Taru Manyanga

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

Nowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton, Bin Zhou et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 2K citations · Full text

Public Health, Child Health, Public Health Nutrition +16

Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries

Salomé Aubert, Joel D. Barnes, Chalchisa Abdeta et al. · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · 2018 · 821 citations · Full text

Public Health, Child Health, Human Development +17

Global Matrix 4.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Adolescents: Results and Analyses From 57 Countries

Salomé Aubert, Joel D. Barnes, Iryna Demchenko et al. · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · 2022 · 421 citations · Full text

Public Health, Child Health, Physical Education +15

The prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity and associated risk factors among school-going adolescents in seven African countries

Taru Manyanga, Hesham El-Sayed, David Teye Doku et al. · BMC Public Health · 2014 · 202 citations · Full text

Public Health, Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition +16

Cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong and consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality among adults: an overview of meta-analyses representing over 20.9 million observations from 199 unique cohort studies

Justin J. Lang, Stéphanie A. Prince, Katherine Merucci et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2024 · 173 citations · Full text

Education, Preventive Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology +9