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Thomas Reinehr is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their research portfolio includes 88 publications primarily in medicine, with a strong emphasis on pediatric health and metabolic disorders.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Genetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Physiology

Major topics covered in their publications consist of:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Reinehr's frequent co-authors include Reinhard W. Holl, Susanna Wiegand, Nicole Prinz, Christian Denzer, and Antje Körner. Collaborative efforts with these colleagues have led to multiple joint publications.

The scientist has published research in several key venues, such as:

  • Hormone Research in Paediatrics
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Recent notable published papers include:

  • "Child and adolescent obesity," 2023, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Connections between obesity and puberty," 2020, Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research
  • "Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children, adolescents and young adults with overweight or obesity and mental health disorders," 2024, International Journal of Obesity
  • "The association between perinatal factors and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: A retrospective two-cohort study," 2023, PLoS Medicine
  • "An eHealth Framework for Managing Pediatric Growth Disorders and Growth Hormone Therapy," 2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research

In addition to journal articles, Reinehr has authored a book titled Abnehmen mit Obeldicks und OptimiX, published by Hogrefe Verlag and scheduled for release in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • A European Evidence-Based Guideline for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

    B. Paulweber;P. Valensi;J. Lindström;N. M. Lalic

  • Promotion and Provision of Drinking Water in Schools for Overweight Prevention: Randomized, Controlled Cluster Trial

    Rebecca Muckelbauer;Lars Libuda;Kerstin Clausen;André Michael Toschke

  • An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Sharon E Oberfield;Selma Witchel;Richard J Auchus

  • Changes in self-reported and parent-reported health-related quality of life in overweight children and adolescents participating in an outpatient training: findings from a 12-month follow-up study.

    Emily Finne;Thomas Reinehr;Anke Schaefer;Katrin Winkel

  • Changes in the atherogenic risk factor profile according to degree of weight loss

    T Reinehr;W Andler

  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents

    Thomas Reinehr

  • Two new Loci for body-weight regulation identified in a joint analysis of genome-wide association studies for early-onset extreme obesity in French and german study groups

    André Scherag;Christian Dina;Anke Hinney;Vincent Vatin

  • Intima media thickness in childhood obesity: Relations to inflammatory marker, glucose metabolism, and blood pressure

    Thomas Reinehr;Wieland Kiess;Gideon de Sousa;Birgit Stoffel-Wagner

  • Long-term follow-up of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children after an obesity intervention

    Thomas Reinehr;Gideon de Sousa;André Michael Toschke;Werner Andler

  • Take action to prevent diabetes--the IMAGE toolkit for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in Europe.

    J. Lindström;A. Neumann;K. E. Sheppard;A. Gilis-Januszewska

  • Deletions of the homeobox gene SHOX (short stature homeobox) are an important cause of growth failure in children with short stature.

    Gudrun A. Rappold;Maki Fukami;Beate Niesler;Simone Schiller

  • Vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone in obese children before and after weight loss.

    Thomas Reinehr;Gideon de Sousa;Ute Alexy;M Kersting

  • Insulin sensitivity among obese children and adolescents, according to degree of weight loss.

    Thomas Reinehr;Wieland Kiess;Thomas Kapellen;Werner Andler

  • Fetuin-A and its relation to metabolic syndrome and fatty liver disease in obese children before and after weight loss.

    Thomas Reinehr;Christian L. Roth

  • Hyperthyrotropinemia in obese children is reversible after weight loss and is not related to lipids.

    Thomas Reinehr;Gideon de Sousa;Werner Andler

  • Comparison of metabolic syndrome prevalence using eight different definitions: A critical approach

    Thomas Reinehr;Gideon de Sousa;André Michael Toschke;Werner Andler

  • Leucocytes are a major source of circulating nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT)/pre-B cell colony (PBEF)/visfatin linking obesity and inflammation in humans

    D. Friebe;M. Neef;J. Kratzsch;S. Erbs

  • Adiponectin before and after weight loss in obese children.

    T. Reinehr;C. Roth;T. Menke;W. Andler

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard W. Holl
Reinhard W. Holl University of Ulm
Martin Wabitsch
Martin Wabitsch University of Ulm
Johannes Hebebrand
Johannes Hebebrand University of Duisburg-Essen
Anke Hinney
Anke Hinney University of Duisburg-Essen
Wieland Kiess
Wieland Kiess Leipzig University
Thomas Illig
Thomas Illig Hannover Medical School
Berthold Koletzko
Berthold Koletzko Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Harald Grallert
Harald Grallert Helmholtz Zentrum München
Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer
Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Monika Bullinger
Monika Bullinger Universität Hamburg

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