Obesity Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Obesity, including details on health, diet, prevention, exercise.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 1 (January)

1. Sensory experience of food and obesity: a positron emission tomography study of the brain regions affected by tasting a liquid meal after a prolonged fast.
   Neuroimage, 24(2): 436-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Chronic ankle morbidity in obese children following an acute ankle injury.
   Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 159(1): 33-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The relation of childhood BMI to adult adiposity: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
   Pediatrics, 115(1): 22-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Sibutramine treatment in obesity: initial eating behaviour in relation to weight loss results and changes in mood.
   Pharmacol Res, 51(2): 159-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Body weight status among adults with intellectual disability in the community.
   Ment Retard, 43(1): 1-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. PPAR-gamma2 Pro12Ala variant is associated with greater insulin sensitivity in childhood obesity.
   Pediatr Res, 57(1): 138-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Health-related quality of life of overweight and obese children.
   JAMA, 293(1): 70-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Molecular screening of the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein: association between polymorphisms and both abdominal obesity and plasma apolipoprotein B concentration.
   J Hum Genet, 49(12): 684-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Chitosan supplementation and fat absorption in men and women.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 105(1): 72-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Mathematical skills in Prader-Willi Syndrome.
    J Intellect Disabil Res, 49: 159-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Underweight, obesity and exercise among adults with intellectual disabilities in supported accommodation in Northern England.
    J Intellect Disabil Res, 49: 134-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Obesity in adults with Down syndrome: a case-control study.
    J Intellect Disabil Res, 49: 125-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The safety of dosing dalteparin based on actual body weight for the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism in obese patients.
    J Thromb Haemost, 3(1): 100-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Overweight in children: definitions, measurements, confounding factors, and health consequences.
    J Pediatr Nurs, 19(6): 376-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. A new challenge in pediatric obesity: pediatric hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med, 6(1): 20-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. PKC-delta-dependent activation of oxidative stress in adipocytes of obese and insulin-resistant mice: role for NADPH oxidase.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(2): E405-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Expression and activity of steroid aldoketoreductases 1C in omental adipose tissue are positive correlates of adiposity in women.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(2): E398-404. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Beta-cell function and islet morphology in normal, obese, and obese beta-cell mass-reduced Göttingen minipigs.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(2): E412-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Cardiovascular risk factors in youth with implications for aging: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
    Neurobiol Aging, 26(3): 303-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Differential effect of weight loss on insulin resistance in surgically treated obese patients.
    Am J Med, 118(1): 51-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Endocrine and neuroanatomic features associated with weight gain and obesity in adult patients with hypothalamic damage.
    Am J Med, 118(1): 45-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. The obesity paradox: body mass index and outcomes in patients with heart failure.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(1): 55-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Development of fatness, fitness, and lifestyle from adolescence to the age of 36 years: determinants of the metabolic syndrome in young adults: the amsterdam growth and health longitudinal study.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(1): 42-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Overweight and obese patients in a primary care population report less sleep than patients with a normal body mass index.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(1): 25-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Insulin sensitizing drugs increase the endogenous dopaminergic tone in obese insulin-resistant women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
    J Endocrinol, 184(1): 233-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Effect of medical and surgical weight loss on endothelial vasomotor function in obese patients.
    Am J Cardiol, 95(2): 266-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Incidence of insulin resistance in obese subjects in a rural Japanese population: the Tanno and Sobetsu study.
    Diabetes Obes Metab, 7(1): 83-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. The anti-obesity effect of rimonabant is associated with an improved serum lipid profile.
    Diabetes Obes Metab, 7(1): 65-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Efficacy and safety comparative evaluation of orlistat and sibutramine treatment in hypertensive obese patients.
    Diabetes Obes Metab, 7(1): 47-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Effects of agar (kanten) diet on obese patients with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes.
    Diabetes Obes Metab, 7(1): 40-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Reduction of body weight and co-morbidities by orlistat: The XXL--Primary Health Care Trial.
    Diabetes Obes Metab, 7(1): 21-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Effects of changes in body weight and insulin resistance on inflammation and endothelial function in morbid obesity after bariatric surgery.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(1): 316-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Prevalence of mutations and functional analyses of melanocortin 4 receptor variants identified among 750 men with juvenile-onset obesity.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(1): 219-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Effects of rosiglitazone in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome and severe insulin resistance.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(1): 60-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Nutrient oxidation during moderately intense exercise in obese prepubertal boys.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(1): 231-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Variation of the McKusick-Kaufman gene and studies of relationships with common forms of obesity.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(1): 225-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Mortality in overweight and underweight children with acute myeloid leukemia.
