Gary D. Foster

24.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
288 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Gary D. Foster is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary D. Foster has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 119 papers in Clinical Psychology and 92 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in Gary D. Foster's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (137 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (114 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (91 papers). Gary D. Foster is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (137 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (114 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (91 papers). Gary D. Foster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Gary D. Foster's co-authors include Thomas A. Wadden, Kelly D. Brownell, Renee A. Vogt, Thomas A. Wadden, Angela Makris, David B. Sarwer, James O. Hill, Holly R. Wyatt, Samuel Klein and Kelley E. Borradaile and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Gary D. Foster

282 papers receiving 16.6k citations

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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.

A Randomized Trial of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet for Obesity

2003 1.2k citations Gary D. Foster, Holly R. Wyatt et al. profile →
Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes): design and methods for a clinical trial of weight loss for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes

2003 577 citations Gary D. Foster et al. profile →
Primary Care Physicians’ Attitudes about Obesity and Its Treatment

2003 540 citations Gary D. Foster, Thomas A. Wadden et al. profile →
Effect of liraglutide 3.0 mg in individuals with obesity and moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea: the SCALE Sleep Apnea randomized clinical trial

2016 356 citations Gary D. Foster, Gary Zammit et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary D. Foster United States	69	7.1k	6.3k	5.3k	4.3k	2.4k	288	17.5k
Jack A. Yanovski United States	86	10.4k 1.5×	8.1k 1.3×	8.6k 1.6×	4.2k 1.0×	5.2k 2.2×	428	31.3k
John M. Jakicic United States	73	10.0k 1.4×	13.4k 2.1×	4.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	332	28.3k
Donna H. Ryan United States	68	7.2k 1.0×	10.1k 1.6×	3.2k 0.6×	3.5k 0.8×	6.6k 2.7×	249	24.9k
Susan Z. Yanovski United States	52	6.0k 0.8×	3.1k 0.5×	5.6k 1.1×	2.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	132	15.6k
Victor J. Stevens United States	55	5.6k 0.8×	5.5k 0.9×	1.8k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	208	15.8k
Marsha D. Marcus United States	67	5.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.4×	9.2k 1.7×	3.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	224	14.5k
Lauren Lissner Sweden	74	9.1k 1.3×	6.2k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	1.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	381	18.2k
Michael G. Perri United States	56	4.3k 0.6×	3.7k 0.6×	3.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	171	11.3k
Holly R. Wyatt United States	47	4.8k 0.7×	5.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.3×	988 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	117	11.1k
John P. Foreyt United States	50	3.5k 0.5×	2.9k 0.5×	2.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	222	8.9k

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Heinberg, Leslie J., et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of Telemedicine Prescribing and a Long‐Acting Obesity Medication Behavioral Program: A 24‐Week Single‐Arm Study. Obesity.

Miller‐Matero, Lisa R., Hsueh‐Han Yeh, Lijun Ma, et al.. (2024). Alcohol Use and Antiobesity Medication Treatment. JAMA Network Open. 7(11). e2447644–e2447644. 4 indexed citations

Herring, Sharon J., Daohai Yu, Brooke Bailer, et al.. (2024). Efficacy of an mHealth‐delivered behavioral intervention on weight loss and cardiometabolic risk in African American postpartum people with overweight or obesity: the SnapBack randomized controlled trial. Obesity. 32(9). 1646–1657.

Moran, Alyssa J., et al.. (2024). Weight Loss Maintainers Sustain High Diet Quality in Diverse Residential Retail Food Environments. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 124(8). 957–963.e3.

Puhl, Rebecca M., et al.. (2024). Exploring the interplay of weight-based teasing and sociodemographic factors in adolescent weight bias internalization. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 49(8). 547–558. 2 indexed citations

Apolzan, John W., Jessica Gokee LaRose, Stephen D. Anton, et al.. (2023). A scalable, virtual weight management program tailored for adults with type 2 diabetes: effects on glycemic control. Nutrition and Diabetes. 13(1). 3–3. 4 indexed citations

Flanagan, Emily W., Sarah Berry, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, et al.. (2023). New insights in the mechanisms of weight‐loss maintenance: Summary from a Pennington symposium. Obesity. 31(12). 2895–2908. 19 indexed citations

Puhl, Rebecca M., Leah M. Lessard, Gary D. Foster, & Michelle I. Cardel. (2023). Parent–child communication about weight: Priorities for parental education and support. Pediatric Obesity. 18(6). e13027–e13027. 7 indexed citations

Lauzon, Marie, et al.. (2022). Supplementing a widely available weight loss program with gamified inhibitory control training: A randomized pilot study. Obesity Science & Practice. 8(6). 775–783. 6 indexed citations

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Phelan, Suzanne, et al.. (2021). Factors associated with food choice among long‐term weight loss maintainers. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 35(5). 924–933. 6 indexed citations

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Milliron, Brandy‐Joe, et al.. (2021). Dietary magnesium intake in relation to body mass index and glycemic indices in middle school students from the HEALTHY Study. Nutrition and Health. 27(2). 211–219. 2 indexed citations

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Milliron, Brandy‐Joe, et al.. (2021). Changes in Dietary Magnesium Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Middle School Students: Using Data from the HEALTHY Study. Journal of Nutrition. 151(11). 3442–3449. 2 indexed citations

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Puhl, Rebecca M., Leah M. Lessard, Mary S. Himmelstein, & Gary D. Foster. (2021). The roles of experienced and internalized weight stigma in healthcare experiences: Perspectives of adults engaged in weight management across six countries. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0251566–e0251566. 112 indexed citations

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Tate, Deborah F., Lesley D. Lutes, Karen E. Hatley, et al.. (2020). Examination of a partial dietary self‐monitoring approach for behavioral weight management. Obesity Science & Practice. 6(4). 353–364. 11 indexed citations

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Kuna, Samuel T., David M. Reboussin, Elsa S. Strotmeyer, et al.. (2020). Effects of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity. Ten-Year Results of the Sleep AHEAD Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 203(2). 221–229. 77 indexed citations

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Forman, Evan M., Stephanie P. Goldstein, Rebecca J. Crochiere, et al.. (2019). Randomized controlled trial of OnTrack, a just-in-time adaptive intervention designed to enhance weight loss. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 9(6). 989–1001. 57 indexed citations

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Herring, Sharon J., Brooke Bailer, Sarmina Hassan, et al.. (2019). Targeting pregnancy-related weight gain to reduce disparities in obesity: Baseline results from the Healthy Babies trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 87. 105822–105822. 9 indexed citations

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Fisher, Jennifer O., Elena Serrano, Gary D. Foster, et al.. (2019). Title: efficacy of a food parenting intervention for mothers with low income to reduce preschooler’s solid fat and added sugar intakes: a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 16(1). 6–6. 29 indexed citations

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Palmer, Kelly, Chandan Saha, Erin O’Kelly Phillips, et al.. (2018). The Two-Year Outcomes and Cost Effectiveness of a Commercial Weight Loss Program for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes among People with Prediabetes. National University of Singapore. 1(1). 2 indexed citations

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Hernandez, Teri L., Pamela Wolfe, Warren H. Capell, et al.. (2010). Lack of suppression of circulating free fatty acids and hypercholesterolemia during weight loss on a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 91(3). 578–585. 46 indexed citations

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