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 9 (September)

1. Challenges of accurately measuring and using BMI and other indicators of obesity in children.
   Pediatrics, 124: S3-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B, a major regulator of leptin-mediated control of cardiovascular function.
   Circulation, 120(9): 753-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Obesity and obesity related co-morbidities in a referral population of children with asthma.
   Pediatr Pulmonol, 44(9): 877-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Complex sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Opposite ends of the spectrum of obstructive sleep apnea?
   Med Hypotheses, 73(4): 488-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. A "mini-fast with exercise" protocol for fat loss.
   Med Hypotheses, 73(4): 619-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Modeling the effects of obesity and weight gain on PSA velocity.
   Prostate, 69(14): 1573-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Adipose tissue expression and genetic variants of the bone morphogenetic protein receptor 1A gene (BMPR1A) are associated with human obesity.
   Diabetes, 58(9): 2119-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Obesity is a common comorbidity for pediatric patients with untreated, newly diagnosed epilepsy.
   Neurology, 73(9): 658-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Obesity predisposes to Th17 bias.
   Eur J Immunol, 39(9): 2629-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Effects of obesity on breathing pattern, ventilatory neural drive and mechanics.
    Respir Physiol Neurobiol, 168(3): 198-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Acute effects of dietary glycemic index on antioxidant capacity in a nutrient-controlled feeding study.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1664-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Obesity and prevalence of risk behaviour for eating disorders among young Danish women.
    Scand J Public Health, 37(7): 736-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Enhanced weight loss with pramlintide/metreleptin: an integrated neurohormonal approach to obesity pharmacotherapy.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1736-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. 12/15-lipoxygenase products induce inflammation and impair insulin signaling in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1657-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Weight loss reduces liver fat and improves hepatic and skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in obese adolescents.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1744-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Diet-induced obese mice are leptin insufficient after weight reduction.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1702-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Triglyceride levels and not adipokine concentrations are closely related to severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in an obesity surgery cohort.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1696-701. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Establishing the stages and processes of change for weight loss by consensus of experts.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1717-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Serum bile acids are higher in humans with prior gastric bypass: potential contribution to improved glucose and lipid metabolism.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1671-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Variability in waist circumference measurements according to anatomic measurement site.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1789-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. RCT of a high-protein diet on hunger motivation and weight-loss in obese children: an extension and replication.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1808-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Influence of visceral obesity and liver fat on vascular structure and function in obese subjects.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1783-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Increased carbohydrate induced ghrelin secretion in obese vs. normal-weight adolescent girls.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1689-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. How physician obesity specialists use drugs to treat obesity.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1730-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. The impact of obesity on health service utilization and costs in childhood.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1749-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Association of central obesity with the severity and audiometric configurations of age-related hearing impairment.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1796-801. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Val1483Ile in FASN gene is linked to central obesity and insulin sensitivity in adult white men.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1755-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Stress-related development of obesity and cortisol in women.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1678-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Family physicians' practices and attitudes regarding care of extremely obese patients.
    Obesity (Silver Spring), 17(9): 1710-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Association between obesity and asthma in US children and adolescents.
    J Asthma, 46(7): 642-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Efficacious 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors in the diet-induced obesity mouse model.
    J Med Chem, 52(17): 5449-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Primary ovarian dysfunction contributes to the hypogonadism in women with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
    Horm Res, 72(3): 153-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Weight loss and body fat reduction under sibutramine therapy in obesity with the C825T polymorphism in the GNB3 gene.
    Pharmacogenet Genomics, 19(9): 730-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Gains in body fat and vasomotor symptom reporting over the menopausal transition: the study of women's health across the nation.
    Am J Epidemiol, 170(6): 766-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Association between the French nutritional guideline-based score and 6-year anthropometric changes in a French middle-aged adult cohort.
    Am J Epidemiol, 170(6): 757-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Gene-environment interactions and obesity--further aspects of genomewide association studies.
    Nutrition, 25(10): 998-1003. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Associations of the limb fat to trunk fat ratio with markers of cardiometabolic risk in elderly men and women.
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 64(10): 1066-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Effect of habitual aerobic exercise on body weight and arterial function in overweight and obese men.
    Am J Cardiol, 104(6): 823-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Growth curves for cardio-metabolic risk factors in children and adolescents.
    J Pediatr, 155(3): S6.e15-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. A retrospective analysis of airway management in obese patients at a teaching institution.
    J Clin Anesth, 21(5): 348-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Over-indebtedness as a marker of socioeconomic status and its association with obesity: a cross-sectional study.
