William H. Dietz

74.7k total citations · 22 hit papers
256 papers, 51.7k citations indexed

About

William H. Dietz is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Dietz has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 51.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 70 papers in Physiology and 57 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in William H. Dietz's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (150 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (56 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (39 papers). William H. Dietz is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (150 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (56 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (39 papers). William H. Dietz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Uganda. William H. Dietz's co-authors include Earl S. Ford, Wayne H. Giles, David S. Freedman, Gerald S. Berenson, Sathanur R. Srinivasan, Aviva Must, Steven L. Gortmaker, Ali H. Mokdad, Robert C. Whitaker and Jeffrey A. Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

William H. Dietz

252 papers receiving 48.1k citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among U... 1980 2026 1995 2010 2002 2003 1997 1998 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults
    2002 5.4k citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  2. Prevalence of Obesity, Diabetes, and Obesity-Related Health Risk Factors, 2001
    2003 4.5k citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  3. Predicting Obesity in Young Adulthood from Childhood and Parental Obesity
    1997 3.3k citations William H. Dietz et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  4. Health Consequences of Obesity in Youth: Childhood Predictors of Adult Disease
    1998 2.0k citations William H. Dietz profile →
  5. Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates
    2009 2.0k citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  6. The Relation of Overweight to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study
    1999 1.8k citations David S. Freedman, William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  7. Prevalence of a Metabolic Syndrome Phenotype in Adolescents
    2003 1.8k citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  8. Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality of Overweight Adolescents
    1992 1.7k citations Aviva Must, Gerard E. Dallal et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  9. Impact of Overweight on the Risk of Developing Common Chronic Diseases During a 10-Year Period
    2001 1.3k citations Aviva Must, William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  10. Obesity Evaluation and Treatment: Expert Committee Recommendations
    1998 1.2k citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  11. Social and Economic Consequences of Overweight in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
    1993 1.2k citations Aviva Must, William H. Dietz et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  12. Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Excess Adiposity Among Overweight Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study
    2006 1.1k citations David S. Freedman, Gerald S. Berenson et al. The Journal of Pediatrics profile →
  13. Obesity and Severe Obesity Forecasts Through 2030
    2012 1.0k citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  14. Relationship of Childhood Obesity to Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study
    2001 987 citations David S. Freedman, William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  15. Do We Fatten Our Children at the Television Set? Obesity and Television Viewing in Children and Adolescents
    1985 982 citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  16. Guidelines for Healthy Weight
    1999 896 citations William H. Dietz et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  17. The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States
    1999 784 citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  18. The Relation of Childhood BMI to Adult Adiposity: The Bogalusa Heart Study
    2005 773 citations David S. Freedman, William H. Dietz et al. profile →
  19. Validity of body mass index compared with other body-composition screening indexes for the assessment of body fatness in children and adolescents
    2002 679 citations William H. Dietz et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  20. Total body water measurement in humans with 18O and 2H labeled water
    1980 564 citations Dale A. Schoeller, E. van Santen et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  21. The Science of Obesity Management: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement
    2018 559 citations George A. Bray, Ashkan Afshin et al. Endocrine Reviews profile →
  22. Management of obesity: improvement of health-care training and systems for prevention and care
    2015 304 citations William H. Dietz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William H. Dietz United States 86 28.7k 12.0k 9.6k 8.1k 7.7k 256 51.7k
Margaret D. Carroll United States 61 21.5k 0.7× 9.9k 0.8× 7.0k 0.7× 4.6k 0.6× 4.7k 0.6× 124 46.6k
Cynthia L. Ogden United States 77 36.8k 1.3× 14.7k 1.2× 12.0k 1.3× 5.8k 0.7× 9.9k 1.3× 171 71.0k
Tim Cole United Kingdom 115 29.6k 1.0× 15.5k 1.3× 7.2k 0.8× 5.7k 0.7× 19.3k 2.5× 668 72.8k
