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 5 (May)

1. C/EBPbeta regulates body composition, energy balance-related hormones and tumor growth.
   Carcinogenesis, 30(5): 832-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Maternal nutrient restriction during pregnancy differentially alters the unfolded protein response in adipose and renal tissue of obese juvenile offspring.
   FASEB J, 23(5): 1314-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Relation of age-related cataract with obesity and obesity genes in an Asian population.
   Am J Epidemiol, 169(10): 1267-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Dietary fat and carbohydrates differentially alter insulin sensitivity during caloric restriction.
   Gastroenterology, 136(5): 1552-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Loss of protein kinase Cbeta function protects mice against diet-induced obesity and development of hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance.
   Hepatology, 49(5): 1525-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Association of obesity with IgE levels and allergy symptoms in children and adolescents: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006.
   J Allergy Clin Immunol, 123(5): 1163-9, 1169.e1-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Accumulation of excess visceral fat is a risk factor for pancreatic fistula formation after total gastrectomy.
   Ann Surg Oncol, 16(6): 1520-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Impact of obesity on women's health.
   Fertil Steril, 91(5): 1712-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Association of the -243 A-->G polymorphism of the glutamate decarboxylase 2 gene with obesity in girls with premature pubarche.
   Fertil Steril, 91(5): 1869-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Direct control of peripheral lipid deposition by CNS GLP-1 receptor signaling is mediated by the sympathetic nervous system and blunted in diet-induced obesity.
    J Neurosci, 29(18): 5916-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Discovery of 2-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(2,2-difluoropropyl)-6,7-dihydro-2H-pyrazolo[3,4-f][1,4]oxazepin-8(5H)-one (PF-514273), a novel, bicyclic lactam-based cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of obesity.
    J Med Chem, 52(9): 2652-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. The effect of intragastric balloon on plasma ghrelin, leptin, and adiponectin levels in patients with morbid obesity.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 94(5): 1644-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Obese women exhibit differences in ovarian metabolites, hormones, and gene expression compared with moderate-weight women.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 94(5): 1533-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Endocrine and metabolic effects of consuming fructose- and glucose-sweetened beverages with meals in obese men and women: influence of insulin resistance on plasma triglyceride responses.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 94(5): 1562-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Upper gastrointestinal symptoms and associated disorders in morbidly obese patients: a prospective study.
    Dig Dis Sci, 54(6): 1243-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Central obesity and multivariable cardiovascular risk as assessed by the Framingham prediction scores.
    Am J Cardiol, 103(10): 1403-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Effects of obesity and weight loss in patients with nononcological urological disease.
    J Urol, 181(6): 2424-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Ghrelin levels are decreased in non-obese prepubertal children born large for gestational age.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 160(6): 951-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Serum proteomic profiling of obese patients: correlation with liver pathology and evolution after bariatric surgery.
    Gut, 58(6): 825-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Obesity and adiposity are associated with the rate of patella cartilage volume loss over 2 years in adults without knee osteoarthritis.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 68(6): 909-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Sleep and obesity in preschool children.
    J Pediatr, 154(6): 814-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Ultrasound imaging of the lumbar spine in the transverse plane: the correlation between estimated and actual depth to the epidural space in obese parturients.
    Anesth Analg, 108(6): 1876-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Abdominal adiposity and liver fat content 3 and 12 months after gastric banding surgery.
    Metabolism, 58(6): 753-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Is obesity associated with lower body temperatures? Core temperature: a forgotten variable in energy balance.
    Metabolism, 58(6): 871-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Estrogen receptor 1 gene polymorphisms and decreased risk of obesity in women.
    Metabolism, 58(6): 759-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Association between adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein levels and childhood obesity in Korean children.
    Metabolism, 58(6): 798-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Effects of four intraoperative ventilatory strategies on respiratory compliance and gas exchange during laparoscopic gastric banding in obese patients.
    Br J Anaesth, 102(6): 862-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation enhances antihypertensive effect of ramipril in Chinese patients with obesity-related hypertension.
    Am J Hypertens, 22(6): 680-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Analysis of FTO gene variants with measures of obesity and glucose homeostasis in the IRAS Family Study.
    Hum Genet, 125(5): 615-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Impact of early onset obesity and hypertension on the unfolded protein response in renal tissues of juvenile sheep.
