TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 29, Issue 9 (September 2005)
Reviews
Health consequences of obesity in the elderly: a review of four unresolved questions
M Zamboni, G Mazzali, E Zoico, T B Harris, J B Meigs, V Di Francesco, F Fantin, L Bissoli and O Bosello
Int J Obes 29: 1011-1029; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803005
Complementary therapies for reducing body weight: a systematic review
M H Pittler and E Ernst
Int J Obes 29: 1030-1038; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803008
Papers
Mild-to-moderate obesity: implications for respiratory mechanics at rest and during exercise in young men
D S DeLorey, B L Wyrick and T G Babb
Int J Obes 29: 1039-1047; advance online publication, May 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803003
Polysomnography before and after weight loss in obese patients with severe sleep apnea
J B Dixon, L M Schachter and P E O'Brien
Int J Obes 29: 1048-1054; advance online publication, April 19, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802960
Weight history from birth through childhood and youth in relation to adult lung function, in Danish juvenile obese and non-obese men
J Bua, E Prescott, L Schack-Nielsen, L Petersen, N S Godtfredsen, T I A Sørensen and M Osler
Int J Obes 29: 1055-1062; advance online publication, May 10, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802998
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in habitual exercisers, lean sedentary men and abdominally obese sedentary men
G O'Donovan, A Owen, E M Kearney, D W Jones, A M Nevill, K Woolf-May and S R Bird
Int J Obes 29: 1063-1069; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803004
Physical activity patterns in nonobese and obese children assessed using minute-by-minute accelerometry
A Page, A R Cooper, E Stamatakis, L J Foster, E C Crowne, M Sabin and J P H Shield
Int J Obes 29: 1070-1076; advance online publication, May 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802993
Aerobic fitness, body mass index, and CVD risk factors among adolescents: the Québec family study
J C Eisenmann, P T Katzmarzyk, L Perusse, A Tremblay, J-P Després and C Bouchard
Int J Obes 29: 1077-1083; advance online publication, May 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802995
Early anthropometric measures and reproductive factors as predictors of body mass index and obesity among older women
P K Newby, P W Dickman, H-O Adami and A Wolk
Int J Obes 29: 1084-1092; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802996
Validity of self-reported height and weight in a Japanese workplace population
K Wada, K Tamakoshi, T Tsunekawa, R Otsuka, H Zhang, C Murata, N Nagasawa, K Matsushita, K Sugiura, H Yatsuya and H Toyoshima
Int J Obes 29: 1093-1099; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803012
Obesity management: attitudes and practices of French general practitioners in a region of France
Int J Obes 29: 1100-1106; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803016
Weight loss with meal replacement and meal replacement plus snacks: a randomized trial
W S C Poston, C K Haddock, M M Pinkston, P Pace, N D Karakoc, R S Reeves and J P Foreyt
Int J Obes 29: 1107-1114; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803007
Effect of weight loss using formula diet on renal function in obese patients with diabetic nephropathy
A Saiki, D Nagayama, M Ohhira, K Endoh, M Ohtsuka, N Koide, T Oyama, Y Miyashita and K Shirai
Int J Obes 29: 1115-1120; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803009
Coffee, tea and diabetes: the role of weight loss and caffeine
J A Greenberg, K V Axen, R Schnoll and C N Boozer
Int J Obes 29: 1121-1129; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802999
Ghrelin increases food intake in obese as well as lean subjects
M R Druce, A M Wren, A J Park, J E Milton, M Patterson, G Frost, M A Ghatei, C Small and S R Bloom
Int J Obes 29: 1130-1136; advance online publication, May 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803001
Effects of perceived peer isolation and social support availability on the relationship between body mass index and depressive symptoms
B Xie, C-P Chou, D Spruijt-Metz, C Liu, J Xia, J Gong, Y Li and C A Johnson
Int J Obes 29: 1137-1143; advance online publication, May 31, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803006
