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Exploring the evidence base for Tier 3 weight management interventions for adults: a systematic review. (July 10, 2017)

(Open View) A systematic review of reviews: exploring the relationship between obesity, weight loss and health-related quality of life. (July 10, 2017)

Associations between birthweight and overweight and obesity in school-age children (July 6, 2017)

The association between childcare arrangements and risk of overweight and obesity in childhood: a systematic review. (July 4, 2017)

(Open View) Equivalent reductions in body weight during the Beef WISE Study: beef's role in weight improvement, satisfaction and energy. (yesterday)

(Open View) Association of built environment characteristics with adiposity and glycaemic measures. (yesterday)

(Open View) A systematic review of reviews: exploring the relationship between obesity, weight loss and health-related quality of life. (July 10, 2017)

Exploring the evidence base for Tier 3 weight management interventions for adults: a systematic review. (July 10, 2017)

Associations between birthweight and overweight and obesity in school-age children (July 6, 2017)

The association between childcare arrangements and risk of overweight and obesity in childhood: a systematic review. (July 4, 2017)

A vicious circle in chronic lymphoedema pathophysiology? An adipocentric view. (June 29, 2017)

Do E-cigarettes induce weight changes and increase cardiometabolic risk? A signal for the future. (June 29, 2017)

The effect of flaxseed supplementation on body weight and body composition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 45 randomized placebo-controlled trials (June 21, 2017)

Targeting risk factors for type 2 diabetes in American Indian youth: the Tribal Turning Point pilot study (June 21, 2017)

PTPRS and PER3 methylation levels are associated with childhood obesity: results from a genome-wide methylation analysis (June 14, 2017)

(Open View) Barriers and facilitators to young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative literature (June 6, 2017)

(Open View) A novel marketing mix and choice architecture framework to nudge restaurant customers toward healthy food environments to reduce obesity in the United States. (May 31, 2017)

Children's and parents' opinions on the sport-related food environment: a systematic review. (May 31, 2017)

(Open view) Extended calorie restriction suppresses overall and specific food cravings: a systematic review and a meta-analysis. (May 30, 2017)

(Open View) Body mass index and healthcare costs: a systematic literature review of individual participant data studies (May 24, 2017)

Electronic-based lifestyle interventions in overweight or obese perinatal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis (May 24, 2017)

(Open View) Longitudinal patterns in objective physical activity and sedentary time in a multi-ethnic sample of children from the UK (May 24, 2017)

A systematic review and meta-analysis of interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training on body adiposity (May 17, 2017)

37 year snacking trends for US children 1977–2014. (May 15, 2017)

Obesity: a chronic relapsing progressive disease process. A position statement of the World Obesity Federation. (May 10, 2017)

Causation or selection – examining the relation between education and overweight/obesity in prospective observational studies: a meta-analysis (April 12, 2017)

The effects of high-intensity interval training vs. moderate-intensity continuous training on body composition in overweight and obese adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (April 11, 2017)

Elevation of circulating microRNA levels in obese children compared to healthy controls (April 10, 2017)

Metabolic control of myofibers: promising therapeutic target for obesity and type 2 diabetes. (April 9, 2017)

(OPEN) Parental beliefs about portion size, not children's own beliefs, predict child BMI (April 4, 2017)

Skipping breakfast and 5-year changes in body mass index and waist circumference in Japanese men and women (April 3, 2017)

(Open View) Animal models of maternal high fat diet exposure and effects on metabolism in offspring: a meta-regression analysis. (March 30, 2017)

Breastmilk with a high omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio induced cellular events similar to insulin resistance and obesity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. (March 23, 2017)

Childcare before age 6 and body mass index at age 7 years in a cohort of Danish children (March 15, 2017)

Associations of maternal stress with children's weight-related behaviours: a systematic literature review. (March 9, 2017)

(Open View) Patient experiences of outcomes of bariatric surgery: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. (March 8, 2017)

(Open View) The effectiveness and promising strategies of obesity prevention and treatment programmes among adolescents from disadvantaged backgrounds: a systematic review (March 8, 2017)

Paradoxically speaking about engagement in pediatric weight management (Feb. 16, 2017)

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet during pregnancy and offspring adiposity and cardiometabolic traits in childhood. Pediatric Obesity, doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12191. (Feb. 3, 2017)

Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta-analysis and realist synthesis. (Jan. 16, 2017)

Persistent organic pollutants in adipose tissue should be considered in obesity research (Dec. 2, 2016)

Mindfulness-based interventions for adults who are overweight or obese: a meta-analysis of physical and psychological health outcomes. (Nov. 11, 2016)

The association between higher maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and increased birth weight, adiposity and inflammation in the newborn (Oct. 9, 2016)

Exploring power and influence in nutrition policy in Australia (Oct. 5, 2016)

Do environmental pollutants increase obesity risk in humans? (Oct. 5, 2016)

Planning for the worst: estimates of obesity and comorbidities in school-age children in 2025 (Sept. 29, 2016)

Nutrition and physical activity related school environment/policy factors and child obesity in China: a nationally representative study of 8573 students in 110 middle schools (July 7, 2016)

Psychosocial predictors and moderators of weight management programme outcomes in ethnically diverse obese youth (July 7, 2016)

Current practices of obesity pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery referral and coding for counselling by healthcare professionals (July 7, 2016)

Highly purified eicosapentaenoic acid ameliorates cardiac injury and adipose tissue inflammation in a rat model of metabolic syndrome (July 7, 2016)

A qualitative exploration of the work of embodiment in adolescent girls with obesity (July 5, 2016)

Maternal fatty acid intake during pregnancy and the development of childhood overweight: a birth cohort study (July 5, 2016)

Lin C, Andersen JR, Vage V et al (June 23, 2016)

Open Access An evidence-update on the prospective relationship between childhood sedentary behaviour and biomedical health indicators: a systematic review and meta-analysis (June 3, 2016)

Unhealthy diets, obesity and time discounting: a systematic literature review and network analysis (June 3, 2016)

Adenylate cyclase 3: a new target for anti-obesity drug development (June 3, 2016)

Cross-sectional and prospective impact of reallocating sedentary time to physical activity on children's body composition (June 2, 2016)

Role of UCP2 polymorphisms on dietary intake of obese patients who underwent bariatric surgery (June 2, 2016)

Brain structure, executive function and appetitive traits in adolescent obesity (May 31, 2016)

Mid-upper arm circumference as a screening tool for identifying children with obesity: a 12-country study (May 30, 2016)

Parental monitoring may protect impulsive children from overeating (May 27, 2016)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis (May 12, 2016)

Weight bias reduction in health professionals: a systematic review (May 10, 2016)

Strong independent association between obesity and essential hypertension (May 10, 2016)

Social influence in childhood obesity interventions: a systematic review (May 2, 2016)

Are healthcare costs from obesity associated with body mass index, comorbidity or depression? Cohort study using electronic health records (April 21, 2016)

Validation of obesity susceptibility loci identified by genome-wide association studies in early childhood in South Brazilian children (March 23, 2016)

Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibition as a therapeutic strategy for metabolic disorders (March 21, 2016)

School breakfast and body mass index: a longitudinal observational study of middle school students (March 17, 2016)

