TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 16, Issue 2 (February 2008)
Editorial |
Perspectives |
Reviews |
Articles |
Short Communications |
Brief Reports
In This Issue
In This Issue
In This Issue FREE
Obesity 16: 217; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.123
See also: Behavior and Psychology by Ard et al. See also: Genetics by Slattery et al. See also: Epidemiology by Keith et al. See also: Epidemiology by Araki et al.Editorial
Editorial
Watch Out for the Little Guy FREE
Richard N. Bergman PhD
Obesity 16: 219-220; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.124
Perspectives
Commentaries
A Review of Obesity Issues in Sexual Minority Women FREE
Deborah J. Bowen, Kimberly F. Balsam and Samantha R. Ender
Obesity 16: 221-228; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.34
Correcting Bias, or Biased Corrections? FREE
Katherine M. Flegal, Barry I. Graubard, David F. Williamson and Mitchell H. Gail
Obesity 16: 229-231; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.41
Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis: New Insights Provided by Body Composition Studies FREE
Andrew J. Teichtahl, Yuanyuan Wang, Anita E. Wluka and Flavia M. Cicuttini
Obesity 16: 232-240; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.30
See also: Epidemiology by Teichtahl et al.Reviews
Integrative Physiology
Effects of Exercise on Adiponectin: A Systematic Review FREE
Kylie A. Simpson and Maria A. Fiatarone Singh
Obesity 16: 241-256; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.53
Behavior and Psychology
Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors in Overweight Youth FREE
Andrea B. Goldschmidt, Vandana Passi Aspen, Meghan M. Sinton, Marian Tanofsky-Kraff and Denise E. Wilfley
Obesity 16: 257-264; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.48
Epidemiology
Is Sleep Duration Associated With Childhood Obesity? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis FREE
Xiaoli Chen, May A. Beydoun and Youfa Wang
Obesity 16: 265-274; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.63
Socioeconomic Status and Adiposity in Childhood: A Systematic Review of Cross-sectional Studies 1990–2005 FREE
Vanessa Shrewsbury and Jane Wardle
Obesity 16: 275-284; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.35
Articles
Adipocyte Biology
Effects of IL-15 on Rat Brown Adipose Tissue: Uncoupling Proteins and PPARs FREE
Vanessa Almendro, Gemma Fuster, Sílvia Busquets, Elisabet Ametller, Maite Figueras, Josep M. Argilés and Francisco J. López-Soriano
Obesity 16: 285-289; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.47
Integrative Physiology
Dietary Soy Isoflavone–Aglycone Lowers Food Intake in Female Rats With and Without Ovariectomy FREE
Taro Kishida, Takafumi Mizushige, Yohhei Ohtsu, Shimpei Ishikawa, Manabu Nagamoto, Tohru Izumi, Akio Obata and Kiyoshi Ebihara
Obesity 16: 290-297; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.68
Effects of Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding on Glucose Kinetics and Gut Hormone Release FREE
Frédérique Rodieux, Vittorio Giusti, David A. D'Alessio, Michel Suter and Luc Tappy
Obesity 16: 298-305; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.83
Behavior and Psychology
Effect of Group Racial Composition on Weight Loss in African Americans FREE
Jamy D. Ard, Shiriki Kumanyika, Victor J. Stevens, William M. Vollmer, Carmen Samuel-Hodge, Betty Kennedy, Debra Gayles, Lawrence J. Appel, Phillip J. Brantley, Catherine Champagne, Jeanne Charleston and Laura P. Svetkey
Obesity 16: 306-310; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.49
Behavior and Physiology
Constructs of Health and Environment Inform Child Obesity Prevention in American Indian Communities FREE
Alexandra K. Adams, Heather Harvey and David Brown
Obesity 16: 311-317; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.71
Behavior and Psychology
Increasing Healthy Eating vs. Reducing High Energy-dense Foods to Treat Pediatric Obesity FREE
Leonard H. Epstein, Rocco A. Paluch, Meghan D. Beecher and James N. Roemmich
Obesity 16: 318-326; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.61
