TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 28, Issue 7 (July 2004)
Editorial
Insulin resistance syndrome in children and adolescents: clinical meaning and indication for action FREE
K S Steinbeck
Int J Obes 28: 829-832; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802723
Pediatric Highlights
Insulin resistance syndrome in a representative sample of children and adolescents from Quebec, Canada FREE
M Lambert, G Paradis, J O'Loughlin, E E Delvin, J A Hanley and E Levy
Int J Obes 28: 833-841; advance online publication, June 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802694
Association between stunting and overweight among 10–15-y-old children in the North West Province of South Africa: the THUSA BANA Study FREE
J Mukuddem-Petersen and H Salome Kruger
Int J Obes 28: 842-851; advance online publication, June 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802586
Overweight in children is associated with arterial endothelial dysfunction and intima-media thickening FREE
K S Woo, P Chook, C W Yu, R Y T Sung, M Qiao, S S F Leung, C W K Lam, C Metreweli and D S Celermajer
Int J Obes 28: 852-857; advance online publication, June 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802539
Role of parents in the determination of the food preferences of children and the development of obesity FREE
D Benton
Int J Obes 28: 858-869; advance online publication, June 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802532
Effects of a multidisciplinary weight loss intervention on anaerobic and aerobic aptitudes in severely obese adolescents FREE
H H Dao, M-L Frelut, G Peres, P Bourgeois and J Navarro
Int J Obes 28: 870-878; advance online publication, June 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802535
Papers
Resistance to the orexigenic effect of ghrelin in dietary-induced obesity in mice: reversal upon weight loss FREE
M Perreault, N Istrate, L Wang, A J Nichols, E Tozzo and A Stricker-Krongrad
Int J Obes 28: 879-885; advance online publication, April 27, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802640
Pre-obese and obese agouti mice are sensitive to the anorectic effects of peptide YY3–36 but resistant to ghrelin FREE
N M Martin, C J Small, A Sajedi, M Patterson, M A Ghatei and S R Bloom
Int J Obes 28: 886-893; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802646
Natural killer cell activity and sensitivity to positive and negative modulation in uncomplicated obese subjects: relationships to leptin and diet composition FREE
A Dovio, V Caramello, R G Masera, M L Sartori, L Saba, M Tinivella, P Prolo, A Termine, P Avagnina and A Angeli
Int J Obes 28: 894-901; advance online publication, April 27, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802639
Apolipoprotein B signal peptide polymorphism and plasma LDL-cholesterol response to low-calorie diet FREE
R Jemaa, A Mebazâa and F Fumeron
Int J Obes 28: 902-905; advance online publication, April 27, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802648
Relationship between sympathetic reactivity and body weight loss in morbidly obese subjects FREE
E Bobbioni-Harsch, O Bongard, F Habicht, D Weimer, H Bounameaux, O Huber, G Chassot, P Morel, F Assimacopoulos-Jeannet and A Golay
Int J Obes 28: 906-911; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802620
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements of fat and lean masses in subjects with eating disorders FREE
P Tothill and W James Hannan
Int J Obes 28: 912-919; advance online publication, April 20, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802536
Obese individuals as thiamin storers FREE
C Patrini, A Griziotti and L Ricciardi
Int J Obes 28: 920-924; advance online publication, April 20, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802638
Generalized abdominal visceral fat prediction models for black and white adults aged 17–65 y: the HERITAGE Family Study FREE
P R Stanforth, A S Jackson, J S Green, J Gagnon, T Rankinen, J-P Desprès, C Bouchard, A S Leon, D C Rao, J S Skinner and J H Wilmore
Int J Obes 28: 925-932; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802563
Short Communications
A Pavlovian approach to the problem of obesity FREE
T L Davidson and S E Swithers
Int J Obes 28: 933-935; advance online publication, April 27, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802660