    JAMA, 293(2): 203-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Usual diet in Bubis, a rural immigrant population of African origin in Madrid.
    J Hum Nutr Diet, 18(1): 25-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of the MEND Programme in a small group of obese 7-11-year-old children.
    J Hum Nutr Diet, 18(1): 3-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Overweight and obesity and weight change in middle aged men: impact on cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
    J Epidemiol Community Health, 59(2): 134-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. 'Programming' of orexigenic and anorexigenic hypothalamic neurons in offspring of treated and untreated diabetic mother rats.
    Brain Res, 1031(2): 276-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Reduced adipose glucocorticoid reactivation and increased hepatic glucocorticoid clearance as an early adaptation to high-fat feeding in Wistar rats.
    Endocrinology, 146(2): 913-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Bovine growth hormone transgenic mice are resistant to diet-induced obesity but develop hyperphagia, dyslipidemia, and diabetes on a high-fat diet.
    Endocrinology, 146(2): 920-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Postural changes in lung volumes and respiratory resistance in subjects with obesity.
    J Appl Physiol, 98(2): 512-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Socioeconomic status and obesity in adult populations of developing countries: a review.
    Bull World Health Organ, 82(12): 940-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Satiety dysfunction in Prader-Willi syndrome demonstrated by fMRI.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(2): 260-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Aromatase inhibitor anastrozole for treating endometrial hyperplasia in obese postmenopausal women.
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 118(2): 239-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Body mass index and mortality: a meta-analysis based on person-level data from twenty-six observational studies.
    Ann Epidemiol, 15(2): 87-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Psychobehavioral and nutritional predictors of weight loss in obese women treated with sibutramine.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 208-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Perceptions of local neighbourhood environments and their relationship to childhood overweight and obesity.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 170-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Vascular endothelial dysfunction tested by blunted response to endothelium-dependent vasodilation by salbutamol and its related factors in uncomplicated pre-menopausal obese women.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 217-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Trends in waist circumferences in young British children: a comparative study.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 157-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. BMI, waist-circumference and waist-hip-ratio as diagnostic tests for fatness in adolescents.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 163-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Long-chain fatty acid uptake is upregulated in omental adipocytes from patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 196-203. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Effects of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist SR141716 on oxygen consumption and soleus muscle glucose uptake in Lep(ob)/Lep(ob) mice.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 183-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Having a regular physician and attempted weight loss after screening for hypertension or hypercholesterolemia.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 223-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Use of surgery to aid weight reduction-experience of two regions of Northern England: a database study.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 204-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Insulin downregulates M(2)-muscarinic receptors in adult rat atrial cardiomyocytes: a link between obesity and cardiovascular complications.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 176-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. GABAergic modulation of ventilatory response to acute and sustained hypoxia in obese Zucker rats.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(2): 188-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. GIP as a potential therapeutic agent?
    Horm Metab Res, 36(11): 859-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Gastrointestinal hormones and regulation of food intake.
    Horm Metab Res, 36(11): 846-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Obesity and colorectal cancer.
    Tech Coloproctol, 8: s161-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Who succeeds in maintaining weight loss? A conceptual review of factors associated with weight loss maintenance and weight regain.
    Obes Rev, 6(1): 67-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. A review of psychosocial pre-treatment predictors of weight control.
    Obes Rev, 6(1): 43-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Effect of chitosan on weight loss in overweight and obese individuals: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
    Obes Rev, 6(1): 35-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Obesity prevention: a proposed framework for translating evidence into action.
    Obes Rev, 6(1): 23-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Prevalence of obesity in Great Britain.
    Obes Rev, 6(1): 11-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Prevalence of obesity in Turkey.
    Obes Rev, 6(1): 9-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Prevalence of obesity in the United States.
    Obes Rev, 6(1): 5-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Deaths in children with Prader-Willi syndrome. A contribution to the debate about the safety of growth hormone treatment in children with PWS.
    Horm Res, 63(1): 33-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Sudden death in Prader-Willi syndrome during growth hormone therapy.
    Horm Res, 63(1): 29-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Sibutramine in the treatment of obesity in type 2 diabetic patients and in nondiabetic subjects.
    Acta Diabetol, 41(4): 146-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Prognostic impact of body weight and abdominal obesity in women and men with cardiovascular disease.
