International Journal of Obesity
and related metabolic disorders

August 1998, Volume 22, Issue 8
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Review

Selection of anthropometric indicators for classification of abdominal fatness-- a critical review 719
A Molarius & JC Seidell
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Papers

Short term response of circulating leptin to feeding and fasting in man: influence of circadian cycle 728
J Dallongeville, B Hecquet, P Lebel, J-L Edmé, C Le Fur, J-C Fruchart, J Auwerx & M Romon
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3-hydroxybutyrate inhibits noradrenaline-induced thermogenesis in lean but not in obese Zucker rats 734
X Cañas, JA Fernández-López, X Remesar & M Alemany
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Heart rate and blood pressure variability in obese normotensive subjects 741
G Piccirillo, F Vetta, E Viola, E Santagada, S Ronzoni, M Cacciafesta & V Marigliano
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Effect of exercise and tepary bean type diet on body composition and fat accretion in obese Zucker rats 751
PE Burch, RA Schemmel, JC VanHeest & CD Rodgers
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Influence of diet, physical activity and parents’ obesity on children’s adiposity: a four-year longitudinal study 758
C Maffeis, G Talamini & L Tatò
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Leptin: its pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution 765
RA Hill, S Margetic, GG Pegg & C Gazzola
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Association between obesity and high blood pressure: Reporting bias related to gender and age 771
Y Chen, DC Rennie, LA Lockinger & JA Dosman
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The Eating Inventory in obese women: Clinical correlates and relationship to weight loss 778
GD Foster, TA Wadden, RM Swain, AJ Stunkard, P Platte & RA Vogt
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Is body composition important in young people’s weight management decision-making? 786
A Page & KR Fox
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Resting metabolic rate in preadolescent girls at high risk of obesity 793
H Wurmser, R Laessle, K Jacob, S Langhard, H Uhl, A Angst, A Müller & KM Pirke
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Inhibition of insulin release by enterostatin 800
M Ookuma & DA York
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Peripheral fat metabolism during infusion of an exogeneous triacylglycerol emulsion 806
JS Samra, SL Giles, LKM Summers, RD Evans, P Arner, SM Humphreys , ML Clark & KN Frayn
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The effects of dietary-induced obesity on the biomechanical properties of femora in male rats 813
V Brahmabhatt, J Rho, L Bernardis, R Gillespie & I Ziv
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Short Communications

Serum leptin, food intake and preferences for sugar and fat in obese women 819
LJ Karhunen, RI Lappalainen, SM Haffner, RH Valve, H Tuorila, H Miettinen & MIJ Uusitupa
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Serum leptin and weight loss in severely obese patients undergoing biliopancreatic diversion 822
GF Adami, R Cordera, A Campostano, A Bressani, F Cella & N Scopinaro
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Letter

Poor systematic reviews and meta-analyses may be misleading 825
Carolyn Summerbell, Julian Higgins & John Garrow
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