Women and Obesity: It's More than an Issue of Size

Editors' introduction

• B L Heitmann
• W P T James

Obesity in women: a life cycle of medical risk

• D Ryan

Role of obesity and adiposity in polycystic ovary syndrome

• E Diamanti-Kandarakis

Psychological correlates of obesity in women

• M-T van der Merwe

Identifying obese women most at risk from cardiovascular disease

• S Tonstad

The obese older female patient: CV risk and the SCOUT study

• W F Coutinho

Panel Discussion