TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 16, Issue 7 (July 2008)
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Obesity 16: 1477; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.317
Editorial
Editorial
Midterm Grades FREE
Richard N. Bergman PhD and Marilyn Ader PhD
Obesity 16: 1479-1480; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.319
Articles
Adipocyte Biology
Effects of the New C1q/TNF-related Protein (CTRP-3) "Cartonectin" on the Adipocytic Secretion of Adipokines FREE
Britta Wölfing, Christa Buechler, Johanna Weigert, Markus Neumeier, Charalampos Aslanidis, Juergen Schöelmerich and Andreas Schäffler
Obesity 16: 1481-1486; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.206
Circulating IL-6 Concentrations and Abdominal Adipocyte Isoproterenol-stimulated Lipolysis in Women FREE
Anne-Sophie Morisset, Céline Huot, Denis Légaré and André Tchernof
Obesity 16: 1487-1492; advance online publication, April 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.242
Amyloid Precursor Protein Expression Is Upregulated in Adipocytes in Obesity FREE
Yong-Ho Lee, William G. Tharp, Rhonda L. Maple, Saraswathy Nair, Paska A. Permana and Richard E. Pratley
Obesity 16: 1493-1500; advance online publication, May 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.267
Integrative Physiology
GLP-1 (9–36) Amide, Cleavage Product of GLP-1 (7–36) Amide, Is a Glucoregulatory Peptide FREE
Dariush Elahi, Josephine M. Egan, Richard P. Shannon, Graydon S. Meneilly, Ashok Khatri, Joel F. Habener and Dana K. Andersen
Obesity 16: 1501-1509; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.229
Effects of a Novel Y5 Antagonist in Obese Mice: Combination With Food Restriction or Sibutramine FREE
Satoshi Mashiko, Akane Ishihara, Hisashi Iwaasa, Ryuichi Moriya, Hidefumi Kitazawa, Yuko Mitobe, Junko Ito, Akira Gomori, Hiroko Matsushita, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Douglas J. MacNeil, Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg, Takehiro Fukami and Akio Kanatani
Obesity 16: 1510-1515; advance online publication, April 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.223
Polysomnographic Sleep, Growth Hormone Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Axis, Leptin, and Weight Loss FREE
Michael H. Rasmussen, Gordon Wildschiødtz, Anders Juul and Jannik Hilsted
Obesity 16: 1516-1521; advance online publication, May 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.249
Behavior and Psychology
Ability to Taste 6-n-Propylthiouracil and BMI in Low-income Preschool-aged Children FREE
Julie C. Lumeng, Tiffany M. Cardinal, Jacinta R. Sitto and Srimathi Kannan
Obesity 16: 1522-1528; advance online publication, April 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.227
Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward Obesity in a Representative Population-based Sample FREE
Anja Hilbert, Winfried Rief and Elmar Braehler
Obesity 16: 1529-1534; advance online publication, May 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.263
Decreased Scholastic Achievement in Overweight Middle School Students FREE
Stuart M. Shore, Michael L. Sachs, Jeffrey R. Lidicker, Stephanie N. Brett, Adam R. Wright and Joseph R. Libonati
Obesity 16: 1535-1538; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.254
Stress and Sex Influences on Food-seeking Behaviors FREE
Diana E. Pankevich and Tracy L. Bale
Obesity 16: 1539-1544; advance online publication, April 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.221
Obesity and Vital Exhaustion: Analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in the Communities Study FREE
Maria J. Bryant, June Stevens, Kimberly P. Truesdale, Thomas Mosley and Lloyd Chambless
Obesity 16: 1545-1551; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.248
Maternal and Paternal Controlling Feeding Practices: Reliability and Relationships With BMI FREE
Emma L. Haycraft and Jacqueline M. Blissett
Obesity 16: 1552-1558; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.238
Intervention and Prevention
Reductions in Entrée Energy Density Increase Children's Vegetable Intake and Reduce Energy Intake FREE
Kathleen E. Leahy, Leann L. Birch, Jennifer O. Fisher and Barbara J. Rolls
Obesity 16: 1559-1565; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.257
Calcium and Dairy Product Modulation of Lipid Utilization and Energy Expenditure FREE
Dorothy Teegarden, Kimberly M. White, Roseann M. Lyle, Michael B. Zemel, Marta D. Van Loan, Velimir Matkovic, Bruce A. Craig and Dale A. Schoeller
Obesity 16: 1566-1572; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.232
Inflammatory Response to a High-fat, Low-carbohydrate Weight Loss Diet: Effect of Antioxidants FREE
Abigail T. Peairs and Janet W. Rankin
Obesity 16: 1573-1578; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.252
Evaluation of Urinary Oxalate Levels in Patients Receiving Gastrointestinal Lipase Inhibitor FREE
Kemal Sarica, Ersin Akarsu, Sakip Erturhan, Faruk Yagci, Sebnem Aktaran and Bulent Altay
Obesity 16: 1579-1584; advance online publication, April 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.244
Genetics
Childhood Obesity: Genetic and Environmental Overlap With Normal-range BMI FREE
Claire M.A. Haworth, Robert Plomin, Susan Carnell and Jane Wardle
Obesity 16: 1585-1590; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.240
A Decreased Mitochondrial DNA Content Is Related to Insulin Resistance in Adolescents FREE
Tomas F. Gianotti, Silvia Sookoian, Guillermo Dieuzeide, Silvia I. García, Carolina Gemma, Claudio D. González and Carlos J. Pirola
Obesity 16: 1591-1595; advance online publication, April 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.253
