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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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Commentaries
January 15 2008
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
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Reviews
May 6 2008
Polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents
S Franks
Int J Obes advance online publication, May 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.61
April 22 2008
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
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Original Articles
May 13 2008
Relationship between sleep duration and the metabolic syndrome: Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey 2001
K M Choi, J S Lee, H S Park, S H Baik, D S Choi and S M Kim
Int J Obes advance online publication, May 13, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.62
Sexual function in obese women: impact of lower urinary tract dysfunction
I Melin, C Falconer, S Rössner and D Altman
Int J Obes advance online publication, May 13, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.67
Differences in response to food stimuli in a rat model of obesity: in-vivo assessment of brain glucose metabolism
P K Thanos, M Michaelides, J-D Gispert, J Pascau, M L Soto-Montenegro, M Desco, R Wang, G-J Wang and N D Volkow
Int J Obes advance online publication, May 13, 2008; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.50
May 6 2008
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
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April 22 2008
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
April 8 2008
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
April 1 2008
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
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
March 11 2008
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
March 4 2008
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
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
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
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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
February 12 2008
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
July 31 2007
Strategies for the prevention and control of obesity in the school setting: systematic review and meta-analysis
D L Katz, M O'Connell, V Yanchou Njike, M-C Yeh and H Nawaz
Int J Obes advance online publication, July 31, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803684
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Short Communications
April 15 2008
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
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
March 11 2008
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
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Letters to the Editor
March 18 2008
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
December 11 2007
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
