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Dénes Molnár

Dénes Molnár

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Medicine
Hungary
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
53981
World Ranking
11075
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Hungary Leader Award

Overview

Dénes Molnár is affiliated with the University of Pecs in Hungary. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Luís A. Moreno
  • Stefaan De Henauw
  • Toomas Veidebaum
  • Wolfgang Ahrens
  • Lauren Lissner

Their work is often published in journals such as:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Nutrients
  • Pediatric Obesity
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Recent notable papers include:

  • Ultra-processed foods consumption and diet quality of European children, adolescents and adults: Results from the I.Family study, 2021, Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Polygenic risk for obesity and its interaction with lifestyle and sociodemographic factors in European children and adolescents, 2021, International Journal of Obesity
  • Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-Driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents, 2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • The role of lifestyle and non-modifiable risk factors in the development of metabolic disturbances from childhood to adolescence, 2020, International Journal of Obesity
  • Relative validity of the Planetary Health Diet Index by comparison with usual nutrient intakes, plasma food consumption biomarkers, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet among European adolescents: the HELENA study, 2023, European Journal of Nutrition

Molnár has also contributed to book publications, including "Endocrine and Metabolic Consequences of Childhood Obesity, Volume II" published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Physical fitness levels among European adolescents: The HELENA study

    Francisco B Ortega;Francisco B Ortega;Enrique G Artero;Jonatan R Ruiz;Jonatan R Ruiz;Vanesa España-Romero;Vanesa España-Romero

  • Short sleep duration is associated with increased obesity markers in European adolescents: effect of physical activity and dietary habits. The HELENA study

    M Garaulet;F B Ortega;F B Ortega;J R Ruiz;J R Ruiz;J P Rey-López

  • Presence of metabolic cardiovascular syndrome in obese children.

    Györgyi Csábi;Katalin Török;Sára Jeges;Dénes Molnár

  • Associations between dietary inflammatory index and inflammatory markers in the Asklepios Study.

    Nitin Shivappa;James R. Hébert;Ernst R. Rietzschel;Marc L. De Buyzere

  • Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in European Adolescents The HELENA Study

    Jonatan R. Ruiz;Francisco B. Ortega;David Martínez-Gómez;Idoia Labayen

  • Prevalence of overweight and obesity in European children below the age of 10

    W Ahrens;W Ahrens;I Pigeot;I Pigeot;H Pohlabeln;S De Henauw

  • Design and implementation of the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Cross-Sectional Study.

    L A Moreno;S De Henauw;M González-Gross;M Kersting

  • The IDEFICS cohort: design, characteristics and participation in the baseline survey.

    W Ahrens;K Bammann;A Siani;K Buchecker

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Metabolic syndrome in young children: definitions and results of the IDEFICS study.

    W Ahrens;W Ahrens;L A Moreno;S Mårild;D Molnár

  • The International Fitness Scale (IFIS): usefulness of self-reported fitness in youth

    Francisco B Ortega;Jonatan R Ruiz;Vanesa España-Romero;Germán Vicente-Rodriguez

  • Muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness are independently associated with metabolic risk in adolescents: the HELENA study.

    Enrique G Artero;Jonatan R Ruiz;Jonatan R Ruiz;Francisco B Ortega;Francisco B Ortega;Vanesa España-Romero;Vanesa España-Romero;Vanesa España-Romero

  • Objectively measured physical activity in European children: the IDEFICS study

    K. Konstabel;K. Konstabel;Toomas Veidebaum;Vera Verbestel;Luis A. Moreno

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis A. Moreno
Luis A. Moreno University of Zaragoza
Marcela González-Gross
Marcela González-Gross Technical University of Madrid
Inge Huybrechts
Inge Huybrechts International Agency For Research On Cancer
Kurt Widhalm
Kurt Widhalm Medical University of Vienna
Frédéric Gottrand
Frédéric Gottrand University of Lille
Yannis Manios
Yannis Manios Harokopio University
Francisco B. Ortega
Francisco B. Ortega University of Granada
Michael Sjöström
Michael Sjöström Karolinska Institute
Jonatan R. Ruiz
Jonatan R. Ruiz University of Granada
Lauren Lissner
Lauren Lissner University of Gothenburg

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