International Journal of Obesity
and related metabolic disorders

April 1998, Volume 22, Issue 4
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Fat, plain, but not friendless: self-esteem and peer acceptance of obese pre-adolescent girls 287
RG Phillips & AJ Hill
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Fasting gall bladder volume and lithogenicity in relation to glucose tolerance, total and intra-abdominal fat masses in obese non-diabetic subjects 294
HW Hendel, L Højgaard, T Andersen, BH Pedersen, LI Paloheimo, JF Rehfeld, A Gotfredsen & MH Rasmussen
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Assessment of selective under-reporting of food intake by both obese and non-obese women in a metabolic facility 303
SD Poppitt, D Swann, AE Black & AM Prentice
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Visceral fat as a main determinant of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 level in women 312
B Janand-Delenne, C Chagnaud, D Raccah, MC Alessi, I Juhan-Vague & P Vague
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Orchiectomy and response to testosterone in the development of obesity in young Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats 318
H Shimizu, K-I Ohtani, Y Uehara, Y Abe, H Takahashi, T Tsuchiya, N Sato, Y Ibuki & M Mori
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Effects of phentermine on striatal dopamine and serotonin release in conscious rats:In vivo microdialysis study 325
A Balcioglu & RJ Wurtman
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Six-compartment body composition model: Inter-method comparisons of total body fat measurement 329
ZM Wang, P Deurenberg, SS Guo, A Pietrobelli, J Wang, RN Pierson Jr & SB Heymsfield
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Sagittal diameter in comparison with single slice CT as a predictor of total visceral adipose tissue volume 338
RE Schoen, FL Thaete, SS Sankey, JL Weissfeld & LH Kuller
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Reduction of sleeping metabolic rate after vertical banded gastroplasty 343
WG van Gemert, KR Westerterp, JWM Greve & PB Soeters
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Analysis of the insulin receptor gene tyrosine kinase domain in obese patients with hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans (type C insulin resistance) 349
H Globerman & E Karnieli
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Fitness and the effect of exercise training on the dietary intake of healthy adolescents 354
C Ambler, A Eliakim, JA Brasel, W-NP Lee, G Burke & DM Cooper
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Relation of insulin resistance to left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in obesity 363
GF Mureddu, R Greco, GF Rosato, A Cella, O Vaccaro, F Contaldo & G de Simone
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Obesity type and clustering of insulin resistance-associated cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged men and women 369
MJ Vanhala, TK Pitkäjärvi, EA Kumpusalo & JK Takala
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Commentary

Is obesity contagious? 375
A Astrup, C Lundsgaard & MJ Stock
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Short Communication

W64R Mutation in beta-3-adrenergic receptor gene and weight in a large population sample 377
SD O'Dell, MK Bolla, GJ Miller, JA Cooper, SE Humphries & INM Day
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Referees 1997

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Corrigendum

VLCD plus dietary and behavioural support versus support alone in the treatment of severe obesity. A randomised two-year clinical trial 382
JS:son Torgerson, L Lissner, AK Lindroos, H Kruijer & L Sjöström
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