TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 30, Issue 7 (July 2006)

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Pediatric Editorial

Have we been barking up the wrong tree: can a good night's sleep make us slimmer?

A Astrup

Int J Obes 30: 1025-1026; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803289

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Pediatric Reviews

Efficacy of exercise for treating overweight in children and adolescents: a systematic review

E Atlantis, E H Barnes and M A Fiatarone Singh

Int J Obes 30: 1027-1040; advance online publication, March 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803286

Endothelial dysfunction and arterial abnormalities in childhood obesity

M R Skilton and D S Celermajer

Int J Obes 30: 1041-1049; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803397

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Rediatric Debates

Variation in physical activity lies with the child, not his environment: evidence for an 'activitystat' in young children (EarlyBird 16)

T J Wilkin, K M Mallam, B S Metcalf, A N Jeffery and L D Voss

Int J Obes 30: 1050-1055; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803331

The gender insulin hypothesis: why girls are born lighter than boys, and the implications for insulin resistance

T J Wilkin and M J Murphy

Int J Obes 30: 1056-1061; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803317

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Pediatric Highlights

Influence of extracurricular sport activities on body composition and physical fitness in boys: a 3-year longitudinal study

I Ara, G Vicente-Rodriguez, J Perez-Gomez, J Jimenez-Ramirez, J A Serrano-Sanchez, C Dorado and J A L Calbet

Int J Obes 30: 1062-1071; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803303

The influence of habitual protein intake in early childhood on BMI and age at adiposity rebound: results from the DONALD Study

A L B Günther, A E Buyken and A Kroke

Int J Obes 30: 1072-1079; advance online publication, March 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803288

Relationship between short sleeping hours and childhood overweight/obesity: results from the 'Québec en Forme' Project

J-P Chaput, M Brunet and A Tremblay

Int J Obes 30: 1080-1085; advance online publication, March 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803291

Obesity in Korean pre-adolescent school children: comparison of various anthropometric measurements based on bioelectrical impedance analysis

S Yoo, S-Y Lee, K-N Kim and E Sung

Int J Obes 30: 1086-1090; advance online publication, March 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803327

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Pediatric Short Communications

Soft drink consumption and excess weight gain in Australian school students: results from the Nepean study

C S Tam, S P Garnett, C T Cowell, K Campbell, G Cabrera and L A Baur

Int J Obes 30: 1091-1093; advance online publication, March 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803328

Is infant growth changing?

A R Tate, C Dezateux and T J Cole

Int J Obes 30: 1094-1096; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803310

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Original Articles

Increase in serum resistin during weight loss in overweight subjects is related to lipid metabolism

C Koebnick, K Wagner, A L Garcia, S Gruendel, P H Lahmann, M O Weickert, M Möhlig, I A Harsch, C Einig, M Speth, N Katz, U Trippo and H J F Zunft

Int J Obes 30: 1097-1103; advance online publication, February 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803242

Resting energy expenditure and fuel metabolism following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in severely obese women: relationships with excess weight lost

F Galtier, A Farret, R Verdier, E Barbotte, D Nocca, J-M Fabre, J Bringer and E Renard

Int J Obes 30: 1104-1110; advance online publication, February 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803247

Asthma and body weight change: a 20-year prospective community study of young adults

G Hasler, P J Gergen, V Ajdacic, A Gamma, D Eich, W Rössler and J Angst

Int J Obes 30: 1111-1118; advance online publication, February 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803215

Intra-abdominal adipose tissue deposition and parity

T E Blaudeau, G R Hunter and B Sirikul

Int J Obes 30: 1119-1124; advance online publication, February 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803252

Prediction of fat-free mass by bioimpedance analysis in migrant Asian Indian men and women: a cross validation study

E C Rush, V Chandu and L D Plank

Int J Obes 30: 1125-1131; advance online publication, January 24, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803230

Complexity of attrition in the treatment of obesity: clues from a structured telephone interview

E Grossi, R Dalle Grave, E Mannucci, E Molinari, A Compare, M Cuzzolaro and G Marchesini

Int J Obes 30: 1132-1137; advance online publication, January 24, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803244

Atomoxetine for weight reduction in obese women: a preliminary randomised controlled trial

K M Gadde, G M Yonish, H R Wagner II, M S Foust and D B Allison

Int J Obes 30: 1138-1142; advance online publication, January 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803223

Simmondsin for weight loss in rats

C N Boozer and A J Herron

Int J Obes 30: 1143-1148; advance online publication, February 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803251

Combined effects of oral oleoyl-estrone and limited food intake on body composition of young overweight male rats

M M Romero, M Esteve and M Alemany

Int J Obes 30: 1149-1156; advance online publication, January 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803224

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Short Communications

Fat-specific transgenic expression of resistin in the spontaneously hypertensive rat impairs fatty acid re-esterification

M Pravenec, L Kazdová, M Cahová, V Landa, V Zídek, P Mlejnek, M s caronimáková, J Wang, N Qi and T W Kurtz

Int J Obes 30: 1157-1159; advance online publication, January 24, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803237

Variability of appetite control mechanisms in response to 9 weeks of progressive overfeeding in humans

S A Jebb, M Siervo, G Frühbeck, G R Goldberg, P R Murgatroyd and A M Prentice

Int J Obes 30: 1160-1162; advance online publication, February 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803194

Japanese men have larger areas of visceral adipose tissue than Caucasian men in the same levels of waist circumference in a population-based study

T Kadowaki, A Sekikawa, K Murata, H Maegawa, T Takamiya, T Okamura, A El-Saed, N Miyamatsu, D Edmundowicz, Y Kita, K Sutton-Tyrrell, L H Kuller and H Ueshima

Int J Obes 30: 1163-1165; advance online publication, January 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803248

Total fat, fat distribution and blood pressure according to eating frequency in children living in southern Italy: the ARCA project

G Barba, E Troiano, P Russo and A Siani

Int J Obes 30: 1166-1169; advance online publication, February 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803257

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Corrigendum

Comparison of body fatness measurements by BMI and skinfolds vs dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and their relation to cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents FREE

J Steinberger, D R Jacobs Jr, S Raatz, A Moran, C-P Hong and A R Sinaiko

Int J Obes 30: 1170; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803362

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