TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 32, Issue 4 (April 2008)
Pediatric Highlights
Genome-wide scan revealed genetic loci for energy metabolism in Hispanic children and adolescents
G Cai, S A Cole, N F Butte, V S Voruganti and A G Comuzzie
Int J Obes 32: 579-585; advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.20
A prospective analysis of dietary energy density at age 5 and 7 years and fatness at 9 years among UK children
L Johnson, A P Mander, L R Jones, P M Emmett and S A Jebb
Int J Obes 32: 586-593; advance online publication, October 2, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803746
Maintenance of traditional cultural orientation is associated with lower rates of obesity and sedentary behaviours among African migrant children to Australia
A M N Renzaho, B Swinburn and C Burns
Int J Obes 32: 594-600; advance online publication, February 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.2
Outcomes of a group-randomized trial to prevent excess weight gain, reduce screen behaviours and promote physical activity in 10-year-old children: Switch-Play
J Salmon, K Ball, C Hume, M Booth and D Crawford
Int J Obes 32: 601-612; advance online publication, February 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803805
Combined influence of physical activity and television viewing on the risk of overweight in US youth
J C Eisenmann, R T Bartee, D T Smith, G J Welk and Q Fu
Int J Obes 32: 613-618; advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803800
Review
Factors associated with percent change in visceral versus subcutaneous abdominal fat during weight loss: findings from a systematic review
T B Chaston and J B Dixon
Int J Obes 32: 619-628; advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803761
Original Articles
Liver mitochondrial properties from the obesity-resistant Lou/C rat
G Lacraz, K Couturier, N Taleux, S Servais, B Sibille, D Letexier, B Guigas, H Dubouchaud, X Leverve and R Favier
Int J Obes 32: 629-638; advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803779
Lack of starvation-induced activation of AMP-activated protein kinase in the hypothalamus of the Lou/C rats resistant to obesity
N Taleux, I De Potter, C Deransart, G Lacraz, R Favier, X M Leverve, L Hue and B Guigas
Int J Obes 32: 639-647; advance online publication, December 4, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803759
Time course and dynamics of adipose tissue development in obese and lean Zucker rat pups
E Pouteau, S Turner, O Aprikian, M Hellerstein, M Moser, C Darimont, L B Fay and K Macé
Int J Obes 32: 648-657; advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803787
Association between polymorphisms in the Clock gene, obesity and the metabolic syndrome in man
E M Scott, A M Carter and P J Grant
Int J Obes 32: 658-662; advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803778
A new variation in the promoter region, the - 604 C>T, and the Leu72Met polymorphism of the ghrelin gene are associated with protection to insulin resistance
S Zavarella, A Petrone, S Zampetti, M Gueorguiev, M Spoletini, C A Mein, G Leto, M Korbonits and R Buzzetti
Int J Obes 32: 663-668; advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803766
Promoter adiponectin polymorphisms and waist/hip ratio variation in a prospective French adults study
G Dolley, S Bertrais, V Frochot, J-F Bebel, M Guerre-Millo, F Tores, F Rousseau, J Hager, A Basdevant, S Hercberg, P Galan, J-M Oppert, J-M Lacorte and K Clément
Int J Obes 32: 669-675; advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803773
The effect of viscosity on ad libitum food intake
N Zijlstra, M Mars, R A de Wijk, M S Westerterp-Plantenga and C de Graaf
Int J Obes 32: 676-683; advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803776
The effects of high-intensity intermittent exercise training on fat loss and fasting insulin levels of young women
E G Trapp, D J Chisholm, J Freund and S H Boutcher
Int J Obes 32: 684-691; advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803781
Effect of hypocaloric diet plus sibutramine treatment on hormonal and metabolic features in overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized, 24-week study
D Florakis, E Diamanti-Kandarakis, I Katsikis, G P Nassis, A Karkanaki, N Georgopoulos and D Panidis
Int J Obes 32: 692-699; advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803777
Healthy habits: efficacy of simple advice on weight control based on a habit-formation model
P Lally, A Chipperfield and J Wardle
Int J Obes 32: 700-707; advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803771
The interaction between impulsivity and a varied food environment: its influence on food intake and overweight
R Guerrieri, C Nederkoorn and A Jansen
Int J Obes 32: 708-714; advance online publication, December 4, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803770
Association between weight perception and psychological distress
E Atlantis and K Ball
Int J Obes 32: 715-721; advance online publication, November 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803762
Letters to the Editor
Increasing weight loss attenuates the preferential loss of visceral compared with subcutaneous fat: a predicted result of an allometric model
K D Hall and C E Hallgreen
Int J Obes 32: 722; advance online publication, February 26, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.14
The thrifty gene hypothesis: maybe everyone is right?
L V Campbell
Int J Obes 32: 723-724; advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803772
