Welcome to Obesity!
Formerly known as Obesity Research, Obesity is the official journal of The Obesity Society. Available in print and online, Obesity is dedicated to increasing knowledge, fostering research, and promoting better treatment for people with obesity and their loved ones. Obesity publishes important peer-reviewed research and cutting-edge reviews, commentaries, public health and medical developments.
About the cover
Free online issue
Volume 16, No 9
September 2008
ISSN: 1930-7381
EISSN: 1930-739X
Combined impact factor for Obesity and its former title Obesity Research 3.115*
Editor-in-Chief:
Richard N. Bergman, PhD
*2007 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2008)
FEATURED ARTICLES
IN THIS ISSUE
In This Issue FREEINTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Bingeing, restriction, and increased weight in rats on high calorie diets FREEMETHODS AND TECHNIQUES
Intrusion in children's dietary recalls FREEEPIDEMIOLOGY
Obesity epidemic in France FREENews and Announcements
Fact or fiction? Do you know all the facts about obesity? Visit the FACT or FICTION page to test your knowledge and brush up on some important findings in the field.
Short sleep duration predicts an increased risk of being overweight / obese in adults. Chaput and colleagues suggest that there may be optimal sleeping hours at which body weight is regulated. They found that short sleep duration reduced the level of circulating leptin compared to that predicted by fat mass. Read the paper for free to find out more about these findings.
Highlights
Lost dollars and workdays-obesity with cardiometabolic disease costs US more. A new study by Sullivan et al. finds that compared with normal-weight individuals with various cardiometabolic conditions, those who are overweight miss more workdays and expend up to several thousand dollars more on medical care. See the article for details.
Wider waists and low self esteem correlate with increased insulin resistance in overweight African-American youth. These findings suggest measures to boost self-confidence together with changes in diet and physical activity could help prevent the early onset of diabetes in this at-risk population. See the article for details.
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Research and Reviews
Latest research highlights and reviews from the NPG family of journals
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- The role of hormonal therapy in the management of hormonal-receptor-positive breast cancer with co-expression of HER2 - this content is FREE Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology
- Characterization of microRNAs in serum: a novel class of biomarkers for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases - this content is FREE Source: Cell Research
