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 8
August 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 FREEBEHAVIOR AND PSYCHOLOGY
"Emotional" eating in children of overweight moms FREEINTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Fructose diet when suckling increases fat FREEEPIDEMIOLOGY
Pericardial fat linked to coronary plaque 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
Artificial sweeteners could heighten obesity risk. New research finds that adults who consumed more than 21 artificially sweetened beverages a week had nearly double the risk for obesity and overweight. The results challenge the efficacy of using these sugar substitutes to control weight gain. See the article for details.
Fat infiltration of muscle may be a heritable diabetes risk factor. Looking at the skeletal muscle density of Afro-Caribbean families with quantitative computed tomography, Miljkovic-Gacic et al. found that ectopic lipid deposition is a heritable trait associated with diabetes, independent of central and overall obesity. See the article for details.
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Research and Reviews
Latest research highlights and reviews from the NPG family of journals
- A 342-nm ultraviolet AlGaN multiple-quantum-well laser diode Source: Nature Photonics
- Time course of events in acute coronary syndromes: implications for clinical practice from the GRACE registry - this content is FREE Source: Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine
- Cryo-electron microscopy reveals a novel DNA-binding site on the MCM helicase Source: The EMBO Journal
