TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 15, Issue 7 (July 2007)
Message From Director of NIDDK
Message from Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Director, NIDDK, on the Institute's Obesity Research FREE
Griffin P. Rodgers
Obesity 15: 1631-1633; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.193
Brief Genetic Analysis
Common STAT3 Variants Are Not Associated With Obesity or Insulin Resistance in Female Twins FREE
Yalda Jamshidi, Theodosios Kyriakou, Sakina B. Gooljar, Laura J. Collins, Carl A. Lane, Harold Snieder, Xiaoling Wang, Tim D. Spector and Sandra D. O'Dell
Obesity 15: 1634-1639; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.194
Short Communications
Effects of Palmitate and Oleate on the Respiratory Quotient During Acute Feeding FREE
C. Lawrence Kien and Janice Y. Bunn
Obesity 15: 1640-1642; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.195
Larger Anti-adipogenic Effect of Angiotensin II on Omental Preadipose Cells of Obese Humans FREE
Rodrigo Brücher, Mariana Cifuentes, María José Acuña, Cecilia Albala and Cecilia V. Rojas
Obesity 15: 1643-1646; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.196
Original Articles
Cellular and Molecular
Chop-deficient Mice Showed Increased Adiposity But No Glucose Intolerance FREE
Yasuyo Ariyama, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tetsurou Satoh, Takafumi Tsuchiya, Shuichi Okada, Seiichi Oyadomari, Masataka Mori and Masatomo Mori
Obesity 15: 1647-1656; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.197
New Scanning Electron Microscopic Method for Determination of Adipocyte Size in Humans and Mice FREE
Wen Guo, Sherman Bigornia, Ilit Leizerman, Weisheng Xie, Marie McDonnell, Kara Clemente, Tamara Pirtskhalava, James L. Kirkland, Noyan Gokce, Barbara E. Corkey, Lisa M. Sullivan and Caroline M. Apovian
Obesity 15: 1657-1665; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.198
Animal Physiology
Characterization and Heritability of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors in Vervet Monkeys FREE
Kylie Kavanagh, Lynn A. Fairbanks, Julia N. Bailey, Matthew J. Jorgensen, Martha Wilson, Li Zhang, Lawrence L. Rudel and Janice D. Wagner
Obesity 15: 1666-1674; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.199
Trans Fat Diet Induces Abdominal Obesity and Changes in Insulin Sensitivity in Monkeys FREE
Kylie Kavanagh, Kate L. Jones, Janet Sawyer, Kathryn Kelley, J. Jeffrey Carr, Janice D. Wagner and Lawrence L. Rudel
Obesity 15: 1675-1684; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.200
Human Physiology
Baroreflex Sensitivity in Obesity: Relationship With Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Activity FREE
Ioanna Skrapari, Nicholas Tentolouris, Despoina Perrea, Christos Bakoyiannis, Athanasia Papazafiropoulou and Nicholas Katsilambros
Obesity 15: 1685-1693; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.201
Leptin and Coronary Heart Disease Risk: Prospective Case Control Study of British Women FREE
Debbie A. Lawlor, George Davey Smith, Anne Kelly, Naveed Sattar and Shah Ebrahim
Obesity 15: 1694-1701; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.202
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Fluoxetine for Binge Eating Disorder: Two-year Follow-up FREE
Michael J. Devlin, Juli A. Goldfein, Eva Petkova, Linxu Liu and B. Timothy Walsh
Obesity 15: 1702-1709; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.203
Liraglutide, a Once-daily Human Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Analog, Minimizes Food Intake in Severely Obese Minipigs FREE
Kirsten Raun, Pia von Voss and Lotte Bjerre Knudsen
Obesity 15: 1710-1716; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.204
Randomized Controlled Trials of the D1/D5 Antagonist Ecopipam for Weight Loss in Obese Subjects FREE
Arne Astrup, Frank L. Greenway, Walter Ling, Lisa Pedicone, Jean Lachowicz, Catherine D. Strader and Rudolf Kwan Ecopipam Obesity Study Group
Obesity 15: 1717-1731; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.205
Genetics
Polymorphisms in the SCD1 Gene: Associations With Body Fat Distribution and Insulin Sensitivity FREE
Eva Warensjö, Erik Ingelsson, Per Lundmark, Lars Lannfelt, Ann-Christine Syvänen, Bengt Vessby and Ulf Risérus
Obesity 15: 1732-1740; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.206
A Novel Obesity Locus on Chromosome 4q: The Strong Heart Family Study FREE
