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 2 (February)

1. Management of obesity in pregnancy.
   Obstet Gynecol, 109(2): 419-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Myocardial preconditioning against ischemia-reperfusion injury is abolished in Zucker obese rats with insulin resistance.
   Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 292(2): R920-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A cascade of events -- obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus in youth.
   Nurs Clin North Am, 42(1): 29-42, vi. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Hypovitaminosis D and morbid obesity.
   Nurs Clin North Am, 42(1): 19-27, v. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Outpatient parathyroid surgery and the differences seen in the morbidly obese.
   Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 136(2): 282-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Weight loss by bariatric surgery and subsequent fertility.
   Fertil Steril, 87(2): 430-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. SAH gene variants are associated with obesity-related hypertension in Caucasians: the PEGASE Study.
   J Hypertens, 25(3): 557-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Active spice-derived components can inhibit inflammatory responses of adipose tissue in obesity by suppressing inflammatory actions of macrophages and release of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 from adipocytes.
   Life Sci, 80(10): 926-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Long-term feeding a high-fat diet causes histological and parasitological effects on murine schistosomiasis mansoni outcome.
   Exp Parasitol, 115(4): 324-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The HIKCUPS trial: a multi-site randomized controlled trial of a combined physical activity skill-development and dietary modification program in overweight and obese children.
    BMC Public Health, 7: 15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Predictors of abdominal obesity and high susceptibility of cardiometabolic risk to its increments among Turkish women: a prospective population-based study.
    Metabolism, 56(3): 348-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. An exercise intervention without weight loss decreases circulating interleukin-6 in lean and obese men with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Metabolism, 56(3): 332-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Association of serum retinol binding protein 4 and insulin resistance in apparently healthy adolescents.
    Metabolism, 56(3): 327-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Relationship between obesity and several cardiovascular disease risk factors in apparently healthy Korean individuals: comparison of body mass index and waist circumference.
    Metabolism, 56(3): 297-303. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Excess weight as a risk factor for kidney failure.
    Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens, 16(2): 71-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Are the circumpolar Inuit becoming obese?
    Am J Hum Biol, 19(2): 181-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Circadian rhythms in the development of obesity: potential role for the circadian clock within the adipocyte.
    Obes Rev, 8(2): 169-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. International school-based interventions for preventing obesity in children.
    Obes Rev, 8(2): 155-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Environmental correlates of physical activity in youth - a review and update.
    Obes Rev, 8(2): 129-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Obesity, metabolic syndrome and sleep apnoea: all pro-inflammatory states.
    Obes Rev, 8(2): 119-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Netherlands.
    Obes Rev, 8(2): 101-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Prevalence and socioeconomic risk factors of obesity among urban female students in Al-Khobar city, Eastern Saudi Arabia, 2003.
    Obes Rev, 8(2): 93-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Endocrine role of the renin-angiotensin system in human adipose tissue and muscle: effect of beta-adrenergic stimulation.
    Hypertension, 49(3): 542-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Excessive sympathetic activation in heart failure with obesity and metabolic syndrome: characteristics and mechanisms.
    Hypertension, 49(3): 535-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla contribute to obesity-induced hypertension in rats.
    Hypertension, 49(3): 640-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Involvement of cholecystokinin 2 receptor in food intake regulation: hyperphagia and increased fat deposition in cholecystokinin 2 receptor-deficient mice.
    Endocrinology, 148(3): 1039-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Induction of cardiac uncoupling protein-2 expression and adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase phosphorylation during early states of diet-induced obesity in mice.
    Endocrinology, 148(3): 924-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Determinants and definition of abdominal obesity as related to risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and coronary disease in Turkish men: a prospective cohort study.
    Atherosclerosis, 191(1): 182-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Plasma concentration of organochlorine compounds is associated with age and not obesity.
    Chemosphere, 67(7): 1463-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Metabolic syndrome pathophysiology: the role of adipose tissue.
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 17(2): 125-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Adiponectin, ghrelin, and leptin differentially influence human platelet and human vascular endothelial cell functions: implication in obesity-associated cardiovascular diseases.
    Eur J Pharmacol, 558(1): 7-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Body mass index: relationship to clinical, pathologic and features of microsatellite instability in endometrial cancer.
    Gynecol Oncol, 104(3): 535-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. In addition to obesity and insulin resistance, microalbuminuria and diminished insulin secretion are linked with the metabolic syndrome in community-dwelling nondiabetic Taiwanese subjects.
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 76(1): 102-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Effect of obesity on flap and donor-site complications in pedicled TRAM flap breast reconstruction.
    Plast Reconstr Surg, 119(3): 788-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Association of the built environment with physical activity and obesity in older persons.
    Am J Public Health, 97(3): 486-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Work, obesity, and occupational safety and health.
    Am J Public Health, 97(3): 428-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Evidence for association between insulin resistance and premature carotid atherosclerosis in childhood obesity.
    Pediatr Res, 61(3): 345-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Six months supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid induces regional-specific fat mass decreases in overweight and obese.
    Br J Nutr, 97(3): 550-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Physical activity-key issues in treatment of childhood obesity.
    Acta Paediatr Suppl, 96(454): 39-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. School-based interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in prepubertal children: process and 4-years outcome evaluation of the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS).
    Acta Paediatr Suppl, 96(454): 19-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Prevention of overweight in the school arena.
    Acta Paediatr Suppl, 96(454): 12-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Early causes of child obesity and implications for prevention.
    Acta Paediatr Suppl, 96(454): 2-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Rimonabant: a novel selective cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonist for treatment of obesity.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(5): 481-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Issues of obesity in kidney transplantation.
    J Ren Nutr, 17(2): 107-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Technical feasibility of endoscopic gastric reduction: a pilot study in a porcine model.
    Gastrointest Endosc, 65(3): 510-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus.
    Am J Med, 120(3): S3-S11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Therapeutic options for modifying cardiometabolic risk factors.
    Am J Med, 120(3): S26-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Role of the endocannabinoid system in regulating cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors.
    Am J Med, 120(3): S19-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Central CART gene delivery by recombinant AAV vector attenuates body weight gain in diet-induced-obese rats.
    Regul Pept, 140(1): 21-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Pharmacokinetics of 125I-GST-TatdMt, a recombinant fusion protein possessing potent anti-obesity activity, after intravenous, nasal, oral, and subcutaneous administration.
    Regul Pept, 140(1): 74-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. T-cell accumulation and regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted upregulation in adipose tissue in obesity.
    Circulation, 115(8): 1029-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Total and intraabdominal fat distribution in preadolescents and adolescents: measurement with MR imaging.
    Radiology, 242(3): 846-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Leptin acts as a mitogenic and antiapoptotic factor for colonic cancer cells.
    Br J Surg, 94(3): 346-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Quality of life and psychological well-being in GH-treated, adult PWS patients: a longitudinal study.
    J Intellect Disabil Res, 51: 302-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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