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D. S. Freedman · SciRah

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D. S. Freedman

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D. S. Freedman — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 71
Works: 148
Citations: 29K

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Cardiovascular risk factors and excess adiposity among overweight children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
D. S. Freedman, Z. Mei, S. Srinivasan, G. Berenson +1 more
2007Jornal de Pediatria1,687 citations
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Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in US Youth and Adults by Sex and Age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016
C. Hales, C. Fryar, M. Carroll, D. S. Freedman +1 more
2018Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)1,597 citations Open access
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The Relation of Childhood BMI to Adult Adiposity: The Bogalusa Heart Study
D. S. Freedman, L. K. Khan, M. Serdula, W. Dietz +2 more
2005Pediatrics1,164 citations
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Trends in Obesity Prevalence by Race and Hispanic Origin-1999-2000 to 2017-2018.
C. Ogden, C. Fryar, Crescent B Martin, D. S. Freedman +3 more
2020Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)617 citations Open access
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Low-Density Lipoprotein and High-Density Lipoprotein Particle Subclasses Predict Coronary Events and Are Favorably Changed by Gemfibrozil Therapy in the Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Intervention Trial
J. Otvos, D. Collins, D. S. Freedman, I. Shalaurova +4 more
2006Circulation566 citations Open access
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The Validity of BMI as an Indicator of Body Fatness and Risk Among Children
D. S. Freedman, B. Sherry
2009Pediatrics516 citations Open access
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Morbid Obesity as a Risk Factor for Hospitalization and Death Due to 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Disease
O. Morgan, A. Bramley, A. Fowlkes, D. S. Freedman +10 more
2010PLoS ONE459 citations Open access
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Characterizing extreme values of body mass index-for-age by using the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts.
K. Flegal, R. Wei, C. Ogden, D. S. Freedman +2 more
2009American Journal of Clinical Nutrition434 citations Open access
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Differences in Obesity Prevalence by Demographics and Urbanization in US Children and Adolescents, 2013-2016
C. Ogden, C. Fryar, C. Hales, M. Carroll +2 more
2018Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)428 citations Open access
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Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Household Income and Education — United States, 2011–2014
C. Ogden, Tala H. I. Fakhouri, M. Carroll, C. Hales +3 more
2017MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report409 citations Open access
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Differences in Obesity Prevalence by Demographic Characteristics and Urbanization Level Among Adults in the United States, 2013-2016
C. Hales, C. Fryar, M. Carroll, D. S. Freedman +2 more
2018Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)393 citations Open access
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Longitudinal Trends in Body Mass Index Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Persons Aged 2–19 Years — United States, 2018–2020
S. Lange, L. Kompaniyets, D. S. Freedman, Emily M Kraus +3 more
2021MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report391 citations Open access
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Body Mass Index and Risk for COVID-19–Related Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Death — United States, March–December 2020
L. Kompaniyets, A. Goodman, Brook Belay, D. S. Freedman +5 more
2021MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report383 citations Open access
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Prevalence of and Trends in Dyslipidemia and Blood Pressure Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999–2012
B. Kit, Elena V Kuklina, M. Carroll, Y. Ostchega +2 more
2015JAMA pediatrics351 citations Open access
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Relation of body mass index and waist-to-height ratio to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
D. S. Freedman, H. Kahn, Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn +3 more
2007American Journal of Clinical Nutrition345 citations Open access
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High adiposity and high body mass index-for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic group.
K. Flegal, C. Ogden, J. Yanovski, D. S. Freedman +3 more
2010American Journal of Clinical Nutrition260 citations Open access
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The relation of obesity throughout life to carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study
D. S. Freedman, W. Dietz, R. Tang, G. Mensah +4 more
2004International Journal of Obesity251 citations Open access
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Inter-relationships among childhood BMI, childhood height, and adult obesity: the Bogalusa Heart Study
D. S. Freedman, L. K. Khan, M. Serdula, W. Dietz +2 more
2004International Journal of Obesity246 citations
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BMI z-scores are a poor indicator of adiposity among 2- to 19-year-olds with very high BMIs, NHANES 1999-2000 to 2013-14
D. S. Freedman, N. Butte, E. Taveras, E. Lundeen +3 more
2017Obesity230 citations Open access
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Growth Charts for Children With Down Syndrome in the United States
B. Zemel, Mary E. Pipan, V. Stallings, Waynitra Hall +3 more
2015Pediatrics215 citations Open access
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Racial differences in the tracking of childhood BMI to adulthood.
D. S. Freedman, L. K. Khan, M. Serdula, W. Dietz +2 more
2005Obesity Research213 citations
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The contribution of childhood obesity to adult carotid intima-media thickness: the Bogalusa Heart Study
D. S. Freedman, D. Patel, S. Srinivasan, Wei Chen +3 more
2008International Journal of Obesity208 citations
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake in Infancy and Obesity at 6 Years
L. Pan, Ruo-Wei Li, Sohyun Park, D. Galuska +2 more
2014Pediatrics199 citations Open access
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Classification of Body Fatness by Body Mass Index–for-Age Categories Among Children
