TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 31, Issue 9 (September 2007)
Commentary
The biological predisposition to obesity: beyond the thrifty genotype scenario
C Bouchard
Int J Obes 31: 1337-1339; advance online publication, March 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803610
Reviews
Does using ethnic specific criteria improve the usefulness of the term metabolic syndrome? controversies and suggestions
D Banerjee and A Misra
Int J Obes 31: 1340-1349; advance online publication, April 17, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803619
Could a virus contribute to weight gain? FREE
A Vasilakopoulou and C W le Roux
Int J Obes 31: 1350-1356; advance online publication, April 10, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803623
Original Articles
High intake of palatable food predicts binge-eating independent of susceptibility to obesity: an animal model of lean vs obese binge-eating and obesity with and without binge-eating
M M Boggiano, A I Artiga, C E Pritchett, P C Chandler-Laney, M L Smith and A J Eldridge
Int J Obes 31: 1357-1367; advance online publication, March 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803614
The effect of scheduled forced wheel activity on body weight in male F344 rats undergoing chronic circadian desynchronization
L-L Tsai and Y-C Tsai
Int J Obes 31: 1368-1377; advance online publication, March 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803607
How adaptations of substrate utilization regulate body composition
K D Hall, H L Bain and C C Chow
Int J Obes 31: 1378-1383; advance online publication, March 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803608
Truncal fat in relation to total body fat: influences of age, sex, ethnicity and fatness
C-H Wu, S Heshka, J Wang, R N Pierson Jr, S B Heymsfield, B Laferrère, Z Wang, J B Albu, X Pi-Sunyer and D Gallagher
Int J Obes 31: 1384-1391; advance online publication, April 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803624
Birth size, adult body composition and muscle strength in later life
H Ylihärsilä, E Kajantie, C Osmond, T Forsén, D J P Barker and J G Eriksson
Int J Obes 31: 1392-1399; advance online publication, March 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803612
Intermuscular adipose tissue rivals visceral adipose tissue in independent associations with cardiovascular risk
J-E Yim, S Heshka, J Albu, S Heymsfield, P Kuznia, T Harris and D Gallagher
Int J Obes 31: 1400-1405; advance online publication, April 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803621
Association of waist and hip circumference with 12-year progression of carotid intima-media thickness in elderly women
M Hassinen, T A Lakka, P Komulainen, I Haapala, A Nissinen and R Rauramaa
Int J Obes 31: 1406-1411; advance online publication, March 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803613
Inflammation and iron deficiency in the hypoferremia of obesity
L B Yanoff, C M Menzie, B Denkinger, N G Sebring, T McHugh, A T Remaley and J A Yanovski
Int J Obes 31: 1412-1419; advance online publication, April 17, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803625
Human adipose tissue macrophages are of an anti-inflammatory phenotype but capable of excessive pro-inflammatory mediator production
M Zeyda, D Farmer, J Todoric, O Aszmann, M Speiser, G Györi, G J Zlabinger and T M Stulnig
Int J Obes 31: 1420-1428; advance online publication, June 26, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803632
Molecular mechanisms of diabetes reversibility after bariatric surgery
G Rosa, G Mingrone, M Manco, V Euthine, D Gniuli, R Calvani, M Calvani, A M R Favuzzi, M Castagneto and H Vidal
Int J Obes 31: 1429-1436; advance online publication, May 22, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803630
The V103I polymorphism of the MC4R gene and obesity: population based studies and meta-analysis of 29 563 individuals
E H Young, N J Wareham, S Farooqi, A Hinney, J Hebebrand, A Scherag, S O'Rahilly, I Barroso and M S Sandhu
Int J Obes 31: 1437-1441; advance online publication, March 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803609
Impact of weight loss on the metabolic syndrome
S Phelan, T A Wadden, R I Berkowitz, D B Sarwer, L G Womble, R K Cato and R Rothman
Int J Obes 31: 1442-1448; advance online publication, March 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803606
Putative biases in estimating mortality attributable to obesity in the US population
J A Greenberg, K Fontaine and D B Allison
Int J Obes 31: 1449-1455; advance online publication, May 1, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803615
Inspiratory muscle activity during incremental exercise in obese men
M Chlif, D Keochkerian, Y Feki, A Vaidie, D Choquet and S Ahmaidi
Int J Obes 31: 1456-1463; advance online publication, June 26, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803546
School-based physical activity and changes in adiposity
J Wardle, N H Brodersen and D Boniface
Int J Obes 31: 1464-1468; advance online publication, May 22, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803651
The ecology of childhood overweight: a 12-year longitudinal analysis
M O'Brien, P R Nader, R M Houts, R Bradley, S L Friedman, J Belsky, E Susman and the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network
Int J Obes 31: 1469-1478; advance online publication, April 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803611
Letters to the Editor
The gender insulin hypothesis: a response to Wilkin and Murphy (2006)
W H James
Int J Obes 31: 1479; advance online publication, April 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803629
Response to Dr James
M J Murphy and T J Wilkin
Int J Obes 31: 1480; advance online publication, April 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803618
Concerning ephedra alkaloids for weight loss
Mario A Inchiosa Jr
Int J Obes 31: 1481; advance online publication, April 17, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803574
Response to Dr Inchiosa
R M Hackman, P J Havel, H J Schwartz, J C Rutledge, S J Stohs, J S Stern and C L Keen
Int J Obes 31: 1482-1483; advance online publication, April 17, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803627
