TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 13, Issue 10 (October 2005)
Brief Genetic Analyses
A Common
2-Adrenoceptor Gene Haplotype Protects against Obesity in Swedish Women
FREE
Hong Jiao, Ingrid Dahlman, Per Eriksson, Juha Kere and Peter Arner
Obesity 13: 1645-1650; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.202
Original Articles
Animal Physiology
Low- and High-Carbohydrate Diets: Body Composition Differences in Rats FREE
Ronald L. McNeel and Harry J. Mersmann
Obesity 13: 1651-1660; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.203
Hyperphagia and Obesity in Na,K-ATPase
2 Subunit-Defective Mice
FREE
Kiyoshi Kawakami, Tatsushi Onaka, Michiko Iwase, Ikuo Homma and Keiko Ikeda
Obesity 13: 1661-1671; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.204
Altered Hypothalamic Signaling and Responses to Food Deprivation in Rats Fed a Low-Carbohydrate Diet FREE
Kimberly P. Kinzig, Karen A. Scott, Jayson Hyun, Sheng Bi and Timothy H. Moran
Obesity 13: 1672-1682; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.205
Human Physiology
The Association between Plasma Adiponectin and Insulin Sensitivity in Humans Depends on Obesity FREE
Konstantinos Kantartzis, Andreas Fritsche, Otto Tschritter, Claus Thamer, Michael Haap, Silke Schäfer, Michael Stumvoll, Hans-Ulrich Häring and Norbert Stefan
Obesity 13: 1683-1691; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.206
Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Does Not Affect Insulin Sensitivity in Obesity after Bariatric Surgery FREE
Melania Manco, Menotti Calvani, Giuseppe Nanni, Aldo V. Greco, Amerigo Iaconelli, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Marco Castagneto and Geltrude Mingrone
Obesity 13: 1692-1700; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.207
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Effect of Orlistat in Obese Patients with Binge Eating Disorder FREE
Alain Golay, Anne Laurent-Jaccard, Frank Habicht, Jean-Pierre Gachoud, Mireille Chabloz, Anne Kammer and Yves Schutz
Obesity 13: 1701-1708; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.208
Genetics
Meta-Analysis of the Association of the Trp64Arg Polymorphism in the
3 Adrenergic Receptor with Insulin Resistance
FREE
Siyan Zhan and Suzanne C. Ho
Obesity 13: 1709-1719; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.209
Diet and Physical Activity
The Impact of Calcium and Dairy Product Consumption on Weight Loss FREE
Jean Harvey-Berino, Beth Casey Gold, Renee Lauber and Amy Starinski
Obesity 13: 1720-1726; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.210
Calcium and Dairy Intake and Measures of Obesity in Hyper- and Normocholesterolemic Children FREE
L. Beth Dixon, Michael A. Pellizzon, Abbas F. Jawad and Andrew M. Tershakovec
Obesity 13: 1727-1738; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.211
Results of Go Girls: A Weight Control Program for Overweight African-American Adolescent Females FREE
Ken Resnicow, Ricia Taylor, Monica Baskin and Frances McCarty
Obesity 13: 1739-1748; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.212
Social and Behavioral
The Influence of Parenting Change on Pediatric Weight Control FREE
Richard I. Stein, Leonard H. Epstein, Hollie A. Raynor, Colleen K. Kilanowski and Rocco A. Paluch
Obesity 13: 1749-1755; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.213
Descriptive Epidemiology
Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Prospective Cohort Study FREE
Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Russ Hauser, Ichiro Kawachi, Dimitrios Liarokapis, David C. Christiani and Stefanos N. Kales
Obesity 13: 1756-1763; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.214
Risk Factors and Chronic Disease
Association of Plasma Resistin Levels with Coronary Heart Disease in Women FREE
Tobias Pischon, Christoph M. Bamberger, Jürgen Kratzsch, Birgit-Christiane Zyriax, Petra Algenstaedt, Heiner Boeing and Eberhard Windler
Obesity 13: 1764-1771; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.215
Mediating Effects of Inflammatory Biomarkers on Insulin Resistance Associated with Obesity FREE
Deborah J. Wexler, Frank B. Hu, JoAnn E. Manson, Nader Rifai and James B. Meigs
Obesity 13: 1772-1783; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.216
Weight Change in Adult Life and Health Outcomes FREE
Alison M. Elliott, Lorna S. Aucott, Philip C. Hannaford and W. Cairns Smith
Obesity 13: 1784-1792; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.217
Role of Weight History on Functional Limitations and Disability in Late Adulthood: The ARIC Study FREE
Denise K. Houston, June Stevens, Jianwen Cai and Miriam C. Morey
Obesity 13: 1793-1802; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.218
Eligibility for Obesity Treatment and Risk of Mortality in Men FREE
Caitlin Mason, Peter T. Katzmarzyk and Steven N. Blair
Obesity 13: 1803-1809; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.219
High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes FREE
Yuji Tajiri, Kazuo Mimura and Fumio Umeda
Obesity 13: 1810-1816; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.220
Opposite Contributions of Trunk and Leg Fat Mass with Plasma Lipase Activities: The Hoorn Study FREE
Griët Bos, Marieke B. Snijder, Giel Nijpels, Jacqueline M. Dekker, Coen D.A. Stehouwer, Lex M. Bouter, Robert J. Heine and Hans Jansen
Obesity 13: 1817-1823; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.221
Longitudinal Analyses among Overweight, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children FREE
Thomas Reinehr, Gideon de Sousa and Werner Andler
Obesity 13: 1824-1833; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.222
Public Health and Public Policy
Cost-Effectiveness of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet and a Standard Diet in Severe Obesity FREE
Adam Gilden Tsai, Henry A. Glick, David Shera, Linda Stern and Frederick F. Samaha
Obesity 13: 1834-1840; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.223
Genetic Note
Evaluation of Prader-Willi Syndrome Gene MAGEL2 in Severe Childhood-Onset Obesity FREE
Megan A. O'Neill, I. Sadaf Farooqi and Rachel Wevrick
Obesity 13: 1841-1842; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.224
The 2.3 Genotype of ESRRA23 of the ERR
Gene Is Associated with a Higher BMI Than the 2.2 Genotype
FREE
Yasutomi Kamei, Htay Lwin, Kyoko Saito, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Nobuo Yoshiike, Osamu Ezaki and Heizo Tanaka
Obesity 13: 1843-1844; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.225
Letter to the Editor
E-Selectin Genotypes and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women: Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Serum Soluble E-Selectin Concentrations FREE
Jean-Brice Marteau, Bernard Herbeth, Daniel Lambert and Sophie Visvikis-Siest
Obesity 13: 1845-1847; doi:10.1038/oby.2005.226


