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 12
December 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)
News 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.
Free Metabolic Syndrome Web Focus. A cluster of conditions that occur together and increase the risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, metabolic syndrome affects nearly 50 million Americans. Read more about the various medical conditions that make up what is commonly referred to as metabolic syndrome in this free collection of articles from NPG and learn more about this emerging epidemic.
Highlights
Perspectives on Ethnicity and Obesity
Childhood obesity disproportionally affects non-white populations. Read the consensus statement provided by Shaping America's Health and the Obesity Society for an assessment of the influence of race, ethnicity and culture in the prevalence of childhood obesity and how to address these factors through treatment and prevention.
Obesity confers different disease outcomes in African Americans vs. Hispanics. In this perspective, Michael Goran considers the extent to which different obesity phenotypes and ethnic-specific pathways could account for the varied outcomes observed in these groups.
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Research and Reviews
Latest research highlights and reviews from the NPG family of journals
- The 'glutamate switch' provides a link between ATPase activity and ligand binding in AAA+ proteins - this content is FREE Source: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
- Bacterial biofilms in patients with indwelling urinary catheters - this content is FREE Source: Nature Clinical Practice Urology
- Hepatitis C virus infection protein network - this content is FREE Source: Molecular Systems Biology
