Welcome to International Journal of Obesity
International Journal of Obesity provides an international, multi-disciplinary forum for the study of obesity. The journal publishes basic, clinical and applied studies and also features a quarterly pediatric highlight.
Free online issue
Volume 33, No 10
October 2009
ISSN: 0307-0565
EISSN: 1476-5497
2008 impact factor 3.640*
9/59 Nutrition & Dietetics
31/93 Endocrinology & Metabolism
Editors:
R L Atkinson
I Macdonald
*2008 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters, 2009)
FEATURED ARTICLES
PEDIATRIC HIGHLIGHT
Inequality in adolescent overweight FREEORIGINAL ARTICLE
Secreted proteins, obesity and type 2 diabetesPEDIATRIC HIGHLIGHT
Obesity, adiponectin and brachial distensibilityORIGINAL ARTICLE
Antiobesity, antidiabetic, blueberry juiceNEWS
Lifestyle modification achieves clinically meaningful weight loss. While previous research only discovered mean weight change, this study found a substantial fraction of subjects undergoing lifestyle modification achieved categorical, and therefore clinically meaningful, weight loss.
Tap into lipids! Introducing the Lipidomics Gateway, a new resource for researchers interested in lipids. Explore the properties and roles of lipids across biology, and discover powerful new techniques for their production and study. All for free!
Weight gain passed onto same sex children. Study finds obesity acquired by a son from a father, or by daughter from mother, is more likely to be caused by environmental factors the child is exposed to than by inheritable genetic traits. Read the article or the BBC report for more.
Updated Metabolic Syndrome Web Focus. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur together and increase the risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes affecting nearly 50 million Americans. Read the most recent articles providing valuable insight into this emerging medical and public health epidemic.this article is FREE
Frontier's in fighting obesity. Combined amylin/anorectic therapies could tame obesity's growing threat. Read papers from the 9th and 10th Annual International Symposia in Obesity featuring GHSR gene therapy, mechanics of bariatric surgery and how pre-adulthood prevention may prove crucial to defeating obesity.
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Research and Reviews
Latest research highlights and reviews from the NPG family of journals
- Regulation of tissue homeostasis by NF-κB signalling: implications for inflammatory diseases - this content is FREE Source: Nature Reviews Immunology
- Sequential Therapy or Triple Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology
- Long aftershock sequences within continents and implications for earthquake hazard assessment Source: Nature

