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Luis A. Moreno

Luis A. Moreno

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Medicine
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
133
Citations
69450
World Ranking
2211
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Luis A. Moreno is affiliated with the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Their research spans across multiple areas within medicine, with a focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, general health professions, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and clinical psychology. The main topics covered in their work include obesity, physical activity and diet, nutritional studies and diet, health and lifestyle studies, eating disorders and behaviors, consumer attitudes and food labeling, as well as birth, development, and health.

Several recent papers exemplify the scope of their research contributions:

  • Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe - harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents (2020), International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • The Influence of Parental Dietary Behaviors and Practices on Children's Eating Habits (2021), Nutrients
  • Development and Validation of an Index Based on EAT-Lancet Recommendations: The Planetary Health Diet Index (2021), Nutrients
  • Frailty and Physical Fitness in Elderly People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2020), Sports Medicine
  • Vegetarianism and veganism compared with mental health and cognitive outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020), Nutrition Reviews

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Yannis Μanios
  • Stefaan De Henauw
  • Dénes Molnár
  • Toomas Veidebaum
  • Greet Cardon

Luis A. Moreno has published extensively in particular journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Nutrients
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • European Journal of Pediatrics
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Pediatric Obesity

Their main body of work situates them firmly in the field of medicine with 600 publications in total, of which a substantial portion centers on public health, environmental and occupational health. This suggests a broad interdisciplinary approach closely tied to epidemiology, population health, and preventive strategies.

The scientist's research topics indicate extensive engagement with public health priorities such as obesity, physical activity, and nutrition, alongside an interest in how diet influences cognitive and mental health outcomes. The varied nature of their publications and co-authorships reflects collaboration across multiple subfields and European institutions.

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

  • Enteral nutrient supply for preterm infants: commentary from the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Committee on Nutrition

    C Agostoni;G Buonocore;VP Carnielli;M De Curtis

  • Vitamin D deficiency in Europe: pandemic?

    Kevin D. Cashman;Kirsten G. Dowling;Zuzana Skrabakova;Marcela Gonzalez-Gross;Marcela Gonzalez-Gross

  • Complementary Feeding: A Commentary by the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition

    Carlo Agostoni;Tamás Decsi;Mary S. Fewtrell;Olivier Goulet

  • A century of trends in adult human height

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

  • Breast-feeding: A commentary by the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition

    Carlo Agostoni;Christian Braegger;Tamas Decsi;Sanja Kolacek

  • Sedentary behaviour and obesity development in children and adolescents.

    Juan Pablo Rey-López;Germán Vicente-Rodríguez;Germán Vicente-Rodríguez;Mireia Biosca;Luis A. Moreno

  • Maximizing bone mineral mass gain during growth for the prevention of fractures in the adolescents and the elderly

    René Rizzoli;Maria Luisa Bianchi;Michèle Garabédian;Heather A. McKay

  • 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

  • Interplay Between Weight Loss and Gut Microbiota Composition in Overweight Adolescents

    Arlette Santacruz;Ascensión Marcos;Julia Wärnberg;Amelia Martí

  • 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

  • Supplementation of infant formula with probiotics and/or prebiotics: a systematic review and comment by the ESPGHAN committee on nutrition

    Christian Braegger;Anna Chmielewska;Tamas Decsi;Sanja Kolacek

  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

    JP Bradfield;HR Taal;NJ Timpson;A Scherag

  • Dietary risk factors for development of childhood obesity.

    Luis A Moreno;Gerardo Rodríguez

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Dénes Molnár
Dénes Molnár University of Pecs
Marcela González-Gross
Marcela González-Gross Technical University of Madrid
Yannis Manios
Yannis Manios Harokopio University
Jonatan R. Ruiz
Jonatan R. Ruiz University of Granada
Francisco B. Ortega
Francisco B. Ortega University of Granada
Kurt Widhalm
Kurt Widhalm Medical University of Vienna
Inge Huybrechts
Inge Huybrechts International Agency For Research On Cancer
Frédéric Gottrand
Frédéric Gottrand University of Lille
Michael Sjöström
Michael Sjöström Karolinska Institute
Jean Dallongeville
Jean Dallongeville Institut Pasteur

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