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The latest research papers, published online ahead of print. These online versions are definitive and may be cited using the digital object identifier (DOI).
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May 6 2008
Review
Polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents
S Franks
Int J Obes advance online publication, May 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.61
Original Articles
Adaptation to lactation in OLETF rats lacking CCK-1 receptors: body weight, fat tissues, leptin and oxytocin
O Zagoory-Sharon, M Schroeder, A Levine, T H Moran and A Weller
Int J Obes advance online publication, May 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.58
Body mass index at various ages and mortality in Chinese women: impact of potential methodological biases
X Zhang, X-O Shu, W-H Chow, G Yang, H Li, J Gao, Y-T Gao and W Zheng
Int J Obes advance online publication, May 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.63
April 22 2008
Review
Role of stearoyl-CoA desaturases in obesity and the metabolic syndrome
H E Popeijus, W H M Saris and R P Mensink
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.55
Original Articles
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, 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D and corticosteroid regulate adipocyte nuclear vitamin D receptor
X Sun and M B Zemel
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.59
Adiposity in women and children from transition countries predicts decreased iron absorption, iron deficiency and a reduced response to iron fortification
M B Zimmermann, C Zeder, S Muthayya, P Winichagoon, N Chaouki, I Aeberli and R F Hurrell
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.43
April 15 2008
Original Articles
Obesity effects on depression: systematic review of epidemiological studies
E Atlantis and M Baker
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.54
Decorin is a secreted protein associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes
K Bolton, D Segal, J McMillan, J Jowett, L Heilbronn, K Abberton, P Zimmet, D Chisholm, G Collier and K Walder
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.41
Novel black soy peptides with antiobesity effects: activation of leptin-like signaling and AMP-activated protein kinase
E-H Jang, J-S Moon, J H Ko, C-W Ahn, H-H Lee, J-K Shin, C-S Park and J-H Kang
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.60
Weighing obesity stigma: the relative strength of different forms of bias
J D Latner, K S O'Brien, L E Durso, L A Brinkman and T MacDonald
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.53
Foot morphology of normal, underweight and overweight children
M Mauch, S Grau, I Krauss, C Maiwald and T Horstmann
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.52
Candidate genes for obesity revealed from a C57BL/6J 
129S1/SvImJ intercross
Z Su, R Korstanje, S-W Tsaih and B Paigen
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.56
Actigraphic sleep duration and fragmentation are related to obesity in the elderly: the Rotterdam Study
J F van den Berg, A Knvistingh Neven, J H M Tulen, A Hofman, J C M Witteman, H M E Miedema and H Tiemeier
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.57
Short Communication
Waist-to-height ratio: a simple option for determining excess central adiposity in young people
S P Garnett, L A Baur and C T Cowell
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.51
April 8 2008
Original Article
Human serum levels of fetal antigen 1 (FA1/Dlk1) increase with obesity, are negatively associated with insulin sensitivity and modulate inflammation in vitro
M R Chacón, M Miranda, C H Jensen, J M Fernández-Real, N Vilarrasa, C Gutiérrez, S Näf, J M Gomez and J Vendrell
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.40
Short Communication
Assessment of the physical activity level with two questions: validation with doubly labeled water
G Johansson and K R Westerterp
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.42
April 1 2008
Original Article
Early postnatal leptin blockage leads to a long-term leptin resistance and susceptibility to diet-induced obesity in rats
L Attig, G Solomon, J Ferezou, L Abdennebi-Najar, M Taouis, A Gertler and J Djiane
Int J Obes advance online publication, April 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.39
March 18 2008
Original Articles
