TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 8, Issue 2 (March 2000)
Original Articles
Vegetarian and Weight-Loss Diets among Young Adults FREE
Cheryl F. Smith, Lora E. Burke and Rena R. Wing
Obesity 8: 123-129; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.13
The Influence of Physical Activity, Socioeconomic Status, and Ethnicity on the Weight Status of Adolescents FREE
Robert G. McMurray, Joanne S. Harrell, Shibing Deng, Chyrise B. Bradley, Lori M. Cox and Shrikant I. Bangdiwala
Obesity 8: 130-139; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.14
Familial Aggregation of Amount and Distribution of Subcutaneous Fat and Their Responses to Exercise Training in the HERITAGE Family Study FREE
Louis Pérusse, Treva Rice, Michael A. Province, Jacques Gagnon, Arthur S. Leon, James S. Skinner, Jack H. Wilmore, D. C. Rao and Claude Bouchard
Obesity 8: 140-150; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.15
Evidence of Pleiotropic Loci for Fasting Insulin, Total Fat Mass, and Abdominal Visceral Fat in a Sedentary Population: The HERITAGE Family Study FREE
Yuling Hong, Jean-Pierre Després, Treva Rice, André Nadeau, Michael A. Province, Jacques Gagnon, Arthur S. Leon, James S. Skinner, Jack H. Wilmore, Claude Bouchard and D. C. Rao
Obesity 8: 151-159; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.16
Obesity and Physical and Emotional Well-Being: Associations between Body Mass Index, Chronic Illness, and the Physical and Mental Components of the SF-36 Questionnaire FREE
Helen A. Doll, Sophie E. K. Petersen and Sarah L. Stewart-Brown
Obesity 8: 160-170; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.17
Ethnic Differences in the Responsiveness of Adipocyte Lipolytic Activity to Insulin FREE
Ernest P. Buthelezi, Maria-Terésa van der Merwe, Peter N. Lönnroth, I. Peter Gray and Nigel J. Crowther
Obesity 8: 171-178; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.18
Prevalence of Pre-obesity and Obesity in Urban Adult Mexicans in Comparison with Other Large Surveys FREE
Pedro Arroyo, Alvar Loria, Victoria Fernández, Katherine M. Flegal, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Gustavo Olaiz and Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Obesity 8: 179-185; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.19
Tumor Necrosis Factor-
Stimulates Cell Proliferation in Adipose Tissue-Derived Stromal-Vascular Cell Culture: Promotion of Adipose Tissue Expansion by Paracrine Growth Factors FREE
Krystyna M. Kras, Dorothy B. Hausman and Roy J. Martin
Obesity 8: 186-193; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.20
Short Communication
Familial Risk of Overweight and Obesity in the Canadian Population using the WHO/NIH Criteria FREE
Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Louis Pérusse, D. C. Rao and Claude Bouchard
Obesity 8: 194-197; doi:10.1038/oby.2000.21