D. S. Freedman, Jack Wang, J. Thornton, Z. Mei +4 more
2009Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine191 citations Open access
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Relation of body mass index and skinfold thicknesses to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
D. S. Freedman, P. Katzmarzyk, W. Dietz, S. Srinivasan +1 more
2009American Journal of Clinical Nutrition189 citations Open access
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Tracking of BMI z Scores for Severe Obesity
D. S. Freedman, G. Berenson
2017Pediatrics157 citations Open access
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A comparison of the Slaughter skinfold-thickness equations and BMI in predicting body fatness and cardiovascular disease risk factor levels in children.
D. S. Freedman, M. Horlick, G. Berenson
2013American Journal of Clinical Nutrition157 citations Open access
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Risk Factors and Adult Body Mass Index Among Overweight Children: The Bogalusa Heart Study
D. S. Freedman, W. Dietz, S. Srinivasan, G. Berenson
2009Pediatrics156 citations
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Racial/ethnic Differences in Body Fatness Among Children and Adolescents
D. S. Freedman, Jack Wang, John C. Thornton, Z. Mei +3 more
2008Obesity152 citations Open access
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Obesity Is Negatively Associated with Prostate-Specific Antigen in U.S. Men, 2001-2004
D. Werny, T. Thompson, M. Saraiya, D. S. Freedman +3 more
2007Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention151 citations Open access
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The prediction of body fatness by BMI and skinfold thicknesses among children and adolescents
D. S. Freedman, Jack Wang, C. Ogden, J. Thornton +4 more
2007Annals of Human Biology144 citations
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Body mass index and body fatness in childhood
D. S. Freedman, C. Ogden, G. Berenson, M. Horlick
2005Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care144 citations
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Smoothed percentage body fat percentiles for U.S. children and adolescents, 1999-2004.
C. Ogden, Yan Li, D. S. Freedman, L. Borrud +1 more
2011National health statistics reports133 citations
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Obesity - United States, 1988-2008.
D. S. Freedman
2011MMWR Supplements130 citations
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Secular Trends in BMI and Blood Pressure Among Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study
D. S. Freedman, A. Goodman, Omar A. Contreras, P. DasMahapatra +2 more
2012Pediatrics127 citations Open access
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Obesity - United States, 1999-2010.
A. May, D. S. Freedman, B. Sherry, H. Blanck
2013MMWR Supplements118 citations
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Height and adiposity among children.
D. S. Freedman, J. Thornton, Z. Mei, Jack Wang +3 more
2004Obesity Research101 citations
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Do Skinfold Measurements Provide Additional Information to Body Mass Index in the Assessment of Body Fatness Among Children and Adolescents?
Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn, Jack Wang, J. Thornton +4 more
2007Pediatrics95 citations
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The Pediatric Obesity Epidemic Continues Unabated in Bogalusa, Louisiana
S. Broyles, P. Katzmarzyk, S. Srinivasan, Wei Chen +3 more
2010Pediatrics93 citations Open access
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Trends in Obesity Among Participants Aged 2-4 Years in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - United States, 2000-2014.
L. Pan, D. S. Freedman, Andrea J. Sharma, Karen Castellanos-Brown +3 more
2016MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report92 citations Open access
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The limitations of transforming very high BMIs into z-scores among 8.7 million 2- to 4-year olds
D. S. Freedman, N. Butte, E. Taveras, A. Goodman +2 more
2017Jornal de Pediatria89 citations Open access
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Evaluation of Alternative Body Mass Index (BMI) Metrics to Monitor Weight Status in Children and Adolescents With Extremely High BMI Using CDC BMI-for-age Growth Charts.
C. Hales, D. S. Freedman, L. Akinbami, Wei Rong +1 more
2022Vital and health statistics. Ser. 1, Programs and collection procedures86 citations Open access
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Childhood overweight and family income.
D. S. Freedman, C. Ogden, K. Flegal, L. K. Khan +2 more
2007MedGenMed80 citations
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A method for calculating BMI z-scores and percentiles above the 95th percentile of the CDC growth charts
R. Wei, C. Ogden, V. Parsons, D. S. Freedman +1 more
2020Annals of Human Biology79 citations Open access
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Are the recent secular increases in the waist circumference of adults independent of changes in BMI?–
D. S. Freedman, E. Ford
2015American Journal of Clinical Nutrition71 citations Open access
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Validity of the WHO cutoffs for biologically implausible values of weight, height, and BMI in children and adolescents in NHANES from 1999 through 2012 1,,2
D. S. Freedman, Hannah G. Lawman, A. Skinner, L. McGuire +2 more
201560 citations
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Interrelationships between BMI, skinfold thicknesses, percent body fat, and cardiovascular disease risk factors among U.S. children and adolescents
D. S. Freedman, C. Ogden, B. Kit
2015BMC Pediatrics56 citations Open access
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Probability of 5% or Greater Weight Loss or BMI Reduction to Healthy Weight Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity
L. Kompaniyets, D. S. Freedman, Brook Belay, S. Pierce +3 more
2023JAMA Network Open51 citations Open access
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Tracking and variability in childhood levels of BMI: The Bogalusa Heart Study
D. S. Freedman, Hannah G. Lawman, D. Galuska, A. Goodman +1 more
2018Obesity50 citations Open access
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The abilities of body mass index and skinfold thicknesses to identify children with low or elevated levels of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-determined body fatness.
D. S. Freedman, C. Ogden, H. Blanck, L. Borrud +1 more
2013Jornal de Pediatria47 citations Open access
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