Shufa Du

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
93 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Shufa Du is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Shufa Du has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 26 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Shufa Du's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (43 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (40 papers) and Sodium Intake and Health (10 papers). Shufa Du is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (43 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (40 papers) and Sodium Intake and Health (10 papers). Shufa Du collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Shufa Du's co-authors include Barry M. Popkin, Fengying Zhai, F. Y. Zhai, Huijun Wang, Bing Zhang, Bing Zhang, Bing Lü, Melinda A. Beck, Nahar Alazemi and William D. Green and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Shufa Du

85 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships

2020 743 citations Barry M. Popkin, Shufa Du et al. Obesity Reviews profile →
TheChinaHealth andNutritionSurvey, 1989–2011

2013 524 citations Shufa Du, Barry M. Popkin et al. Obesity Reviews profile →
Dynamics of the Chinese diet and the role of urbanicity, 1991–2011

2013 393 citations Shufa Du, Barry M. Popkin et al. Obesity Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shufa Du United States	31	2.5k	1.3k	876	509	508	93	5.1k
Maurice P. Zeegers Netherlands	56	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	639 1.3×	397 0.8×	323	11.2k
Bing Zhang China	33	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	714 0.8×	316 0.6×	529 1.0×	286	4.7k
José M. Martin‐Moreno Spain	38	2.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	953 1.1×	743 1.5×	449 0.9×	143	6.2k
Mariachiara Di Cesare United Kingdom	21	2.1k 0.8×	948 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 2.0×	682 1.3×	47	6.9k
Jun Ma China	42	2.6k 1.1×	788 0.6×	841 1.0×	673 1.3×	802 1.6×	323	6.6k
Ana Baylín United States	40	2.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.7×	796 0.9×	510 1.0×	339 0.7×	164	5.2k
Rebecca E Engell United States	10	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	510 0.6×	785 1.5×	493 1.0×	12	4.5k
Léopold Fezeu France	47	3.6k 1.5×	792 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	407 0.8×	560 1.1×	166	6.8k
Zumin Shi Qatar	48	3.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	1.8k 2.0×	876 1.7×	533 1.0×	344	8.3k
James R. Hussey United States	28	3.2k 1.3×	599 0.5×	1.7k 2.0×	386 0.8×	290 0.6×	68	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Shufa Du

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shufa Du

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Zheng, Baohua, et al.. (2025). Association of allostatic load and dietary inflammatory index with depressive symptoms among U.S. adults: NHANES 2007–2018. Journal of Affective Disorders. 391. 119955–119955. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Jiajin, Bin Liu, Wenqi Xia, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for childhood obesity in China and future intervention strategies. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 58. 101553–101553. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Xijie, Bin Dong, Feifei Huang, et al.. (2023). Temporal Trends in Cardiovascular Health Status Among Chinese School-Aged Children From 1989 to 2018: Multiwave Cross-Sectional Analysis. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e45564–e45564. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yanfang, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Changes in Dietary Guideline Adherence and Its Association with All-Cause Mortality among Middle-Aged Chinese: A Longitudinal Study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Nutrients. 15(6). 1401–1401.

Wang, Huijun, Shufa Du, Qi Wang, et al.. (2023). Trajectories of Meat Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Findings from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1997–2018). Nutrients. 15(14). 3277–3277. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Qi, Shufa Du, Wenwen Du, et al.. (2023). Multiple Trajectories of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference and Their Associations with Hypertension and Blood Pressure in Chinese Adults from 1991 to 2018: A Prospective Study. Nutrients. 15(3). 751–751. 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaofan, Jiguo Zhang, Wenwen Du, et al.. (2021). Multi-Trajectories of Macronutrient Intake and Their Associations with Obesity among Chinese Adults from 1991 to 2018: A Prospective Study. Nutrients. 14(1). 13–13. 28 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiguo, Huijun Wang, Feifei Huang, et al.. (2021). Trajectories of Dietary Patterns and Their Associations with Overweight/Obesity among Chinese Adults: China Health and Nutrition Survey 1991–2018. Nutrients. 13(8). 2835–2835. 23 indexed citations

Howard, Annie Green, et al.. (2021). Socioeconomic gradients in the Westernization of diet in China over 20 years. SSM - Population Health. 16. 100943–100943. 24 indexed citations

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Popkin, Barry M., Shufa Du, William D. Green, et al.. (2020). Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships. Obesity Reviews. 21(11). e13128–e13128. 743 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Yang, Hong Xue, Huijun Wang, et al.. (2017). The impact of urbanization on the community food environment in China.. PubMed. 26(3). 504–513. 33 indexed citations

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Piernas, Carmen, Dantong Wang, Shufa Du, et al.. (2016). Obesity, non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors and dietary factors among Chinese school-aged children.. PubMed. 25(4). 826–840. 30 indexed citations

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Jaacks, Lindsay M., Shufa Du, Michelle A. Méndez, et al.. (2015). Comparison of the dietary intakes of individuals with and without type 1 diabetes in China.. PubMed. 24(4). 639–49. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Huijun, et al.. (2014). Relationship of the dietary sodium substitution with low sodium and high potassium salt with the blood pressure among middle aged and elderly people: a randomized controlled study. Zhonghua laonian yixue zazhi. 33. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Shufa, Andrea Neiman, Carolina Batis, et al.. (2013). Understanding the patterns and trends of sodium intake, potassium intake, and sodium to potassium ratio and their effect on hypertension in China. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 99(2). 334–343. 223 indexed citations

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Parvanta, Sarah, Jane D. Brown, Shufa Du, et al.. (2009). Television Use and Snacking Behaviors Among Children and Adolescents in China. Journal of Adolescent Health. 46(4). 339–345. 43 indexed citations

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Popkin, Barry M., et al.. (2006). Measuring the full economic costs of diet, physical activity and obesity‐related chronic diseases. Obesity Reviews. 7(3). 271–293. 217 indexed citations

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Wallingford, John B., Rebecca Yuhas, Shufa Du, Fengying Zhai, & Barry M. Popkin. (2004). Fatty Acids in Chinese Edible Oils: Value of Direct Analysis as a Basis for Labeling. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 25(4). 330–336. 25 indexed citations

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Zhai, Fengying, Da‐Wei Fu, Shufa Du, et al.. (2002). What is China doing in policy-making to push back the negative aspects of the nutrition transition?. Public Health Nutrition. 5(1a). 269–273. 43 indexed citations

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Du, Shufa, Fengying Zhai, Youfa Wang, & Barry M. Popkin. (2000). Current Methods for Estimating Dietary Iron Bioavailability Do Not Work in China. Journal of Nutrition. 130(2). 193–198. 49 indexed citations

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