2026 Lauren Lissner: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	108	959	915	11	11	498	59321
Medicine	110	5429	5098	114	109	492	66034

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Lauren Lissner is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their research spans several important subfields, including Physiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Birth, Development, and Health
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Nutrition and Health in Aging
Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Physical Activity and Health

The scientist has published numerous papers in various journals. Notable recent publications include:

Ultra-processed foods consumption and diet quality of European children, adolescents and adults: Results from the I.Family study (2021) in Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
Sarcopenic obesity and associations with mortality in older women and men - a prospective observational study (2020) in BMC Geriatrics
Polygenic risk for obesity and its interaction with lifestyle and sociodemographic factors in European children and adolescents (2021) in International Journal of Obesity
Comparison of the 2010 and 2019 diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) in two cohorts of Swedish older adults (2021) in BMC Geriatrics
Fitness, strength and severity of COVID-19: a prospective register study of 1 559 187 Swedish conscripts (2021) in BMJ Open

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

Luís A. Moreno
Toomas Veidebaum
Dénes Molnár
Stefaan De Henauw
Wolfgang Ahrens

Their work has featured repeatedly in prominent journals, with multiple publications appearing in:

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
BMJ Open
International Journal of Obesity
European Journal of Nutrition
Scientific Reports

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

8465
Citations
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

5734
Citations
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

4296
Citations
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

3430
Citations
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

2651
Citations
A century of trends in adult human height

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

1428
Citations
Reduction in Incidence of Diabetes, Hypertension and Lipid Disturbances after Intentional Weight Loss Induced by Bariatric Surgery: the SOS Intervention Study

C D Sjöström;L Lissner;H Wedel;L Sjöström

966
Citations
Variability of Body Weight and Health Outcomes in the Framingham Population

Lauren Lissner;Patricia M. Odell;Ralph B. D'Agostino;Joseph Stokes

950
Citations
Dietary underreporting by obese individuals--is it specific or non-specific?

Berit Lilienthal Heitmann;Lauren Lissner

919
Citations
Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: Data from nine countries

Tim Olds;Carol Maher;Shi Zumin;Shi Zumin;Sandrine Péneau

808
Citations
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

778
Citations
Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

705
Citations
Dietary fat and obesity: evidence from epidemiology.

L Lissner;B L Heitmann

599
Citations
A 24-year follow-up of body mass index and cerebral atrophy

Deborah Gustafson;Lauren Lissner;Calle Bengtsson;Cecilia Björkelund

440
Citations
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

430
Citations
The IDEFICS cohort: design, characteristics and participation in the baseline survey.

W Ahrens;K Bammann;A Siani;K Buchecker

421
Citations
Breastfeeding reduces postpartum weight retention

Jennifer L Baker;Michael Gamborg;Berit L Heitmann;Lauren Lissner

399
Citations
Height, age, and atopy are associated with fraction of exhaled nitric oxide in a large adult general population sample.

Anna-Carin Olin;Annika Rosengren;Dag S. Thelle;Dag S. Thelle;Lauren Lissner

396
Citations
Body Weight Change, All-Cause Mortality, and Cause-specific Mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial

Steven N. Blair;Jessica Shaten;Kelly Brownell;Gary Collins

382
Citations
Testosterone concentrations in women and men with NIDDM.

Björn Andersson;Per Märin;Lauren Lissner;Alex Vermeulen

368
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dénes Molnár University of Pecs

Calle Bengtsson University of Gothenburg

Luis A. Moreno University of Zaragoza

Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Dag S. Thelle University of Oslo

Lucia A. Reisch Copenhagen Business School

Berit L. Heitmann Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

Licia Iacoviello University of Insubria

Mark Woodward Imperial College London

Ingmar Skoog University of Gothenburg

External Links

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