Diana M. Thomas

9.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
147 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Diana M. Thomas is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Diana M. Thomas has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Physiology, 65 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Diana M. Thomas's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (44 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (34 papers) and Body Composition Measurement Techniques (29 papers). Diana M. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (44 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (34 papers) and Body Composition Measurement Techniques (29 papers). Diana M. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Diana M. Thomas's co-authors include Steven B. Heymsfield, Corby K. Martin, Courtney M. Peterson, Timothy S. Church, Claude Bouchard, Moonseong Heo, Wei Shen, Leanne M. Redman, Steven N. Blair and Peter T. Katzmarzyk and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Diana M. Thomas

140 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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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.

Trends over 5 Decades in U.S. Occupation-Related Physical Activity and Their Associations with Obesity

2011 889 citations Diana M. Thomas, Corby K. Martin et al. profile →
Relationships between body roundness with body fat and visceral adipose tissue emerging from a new geometrical model

2013 541 citations Diana M. Thomas, Anja Bosy‐Westphal et al. Obesity profile →
Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing

2014 409 citations Dale A. Schoeller, Andrew W. Brown et al. International Journal of Obesity profile →
Updates on Methods for Body Composition Analysis: Implications for Clinical Practice

2025 16 citations Diana M. Thomas et al. profile →

Peers

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Nathalie J. Farpour‐Lambert Switzerland

Alfredo Morabia Switzerland

Chantal Simon France

Yunsheng Ma United States

Jianwen Cai United States

Stephanie M. George United States

John A. Batsis United States

Satvinder S. Dhaliwal Australia

Mikel Aickin United States

Ananda Sen United States

Nathalie J. Farpour‐Lambert Switzerland

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1.6k ×0.6

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570 ×0.8

GHP

862 ×1.5

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390 ×0.7

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Thomas, Diana M., et al.. (2026). To gain insights into heat adaptations among women during the antenatal period in India -The Heat in Pregnancy Project (HiP-I) India- Qualitative Study Protocol. 11. 93–93. 1 indexed citations

Heymsfield, Steven B., John D. Sorkin, Diana M. Thomas, et al.. (2024). Weight/height ² : Mathematical overview of the world's most widely used adiposity index. Obesity Reviews. 26(1). e13842–e13842. 3 indexed citations

Thomas, Diana M., Rob Knight, Jack A. Gilbert, et al.. (2024). Transforming Big Data into AI‐ready data for nutrition and obesity research. Obesity. 32(5). 857–870. 4 indexed citations

Burton‐Freeman, Britt, Jonathan Krakoff, Emma J. Stinson, et al.. (2024). An algorithm to simulate missing data for mixed meal tolerance test response curves. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(1). 145–152. 1 indexed citations

Mori, Mari, Jirair K. Bedoyan, Miriam Conces, et al.. (2023). ECHS1 DEFICIENCY PRESENTING AS LETHAL NEONATAL LACTIC ACIDOSIS COMPLICATED BY INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION AND HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 138(3). 107463–107463.

Dorling, James L., John W. Apolzan, Neil M. Johannsen, et al.. (2023). Exercise-induced Changes in Central Adiposity During an RCT: Effect of Exercise Dose and Associations With Compensation. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(3). e997–e1005. 3 indexed citations

Richardson, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Translating digital anthropometry measurements obtained from different 3D body image scanners. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 77(9). 872–880. 6 indexed citations

Campa, Francesco, Diana M. Thomas, Krista Watts, et al.. (2022). Reference Percentiles for Bioelectrical Phase Angle in Athletes. Biology. 11(2). 264–264. 27 indexed citations

Gerving, Corey, et al.. (2022). Predicting energy intake in adults who are dieting and exercising. International Journal of Obesity. 46(12). 2095–2101. 1 indexed citations

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Heymsfield, Steven B., Samantha Kennedy, Nicole Fearnbach, et al.. (2021). Resting Energy Expenditure: From Cellular to Whole‐Body Level, a Mechanistic Historical Perspective. Obesity. 29(3). 500–511. 29 indexed citations

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Redman, Leanne M., L. Anne Gilmore, Diana M. Thomas, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of SmartMoms, a Novel eHealth Intervention for Management of Gestational Weight Gain: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 5(9). e133–e133. 75 indexed citations

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Heymsfield, Steven B., Courtney M. Peterson, Diana M. Thomas, et al.. (2017). Establishing energy requirements for body weight maintenance: validation of an intake-balance method. BMC Research Notes. 10(1). 220–220. 10 indexed citations

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Peterson, Courtney M., Diana M. Thomas, George L. Blackburn, & Steven B. Heymsfield. (2016). Universal equation for estimating ideal body weight and body weight at any BMI. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 103(5). 1197–1203. 104 indexed citations

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Brown, Andrew W., Diana M. Thomas, John Dawson, et al.. (2015). Exceptional data in paper on “The effect of meridian massage on BM, BMI, WC and HC in simple obesity patients: a randomized controlled tria”. World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion. 25(1). 66–67. 5 indexed citations

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Kyle, Theodore K. & Diana M. Thomas. (2014). Consumers believe nutrition facts labeling for added sugar will be more helpful than confusing.. PubMed. 22(12). 2481–4. 5 indexed citations

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Schoeller, Dale A. & Diana M. Thomas. (2014). Energy Balance and Body Composition. World review of nutrition and dietetics. 111. 13–18. 14 indexed citations

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Rivera, Daniel E., et al.. (2013). Hybrid model predictive control for optimizing gestational weight gain behavioral interventions. PubMed. 1970–1975. 19 indexed citations

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Thomas, Diana M., et al.. (2010). A computational model to determine energy intake during weight loss. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 92(6). 1326–1331. 76 indexed citations

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Thomas, Diana M., et al.. (2009). When to Spray: a Time-Scale Calculus Approach to Controlling the Impact of West Nile Virus. Ecology and Society. 14(2). 17 indexed citations

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Thomas, Diana M., et al.. (2009). A mathematical model of weight change with adaptation. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering. 6(4). 873–887. 50 indexed citations

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