TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 27, Issue 9 (September 2003)
Review
Family involvement in weight control, weight maintenance and weight-loss interventions: a systematic review of randomised trials FREE
N McLean, S Griffin, K Toney and W Hardeman
Int J Obes 27: 987-1005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802383
Papers
Ventromedial hypothalamus lesions induce jejunal epithelial cell hyperplasia through an increase in gene expression of cyclooxygenase FREE
H Kageyama, A Kageyama, Y Endo, T Osaka, K Nemoto, T Hirano, Y Namba, S Shioda and S Inoue
Int J Obes 27: 1006-1013; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802325
Accelerated intramyocellular triglyceride synthesis in skeletal muscle of high-fat-induced obese rats FREE
Z K Guo and M D Jensen
Int J Obes 27: 1014-1019; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802380
Association of polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor 
gene with body fat distribution FREE
T Okura, M Koda, F Ando, N Niino, S Ohta and H Shimokata
Int J Obes 27: 1020-1027; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802378
Difficulty in losing weight by behavioral intervention for women with Trp64Arg polymorphism of the 
3-adrenergic receptor gene FREE
K Shiwaku, A Nogi, E Anuurad, K Kitajima, B Enkhmaa, K Shimono and Y Yamane
Int J Obes 27: 1028-1036; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802375
Acylation stimulating protein stimulates insulin secretion FREE
B Ahrén, P J Havel, G Pacini and K Cianflone
Int J Obes 27: 1037-1043; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802369
Effects of hormone replacement therapy on weight, abdominal fat distribution, and lipid levels in Japanese postmenopausal women FREE
H Sumino, S Ichikawa, A Yoshida, M Murakami, T Kanda, H Mizunuma, T Sakamaki and M Kurabayashi
Int J Obes 27: 1044-1051; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802371
Cadaver-assessed validity of anthropometric indicators of adipose tissue distribution FREE
A D Martin, M Daniel, J P Clarys and M J Marfell-Jones
Int J Obes 27: 1052-1058; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802382
Long-term body weight variability is associated with elevated C-reactive protein independent of current body mass index among Japanese men FREE
K Tamakoshi, H Yatsuya, T Kondo, M Ishikawa, H Zhang, C Murata, R Otsuka, T Mabuchi, Y Hori, S Zhu, T Yoshida and H Toyoshima
Int J Obes 27: 1059-1065; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802386
Adiponectin levels do not change with moderate dietary induced weight loss and exercise in obese postmenopausal women FREE
A S Ryan, B J Nicklas, D M Berman and D Elahi
Int J Obes 27: 1066-1071; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802387
Health-related quality of life in obese outpatients losing weight with very-low-energy diet and behaviour modification: a 2-y follow-up study FREE
J Kaukua, T Pekkarinen, T Sane and P Mustajoki
Int J Obes 27: 1072-1080; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802366
Child to adult socioeconomic conditions and obesity in a national cohort FREE
C Power, O Manor and S Matthews
Int J Obes 27: 1081-1086; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802323
Predictors to success in outpatient training in obese children and adolescents FREE
T Reinehr, K Brylak, U Alexy, M Kersting and W Andler
Int J Obes 27: 1087-1092; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802368
Physical activity and inactivity in Chinese school-aged youth: the China Health and Nutrition Survey FREE
C Tudor-Locke, B E Ainsworth, L S Adair, S Du and B M Popkin
Int J Obes 27: 1093-1099; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802377
Is the Canadian childhood obesity epidemic related to physical inactivity? FREE
M S Tremblay and J D Willms
Int J Obes 27: 1100-1105; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802376
Dairy food consumption and body weight and fatness studied longitudinally over the adolescent period FREE
S M Phillips, L G Bandini, H Cyr, S Colclough-Douglas, E Naumova and A Must
Int J Obes 27: 1106-1113; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802370
Anthropometry and body composition in ethnic Japanese and Caucasian adolescent girls: considerations on ethnicity and menarche FREE
M A Sampei, N F Novo, Y Juliano, F A B Colugnati and D M Sigulem
Int J Obes 27: 1114-1120; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802374
Screening for childhood obesity: international vs population-specific definitions. Which is more appropriate? FREE
W P C Fu, H C Lee, C J Ng, Y-K D Tay, C Y Kau, C J Seow, J K Siak and C Y Hong
Int J Obes 27: 1121-1126; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802385
A programme of behaviour modification and nutrition counselling in the treatment of obesity: a randomised 2-y clinical trial FREE
I Melin, B Karlström, R Lappalainen, L Berglund, R Mohsen and B Vessby
Int J Obes 27: 1127-1135; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802372
Short Communication
Increasing levels of excess weight among children in England FREE
T J Lobstein, W P T James and T J Cole
Int J Obes 27: 1136-1138; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802324