Inequality and childhood overweight and obesity: a commentary (March 17, 2016)

A systematic review and meta-analysis of screen time behaviour among North American indigenous populations (March 17, 2016)

A systematic review and meta-analysis of energy and macronutrient intake responses to physical activity interventions in children and adolescents with obesity (Feb. 24, 2016)

Interest, views and perceived barriers to bariatric surgery in patients with morbid obesity (Feb. 22, 2016)

Longitudinal trends in global obesity research and collaboration: a review using bibliometric metadata (Feb. 11, 2016)

Prevalence of biopsy-proven non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in severely obese subjects without metabolic syndrome (Feb. 8, 2016)

Dietary restraint: what's the harm? A review of the relationship between dietary restraint, weight trajectory and the development of eating pathology (Feb. 3, 2016)

The mysterious case of the public health guideline that is (almost) entirely ignored: call for a research agenda on the causes of the extreme avoidance of physical activity in obesity (Jan. 25, 2016)

Mediterranean dietary pattern in pregnant women and offspring risk of overweight and abdominal obesity in early childhood: the INMA birth cohort study (Jan. 13, 2016)

Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta-analysis and realist synthesis (Jan. 12, 2016)

Fit for Birth – the effect of weight changes in obese pregnant women on maternal and neonatal outcomes: a pilot prospective cohort study (Jan. 6, 2016)

Adiposity and risk of thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Sept. 15, 2015)

Interaction of obesity and infections. (Sept. 10, 2015)

Psychosocial presentation of revisional LAGB patients: a qualitative study (Aug. 17, 2015)

Exploring women's responses to online media coverage of weight loss surgery (Aug. 17, 2015)

Effect of vitamin D3 treatment on endothelial function in obese adolescents (Aug. 14, 2015)

Television advertising, not viewing, is associated with negative dietary patterns in children (Aug. 11, 2015)

Maternal smoking in pregnancy association with childhood adiposity and blood pressure (July 14, 2015)

Obesity as a disability: a weighty precedent? (July 14, 2015)

The eating-related behaviours, disorders and expectations of candidates for bariatric surgery (July 14, 2015)

Obesity prevalence in Norwegian adults assessed by body mass index, waist circumference and fat mass percentage (July 7, 2015)

Cross-national perspectives about weight-based bullying in youth: nature, extent and remedies. (July 6, 2015)

The sequence of prenatal growth restraint and post-natal catch-up growth leads to a thicker intima-media and more pre-peritoneal and hepatic fat by age 3–6 years (July 1, 2015)

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in children and adolescents with Prader–Willi Syndrome (PWS). (July 1, 2015)

Is the relationship between sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic health in adolescents independent of dietary intake? A systematic review (June 22, 2015)

Pathophysiology of hypertension in obese children: a systematic review (June 22, 2015)

Low grandparental social support combined with low parental socioeconomic status is closely associated with obesity in preschool-aged children children: a pilot study. (June 19, 2015)

Associations of sedentary time patterns and TV viewing time with inflammatory and endothelial function biomarkers in children (June 19, 2015)

Does severe dietary energy restriction increase binge eating in overweight or obese individuals? A systematic review (June 11, 2015)

The impact of bariatric surgery on quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis (June 11, 2015)

Maternal body mass index and risk of birth and maternal health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis (June 11, 2015)

The paradox of obesity cardiomyopathy and the potential for weight loss as a therapy (June 11, 2015)

Impact of obesity on outcomes of paediatric acute pancreatitis based on a national administrative database (June 10, 2015)

Do family meals affect childhood overweight or obesity?: nationwide survey 2008–2012 (June 10, 2015)

Food insecurity and dietary intake among US youth, 2007–2010 (June 10, 2015)

Associations between FTO genotype and total energy and macronutrient intake in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis (May 28, 2015)

Risks associated with obesity in pregnancy, for the mother and baby: a systematic review of reviews (May 28, 2015)

A proposed approach to systematically identify and monitor the corporate political activity of the food industry with respect to public health using publicly available information (May 19, 2015)

Should we screen for childhood obesity? (May 10, 2015)

Objectively measured physical activity and longitudinal changes in adolescent body fatness: an observational cohort study (April 27, 2015)

Sex differences in the association between body mass index and hypertension – a cross-sectional study in 717 812 adolescents (April 27, 2015)

The effects of morbid obesity on maternal and neonatal health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analyses (April 24, 2015)

Relationship between dietary energy density and dietary quality in overweight young children: a cross-sectional analysis (April 24, 2015)

Integrating movement in academic classrooms: understanding, applying and advancing the knowledge base (April 21, 2015)

What childhood obesity prevention programmes work? A systematic review and meta-analysis (April 20, 2015)

The personal shopper – a pilot randomized trial of grocery store-based dietary advice (April 15, 2015)

Adaptations to a diet-based weight-reducing programme in obese women resistant to weight loss (April 15, 2015)

Lower weight loss expectations and healthier eating attitudes in older overweight and obese women attempting weight loss (April 15, 2015)

Lean adolescents achieve higher intensities but not higher energy expenditure while playing active video games compared with obese ones (April 8, 2015)

Obesity status transitions across the elementary years: use of Markov chain modelling (April 8, 2015)

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid status in obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis (April 8, 2015)

Downward trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight in two pilot towns taking part in the VIASANO community-based programme in Belgium: data from a national school health monitoring system (March 31, 2015)

Implementation of intersectoral community approaches targeting childhood obesity: a systematic review (March 30, 2015)

Does near-roadway air pollution contribute to childhood obesity? (March 27, 2015)

Evaluation of DXA vs. MRI for body composition measures in 1-month olds (March 27, 2015)

(Open Access) Physical activity, sleep duration and metabolic health in children fluctuate with the lunar cycle: science behind the myth (March 23, 2015)

Pes planus and paediatric obesity: a systematic review of the literature (March 23, 2015)

Intraoperative mechanical ventilation strategies for obese patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (March 18, 2015)

Estimating the predictive validity of diabetic animal models in rosiglitazone studies (March 18, 2015)

Genetic and epigenetic associations to obesity-related appetite phenotypes among African–American children (March 16, 2015)

Familial and individual predictors of obesity and insulin resistance in urban Hispanic children. (March 2, 2015)

Ten-year beverage intake trends among US preschool children: rapid declines between 2003 and 2010 but stagnancy in recent years. (March 2, 2015)

Ten-year beverage intake trends among US preschool children: rapid declines between 2003 and 2010 but stagnancy in recent years. (March 2, 2015)

Birth order and sibship composition as predictors of overweight or obesity among low-income 4- to 8-year-old children (March 2, 2015)

Outcomes of a 1-year randomized controlled trial to evaluate a behavioral ‘stepped-down’ weight loss intervention for adolescent patients with obesity (Feb. 19, 2015)

How much do children's body mass indices change over intervals of 6–12 months? Statistics from before and during the obesity epidemic (Feb. 19, 2015)

Obesity and vitamin D deficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Feb. 17, 2015)

Multi-component molecular-level body composition reference methods: evolving concepts and future directions (Feb. 3, 2015)

Genetic association studies of obesity in Africa: a systematic review (Feb. 2, 2015)

Effect of a 4-week weight maintenance diet on circulating hormone levels: implications for clinical weight loss trials (Feb. 2, 2015)

