TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 31, Issue 2 (February 2007)
Review |
Original Articles |
Short Communications |
Letters to the Editor |
Corrigendum
Editor's Note
Editor's Note
R L Atkinson and I Macdonald
Int J Obes 31: 201; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803538
Suppressed thermogenesis as a cause for resistance to slimming and obesity rebound: adaptation or illusion?
A G Dulloo
Int J Obes 31: 201-203; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803537
Review
Clinical significance of adaptive thermogenesis
G C Major, E Doucet, P Trayhurn, A Astrup and A Tremblay
Int J Obes 31: 204-212; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803523
Original Articles
Adiponectin, insulin resistance and clinical expression of the metabolic syndrome in patients with Type 2 diabetes
O A Mojiminiyi, N A Abdella, M Al Arouj and A Ben Nakhi
Int J Obes 31: 213-220; advance online publication, June 6, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803355
Increased serum interleukin-18 concentration is associated with hypoadiponectinemia in obesity, independently of insulin resistance
M Straczkowski, I Kowalska, A Nikolajuk, E Otziomek, A Adamska, M Karolczuk-Zarachowicz and M Gorska
Int J Obes 31: 221-225; advance online publication, June 13, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803421
Prevalence of somatic small fiber neuropathy in obesity
R M Herman, J B Brower, D G Stoddard, A R Casano, J H Targovnik, J H Herman and P Tearse
Int J Obes 31: 226-235; advance online publication, June 13, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803418
Perinatal and childhood origins of cardiovascular disease
R C Huang, V Burke, J P Newnham, F J Stanley, G E Kendall, L I Landau, W H Oddy, K V Blake, L J Palmer and L J Beilin
Int J Obes 31: 236-244; advance online publication, May 23, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803394
Successful weight maintenance preserves lower levels of oxidized LDL achieved by weight reduction in obese men
M S Linna, P Borg, K Kukkonen-Harjula, M Fogelholm, A Nenonen, M Ahotupa and T J Vasankari
Int J Obes 31: 245-253; advance online publication, June 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803413
Association between sleeping hours, working hours and obesity in Hong Kong Chinese: the 'better health for better Hong Kong' health promotion campaign
G T C Ko, J C N Chan, A W Y Chan, P T S Wong, S S C Hui, S D Y Tong, S-M Ng, F Chow and C L W Chan on behalf of the BHBHK Research Committee, the Health InfoWorld of Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR, China
Int J Obes 31: 254-260; advance online publication, May 23, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803389
Four-week pedometer-determined activity patterns in normal weight and overweight UK adults
S A Clemes, P L Griffiths and S L Hamilton
Int J Obes 31: 261-266; advance online publication, June 20, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803420
Effect of obesity on posture and hip joint moments during a standing task, and trunk forward flexion motion
W Gilleard and T Smith
Int J Obes 31: 267-271; advance online publication, June 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803430
Trends in the distribution of body mass index among Chinese adults, aged 20–45 years (1989–2000)
H Wang, S Du, F Zhai and B M Popkin
Int J Obes 31: 272-278; advance online publication, June 20, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803416
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry body composition and aging in a population-based older cohort
K A Shaw, V K Srikanth, J L Fryer, L Blizzard, T Dwyer and A J Venn
Int J Obes 31: 279-284; advance online publication, June 20, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803417
Validity of a new automated software program for visceral adipose tissue estimation
E W Demerath, K J Ritter, W A Couch, N L Rogers, G M Moreno, A Choh, M Lee, K Remsberg, S A Czerwinski, W C Chumlea, R M Siervogel and B Towne
Int J Obes 31: 285-291; advance online publication, June 13, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803409
Retention rates and weight loss in a commercial weight loss program
C E Finley, C E Barlow, F L Greenway, C L Rock, B J Rolls and S N Blair
Int J Obes 31: 292-298; advance online publication, June 6, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803395
Long-term health and psychosocial outcomes from surgically induced weight loss: results obtained in patients not attending protocolled follow-up visits
E M H Mathus-Vliegen on behalf of the Dutch Bariatric Surgery Group
Int J Obes 31: 299-307; advance online publication, June 6, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803404
Implicit anti-fat bias in physical educators: physical attributes, ideology and socialization
K S O'Brien, J A Hunter and M Banks
Int J Obes 31: 308-314; advance online publication, May 30, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803398
