TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 31, Issue 1 (January 2007)
Original Articles
Cardiovascular risk factors and anthropometric measurements of adolescent body composition: a cross-sectional analysis of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
J Liu, T J Wade and H Tan
Int J Obes 31: 59-64; advance online publication, April 25, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803347
Musculoskeletal findings in obese subjects before and after weight loss following bariatric surgery
M M Hooper, T A Stellato, P T Hallowell, B A Seitz and R W Moskowitz
Int J Obes 31: 114-120; advance online publication, April 25, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803349
Differential association of C-reactive protein with adiposity in men and women in an Aboriginal community in northeast Arnhem Land of Australia
T Shemesh, K G Rowley, A Jenkins, J Brimblecombe, J D Best and K O'Dea
Int J Obes 31: 103-108; advance online publication, May 9, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803350
Body fat loss achieved by stimulation of thermogenesis by a combination of bioactive food ingredients: a placebo-controlled, double-blind 8-week intervention in obese subjects
A Belza, E Frandsen and J Kondrup
Int J Obes 31: 121-130; advance online publication, April 25, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803351
Energy expenditure of genuine laughter
M S Buchowski, K M Majchrzak, K Blomquist, K Y Chen, D W Byrne and J-A Bachorowski
Int J Obes 31: 131-137; advance online publication, May 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803353
Is China facing an obesity epidemic and the consequences? The trends in obesity and chronic disease in China
Y Wang, J Mi, X-y Shan, Q J Wang and K-y Ge
Int J Obes 31: 177-188; advance online publication, May 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803354
The G1057D polymorphism of IRS-2 gene and its relationship with obesity in conferring susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in Asian Indians
D Bodhini, V Radha, R Deepa, S Ghosh, P P Majumder, M R S Rao and V Mohan
Int J Obes 31: 97-102; advance online publication, April 25, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803356
Sitting time and socio-economic differences in overweight and obesity
K I Proper, E Cerin, W J Brown and N Owen
Int J Obes 31: 169-176; advance online publication, April 25, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803357
Viral mRNA expression but not DNA replication is required for lipogenic effect of human adenovirus Ad-36 in preadipocytes
M Rathod, S D Vangipuram, B Krishnan, A R Heydari, T C Holland and N V Dhurandhar
Int J Obes 31: 78-86; advance online publication, May 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803358
Regional differences in abdominal fat loss
J A Kanaley, I Giannopoulou and L L Ploutz-Snyder
Int J Obes 31: 147-152; advance online publication, April 25, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803359
Reducing weight increases postural stability in obese and morbid obese men
N Teasdale, O Hue, J Marcotte, F Berrigan, M Simoneau, J Doré, P Marceau, S Marceau and A Tremblay
Int J Obes 31: 153-160; advance online publication, May 9, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803360
Does physical activity equally predict gain in fat mass among obese and nonobese young adults?
U Ekelund, S Särnblad, S Brage, J Ryberg, N J Wareham and J Åman
Int J Obes 31: 65-71; advance online publication, May 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803361
The effect of sibutramine-assisted weight loss in men with obstructive sleep apnoea
B J Yee, C L Phillips, D Banerjee, I Caterson, J A Hedner and R R Grunstein
Int J Obes 31: 161-168; advance online publication, May 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803363
Altered insulin-mediated and insulin-like growth factor-1-mediated vasorelaxation in aortas of obese Zucker rats
A-L Yang, J-I Chao and S-D Lee
Int J Obes 31: 72-77; advance online publication, May 9, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803364
The relationship between body mass index and health-related quality of life: comparing the EQ-5D, EuroQol VAS and SF-6D
T H Sach, G R Barton, M Doherty, K R Muir, C Jenkinson and A J Avery
Int J Obes 31: 189-196; advance online publication, May 9, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803365
Adipogenic human adenovirus-36 reduces leptin expression and secretion and increases glucose uptake by fat cells
S D Vangipuram, M Yu, J Tian, K L Stanhope, M Pasarica, P J Havel, A R Heydari and N V Dhurandhar
Int J Obes 31: 87-96; advance online publication, May 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803366
Efficacy and safety of topiramate in combination with metformin in the treatment of obese subjects with type 2 diabetes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
H Toplak, A Hamann, R Moore, E Masson, M Gorska, F Vercruysse, X Sun and M Fitchet
Int J Obes 31: 138-146; advance online publication, May 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803382
Relationships between glycaemic abnormalities, obesity and insulin resistance in nondiabetic Polynesians of New Caledonia
R Defay, I Jaussent, A Lacroux and A Fontbonne
Int J Obes 31: 109-113; advance online publication, May 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803384
Short Communication
Association between indices of body mass and antibody titres to heat-shock protein-60, -65 and -70 in healthy Caucasians
M Ghayour-Mobarhan, A Taylor, D J Lamb and G A A Ferns
Int J Obes 31: 197-200; advance online publication, May 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803385
Pediatric Highlights
Quality of life in a clinical sample of obese children
A R Hughes, K Farewell, D Harris and J J Reilly
Int J Obes 31: 39-44; advance online publication, May 30, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803410
Comparison of ultrasonographic and anthropometric methods to assess body fat in childhood obesity
S Semiz, E özgören and N Sabir
Int J Obes 31: 53-58; advance online publication, June 20, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803414
Assessing social differences in overweight among 15- to 16-year-old ethnic Norwegians from Oslo by register data and adolescent self-reported measures of socio-economic status
N Lien, B N Kumar, G Holmboe-Ottesen, K-I Klepp and M Wandel
Int J Obes 31: 30-38; advance online publication, June 20, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803415
Body mass index has risen more steeply in tall than in short 3-year olds: serial cross-sectional surveys 1988–2003
I E Buchan, P E Bundred, D J Kitchiner and T J Cole
Int J Obes 31: 23-29; advance online publication, August 1, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803435
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Zhejiang Chinese obese children and adolescents and the effect of metformin combined with lifestyle intervention
J-F Fu, L Liang, C-C Zou, F Hong, C-L Wang, X-M Wang and Z-Y Zhao
Int J Obes 31: 15-22; advance online publication, September 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803453
Dietary intake, physical activity and TV viewing as mediators of the association of socioeconomic status with body composition: a cross-sectional analysis of Australian youth
J Dollman, K Ridley, A Magarey, M Martin and E Hemphill
Int J Obes 31: 45-52; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803524