Earlier menarcheal age in Spanish girls is related with an increase in body mass index between pre-pubertal school age and adolescence (Jan. 29, 2015)

Estimating the lifetime cost of childhood obesity in Germany: Results of a Markov Model (Jan. 22, 2015)

Effect of increased intake of skimmed milk, casein, whey or water on body composition and leptin in overweight adolescents: a randomized trial (Jan. 22, 2015)

Can we safely recommend gestational weight gain below the 2009 guidelines in obese women? A systematic review and meta-analysis (Jan. 18, 2015)

Exploring the concept of eating dyscontrol in severely obese patients candidate to bariatric surgery (Jan. 13, 2015)

Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity using mobile and wireless technologies: a systematic review (Jan. 12, 2015)

Impact of bariatric surgery on physical functioning in obese adults (Jan. 12, 2015)

Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity using mobile and wireless technologies: a systematic review (Jan. 12, 2015)

Open Access - Sleep and nighttime energy consumption in early childhood: a population-based cohort study (Jan. 7, 2015)

Fasting gut hormone levels change with modest weight loss in obese adolescents (Jan. 5, 2015)

Recent trends in the prevalence of under- and overweight among adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (Jan. 5, 2015)

Reduced retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in children with severe obesity (Jan. 5, 2015)

Linking electronic health records with community-level data to understand childhood obesity risk (Jan. 5, 2015)

Hope thinking and past trauma mediate the relationships of body mass index with perceived mental health treatment need and mental health treatment use (Jan. 3, 2015)

Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing (Dec. 24, 2014)

Fatty liver disease, glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in obese adolescents (Dec. 17, 2014)

(open access) Influence of food companies' brand mascots and entertainment companies' cartoon media characters on children's diet and health: a systematic review and research needs (Dec. 17, 2014)

Gestational weight gain according to Institute of Medicine recommendations in relation to infant size and body composition (Dec. 17, 2014)

Obesity and symptoms of depression among adults in selected countries of the Middle East: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Dec. 12, 2014)

(Open access) Effectiveness of weight loss interventions – is there a difference between men and women: a systematic review (Dec. 11, 2014)

Do ketogenic diets really suppress appetite? A systematic review and meta-analysis. (Nov. 17, 2014)

Antibiotic dosing in obesity: the search for optimum dosing strategies (free article) (Nov. 4, 2014)

High-energy diets: a threat for male fertility? (Oct. 23, 2014)

Guide to online tools for valuing physical activity, sport and obesity programmes (Oct. 15, 2014)

Social cognitive theory and physical activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Oct. 7, 2014)

Association between breastfeeding and body mass index at age 6–7 years in an international survey (Oct. 7, 2014)

Effect of childhood obesity prevention programmes on blood lipids: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Sept. 29, 2014)

European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015–2020 (Sept. 15, 2014)

Special Issue: Achieving Healthy Weight in Black American Communities: Assessing the Evidence (Sept. 5, 2014)

Public Health and Policy Virtual Issue (Sept. 1, 2014)

Special Issue: Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Kindergarten-based, Family-involved Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Early Childhood. The ToyBox-study. (Aug. 31, 2014)

Comparison of food industry policies and commitments on marketing to children and product (re)formulation in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji (Aug. 19, 2014)

Evaluation of a multidisciplinary Tier 3 weight management service for adults with morbid obesity, or obesity and comorbidities, based in primary care (July 1, 2014)

Benchmarking Food Environments. Experts Assessments of Policy Gaps and Priorities for the New Zealand Government (July 1, 2014)

Obesity in children: quality standard consultation (July 1, 2014)

Special Issue: Abstracts of the 12th International Congress on Obesity, 17-20 March 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (March 17, 2014)

Body composition at birth in preterm infants between 30 and 36 weeks gestation (Feb. 27, 2014)

Using the intervention mapping protocol to reduce European preschoolers’ sedentary behavior, an application to the ToyBox-Study (Feb. 19, 2014)

Weight loss composition is one-fourth fat-free mass: a critical review and critique of this widely cited rule (Jan. 22, 2014)

A systematic review of persuasive marketing techniques to promote food to children on television (Jan. 17, 2014)

Associations between predictors of children's dietary intake and socioeconomic position: a systematic review of the literature (Jan. 17, 2014)

Transgenerational effects of caloric restriction on appetite: a meta-analysis (Jan. 6, 2014)

Developmental coordination disorder and overweight and obesity in children: a systematic review (Jan. 6, 2014)

Insulin sensitivity and brain reward activation in overweight Hispanic girls: a pilot study (Dec. 20, 2013)

The effectiveness of including support people in a cognitive behavioural weight loss maintenance programme for obese adults: study rationale and design (Dec. 19, 2013)

Extremely obese children respond better than extremely obese adolescents to lifestyle interventions (Dec. 17, 2013)

Special Issue: Understanding the Transition in Diet, Activity, Body Composition and Nutrition-related Noncommunicable Diseases in China: the China Health and Nutrition Survey 1991-2011 (Dec. 13, 2013)

Differences in gestational weight gain between pregnancies before and after maternal bariatric surgery correlate with differences in birth weight but not with scores on the body mass index in early ch (Dec. 11, 2013)

IQ and obesity in adolescence: a population-based, cross-sectional study (Dec. 11, 2013)

Gestational weight gain in relation to offspring obesity over the life course: a systematic review and bias-adjusted meta-analysis (Dec. 9, 2013)

‘For the cases we've had… I don't think anybody has had enormous confidence’ – Exploring ‘Uncertainty’ in adolescent bariatric teams: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (Dec. 9, 2013)

Parental stress increases body mass index trajectory in pre-adolescents (Dec. 5, 2013)

Newborns with lower levels of circulating polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are abdominally more adipose (Dec. 5, 2013)

Inverse relationship between gestational weight gain and glucose uptake in human placenta from female foetuses (Dec. 2, 2013)

Does increased prescribed exercise alter non-exercise physical activity/energy expenditure in healthy adults? A systematic review (Nov. 27, 2013)

Influence of breastfeeding on blood-cell transcript-based biomarkers of health in children (Nov. 26, 2013)

Determining the cost of obesity and its common comorbidities from a commercial claims database (Nov. 22, 2013)

Peripheral blood leucocyte subclasses as potential biomarkers of adipose tissue inflammation and obesity subphenotypes in humans (Nov. 20, 2013)

Characteristics and perspectives of night-eating behaviour in a severely obese population (Nov. 12, 2013)

Body mass index and depressive symptoms in primary care settings: examining the moderating roles of smoking status, alcohol consumption and vigorous exercise (Nov. 6, 2013)

Food industry: friend or foe? (Oct. 31, 2013)

Effect of implementing the 5As of Obesity Management framework on provider–patient interactions in primary care (Oct. 29, 2013)

Protein leverage and energy intake (Oct. 28, 2013)

The food industry is neither friend, nor foe, nor partner (Oct. 28, 2013)

The association between body composition and foot structure and function: a systematic review (Oct. 25, 2013)

Impact of physical activity and diet on lipoprotein particle concentrations in severely obese women participating in a 1-year lifestyle intervention (Oct. 24, 2013)

