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 6 (2009), Issue 4 (April)

1. Thyroid hormone mimetics: potential applications in atherosclerosis, obesity and type 2 diabetes.
   Nat Rev Drug Discov, 8(4): 308-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Weight status in the first 6 months of life and obesity at 3 years of age.
   Pediatrics, 123(4): 1177-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Prevalence of pathogenetic MC4R mutations in Italian children with early onset obesity, tall stature and familial history of obesity.
   BMC Med Genet, 10: 25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Novel mechanism for obesity-induced colon cancer progression.
   Carcinogenesis, 30(4): 690-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor in women after bariatric surgery: a pilot study.
   Fertil Steril, 91(4): 1544-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Supervised short-term nutrition and exercise promotes weight loss in overweight and obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.
   Fertil Steril, 91(4): 1336-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. A Jak2 inhibitor, AG490, reverses lipin-1 suppression by TNF-alpha in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 382(2): 348-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. ALK7 expression is specific for adipose tissue, reduced in obesity and correlates to factors implicated in metabolic disease.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 382(2): 309-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Obesity and restless legs syndrome in men and women.
   Neurology, 72(14): 1255-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prevalence of risk factors for metabolic syndrome in adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2001-2006.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(4): 371-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Longitudinal study of growth and adiposity in parous compared with nulligravid adolescents.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(4): 349-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Prevalence of obesity among US preschool children in different racial and ethnic groups.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(4): 344-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Impact of change in sweetened caloric beverage consumption on energy intake among children and adolescents.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(4): 336-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Reduction in risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in response to a low-sugar, high-fiber dietary intervention in overweight Latino adolescents.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(4): 320-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Dutch obesity intervention in teenagers: effectiveness of a school-based program on body composition and behavior.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(4): 309-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Self-regulation and rapid weight gain in children from age 3 to 12 years.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(4): 297-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Associations of gestational weight gain with offspring body mass index and blood pressure at 21 years of age: evidence from a birth cohort study.
    Circulation, 119(13): 1720-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Moderate exercise attenuates the loss of skeletal muscle mass that occurs with intentional caloric restriction-induced weight loss in older, overweight to obese adults.
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 64(5): 575-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Role of Jhdm2a in regulating metabolic gene expression and obesity resistance.
    Nature, 458(7239): 757-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Body mass index as a predictive value for complications associated with reconstructive surgery in patients with myelodysplasia.
    J Urol, 181(5): 2272-5; discussion 2276. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Obesity and metabolic changes are common in young childhood brain tumor survivors.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 52(7): 853-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Effect of individual fat areas on early surgical outcomes after open gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
    Br J Surg, 96(5): 496-500. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. High-milk supplementation with healthy diet counseling does not affect weight loss but ameliorates insulin action compared with low-milk supplementation in overweight children.
    J Nutr, 139(5): 933-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Genetic variants at the PDZ-interacting domain of the scavenger receptor class B type I interact with diet to influence the risk of metabolic syndrome in obese men and women.
    J Nutr, 139(5): 842-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Curcumin inhibits adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and angiogenesis and obesity in C57/BL mice.
    J Nutr, 139(5): 919-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Protein intake during weight loss influences the energy required for weight loss and maintenance in cats.
    J Nutr, 139(5): 855-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. High vitamin intake by Wistar rats during pregnancy alters tissue fatty acid concentration in the offspring fed an obesogenic diet.
    Metabolism, 58(5): 722-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Circulating angiotensin II is associated with body fat accumulation and insulin resistance in obese subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Metabolism, 58(5): 708-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Endurance exercise training increases adipose tissue glucocorticoid exposure: adaptations that facilitate lipolysis.
    Metabolism, 58(5): 651-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Body weight, insulin resistance, and serum adipokine levels 2 years after 2 types of bariatric surgery.
