International Journal of Obesity
and related metabolic disorders

March 1998, Volume 22, Issue 3
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Papers

Leptin in Overweight Postmenopausal Women: No relationship with Metabolic Syndrome X or Effect of Exercise in addition to diet 195
JO Christensen, OL Svendsen, C Hassager & C Christiansen
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A polymorphism in the 5' untranslated region of the human ob gene is associated with low leptin levels 200
J Hager, K Clement, S Francke, C Dina, J Raison, N Lahlou, N Rich, V Pelloux, A Basdevant, B Guy-Grand, M North & P Froguel
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Food advertising on British children’s television: a content analysis and experimental study with nine-year olds 206
MK Lewis & AJ Hill
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Differences in resting metabolic rates of inactive obese African-American and Caucasian women 215
JN Forman, WC Miller, LM Szymanski & B Fernhall
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Liver abnormalities in severely obese subjects: Effect of drastic weight loss after gastroplasty 222
FH Luyckx, C Desaive, A Thiry, W Dewé, AJ Scheen, JE Gielen & PJ Lefèbvre
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Increased estrogen 2-hydroxylation in obese women using oral indole-3-carbinol 227
JJ Michnovicz
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Effects of surgically induced weight loss on urinary bladder pressure, sagittal abdominal diameter and obesity co-morbidity 230
H Sugerman, A Windsor, M Bessos, J Kellum, H Reines & E DeMaria
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Differences in resting energy expenditure in African-American vs Caucasian overweight females 236
JM Jakicic & RR Wing
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Bioelectrical impedance analysis to assess body composition in obese adult women: The effect of ethnicity 243
JM Jakicic, RR Wing & W Lang
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Effect of exogenous insulin on protein metabolism with differing nonprotein energy intakes in Type 2 diabetes mellitus 250
R Gougeon, EB Marliss, PJH Jones, PB Pencharz & JA Morais
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Influence of duration of obesity on the insulin resistance of obese non-diabetic patients 262
E Muscelli, S Camastra, A Gastaldelli, A Natali, A Masoni, N Pecori & E Ferrannini
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The influence of socioeconomic status on the incidence and evolution of obesity during early adolescence 268
M De Spiegelaere, M Dramaix & P Hennart
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Short Communications

Behavioral engineering of activity choice in obese children 275
BE Saelens & LH Epstein
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Controlled trial of hypnotherapy for weight loss in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea 278
J Stradling, D Roberts, A Wilson & F Lovelock
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Letters

Ref: Gallstone formation in obese subjects undergoing a weight reduction diet 282
S Morán, P Milke, G Rodríguez-Leal & M Uribe
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Reply to Morán et al 283
S Heshka, SB Heymsfield & FX Pi-Sunyer
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Book Review

OBESIDAD: Patogenia, clínica y tratamiento. 285
Xavier Formiguera
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