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 4 (2007), Issue 10 (October)

1. RAR and RXR modulation in cancer and metabolic disease.
   Nat Rev Drug Discov, 6(10): 793-810. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Preliminary study: soy milk as effective as skim milk in promoting weight loss.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1811-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Comparison of techniques for self-monitoring eating and exercise behaviors on weight loss in a correspondence-based intervention.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1807-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Greater nutrition knowledge is associated with lower 1-year postpartum weight retention in low-income women.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1801-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prevalence and associated factors of overweight among Mexican-American adolescents.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1797-800. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Blood ketones are directly related to fatigue and perceived effort during exercise in overweight adults adhering to low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss: a pilot study.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1792-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. A dietary quality comparison of popular weight-loss plans.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1786-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Carbohydrate quantity and quality in relation to body mass index.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1768-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Weight-loss outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of weight-loss clinical trials with a minimum 1-year follow-up.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1755-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Breastfeeding is associated with lower body mass index among children of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1743-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. A study of dietary patterns in the Mexican-American population and their association with obesity.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 107(10): 1735-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Obesity paradox in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease.
    Am J Med, 120(10): 863-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Lower extremity arterial revascularization in obese patients.
    J Vasc Surg, 46(4): 738-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Impact of metabolic syndrome on left ventricular mass in overweight and obese hypertensive subjects.
    Int J Cardiol, 121(3): 267-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Effect of age, degree and distribution of adiposity on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a cohort of obese Italian women.
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 78(2): 225-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Small changes in dietary sugar and physical activity as an approach to preventing excessive weight gain: the America on the Move family study.
    Pediatrics, 120(4): e869-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Healthy Buddies: a novel, peer-led health promotion program for the prevention of obesity and eating disorders in children in elementary school.
    Pediatrics, 120(4): e1059-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Body mass index and risk of multiple myeloma: a meta-analysis.
    Int J Cancer, 121(11): 2512-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Emergency physicians do not use more resources to evaluate obese patients with acute abdominal pain.
    Am J Emerg Med, 25(8): 925-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. A randomized controlled trial of weight reduction as a treatment for breast cancer-related lymphedema.
    Cancer, 110(8): 1868-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Circulating leptin and osteoprotegerin levels affect insulin resistance in healthy premenopausal obese women.
    Arch Med Res, 38(8): 891-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Prevalence of overweight/obesity in Chinese children.
    Arch Med Res, 38(8): 882-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. R219K polymorphism of ATP binding cassette transporter A1 related with low HDL in overweight/obese Thai males.
    Arch Med Res, 38(8): 834-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Efficacy of maintenance treatment approaches for childhood overweight: a randomized controlled trial.
    JAMA, 298(14): 1661-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. A qualitative study of primary care clinicians' views of treating childhood obesity.
    BMC Fam Pract, 8: 50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Increasing the fat-to-carbohydrate ratio in a high-fat diet prevents the development of obesity but not a prediabetic state in rats.
    Clin Sci (Lond), 113(10): 417-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Preventing childhood obesity: two year follow-up results from the Christchurch obesity prevention programme in schools (CHOPPS).
    BMJ, 335(7623): 762. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Is information on genetic determinants of obesity helpful or harmful for obese people?--A randomized clinical trial.
    J Gen Intern Med, 22(11): 1553-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Association of obesity with tumor characteristics and treatment failure of prostate cancer in African-American and European American men.
    J Urol, 178(5): 1939-44; discussion 1945. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Gastric bypass: why Roux-en-Y? A review of experimental data.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 1000-3; discussion 1004. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Outcomes of preoperative weight loss in high-risk patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 994-8; discussion 999. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. When policy meets statistics: the very real effect that questionable statistical analysis has on limiting health care access for bariatric surgery.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 979-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Spectrum and risk factors of complications after gastric bypass.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 969-75; discussion 976. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Increased gastric cytokine production after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 962-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric bandings: a prospective randomized study of 400 operations performed with 2 different devices.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 958-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Morbidity of anastomotic leaks in patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 954-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Endoscopic findings in the excluded stomach after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 942-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Return to work after gastric bypass in Medicaid-funded morbidly obese patients.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 935-40; discussion 941. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Routine postoperative upper gastrointestinal series after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: determination of whether it is necessary.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 930-4; discussion 934. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Death rates and causes of death after bariatric surgery for Pennsylvania residents, 1995 to 2004.
