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International Journal of Obesity
and related metabolic disorders

January 2001, Volume 25, Issue 1
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Editorial

1
RL Atkinson, IA Macdonald & MJ Stock
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Review

Growth hormone therapy in Prader-Willi Syndrome 2
PSW Davies
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Papers

Characterization of a human preadipocyte cell strain with high capacity for adipose differentiation 8
M Wabitsch, RE Brenner, I Melzner, M Braun, P Möller, E Heinze, K-M Debatin & H Hauner
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The effect of exercise training on -adrenergic stimulation of fat metabolism in obese men 16
DPC van Aggel-Leijssen, WHM Saris, M Homan & MA van Baak
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Psychoneuroendocrine characteristics of common obesity clinical subtypes 24
JM Martins, A Trinca, A Afonso, F Carreiras, J Falcão, JS Nunes, S do Vale & JC da Costa
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The effect of an increased free fatty acid concentration on thermogenesis and substrate oxidation in obese and lean men 33
SLH Schiffelers, WHM Saris & MA van Baak
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Reduced whole-body fat oxidation in women and in the elderly 39
E Levadoux, B Morio, C Montaurier, V Puissant, Y Boirie, N Fellmann, B Picard, P Rousset, B Beaufrere & P Ritz
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Letter

What is an optimal diet? Relationship of macronutrient intake to obesity, glucose tolerance, lipoprotein cholesterol levels and the metabolic syndrome in the Whitehall II study 45
EJ Brunner, H Wunsch & MG Marmot
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Papers

The 3-adrenergic receptor gene and obesity in a population sample of African Americans 54
WL Lowe Jr, CN Rotimi, A Luke, X Guo, X Zhu, AG Comuzzie, TS Schuh, S Halbach, TJ Kotlar & RS Cooper
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Molecular screening of the proopiomelanocortin (POMC ) gene in Italian obese children: report of three new mutations 61
E Miraglia del Giudice, G Cirillo, N Santoro, L D’Urso, MT Carbone, R Di Toro & L Perrone
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UCP2 muscle gene transfer modifies mitochondrial membrane potential 68
A Marti, E Larrarte, FJ Novo, M Garcia & JA Martinez
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Characterization of mouse GBP28 and its induction by exposure to cold 75
M Yoda, Y Nakano, T Tobe, S Shioda, N-H Choi-Miura & M Tomita
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Reduced food intake in response to CGP 71683A may be due to mechanisms other than NPY Y5 receptor blockade 84
O Della Zuana, M Sadlo, M Germain, M Félétou, S Chamorro, F Tisserand, C de Montrion, JF Boivin, J Duhault, JA Boutin & N Levens
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Restoration of fertility in young obese (Lepob Lepob) male mice with low dose recombinant mouse leptin treatment 95
MP Cleary, HM Bergstrom, TL Dodge, SC Getzin, MK Jacobson & FC Phillips
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A strong association between biologically active testosterone and leptin in non-obese men and women is lost with increasing (central) adiposity 98
S Söderberg, T Olsson, M Eliasson, O Johnson, K Brismar, K Carlström & B Ahrén
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Dietary and lifestyle factors in relation to plasma leptin concentrations among normal weight and overweight men 106
NF Chu, MJ Stampfer, D Spiegelman, N Rifai, GS Hotamisligil & EB Rimm
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Dissociation of leptin and body weight in hyperthyroid patients after radioiodine treatment 115
BM Obermayer-Pietsch, GE Frühauf, RW Lipp, G Sendlhofer & TR Pieber
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Leptin concentrations in relation to overall adiposity, fat distribution, and blood pressure in a rural Chinese population 121
FB Hu, C Chen, B Wang, MJ Stampfer & X Xu
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Leptin and other components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mauritius–a factor analysis 126
AM Hodge, EJ Boyko, M de Courten, PZ Zimmet, P Chitson, J Tuomilehto & KGM Alberti
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Heritability of leptin levels and the shared genetic effects on body mass index and leptin in adult Finnish twins 132
J Kaprio, J Eriksson, M Lehtovirta, M Koskenvuo & J Tuomilehto
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Acute stimulation of leptin concentrations in humans during hyperglycemic hyperinsulinemia. Influence of free fatty acids and fasting 138
N Stefan, A Fritsche, H Häring & M Stumvoll
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Letters

Increased adiposity due to viral infection in animals 143
P Preziosi & S Czernichow
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Reply 144
NV Dhurandhar & RL Atkinson
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Book Review

Counselling for Eating Disorders 146
P van Hanswijck de Jonge
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