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 6 (June)

1. Association of the ins/del polymorphisms of uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) with BMI in a Korean population.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 371(4): 767-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Body size and risk of epithelial ovarian and related cancers: a population-based case-control study.
   Int J Cancer, 123(2): 450-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Genome-wide association scans identified CTNNBL1 as a novel gene for obesity.
   Hum Mol Genet, 17(12): 1803-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. R125W coding variant in TBC1D1 confers risk for familial obesity and contributes to linkage on chromosome 4p14 in the French population.
   Hum Mol Genet, 17(12): 1798-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Body mass index and groin hernia: a 34-year follow-up study in Swedish men.
   Ann Surg, 247(6): 1064-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A clinical scoring system for predicting nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in morbidly obese patients.
   Hepatology, 47(6): 1916-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Early outcomes and complications following joint arthroplasty in obese patients: a review of the published reports.
   ANZ J Surg, 78(6): 439-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Body mass index, waist circumference, and chronic disease risk factors in Australian adolescents.
   Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 162(6): 566-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Association between 100% juice consumption and nutrient intake and weight of children aged 2 to 11 years.
   Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 162(6): 557-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes may be modulated by obesity status: implications for association studies.
    BMC Med Genet, 9: 45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Carboplatin dosing in obese women with ovarian cancer: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study.
    Gynecol Oncol, 109(3): 353-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure performed with the da Vinci robot system: is it worth it?
    Surg Endosc, 22(7): 1690-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Ultra-fast simultaneous detection of obesity-related coenzymes in mice using microchip electrophoresis with a LIF detector.
    Anal Chim Acta, 619(1): 94-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Cognitive-motivational determinants of fat food consumption in overweight and obese youngsters: the implicit association between fat food and arousal.
    J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry, 39(3): 354-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Predisposition to late-onset obesity in GIRK4 knockout mice.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(23): 8148-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Interleukin-18, together with interleukin-12, induces severe acute pancreatitis in obese but not in nonobese leptin-deficient mice.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(23): 8085-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. A novel association of a polymorphism in the first intron of adiponectin gene with type 2 diabetes, obesity and hypoadiponectinemia in Asian Indians.
    Hum Genet, 123(6): 599-605. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Intra-abdominal vagal blocking (VBLOC therapy): clinical results with a new implantable medical device.
    Surgery, 143(6): 723-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Hepatic steatosis rather than visceral adiposity is more closely associated with insulin resistance in the early stage of obesity.
    Metabolism, 57(7): 980-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The hyperenergetic-fed obese dog, a model of disturbance of apolipoprotein B-100 metabolism associated with insulin resistance: kinetic study using stable isotopes.
    Metabolism, 57(7): 966-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Endocannabinoid receptor 1 gene variations increase risk for obesity and modulate body mass index in European populations.
    Hum Mol Genet, 17(13): 1916-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.
    Obes Rev, 9(4): 340-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Pulmonary gas exchange in the morbidly obese.
    Obes Rev, 9(4): 326-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Prevalence and time trends in obesity among adult West African populations: a meta-analysis.
    Obes Rev, 9(4): 297-311. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Sibutramine-associated adverse effects: a practical guide for its safe use.
    Obes Rev, 9(4): 378-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Systematic review of the use of financial incentives in treatments for obesity and overweight.
    Obes Rev, 9(4): 355-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?
    Obes Rev, 9(4): 312-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Body mass index in adolescence in relation to cause-specific mortality: a follow-up of 230,000 Norwegian adolescents.
    Am J Epidemiol, 168(1): 30-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Obesity subtypes and risk of spontaneous versus medically indicated preterm births in singletons and twins.
    Am J Epidemiol, 168(1): 13-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. T-lymphocyte infiltration in visceral adipose tissue: a primary event in adipose tissue inflammation and the development of obesity-mediated insulin resistance.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28(7): 1304-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Weight loss alone improves conduit and resistance artery endothelial function in young and older overweight/obese adults.
    Hypertension, 52(1): 72-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Serum Amyloid A concentration is increased in obese children and adolescents.
    J Pediatr, 153(1): 71-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Association of arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction with metabolic syndrome in obese children.
    J Pediatr, 153(1): 65-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Obesity and coronary surgery: new concepts for an old problem.
    Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther, 6(6): 897-903. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Overweight and obesity in postpartum Hispanic women.
    Health Care Women Int, 29(6): 649-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is a good marker of cardiovascular risk in obese children and adolescents.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 159(1): R1-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T genotype and the risk of obesity in three large population-based cohorts.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 159(1): 35-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Obesity-induced insulin resistance and hyperglycemia: etiologic factors and molecular mechanisms.
    Anesthesiology, 109(1): 137-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Untangling the heavy cardiovascular burden of obesity.
    Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med, 5(7): 428-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Water consumption reduces energy intake at a breakfast meal in obese older adults.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 108(7): 1236-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Lean mass loss is associated with low protein intake during dietary-induced weight loss in postmenopausal women.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 108(7): 1216-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Poverty-related factors associated with obesity prevention policies in Utah secondary schools.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 108(7): 1210-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Obesity prevalence from a European perspective: a systematic review.
    BMC Public Health, 8: 200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Obesity and the lung: 1. Epidemiology.
    Thorax, 63(7): 649-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Neurophysiological pathways to obesity: below awareness and beyond individual control.
    Diabetes, 57(7): 1768-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Body mass index and mortality in heart failure: a meta-analysis.
    Am Heart J, 156(1): 13-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Waist-to-hip ratio, body mass index, and subsequent kidney disease and death.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 52(1): 29-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Challenges of treating a 466-kilogram man with acute kidney injury.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 52(1): 140-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Severe symptomatic hyponatremia during sibutramine therapy: a case report.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 52(1): 137-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Waist circumference and visceral fat in CKD: a cross-sectional study.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 52(1): 66-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Association of FTO with obesity-related traits in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) Cohort.
    Diabetes, 57(7): 1987-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Blockade of alpha4 integrin signaling ameliorates the metabolic consequences of high-fat diet-induced obesity.
    Diabetes, 57(7): 1842-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Obesity-related glomerulopathy in China: a case series of 90 patients.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 52(1): 58-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Hormone-sensitive lipase serine phosphorylation and glycerol exchange across skeletal muscle in lean and obese subjects: effect of beta-adrenergic stimulation.
    Diabetes, 57(7): 1834-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Recurrence of preeclampsia: effects of gestational age at delivery of the first pregnancy, body mass index, paternity, and interval between births.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 199(1): 55.e1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Frontal behavioral syndromes in Prader-Willi syndrome.
    Brain Dev, 30(7): 469-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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