    Arch Surg, 142(10): 923-8; discussion 929. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Body mass index, height and risk of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and gastric cardia: a prospective cohort study.
    Gut, 56(11): 1503-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Psychiatric issues in bariatric surgery.
    Psychiatr Clin North Am, 30(4): 717-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Differing pattern of sympathoexcitation in normal-weight and obesity-related hypertension.
    Hypertension, 50(5): 862-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Antecedent blood pressure, body mass index, and the risk of incident heart failure in later life.
    Hypertension, 50(5): 869-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Salt-induced nephropathy in obese spontaneously hypertensive rats via paradoxical activation of the mineralocorticoid receptor: role of oxidative stress.
    Hypertension, 50(5): 877-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Adaptation of vasomotor function of human coronary arterioles to the simultaneous presence of obesity and hypertension.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27(11): 2348-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Links between adipose tissue and thrombosis in the mouse.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27(11): 2284-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. A complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: intestinal obstruction.
    Surg Endosc, 21(11): 1914-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Laparoscopic conversion of vertical banded gastroplasty to a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
    Surg Endosc, 21(11): 1927-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Adding malabsorption for weight loss failure after gastric bypass.
    Surg Endosc, 21(11): 1924-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Gastric banding: conversion to sleeve, bypass, or DS.
    Surg Endosc, 21(11): 1931-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Multimedia article. Laparoscopic repair of a perforated marginal ulcer 2 years after gastric bypass.
    Surg Endosc, 21(11): 2110. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Benchmarking hospital outcomes for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
    Surg Endosc, 21(11): 1950-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Laparoscopic bariatric surgery: what else are we uncovering? Liver pathology and preoperative indicators of advanced liver disease in morbidly obese patients.
    Surg Endosc, 21(11): 1957-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Prediagnosis smoking, obesity, insulin resistance, and second primary cancer risk in male cancer survivors: National Health Insurance Corporation Study.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(30): 4835-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Evaluation of alternate size descriptors for dose calculation of anticancer drugs in the obese.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(30): 4707-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Dosing in obesity: a simple solution to a big problem.
    Clin Pharmacol Ther, 82(5): 505-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Body mass index, alcohol, tobacco and symptomatic gallstone disease: a Swedish twin study.
    J Intern Med, 262(5): 581-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Endocannabinoid system and cardiometabolic risk.
    Clin Pharmacol Ther, 82(5): 591-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Metabolic syndrome: from global epidemiology to individualized medicine.
    Clin Pharmacol Ther, 82(5): 509-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Evaluating the correlation and prediction of trunk fat mass with five anthropometric indices in Chinese females aged 20-40 years.
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 17(9): 676-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Inactivation of the mouse Magel2 gene results in growth abnormalities similar to Prader-Willi syndrome.
    Hum Mol Genet, 16(22): 2713-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Obesity, albuminuria, and urinalysis findings in US young adults from the Add Health Wave III study.
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2(6): 1207-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Relationship between food insecurity and body composition in Ugandans living in urban Kampala.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 107(11): 1978-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Poverty, obesity, and malnutrition: an international perspective recognizing the paradox.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 107(11): 1966-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. The food insecurity-obesity paradox: a review of the literature and the role food stamps may play.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 107(11): 1952-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Evidence implicating eating as a primary driver for the obesity epidemic.
    Diabetes, 56(11): 2673-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Economic consequences of the obese.
    Diabetes, 56(11): 2668-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Fried chicken and fresh apples: racial segregation as a fundamental cause of fast food density in black neighborhoods.
    Health Place, 14(1): 32-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Estimating the effects of light rail transit on health care costs.
    Health Place, 14(1): 45-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Dietary carbohydrate intake and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in at-risk women and men.
    Am Heart J, 154(5): 962-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. The enzyme CD38 (a NAD glycohydrolase, EC 3.2.2.5) is necessary for the development of diet-induced obesity.
    FASEB J, 21(13): 3629-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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