TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 31, Issue 10 (October 2007)
Pediatric Highlights
Candidate genes and growth curves for adiposity in African- and European-American youth
R H Podolsky, P Barbeau, H-S Kang, H Zhu, F A Treiber and H Snieder
Int J Obes 31: 1491-1499; advance online publication, July 10, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803673
Clinical efficacy of group-based treatment for childhood obesity compared with routinely given individual counseling
M P Kalavainen, M O Korppi and O M Nuutinen
Int J Obes 31: 1500-1508; advance online publication, April 17, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803628
Pubertal development in obese children and adolescents
C Denzer, A Weibel, R Muche, B Karges, W Sorgo and M Wabitsch
Int J Obes 31: 1509-1519; advance online publication, July 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803691
Predictors of maternal control of feeding at 1 and 2 years of age
J Blissett and C Farrow
Int J Obes 31: 1520-1526; advance online publication, June 19, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803661
Body mass index and its effects on retinal vessel diameter in 6-year-old children
B Taylor, E Rochtchina, J J Wang, T Y Wong, S Heikal, S M Saw and P Mitchell
Int J Obes 31: 1527-1533; advance online publication, July 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803674
Newborn size, infant and childhood growth, and body composition and cardiovascular disease risk factors at the age of 6 years: the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study
C V Joglekar, C H D Fall, V U Deshpande, N Joshi, A Bhalerao, V Solat, T M Deokar, S D Chougule, S D Leary, C Osmond and C S Yajnik
Int J Obes 31: 1534-1544; advance online publication, July 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803679
Associations of low-grade inflammation with physical activity, fitness and fatness in prepubertal children; the European Youth Heart Study
J R Ruiz, F B Ortega, J Warnberg and M Sjöström
Int J Obes 31: 1545-1551; advance online publication, July 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803693
Commentary
BMI, fat mass, abdominal adiposity and visceral fat: where is the 'beef'?
C Bouchard
Int J Obes 31: 1552-1553; advance online publication, June 5, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803653
Review
What is the quality of reporting in weight loss intervention studies? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
L Thabane, R Chu, K Cuddy and J Douketis
Int J Obes 31: 1554-1559; advance online publication, April 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803640
Original Articles
Randomized trial of weight-loss-diets for young adults varying in fish and fish oil content
I Thorsdottir, H Tomasson, I Gunnarsdottir, E Gisladottir, M Kiely, M D Parra, N M Bandarra, G Schaafsma and J A Martinéz
Int J Obes 31: 1560-1566; advance online publication, May 15, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803643
Long-term persistence with orlistat and sibutramine in a population-based cohort
R Padwal, A Kezouh, M Levine and M Etminan
Int J Obes 31: 1567-1570; advance online publication, April 10, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803631
Body mass index, physical activity and erectile dysfunction: An U-shaped relationship from population-based study
J Y W Cheng and E M L Ng
Int J Obes 31: 1571-1578; advance online publication, April 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803639
Prenatal androgen excess negatively impacts body fat distribution in a nonhuman primate model of polycystic ovary syndrome
C M Bruns, S T Baum, R J Colman, D A Dumesic, J R Eisner, M D Jensen, L D Whigham and D H Abbott
Int J Obes 31: 1579-1585; advance online publication, May 1, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803638
Overexpression of apolipoprotein CIII increases and CETP reverses diet-induced obesity in transgenic mice
A G Salerno, T R Silva, M E C Amaral, L C Alberici, M L Bonfleur, P R Patrício, E P M S Francesconi, D M Grassi-Kassisse, A E Vercesi, A C Boschero and H C F Oliveira
Int J Obes 31: 1586-1595; advance online publication, May 1, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803646
Skeletal muscle subsarcolemmal mitochondrial dysfunction in high-fat fed rats exhibiting impaired glucose homeostasis
L Lionetti, M P Mollica, R Crescenzo, E D'Andrea, M Ferraro, F Bianco, G Liverini and S Iossa
Int J Obes 31: 1596-1604; advance online publication, July 17, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803636
Human adipocytes induce an ERK1/2 MAP kinases-mediated upregulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) and an angiotensin II — sensitization in human adrenocortical cells
A W Krug, K Vleugels, S Schinner, V Lamounier-Zepter, C G Ziegler, S R Bornstein and M Ehrhart-Bornstein
Int J Obes 31: 1605-1616; advance online publication, April 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803642
Increased expression of the macrophage markers and of 11
-HSD-1 in subcutaneous adipose tissue, but not in cultured monocyte-derived macrophages, is associated with liver fat in human obesity
J Makkonen, J Westerbacka, M Kolak, J Sutinen, A Cornér, A Hamsten, R M Fisher and H Yki-Järvinen
Int J Obes 31: 1617-1625; advance online publication, April 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803635
Letters to the Editor
Exaggerated claim about adaptive thermogenesis
J P Flatt
Int J Obes 31: 1626; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803641