Laura Almasy, Harald H.H. Göring, Vincent Diego, Shelley Cole, Sandra Laston, Bennett Dyke, Barbara V. Howard, Elisa T. Lee, Lyle G. Best, Richard Devereux, Richard R. Fabsitz and Jean W. MacCluer
Obesity 15: 1741-1748; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.207
Diet and Physical Activity
Moderate Exercise and Bright Light Treatment in Overweight and Obese Individuals FREE
Andrea Dunai, Marta Novak, Sharon A. Chung, Leonid Kayumov, Andras Keszei, Robert Levitan and Colin M. Shapiro
Obesity 15: 1749-1757; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.208
Alcohol Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Among Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study FREE
Luc Djoussé, Mary L. Biggs, Kenneth J. Mukamal and David S. Siscovick
Obesity 15: 1758-1765; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.209
Alcohol Intake, Insulin Resistance, and Abdominal Obesity in Elderly Men FREE
Ulf Risérus and Erik Ingelsson
Obesity 15: 1766-1773; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.210
Activity, Inactivity, and Screen Time in Relation to Weight and Fatness Over Adolescence in Girls FREE
Aviva Must, Linda G. Bandini, David J. Tybor, Sarah M. Phillips, Elena N. Naumova and William H. Dietz
Obesity 15: 1774-1781; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.211
Weekend and Weekday Patterns of Physical Activity in Overweight and Normal-weight Adolescent Girls FREE
Margarita S. Treuth, Diane J. Catellier, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Russell R. Pate, John P. Elder, Robert G. McMurray, Robert M. Blew, Song Yang and Larry Webber
Obesity 15: 1782-1788; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.212
Calcium Supplements in Healthy Children Do Not Affect Weight Gain, Height, or Body Composition FREE
Tania Winzenberg, Kelly Shaw, Jayne Fryer and Graeme Jones
Obesity 15: 1789-1798; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.213
Social and Behavioral
Impact of Psychosocial Factors on Quality of Life in Overweight Youth FREE
David M. Janicke, Kristen K. Marciel, Lisa M. Ingerski, Wendy Novoa, Kelly W. Lowry, Bethany J. Sallinen and Janet H. Silverstein
Obesity 15: 1799-1807; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.214
BMI May Overestimate the Prevalence of Obesity Among Women of Lower Socioeconomic Status FREE
Dorit Nitzan Kaluski, Lital Keinan-Boker, Felicia Stern, Manfred S. Green, Alex Leventhal, Rebecca Goldsmith, Ayelet Chinich and Elliot M. Berry
Obesity 15: 1808-1815; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.215
Assessment of Hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome FREE
Elisabeth M. Dykens, Melissa A. Maxwell, Elizabeth Pantino, Rebecca Kossler and Elizabeth Roof
Obesity 15: 1816-1826; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.216
Descriptive Epidemiology
Morbidity and Mortality Risk Associated With an Overweight BMI in Older Men and Women FREE
Ian Janssen
Obesity 15: 1827-1840; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.217
Liver Enzymes as a Predictor for Incident Diabetes in a Japanese Population: The Hisayama Study FREE
Yasufumi Doi, Michiaki Kubo, Koji Yonemoto, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Masanori Iwase, Yumihiro Tanizaki, Kentaro Shikata, Mitsuo Iida and Yutaka Kiyohara
Obesity 15: 1841-1850; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.218
Recurrent Dieting and Smoking among Finnish Men and Women FREE
Suoma E. Saarni, Karri Silventoinen, Aila Rissanen, Sirpa Sarlio-Lähteenkorva and Jaakko Kaprio
Obesity 15: 1851-1859; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.219
Risk Factors and Chronic Disease
Overall and Central Obesity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Black Women FREE
Supriya Krishnan, Lynn Rosenberg, Luc Djoussé, L. Adrienne Cupples and Julie R. Palmer
Obesity 15: 1860-1866; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.220
Obesity Profiles with Knee Osteoarthritis: Correlation with Pain, Disability, Disease Progression FREE
Ray Marks
Obesity 15: 1867-1874; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.221
Components of Metabolic Syndrome Predicting Diabetes: No Role of Inflammation or Dyslipidemia FREE
Margareta Norberg, Hans Stenlund, Bernt Lindahl, Christer Andersson, Lars Weinehall, Gãran Hallmans and Jan W. Eriksson
Obesity 15: 1875-1885; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.222
BMI, Body Composition, and Physical Functioning in Older Adults FREE
Jean Woo, Jason Leung and Timothy Kwok
Obesity 15: 1886-1894; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.223
