucosky
Journals: Childhood Obesity (6 papers)MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (3 papers)JAMA Network Open (2 papers)Preventing Chronic Disease (2 papers)The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

Brook Belay

28 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Underlying Medical Conditions Associated With Severe COVID-19 Illness Among Children 2021 · 233 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 JAMA Network Open
2021 MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
2021 Preventing Chronic Disease

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Incidence of metabolic and bariatric surgery among US adults with obesity by diabetes status: 2016–2020 BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care ·Yiling J. Cheng, Kai McKeever Bullard, Israel Hora, Brook Belay, Fang Xu, Magdalena Bień, C. Roberto Simons-Linares, Stephen R. Benoit	2025	1
2	Who Gets a Code for Obesity? Reliability, Use, and Implications of Combining International Classification of Diseases-Based Obesity Codes, 2014-2021 Childhood Obesity ·Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, B. Kaye Olson, Brook Belay, Alyson B. Goodman	2024	0
3	Examination of Prediabetes and Diabetes Testing Among US Pediatric Patients With Overweight or Obesity Using an Electronic Health Record Childhood Obesity ·Brook Belay, Emily M. Kraus, Renee M. Porter, B. Kaye Olson, Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, Elizabeth A. Lundeen, Giuseppina Imperatore, Heidi M. Blanck, Alyson B. Goodman	2023	1
4	Probability of 5% or Greater Weight Loss or BMI Reduction to Healthy Weight Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity JAMA Network Open ·Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, David S. Freedman, Brook Belay, J. Dheepa, Emily M. Kraus, Heidi M. Blanck, Alyson B. Goodman	2023	27
5	Associations between comfort eating and weight change during the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. adults SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Sun Guo-qian, Seung Hee Lee, Brook Belay, Kerri N. Boutelle, Sohyun Park	2023	3
6	Moving Pediatric Healthy Weight Interventions into Real-World Settings, Using Implementation Science to Address Access, Flexibility, and Sustainability Childhood Obesity ·Alyson B. Goodman, Renee M. Porter, Marissa Scalia Sucosky, Brook Belay, Carrie Dooyema, Heidi M. Blanck	2021	7
7	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence by Age, Sex, and Period Among Persons Aged <25 Years — 16 U.S. Jurisdictions, January 1–December 31, 2020 MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ·Miriam E. Van Dyke, Maria C.B. Mendoza, Wen Li, Erin Parker, Brook Belay, Elizabeth M. Davis, Joshua Quint, Ana Penman‐Aguilar, Kristie E.N. Clarke	2021	72
8	Clinical Decision Supports in Electronic Health Records to Promote Childhood Obesity-Related Care: Results from a 2015 Survey of Healthcare Providers Clinical Nutrition Research ·B. Ramon, Elizabeth A. Lundeen, Brook Belay, Alyson B. Goodman	2019	2
9	US Pediatrician Practices on Early Nutrition, Feeding, and Growth Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ·Ellen O. Boundy, Emma Huig, Heather C. Hamner, Brook Belay, Janice L. Liebhart, Jeanne Lindros, Sandra G. Hassink, Mary Pat Frintner	2019	9
10	US Pediatrician Practices and Attitudes Concerning Childhood Obesity: 2006 and 2017 The Journal of Pediatrics ·Brook Belay, Mary Pat Frintner, Janice L. Liebhart, Jeanne Lindros, B. Ramon, Blake Sisk, Carrie Dooyema, Sandra G. Hassink, Stephen Cook	2019	23
11	Screening and Referral for Childhood Obesity: Adherence to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·Yanle Dong, Alyson B. Goodman, Carrie Dooyema, B. Ramon, Brook Belay, Sohyun Park	2018	15
12	A Model Framework That Integrates Community and Clinical Systems for the Prevention and Management of Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases NAM Perspectives ·William H. Dietz, Brook Belay, Don Bradley, Scott Kahan, Natalie Digate Muth, Zhou Daqing, Loel Solomon, (unknown)	2017	25
13	The Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Project: A Team Approach for Supporting a Multisite, Multisector Intervention Childhood Obesity ·Nancy Williams, Carrie Dooyema, Jennifer L. Foltz, Brook Belay, Heidi M. Blanck	2015	7
14	Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD): The Cross-Site Overview and Opportunities for Interventions Addressing Obesity Community-Wide Childhood Obesity ·Jennifer L. Foltz, Brook Belay, Carrie Dooyema, Nancy Williams, Heidi M. Blanck	2015	21
15	Health-promoting environments in U.S. medical facilities: Physician perceptions, DocStyles 2012 Preventive Medicine ·Francisco Guerrero-Díaz, Jennifer L. Foltz, Stephen Onufrak, Brook Belay	2014	2
16	The Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Project: A Comprehensive Community Approach To Reduce Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity ·Carrie Dooyema, Brook Belay, Jennifer L. Foltz, Nancy Williams, Heidi M. Blanck	2013	32
17	Improving the Weight of the Nation by Engaging the Medical Setting in Obesity Prevention and Control The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ·Jennifer L. Foltz, Brook Belay, George L. Blackburn	2013	5
18	Promoting Women's Health in Hospitals: A Focus on Breastfeeding and Lactation Support for Employees and Patients Journal of Women s Health ·Brook Belay, Patrícia Alcântara Vianna, Nancy Williams, Carrie Dooyema, Jennifer L. Foltz	2012	11
19	Population-Level Intervention Strategies and Examples for Obesity Prevention in Children Annual Review of Nutrition ·Jennifer L. Foltz, Ashleigh L. May, Brook Belay, Allison J. Nihiser, Carrie Dooyema, Heidi M. Blanck	2012	81
20	Morbid Obesity as a Risk Factor for Hospitalization and Death Due to 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Disease PLoS ONE ·Oliver Morgan, Anna M. Bramley, Ashley Fowlkes, David S. Freedman, Thomas H. Taylor, Paul Gargiullo, Brook Belay, Seema Jain, Chad L. Cox, Laurie Kamimoto, Anthony E. Fiore, Lyn Finelli, Sonja J. Olsen, Alicia M. Fry	2010	328

About Brook Belay

Brook Belay is a scholar working on Pharmacy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, having authored 29 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (13 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (5 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (5 papers), Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (3 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (2 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (564 citations), Pharmacy (133 citations), Modeling and Simulation (92 citations), Neurology (217 citations) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (98 citations). Brook Belay has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Heidi M. Blanck, Alyson B. Goodman, David S. Freedman, Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, Adi V. Gundlapalli, Tegan K. Boehmer, Carrie Dooyema, Marissa Scalia Sucosky, Samantha J. Lange and Jennifer L. Foltz. Their work appears in journals such as Childhood Obesity, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, JAMA Network Open, Preventing Chronic Disease and The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics.

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