TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 30, Issue 8 (August 2006)
Editorial
Excess deaths associated with obesity: cause and effect
K M Flegal
Int J Obes 30: 1171-1172; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803313
Debate
BMI: a poor surrogate for diet and exercise in assessing risk of death
D K Cundiff
Int J Obes 30: 1173-1175; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803236
Original Articles
Cellular adhesion molecules and their relationship with measures of obesity and metabolic syndrome in a multiethnic population
M A Miller and F P Cappuccio
Int J Obes 30: 1176-1182; advance online publication, March 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803264
Influence of lipoprotein lipase gene Ser447Stop and 
1-adrenergic receptor gene Arg389Gly polymorphisms and their interaction on obesity from childhood to adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study
S Li, W Chen, S R Srinivasan, E Boerwinkle and G S Berenson
Int J Obes 30: 1183-1188; advance online publication, March 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803281
Effects of obesity phenotype on fat metabolism in obese men during endurance exercise
S Numao, Y Hayashi, Y Katayama, T Matsuo, T Tomita, K Ohkawara, Y Nakata and K Tanaka
Int J Obes 30: 1189-1196; advance online publication, March 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803282
Effect of short-term folic acid supplementation on insulin sensitivity and inflammatory markers in overweight subjects
A Solini, E Santini and E Ferrannini
Int J Obes 30: 1197-1202; advance online publication, February 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803265
Influences of fat restriction and lipase inhibition on gastric emptying in obesity
E M H Mathus-Vliegen, M L van Ierland-van Leeuwen and R J Bennink
Int J Obes 30: 1203-1210; advance online publication, February 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803255
Addition of aerobic exercise to dietary weight loss preferentially reduces abdominal adipocyte size
T You, K M Murphy, M F Lyles, J L Demons, L Lenchik and B J Nicklas
Int J Obes 30: 1211-1216; advance online publication, January 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803245
Acute and 1-month effect of small-volume suction lipectomy on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk
D A Davis, D M Pellowski, D A Davis and W T Donahoo
Int J Obes 30: 1217-1222; advance online publication, March 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803120
Separate and combined influence of body mass index and waist circumference on arthritis and knee osteoarthritis
I Janssen and A E Mark
Int J Obes 30: 1223-1228; advance online publication, March 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803287
Weight gained in two years by a population of mid-aged women: how much is too much?
L T Williams, A F Young and W J Brown
Int J Obes 30: 1229-1233; advance online publication, February 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803262
Identification of women at risk of adverse weight development following pregnancy
Y Linné and M Neovius
Int J Obes 30: 1234-1239; advance online publication, February 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803258
An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women
K Ball and D Crawford
Int J Obes 30: 1240-1249; advance online publication, February 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803267
The relationship of excess body weight and health-related quality of life: evidence from a population study in Taiwan
I-C Huang, C Frangakis and A W Wu
Int J Obes 30: 1250-1259; advance online publication, March 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803250
Relationship between sex of parent and child on weight loss and maintenance in a family-based obesity treatment program
J L Temple, B H Wrotniak, R A Paluch, J N Roemmich and L H Epstein
Int J Obes 30: 1260-1264; advance online publication, February 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803256
Tracking of overweight from early childhood to adolescence in cohorts born 1988 and 1994: overweight in a high birth weight population
E Johannsson, S A Arngrimsson, I Thorsdottir and T Sveinsson
Int J Obes 30: 1265-1271; advance online publication, February 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803253
Family food environment and dietary behaviors likely to promote fatness in 5–6 year-old children
K J Campbell, D A Crawford and K Ball
Int J Obes 30: 1272-1280; advance online publication, February 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803266
Duration of breastfeeding and risk of overweight in childhood: a prospective birth cohort study from Germany
M Weyermann, D Rothenbacher and H Brenner
Int J Obes 30: 1281-1287; advance online publication, February 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803260
Evalution of the castrated male Sprague–Dawley rat as a model of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes
B Christoffersen, K Raun, O Svendsen, C Fledelius and V Golozoubova
Int J Obes 30: 1288-1297; advance online publication, February 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803261
Alleviation of hepatic steatosis accompanied by modulation of plasma and liver TNF-
levels by Trigonella foenum graecum (fenugreek) seeds in Zucker obese (fa/fa) rats
J Raju and R P Bird
Int J Obes 30: 1298-1307; advance online publication, February 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803254
Among inflammation and coagulation markers, PAI-1 is a true component of the metabolic syndrome
I Mertens, A Verrijken, J J Michiels, M Van der Planken, J B Ruige and L F Van Gaal
Int J Obes 30: 1308-1314; advance online publication, January 3, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803189
Short Communication
Bruising associated with sibutramine: results from postmarketing surveillance in New Zealand
M Harrison-Woolrych, G R Hill and D W J Clark
Int J Obes 30: 1315-1317; advance online publication, February 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803268
Letters to the Editor
C-reactive protein and metabolic syndrome
E Oda
Int J Obes 30: 1318; advance online publication, May 30, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803407
