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Angelo Pietrobelli

Angelo Pietrobelli

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Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
27732
World Ranking
17422
National Ranking
705

Overview

Angelo Pietrobelli is affiliated with the University of Verona in Italy and has a substantial body of work in the field of medicine, particularly focusing on physiology and public health. Their research spans several subfields including endocrine and autonomic systems, immunology and allergy, as well as pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their main research topics cover obesity, physical activity, and diet; neuroscience of respiration and sleep; obstructive sleep apnea research; food allergy and anaphylaxis research; body composition measurement techniques; allergic rhinitis and sensitization; and nutrition and health in aging.

Frequent collaborators in Angelo Pietrobelli's research include Giorgio Piacentini, Luca Pecoraro, Marco Zaffanello, Franco Antoniazzi, and Luca Dalle Carbonare.

Publication venues where Angelo Pietrobelli has contributed most frequently include Children, PubMed, Minerva Pediatrics, Biomedicines, and the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Angelo Pietrobelli are:

  • Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study, 2020, Obesity

Other recent papers listed in the broader dataset, though not authored by Angelo Pietrobelli, include works in related fields published in journals such as Frontiers in Endocrinology, Journal of Nutritional Science, and Journal of Personalized Medicine.

Angelo Pietrobelli's research addresses a wide array of topics relevant to contemporary challenges in health sciences, particularly focusing on pediatric obesity and its environmental determinants, body composition measurement, and respiratory conditions related to sleep and allergy.

Best Publications

  • Waist circumference percentiles in nationally representative samples of African-American, European-American, and Mexican-American children and adolescents.

    José R. Fernández;David T. Redden;Angelo Pietrobelli;David B. Allison

  • Body mass index as a measure of adiposity among children and adolescents: A validation study

    Angelo Pietrobelli;Myles S. Faith;David B. Allison;Dympna Gallagher

  • Validity of body mass index compared with other body-composition screening indexes for the assessment of body fatness in children and adolescents

    Zuguo Mei;Laurence M Grummer-Strawn;Angelo Pietrobelli;Ailsa Goulding

  • Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study.

    Angelo Pietrobelli;Luca Pecoraro;Alessandro Ferruzzi;Moonseong Heo

  • What is the best measure of adiposity change in growing children: BMI, BMI %, BMI z-score or BMI centile?

    T J Cole;M S Faith;A Pietrobelli;A Pietrobelli;M Heo

  • Ten Putative Contributors to the Obesity Epidemic

    Emily J. McAllister;Nikhil V. Dhurandhar;Scott W. Keith;Louis J. Aronne

  • Putative contributors to the secular increase in obesity: exploring the roads less traveled

    S W Keith;D T Redden;P T Katzmarzyk;M M Boggiano

  • Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry body composition model: review of physical concepts

    Angelo Pietrobelli;C Formica;Z Wang;S. B. Heymsfield

  • Waist circumference and cardiovascular risk factors in prepubertal children.

    Claudio Maffeis;Angelo Pietrobelli;Alessandra Grezzani;Silvia Provera

  • Crossvalidation of anthropometry against magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in children.

    P Brambilla;G Bedogni;LM Moreno;MI Goran

  • Weight criticism during physical activity, coping skills, and reported physical activity in children.

    Myles S. Faith;Mary Ann Leone;Tim S. Ayers;Moonseong Heo

  • Hydration of fat-free body mass : review and critique of a classic body-composition constant

    Zi Mian Wang;Paul Deurenberg;Wei Wang;Angelo Pietrobelli

  • New bioimpedance analysis system: improved phenotyping with whole-body analysis.

    Pietrobelli A;Rubiano F;St-Onge Mp;Heymsfield Sb

  • Garcinia cambogia (Hydroxycitric Acid) as a Potential Antiobesity Agent A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Steven B. Heymsfield;David B. Allison;Joseph R. Vasselli;Angelo Pietrobelli

  • Depressive mood and obesity in US adults : comparison and moderation by sex, age, and race

    M Heo;A Pietrobelli;K R Fontaine;J A Sirey

  • Race-ethnicity–specific waist circumference cutoffs for identifying cardiovascular disease risk factors

    Shankuan Zhu;Steven B Heymsfield;Hideaki Toyoshima;ZiMian Wang

  • Waist circumference-to-height ratio predicts adiposity better than body mass index in children and adolescents

    P Brambilla;G Bedogni;M Heo;A Pietrobelli

  • Why do obese patients not lose more weight when treated with low-calorie diets? A mechanistic perspective

    Steven B Heymsfield;Joyce B Harp;Marc L Reitman;Joel W Beetsch

  • HYDRATION OF FAT FREE BODY MASS: REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF A CLASSIC BODY

    Robert F. Kushner;Dale A. Schoeller;Carla R. Fjeld;P Kotler

  • What is the best measure of adiposity change in growing children: BMI, BMI %, BMI z-score or BMI centile? (vol 59, pg 419, 2005)

    TJ Cole;Faith;A Pietrobelli;M Heo

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven B. Heymsfield
Steven B. Heymsfield Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Moonseong Heo
Moonseong Heo Clemson University
David B. Allison
David B. Allison Indiana University
Attilio L. Boner
Attilio L. Boner University of Verona
Diego Peroni
Diego Peroni University of Pisa
Paolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla University of Milan
Dympna Gallagher
Dympna Gallagher Columbia University
Kurt Widhalm
Kurt Widhalm Medical University of Vienna
Carlo Agostoni
Carlo Agostoni University of Milan
Serenella Salinari
Serenella Salinari Sapienza University of Rome

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