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 3 (2006), Issue 12 (December)

1. Is obesity overrated as a "risk factor" for poor outcomes in chronic occupational spinal disorders?
   Spine, 31(25): 2967-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Obesity and risk of low self-esteem: a statewide survey of Australian children.
   Pediatrics, 118(6): 2481-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Intima-media thickness in obese children before and after weight loss.
   Pediatrics, 118(6): 2334-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Large maternal weight loss from obesity surgery prevents transmission of obesity to children who were followed for 2 to 18 years.
   Pediatrics, 118(6): e1644-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Aberrant hepatic expression of PPARgamma2 stimulates hepatic lipogenesis in a mouse model of obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hepatic steatosis.
   J Biol Chem, 281(49): 37603-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Holiday waistline. Jolly, fit and fat: should we be singing the "Santa Too Fat Blues"?
   CMAJ, 175(12): 1563-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Pregnancy outcomes after gastric-bypass surgery.
   Am J Surg, 192(6): 762-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Predictive performance of 'Servin's formula' during BIS-guided propofol-remifentanil target-controlled infusion in morbidly obese patients.
   Br J Anaesth, 98(1): 66-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Erythropoietic and anti-obesity effects of Garcinia cambogia (bitter kola) in Wistar rats.
   Biotechnol Appl Biochem, 46: 69-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Direct visual insertion of primary trocar and avoidance of fascial closure with laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
    Surg Endosc, 21(1): 124-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Does establishing a bariatric surgery fellowship training program influence operative outcomes?
    Surg Endosc, 21(1): 109-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Iranian women with coronary artery disease: not behind of the men.
    Int J Cardiol, 115(1): 103-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Apnea/hypopnea index and benzodiazepine use in patients with arterial hypertension and excessive weight.
    Int J Cardiol, 114(3): 416-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. INSIG-2 promoter polymorphism and obesity related phenotypes: association study in 1428 members of 248 families.
    BMC Med Genet, 7: 83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The correlation among obesity, apnea-hypopnea index, and tonsil size in children.
    Chest, 130(6): 1751-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome.
    Nature, 444(7121): 881-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Mechanisms linking obesity with cardiovascular disease.
    Nature, 444(7121): 875-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Inflammation and metabolic disorders.
    Nature, 444(7121): 860-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Mechanisms linking obesity to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
    Nature, 444(7121): 840-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. An obesity paradox in acute heart failure: analysis of body mass index and inhospital mortality for 108,927 patients in the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry.
    Am Heart J, 153(1): 74-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Insulin resistance as a determinant of platelet activation in obese women.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 48(12): 2531-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Promising new causal explanations for obesity and obesity-related diseases.
    Biol Res Nurs, 8(3): 223-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Feasibility of a hospital-based, family-centered intervention to reduce weight gain in overweight children and adolescents.
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 75(2): 159-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Popular weight-loss diets: from evidence to practice.
    Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med, 4(1): 34-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Spouse resemblance in body mass index: effects on adult obesity prevalence in the offspring generation.
    Am J Epidemiol, 165(1): 101-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Inactivation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 in proopiomelanocortin (Pomc) neurons causes decreased pomc expression, mild obesity, and defects in compensatory refeeding.
    Endocrinology, 148(1): 72-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Altered hypothalamic leptin, insulin, and melanocortin binding associated with moderate-fat diet and predisposition to obesity.
    Endocrinology, 148(1): 310-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Vascular lipotoxicity: endothelial dysfunction via fatty-acid-induced reactive oxygen species overproduction in obese Zucker diabetic fatty rats.
    Endocrinology, 148(1): 160-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The muscle--fat duel or why obese children are taller?
    BMC Pediatr, 6: 33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest.
    Nature, 444(7122): 1027-131. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Microbial ecology: human gut microbes associated with obesity.
    Nature, 444(7122): 1022-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Maternal obesity in early pregnancy and risk of spontaneous and elective preterm deliveries: a retrospective cohort study.
    Am J Public Health, 97(1): 157-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Left ventricular hypertrophy in severe obesity: interactions among blood pressure, nocturnal hypoxemia, and body mass.
    Hypertension, 49(1): 34-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Autonomic contribution to blood pressure and metabolism in obesity.
    Hypertension, 49(1): 27-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Childhood overweight and cardiovascular disease risk factors: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study.
    J Pediatr, 150(1): 18-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Cardiovascular risk factors and excess adiposity among overweight children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
    J Pediatr, 150(1): 12-17.e2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Bupropion for weight reduction.
    Expert Rev Neurother, 7(1): 17-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Diagnosis and contemporary management of anastomotic leaks after gastric bypass for obesity.
    J Am Coll Surg, 204(1): 47-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Combined leptin actions on adipose tissue and hypothalamus are required to deplete adipocyte fat in lean rats: implications for obesity treatment.
    J Biol Chem, 281(52): 40283-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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