Structural responses to the obesity and non-communicable diseases epidemic: the Chilean Law of Food Labeling and Advertising. (Oct. 23, 2013)

Alanine aminotransferase and metabolic syndrome in adolescents: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Study (Oct. 22, 2013)

Effect of antioxidant vitamin supplementation on endothelial function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Oct. 7, 2013)

The effect of weight loss on health-related quality of life: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. (Oct. 3, 2013)

Association of run-in periods with weight loss in obesity randomized controlled trials (Sept. 30, 2013)

Does obesity affect knee cartilage? A systematic review of magnetic resonance imaging data. (Sept. 30, 2013)

Size at birth and abdominal adiposity in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Sept. 30, 2013)

Which type of sedentary behaviour intervention is more effective at reducing body mass index in children? A meta-analytic review (Sept. 25, 2013)

The imperative to prevent and treat childhood obesity: why the world cannot afford to wait (Sept. 20, 2013)

The association between childhood sexual and physical abuse with incident adult severe obesity across 13 years of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Sept. 20, 2013)

Obstructive sleep apnoea in obese adolescents and cardiometabolic risk markers (Sept. 17, 2013)

Special Issue: INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases, Research, Monitoring and Action Support): rationale, framework and approach. (Sept. 17, 2013)

Family-based interventions for reducing sedentary time in youth: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (Sept. 16, 2013)

Genetic factors in exercise adoption, adherence and obesity (Sept. 15, 2013)

Leptin levels and risk of type 2 diabetes: gender-specific meta-analysis (Sept. 15, 2013)

Patients' experiences after bariatric surgery: a qualitative study at 12-month follow-up (Sept. 4, 2013)

Persistent organic pollutants meet adipose tissue hypoxia: does cross-talk contribute to inflammation during obesity? (Sept. 2, 2013)

Screen time behaviours may interact with obesity genes, independent of physical activity, to influence adolescent BMI in an ethnically diverse cohort (Aug. 30, 2013)

Obesity and thyroid cancer: epidemiologic associations and underlying mechanisms (Aug. 28, 2013)

An intragastric balloon produces large weight losses in the absence of a change in ghrelin or peptide YY (Aug. 23, 2013)

Behaviours associated with weight loss maintenance and regaining in a Mediterranean population sample. A qualitative study (Aug. 23, 2013)

Associations between child temperament, maternal feeding practices and child body mass index during the preschool years: a systematic review of the literature (Aug. 19, 2013)

Adiponectin and lipoprotein metabolism. (Aug. 19, 2013)

Is obesity a risk factor for impaired cognition in young adults with low birth weight? (Aug. 7, 2013)

Educational attainment and obesity: a systematic review (July 25, 2013)

(open access) Waist-to-height ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescence: findings from a prospective birth cohort (July 25, 2013)

Educational attainment and obesity: a systematic review (July 24, 2013)

The impact of initiatives to limit the advertising of food and beverage products to children: a systematic review (open access) (July 17, 2013)

Adipose tissue insulin resistance in adolescents with and without type 2 diabetes (July 17, 2013)

The disproportionate economic burden associated with severe and complicated obesity: a systematic review. (July 16, 2013)

The views of stakeholders on the role of the primary school in preventing childhood obesity: a qualitative systematic review (July 12, 2013)

A systematic review of variables associated with the relationship between obesity and depression (June 30, 2013)

Body mass index and risk of pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis (June 25, 2013)

Mesotherapy for local fat reduction (June 25, 2013)

Effects of exercise on resting blood pressure in obese children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (June 21, 2013)

Systematic review of lifestyle interventions to limit postpartum weight retention: implications for future opportunities to prevent maternal overweight and obesity following childbirth (June 17, 2013)

Resolved: there is sufficient scientific evidence that decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption will reduce the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases (June 13, 2013)

Gender difference in interactions between MAOA promoter uVNTR polymorphism and negative familial stressors on body mass index among Chinese adolescents (June 13, 2013)

Will reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption reduce obesity? Evidence supporting conjecture is strong, but evidence when testing effect is weak (June 7, 2013)

Replication of LIN28B SNP association with age of menarche in young Filipino women (June 6, 2013)

Effects of school-based interventions for direct delivery of physical activity on fitness and cardiometabolic markers in children and adolescents: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (June 4, 2013)

Obesity: a systematic review on parental involvement in long-term European childhood weight control interventions with a nutritional focus (June 4, 2013)

Type 2 diabetes in children (June 4, 2013)

Timing of motor milestones achievement and development of overweight in childhood: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort (June 4, 2013)

Timing of puberty and physical growth in obese children: a longitudinal study in boys and girls (May 27, 2013)

Low phosphorus status might contribute to the onset of obesity (May 16, 2013)

Prevalence of obesity and extreme obesity in children aged 3–5 years (May 15, 2013)

Percent body fat prediction equations for 8- to 17-year-old American children (May 15, 2013)

Percent body fat prediction equations for 8- to 17-year-old American children (May 14, 2013)

Association between sweet drink intake and adiposity in Danish children participating in a long-term intervention study (April 29, 2013)

Genetic risk profiles for a childhood with severely overweight (April 29, 2013)

Exercise and negative energy balance in males who perform mental work (April 29, 2013)

Effects of nutrient content claims, sports celebrity endorsements and premium offers on pre-adolescent children's food preferences: experimental research (April 29, 2013)

Difference in weight loss based on ethnicity, age and comorbidity status in a publicly funded adult weight management centre: 1-year results (April 22, 2013)

Research priorities in 2012 for the effective management of childhood obesity (April 22, 2013)

Factors associated with development of excessive fatness in children and adolescents: a review of prospective studies (April 22, 2013)

Empirical evidence does not support an association between less ambitious pre-treatment goals and better treatment outcomes: a meta-analysis (April 18, 2013)

The effectiveness of secondary and tertiary care lifestyle intervention in morbidly obese patients: a 1-year non-randomized controlled pragmatic clinical trial (April 15, 2013)

Comparison of nutrient profiling schemes for restricting the marketing of food and drink to children (April 15, 2013)

Bariatric surgery for obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis (April 11, 2013)

Bariatric surgery attrition secondary to psychological barriers (April 10, 2013)

Hypoxia, energy balance and obesity: from pathophysiological mechanisms to new treatment strategies (March 28, 2013)

Parental factors associated with obesity in children with disability: a systematic review (March 25, 2013)

Trends in purchases and intake of foods and beverages containing caloric and low-calorie sweeteners over the last decade in the United States (March 25, 2013)

Trends in overweight and obesity over 22 years in a large adult population: the HUNT Study, Norway (March 19, 2013)

Adiponectin and incident coronary heart disease and stroke. A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies (March 18, 2013)

Chromium supplementation in overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (March 18, 2013)

Use of data from the Health Survey for England in obesity policy making and monitoring (March 7, 2013)

Association of pre- and post-natal parental smoking with offspring body mass index: an 8-year follow-up of a birth cohort (Feb. 18, 2013)

Daily physical activity assessment with accelerometers: new insights and validation studies (Feb. 7, 2013)

The contribution of feeding mode to obesogenic growth trajectories in American Samoan infants (Feb. 5, 2013)

Change in body composition during a weight loss trial in obese adolescents (Feb. 5, 2013)