Infection-induced inflammatory response of adipocytes in vitro
J J M Bouwman, F L J Visseren, K P Bouter and R J A Diepersloot
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.36
Sleep patterns and television viewing in relation to obesity and blood pressure: evidence from an adolescent Brazilian birth cohort
J C K Wells, P C Hallal, F F Reichert, A M B Menezes, C L P Araújo and C G Victora
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.37
Letter to the Editor
Obesity treatment and cardiovascular prevention in mentally retarded subjects
A Zoppo and C Asteria
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.34
March 11 2008
Original Article
Increased visceral fat and decreased energy expenditure during the menopausal transition
J C Lovejoy, C M Champagne, L de Jonge, H Xie and S R Smith
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.25
Short Communication
Relationship between adiposity and pedometer-assessed ambulatory activity in adult, rural African women
I Cook, M Alberts and E V Lambert
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.26
March 4 2008
Original Articles
Do you see what I see? Weight status misperception and exposure to obesity among children and adolescents
K Maximova, J J McGrath, T Barnett, J O'Loughlin, G Paradis and M Lambert
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.15
Perceptions of weight discrimination: prevalence and comparison to race and gender discrimination in America
R M Puhl, T Andreyeva and K D Brownell
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.22
Vegetable-rich food pattern is related to obesity in China
Z Shi, X Hu, B Yuan, G Hu, X Pan, Y Dai, J E Byles and G Holmboe-Ottesen
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.21
Abnormal postprandial PYY response in insulin sensitive nondiabetic subjects with a strong family history of type 2 diabetes
A Viardot, L K Heilbronn, H Herzog, S Gregersen and L V Campbell
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.24
NYD-SP18 is associated with obesity in the NHLBI Family Heart Study
J B Wilk, J M Laramie, J C Latourelle, S Williamson, M W Nagle, J E Tobin, C L Foster, J H Eckfeldt, M A Province, I B Borecki and R H Myers
Int J Obes advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.23
February 26 2008
Original Articles
Does maternal concern about children's weight affect children's body size perception at the age of 6.5?—A community-based study
R Mitchell, M Wake, L Canterford and J Williams
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 26, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.12
Enterostatin inhibition of angiogenesis: possible role of pAMPK and vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A)
M Park, J Lyons III, H Oh, Y Yu, E A Woltering, F Greenway and D A York
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 26, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.16
February 19 2008
Original Articles
Effects of leptin on energy metabolism in 
-less mice
C S Asensio, D Arsenijevic, L Lehr, J-P Giacobino, P Muzzin and F Rohner-Jeanrenaud
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.13
The effect of high-intensity progressive resistance training on adiposity in children: a randomized controlled trial
A C Benson, M E Torode and M A Fiatarone Singh
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.5
Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population
A Romero-Corral, V K Somers, J Sierra-Johnson, R J Thomas, M L Collazo-Clavell, J Korinek, T G Allison, J A Batsis, F H Sert-Kuniyoshi and F Lopez-Jimenez
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.11
Macrophages regulate tumor necrosis factor- expression in adipocytes through the secretion of matrix metalloproteinase-3
H Unoki, H Bujo, M Jiang, T Kawamura, K Murakami and Y Saito
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.7
Comparative expression analysis of isolated human adipocytes and the human adipose cell lines LiSa-2 and PAZ6
E A van Beek, A H Bakker, P M Kruyt, C Vink, W H Saris, N L W Franssen-van Hal and J Keijer
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.10
Short Communication
High saturated-fat diet induces apoptosis in rat enterocytes and blunts GIP and insulin-secretive response to oral glucose load
D Gniuli, L Dalla Libera, M E Caristo, R Calvani, M Castagneto and G Mingrone
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.9
Letter to the Editor
Reply to Flegal et al.
