TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 29, Issue 10 (October 2005)
Editorial
New advances in the genetics of early onset obesity FREE
I S Farooqi and S O'Rahilly
Int J Obes 29: 1149-1152; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803056
Reviews
Systematic review of long-term weight loss studies in obese adults: clinical significance and applicability to clinical practice
J D Douketis, C Macie, L Thabane and D F Williamson
Int J Obes 29: 1153-1167; advance online publication, July 5, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802982
Long-term weight loss after diet and exercise: a systematic review
C C Curioni and P M Lourenço
Int J Obes 29: 1168-1174; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803015
Direct metabolic regulation in skeletal muscle and fat tissue by leptin: implications for glucose and fatty acids homeostasis
R B Ceddia
Int J Obes 29: 1175-1183; advance online publication, July 19, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803025
Pediatric Highlights
Changes in adipocyte hormones and lipid oxidation associated with weight loss and regain in severely obese adolescents
S Lazzer, M Vermorel, C Montaurier, M Meyer and Y Boirie
Int J Obes 29: 1184-1191; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802977
Fetal, infant and childhood growth: relationships with body composition in Brazilian boys aged 9 years
J C K Wells, P C Hallal, A Wright, A Singhal and C G Victora
Int J Obes 29: 1192-1198; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803054
Childhood obesity and socioeconomic status: a novel role for height growth limitation
J E Cecil, P Watt, I S L Murrie, W Wrieden, D J Wallis, M M Hetherington, C Bolton-Smith and C N A Palmer
Int J Obes 29: 1199-1203; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803055
The interaction role of obesity and pubertal timing on the psychosocial adjustment of adolescent girls: longitudinal data
L Tremblay and J-Y Frigon
Int J Obes 29: 1204-1211; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803021
Physical activity, television viewing and body mass index: a cross-sectional analysis from childhood to adulthood in the 1958 British cohort
T J Parsons, C Power and O Manor
Int J Obes 29: 1212-1221; advance online publication, April 26, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802932
Anthropometric relationships between parents and children throughout childhood: the Fleurbaix–Laventie Ville Santé Study
B Heude, A Kettaneh, R Rakotovao, J L Bresson, J M Borys, P Ducimetière, M A Charles and and the Fleurbaix–Laventie Ville Santé Group
Int J Obes 29: 1222-1229; advance online publication, March 29, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802920
Papers
Circulating soluble leptin receptor, leptin, and insulin resistance before and after weight loss in obese children
T Reinehr, J Kratzsch, W Kiess and W Andler
Int J Obes 29: 1230-1235; advance online publication, July 5, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803027
Estrogen receptor 
-mediated adiposity-lowering and hypocholesterolemic actions of the selective estrogen receptor modulator acolbifene
C Lemieux, D Phaneuf, F Labrie, V Giguère, D Richard and Y Deshaies
Int J Obes 29: 1236-1244; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803014
Genetic variation in leptin receptor gene is associated with type 2 diabetes and body weight: The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study
T Salopuro, L Pulkkinen, J Lindström, J G Eriksson, T T Valle, H Hämäläinen, P Ilanne-Parikka, S Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, J Tuomilehto, M Laakso and M Uusitupa for the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Group
Int J Obes 29: 1245-1251; advance online publication, June 28, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803024
Weight, fat mass, and central distribution of fat increase when women use depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate for contraception
M K Clark, J S Dillon, M Sowers and S Nichols
Int J Obes 29: 1252-1258; advance online publication, June 28, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803023
Effects of aerobic exercise and obesity phenotype on abdominal fat reduction in response to weight loss
T Okura, Y Nakata, D J Lee, K Ohkawara and K Tanaka
Int J Obes 29: 1259-1266; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803013
Obesity and overweight in relation to organ-specific cancer mortality in London (UK): findings from the original Whitehall study
G D Batty, M J Shipley, R J Jarrett, E Breeze, M G Marmot and G Davey Smith
Int J Obes 29: 1267-1274; advance online publication, June 28, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803020
CRP reduction following gastric bypass surgery is most pronounced in insulin-sensitive subjects
C Holdstock, L Lind, B Eden Engstrom, M Ohrvall, M Sundbom, A Larsson and F A Karlsson
Int J Obes 29: 1275-1280; advance online publication, July 12, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803000
Associations between BMI, social strata and the estimated energy content of foods
J R Speakman, H Walker, L Walker and D M Jackson
Int J Obes 29: 1281-1288; advance online publication, July 19, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803018
Smoking status, cigarettes per day, and their relationship to overweight and obesity among former and current smokers in a national adult general population sample FREE
U John, M Hanke, H-J Rumpf and J R Thyrian
Int J Obes 29: 1289-1294; advance online publication, July 5, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803028