    BMC Public Health, 9: 286. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Resistance training does not contribute to improving the metabolic profile after a 6-month weight loss program in overweight and obese postmenopausal women.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 94(9): 3226-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Menarche and assessment of body mass index in adolescent girls.
    J Pediatr, 155(3): 393-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Threshold for effects of vitamin D deficiency on glucose metabolism in obese female African-American adolescents.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 94(9): 3200-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Influence of gender, obesity, and muscle lipase activity on intramyocellular lipids in sedentary individuals.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 94(9): 3440-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Effect of android to gynoid fat ratio on insulin resistance in obese youth.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(9): 826-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Short-term change in body mass index in overweight adolescents following cholesterol screening.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(9): 812-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Classification of body fatness by body mass index-for-age categories among children.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(9): 805-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. YKL-40 secreted from adipose tissue inhibits degradation of type I collagen.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 388(3): 511-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Determinants of hypercapnia in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and metaanalysis of cohort studies.
    Chest, 136(3): 787-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. The protein kinase IKKepsilon regulates energy balance in obese mice.
    Cell, 138(5): 961-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. IKKepsilon: a bridge between obesity and inflammation.
    Cell, 138(5): 834-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. A 52-year-old woman with obesity: review of bariatric surgery.
    JAMA, 302(10): 1097-104. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Short-term outcomes for obese live kidney donors and their recipients.
    Transplantation, 88(5): 662-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Parity and breastfeeding in relation to obesity among black and white women in the southern community cohort study.
    J Womens Health (Larchmt), 18(9): 1323-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Using pedometers to increase physical activity in overweight and obese women: a pilot study.
    BMC Public Health, 9: 309. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. A legal primer for the obesity prevention movement.
    Am J Public Health, 99(10): 1799-805. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Hypothalamic neuronal histamine signaling in the estrogen deficiency-induced obesity.
    J Neurochem, 110(6): 1796-805. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Mothers' views on portion sizes for children.
    J Hum Nutr Diet, 22(5): 437-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Blockade of mineralocorticoid receptor reverses adipocyte dysfunction and insulin resistance in obese mice.
    Cardiovasc Res, 84(1): 164-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. A review of osteoarthritis and obesity: current understanding of the relationship and benefit of obesity treatment and prevention in the dog.
    Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol, 22(5): 339-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. The design and validation of a spatial microsimulation model of obesogenic environments for children in Leeds, UK: SimObesity.
    Soc Sci Med, 69(7): 1127-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. The constitutive androstane receptor is an anti-obesity nuclear receptor that improves insulin sensitivity.
    J Biol Chem, 284(38): 25984-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Decreased activity of desaturase 5 in association with obesity and insulin resistance aggravates declining long-chain n-3 fatty acid status in Cree undergoing dietary transition.
    Br J Nutr, 102(6): 888-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Trans-10, cis-12-conjugated linoleic acid reduces the hepatic triacylglycerol content and the leptin mRNA level in adipose tissue in obese Zucker fa/fa rats.
    Br J Nutr, 102(6): 803-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Progestogen-only contraceptive use in obese women.
    Contraception, 80(4): 346-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Plasma apelin levels in obstructive sleep apnea and the effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy.
    J Endocrinol, 203(1): 181-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Obesity and cardiovascular thrombotic events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.
    Heart, 95(19): 1587-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Obesity prevalence in a cohort of women in early pregnancy from a neighbourhood perspective.
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 9: 37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Cartilage defects are associated with physical disability in obese adults.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 48(10): 1290-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Adiponectin deficiency increases allergic airway inflammation and pulmonary vascular remodeling.
    Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 41(4): 397-406. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. A longitudinal study of childhood depression and anxiety in relation to weight gain.
    Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, 40(4): 517-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Enhanced Stat3 activation in POMC neurons provokes negative feedback inhibition of leptin and insulin signaling in obesity.
    J Neurosci, 29(37): 11582-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Arterial destiffening with atorvastatin in overweight and obese middle-aged and older adults.
    Hypertension, 54(4): 763-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Interplay between human adipocytes and T lymphocytes in obesity: CCL20 as an adipochemokine and T lymphocytes as lipogenic modulators.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 29(10): 1608-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Obesity promotes inflammation in periaortic adipose tissue and angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysm formation.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 29(10): 1458-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. The effect of obesity on neuraxial technique difficulty in pregnant patients: a prospective, observational study.
    Anesth Analg, 109(4): 1225-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Obstructive sleep apnea is not a risk factor for difficult intubation in morbidly obese patients.
    Anesth Analg, 109(4): 1182-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. A new glucagon and GLP-1 co-agonist eliminates obesity in rodents.
