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 3 (March)

1. Relationship of maternal body mass index and height to twinning.
   Obstet Gynecol, 105(3): 593-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Obesity-related complications in Danish single cephalic term pregnancies.
   Obstet Gynecol, 105(3): 537-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Clinical experience with Topiramate to counteract neuroleptic induced weight gain in 10 individuals with autistic spectrum disorders.
   Brain Dev, 27(3): 228-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Pioglitazone reverses down-regulation of cardiac PPARgamma expression in Zucker diabetic fatty rats.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 329(2): 726-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. The genetics of human obesity.
   Nat Rev Genet, 6(3): 221-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Recommendations for nutrition interventions with overweight African-American adolescents and young adults at the Atlanta Job Corps Center.
   J Health Care Poor Underserved, 16(1): 111-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Low gene expression conferred by association of an allele of the 5-HT2C receptor gene with antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
   Am J Psychiatry, 162(3): 613-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Metabolic syndrome in childhood: association with birth weight, maternal obesity, and gestational diabetes mellitus.
   Pediatrics, 115(3): e290-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Atypical complications of gastric bypass surgery.
   Eur J Radiol, 53(3): 366-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Radiologic evaluation following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity.
    Eur J Radiol, 53(3): 353-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. What is the best measure of adiposity change in growing children: BMI, BMI %, BMI z-score or BMI centile?
    Eur J Clin Nutr, 59(3): 419-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Long-term efficacy of soy-based meal replacements vs an individualized diet plan in obese type II DM patients: relative effects on weight loss, metabolic parameters, and C-reactive protein.
    Eur J Clin Nutr, 59(3): 411-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Postprandial insulin response and mitochondrial oxidation in obese men nutritionally treated to lose weight.
    Eur J Clin Nutr, 59(3): 334-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Socioeconomic status and weight change in adults: a review.
    Soc Sci Med, 60(9): 1987-2010. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Identification of 2-(4-benzyloxyphenyl)-N- [1-(2-pyrrolidin-1-yl-ethyl)-1H-indazol-6-yl]acetamide, an orally efficacious melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 antagonist for the treatment of obesity.
    J Med Chem, 48(5): 1318-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Serum leptin levels in Ache Amerindian females with normal adiposity are not significantly different from American anorexia nervosa patients.
    Am J Hum Biol, 17(2): 207-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Increasing body mass index in Japanese patients with gastric cancer.
    Gastric Cancer, 8(1): 39-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Laparoscopic renal biopsy in obese children.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 20(4): 495-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Overweight postmenopausal women lose bone with moderate weight reduction and 1 g/day calcium intake.
    J Bone Miner Res, 20(3): 455-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Obesity-related beliefs predict weight loss after an 8-week low-calorie diet.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 105(3): 441-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Anthropometric and psychosocial changes in obese adolescents enrolled in a Weight Management Program.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 105(3): 364-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Population-based trends and correlates of maternal overweight and obesity, Utah 1991-2001.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 192(3): 832-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Healthy eating and exercise: strategies for weight management in the rural midwest.
    Health Educ Behav, 32(2): 253-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Adipose tissue is a regulated source of interleukin-10.
    Cytokine, 29(6): 270-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. The negative association between plasma ghrelin and IGF-I is modified by obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
    Diabetologia, 48(2): 309-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Prevalence of obesity, glucose homeostasis disorders and metabolic syndrome in psychiatric patients taking typical or atypical antipsychotic drugs: a cross-sectional study.
    Diabetologia, 48(2): 215-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. The impact of a school-based obesity prevention trial on disordered weight-control behaviors in early adolescent girls.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 159(3): 225-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Prevention of the epidemic increase in child risk of overweight in low-income schools: the El Paso coordinated approach to child health.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 159(3): 217-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Acute hyperinsulinemia reduces plasma leptin levels in insulin-sensitive Japanese men.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(2): 235-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Effect of an indigenous herbal compound preparation 'Trikatu' on the lipid profiles of atherogenic diet and standard diet fed Rattus norvegicus.