A model case of a positive outcome in super-super obesity (Jan. 31, 2013)

Physical fitness, overweight and the risk of eating disorders in adolescents. (Jan. 31, 2013)

Recommendations for healthier hydration: addressing the public health issues of obesity and type 2 diabetes (Jan. 30, 2013)

Efficacy and safety of lorcaserin in obese adults: a meta-analysis of 1-year randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and narrative review on short-term RCTs (Jan. 21, 2013)

Schag K, Schonleber J, Teufel M et al (Jan. 21, 2013)

Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels in relation to body mass index: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Jan. 18, 2013)

Screening for genetic variants in BDNF that contribute to childhood obesity (Jan. 18, 2013)

Socio-demographic and obstetrical correlates of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain (Jan. 14, 2013)

Development and validation of a new questionnaire measuring eating disordered behaviours post bariatric surgery (Jan. 14, 2013)

Integrating user perspectives into the development of a web-based weight management intervention (Jan. 14, 2013)

Risk of completed suicide after bariatric surgery: a systematic review. (Jan. 9, 2013)

Systematic literature review of the effects of food and drink advertising on food and drink-related behaviour, attitudes and beliefs in adult populations (Jan. 9, 2013)

Screening for impaired glucose tolerance in obese children and adolescents: a validation and implementation study (Jan. 7, 2013)

The relationship of oxidative stress, adiposity and metabolic risk factors in healthy Black and White American youth (Jan. 7, 2013)

BMI may underestimate the socioeconomic gradient in true obesity (Jan. 3, 2013)

Power of metabolomics in biomarker discovery and mining mechanisms of obesity (Dec. 27, 2012)

Frequency of family meals and childhood overweight: a systematic review (Dec. 13, 2012)

Television in the bedroom and increased body weight: potential explanations for their relationship among European schoolchildren (Dec. 13, 2012)

The complexity of obesity in UK adolescents: relationships with quantity and type of technology, sleep duration and quality, academic performance and aspiration (Dec. 13, 2012)

Risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome in abdominal obesity (Dec. 11, 2012)

Pharmacobezoar in an obese patient with intragastric balloon: a case revealed at endoscopy (Dec. 11, 2012)

Towards an integrative approach to understanding the role of chemerin in human health and disease (Dec. 6, 2012)

Qualitative studies among obese children and adolescents: a systematic review of the literature. (Dec. 6, 2012)

Food consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in European children: the IDEFICS study (Dec. 6, 2012)

No relation between sleep duration and adiposity indicators in 9–36 months old children: the SKOT cohort (Dec. 6, 2012)

Association of personality with the development and persistence of obesity: a meta-analysis based on individual–participant data (Nov. 26, 2012)

Assessing the potential effectiveness of food and beverage taxes and subsidies for improving public health: a systematic review of prices, demand and body weight outcomes (Nov. 23, 2012)

Obesity and C-reactive protein in various populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Nov. 22, 2012)

Choice architecture as a means to change eating behaviour in self-service settings: a systematic review (Nov. 20, 2012)

Qualitative content analysis of online news media coverage of weight loss surgery and related reader comments. (Nov. 20, 2012)

Review: efficacy of alginate supplementation in relation to appetite regulation and metabolic risk factors: evidence from animal and human studies (Nov. 12, 2012)

Family-based models for childhood-obesity intervention: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (Nov. 9, 2012)

Better measures of fat mass – beyond BMI (Nov. 1, 2012)

The effect of obesity on polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Oct. 31, 2012)

Personalized medicine in women's obesity prevention and treatment: implications for research, policy and practice (Oct. 31, 2012)

Bariatric surgery, bone loss, obesity and possible mechanisms. (Oct. 25, 2012)

Chronic disease risk among adults with cerebral palsy: the role of premature sarcopoenia, obesity and sedentary behaviour (Oct. 23, 2012)

A systematic review of the impact of including both waist and hip circumference in risk models for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and mortality (Oct. 17, 2012)

Is food addiction a valid and useful concept? (Oct. 12, 2012)

Family-focused physical activity, diet and obesity interventions in African–American girls: a systematic review (Oct. 12, 2012)

Physical activity behaviours of highly active preschoolers (Oct. 8, 2012)

Stronger influence of maternal than paternal obesity on infant and early childhood body mass index: the Fels Longitudinal Study (Oct. 8, 2012)

Physical activity in children and adolescents with autism assessed by triaxial accelerometry (Oct. 8, 2012)

The association of anthropometric indices in adolescence with the occurrence of the metabolic syndrome in early adulthood: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) (Oct. 8, 2012)

The impact of maternal prenatal smoking on the development of childhood overweight in school-aged children (Oct. 8, 2012)

Population-based trends in overweight and obesity: a comparative study of 2 148 342 Israeli male and female adolescents born 1950–1993 (Sept. 28, 2012)

Obesity and addiction: neurobiological overlaps (Sept. 27, 2012)

Effective UK weight management services for adults (Sept. 26, 2012)

Telemedicine and paediatric obesity treatment: review of the literature and lessons learnt (Sept. 24, 2012)

WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative 2008: weight, height and body mass index in 6–9-year-old children (Sept. 21, 2012)

Parental perceptions of and concerns about child's body weight in eight European countries – the IDEFICS study (Sept. 21, 2012)

Laser beam measurement of abdominal sagittal diameter in obese children: a validation study (Sept. 21, 2012)

Unofficial translation of the Norwegian proposals to regulate marketing of food and beverages to children’ (Sept. 18, 2012)

Nurse delivered lifestyle interventions in primary health care to treat chronic disease risk factors associated with obesity: a systematic review (Sept. 13, 2012)

Television viewing associated with adverse dietary outcomes in children ages 2–6 (Sept. 9, 2012)

Analysis of adipokine concentrations in paediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver diseas (Sept. 7, 2012)

Circulating branched-chain amino acid concentrations are associated with obesity and future insulin resistance in children and adolescents (Sept. 7, 2012)

Increase in prevalence of adiposity between the ages of 7 and 11 years reflects lower remission rates during this period (Sept. 7, 2012)

Mechanisms linking obesity, inflammation and altered metabolism to colon carcinogenesis (Sept. 3, 2012)

Hip circumference, height and risk of type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis (Sept. 3, 2012)

The role of the endocannabinoid system in skeletal muscle and metabolic adaptations to exercise: potential implications for the treatment of obesity (Sept. 3, 2012)

Routine group and save unnecessary for gastric band surgery: a retrospective case review audit of 1018 bariatric patients. (Aug. 31, 2012)

Increasing association between a neuropeptide Y promoter polymorphism and body mass index during the course of development. (Aug. 31, 2012)

The impact of intronic single nucleotide polymorphisms and ethnic diversity for studies on the obesity gene FTO (Aug. 29, 2012)

Hispanic and black US children's paths to high adolescent obesity prevalence (Aug. 21, 2012)

A controlled, class-based multicomponent intervention to promote healthy lifestyle and to reduce the burden of childhood obesity (Aug. 21, 2012)

Adiposity in children and adolescents: correlates and clinical consequences of fat stored in specific body depots (Aug. 21, 2012)

The relationship between childhood weight, dental caries and eating practices in children aged 4–8 years in Australia, 2004–2008 (Aug. 21, 2012)