    Nat Chem Biol, 5(10): 749-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Daily physical activity and macronutrient distribution of low-calorie diets jointly affect body fat reduction in obese women.
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, 34(4): 595-602. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Physical activity and abdominal obesity in youth.
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, 34(4): 571-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Prevention of overweight and obesity in children under the age of 6 years.
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, 34(4): 551-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Relation of obesity to heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular events in persons with stable coronary heart disease (from the Heart and Soul Study).
    Am J Cardiol, 104(7): 883-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Modification effects of physical activity and protein intake on heritability of body size and composition.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 90(4): 1096-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Dietary starch type affects body weight and glycemic control in freely fed but not energy-restricted obese rats.
    J Nutr, 139(10): 1881-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Beverage intake of girls at age 5 y predicts adiposity and weight status in childhood and adolescence.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 90(4): 935-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Obesity genes identified in genome-wide association studies are associated with adiposity measures and potentially with nutrient-specific food preference.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 90(4): 951-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Differential functional magnetic resonance imaging response to food pictures in successful weight-loss maintainers relative to normal-weight and obese controls.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 90(4): 928-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Effects of acute administration of acylated and unacylated ghrelin on glucose and insulin concentrations in morbidly obese subjects without overt diabetes.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 161(4): 567-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. ACP1 genotype, glutathione reductase activity, and riboflavin uptake affect cardiovascular risk in the obese.
    Metabolism, 58(10): 1415-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Impact of obesity, steatosis and insulin resistance on progression and response to therapy of hepatitis C.
    J Viral Hepat, 16(10): 681-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Obesity is associated with increased morbidity after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with renal insufficiency.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 138(4): 873-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Vascular insulin-like growth factor-I resistance and diet-induced obesity.
    Endocrinology, 150(10): 4575-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Risk of obesity in immigrants compared with Swedes in two deprived neighbourhoods.
    BMC Public Health, 9: 304. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Invited Commentary: understanding the role of sleep.
    Am J Epidemiol, 170(7): 814-6; discussion 817-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Moderators of physical activity and obesity during adolescence.
    Eat Behav, 10(4): 232-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Energy density at a buffet-style lunch differs for adolescents born at high and low risk of obesity.
    Eat Behav, 10(4): 209-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. US acculturation, food intake, and obesity among Asian-Pacific hotel workers.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 109(10): 1712-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Cardiac and skeletal muscle fatty acid transport and transporters and triacylglycerol and fatty acid oxidation in lean and Zucker diabetic fatty rats.
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 297(4): R1202-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. The association between socioeconomic status and overweight/obesity in a Malay population in Singapore.
     Asia Pac J Public Health, 21(4): 487-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Prehypertension, obesity, and risk of kidney disease: 20-year follow-up of the HUNT I study in Norway.
     Am J Kidney Dis, 54(4): 638-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Obese reversal by a chronic energy restricted diet leaves an increased Arc NPY/AgRP, but no alteration in POMC/CART, mRNA expression in diet-induced obese mice.
     Behav Brain Res, 205(1): 50-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. A randomized study on the effect of weight loss on obstructive sleep apnea among obese patients with type 2 diabetes: the Sleep AHEAD study.
     Arch Intern Med, 169(17): 1619-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Do parents understand growth charts? A national, Internet-based survey.
     Pediatrics, 124(4): 1100-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Family-based treatment of severe pediatric obesity: randomized, controlled trial.
     Pediatrics, 124(4): 1060-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Screening for obstructive sleep apnea on the internet: randomized trial.
     Am J Med, 122(10): 961.e1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Impact of micronutrient deficiencies on obesity.
     Nutr Rev, 67(10): 559-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Stromelysin-2 (MMP-10) deficiency does not affect adipose tissue formation in a mouse model of nutritionally induced obesity.
     Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 389(2): 378-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Obesity, waist size and prevalence of current asthma in the California Teachers Study cohort.
     Thorax, 64(10): 889-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Postischemic inflammatory syndrome: a critical mechanism of progression in diabetic nephropathy.
     Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 297(4): F923-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Obesity-induced hepatic hypoperfusion primes for hepatic dysfunction after resuscitated hemorrhagic shock.
     Surgery, 146(4): 739-47; discussion 747-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Genetic association study of selected candidate genes (ApoB, LPL, Leptin) and telomere length in obese and hypertensive individuals.
     BMC Med Genet, 10: 99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Variation in the UCP2 and UCP3 genes associates with abdominal obesity and serum lipids: the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study.
     BMC Med Genet, 10: 94. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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