    Phytother Res, 18(12): 976-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Associations of obesity, sleep-disordered breathing, and wheezing in children.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 171(6): 659-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Addition of orlistat to conventional treatment in adolescents with severe obesity.
    Eur J Pediatr, 163(12): 738-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Lifestyle-only intervention attenuates the inflammatory state associated with obesity: a randomized controlled study in adolescents.
    J Pediatr, 146(3): 342-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Communities and health policy: a pathway for change.
    Health Aff (Millwood), 24(2): 339-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Impact of obesity on revascularization and restenosis rates after bare-metal and drug-eluting stent implantation (from the TAXUS-IV trial).
    Am J Cardiol, 95(6): 709-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Parents' attributions of their child's jigsaw-puzzle performance: comparing two genetic syndromes.
    Ment Retard, 43(2): 135-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. The -913 G/A glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase gene polymorphism is associated with measures of obesity and intramyocellular lipid content in nondiabetic subjects.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1639-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Treatment of obese adolescents with sibutramine: a randomized, double-blind, controlled study.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1460-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Paraoxonase activity in high-density lipoproteins: a comparison between healthy and obese females.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1728-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Association between primary hyperparathyroidism and increased body weight: a meta-analysis.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1525-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Recombinant methionyl human leptin administration to achieve high physiologic or pharmacologic leptin levels does not alter circulating inflammatory marker levels in humans with leptin sufficiency or excess.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1618-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Childhood obesity.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1871-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. The role of energy expenditure in the differential weight loss in obese women on low-fat and low-carbohydrate diets.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1475-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Growth hormone treatment reduces abdominal visceral fat in postmenopausal women with abdominal obesity: a 12-month placebo-controlled trial.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1466-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Adiponectinemia in visceral obesity: impact on glucose tolerance and plasma lipoprotein and lipid levels in men.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(3): 1434-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Economic causes and consequences of obesity.
    Annu Rev Public Health, 26: 239-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Competing dietary claims for weight loss: finding the forest through truculent trees.
    Annu Rev Public Health, 26: 61-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. A review of incisional hernia repairs: preoperative weight loss and selective use of the mesh repair.
    Hernia, 9(1): 37-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Schema and parental bonding in overweight and nonoverweight female adolescents.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 381-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Social class, parental education, and obesity prevalence in a study of six-year-old children in Germany.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 373-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Developmental coordination disorder and overweight and obesity in children aged 9-14 y.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 369-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Ghrelin levels before and after reduction of overweight due to a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet in obese children and adolescents.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 362-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Parental perceptions of overweight in 3-5 y olds.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 353-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Race, education, and weight change in a biracial sample of women at midlife.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(5): 545-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Impact of obesity and the metabolic syndrome on risk factors in African American stroke survivors: a report from the AAASPS.
    Arch Neurol, 62(3): 386-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Association of gain and loss of weight before and after menopause with risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the Iowa women's health study.
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 14(3): 656-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Obesity prevalence among veterans at Veterans Affairs medical facilities.
    Am J Prev Med, 28(3): 291-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Analysis of weight loss outcomes using VLCD in black and white overweight and obese women with and without metabolic syndrome.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 436-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Meta-analysis of five genome-wide linkage studies for body mass index reveals significant evidence for linkage to chromosome 8p.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 413-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Dairy augmentation of total and central fat loss in obese subjects.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 391-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Freiburg Intervention Trial for Obese Children (FITOC): results of a clinical observation study.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(4): 356-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Change in beta1-adrenergic receptor protein concentration in adipose tissue correlates with diet-induced weight loss.
    Clin Sci (Lond), 108(4): 323-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Mediation of beta-endorphin in exercise-induced improvement in insulin resistance in obese Zucker rats.