J Greenberg, K Fontaine and D B Allison
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803804
February 12 2008
Original Articles
The influence of obesity and consequent insulin resistance on coronary risk factors in medically treated patients with coronary disease
P A Ades, P D Savage, M J Toth, D J Schneider, M C Audelin, J Y Bunn and M Ludlow
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 12, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.6
Dietary adherence and weight loss success among overweight women: results from the A TO Z weight loss study
S Alhassan, S Kim, A Bersamin, A C King and C D Gardner
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 12, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.8
February 5 2008
Original Articles
Circulating adiponectin levels associate with inflammatory markers, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome independent of obesity
J Hung, B M McQuillan, P L Thompson and J P Beilby
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803793
Effects of rimonabant, a cannabinoid CB1 receptor ligand, on energy expenditure in lean rats
I Kunz, M K Meier, A Bourson, M Fisseha and W Schilling
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.3
Short sleep duration and obesity: the role of emotional stress and sleep disturbances
A N Vgontzas, H-M Lin, M Papaliaga, S Calhoun, A Vela-Bueno, G P Chrousos and E O Bixler
Int J Obes advance online publication, February 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.4
January 29 2008
Original Articles
Variability in adherence to an unsupervised exercise prescription in obese women
R C Colley, A P Hills, T M O'Moore-Sullivan, I J Hickman, J B Prins and N M Byrne
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803799
The contribution of childhood obesity to adult carotid intima-media thickness: the Bogalusa Heart Study
D S Freedman, D A Patel, S R Srinivasan, W Chen, R Tang, M G Bond and G S Berenson
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803798
Altered body composition in type 2 diabetes mellitus
S Heshka, A Ruggiero, G A Bray, J Foreyt, S E Kahn, C E Lewis, M Saad and A V Schwartz
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803802
Epidemiological evidence of altered cardiac autonomic function in overweight but not underweight subjects
J-S Wu, F H Lu, Y-C Yang, T-S Lin, Y-H Huang, C-H Wu, J-J Chen and C-J Chang
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803791
January 22 2008
Original Articles
Past body mass index and risk of mortality among women
S C Moore, S T Mayne, B I Graubard, A Schatzkin, D Albanes, C Schairer, R N Hoover and M F Leitzmann
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803801
Shared genetic basis for obstructive sleep apnea and adiposity measures
S R Patel, E K Larkin and S Redline
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803803
Does the constellation of risk factors with and without abdominal adiposity associate with different cardiovascular mortality risk?
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803797
January 15 2008
Commentary
The magnitude of the energy imbalance in obesity is generally underestimated
C Bouchard
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803796
Original Articles
Obesity reduces the bioavailability of nitric oxide in juveniles
H-J Gruber, C Mayer, H Mangge, G Fauler, N Grandits and M Wilders-Truschnig
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803795
Matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 and their tissue inhibitors 1 and 2 in premenopausal obese women: relationship to cardiac function
W Kosmala, R Plaksej, M Przewlocka-Kosmala, J Kuliczkowska-Plaksej, G Bednarek-Tupikowska and W Mazurek
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803794
Differences in adipocyte long chain fatty acid uptake in Osborne–Mendel and S5B/Pl rats in response to high-fat diets
O Petrescu, A F Cheema, X Fan, M W Bradbury and P D Berk
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803792
Letter to the Editor
Simple examples should not be extrapolated to the US population
K M Flegal, B I Graubard, D F Williamson and M H Gail
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803788
January 8 2008
Original Articles
Identification of omentin mRNA in human epicardial adipose tissue: comparison to omentin in subcutaneous, internal mammary artery periadventitial and visceral abdominal depots
J N Fain, H S Sacks, B Buehrer, S W Bahouth, E Garrett, R Y Wolf, R A Carter, D S Tichansky and A K Madan
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803790
Association analysis of positional obesity candidate genes based on integrated data from transcriptomics and linkage analysis
H Jiao, M Kaaman, E Dungner, J Kere, P Arner and I Dahlman
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803789
Adipocytokine and ghrelin levels in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in women at midlife: longitudinal associations
R P Wildman, P Mancuso, C Wang, M Kim, P E Scherer and M R Sowers
Int J Obes advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803782
December 18 2007
Original Articles
Allometric relationship between changes of visceral fat and total fat mass
C E Hallgreen and K D Hall
Int J Obes advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803783
Shift in the composition of obesity in young adult men in Sweden over a third of a century
M Neovius, A Teixeira-Pinto and F Rasmussen
Int J Obes advance online publication, December 18, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803784
December 11 2007
Letter to the Editor
Weighing the data in studies of the glycaemic index
D S Ludwig and C B Ebbeling
Int J Obes advance online publication, December 11, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803785
