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 5 (2008), Issue 4 (April)

1. Abdominal obesity and the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: sixteen years of follow-up in US women.
   Circulation, 117(13): 1658-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. A policy-based school intervention to prevent overweight and obesity.
   Pediatrics, 121(4): e794-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Targeting melanocortin receptors: an approach to treat weight disorders and sexual dysfunction.
   Nat Rev Drug Discov, 7(4): 307-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Inflammatory biomarkers and physical function in older, obese adults with knee pain and self-reported osteoarthritis after intensive weight-loss therapy.
   J Am Geriatr Soc, 56(4): 644-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Joint effects of adiposity and physical activity on incident mobility limitation in older adults.
   J Am Geriatr Soc, 56(4): 636-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Obesity and functional disability in elderly Americans.
   J Am Geriatr Soc, 56(4): 689-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Association between obesity during pregnancy and increased use of health care.
   N Engl J Med, 358(14): 1444-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Pioglitazone administration alters ovarian gene expression in aging obese lethal yellow mice.
   Reprod Biol Endocrinol, 6: 10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Effect of rimonabant on progression of atherosclerosis in patients with abdominal obesity and coronary artery disease: the STRADIVARIUS randomized controlled trial.
   JAMA, 299(13): 1547-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Causes of early mortality after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
    J Am Coll Surg, 206(4): 664-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Parental obesity and offspring serum alanine and aspartate aminotransferase levels: the Framingham heart study.
    Gastroenterology, 134(4): 953-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Childhood obesity prevention programs: how do they affect eating pathology and other psychological measures?
    Psychosom Med, 70(3): 363-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Overweight and obesity are associated with psychiatric disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
    Psychosom Med, 70(3): 288-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Obesity, weight loss, and the polycystic ovary syndrome: effect of treatment with diet and orlistat for 24 weeks on insulin resistance and androgen levels.
    Fertil Steril, 89(4): 899-906. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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