Caroline Fall

62.0k total citations · 15 hit papers
303 papers, 27.3k citations indexed

About

Caroline Fall is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Caroline Fall has authored 303 papers receiving a total of 27.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 105 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 92 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Caroline Fall's work include Birth, Development, and Health (196 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (91 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (80 papers). Caroline Fall is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (196 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (91 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (80 papers). Caroline Fall collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and United States. Caroline Fall's co-authors include Clive Osmond, David J. Barker, C. N. Hales, Harshpal Singh Sachdev, P D Winter, Reynaldo Martorell, César G. Victora, Linda S. Adair, David J.P. Barker and Linda Richter and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Caroline Fall

291 papers receiving 26.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

2008 2.8k citations Caroline Fall et al. profile →
Fetal and infant growth and impaired glucose tolerance at age 64.

1991 2.0k citations David J. Barker, Caroline Fall et al. profile →
Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia (syndrome X): relation to reduced fetal growth

1993 1.9k citations David J. Barker, Caroline Fall et al. profile →
Relation of Serial Changes in Childhood Body-Mass Index to Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Young Adulthood

2004 734 citations Caroline Fall, Clive Osmond et al. profile →
Relation of birth weight and childhood respiratory infection to adult lung function and death from chronic obstructive airways disease.

1991 653 citations Keith M. Godfrey, Caroline Fall et al. profile →
Associations of linear growth and relative weight gain during early life with adult health and human capital in countries of low and middle income: findings from five birth cohort studies

2013 600 citations Caroline Fall, Clive Osmond et al. profile →
Vitamin B12 and folate concentrations during pregnancy and insulin resistance in the offspring: the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study

2007 568 citations Chittaranjan S. Yajnik, Dattatray Bhat et al. profile →
Early growth and death from cardiovascular disease in women.

1993 563 citations Clive Osmond, Caroline Fall et al. profile →
Initiation of hypertension in utero and its amplification throughout life.

1993 503 citations Clive Osmond, David J. Barker et al. profile →
Elevated Plasma Cortisol Concentrations: A Link between Low Birth Weight and the Insulin Resistance Syndrome?1

1998 503 citations Caroline Fall et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
Growth in utero and serum cholesterol concentrations in adult life.

1993 484 citations David J. Barker, Clive Osmond et al. profile →
Effect of fetal and child health on kidney development and long-term risk of hypertension and kidney disease

2013 388 citations Caroline Fall, Susan E. Ozanne et al. profile →
Association between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the offspring: a prospective study in five low-income and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration)

2015 333 citations Caroline Fall, Clive Osmond et al. profile →
Intervention strategies to improve nutrition and health behaviours before conception

2018 263 citations Mary Barker, Caroline Fall et al. profile →
Nutrition in adolescent growth and development

2021 263 citations Shane A. Norris, Caroline Fall et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caroline Fall

