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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Louise A. Baur is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has an extensive publication record focusing primarily on obesity and related health issues. Their research encompasses multiple fields within medicine and health professions, with a special emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, pharmacy, clinical psychology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

The subfields covered in their work include:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Pharmacy
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The scientist's primary research topics reflect a focus on obesity and its broader health implications. These topics include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Louise A. Baur has published numerous papers, among which the following are notable:

  • "Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity," 2025, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Child and adolescent obesity," 2023, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol," 2020, Nature
  • "Defining paediatric metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease: an international expert consensus statement," 2021, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Changing the global obesity narrative to recognize and reduce weight stigma: A position statement from the World Obesity Federation," 2023, Obesity Reviews

Their frequent co-authors include Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Sarah Taki, Hiba Jebeile, and Natalie B. Lister.

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
  • Pediatric Obesity
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Obesity Reviews
  • Nutrients

Louise A. Baur was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2014.

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

  • Obesity in children and young people: a crisis in public health.

    Tim Lobstein;Louise A. Baur;Ricardo Uauy

  • 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

  • Cochrane review: Interventions for treating obesity in children

    Hiltje Oude Luttikhuis;Louise Baur;Hanneke Jansen;Vanessa A Shrewsbury

  • Interventions for treating obesity in children

    Hiltje Oude Luttikhuis;Louise Baur;Hanneke Jansen;Vanessa A. Shrewsbury

  • Skeletal Muscle Triglyceride Levels Are Inversely Related to Insulin Action

    D A Pan;S Lillioja;A D Kriketos;M R Milner

  • A century of trends in adult human height

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

  • Personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school.

    Anna Timperio;Kylie Ball;Jo Salmon;Rebecca Roberts

  • 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

  • Effectiveness of Lifestyle Interventions in Child Obesity: Systematic Review With Meta-analysis

    Mandy Ho;Sarah P. Garnett;Louise Baur;Tracy Burrows

  • Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and obesity.

    Diana Thomas;Elizabeth J Elliott;Louise Baur

  • Management of obesity: improvement of health-care training and systems for prevention and care

    William H Dietz;Louise A Baur;Kevin Hall;Rebecca M Puhl

  • Associations Between the Home Food Environment and Obesity‐promoting Eating Behaviors in Adolescence

    Karen J. Campbell;David A. Crawford;Jo Salmon;Alison Carver

  • Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years

    Emma Mead;Tamara Brown;Karen Rees;Liane B. Azevedo

  • Dietary fats and insulin action

    L. H. Storlien;L. A. Baur;A. D. Kriketos;D. A. Pan;D. A. Pan

  • A prospective examination of children's time spent outdoors, objectively measured physical activity and overweight.

    V Cleland;D Crawford;L A Baur;C Hume

  • Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in child obesity: A systematic review with meta-analysis

    M. Ho;S. Garnett;L. Baur;T. Burrow

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher T. Cowell
Christopher T. Cowell University of Sydney
Li Ming Wen
Li Ming Wen University of Sydney
Chris Rissel
Chris Rissel Flinders University
Adrian Bauman
Adrian Bauman University of Sydney
Lesley King
Lesley King University of Sydney
Anthony D. Okely
Anthony D. Okely University of Wollongong
Paul Mitchell
Paul Mitchell University of Sydney
Clare E. Collins
Clare E. Collins University of Newcastle Australia
Bridget Kelly
Bridget Kelly University of Wollongong
David Crawford
David Crawford Deakin University

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