Disinhibition, as assessed by the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, is inversely related to psychological well-being in postmenopausal women
V Provencher, C Bégin, M-È Piché, J Bergeron, L Corneau, S J Weisnagel, A Nadeau and S Lemieux
Int J Obes 31: 315-320; advance online publication, June 6, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803405
Health-related quality of life, BMI and physical activity among US adults (
18 years): National Physical Activity and Weight Loss Survey, 2002
J Kruger, H R Bowles, D A Jones, B E Ainsworth and H W Kohl III
Int J Obes 31: 321-327; advance online publication, May 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803386
Cultural conflicts in the weight loss experience of overweight Latinos
V A Diaz, A G Mainous III and C Pope
Int J Obes 31: 328-333; advance online publication, May 23, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803387
The effect of a medium-term activity- and diet-induced energy deficit on subjective appetite sensations in obese children
N A King, J Hester and P J Gately
Int J Obes 31: 334-339; advance online publication, May 23, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803391
Association between symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bulimic behaviors in a clinical sample of severely obese adolescents
S Cortese, P Isnard, M L Frelut, G Michel, L Quantin, A Guedeney, B Falissard, E Acquaviva, B Dalla Bernardina and M C Mouren
Int J Obes 31: 340-346; advance online publication, May 30, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803400
The association between early childhood stunting and weight status in late adolescence
S P Walker, S M Chang and C A Powell
Int J Obes 31: 347-352; advance online publication, May 23, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803383
Sex-specific effect of the Val1483Ile polymorphism in the fatty acid synthase gene (FAS) on body mass index and lipid profile in Caucasian children
A Körner, L Ma, P W Franks, W Kiess, L J Baier, M Stumvoll and P Kovacs
Int J Obes 31: 353-358; advance online publication, June 20, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803428
Functional characterization of human NTRK2 mutations identified in patients with severe early-onset obesity
J Gray, G Yeo, C Hung, J Keogh, P Clayton, K Banerjee, A McAulay, S O'Rahilly and I S Farooqi
Int J Obes 31: 359-364; advance online publication, May 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803390
Genetic analysis of the estrogen-related receptor 
and studies of association with obesity and type 2 diabetes
L H Larsen, C S Rose, T Sparsø, J Overgaard, S S Torekov, N Grarup, D P Jensen, A Albrechtsen, G Andersen, J Ek, C Glümer, K Borch-Johnsen, T Jørgensen, T Hansen and O Pedersen
Int J Obes 31: 365-370; advance online publication, June 6, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803408
Perinatal overfeeding in rats results in increased levels of plasma leptin but unchanged cerebrospinal leptin in adulthood
M López, S Tovar, M J Vázquez, R Nogueiras, L M Seoane, M García, R M Señarís and C Diéguez
Int J Obes 31: 371-377; advance online publication, June 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803425
Short Communications
-Adrenergic control of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 repression in relation to sympathoadrenal regulation of thermogenesis
D Mainieri, J P Montani, J Seydoux, J P Giacobino, O Boss and A G Dulloo
Int J Obes 31: 378-381; advance online publication, June 27, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803424
Angiotensin II: a hormone that affects lipid metabolism in adipose tissue
G H Goossens, E E Blaak, P Arner, W H M Saris and M A van Baak
Int J Obes 31: 382-384; advance online publication, May 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803388
Changes in 24-h area-under-the-curve ghrelin values following diet-induced weight loss are associated with loss of fat-free mass, but not with changes in fat mass, insulin levels or insulin sensitivity
J Q Purnell, D Cummings and D S Weigle
Int J Obes 31: 385-389; advance online publication, July 4, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803401
Letters to the Editor
Is the brain representation of hunger normal in the Prader-Willi syndrome?
A Del Parigi, K Chen and E M Reiman
Int J Obes 31: 390; advance online publication, June 6, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803411
Functional neuroimaging in Prader–Willi syndrome
E C Hinton, A J Holland and A M Owen
Int J Obes 31: 390-391; advance online publication, June 13, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803412
The link between obesity and allergy: a role of ACP1 genetic polymorphism?
F Gloria-Bottini and N Bottini
Int J Obes 31: 392-393; advance online publication, June 13, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803396