Intervention and Prevention
Effect of Orlistat on Eating Behavior Among Participants in a 3-year Weight Maintenance Trial FREE
Mette Svendsen, Aila Rissanen, Bjørn Richelsen, Stephan Rössner, Fredrik Hansson and Serena Tonstad
Obesity 16: 327-333; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.82
Safety and Efficacy of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in the Elderly FREE
Luca Busetto, Luigi Angrisani, Nicola Basso, Franco Favretti, Francesco Furbetta, Michele Lorenzo and for the Italian Group for Lap-Band
Obesity 16: 334-338; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.85
Genetics
Modifying Effects of IL-6 Polymorphisms on Body Size–Associated Breast Cancer Risk FREE
Martha L. Slattery, Karen Curtin, Carol Sweeney, Roger K. Wolff, Richard N. Baumgartner, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Anna R. Giuliano and Tim Byers
Obesity 16: 339-347; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.44
Genes Implicated in Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Functioning Predict BMI Categories FREE
Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Tanya D. Agurs-Collins, F. Joseph Mcclernon, Scott H. Kollins, Melanie E. Kail, Andrew W. Bergen and Allison E. Ashley-Koch
Obesity 16: 348-355; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.65
Islet-1: A Potentially Important Role for an Islet Cell Gene in Visceral Fat FREE
Haiyan Li, Leonie K. Heilbronn, Dachun Hu, Ann M. Poynten, Miriam A. Blackburn, Deepali P. Shirkhedkar, Warren H. Kaplan, Adamandia D. Kriketos, Jiming Ye and Donald J. Chisholm
Obesity 16: 356-362; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.76
Effect of a Polymorphism in the ND1 Mitochondrial Gene on Human Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function FREE
Matthew R. Jackman, E. Ravussin, M.J. Rowe, R. Pratley, M.R. Milner and W.T. Willis
Obesity 16: 363-368; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.40
Association of the MC4R V103I Polymorphism With the Metabolic Syndrome: The KORA Study FREE
Iris M. Heid, Caren Vollmert, Florian Kronenberg, Cornelia Huth, Donna P. Ankerst, Andreas Luchner, Anke Hinney, Günter Brönner, H.-E. Wichmann, Thomas Illig, Angela Döring and Johannes Hebebrand
Obesity 16: 369-376; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.21
Epidemiology
BMI and Headache Among Women: Results From 11 Epidemiologic Datasets FREE
Scott W. Keith, Chenxi Wang, Kevin R. Fontaine, Charles D. Cowan and David B. Allison
Obesity 16: 377-383; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.32
Plasma Visfatin Concentration as a Surrogate Marker for Visceral Fat Accumulation in Obese Children FREE
Shunsuke Araki, Kazushige Dobashi, Kazuyasu Kubo, Rinko Kawagoe, Yukiyo Yamamoto, Yasusada Kawada, Kohtaro Asayama and Akira Shirahata
Obesity 16: 384-388; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.54
Effects of Breastfeeding on Trajectories of Body Fat and BMI throughout Childhood FREE
Anette E. Buyken, Nadina Karaolis-Danckert, Thomas Remer, Katja Bolzenius, Beate Landsberg and Anja Kroke
Obesity 16: 389-395; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.57
BMI and Stroke Risk in Korean Women FREE
Ji Wan Park, Sang-Yi Lee, Su Young Kim, Heon Choe and Sun Ha Jee
Obesity 16: 396-401; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.67
The Association of BMI With Functional Status and Self-rated Health in US Adults FREE
Kumiko Imai, Edward W. Gregg, Yiling J. Chen, Ping Zhang, Nathalie de Rekeneire and David F. Williamson
Obesity 16: 402-408; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.70
Physical Inactivity and Obesity: A Vicious Circle FREE
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Jaakko Kaprio, Patrik Borg, Guy Plasqui, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Urho M. Kujala, Richard J. Rose, Klaas R. Westerterp and Aila Rissanen
Obesity 16: 409-414; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.72
Physical Activity Intensity and Risk of Overweight and Adiposity in Children FREE
Kristy D.M. Wittmeier, Rebecca C. Mollard and Dean J. Kriellaars
