2026 Theresa A. Nicklas: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	98	8976	8425	4620	4274	443	32238

Overview

Theresa A. Nicklas is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research focuses on medicine, with particular attention to public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, nutrition and dietetics, experimental and cognitive psychology, and health toxicology and mutagenesis.

Their work covers a broad range of topics including obesity, physical activity, and diet; diet and metabolism studies; nutritional studies and diet; climate change and health impacts; child nutrition and water access; adipose tissue and metabolism; and evolutionary psychology and human behavior.

Recent publications by Theresa A. Nicklas include:

A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
Energy compensation and adiposity in humans, 2021, Current Biology
Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors, 2022, Science
Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure, 2023, Nature Metabolism
Physical activity and fat-free mass during growth and in later life, 2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

They frequently collaborate with other researchers including John R. Speakman, Liam Anderson, Maciej S. Buchowski, Nancy F. Butte, and Stefan Gerardus Camps. Each of these coauthors has contributed to 12 publications alongside Theresa A. Nicklas.

Theresa A. Nicklas has contributed multiple publications to notable journals such as Nature Food, AIMS Public Health, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Cell Reports Medicine, and Current Biology. Among these, Nature Food, AIMS Public Health, and Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior each have two publications, while Cell Reports Medicine and Current Biology each have one.

Best Publications

A review of family and social determinants of children's eating patterns and diet quality.

Heather Patrick;Theresa A. Nicklas

1687
Citations
Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity

Nancy F. Krebs;John H. Himes;Dawn Jacobson;Theresa A. Nicklas

1423
Citations
Revisiting a neglected construct: parenting styles in a child-feeding context.

Sheryl O. Hughes;Thomas G. Power;Jennifer Orlet Fisher;Stephen Mueller

999
Citations
Are Current Health Behavioral Change Models Helpful in Guiding Prevention of Weight Gain Efforts

Tom Baranowski;Karen W. Cullen;Theresa Nicklas;Deborah Thompson

953
Citations
Eating patterns, dietary quality and obesity.

Theresa A. Nicklas;Tom Baranowski;Karen W. Cullen;Gerald Berenson

860
Citations
Eating Patterns and Obesity in Children The Bogalusa Heart Study

Theresa A Nicklas;Su-Jau Yang;Tom Baranowski;Issa Zakeri

688
Citations
The Relationship of Breakfast Skipping and Type of Breakfast Consumption with Nutrient Intake and Weight Status in Children and Adolescents: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2006

Priya R. Deshmukh-Taskar;Theresa A. Nicklas;Carol E. O'Neil;Debra R. Keast

642
Citations
The benefits of authoritative feeding style: caregiver feeding styles and children's food consumption patterns.

Heather Patrick;Theresa A. Nicklas;Sheryl O. Hughes;Miriam Morales

595
Citations
Family and child-care provider influences on preschool children's fruit, juice, and vegetable consumption.

Theresa A. Nicklas;Tom Baranowski;Janice C. Baranowski;Karen Cullen

561
Citations
Tracking of overweight status from childhood to young adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study

P Deshmukh-Taskar;T A Nicklas;M Morales;S J Yang

551
Citations
Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

Herman Pontzer;Yosuke Yamada;Hiroyuki Sagayama;Philip N. Ainslie

536
Citations
Beverage Intake Among Preschool Children and Its Effect on Weight Status

Teresia M O'Connor;Su-Jau Yang;Theresa A Nicklas

465
Citations
Breakfast consumption affects adequacy of total daily intake in children

Theresa A Nicklas;Weihang Bao;Larry S Webber;Gerald S Berenson

404
Citations
The Fun, Food, and Fitness Project (FFFP): the Baylor GEMS pilot study.

Tom Baranowski;Janice C Baranowski;Karen W Cullen;Deborah I Thompson

380
Citations
Validation of 24-hour recalls assisted by food records in third-grade children

Leslie A Lytle;Milton Z Nichaman;Eva Obarzanek;Ellen Glovsky

375
Citations
Indulgent feeding style and children's weight status in preschool.

Sheryl O. Hughes;Richard M. Shewchuk;Monica L. Baskin;Theresa A. Nicklas

353
Citations
Changes in food group consumption patterns from childhood to young adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Debby Demory-Luce;Miriam Morales;Theresa Nicklas;Tom Baranowski

325
Citations
Calcium Intake Trends and Health Consequences from Childhood through Adulthood

Theresa A. Nicklas

289
Citations
Children’s meal patterns have changed over a 21-year period: the Bogalusa heart study

Theresa A. Nicklas;Miriam Morales;A. Linares;Su-Jau Yang

285
Citations
Food Sources of Energy and Nutrients among Adults in the US: NHANES 2003–2006

Carol E. O'Neil;Debra R. Keast;Victor L. Fulgoni;Theresa A. Nicklas

269
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald S. Berenson Tulane University

Tom Baranowski Baylor College of Medicine

Sheryl O. Hughes Baylor College of Medicine

Larry S. Webber Tulane University

Carolyn C. Johnson Tulane University

Jennifer O. Fisher Temple University

Leslie A. Lytle University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sathanur R. Srinivasan Tulane University

Johanna T. Dwyer Tufts University

Thomas G. Power Washington State University

External Links

Personal website of Theresa A. Nicklas

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