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 5 (May)

1. Obesity and androgens: facts and perspectives.
   Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1319-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Cardiorespiratory fitness, macronutrient intake, and the metabolic syndrome: the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 106(5): 673-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Effects of Arachis hypogaea nutshell extract on lipid metabolic enzymes and obesity parameters.
   Life Sci, 78(24): 2797-803. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The effect of liposuction and diet on ghrelin, adiponectin, and leptin levels in obese Zucker rats.
   Plast Reconstr Surg, 117(6): 1829-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Active healthy living: prevention of childhood obesity through increased physical activity.
   Pediatrics, 117(5): 1834-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Impaired flow-mediated vasodilation, carotid artery intima-media thickening, and elevated endothelial plasma markers in obese children: the impact of cardiovascular risk factors.
   Pediatrics, 117(5): 1560-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Maternal infant-feeding style and children's adiposity at 5 years of age.
   Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 160(5): 513-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Oligofructose promotes satiety in healthy human: a pilot study.
   Eur J Clin Nutr, 60(5): 567-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Family-based behavioural treatment of obesity: acceptability and effectiveness in the UK.
   Eur J Clin Nutr, 60(5): 587-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Impact of body overweight and class I, II and III obesity on the outcome of acute biliary pancreatitis.
    Pancreas, 32(4): 343-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Adiponectin and cancer: a systematic review.
    Br J Cancer, 94(9): 1221-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Influence of sibutramine treatment on sympathetic vasomotor tone in obese subjects.
    Clin Pharmacol Ther, 79(5): 500-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Effects of obesity, body composition, and adiponectin on carotid intima-media thickness in healthy women.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(5): 1677-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Differences in the expression of the adenosine A1 receptor in adipose tissue of obese black and white women.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(5): 1882-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Melanocortin 4 receptor mutations in a large cohort of severely obese adults: prevalence, functional classification, genotype-phenotype relationship, and lack of association with binge eating.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(5): 1811-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine concentrations are elevated in obese insulin-resistant women and fall with weight loss.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(5): 1896-900. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Suppression of acylated ghrelin during oral glucose tolerance test is correlated with whole-body insulin sensitivity in children with Prader-Willi syndrome.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(5): 1876-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. The association of obesity and hyperandrogenemia during the pubertal transition in girls: obesity as a potential factor in the genesis of postpubertal hyperandrogenism.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(5): 1714-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Prevalence, spectrum, and functional characterization of melanocortin-4 receptor gene mutations in a representative population-based sample and obese adults from Germany.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(5): 1761-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Glucagon-like peptide-1, peptide YY, hunger, and satiety after gastric bypass surgery in morbidly obese subjects.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(5): 1735-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. PPAR-alpha activator fenofibrate increases renal CYP-derived eicosanoid synthesis and improves endothelial dilator function in obese Zucker rats.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 290(6): H2187-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Development of adiposity in adolescence: five year longitudinal study of an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of young people in Britain.
    BMJ, 332(7550): 1130-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Lift-assisted offset lithotomy: positioning for transurethral operations in morbidly obese.
    Urology, 67(5): 1084.e1-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Rimonabant: a cannabinoid receptor type 1 blocker for management of multiple cardiometabolic risk factors.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 47(10): 1919-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Radical perineal prostatectomy for treatment of localized prostate cancer in obese and nonobese patients: a matched control study.
    Urology, 67(5): 990-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Environmental obesogens: organotins and endocrine disruption via nuclear receptor signaling.
    Endocrinology, 147(6): S50-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Effect of growth hormone on susceptibility to diet-induced obesity.
    Endocrinology, 147(6): 2801-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Minireview: ribonucleic acid interference for the identification of new targets for the treatment of metabolic diseases.
    Endocrinology, 147(6): 2650-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. RFamide peptide QRFP43 causes obesity with hyperphagia and reduced thermogenesis in mice.
    Endocrinology, 147(6): 2916-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Impact of obesity on the growth hormone axis: evidence for a direct inhibitory effect of hyperinsulinemia on pituitary function.
    Endocrinology, 147(6): 2754-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Adiponectin replenishment ameliorates obesity-related hypertension.
    Hypertension, 47(6): 1108-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Angiotensin II type 2 receptor agonist directly inhibits proximal tubule sodium pump activity in obese but not in lean Zucker rats.
    Hypertension, 47(6): 1117-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Critical care of the bariatric patient.
    Crit Care Med, 34(6): 1796-804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Role of nitric oxide and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) in the regulation of blood pressure by leptin in lean and obese rats.
    Life Sci, 79(1): 63-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Quantitative analysis of SNRPN(correction of SRNPN) gene methylation by pyrosequencing as a diagnostic test for Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome.
    Clin Chem, 52(6): 1005-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Short-term sibutramine therapy is associated with weight loss and improved endothelial function in obese patients with coronary artery disease.
    Am J Cardiol, 97(11): 1650-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Effects of obesity on lipid-lowering, anti-inflammatory, and antiatherosclerotic benefits of atorvastatin or pravastatin in patients with coronary artery disease (from the REVERSAL Study).
    Am J Cardiol, 97(11): 1553-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Liver PPARalpha and UCP2 are involved in the regulation of obesity and lipid metabolism by swim training in genetically obese db/db mice.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 345(3): 1232-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Improvement of diabetes, obesity and hypertension in type 2 diabetic KKAy mice by bis(allixinato)oxovanadium(IV) complex.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 345(3): 945-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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