Obesity 16: 415-420; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.73
The Longitudinal Relationship Between Body Composition and Patella Cartilage in Healthy Adults FREE
Andrew J. Teichtahl, Yuanyuan Wang, Anita E. Wluka, Maxine Szramka, Dallas R. English, Graham G. Giles, Richard O'Sullivan and Flavia M. Cicuttini
Obesity 16: 421-427; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.37
See also: Commentaries by Teichtahl et al.Adiponectin and Leptin in African Americans FREE
Robert V. Considine, Ahalya Premkumar, James C. Reynolds, Nancy G. Sebring, Madia Ricks and Anne E. Sumner
Obesity 16: 428-434; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.80
Age-variability in Body Shape Associated With Excess Weight: The UK National Sizing Survey FREE
Jonathan C.K. Wells, Tim J. Cole and Philip Treleaven
Obesity 16: 435-441; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.62
Effect of Obesity on Short- and Long-term Mortality Postcoronary Revascularization: A Meta-analysis FREE
Antigone Oreopoulos, Raj Padwal, Colleen M Norris, John C Mullen, Victor Pretorius and Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Obesity 16: 442-450; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.36
Methods and Techniques
Predictive Equations for Body Fat and Abdominal Fat With DXA and MRI as Reference in Asian Indians FREE
Kashish Goel, Nidhi Gupta, Anoop Misra, Pawan Poddar, Ravindra M. Pandey, Naval K. Vikram and Jasjeet S. Wasir
Obesity 16: 451-456; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.55
DXA: Can It Be Used as a Criterion Reference for Body Fat Measurements in Children? FREE
Roman J. Shypailo, Nancy F. Butte and Kenneth J. Ellis
Obesity 16: 457-462; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.81
BMI vs. Waist Circumference for Identifying Vascular Risk FREE
Matthew S. Freiberg, Michael J. Pencina, Ralph B. D'Agostino, Katherine Lanier, Peter W.F. Wilson and Ramachandran S. Vasan
Obesity 16: 463-469; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.75
Short Communications
Integrative Physiology
Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Increases Energy Expenditure in Healthy Adults FREE
Claudio Lorello, Gary S. Goldfield and Éric Doucet
Obesity 16: 470-472; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.45
Behavior and Psychology
Does Clinical Depression Affect the Accuracy of Self-reported Height and Weight in Obese Women? FREE
Robert W. Jeffery, Emily A. Finch, Jennifer A. Linde, Gregory E. Simon, Evette J. Ludman, Belinda H. Operskalski, Paul Rohde and Laura E. Ichikawa
Obesity 16: 473-475; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.66
Brief Reports
Genetic Analysis
Effects of TCF7L2 Polymorphisms on Obesity in European Populations FREE
Stéphane Cauchi, Hélène Choquet, Ruth Gutiérrez-Aguilar, Frédéric Capel, Katrine Grau, Christine Proença, Christian Dina, Alex Duval, Beverley Balkau, Michel Marre, Natascha Potoczna, Dominique Langin, Fritz Horber, Thorkild I.A. Sørensen, Guillaume Charpentier, David Meyre and Philippe Froguel
Obesity 16: 476-482; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.77
QTL for Body Composition on Chromosome 7 Detected Using a Chromosome Substitution Mouse Strain FREE
Danielle R. Reed, Amanda H. McDaniel, Mauricio Avigdor and Alexander A. Bachmanov
Obesity 16: 483-487; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.26
Contribution of the Functional 5-HTTLPR Variant of the SLC6A4 Gene to Obesity Risk in Male Adults FREE
Silvia Sookoian, Tomas F. Gianotti, Carolina Gemma, Adriana Burgueño and Carlos J. Pirola
Obesity 16: 488-491; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.64
Association of Common JAK2 Variants With Body Fat, Insulin Sensitivity and Lipid Profile FREE
Dongliang Ge, Sakina B. Gooljar, Theodosios Kyriakou, Laura J. Collins, Ramasamyiyer Swaminathan, Harold Snieder, Tim D. Spector and Sandra D. O'Dell
Obesity 16: 492-496; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.79
Articles
Epidemiology
Prevalence and Determinants of Obesity in Children in Public Schools of Sintra, Portugal FREE
Raquel J. Ferreira and Pedro M. Marques-Vidal
Obesity 16: 497-500; doi:10.1038/oby.2007.74
