TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 31, Issue 4 (April 2007)
Clinical Guidelines
Inter-disciplinary European guidelines on surgery of severe obesity
M Fried, V Hainer, A Basdevant, H Buchwald, M Deitel, N Finer, J W M Greve, F Horber, E Mathus-Vliegen, N Scopinaro, R Steffen, C Tsigos, R Weiner and K Widhalm
Int J Obes 31: 569-577; advance online publication, February 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803560
Pediatric Highlights
Increasing body mass index from age 5 to 14 years predicts asthma among adolescents: evidence from a birth cohort study FREE
A A Mamun, D A Lawlor, R Alati, M J O'Callaghan, G M Williams and J M Najman
Int J Obes 31: 578-583; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803571
Overweight/obesity and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder tendency among adolescents in China
L T Lam and L Yang
Int J Obes 31: 584-590; advance online publication, January 9, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803526
Metabolic risk-factor clustering estimation in children: to draw a line across pediatric metabolic syndrome FREE
P Brambilla, I Lissau, C-E Flodmark, L A Moreno, K Widhalm, M Wabitsch and A Pietrobelli
Int J Obes 31: 591-600; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803581
Coexistence of maternal central adiposity and child stunting in Mexico
S Barquera, K E Peterson, A Must, B L Rogers, M Flores, R Houser, E Monterrubio and J A Rivera-Dommarco
Int J Obes 31: 601-607; advance online publication, January 16, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803529
Maternal weigh gain during pregnancy and overweight in Portuguese children
P Moreira, C Padez, I Mourão-Carvalhal and V Rosado
Int J Obes 31: 608-614; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803582
Genetic and environmental factors in relative weight from birth to age 18: The Swedish Young Male Twins Study
K Silventoinen, K H Pietiläinen, P Tynelius, T I A Sørensen, J Kaprio and F Rasmussen
Int J Obes 31: 615-621; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803577
General and visceral adiposity in black and white adolescents and their relation with reported physical activity and diet
I S Stallmann-Jorgensen, B Gutin, J L Hatfield-Laube, M C Humphries, M H Johnson and P Barbeau
Int J Obes 31: 622-629; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803587
Outcome data from the LEAP (Live, Eat and Play) trial: a randomized controlled trial of a primary care intervention for childhood overweight/mild obesity
Z McCallum, M Wake, B Gerner, L A Baur, K Gibbons, L Gold, J Gunn, C Harris, G Naughton, C Riess, L Sanci, J Sheehan, O C Ukoumunne and E Waters
Int J Obes 31: 630-636; advance online publication, December 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803509
Original Articles
The association between low physical fitness and high body mass index or waist circumference is increasing with age in children: the 'Québec en Forme' Project
M Brunet, J-P Chaput and A Tremblay
Int J Obes 31: 637-643; advance online publication, September 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803448
Children with a TV in their bedroom at higher risk for being overweight
A M Adachi-Mejia, M R Longacre, J J Gibson, M L Beach, L T Titus-Ernstoff and M A Dalton
Int J Obes 31: 644-651; advance online publication, September 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803455
Self-selection contributes significantly to the lower adiposity of faster, longer-distanced, male and female walkers
P T Williams
Int J Obes 31: 652-662; advance online publication, September 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803457
Is the association between physical activity and body mass index obesity dependent?
E Hemmingsson and U Ekelund
Int J Obes 31: 663-668; advance online publication, September 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803458
Personality characteristics in obesity and relationship with successful weight loss
S Sullivan, C R Cloninger, T R Przybeck and S Klein
Int J Obes 31: 669-674; advance online publication, September 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803464
Eating patterns and dietary composition in relation to BMI in younger and older adults
N C Howarth, T T-K Huang, S B Roberts, B-H Lin and M A McCrory
Int J Obes 31: 675-684; advance online publication, September 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803456
Changes in BMI modulate age-associated changes in sex hormone binding globulin and total testosterone, but not bioavailable testosterone in young adult men: the CARDIA Male Hormone Study
S M Gapstur, P Kopp, P H Gann, B C-H Chiu, L A Colangelo and K Liu
Int J Obes 31: 685-691; advance online publication, September 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803465
Circulating endocannabinoid levels, abdominal adiposity and related cardiometabolic risk factors in obese men
M Côté, I Matias, I Lemieux, S Petrosino, N Alméras, J-P Després and V Di Marzo
Int J Obes 31: 692-699; advance online publication, January 16, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803539
Physiologic correlates of dyspnea in patients with morbid obesity
F Collet, A Mallart, J F Bervar, N Bautin, R Matran, F Pattou, M Romon and T Perez
Int J Obes 31: 700-706; advance online publication, September 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803460
Treatment of morbid obesity by intraparietogastric administration of botulinum toxin: a randomized, double-blind, controlled study
D Foschi, F Corsi, M Lazzaroni, O Sangaletti, P Riva, G La Tartara, M Bevilacqua, M Osio, A Alciati, G Bianchi Porro and E Trabucchi
Int J Obes 31: 707-712; advance online publication, September 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803451
An open-label pilot study of the combination therapy of metformin and fluoxetine for weight reduction
M Siavash Dastjerdi, F Kazemi, A Najafian, M Mohammady, A Aminorroaya and M Amini
Int J Obes 31: 713-717; advance online publication, September 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803447
In vivo effects of corticotropin-releasing hormone on femoral adipose tissue metabolism in women
P Wellhöner, M Welzel, D Rolle and C Dodt
Int J Obes 31: 718-722; advance online publication, September 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803463
