International Journal of Obesity
and related metabolic disorders

September 1998, Volume 22, Issue 9
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Estimates of the heights and weights of family members: accuracy of informant reports 827
DR Reed & RA Price
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Metabolic effects of biosynthetic growth hormone treatment in severely energy-restricted obese women 836
M Tagliaferri, M Scacchi, AI Pincelli, ME Berselli, P Silvestri, A Montesano, S Ortolani, A Dubini & F Cavagnini
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Weight-height relationships among eight populations of West African origin: the case against constant BMI standards 842
AE Long, TE Prewitt, JS Kaufman, CN Rotimi, RS Cooper & DL McGee
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The effect of six months training on weight, body fatness and serum lipids in apparently healthy elderly Dutch men and women 847
AJ Schuit, EG Schouten, TP Miles, WJ Evans, WHM Saris & FJ Kok
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Agreement of skinfold measurement and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) methods with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in estimating total body fat in Anglo-Celtic Australians 854
N Wattanapenpaiboon, W Lukito, BJG Strauss, BH-H Hsu-Hage, ML Wahlqvist & DB Stroud
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Coping, personality and the development of a central pattern of body fat from youth into young adulthood: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Study 861
FJ van Lenthe, J Snel, JWR Twisk, W van Mechelen & HCG Kemper
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Substrate oxidation and thyroid hormone response to the introduction of a high fat diet in formerly obese women 869
B Buemann, S Toubro & A Astrup
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Gender differences in fat mass of 5-7-year old children 878
M Mast, I Körtzinger, E König & MJ Müller
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Covert manipulation of energy density of high carbohydrate diets in ‘pseudo free-living’ humans 885
RJ Stubbs, AM Johnstone, CG Harbron & C Reid
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The metabolic effects of preferential reduction of visceral adipose tissue in abdominally obese men 893
SJ Marks, S Chin & BJG Strauss
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Leptin concentrations are associated with higher proinsulin and insulin concentrations but a lower proinsulin/insulin ratio in non-diabetic subjects 899
SM Haffner, H Miettinen, L Mykkänen & MP Stern
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Effect of hydrolyzed guar fiber on fasting and postprandial satiety and satiety hormones: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial during controlled weight loss 906
AF Heini, C Lara-Castro, H Schneider, KA Kirk, RV Considine & RL Weinsier
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Insulin sensitivity in obese normotensive adults: influence of family history of hypertension 910
AM Grandi, G Gaudio, A Fachinetti, E Piantanida, P Zanzi, L Ceriani, L Guasti & A Venco
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Body fatness: Longitudinal relationship of body mass index and the sum of skinfolds with other risk factors for coronary heart disease 915
JWR Twisk, HCG Kemper, W van Mechelen, GB Post & FJ van Lenthe
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Stimulation by leptin of 3H GDP binding to brown adipose tissue of fasted but not fed rats 923
JF Surmely, MJ Voirol, N Stefanoni, F Assimacopoulos-Jeannet, JP Giacobino, E Jéquier, RC Gaillard & L Tappy
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Hormonal status and NIDDM in the European and Melanesian populations of New Caledonia: a case-control study 927
R Defay, L Papoz, S Barny, S Bonnot-Lours, E Cacès, D Simon & The CALedonia DIAbetes Mellitus (CALDIA) Study Group
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Short Communications

Renal size and composition in hypertensive, obese rabbits 935
TM Dwyer, JF Carroll, HL Mizelle & K Cockrell
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Analysis of the uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) gene in obese and lean subjects: Identification of four amino acid variants 939
A Hamann, J Tafel, B Büsing, H Münzberg, A Hinney, H Mayer, W Siegfried, D Ricquier, H Greten, J Hebebrand & S Matthaei
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