TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 30, Issue 4 (April 2006)
Pediatric Mini Reviews |
Pediatric Highlights |
Pediatric Short Communication |
Pediatric Highlights |
Original Articles
Pediatric Review
Interventions to prevent obesity in children and adolescents: a systematic literature review
C-E Flodmark, C Marcus and M Britton
Int J Obes 30: 579-589; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803290
Pediatric Mini Reviews
Body mass index in children and adolescents: considerations for population-based applications
A Must and S E Anderson
Int J Obes 30: 590-594; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803300
Diagnostic accuracy of the BMI for age in paediatrics
J J Reilly
Int J Obes 30: 595-597; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803301
Pediatric Highlights
Body fat reference curves for children
H D McCarthy, T J Cole, T Fry, S A Jebb and A M Prentice
Int J Obes 30: 598-602; advance online publication, February 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803232
Overweight and obesity prevalence in children based on 6- or 12-month IOTF cut-points: does interval size matter?
P J Kremer, A C Bell, A M Sanigorski and B A Swinburn
Int J Obes 30: 603-605; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803162
Pediatric Short Communication
IOTF thresholds for overweight and obesity and their relation to metabolic risk in children (EarlyBird 20)
L D Voss, B S Metcalf, A N Jeffery and T J Wilkin
Int J Obes 30: 606-609; advance online publication, November 29, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803187
Pediatric Highlights
Early determinants of overweight at 4.5 years in a population-based longitudinal study
L Dubois and M Girard
Int J Obes 30: 610-617; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803141
Development of overweight in an atherosclerosis prevention trial starting in early childhood. The STRIP study FREE
M Hakanen, H Lagström, T Kaitosaari, H Niinikoski, K Näntö-Salonen, E Jokinen, L Sillanmäki, J Viikari, T Rönnemaa and O Simell
Int J Obes 30: 618-626; advance online publication, January 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803249
Metabolic syndrome in obese Caucasian children: prevalence using WHO-derived criteria and association with nontraditional cardiovascular risk factors
C Invitti, C Maffeis, L Gilardini, B Pontiggia, G Mazzilli, A Girola, A Sartorio, F Morabito and G C Viberti
Int J Obes 30: 627-633; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803151
Depression in adolescent obesity: cultural moderators of the association between obesity and depressive symptoms
J Wardle, S Williamson, F Johnson and C Edwards
Int J Obes 30: 634-643; advance online publication, October 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803142
Original Articles
Body image and weight control in young adults: international comparisons in university students from 22 countries
J Wardle, A M Haase and A Steptoe
Int J Obes 30: 644-651; advance online publication, September 6, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803050
Exercise does not feel the same when you are overweight: the impact of self-selected and imposed intensity on affect and exertion
P Ekkekakis and E Lind
Int J Obes 30: 652-660; advance online publication, August 30, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803052
Validation of a brief, reliable scale to measure knowledge about the health risks associated with obesity
J A Swift, C Glazebrook and I Macdonald
Int J Obes 30: 661-668; advance online publication, November 8, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803165
Characteristics and prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among three ethnic groups in Canada
J Liu, A J G Hanley, T K Young, S B Harris and B Zinman
Int J Obes 30: 669-676; advance online publication, November 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803179
Obesity in Canada: where and how many?
A Vanasse, M Demers, A Hemiari and J Courteau
Int J Obes 30: 677-683; advance online publication, November 8, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803168
Ethnic differences in obesity among immigrants from developing countries, in Oslo, Norway
B N Kumar, H E Meyer, M Wandel, I Dalen and G Holmboe-Ottesen
Int J Obes 30: 684-690; advance online publication, August 30, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803051
Health Hunters–an intervention to prevent overweight and obesity in young high-risk women
G Eiben and L Lissner
Int J Obes 30: 691-696; advance online publication, November 8, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803167
A physical activity program to reinforce weight maintenance following a behavior program in overweight/obese subjects
N Villanova, F Pasqui, S Burzacchini, G Forlani, R Manini, A Suppini, N Melchionda and G Marchesini
Int J Obes 30: 697-703; advance online publication, November 29, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803185
Effects of peanut oil consumption on appetite and food choice
S S Iyer, L A Boateng, R L Sales, S B Coelho, P Lokko, J B R Monteiro, N M B Costa and R D Mattes
Int J Obes 30: 704-710; advance online publication, November 29, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803180
The 2nd–4th digit ratio (2D:4D) and neck circumference: implications for risk factors in coronary heart disease
B Fink, J T Manning and N Neave
Int J Obes 30: 711-714; advance online publication, November 1, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803154
Agouti-related protein promoter variant associated with leanness and decreased risk for diabetes in West Africans
C Bonilla, R K Panguluri, L Taliaferro-Smith, G Argyropoulos, G Chen, A A Adeyemo, A Amoah, S Owusu, J Acheampong, K Agyenim-Boateng, B A Eghan Jr, J Oli, G Okafor, F Abbiyesuku, T Johnson, T Rufus, O Fasanmade, Y Chen, F S Collins, G M Dunston, C Rotimi and R A Kittles
Int J Obes 30: 715-721; advance online publication, August 30, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803047
