Solveig A. Cunningham

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Solveig A. Cunningham is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Solveig A. Cunningham has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 33 papers in General Health Professions and 23 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Solveig A. Cunningham's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (57 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (18 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (17 papers). Solveig A. Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (57 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (18 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (17 papers). Solveig A. Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Solveig A. Cunningham's co-authors include K.M. Venkat Narayan, Michael R. Kramer, Julia Ruben, Carla J. Moore, Kobus Herbst, R. Eeckels, Jan Van den Broeck, Jean A. Welsh, Miriam B. Vos and Andrea J. Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Solveig A. Cunningham

118 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United States

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Solveig A. Cunningham United States	28	1.5k	864	569	543	451	127	3.7k
Nalini Ranjit United States	35	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	352 0.6×	621 1.1×	411 0.9×	136	4.5k
Monica L. Baskin United States	29	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	678 1.2×	1.0k 1.9×	313 0.7×	106	4.0k
Iris Pigeot Germany	39	2.4k 1.7×	846 1.0×	404 0.7×	780 1.4×	573 1.3×	185	4.9k
Saharnaz Nedjat Iran	35	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	675 1.2×	408 0.8×	419 0.9×	288	4.5k
Antonio Bernabé‐Ortiz Peru	37	1.1k 0.8×	972 1.1×	305 0.5×	473 0.9×	419 0.9×	267	4.9k
Dóra Chor Brazil	39	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 2.1×	418 0.7×	344 0.6×	373 0.8×	158	4.9k
Noori Akhtar‐Danesh Canada	34	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	542 1.0×	513 0.9×	329 0.7×	185	4.8k
Rhona M. Hanning Canada	34	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	415 0.7×	485 0.9×	231 0.5×	141	3.9k
Yong Gan China	37	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	741 1.3×	773 1.4×	262 0.6×	144	6.0k
Melanie L. Bell United States	47	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	833 1.5×	859 1.6×	901 2.0×	200	7.1k

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Al‐Abdulrazzaq, Dalia, Ahmed N. Albatineh, Doaa Khalifa, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and factors associated with thyroid autoimmunity among children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Kuwait. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 40(5). e3824–e3824. 2 indexed citations

Frongillo, Edward A., Shiva Bhandari, Stella Nordhagen, et al.. (2024). How Livelihood Change Affects Food Choice Behaviors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. Advances in Nutrition. 15(5). 100203–100203. 4 indexed citations

Jones, Rebecca & Solveig A. Cunningham. (2023). Unhealthy weight among young children in the Middle East and North African region. Public Health Nutrition. 26(11). 2383–2395. 3 indexed citations

Cunningham, Solveig A., et al.. (2023). Birthweight: An Early Beacon of Children’s Growth!. Indian Pediatrics. 60(2). 96–97. 1 indexed citations

Nielsen, Jannie, Roopa Shivashankar, Solveig A. Cunningham, et al.. (2023). Couple concordance in diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia in urban India and Pakistan and associated socioeconomic and household characteristics and modifiable risk factors. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 77(5). 336–342. 4 indexed citations

Nielsen, Jannie, KM Venkat Narayan, & Solveig A. Cunningham. (2023). Incidence of obesity across adulthood in the United States, 2001–2017—a national prospective analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 117(1). 141–148. 20 indexed citations

Yadav, Suryakant, et al.. (2023). Changing pattern of suicide deaths in India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16. 100265–100265. 7 indexed citations

Elliott, Michael R., et al.. (2022). Obesity Incidence in U.S. Children and Young Adults: A Pooled Analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 63(1). 51–59. 10 indexed citations

Jones, Rebecca, et al.. (2022). The Prevalence of Multimorbidity among Foreign-born Adults in the United States. Ethnicity & Disease. 32(3). 213–222. 1 indexed citations

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Rees‐Punia, Erika, Christina C. Newton, Rebecca A. Hodge, et al.. (2021). Prospective changes in physical activity, sedentary time and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic in a US-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 11(12). e053817–e053817. 13 indexed citations

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Raskind, Ilana G., et al.. (2020). Household Chores or Play Outdoors? The Intersecting Influence of Gender and School Type on Physical Activity Among Indian Adolescents. Health Education & Behavior. 47(5). 682–691. 12 indexed citations

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Ng, Carmen D., Michael R. Elliott, Fernando Riosmena, & Solveig A. Cunningham. (2020). Beyond recent BMI: BMI exposure metrics and their relationship to health. SSM - Population Health. 11. 100547–100547. 17 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Solveig A., et al.. (2019). Protecting children’s health in a calorie-surplus context: Household structure and child growth in the United States. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0220802–e0220802. 6 indexed citations

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Munthali, Richard J., Lisa K. Micklesfield, Felipe Lobelo, et al.. (2019). Longitudinal patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep in urban South African adolescents, Birth-To-Twenty Plus cohort. BMC Pediatrics. 19(1). 241–241. 22 indexed citations

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Vaquera, Elizabeth, et al.. (2018). Unhealthy weight among children in Spain and the role of the home environment. BMC Research Notes. 11(1). 591–591. 8 indexed citations

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Cheung, Patricia, Solveig A. Cunningham, K.M. Venkat Narayan, & Michael R. Kramer. (2016). Childhood Obesity Incidence in the United States: A Systematic Review. Childhood Obesity. 12(1). 1–11. 94 indexed citations

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Patil, Shailaja, et al.. (2016). Globalization and Food Prestige among Indian Adolescents. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 55(4). 341–364. 22 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Solveig A., et al.. (2012). Is there evidence that friends influence body weight? A systematic review of empirical research. Social Science & Medicine. 75(7). 1175–1183. 58 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Solveig A. & Madeline Zavodny. (2011). Does the sale of sweetened beverages at school affect children’s weight?. Social Science & Medicine. 73(9). 1332–1339. 13 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Solveig A.. (2004). Risks, Amenities and Child Mortality in Rural South Africa. African Population Studies. 19(1). 13–33. 10 indexed citations

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