Journal Title：Pediatric Obesity

Pediatric Obesity is a peer-reviewed, monthly journal devoted to research into obesity during childhood and adolescence. The topic is currently at the centre of intense interest in the scientific community, and is of increasing concern to health policy-makers and the public at large.

Pediatric Obesity has established itself as the leading journal for high quality papers in this field, including, but not limited to, the following:

Genetic, molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of obesity – basic, applied and clinical studies relating to mechanisms of the development of obesity throughout the life course and the consequent effects of obesity on health outcomes

Metabolic consequences of child and adolescent obesity

Epidemiological and population-based studies of child and adolescent overweight and obesity

Measurement and diagnostic issues in assessing child and adolescent adiposity, physical activity and nutrition

Clinical management of children and adolescents with obesity including studies of treatment and prevention

Co-morbidities linked to child and adolescent obesity – mechanisms, assessment, and treatment

Life-cycle factors eg familial, intrauterine and developmental aspects of child and adolescent obesity

Nutrition security and the "double burden" of obesity and malnutrition

Health promotion strategies around the issues of obesity, nutrition and physical activity in children and adolescents

Community and public health measures to prevent overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.

《兒童肥胖癥》是一份經(jīng)過同行評審的月刊，致力于研究兒童和青少年時期的肥胖癥。該主題目前是科學界關注的焦點，并日益受到衛(wèi)生政策制定者和廣大公眾的關注。

《兒童肥胖》已成為該領域高質(zhì)量論文的領先期刊，包括但不限于以下內(nèi)容：

肥胖的遺傳、分子、生化和生理方面——與整個生命過程中肥胖發(fā)展機制以及肥胖對健康結(jié)果的后續(xù)影響有關的基礎、應用和臨床研究

兒童和青少年肥胖的代謝后果

兒童和青少年超重和肥胖的流行病學和基于人群的研究

評估兒童和青少年肥胖、身體活動和營養(yǎng)的測量和診斷問題

肥胖兒童和青少年的臨床管理，包括治療和預防研究

與兒童和青少年肥胖相關的合并癥——機制、評估和治療

生命周期因素，例如兒童和青少年肥胖的家庭、宮內(nèi)和發(fā)育方面

營養(yǎng)安全以及肥胖和營養(yǎng)不良的“雙重負擔”

圍繞兒童和青少年肥胖、營養(yǎng)和身體活動問題的健康促進策略

預防兒童和青少年超重和肥胖的社區(qū)和公共衛(wèi)生措施。

Pediatric Obesity創(chuàng)刊于2005年，由Wiley-Blackwell for the International Association for the Study of Obesity出版商出版，收稿方向涵蓋PEDIATRICS全領域，此刊是中等級別的SCI期刊，所以過審相對來講不是特別難，但是該刊專業(yè)認可度不錯，仍然是一本值得選擇的SCI期刊 。平均審稿速度 較慢,6-12周 ，影響因子指數(shù)2.7，該期刊近期沒有被列入國際期刊預警名單，廣大學者值得一試。