    Am J Med, 122(5): 435-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Self-perceptions of body size in women at an inner-city family-planning clinic.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 200(5): e65-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Association between urinary incontinence and depressive symptoms in overweight and obese women.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 200(5): 557.e1-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Fecal incontinence in obese women with urinary incontinence: prevalence and role of dietary fiber intake.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 200(5): 566.e1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Relationship of obesity to outcome of medical abortion.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 200(5): e34-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Assessment of body mass index and association with adolescent preventive care in U.S. outpatient settings.
    J Adolesc Health, 44(5): 502-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Reduction in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with weight loss: the PREMIER trial.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(5): 1299-306. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Can infant feeding choices modulate later obesity risk?
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(5): 1502S-1508S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Asthma, obesity, and eating behaviors according to the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders IV in a large population-based sample of adolescents.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(5): 1292-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Plant foods and plant-based diets: protective against childhood obesity?
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(5): 1572S-1587S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Side effects of television food commercials on concurrent nonadvertised sweet snack food intakes in young children.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(5): 1328-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Childhood obesity: are genetic differences involved?
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(5): 1494S-1501S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Bariatric surgery among kidney transplant candidates and recipients: analysis of the United States renal data system and literature review.
    Transplantation, 87(8): 1167-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Reduced lipid oxidation in myotubes established from obese and type 2 diabetic subjects.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 382(4): 766-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Effect of maternal obesity on the ultrasound detection of anomalous fetuses.
    Obstet Gynecol, 113(5): 1001-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Association of a common variant of the leptin gene with blood pressure in an obese Brazilian population.
    Am J Hypertens, 22(5): 577-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Helium-induced early preconditioning and postconditioning are abolished in obese Zucker rats in vivo.
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 329(2): 600-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Preclinical evaluation of melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 antagonism for the treatment of obesity and depression.
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 329(2): 429-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Association of serum fetuin A with truncal obesity and dyslipidemia in non-diabetic hemodialysis patients.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 160(5): 777-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Sexual dimorphism of body composition and insulin sensitivity across pubertal development in obese Caucasian subjects.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 160(5): 769-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Comparable reduction of the visceral adipose tissue depot after a diet-induced weight loss with or without aerobic exercise in obese subjects: a 12-week randomized intervention study.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 160(5): 759-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Regulation of carboxylesterase 1 (CES1) in human adipose tissue.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 383(1): 63-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Body surface area prediction in normal, hypermuscular, and obese mice.
    J Surg Res, 153(2): 326-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Association of IL10 and other immune response- and obesity-related genes with prostate cancer in CLUE II.
    Prostate, 69(8): 874-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Obese diabetic patients are at substantial risk for deep infection after primary TKA.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 467(6): 1577-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Obesity and poor breast cancer prognosis: an illusion because of hormone replacement therapy?
    Br J Cancer, 100(9): 1486-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Muscle microvascular dysfunction in central obesity is related to muscle insulin insensitivity but is not reversed by high-dose statin treatment.
    Diabetes, 58(5): 1185-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Loss-of-function mutation in myostatin reduces tumor necrosis factor alpha production and protects liver against obesity-induced insulin resistance.
    Diabetes, 58(5): 1133-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Prenatal stress or high-fat diet increases susceptibility to diet-induced obesity in rat offspring.
    Diabetes, 58(5): 1116-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Weight loss may reverse blunted sympathetic neural responsiveness to glucose ingestion in obese subjects with metabolic syndrome.
    Diabetes, 58(5): 1126-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. MicroRNAs induced during adipogenesis that accelerate fat cell development are downregulated in obesity.
    Diabetes, 58(5): 1050-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Impact of obesity on the left ventricular functions and morphology of healthy Asian Indians.
    Metab Syndr Relat Disord, 7(2): 151-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Metabolic and lifestyle predictors of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality among normal weight, overweight, and obese men: a 16-year follow-up in the Copenhagen Male Study.
    Metab Syndr Relat Disord, 7(2): 97-104. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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