    Diabetes Metab Res Rev, 21(2): 175-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Triglyceride predicts cardiovascular mortality and its relationship with glycaemia and obesity in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients.
    Diabetes Metab Res Rev, 21(2): 183-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Leptin receptor action and mechanisms of leptin resistance.
    Cell Mol Life Sci, 62(6): 642-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Use of a modified dosing weight for heparin therapy in a morbidly obese patient.
    Ann Pharmacother, 39(4): 753-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Apelin, a newly identified adipokine up-regulated by insulin and obesity.
    Endocrinology, 146(4): 1764-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Role of meltrin {alpha} (ADAM12) in obesity induced by high- fat diet.
    Endocrinology, 146(4): 1752-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. The role of the small bowel in the regulation of circulating ghrelin levels and food intake in the obese Zucker rat.
    Endocrinology, 146(4): 1745-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Running wheel activity prevents hyperphagia and obesity in Otsuka long-evans Tokushima Fatty rats: role of hypothalamic signaling.
    Endocrinology, 146(4): 1676-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Exenatide (exendin-4) improves insulin sensitivity and {beta}-cell mass in insulin-resistant obese fa/fa Zucker rats independent of glycemia and body weight.
    Endocrinology, 146(4): 2069-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Adipocytokines: fat-derived humoral mediators of metabolic homeostasis.
    Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes, 113(2): 67-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Macronutrient intake, physical activity, serum lipids and increased body weight in primary schoolchildren in Istanbul.
    Pediatr Int, 47(2): 159-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Effect of losartan and spironolactone on left ventricular mass and heart sympathetic activity in prehypertensive obese subjects: a 16-week randomized trial.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(4): 277-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Endothelial dysfunction and hypercontractility of vascular myocytes are ameliorated by fluvastatin in obese Zucker rats.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 288(4): H1770-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Stable isotopes in obesity research.
    Mass Spectrom Rev, 24(3): 311-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Weight gain and obesity after liver transplantation.
    Transpl Int, 18(4): 461-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Leptin levels in obese women with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Mediators Inflamm, 13(5): 321-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Serum amyloid A: production by human white adipocyte and regulation by obesity and nutrition.
    Diabetologia, 48(3): 519-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Potential involvement of adipocyte insulin resistance in obesity-associated up-regulation of adipocyte lysophospholipase D/autotaxin expression.
    Diabetologia, 48(3): 569-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Effects of weight loss and physical activity on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in obesity.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(4): E818-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Acquired obesity is associated with increased liver fat, intra-abdominal fat, and insulin resistance in young adult monozygotic twins.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(4): E768-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Isoproterenol decreases leptin release from rat and human adipose tissue through posttranscriptional mechanisms.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(4): E798-804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Abdominal adipose tissue cytokine gene expression: relationship to obesity and metabolic risk factors.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(4): E741-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Adipose tissue gene expression profiling reveals distinct molecular pathways that define visceral adiposity in offspring of maternal protein-restricted rats.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(4): E663-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Association of carotid intima-media thickness with mesenteric, preperitoneal and subcutaneous fat thickness.
    Atherosclerosis, 179(2): 299-304. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Pre-pregnancy weight and the risk of stillbirth and neonatal death.
    BJOG, 112(4): 403-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Managing obesity in secondary care: a personal practice.
    Arch Dis Child, 90(4): 385-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Major differences in prevalence of overweight according to nationality in preschool children living in Germany: determinants and public health implications.
    Arch Dis Child, 90(4): 359-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Blockade of endogenous cytokines mitigates neointimal formation in obese Zucker rats.
    Circulation, 111(11): 1398-406. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Feeding responses to a melanocortin agonist and antagonist in obesity induced by a palatable high-fat diet.
    Brain Res, 1039(1): 137-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1: a common denominator in obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
    Curr Opin Pharmacol, 5(2): 149-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. The prevalence of obesity and associated morbidity among 17-year-old Israeli conscripts.