    Hypertension, 53(6): 925-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Influence of concurrent obesity and low birth weight on blood pressure phenotype in youth.
    Hypertension, 53(6): 912-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Food insecurity is not associated with childhood obesity as assessed using multiple measures of obesity.
    J Nutr, 139(6): 1173-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Prospective study of nut consumption, long-term weight change, and obesity risk in women.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(6): 1913-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Misconceptions about high-fructose corn syrup: is it uniquely responsible for obesity, reactive dicarbonyl compounds, and advanced glycation endproducts?
    J Nutr, 139(6): 1219S-1227S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Weight loss during oligofructose supplementation is associated with decreased ghrelin and increased peptide YY in overweight and obese adults.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(6): 1751-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Minireview: Gut peptides: targets for antiobesity drug development?
    Endocrinology, 150(6): 2526-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Minireview: Endocannabinoids and their receptors as targets for obesity therapy.
    Endocrinology, 150(6): 2531-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Minireview: Obesity and breast cancer: the estrogen connection.
    Endocrinology, 150(6): 2537-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Minireview: Hormonal and metabolic mechanisms of diabetes remission after gastrointestinal surgery.
    Endocrinology, 150(6): 2518-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Minireview: Molecular targets for obesity therapy in the brain.
    Endocrinology, 150(6): 2512-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Estimating the changes in energy flux that characterize the rise in obesity prevalence.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(6): 1723-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Difficulties with physical function associated with obesity, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic-obesity in community-dwelling elderly women: the EPIDOS (EPIDemiologie de l'OSteoporose) Study.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 89(6): 1895-900. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Accelerated recovery from acute hypoxia in obese mice is due to obesity-associated up-regulation of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist.
    Endocrinology, 150(6): 2660-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Integration of skeletal muscle resistance arteriolar reactivity for perfusion responses in the metabolic syndrome.
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 296(6): R1771-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Altered responsiveness of the kidney to activation of the renal nerves in fat-fed rabbits.
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 296(6): R1889-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Postbariatric patients undergoing body-contouring abdominoplasty: two techniques to raise the flap and their influence on postoperative complications.
    Ann Plast Surg, 62(6): 613-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Obesity and cardiovascular disease: risk factor, paradox, and impact of weight loss.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 53(21): 1925-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Lifestyle intervention in obese children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: 2-year follow-up study.
    Arch Dis Child, 94(6): 437-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Loss of the imprinted snoRNA mbii-52 leads to increased 5htr2c pre-RNA editing and altered 5HT2CR-mediated behaviour.
    Hum Mol Genet, 18(12): 2140-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Small steps to health: building sustainable partnerships in pediatric obesity care.
    Pediatrics, 123: S308-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Paying for obesity: a changing landscape.
    Pediatrics, 123: S301-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Health care providers' perceived role in changing environments to promote healthy eating and physical activity: baseline findings from health care providers participating in the healthy eating, active communities program.
    Pediatrics, 123: S293-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. 5-2-1-0 goes to school: a pilot project testing the feasibility of schools adopting and delivering healthy messages during the school day.
    Pediatrics, 123: S272-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. School-based health centers and obesity prevention: changing practice through quality improvement.
    Pediatrics, 123: S267-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Unexpected trafficking of immune cells within the adipose tissue during the onset of obesity.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 384(4): 482-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Benign prostatic hyperplasia: the hypogonadal-obesity-prostate connection.
    Med Hypotheses, 73(2): 142-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Internal hernia following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity: evaluation of radiographic findings at small-bowel examination.
    Radiology, 251(3): 762-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Cancer in obese women: potential protective impact of bariatric surgery.
    J Am Coll Surg, 208(6): 1093-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Trends in the evolution of BMI in Belgian army men.
    Public Health Nutr, 12(7): 917-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Policy options for obesity in Europe: a comparison of public health specialists with other stakeholders.
    Public Health Nutr, 12(7): 896-908. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and associated risk factors in Brazilian schoolchildren.
    Public Health Nutr, 12(7): 947-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. The prevalence of underweight in 9-10-year-old schoolchildren in Liverpool: 1998-2006.
    Public Health Nutr, 12(7): 953-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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