International Journal of Obesity
and related metabolic disorders

July 1998, Volume 22, Issue 7
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Fat distribution and plasma lipid-lipoprotein concentrations in pre- and postmenopausal women 605
BA Gower, TR Nagy, MI Goran, MJ Toth & ET Poehlman
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Differences in energy expenditure and substrate oxidation between habitual high fat and low fat consumers (phenotypes) 612
J Cooling & J Blundell
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Effect of the antiobesity agent sibutramine in obese-diabetic ob/ob mice 619
C Day & CJ Bailey
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Obesity in Jordan 624
K Ajlouni, H Jaddou & A Batieha
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Prevalence of overweight and thinness in high-school girls in Kerman, Iran 629
M Janghorbani & F Parvin
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A common pentanucleotide polymorphism of the 3'-untranslated part of the leptin receptor gene generates a putative stem-loop motif in the mRNA and is associated with serum insulin levels in obese individuals 634
L Oksanen, J Kaprio, P Mustajoki & K Kontula
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Explaining the effect of ethnic group on weight concern: finding a role for family values 641
J Ogden & A Chanana
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Effects of oral 5-hydroxy-tryptophan on energy intake and macronutrient selection in non-insulin dependent diabetic patients 648
C Cangiano, A Laviano, M Del Ben, I Preziosa, F Angelico, A Cascino & F Rossi-Fanelli
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Sagittal abdominal diameter as a practical predictor of visceral fat 655
M Zamboni, E Turcato, F Armellini, HS Kahn, A Zivelonghi, H Santana, IA Bergamo-Andreis & O Bosello
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Weight loss with very-low-calorie diet and cardiovascular risk factors in moderately obese women: One-year follow-up study including ambulatory blood pressure monitoring 661
T Pekkarinen, I Takala & P Mustajoki
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Effect of starvation on gene expression of regulatory enzymes of glycolysis/gluconeogenesis in genetically obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats 667
JX Pérez, A Manzano, A Tauler & R Bartrons
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Correction of the self-reported BMI in a teenage population 673
M Giacchi, R Mattei & S Rossi
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Effects of a potent melanocortin agonist on the diabetic/obese phenotype in yellow mice 678
MB Zemel, JW Moore, N Moustaid, JH Kim, JS Nichols, SG Blanchard, DJ Parks, C Harris, FW Lee, M Grizzle, M James & WO Wilkison
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Descriptive epidemiology of body mass index in Japanese adults in a representative sample from the National Nutrition Survey 1990-1994 684
N Yoshiike, Y Matsumura, MM Zaman & M Yamaguchi
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Symptoms of depression and changes in body weight from adolescence to mid-life 688
JC Barefoot, BL Heitmann, MJ Helms, RB Williams, RS Surwit & IC Siegler
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Short Communication

Leptin concentrations do not predict weight gain: The Mexico City Diabetes Study 695
SM Haffner, LA Mykkänen, CC Gonzalez & MP Stern
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1997 Australian Congress on Obesity, Canberra, Australia: 28-29 September 1997

Program 700
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Abstracts 702
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