Genome-wide Linkage Scan for the Metabolic Syndrome: The GENNID Study FREE
Karen L. Edwards, Carolyn M. Hutter, Jia Yin Wan, Helen Kim and Stephanie A. Monks
Obesity 16: 1596-1601; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.236
Epidemiology
Determinants of Insulin-resistant Phenotypes in Normal-weight and Obese Black African Women FREE
Courtney L. Jennings, Estelle V. Lambert, Malcolm Collins, Yael Joffe, Naomi S. Levitt and Julia H. Goedecke
Obesity 16: 1602-1609; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.233
Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies by Overweight and Obese Adults FREE
Suzanne M. Bertisch, Christina C. Wee and Ellen P. McCarthy
Obesity 16: 1610-1615; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.239
Body Fat and Mobility Are Explained by Common Genetic and Environmental Influences in Older Women FREE
Alfredo Ortega-Alonso, Sarianna Sipilä, Urho M. Kujala, Jaakko Kaprio and Taina Rantanen
Obesity 16: 1616-1621; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.235
BMI Compared With Central Obesity Indicators in Relation to Diabetes and Hypertension in Asians FREE
Obesity 16: 1622-1635; advance online publication, April 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.73
State Ranks of Incident Cancer Burden due to Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 2003 FREE
Shine Chang, Louise C. Mâsse, Richard P. Moser, Kevin W. Dodd, Facundo Arganaraz, Bernard F. Fuemmler and Ahmedin Jemal
Obesity 16: 1636-1650; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.228
Developmental Origins of Childhood Overweight: Potential Public Health Impact FREE
Matthew W. Gillman, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Ken Kleinman, Emily Oken, Janet W. Rich-Edwards and Elsie M. Taveras
Obesity 16: 1651-1656; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.260
Predictors of Excessive and Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain in Hispanic Women FREE
Lisa Chasan-Taber, Michael D. Schmidt, Penelope Pekow, Barbara Sternfeld, Caren G. Solomon and Glenn Markenson
Obesity 16: 1657-1666; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.256
Does High BMI Influence Hospital Charges in Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomy? FREE
Olubukola O. Nafiu, Wilson T. Chimbira, Susan J. Woolford, Kevin K. Tremper, Paul I. Reynolds and Glenn E. Green
Obesity 16: 1667-1671; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.234
Cardiovascular Risk in 26,008 European Overweight Children as Established by a Multicenter Database FREE
Dagmar I'Allemand, Susanna Wiegand, Thomas Reinehr, Jörg Müller, Martin Wabitsch, Kurt Widhalm and Reinhard Holl
Obesity 16: 1672-1679; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.259
Small Birth Weight and Later Body Composition and Fat Distribution in Adolescents: The AVENA Study FREE
Idoia Labayen, Luis A. Moreno, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Marcela González-Gross, Julia Wärnberg, Christina Breidenassel, Francisco B. Ortega, Ascensión Marcos and Manuel Bueno
Obesity 16: 1680-1686; advance online publication, May 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.258
Waist Circumference Cutoff Points in School-aged Chinese Han and Uygur Children FREE
Weili Yan, Hua Yao, Jianghong Dai, Jun Cui, Yan Chen, Xiaoyan Yang, Gregory A. Harshfield and Xiaoling Wang
Obesity 16: 1687-1692; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.245
Methods and Techniques
Substantial Changes in Epicardial Fat Thickness After Weight Loss in Severely Obese Subjects FREE
Gianluca Iacobellis, Navneet Singh, Sean Wharton and Arya M. Sharma
Obesity 16: 1693-1697; advance online publication, May 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.251
Short Communications
Epidemiology
A Pediatric Weight Management Program for High-risk Populations: A Preliminary Analysis FREE
Joseph A. Skelton, Laure G. DeMattia and Glenn Flores
Obesity 16: 1698-1701; advance online publication, April 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.243
Brief Reports
Genetic Analysis
Study of Genetic Variation in the STAT3 on Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Male Adults FREE
Tomas F. Gianotti, Silvia Sookoian, Carolina Gemma, Adriana L. Burgueño, Claudio D. González and Carlos J. Pirola
Obesity 16: 1702-1707; advance online publication, April 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.250
Association of Genetic Variation in ENPP1 With Obesity-related Phenotypes FREE
Christopher P. Jenkinson, Dawn K. Coletta, Marion Flechtner-Mors, Shirley L. Hu, Marcel J. Fourcaudot, Lenore M. Rodriguez, Jennifer Schneider, Rector Arya, Michael P. Stern, John Blangero, Ravindranath Duggirala and Ralph A. DeFronzo
Obesity 16: 1708-1713; advance online publication, May 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.262
Epidemiology
Relationship Between BMI and All-cause Mortality in Japan: NIPPON DATA80 FREE
Atsushi Hozawa, Tomonori Okamura, Izumi Oki, Yoshitaka Murakami, Takashi Kadowaki, Koshi Nakamura, Naomi Miyamatsu, Takehito Hayakawa, Yoshikuni Kita, Yosikazu Nakamura, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Robert D. Abbott, Akira Okayama and Hirotsugu Ueshima
Obesity 16: 1714-1717; advance online publication, April 17, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.237
Epidemiological Survey for the Prevalence of Overweight and Abdominal Obesity in Greek Adolescents FREE
Themistoklis Tzotzas, Efthymios Kapantais, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Ioannis Ioannidis, Anastasios Mortoglou, Spiridon Bakatselos, Myrto Kaklamanou, Leonidas Lanaras and Ioannis Kaklamanos
Obesity 16: 1718-1722; advance online publication, April 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.247
