TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 30, Issue 2 (February 2006)
Original Articles
Microsatellite polymorphism of the human leptin gene (LEP) and risk of cardiovascular disease
E Porreca, C Di Febbo, S Pintor, G Baccante, V Gatta, V Moretta, M Di Nisio, C Palka, F Cuccurullo and L Stuppia
Int J Obes 30: 209-213; advance online publication, November 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803150
2B-Adrenergic receptor deletion polymorphism and cardiac autonomic nervous system responses to exercise in obese women
L M Ueno, E S T Frazzatto, L T Batalha, I C Trombetta, M do Socorro Brasileiro, C Irigoyen, P C Brum, S M F Villares and C E Negrão
Int J Obes 30: 214-220; advance online publication, October 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803140
Screening for melanocortin-4 receptor mutations in a cohort of Belgian morbidly obese adults and children
S Beckers, I Mertens, A Peeters, L Van Gaal and W Van Hul
Int J Obes 30: 221-225; advance online publication, October 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803126
A polymorphism in the adiponectin gene influences adiponectin expression levels in visceral fat in obese subjects
J Fredriksson, E Carlsson, M Orho-Melander, L Groop and M Ridderstråle
Int J Obes 30: 226-232; advance online publication, October 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803138
Association of K121Q polymorphism in ENPP1 (PC-1) with BMI in Caucasian and African-American adults
N Matsuoka, A Patki, H K Tiwari, D B Allison, S B Johnson, P K Gregersen, R L Leibel and W K Chung
Int J Obes 30: 233-237; advance online publication, October 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803132
Promoter polymorphism in the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene is associated with obesity FREE
S Sakaue, S Ishimaru, N Hizawa, Y Ohtsuka, I Tsujino, T Honda, J Suzuki, Y Kawakami, J Nishihira and M Nishimura
Int J Obes 30: 238-242; advance online publication, October 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803148
Genetic and environmental influences on body fat and blood pressure in African-American adult twins
T L Nelson, D T Brandon, S A Wiggins and K E Whitfield
Int J Obes 30: 243-250; advance online publication, September 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803121
Lipids, lipoproteins, lifestyle, adiposity and fat-free mass during middle age: the Fels Longitudinal Study
C M Schubert, N L Rogers, K E Remsberg, S S Sun, W C Chumlea, E W Demerath, S A Czerwinski, B Towne and R M Siervogel
Int J Obes 30: 251-260; advance online publication, October 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803129
A comparative evaluation of two different approaches to estimating age at adiposity rebound
A Kroke, S Hahn, A E Buyken and A D Liese
Int J Obes 30: 261-266; advance online publication, October 18, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803143
Health-related quality of life among children and adolescents: associations with obesity
O Pinhas-Hamiel, S Singer, N Pilpel, A Fradkin, D Modan and B Reichman
Int J Obes 30: 267-272; advance online publication, October 4, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803107
Microalbuminuria in pediatric obesity: prevalence and relation to other cardiovascular risk factors
T S Burgert, J Dziura, C Yeckel, S E Taksali, R Weiss, W Tamborlane and S Caprio
Int J Obes 30: 273-280; advance online publication, October 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803136
Weight and place: a multilevel cross-sectional survey of area-level social disadvantage and overweight/obesity in Australia
T King, A M Kavanagh, D Jolley, G Turrell and D Crawford
Int J Obes 30: 281-287; advance online publication, December 6, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803176
The importance of acclimatisation and habituation to experimental conditions when investigating the anorectic effects of gastrointestinal hormones in the rat
C R Abbott, C J Small, A Sajedi, K L Smith, J R C Parkinson, L L Broadhead, M A Ghatei and S R Bloom
Int J Obes 30: 288-292; advance online publication, October 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803137
Subcutaneous administration of ghrelin stimulates energy intake in healthy lean human volunteers
M R Druce, N M Neary, C J Small, J Milton, M Monteiro, M Patterson, M A Ghatei and S R Bloom
Int J Obes 30: 293-296; advance online publication, October 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803158
Resistin concentrations before and after weight loss in obese children
T Reinehr, C L Roth, T Menke and W Andler
Int J Obes 30: 297-301; advance online publication, September 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803116
PPAR
activity in subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue and fat mass gain during short-term overfeeding
A M C P Joosen, A H F Bakker, A H G Zorenc, S Kersten, P Schrauwen and K R Westerterp
Int J Obes 30: 302-307; advance online publication, October 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803146
Relationship between body composition and skeletal muscle eNOS
R C Hickner, G Kemeny, H W Stallings III, S M Manning and K L McIver
Int J Obes 30: 308-312; advance online publication, October 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803134
Neural representations of hunger and satiety in Prader–Willi syndrome
E C Hinton, A J Holland, M S N Gellatly, S Soni, M Patterson, M A Ghatei and A M Owen
Int J Obes 30: 313-321; advance online publication, November 8, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803128
Behavioral and physiological regulation of body fatness: a cross-sectional study in elderly men
V Rimbert, C Montaurier, M Bedu, Y Boirie and B Morio
Int J Obes 30: 322-330; advance online publication, October 4, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803113
A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding trial of a long-acting formulation of octreotide in promoting weight loss in obese adults with insulin hypersecretion
R H Lustig, F Greenway, P Velasquez-Mieyer, D Heimburger, D Schumacher, D Smith, W Smith, N Soler, G Warsi, W Berg, J Maloney, J Benedetto, W Zhu and J Hohneker
Int J Obes 30: 331-341; advance online publication, September 13, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803074
Long-term effects of popular dietary approaches on weight loss and features of insulin resistance
K A McAuley, K J Smith, R W Taylor, R T McLay, S M Williams and J I Mann
Int J Obes 30: 342-349; advance online publication, September 13, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803075
Adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern and weight gain in a follow-up study: the SUN cohort
A Sánchez-Villegas, M Bes-Rastrollo, M A Martínez-González and L Serra-Majem
Int J Obes 30: 350-358; advance online publication, October 11, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803118
Betel nut chewing and other risk factors associated with obesity among Taiwanese male adults
W-C Chang, C-F Hsiao, H-Y Chang, T-Y Lan, C-A Hsiung, Y-T Shih and T-Y Tai
Int J Obes 30: 359-363; advance online publication, August 23, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803053
The role of waist circumference in predicting disability in periretirement age adults
S B Angleman, T B Harris and D Melzer
Int J Obes 30: 364-373; advance online publication, October 18, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803130
Body mass index of healthy men compared with healthy women in the United States
K M Flegal
Int J Obes 30: 374-379; advance online publication, September 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803117
Trends in resting pulse rate among students attending Glasgow University between 1948 and 1968: analyses of cross sectional surveys
G Davey Smith, B Galobardes, M Jeffreys and P McCarron
Int J Obes 30: 380-381; advance online publication, October 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803139
Short Communications
Circulating adiponectin levels, body composition and obesity-related variables in Prader–Willi syndrome: comparison with obese subjects
L Kennedy, D C Bittel, N Kibiryeva, S P Kalra, R Torto and M G Butler
Int J Obes 30: 382-387; advance online publication, October 4, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803115