    Public Health, 119(5): 385-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. A potential decline in life expectancy in the United States in the 21st century.
    N Engl J Med, 352(11): 1138-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Therapeutic potential of duodenal electrical stimulation for obesity: acute effects on gastric emptying and water intake.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 100(4): 792-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Deletion of the RIIbeta-subunit of protein kinase A decreases body weight and increases energy expenditure in the obese, leptin-deficient ob/ob mouse.
    Mol Endocrinol, 19(4): 982-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Acute hyperinsulinemia is associated with increased plasma adrenomedullin concentrations in uncomplicated obesity.
    Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes, 113(3): 171-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Clinical characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus in overweight European caucasian adolescents.
    Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes, 113(3): 167-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Insulin resistance in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: relation to obesity.
    Pediatr Diabetes, 6(1): 5-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Combination of WAGR and Potocki-Shaffer contiguous deletion syndromes in a patient with an 11p11.2-p14 deletion.
     Eur J Hum Genet, 13(4): 409-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Secondary male factor infertility after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: case report.
     Hum Reprod, 20(4): 997-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. The gut and energy balance: visceral allies in the obesity wars.
     Science, 307(5717): 1909-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Engineering a pharmacologically superior form of leptin for the treatment of obesity.
     Protein Eng Des Sel, 18(1): 1-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Food-based recommendations to reduce fat intake: an evidence-based approach to the development of a family-focused child weight management programme.
     J Paediatr Child Health, 41(3): 112-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Impact of ethnicity upon body composition assessment in Sri Lankan Australian children.
     J Paediatr Child Health, 41(3): 101-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Impact of obesity on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and hypertension.
     Hypertension, 45(4): 602-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. The role of spirituality in holistic weight management.
     Clin Nurs Res, 14(2): 158-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. The influence of dehydroepiandrosterone and 8-OH-DPAT on the caloric intake and hypothalamic neurotransmitters of lean and obese Zucker rats.
     Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 288(4): R928-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Stricture dilation after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
     Am J Surg, 189(3): 357-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in 925 patients without mortality.
     Am J Surg, 189(3): 352-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Reduced anorexic effects of insulin in obesity-prone rats fed a moderate-fat diet.
     Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 288(4): R981-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Exercise-induced increase in skeletal muscle vasodilatory responses in obese Zucker rats.
     Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 288(4): R987-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. The aerobic fitness (VO2 peak) and alpha-fibrinogen genetic polymorphism in obese and non-obese Chinese boys.
     Int J Sports Med, 26(4): 253-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. The effect of a high-carbohydrate meal on postprandial thermogenesis and sympathetic nervous system activity in boys with a recent onset of obesity.
     Metabolism, 54(4): 430-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Phenotype-based treatment of dietary obesity: differential effects of fenofibrate in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats.
     Metabolism, 54(4): 421-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. The obesity epidemic as harbinger of a metabolic disorder epidemic: trends in overweight, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes treatment in Geneva, Switzerland, 1993-2003.
     Am J Public Health, 95(4): 632-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Effects of calcium pyruvate supplementation during training on body composition, exercise capacity, and metabolic responses to exercise.
     Nutrition, 21(3): 312-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. Renal norepinephrine spillover during infusion of nonesterified fatty acids.
     Am J Hypertens, 18(3): 422-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Involving support partners in obesity treatment.
     J Consult Clin Psychol, 73(2): 341-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
120. Psychological and behavioral risk factors for obesity onset in adolescent girls: a prospective study.
     J Consult Clin Psychol, 73(2): 195-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
121. Urinary ketones reflect serum ketone concentration but do not relate to weight loss in overweight premenopausal women following a low-carbohydrate/high-protein diet.
     J Am Diet Assoc, 105(4): 608-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
122. College athletes with an elevated body mass index often have a high upper arm muscle area, but not elevated triceps and subscapular skinfolds.
     J Am Diet Assoc, 105(4): 599-602. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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