Breastfeeding during the first year promotes satiety responsiveness in children aged 18–24 months (Aug. 21, 2012)

Systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials of the effects of low carbohydrate diets on cardiovascular risk factors (Aug. 20, 2012)

Prevalence of obesity among Portuguese children (6–8 years old) using three definition criteria: COSI Portugal, 2008 (Aug. 17, 2012)

The quality of dietary intake methodology and reporting in child and adolescent obesity intervention trials: a systematic review (Aug. 15, 2012)

The appropriateness of opt-out consent for monitoring childhood obesity in Australia (Aug. 8, 2012)

Socioeconomic factors and childhood overweight in Europe: results from the multi-centre IDEFICS study (Aug. 8, 2012)

Impacts of infancy rapid weight gain on 5-year childhood overweight development vary by age and sex in China (Aug. 8, 2012)

Effects of psyllium on metabolic syndrome risk factors (Aug. 5, 2012)

Lipedema: an overview of its clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of the disproportional fatty deposition syndrome (Aug. 3, 2012)

Evolving concepts on adjusting human resting energy expenditure measurements for body size (Aug. 2, 2012)

Physical activity parenting: a systematic review of questionnaires and their associations with child activity levels (July 30, 2012)

Impact of postprandial glycaemia on health and prevention of disease (Open Access) (July 11, 2012)

Psychological effects of dance-based group exergaming in obese adolescents (July 5, 2012)

Obesity and socioeconomic status in developing countries: a systematic review (July 5, 2012)

The expanding burden of cardiometabolic risk in China: the China Health and Nutrition Survey (June 28, 2012)

The impact of childhood obesity on morbidity and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review (June 26, 2012)

Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviours according to ethnic background among adolescents in seven countries in Europe: the ENERGY-project (June 22, 2012)

Comparative assessment of change in fat mass using dual X-ray absorptiometry and air-displacement plethysmography (June 21, 2012)

Extended international (IOTF) body mass index cut-offs for thinness, overweight and obesity (June 19, 2012)

Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globe (June 14, 2012)

Gut microbial adaptation to dietary consumption of fructose, artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols: implications for host–microbe interactions contributing to obesity (June 11, 2012)

Why do individuals not lose more weight from an exercise intervention at a defined dose? An energy balance analysis (June 11, 2012)

Attendance and weight outcomes in 4754 adults referred over 6 months to a primary care/commercial weight management partnership scheme (June 11, 2012)

A systematic review of the impact of weight loss on cancer incidence and mortality (June 4, 2012)

Obesity and pulmonary disease: unanswered questions (May 31, 2012)

Obesity: lessons from evolution and the environment (May 29, 2012)

Plasma amino acid profile is associated with visceral fat accumulation in obese Japanese subjects (Free access) (May 24, 2012)

The association between acculturation and recreational computer use among Latino adolescents in California (May 18, 2012)

Relationship between body mass index, fat distribution and cardiometabolic risk factors in Indian children and adolescents (May 15, 2012)

Obesity-related eating behaviours in the adult population of Spain, 2008–2010 (May 11, 2012)

Hypothalamic obesity in children (May 11, 2012)

Relationship of insulin, glucose, leptin, IL-6 and TNF-α in human breast milk with infant growth and body composition (May 10, 2012)

Osteocalcin is independently associated with body mass index in adolescent girls (May 10, 2012)

Modelling obesity trends and related diseases in Eastern Europe (May 9, 2012)

Resting energy expenditure of morbidly obese patients using indirect calorimetry: a systematic review (May 8, 2012)

A pragmatic randomised controlled trial in primary care of the Camden Weight Loss (CAMWEL) programme. (May 3, 2012)

Mediating role of education and lifestyles in the relationship between early-life conditions and health: evidence from the 1958 british cohort. (May 3, 2012)

A Randomised Trial of a Weight Loss Intervention for Overweight and Obese People Diagnosed with Coronary Heart Disease and/or Type 2 Diabetes (May 3, 2012)

Prevalence and correlates of obesity among Lusaka residents, Zambia: a population-based survey (May 3, 2012)

Morbid obesity is associated with disability in early inflammatory polyarthritis: Results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register (NOAR) (May 1, 2012)

Parenting Styles and Body Mass Index Trajectories From Adolescence to Adulthood (April 30, 2012)

Differences in Weight Status and Energy-Balance Related Behaviors among Schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-Project (free online) (April 25, 2012)

Differences in Weight Status and Energy-Balance Related Behaviors among Schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-Project (April 25, 2012)

A 12-Week Commercial Web-Based Weight-Loss Program for Overweight and Obese Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Basic Versus Enhanced Features (April 25, 2012)

Liver fat content investigated by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in obese children and youths included in multidisciplinary treatment (free view) (April 24, 2012)

Use of MRI and CT for fat imaging in children and youth: what have we learned about obesity, fat distribution and metabolic disease risk? (April 22, 2012)

Relationships of the Psychological Influence of Food and Barriers to Lifestyle Change to Weight and Utilization of Online Weight Loss Tools (April 19, 2012)

Associations between aggressive behaviour scores and cardiovascular risk factors in childhood (April 18, 2012)

Fast food prices, obesity, and the minimum wage (April 15, 2012)

The association between body mass index and musculoskeletal foot disorders: a systematic review (April 13, 2012)

Low sleep and low socioeconomic status predict high body mass index: a 4-year longitudinal study of Australian schoolchildren (April 13, 2012)

Neck circumference: a useful screening tool of cardiovascular risk in children (April 13, 2012)

Ethnicity and childhood overweight/obesity in England (April 11, 2012)

Family–health professional relations in pediatric weight management: an integrative review (April 10, 2012)

The effect of a short message service maintenance treatment on body mass index and psychological well-being in overweight and obese children: a randomized controlled trial (April 10, 2012)

Toybox Obesity Reviews Supplement (April 6, 2012)

Addressing the Proximal Causes of Obesity: The Relevance of Alcohol Control Policies (April 1, 2012)

Plea for simplicity: use of waist-to-height ratio as a primary screening tool to assess cardiometabolic risk (March 28, 2012)

The mediating effects of dietary habits on the relationship between television viewing and body mass index among youth (March 28, 2012)

Overweight and obese teenagers: why is adolescence a critical period? (March 28, 2012)

Physical activity vs. sedentary time: independent associations with adiposity in children (March 28, 2012)

Short sleep duration and its association with energy metabolism (March 22, 2012)

Self-report use-of-time tools for the assessment of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: systematic review (March 22, 2012)

Changes in body mass index and measures of abdominal obesity in Finnish adults between 1992 and 2007, the National FINRISK Study (March 21, 2012)

Changes in children’s BMI between 2006/07 and 2010/11 (March 18, 2012)

Branded food references in children's magazines: ‘advertisements’ are the tip of the iceberg (March 16, 2012)

Obesity: a disease or a biological adaptation? An update (March 14, 2012)

Effect of weight loss after gastric bypass surgery on thyroid function in euthyroid people with morbid obesity (March 13, 2012)

UNICEF launches Children's Rights and Business Principles (March 12, 2012)

Consumer response to healthy eating, physical activity and weight-related recommendations: a systematic review (March 8, 2012)

