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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
New England Journal of Medicine, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1056/nejmsa1208051 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Krista Casazza, Kevin R Fontaine, Arne Astrup, Leann L Birch, Andrew W Brown, Michelle M Bohan Brown, Nefertiti Durant, Gareth Dutton, E Michael Foster, Steven B Heymsfield, Kerry McIver, Tapan Mehta, Nir Menachemi, P K Newby, Russell Pate, Barbara J Rolls, Bisakha Sen, Daniel L Smith, Diana M Thomas, David B Allison |
| Abstract |
Many beliefs about obesity persist in the absence of supporting scientific evidence (presumptions); some persist despite contradicting evidence (myths). The promulgation of unsupported beliefs may yield poorly informed policy decisions, inaccurate clinical and public health recommendations, and an unproductive allocation of research resources and may divert attention away from useful, evidence-based information. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 882 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 212 | 24% |
| United Kingdom | 87 | 10% |
| Canada | 37 | 4% |
| Australia | 34 | 4% |
| Spain | 29 | 3% |
| Mexico | 16 | 2% |
| Norway | 15 | 2% |
| France | 13 | 1% |
| Brazil | 11 | 1% |
| Other | 137 | 16% |
| Unknown | 291 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 563 | 64% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 174 | 20% |
| Scientists | 120 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 24 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,336 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 2% |
| Brazil | 10 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | <1% |
| Spain | 7 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 5 | <1% |
| Italy | 5 | <1% |
| Canada | 4 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Japan | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 21 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1238 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 221 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 157 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 143 | 11% |
| Other | 138 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 123 | 9% |
| Other | 392 | 29% |
| Unknown | 162 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 482 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 158 | 12% |
| Psychology | 103 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 98 | 7% |
| Sports and Recreations | 71 | 5% |
| Other | 209 | 16% |
| Unknown | 215 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2079. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2024.
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#4,373
of 25,744,802 outputs
Outputs from New England Journal of Medicine
#256
of 32,662 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13
of 292,782 outputs
Outputs of similar age from New England Journal of Medicine
#2
of 308 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,744,802 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 32,662 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 122.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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