TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 14, Issue 5 (May 2006)
Original Research As Short Communications |
Original Articles |
Erratum |
Brief Genetic Analyses |
Brief Epidemiologic Report
Review
The Look AHEAD Study: A Description of the Lifestyle Intervention and the Evidence Supporting It FREE
The Look AHEAD Research Group
Obesity 14: 737-752; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.84
Original Research As Short Communications
Obesity as an Obstetric Risk Factor: Does It Matter in a Perinatal Center? FREE
Holger Stepan, Susann Scheithauer, Nadja Dornhöfer, Thomas Krämer and Renaldo Faber
Obesity 14: 770-773; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.88
Original Articles
Animal Physiology
Electrophysiological Characterization of Left Ventricular Myocytes from Obese Sprague-Dawley Rat FREE
Estelle Ricci, Sébastien Smallwood, Christophe Chouabe, Hichem C. Mertani, Mireille Raccurt, Gérard Morel and Robert Bonvallet
Obesity 14: 778-786; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.90
Increased Extravasation of Macromolecules in Skeletal Muscles of the Zucker Rat Model FREE
Philippe St-Pierre, Lucie Bouffard, Marie-Eve Papirakis and Pierre Maheux
Obesity 14: 787-793; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.91
Human Physiology
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-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 mRNA is Increased in Both Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Obese Patients
FREE
Raoul Desbriere, Vincent Vuaroqueaux, Vincent Achard, Sandrine Boullu-Ciocca, Martin Labuhn, Anne Dutour and Michel Grino
Obesity 14: 794-798; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.92
Elevated Serum Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-4 and Chronic Inflammation in Overweight Subjects FREE
Izumi Hashimoto, Jun Wada, Aya Hida, Masako Baba, Nobuyuki Miyatake, Jun Eguchi, Kenichi Shikata and Hirofumi Makino
Obesity 14: 799-811; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.93
Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein in Metabolic Syndrome FREE
Anton Sandhofer, Susanne Kaser, Andreas Ritsch, Markus Laimer, Julia Engl, Bernhard Paulweber, Josef R. Patsch and Christoph F. Ebenbichler
Obesity 14: 812-818; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.94
Sex Difference in the Effect of Puberty on the Relationship between Fat Mass and Bone Mass in 926 Healthy Subjects, 6 to 18 Years Old FREE
Alexandra Ackerman, John C. Thornton, Jack Wang, Richard N. Pierson Jr and Mary Horlick
Obesity 14: 819-825; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.95
Effects of Acquired Obesity on Endothelial Function in Monozygotic Twins FREE
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Robert Bergholm, Aila Rissanen, Jaakko Kaprio, Anna-Maija Häkkinen, Naveed Sattar and Hannele Yki-Järvinen
Obesity 14: 826-837; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.96
Fasting Ghrelin Does Not Predict Food Intake after Short-term Energy Restriction FREE
Wendy A. M. Blom, Monica Mars, Henk F. J. Hendriks, Lisette C.P.G.M. de Groot, Annette Stafleu, Frans J. Kok and Cees de Graaf
Obesity 14: 838-846; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.97
Diet and Physical Activity
Body Mass Effects of a Physical Activity and Healthy Food Intervention in Middle Schools FREE
Leen Haerens, Benedicte Deforche, Lea Maes, Veerle Stevens, Greet Cardon and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Obesity 14: 847-854; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.98
Energy Intake, Diet Composition, Energy Expenditure, and Body Fatness of Adolescents in Northern Greece FREE
Maria Hassapidou, Elena Fotiadou, Evangelia Maglara and Sousana K. Papadopoulou
Obesity 14: 855-862; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.99
Social and Behavioral
A Satisfaction Enhancement Intervention for Long-Term Weight Loss FREE
Robert W. Jeffery, Jennifer A. Linde, Emily A. Finch, Alexander J. Rothman and Christie M. King
Obesity 14: 863-869; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.100
Descriptive Epidemiology
Correlates of Health-Related Quality of Life in Overweight and Obese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes FREE
W. Jack Rejeski, Wei Lang, Rebecca H. Neiberg, Brent Van Dorsten, Gary D. Foster, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Richard Rubin and David F. Williamson and the Look AHEAD Research Group
Obesity 14: 870-883; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.101
Obesity Indices and Self-Reported Functional Health in Men and Women in the EPIC-Norfolk FREE
Phyo K. Myint, Ailsa A. Welch, Robert N. Luben, Nicholas W.J. Wainwright, Paul G. Surtees, Sheila A. Bingham, Nicholas J. Wareham, Richard D. Smith, Ian M. Harvey and Kay-Tee Khaw
Obesity 14: 884-893; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.102
Correlates of BMI Misreporting among Apparently Healthy Individuals: The ATTICA Study FREE
Mary Yannakoulia, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christos Pitsavos and Christodoulos Stefanadis
Obesity 14: 894-901; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.103
Lifetime Weight Patterns in Male Physicians: The Effects of Cohort and Selective Survival FREE
Bethany B. Barone, Jeanne M. Clark, Nae-Yuh Wang, Lucy A. Meoni, Michael J. Klag and Frederick L. Brancati
Obesity 14: 902-908; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.104
Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Korean Adults: A Focus on Sex Differences FREE
Yeong Sook Yoon, Sang Woo Oh and Hye Soon Park
Obesity 14: 909-919; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.105
Public Health and Public Policy
Population-Based Analysis of Obesity and Workforce Participation FREE
Scott Klarenbach, Raj Padwal, Anderson Chuck and Philip Jacobs
Obesity 14: 920-927; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.106
Erratum
Top of pageBrief Genetic Analyses
PAI-1 Gene 4G/5G Polymorphism and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in a Population-based Sample FREE
James B. Meigs, Josée Dupuis, Chunyu Liu, Christopher J. O'Donnell, Caroline S. Fox, Sekar Kathiresan, Stacey B. Gabriel, Martin G. Larson, Qiong Yang, Alan G. Herbert, Peter W. F. Wilson, DaLi Feng, Geoffrey H. Tofler and L. Adrienne Cupples
Obesity 14: 753-758; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.85
Association of Glucocorticoid Receptor Polymorphism A3669G in Exon 9
with Reduced Central Adiposity in Women
FREE
Akheel A. Syed, Julie A. E. Irving, Christopher P. F. Redfern, Andrew G. Hall, Nigel C. Unwin, Martin White, Raj S. Bhopal and Jolanta U. Weaver
Obesity 14: 759-764; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.86
Brief Epidemiologic Report
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 2- to 6-year-old Italian Children FREE
Claudio Maffeis, Alessandro Consolaro, Paolo Cavarzere, Lorenza Chini, Claudia Banzato, Alessandra Grezzani, Davide Silvagni, Giuseppina Salzano, Filippo De Luca and Luciano Tatò
Obesity 14: 765-769; doi:10.1038/oby.2006.87