Resistance training, visceral obesity and inflammatory response: a review of the evidence (March 2, 2012)

Mechanistic roles for calcium and vitamin D in the regulation of body weight (March 2, 2012)

Adrenal insufficiency following bariatric surgery (March 2, 2012)

Canada: CSPI campaigns for nutrition labelling on fast food displays (Feb. 28, 2012)

The contribution of parental BMI to the metabolic health of their offspring (Feb. 23, 2012)

Energy restriction only slightly influences protein metabolism in obese rats, whatever the level of protein and its source in the diet (Feb. 21, 2012)

Body fat and body weight reduction following hypothalamic deep brain stimulation in monkeys: an intraventricular approach (Feb. 21, 2012)

Physical activity does not attenuate the obesity risk of TV viewing in youth (Feb. 21, 2012)

Obesity in the news: directions for future research (Feb. 17, 2012)

USA: Five years after the IOM report on advertising to children – what have we got? (Feb. 16, 2012)

Nutrition standards for away-from-home foods in the USA (Feb. 13, 2012)

Association between socioeconomic status indicators and obesity in adolescent students in Botswana, an African country in rapid nutrition transition (Feb. 10, 2012)

Gestational weight gain and predicted changes in offspring anthropometrics between early infancy and 3 years (Feb. 10, 2012)

UK: Regulators get 54 complaints over online advertising to children (Feb. 9, 2012)

Spatial accessibility to physical activity facilities and to food outlets and overweight in French youth (open access) (Feb. 7, 2012)

The ‘ToyBox-study’ obesity prevention programme in early childhood: an introduction (Feb. 6, 2012)

Shifting curves? Trends trends in thinness and obesity among Australian youth, 1985 to 2010 (Feb. 1, 2012)

Promoter methylation of serotonin transporter gene is associated with obesity measures: a monozygotic twin study (Jan. 31, 2012)

A systematic review and mixed treatment comparison of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of obesity (Jan. 30, 2012)

Australian experts recommend traffic light labelling (Jan. 27, 2012)

Body weight status and obstructive sleep apnea in children (Jan. 24, 2012)

US: Canadian experience shows ban on junk food ads cuts consumption (Jan. 23, 2012)

The long-term cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions: systematic literature review (Jan. 17, 2012)

Oestradiol is a protective factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in healthy men (Jan. 12, 2012)

One size fits all? Gender as an issue in obesity (Jan. 11, 2012)

Childhood psychological function and obesity risk across the lifecourse: findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study (Jan. 10, 2012)

Physical activity and weight gain prevention in older men (Jan. 10, 2012)

Big Snack accused of undermining healthy food patterns (Jan. 10, 2012)

Systematic review of family and home-based interventions targeting paediatric overweight and obesity (Jan. 6, 2012)

The night-eating syndrome and obesity (Jan. 4, 2012)

Functional Movement Is Negatively Associated with Weight Status and Positively Associated with Physical Activity in British Primary School Children (Jan. 1, 2012)

Economic impact of childhood obesity on health systems: a systematic review (Dec. 29, 2011)

The impact of extended care on the long-term maintenance of weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Dec. 29, 2011)

US: CFBAI report on compliance, implementation and a five year retrospective (Dec. 19, 2011)

British Heart Foundation Online Marketing Report (Dec. 18, 2011)

Association between TV viewing, computer use and overweight, determinants and competing activities of screen time in 4- to 13-year-old children (Dec. 13, 2011)

Prevalence of general and abdominal obesity in the adult population of Spain, 2008–2010: the ENRICA study. (Dec. 12, 2011)

US: Candy for breakfast? Kids’ cereal fails company’s own guidelines (Dec. 8, 2011)

Spain: NAOS Strategy offers a new set of regulatory indicators (Dec. 5, 2011)

Endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress in obese children and adolescents: markers and effect of lifestyle intervention. (Dec. 1, 2011)

Relation between sleep duration and BMI varies by age and sex in youth age 8–19. (Dec. 1, 2011)

Physical activity fluctuations and body fat during adolescence. (Dec. 1, 2011)

EPODE approach for childhood obesity prevention: methods, progress and international development. (Nov. 23, 2011)

Altered expression of gustatory-signaling elements in gastric tissue of morbidly obese patients (Nov. 15, 2011)

A synthesis of existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses of school-based behavioural interventions for controlling and preventing obesity (Nov. 10, 2011)

Drinking to our health: can beverage companies cut calories while maintaining profits? (Nov. 10, 2011)

Age standardization in mapping adult overweight and obesity trends in the WHO European Region. (Nov. 7, 2011)

US: Study finds young children still exposed to massive amounts of sugary drink marketing (Oct. 31, 2011)

US lawyers condemn neuromarketing techniques, new NPlan report (Oct. 26, 2011)

UK: Children and parents: media use and attitudes report (Oct. 25, 2011)

UK: Overexposed and overlooked. Young people’s views on the regulation of alcohol promotion (Oct. 22, 2011)

Age differences in the association of childhood obesity with area-level and school-level deprivation: cross-classified multilevel analysis of cross-sectional data (Oct. 18, 2011)

Preventing and treating childhood obesity: time to target fathers. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Overweight prevention strategies in preschool children (Oct. 12, 2011)

Causes and consequences of obesity: the contribution of recent twin studies (Oct. 11, 2011)

Does greener mean thinner? Associations between neighbourhood greenspace and weight status among adults in England (Oct. 11, 2011)

The relationship between obesity and hypoferraemia in adults: a systematic review. (Oct. 9, 2011)

Quality of life of obese children in Malaysia (Oct. 1, 2011)

Government regulation to promote healthy food environments – a view from inside state governments (Sept. 29, 2011)

Selected eating behaviours and excess body weight: a systematic review (Sept. 28, 2011)

US: consumer laws can be invoked to protect children from junk food marketing (Sept. 23, 2011)

Decisions about weight management: a synthesis of qualitative studies of obesity. (Sept. 20, 2011)

A synthesis of qualitative research on overweight and obese people's views and experiences of weight management. (Sept. 20, 2011)

The measurement of maternal obesity: can we do better? (Sept. 20, 2011)

US: Alcohol ads on radio reaching children despite industry’s own rules (Sept. 14, 2011)

Global monitoring of junk food marketing (Sept. 12, 2011)

UK campaigners attack government-industry ‘irresponsibility’ deal (Sept. 7, 2011)

Irish Broadcasting proposal on ads to kids: non-Irish comment also welcome (Aug. 30, 2011)

“Soft Drinks, Hard Sell” (Aug. 11, 2011)

California: Living near fast food outlets linked to higher consumption (Aug. 4, 2011)

USA: CFBAI gives nutrient profiling details (Aug. 4, 2011)

USA: CFBAI gives nutrient profiling details (Aug. 4, 2011)

US Institute of Medicine: report on food reformulation to prevent obesity (Aug. 4, 2011)

Trends in obesity among Korean children using four different criteria (Aug. 1, 2011)

Metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity in children and adolescents in Jordan (Aug. 1, 2011)

Waist circumference percentile curves for Malaysian children and adolescents aged 6.0–16.9 years (Aug. 1, 2011)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in non-institutionalized people aged 65 or over from Spain: the elderly EXERNET multi-centre study (Aug. 1, 2011)