    Am Heart J, 149(1): 54-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Comparison of gene expression in intra-abdominal and subcutaneous fat: a study of men with morbid obesity and nonobese men using microarray and proteomics.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1030: 508-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Biographic and psychobehavioral influences on body mass index in a nursing sample.
    West J Nurs Res, 27(1): 7-20; discussion 21-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Adipose tissue gene expression in obese subjects during low-fat and high-fat hypocaloric diets.
    Diabetologia, 48(1): 123-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Comparison of high-fat and high-protein diets with a high-carbohydrate diet in insulin-resistant obese women.
    Diabetologia, 48(1): 8-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Obesity and the risk of prostate cancer.
    Prostate, 62(4): 316-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Weight and weight concerns: are they associated with reported depressive symptoms in adolescents?
    J Pediatr Health Care, 19(1): 33-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Type 2 diabetes-a matter of beta-cell life and death?
    Science, 307(5708): 380-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Diabetes, obesity, and the brain.
    Science, 307(5708): 375-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. How obesity causes diabetes: not a tall tale.
    Science, 307(5708): 373-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Substitution of high monounsaturated fatty acid avocado for mixed dietary fats during an energy-restricted diet: effects on weight loss, serum lipids, fibrinogen, and vascular function.
    Nutrition, 21(1): 67-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Secondary anthropometric data analysis of the National Food Consumption Survey in South Africa: the double burden.
    Nutrition, 21(1): 4-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Monogenic obesity in humans.
    Annu Rev Med, 56: 443-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Gastrointestinal complications of bariatric Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
    Eur Radiol, 15(2): 254-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Alcohol, tobacco and obesity are synergistic risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma.
    J Hepatol, 42(2): 218-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Vaginal hysterectomy for benign disorders in obese women: a prospective study.
    BJOG, 112(2): 223-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Total laparoscopic hysterectomy as a primary surgical treatment for endometrial cancer in morbidly obese women.
    BJOG, 112(1): 115-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Position of the American Dietetic association: fat replacers.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 105(2): 266-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Intrafamilial correlates of overweight and obesity in African-American and Native-American grandparents, parents, and children in rural Oklahoma.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 105(2): 262-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Electroclinical characteristics of seizures-comparing Prader--Willi syndrome with Angelman syndrome.
    Brain Dev, 27(2): 101-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma: the more the merrier?
    Eur J Clin Invest, 35(2): 82-92; discussion 80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Exclusion of the C/D box snoRNA gene cluster HBII-52 from a major role in Prader-Willi syndrome.
    Hum Genet, 116(3): 228-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Obesity, weight gain, and the risk of kidney stones.
    JAMA, 293(4): 455-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Free and bound plasma leptin in normal weight and obese men and women: relationship with body composition, resting energy expenditure, insulin-sensitivity, lipid profile and macronutrient preference.
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf), 62(2): 189-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Tryptophan 64 --> arginine polymorphism of beta-3-adrenergic receptor in Chilean women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf), 62(2): 126-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Obesity does not alter the pharmacokinetics of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in severe sepsis.
    Ann Pharmacother, 39(2): 262-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Pharmacotherapy for weight loss in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Positive end-expiratory pressure during induction of general anesthesia increases duration of nonhypoxic apnea in morbidly obese patients.
     Anesth Analg, 100(2): 580-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Health-related quality of life issues in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
     J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs, 34(1): 12-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Cortisol stress response is positively correlated with central obesity in obese women with binge eating disorder (BED) before and after cognitive-behavioral treatment.
     Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1032: 202-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. An after-school physical activity program for obesity prevention in children: the Medical College of Georgia FitKid Project.
     Eval Health Prof, 28(1): 67-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Physical activity buffers the effects of chronic stress on adiposity in youth.
     Ann Behav Med, 29(1): 29-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Renal angiotensin II type-2 receptors are upregulated and mediate the candesartan-induced natriuresis/diuresis in obese Zucker rats.
     Hypertension, 45(2): 270-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Interindividual variation in posture allocation: possible role in human obesity.
     Science, 307(5709): 584-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Increased length of hospital stay in underweight and overweight patients at hospital admission: a controlled population study.
     Clin Nutr, 24(1): 133-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Obesity epidemics: simple or simplicistic answers?
     Clin Nutr, 24(1): 1-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Leptin-like effects of MTII are augmented in MSG-obese rats.
     Regul Pept, 127(1): 63-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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