International Journal of Obesity - Table of Contents alert Volume 36 Issue 8

TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 36, Issue 8 (August 2012) In this issue Review Original Articles Short Communications Technical Report Also new AOP Sign up for e-alerts Recommend to your library Web feed Subscribe Advertisement 2012 Nature/Institute for Genomic Medicine Symposium November 4-5, 2012 - La Jolla, CA, USA The following topics will be covered at the conference: Cancer Genomics, Gene & Cell Therapies, Complex Human Traits and Personalized Genomics for Implementation of Genetic Information. 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H Gao, A Salim, J Lee, E S Tai and R M van Dam Int J Obes 2012 36: 1086-1093; advance online publication, September 27, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.185 Abstract | Full Text Effects of brief perturbations in energy balance on indices of glucose homeostasis in healthy lean men M Lagerpusch, A Bosy-Westphal, B Kehden, A Peters and M J Müller Int J Obes 2012 36: 1094-1101; advance online publication, November 8, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.211 Abstract | Full Text BEHAVIOR AND PSYCHOLOGY Sensitization of food reinforcement is related to weight status and baseline food reinforcement J L Temple and L H Epstein Int J Obes 2012 36: 1102-1107; advance online publication, November 1, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.210 Abstract | Full Text Does greener mean thinner? Associations between neighbourhood greenspace and weight status among adults in England S Cummins and J Fagg Int J Obes 2012 36: 1108-1113; advance online publication, October 11, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.195 Abstract | Full Text EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH Is the burden of overweight shifting to the poor across the globe? Time trends among women in 39 low- and middle-income countries (1991–2008) J C Jones-Smith, P Gordon-Larsen, A Siddiqi and B M Popkin Int J Obes 2012 36: 1114-1120; advance online publication, September 13, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.179 Abstract | Full Text Body mass index and mortality rate among Hispanic adults: a pooled analysis of multiple epidemiologic data sets K R Fontaine, R McCubrey, T Mehta, N M Pajewski, S W Keith, S S Bangalore, C J Crespo and D B Allison Int J Obes 2012 36: 1121-1126; advance online publication, October 11, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.194 Abstract | Full Text Short Communications Top Recapitulation of genome-wide association studies on body mass index in the Korean population K W Hong and B Oh Int J Obes 2012 36: 1127-1130; advance online publication, November 1, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.202 Abstract | Full Text Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) activation advances locomotor activity and feeding daily rhythms in mice R Gutman, M Barnea, L Haviv, N Chapnik and O Froy Int J Obes 2012 36: 1131-1134; advance online publication, November 8, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.215 Abstract | Full Text Technical Report Top TECHNIQUES AND METHODS The current standard measure of cardiorespiratory fitness introduces confounding by body mass: the DR's EXTRA study K Savonen, B Krachler, M Hassinen, P Komulainen, V Kiviniemi, T A Lakka and R Rauramaa Int J Obes 2012 36: 1135-1140; advance online publication, November 22, 2011; 10.1038/ijo.2011.212 Abstract | Full Text Advertisement Feel like your paper is lost in a sea of submissions? 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