Christian Mølgaard

19.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
286 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Christian Mølgaard is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Mølgaard has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 93 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 80 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Christian Mølgaard's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (73 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (56 papers) and Vitamin D Research Studies (53 papers). Christian Mølgaard is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (73 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (56 papers) and Vitamin D Research Studies (53 papers). Christian Mølgaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and Finland. Christian Mølgaard's co-authors include Kim F. Michaelsen, Camilla Hoppe, Anni Larnkjær, Mary Fewtrell, Magnus Domellöf, Cristina Campoy, Iva Hojsak, Anders Juul, Lotte Lauritzen and Karsten Nysom and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Christian Mølgaard

280 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Complementary Feeding

2016 618 citations Christian Mølgaard et al. profile →
Establishment of Intestinal Microbiota during Early Life: a Longitudinal, Explorative Study of a Large Cohort of Danish Infants

2014 381 citations Martin Iain Bahl, Henrik M. Roager et al. profile →
Vitamin D in the Healthy European Paediatric Population

2013 355 citations Christian Mølgaard et al. profile →
Bifidobacterium species associated with breastfeeding produce aromatic lactic acids in the infant gut

2021 336 citations Martin Frederik Laursen, Mikiyasu Sakanaka et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Christian Mølgaard	4.0k	3.3k	2.3k	2.2k	1.8k	286	11.3k
Virginia A. Stallings	2.6k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	970 0.5×	278	12.2k
Ann Prentice	4.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.7×	278	13.8k
Mei Chung	2.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	927 0.5×	194	9.8k
Steven A. Abrams	8.9k 2.2×	3.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	5.8k 3.1×	367	20.0k
Mary Frances Picciano	3.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	885 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	147	8.8k
Stefan Pilz	4.0k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	8.3k 4.5×	369	17.1k
Elina Hyppönen	2.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	5.1k 2.8×	172	9.9k
Mary Fewtrell	5.4k 1.3×	3.9k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	5.2k 2.4×	502 0.3×	248	13.7k
Martin Hewison	4.8k 1.2×	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	12.8k 7.0×	268	22.4k
John Μ. Pettifor	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	812 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	284	7.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Mølgaard

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Schneider, Bruna Celestino, Jack Windsor Lewis, Christian Mølgaard, et al.. (2025). Predictors of longitudinal changes in body composition and BMI in Brazilian lactating women during the first 8·5 months postpartum. British Journal Of Nutrition. 133(10). 1350–1362.

Kampmann, Ulla, et al.. (2024). Maternal glucose homeostasis during pregnancy in women with overweight or obesity and offspring metabolic health. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 21398–21398. 1 indexed citations

Lewis, Jack Windsor, Christian Ritz, Suzanne Filteau, et al.. (2024). Correlates of Body Composition in Children with Stunting: A Cross-sectional Study in Uganda. Journal of Nutrition. 154(10). 3105–3115. 1 indexed citations

Greibe, Eva, Mette Frahm Olsen, André Briend, et al.. (2023). Micronutrient Status and Other Correlates of Hemoglobin among Children with Stunting: A Cross-Sectional Study in Uganda. Nutrients. 15(17). 3785–3785. 4 indexed citations

Filteau, Suzanne, Jack Windsor Lewis, Jonathan C. K. Wells, et al.. (2023). Effect of milk protein and whey permeate in large quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on linear growth and body composition among stunted children: A randomized 2 × 2 factorial trial in Uganda. PLoS Medicine. 20(5). e1004227–e1004227. 15 indexed citations

Wu, Feitong, Ghada El‐Hajj Fuleihan, Guoqi Cai, et al.. (2023). Vitamin D supplementation for improving bone density in vitamin D–deficient children and adolescents: systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 118(3). 498–506. 12 indexed citations

Lewis, Jack Windsor, et al.. (2022). Birthweight z‐score and fat‐free mass at birth predict body composition at 3 years in Danish children born from obese mothers. Acta Paediatrica. 111(7). 1427–1434. 6 indexed citations

Olsen, Mette Frahm, Grith Møller, Terese L. Katzenstein, et al.. (2022). Correlates of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Intake in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 14(7). 1330–1330. 5 indexed citations

Laursen, Martin Frederik, Mikiyasu Sakanaka, Nicole von Burg, et al.. (2021). Bifidobacterium species associated with breastfeeding produce aromatic lactic acids in the infant gut. Nature Microbiology. 6(11). 1367–1382. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mogensen, P., et al.. (2020). Effect of Fish Oil Supplementation on Hyperlipidemia during Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment – A Pilot Study. Nutrition and Cancer. 73(9). 1816–1820. 8 indexed citations

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Laursen, Rikke Pilmann, et al.. (2020). Effects of vitamin D supplementation on cardiometabolic outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. European Journal of Nutrition. 59(3). 873–884. 34 indexed citations

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Ásbjörnsdóttir, Björg, et al.. (2020). Dietary intake of carbohydrates in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes—A narrative review. Food Science & Nutrition. 9(1). 17–24. 9 indexed citations

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Girma, Tsinuel, Pernille Kæstel, Christian Mølgaard, et al.. (2020). Utility of bio-electrical impedance vector analysis for monitoring treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children. Clinical Nutrition. 40(2). 624–631. 9 indexed citations

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Ritz, Christian, et al.. (2018). Winter cholecalciferol supplementation at 55°N has little effect on markers of innate immune defense in healthy children aged 4–8 years: a secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Nutrition. 58(4). 1453–1462. 13 indexed citations

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Winzenberg, Tania, Christel Lamberg‐Allardt, Ghada El‐Hajj Fuleihan, et al.. (2018). Does vitamin D supplementation improve bone density in vitamin D-deficient children? Protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 8(1). e019584–e019584. 4 indexed citations

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Laursen, Rikke Pilmann, et al.. (2017). Probiotics and Child Care Absence Due to Infections: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PEDIATRICS. 140(2). 39 indexed citations

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Zheng, Hong, Christian Clement Yde, Christian Mølgaard, et al.. (2014). NMR-Based Metabolomic Profiling of Overweight Adolescents: An Elucidation of the Effects of Inter-/Intraindividual Differences, Gender, and Pubertal Development. BioMed Research International. 2014. 1–10. 28 indexed citations

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Beck‐Nielsen, Signe Sparre & Christian Mølgaard. (2014). [Vitamin D deficiency among children and adolescents living in Denmark].. PubMed. 176(13). 2 indexed citations

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Gøbel, Rikke J., et al.. (2010). Probiotics to young children with atopic dermatitis: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 5(2). 53–60. 21 indexed citations

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Mølgaard, Christian, Flemming Dela, Karsten Froberg, et al.. (2007). [Prevention of obesity among children and adolescents--proposal for a strategy].. PubMed. 169(24). 2314–6. 6 indexed citations

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