Valentina Ponzo

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Valentina Ponzo is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentina Ponzo has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Physiology, 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 10 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Valentina Ponzo's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (12 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (11 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 papers). Valentina Ponzo is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (12 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (11 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 papers). Valentina Ponzo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Belarus and Russia. Valentina Ponzo's co-authors include Simona Bo, Ilaria Goitre, Ezio Ghigo, Marianna Pellegrini, Rosalba Rosato, Giovannino Ciccone, Andrea Evangelista, Fabio Broglio, Maurizio Cassader and Iolanda Cioffi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Valentina Ponzo

55 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Changes in Weight and Nutritional Habits in Adults with Obesity during the “Lockdown” Period Caused by the COVID-19 Virus Emergency

2020 386 citations Marianna Pellegrini, Valentina Ponzo et al. Nutrients profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valentina Ponzo Italy	23	636	402	356	345	260	56	2.0k
Ilaria Goitre Italy	16	393 0.6×	268 0.7×	240 0.7×	277 0.8×	93 0.4×	31	1.4k
Dimitrios Papandreou United Arab Emirates	24	654 1.0×	169 0.4×	493 1.4×	141 0.4×	251 1.0×	101	1.9k
Jacopo Demurtas Italy	29	650 1.0×	190 0.5×	284 0.8×	194 0.6×	177 0.7×	80	2.5k
Maria G. Grammatikopoulou Greece	24	423 0.7×	217 0.5×	611 1.7×	103 0.3×	301 1.2×	170	2.0k
Heather M. Johnson United States	22	607 1.0×	181 0.5×	612 1.7×	148 0.4×	141 0.5×	88	2.6k
Mary Foong‐Fong Chong Singapore	32	715 1.1×	302 0.8×	1.4k 4.0×	250 0.7×	813 3.1×	155	3.6k
Jia-Yi Dong China	24	701 1.1×	108 0.3×	776 2.2×	310 0.9×	425 1.6×	78	2.8k
Deliang Wen China	22	370 0.6×	86 0.2×	604 1.7×	316 0.9×	179 0.7×	92	1.9k
Éamon Laird Ireland	27	491 0.8×	141 0.4×	345 1.0×	138 0.4×	508 2.0×	97	2.2k
Sousana Κ. Papadopoulou Greece	22	1.2k 1.9×	182 0.5×	636 1.8×	183 0.5×	178 0.7×	147	2.2k

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Ponzo, Valentina, Enrica Favaro, Ilaria Goitre, et al.. (2025). Eco-concerns and risk for eating disorders and orthorexia nervosa. Journal of Affective Disorders. 383. 117–122. 1 indexed citations

Ponzo, Valentina, Marilena Vitale, Simona Bo, et al.. (2025). Exploring Dietary Intake in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Using GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Nutrients. 17(21). 3318–3318.

Ponzo, Valentina, Rosalba Rosato, Ilaria Goitre, et al.. (2024). Comparison of the Accuracy, Completeness, Reproducibility, and Consistency of Different AI Chatbots in Providing Nutritional Advice: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(24). 7810–7810. 15 indexed citations

Ponzo, Valentina, et al.. (2024). Is ChatGPT an Effective Tool for Providing Dietary Advice?. Nutrients. 16(4). 469–469. 32 indexed citations

Bioletto, Fabio, Valentina Ponzo, Ilaria Goitre, et al.. (2024). Complementary Role of BMI and EOSS in Predicting All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in People with Overweight and Obesity. Nutrients. 16(20). 3433–3433. 2 indexed citations

Bioletto, Fabio, Andrea Evangelista, Giovannino Ciccone, et al.. (2023). Prediction of Early and Long-Term Hospital Readmission in Patients with Severe Obesity: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Nutrients. 15(16). 3648–3648. 1 indexed citations

Aimasso, Umberto, et al.. (2023). Effects of Treatment with Liraglutide Early after Surgical Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome: A Pilot Observational “Real-Life” Study. Nutrients. 15(12). 2740–2740. 4 indexed citations

Cancello, Raffaella, Federica Rey, Stephana Carelli, et al.. (2022). Telomere Length and Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Variations in Patients with Obesity: Effect of Diet-Induced Weight Loss—A Pilot Study. Nutrients. 14(20). 4293–4293. 4 indexed citations

Bioletto, Fabio, Umberto Aimasso, Marianna Pellegrini, et al.. (2022). Efficacy of Teduglutide for Parenteral Support Reduction in Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 14(4). 796–796. 29 indexed citations

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Demasi, Sonia, Francesca Saba, Rosalba Rosato, et al.. (2021). Compositional Characteristics and Antioxidant Activity of Edible Rose Flowers and Their Effect on Phenolic Urinary Excretion. Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences. 383–392. 4 indexed citations

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Cioffi, Iolanda, Valentina Ponzo, Marianna Pellegrini, et al.. (2021). The incidence of the refeeding syndrome. A systematic review and meta-analyses of literature. Clinical Nutrition. 40(6). 3688–3701. 36 indexed citations

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Pellegrini, Marianna, Valentina Ponzo, Concetta Finocchiaro, et al.. (2021). Nutritional Interventions for Patients with Melanoma: From Prevention to Therapy—An Update. Nutrients. 13(11). 4018–4018. 13 indexed citations

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Ponzo, Valentina, Marianna Pellegrini, Paola Costelli, et al.. (2021). Strategies for Reducing Salt and Sugar Intakes in Individuals at Increased Cardiometabolic Risk. Nutrients. 13(1). 279–279. 26 indexed citations

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Bioletto, Fabio, Marianna Pellegrini, Valentina Ponzo, et al.. (2021). Impact of Refeeding Syndrome on Short- and Medium-Term All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The American Journal of Medicine. 134(8). 1009–1018.e1. 12 indexed citations

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Cioffi, Iolanda, Roberto Gambino, Rosalba Rosato, et al.. (2020). Acute assessment of subjective appetite and implicated hormones after a hypnosis-induced hallucinated meal: a randomized cross-over pilot trial. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. 21(3). 411–420. 1 indexed citations

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Pellegrini, Marianna, Iolanda Cioffi, Andrea Evangelista, et al.. (2020). Effects of time-restricted feeding on body weight and metabolism. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 30(3). 543–543. 2 indexed citations

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Cioffi, Iolanda, Andrea Evangelista, Valentina Ponzo, et al.. (2018). Intermittent versus continuous energy restriction on weight loss and cardiometabolic outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Translational Medicine. 16(1). 371–371. 131 indexed citations

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Ferrocino, Ilario, Valentina Ponzo, Roberto Gambino, et al.. (2018). Changes in the gut microbiota composition during pregnancy in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12216–12216. 188 indexed citations

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Bo, Simona, Valentina Ponzo, Giovannino Ciccone, et al.. (2016). Six months of resveratrol supplementation has no measurable effect in type 2 diabetic patients. A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial. Pharmacological Research. 111. 896–905. 126 indexed citations

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Ponzo, Valentina, et al.. (2016). Myths about nutrition in pregnancy. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 36(7). 964–965. 9 indexed citations

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