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Maternal serum folate status during early pregnancy: Sex-specific association with neonatal adiposity 2025 ·Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews ·(unknown), Nithya Sukumar, Yonas Ghebremichael‐Weldeselassie, Antonysunil Adaikalakoteswari, (unknown), Caroline Fall, Ponnusamy Saravanan	0
2	Tissue- and ethnicity-independent hypervariable DNA methylation states show evidence of establishment in the early human embryo 2022 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Noah J. Kessler, Miho Ishida, Charalambos Demetriou, Nicolas Brucato, Gudrun E. Moore, Caroline Fall, Giriraj R. Chandak, François‐Xavier Ricaut, Andrew M. Prentice, Garrett Hellenthal, Matt J. Silver	7
3	Exploring the diet and physical activity behaviours of adolescents living in India and sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative evidence synthesis 2021 ·Public Health Nutrition ·Polly Hardy‐Johnson, (unknown), Sofia Strömmer, Susie Weller, Mary Barker, Caroline Fall	4
4	Distinct opposing associations of upper and lower body fat depots with metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk markers 2021 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Mahasampath Gowri, Belavendra Antonisamy, Finney S. Geethanjali, Nihal Thomas, Felix Jebasingh, Thomas V. Paul, Fredrik Karpe, Clive Osmond, Caroline Fall, Senthil K. Vasan	10
5	Prevalence, incidence and predictors of cardiovascular risk factors: longitudinal data from rural and urban South India and comparison with global data 2020 ·BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care ·Senthil K. Vasan, Belavendra Antonisamy, (unknown), (unknown), Finney S. Geethanjali, Felix Jebasingh, Thomas V. Paul, Nihal Thomas, Fredrik Karpe, Matthew Johnson, Clive Osmond, Caroline Fall	10
6	Conflicts between adolescents and their caregivers living in slums of Mumbai, India in relation to junk food consumption and physical activity 2020 ·Public Health Nutrition ·Harsha Chopra, Meera Gandhi, Sirazul A. Sahariah, Susie Weller, Ramesh D. Potdar, Mary Barker, Sarah H Kehoe, Caroline Fall, Polly Hardy‐Johnson	7
7	Exploring influences on adolescent diet and physical activity in rural Gambia, West Africa: food insecurity, culture and the natural environment 2020 ·Public Health Nutrition ·(unknown), Polly Hardy‐Johnson, Sarah H Kehoe, (unknown), (unknown), Landing Jarjou, Kate A. Ward, Sophie E. Moore, Caroline Fall, Mary Barker, Susie Weller	13
8	Social, economic and cultural influences on adolescent nutrition and physical activity in Jimma, Ethiopia: perspectives from adolescents and their caregivers 2020 ·Public Health Nutrition ·Mubarek Abera, Polly Hardy‐Johnson, Alemseged Abdissa, Abdulhalik Workicho, (unknown), Susie Weller, Caroline Fall, Sarah H Kehoe, Mary Barker, Abraham Haileamlak	11
9	Effect of maternal preconceptional and pregnancy micronutrient interventions on children’s DNA methylation: Findings from the EMPHASIS study 2020 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Ayden Saffari, Smeeta Shrestha, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sirazul A. Sahariah, (unknown), Philip James, (unknown), Dilip Yadav, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Andrew M. Prentice, Karen A. Lillycrop, Caroline Fall, Giriraj R. Chandak, Matt J. Silver	13
10	Adolescent nutrition and physical activity in low-income suburbs of Abidjan, Côte d’lvoire: the gap between knowledge, aspirations and possibilities 2020 ·Public Health Nutrition ·Julie Jesson, (unknown), Polly Hardy‐Johnson, (unknown), Sarah H Kehoe, (unknown), Caroline Fall, Valériane Leroy, Mary Barker, Susie Weller	3
11	How do we improve adolescent diet and physical activity in India and sub-Saharan Africa? Findings from the Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition (TALENT) consortium 2020 ·Public Health Nutrition ·Mary Barker, Polly Hardy‐Johnson, Susie Weller, (unknown), (unknown), Julie Jesson, Ghattu V. Krishnaveni, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Valériane Leroy, Sophie E. Moore, Shane A. Norris, (unknown), Sirazul A. Sahariah, Kate A. Ward, (unknown), Caroline Fall	6
12	Adolescent diet and physical activity in the context of economic, social and nutrition transition in rural Maharashtra, India: a qualitative study 2020 ·Public Health Nutrition ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Polly Hardy‐Johnson, Caroline Fall, Mary Barker, Susie Weller, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik, Sarah H Kehoe	8
13	Unheard, unseen and unprotected: DOHaD council’s call for action to protect the younger generation from the long-term effects of COVID-19 2020 ·Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease ·Tessa J. Roseboom, Susan E. Ozanne, Keith M. Godfrey, Carmen R. Isasi, Hiroaki Itoh, Rebecca A. Simmons, Amita Bansal, Mary Barker, Torsten Plösch, (unknown), Stephen G. Matthews, Caroline Fall, Lucilla Poston, Mark A. Hanson	11
14	What are the public health implications of the life course perspective? 2019 ·Global Health Action ·Jens Aagaard‐Hansen, Shane A. Norris, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Mark A. Hanson, Caroline Fall	23
15	Association between maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and offspring cognitive function during childhood and adolescence. 2017 ·PubMed ·S. R. Veena, Ghattu V. Krishnaveni, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, (unknown), (unknown), Catharine R. Galé, Caroline Fall	25
16	Spuriously High Prevalence of Prediabetes Diagnosed by HbA1c in Young Indians Partly Explained by Hematological Factors and Iron Deficiency Anemia 2012 ·Diabetes Care ·(unknown), Suyog M. Joshi, Dattatray Bhat, (unknown), Prachi Katre, Himangi Lubree, Abhay Jere, A N Pandit, Caroline Fall, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik	87
17	Maternal micronutrient supplementation study group. Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on birth size and length of gestation 2009 ·ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) ·Caroline Fall, Donna Fisher, Clive Osmond, B.M. Margetts	34
18	Serum IGF-I and IGFBP-1 in elderly people: Relationships with cardiovascular risk factors, body composition, size at birth and childhood growth 2003 ·Pediatric Research ·Eero Kajantie, Caroline Fall, Markku Seppälä, Riitta Koistinen, Leo Dunkel, Hilkka Ylihärsilä, Clive Osmond, S. Andersson, D.J.P. Barker, Tom Forsén, Richard I. G. Holt, D. I. W. Phillips, Jane Salier Eriksson	1
19	Joint Growth Hormone and Cortisol Spontaneous Secretion Is More Asynchronous in Older Females Than in Their Male Counterparts 2001 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Evangelia Charmandari, Steven M. Pincus, David Matthews, (unknown), Caroline Fall, Peter C. Hindmarsh	10
20	Fetal and infant origins of cardiovascular disease. 1993 ·Archives of Disease in Childhood ·David J. Barker, Caroline Fall	102

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