TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 27, Issue 8 (August 2003)
Reviews
Role of obesity and leptin in the pubertal process and pubertal growth—a review FREE
S Shalitin and M Phillip
Int J Obes 27: 869-874; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802328
Integrative physiology of human adipose tissue FREE
K N Frayn, F Karpe, B A Fielding, I A Macdonald and S W Coppack
Int J Obes 27: 875-888; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802326
Papers
Effect of BMI and age on adipose tissue cellularity and differentiation capacity in women FREE
V van Harmelen, T Skurk, K Röhrig, Y-M Lee, M Halbleib, I Aprath-Husmann and H Hauner
Int J Obes 27: 889-895; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802314
Adiponectin mRNA levels in the abdominal adipose depots of nondiabetic women FREE
W-S Yang, M-H Chen, W-J Lee, K-C Lee, C-L Chao, K-C Huang, C-L Chen, T-Y Tai and L-M Chuang
Int J Obes 27: 896-900; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802367
Plasma leptin is influenced by diet composition and exercise FREE
C Koutsari, F Karpe, S M Humphreys, K N Frayn and A E Hardman
Int J Obes 27: 901-906; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802322
Obesity is associated with impaired platelet-inhibitory effect of acetylsalicylic acid in nondiabetic subjects FREE
M Tamminen, R Lassila, J Westerbacka, S Vehkavaara and H Yki-Järvinen
Int J Obes 27: 907-911; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802312
Time course for changes in aerobic capacity and body composition in overweight men and women in response to long-term exercise: the Midwest Exercise Trial (MET) FREE
E P Kirk, D J Jacobsen, C Gibson, J O Hill and J E Donnelly
Int J Obes 27: 912-919; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802317
Relative influence of diet and physical activity on cardiovascular risk factors in urban Chinese adults FREE
M Yao, A H Lichtenstein, S B Roberts, G Ma, S Gao, K L Tucker and M A McCrory
Int J Obes 27: 920-932; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802308
Sociodemographic, behavioral, and reproductive factors associated with weight gain in Chinese women FREE
W Wen, Y-T Gao, X-O Shu, G Yang, H-L Li, F Jin and W Zheng
Int J Obes 27: 933-940; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802318
Intra-abdominal obesity and metabolic risk factors: a study of young adults FREE
F E von Eyben, E Mouritsen, J Holm, P Montvilas, G Dimcevski, G Suciu, I Helleberg, L Kristensen and R von Eyben
Int J Obes 27: 941-949; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802309
Impact of midlife weight change on mortality and quality of life in old age. Prospective cohort study FREE
T E Strandberg, A Strandberg, V V Salomaa, K Pitkälä and T A Miettinen
Int J Obes 27: 950-954; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802313
Weight maintenance and relapse in obesity: a qualitative study FREE
S Byrne, Z Cooper and C Fairburn
Int J Obes 27: 955-962; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802305
Trends and predictors of overweight and obesity in East German children FREE
C Frye and J Heinrich
Int J Obes 27: 963-969; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802321
Night eating syndrome: effects of brief relaxation training on stress, mood, hunger, and eating patterns FREE
L A Pawlow, P M O'Neil and R J Malcolm
Int J Obes 27: 970-978; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802320
Short Communications
Relation of body mass index, physical fitness, and the cardiovascular risk profile in 3127 young normal weight men with an apparently optimal lifestyle FREE
J R Ortlepp, J Metrikat, M Albrecht, P Maya-Pelzer, H Pongratz and R Hoffmann
Int J Obes 27: 979-982; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802319