Katherine M. Flegal United States 86 40.3k 1.4× 20.2k 1.7× 12.2k 1.3× 10.1k 1.3× 10.9k 1.4× 164 87.7k
Stephen R. Daniels United States 128 27.9k 1.0× 16.9k 1.4× 7.5k 0.8× 14.7k 1.8× 9.0k 1.2× 596 75.4k
Ali H. Mokdad United States 104 13.7k 0.5× 9.4k 0.8× 9.3k 1.0× 7.5k 0.9× 2.9k 0.4× 490 52.4k
Gerald S. Berenson United States 103 21.2k 0.7× 8.1k 0.7× 5.6k 0.6× 8.8k 1.1× 9.2k 1.2× 654 43.5k
Peter T. Katzmarzyk United States 104 25.3k 0.9× 24.0k 2.0× 9.1k 0.9× 4.2k 0.5× 3.5k 0.5× 621 49.8k
Jacob C. Seidell Netherlands 99 14.9k 0.5× 12.7k 1.1× 3.7k 0.4× 6.5k 0.8× 2.3k 0.3× 501 37.2k
Claude Bouchard Canada 130 19.1k 0.7× 31.9k 2.7× 3.9k 0.4× 11.3k 1.4× 3.6k 0.5× 1.1k 74.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Freedman, David S., Babette S. Zemel, David R. Weber, & William H. Dietz. (2024). The Cross-Sectional Relation of Body Mass Index to Adiposity among 8- to 19-Year-Olds within Several Races and Ethnicities. The Journal of Pediatrics. 277. 114375–114375.
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Gallagher, Christine, et al.. (2023). Health care providers' attitudes and counseling behaviors related to obesity. Obesity Science & Practice. 9(5). 501–507. 2 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Kacey, Amanda J. Visek, Ashley N. Gearhardt, et al.. (2022). Stop the Pop: A Mixed-Methods Study Examining Children’s Physical and Emotional Responses during Three Days of Sugary Drink Cessation. Nutrients. 14(7). 1328–1328. 3 indexed citations
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Turner, Monique Mitchell, et al.. (2018). Current Knowledge of Obesity Treatment Guidelines by Health Care Professionals. Obesity. 26(4). 665–671. 54 indexed citations
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Bray, George A., Ashkan Afshin, Michael D. Jensen, et al.. (2018). The Science of Obesity Management: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement. Endocrine Reviews. 39(2). 79–132. 559 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bandini, Linda G., et al.. (2005). Longitudinal changes in energy expenditure in girls from late childhood through midadolescence1–3. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 81(5). 1102–1109. 37 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H. & Thomas N. Robinson. (2005). Overweight Children and Adolescents. New England Journal of Medicine. 352(20). 2100–2109. 420 indexed citations
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Bandini, Linda G., Aviva Must, Sarah Phillips, Elena N. Naumova, & William H. Dietz. (2004). Relation of body mass index and body fatness to energy expenditure: longitudinal changes from preadolescence through adolescence. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 80(5). 1262–1269. 24 indexed citations
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Freedman, David S., William H. Dietz, Rong Tang, et al.. (2003). The relation of obesity throughout life to carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study. International Journal of Obesity. 28(1). 159–166. 180 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H., et al.. (1999). American Academy of Pediatrics guide to your child's nutrition : making peace at the table and building healthy eating habits for life. 2 indexed citations
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Bar‐Or, Oded, John P. Foreyt, Claude Bouchard, et al.. (1998). Physical activity, genetic, and nutritional considerations in childhood weight management. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 30(1). 2–10. 158 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H.. (1997). Afraid to Eat: Children and Teens in Weight Crisis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 66(2). 452–452. 2 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H.. (1991). Symposium on Nutritional Assessment and Intervention: Interface of Science and Policy: Introduction. Journal of Nutrition. 121(3). 401–402. 1 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H.. (1990). No more 'bribes'. AAP News. 6(1). 13–13. 1 indexed citations
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Bandini, Linda G., Dale A. Schoeller, & William H. Dietz. (1990). Energy Expenditure in Obese and Nonobese Adolescents. Pediatric Research. 27(2). 198–202. 236 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H.. (1989). Infant formula marketing: Lack of awareness?. AAP News. 5(4). 15–15. 1 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H.. (1983). Childhood obesity: Susceptibility, cause, and management. The Journal of Pediatrics. 103(5). 676–686. 112 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H. & Dale A. Schoeller. (1982). Optimal dietary therapy for obese adolescents: Comparison of protein plus glucose and protein plus fat. The Journal of Pediatrics. 100(4). 638–644. 33 indexed citations
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Dietz, William H., Wendy L. Gross, & John A. Kirkpatrick. (1982). Blount disease (tibia vara): Another skeletal disorder associated with childhood obesity. The Journal of Pediatrics. 101(5). 735–737. 146 indexed citations
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Schoeller, DA, William H. Dietz, E. van Santen, & PD Klein. (1982). Validation of saliva sampling for total body water determination by H 2 18 O dilution. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 35(3). 591–594. 52 indexed citations

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