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 4 (April)

1. Increased luteinizing hormone pulse frequency in obese oligomenorrheic girls with no evidence of hyperandrogenism.
   Fertil Steril, 85(4): 1049-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. A prospective study of psychological predictors of body fat gain among children at high risk for adult obesity.
   Pediatrics, 117(4): 1203-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Tipping the scales: obese children and child safety seats.
   Pediatrics, 117(4): 1197-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in adolescents with extreme obesity presenting for bariatric surgery.
   Pediatrics, 117(4): 1155-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Comparison of techniques to evaluate adiposity in stunted and nonstunted children.
   Pediatrics, 117(4): e725-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004.
   JAMA, 295(13): 1549-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal pro-BNP in obese patients without heart failure: relationship to body mass index and gastric bypass surgery.
   Clin Chem, 52(4): 680-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A study of the relationships between KLF2 polymorphisms and body weight control in a French population.
   BMC Med Genet, 7: 26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Fat oxidation before and after a high fat load in the obese insulin-resistant state.
   J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(4): 1462-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Increased plasma visfatin concentrations in morbidly obese subjects are reduced after gastric banding.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(4): 1578-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Energy intake, ghrelin, and cholecystokinin after different carbohydrate and protein preloads in overweight men.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(4): 1477-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Vascular adrenergic tone and structural narrowing constrain reactive hyperemia in skeletal muscle of obese Zucker rats.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 290(5): H2066-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Central adiposity, regional fat distribution, and the risk of cholecystectomy in women.
    Gut, 55(5): 708-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Metabolic risk factor profile associated with use of second generation antipsychotics: a cross sectional study in a Community Mental Health Centre.
    BMC Psychiatry, 6: 11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. FATP1 is an insulin-sensitive fatty acid transporter involved in diet-induced obesity.
    Mol Cell Biol, 26(9): 3455-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. A common genetic variant is associated with adult and childhood obesity.
    Science, 312(5771): 279-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Overweight and obesity status among adolescents from Mexico and Egypt.
    Arch Med Res, 37(4): 535-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Obesity and cardiovascular disease: pathophysiology, evaluation, and effect of weight loss.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 26(5): 968-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
    Lancet Neurol, 5(5): 433-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Is visceral adipose tissue a determinant of von Willebrand factor in overweight and obese premenopausal women?
    Metabolism, 55(5): 650-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. The effects of uncoupling protein 3 haplotypes on obesity phenotypes and very low-energy diet-induced changes among overweight Korean female subjects.
    Metabolism, 55(5): 578-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. The effect of obesity on chronic respiratory diseases: pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies.
    CMAJ, 174(9): 1293-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Effect of weight loss and exercise on frailty in obese older adults.
    Arch Intern Med, 166(8): 860-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Attitude toward physical activity in normal-weight, overweight and obese adolescents.
    J Adolesc Health, 38(5): 560-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Relation between obesity and severity of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
    Am J Cardiol, 97(9): 1277-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Activity and tissue-specific expression of lipases and tumor-necrosis factor alpha in lean and obese cats.
    Domest Anim Endocrinol, 30(4): 333-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Relationship of single measures of cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity in young schoolchildren.
    Am J Hum Biol, 18(3): 335-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. How obesity affects the cut-points for B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of acute heart failure. Results from the Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study.
    Am Heart J, 151(5): 999-1005. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Translational research in childhood obesity prevention.
    Eval Health Prof, 29(2): 219-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Development of an obesity prevention and management program for children and adolescents in a rural setting.
    J Community Health Nurs, 23(2): 69-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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