Analysis: Government's Proposed Standards for Food Marketing Aimed at Kids Are Far Superior to Industry's Own (July 21, 2011)

Obesity Epidemic In USA Continues To Spread - A Serious Problem In The South (July 9, 2011)

USA: Sugar Sweetened Beverages Executive Order of Thomas Menino, City of Boston, US (July 4, 2011)

StanMark briefing paper for policymakers (June 30, 2011)

USA: Paediatricians call for junk food ad ban (June 30, 2011)

US: new guidance on preventing early child obesity (June 30, 2011)

US doctors: sports and energy drinks 'not for children' (June 30, 2011)

USA: Junk food TV advertising rising rapidly (June 30, 2011)

USA: Junk food TV advertising rising rapidly (June 30, 2011)

UK review of marketing standards (June 23, 2011)

US schools forgetting physical activity, say reports (June 2, 2011)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Portuguese youth: A study in a representative sample of 10–18-year-old children and adolescents (June 1, 2011)

Nationally representative waist circumference percentiles in German adolescents aged 11.0–18.0 years (June 1, 2011)

Age-specific stabilization in obesity prevalence in German children: A cross-sectional study from 1999 to 2008 (June 1, 2011)

Overweight and obesity prevalence and body mass index trends in Indian children (June 1, 2011)

Global epidemics of childhood obesity is hitting a ‘less industrialized’ corner in Asia: a case study in Macao (June 1, 2011)

Prevalence and secular changes in abdominal obesity in Canadian adolescents and adults, 1981 to 2007–2009 (June 1, 2011)

US: Children's Food Environment State Indicator Report (May 19, 2011)

Australia: Junk food advertising ban proposed to combat childhood obesity (May 12, 2011)

Overweight and obesity in a representative sample of schoolchildren – exploring the urban–rural gradient in Sweden (May 1, 2011)

US: Preliminary proposed nutrition principles to guide industry self-regulatory efforts (April 29, 2011)

US: schools increase action to prevent obesity (April 25, 2011)

US: How supermarkets could promote better health (April 21, 2011)

Australia: A comprehensive approach to protecting children from unhealthy food advertising and promotion (April 13, 2011)

Long-term changes in prevalence of overweight and obesity in Czech 7-year-old children: evaluation of different cut-off criteria of childhood obesity (April 4, 2011)

Prevalence of obesity and body mass index correlates in a representative sample of Cretan school children (April 1, 2011)

Prevalence of obesity and overweight in urban adult Nigerians (April 1, 2011)

StanMark project raises standards (March 24, 2011)

Prevalence of obesity in Switzerland 1992–2007: the impact of education, income and occupational class (March 1, 2011)

UK publishes product placement code (Feb. 11, 2011)

Australian survey shows child exposure to marketing (Feb. 9, 2011)

Trends and racial/ethnic disparities in severe obesity among US children and adolescents, 1976–2006 (Feb. 1, 2011)

Body mass index and percent body fat in a New Zealand multi-ethnic adolescent population (Feb. 1, 2011)

Gestational weight gain and overweight in children: Results from the cross-sectional German KiGGS study (Feb. 1, 2011)

UK: children targeted by online advertisements (Jan. 31, 2011)

Obese and malnourished: American children (Jan. 20, 2011)

USA: Alternative thinking about starting points of obesity. Development of child taste preferences (Jan. 14, 2011)

Canadian Dietitians want children protected from marketing (Jan. 13, 2011)

The prevalence and trends of overweight, obesity and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in the Arabian Gulf States (Jan. 1, 2011)

Report of a WHO/IASO Technical Meeting on Nutrient Profiling (Dec. 17, 2010)

USA: Fast Food Facts: Food advertising to children and teens score. Evaluating Fast Food Nutrition and Marketing to Youth (Dec. 3, 2010)

USA: Effectively embedded:Schools and The Machinary Of Modern Marketing-The Thirteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends:2009-2010 (Dec. 2, 2010)

US: Effectively Embedded: The Thirteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing trends 2009-10 (Dec. 2, 2010)

Overweight among New Zealand adolescents: Associations with ethnicity and deprivation (Dec. 1, 2010)

Influence of socioeconomic factors on fitness and fatness in Spanish adolescents: The AVENA study (Dec. 1, 2010)

Mediterranean diet and waist circumference in a representative national sample of young Spaniards (Dec. 1, 2010)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Sri Lankan adults (Nov. 1, 2010)

US: Facebook Implements Additional Alcohol Advertisement Guidelines (Oct. 8, 2010)

China joins the fatter nations (Oct. 1, 2010)

Temporal trends in overweight and obesity of children and adolescents from nine Provinces in China from 1991–2006 (Oct. 1, 2010)

Trends in overweight among school children and adolescents in seven Chinese Provinces, from 1991–2004 (Oct. 1, 2010)

Prevalence and behavioral risk factors of overweight and obesity among children aged 2–18 in Beijing, China (Oct. 1, 2010)

Factors associated with adolescent overweight/obesity in Ho Chi Minh city (Oct. 1, 2010)

Body mass index and individual physical fitness tests in Taiwanese youth aged 9–18 years (Oct. 1, 2010)

Prevalence of obesity in Dakar (Oct. 1, 2010)

Body mass index and waist circumference in Mozambique: urban/rural gap during epidemiological transition (Sept. 1, 2010)

Australia: A comprehensive Approach to Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Advertising and Promotion (Aug. 1, 2010)

Assessment of total and central adiposity in Canadian Aboriginal children and their Caucasian peers (Aug. 1, 2010)

Rural-urban differences in overweight and obesity among a large sample of adolescents in Ontario (Aug. 1, 2010)

UK: HFSS advertising restrictions:final review (July 26, 2010)

Europe: The Polmark project:policies on marketing food and beverages to children (July 13, 2010)

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Danish school children (July 1, 2010)

IFBA Global policy on Marketing and Advertising to Children (June 15, 2010)

Trends in overweight and obese adults in Malaysia (1996–2009): a systematic review (June 1, 2010)

Set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children (May 21, 2010)

Marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children (May 21, 2010)

The relationship between school day sleep duration and body mass index in Norwegian children (aged 10–12) (May 1, 2010)

Canadian childhood obesity estimates based on WHO, IOTF and CDC cut- points (May 1, 2010)

Prevalence of overweight and underweight in public and private schools in the Seychelles (May 1, 2010)

Prevalence of obesity and overweight among adults in Iran (May 1, 2010)

Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2006 (April 1, 2010)

Waist circumference percentile curves for Bulgarian children and adolescents aged 6–18 years (April 1, 2010)

The weight of US residence among immigrants: a systematic review (April 1, 2010)

Percentile distributions of waist circumference for 7–19-year-old Polish children and adolescents (April 1, 2010)

Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States con (March 10, 2010)

Sociodemographic factors and a secular trend of adolescent overweight in Finland (March 1, 2010)

Twenty-year changes in the prevalence of obesity among Finnish adults (March 1, 2010)

PolMark Project: Final Report (Feb. 25, 2010)

Polmark Project: Annex 1 (Feb. 25, 2010)

Polmark Project: Annex 2 (Feb. 25, 2010)

Polmark Project: Annex 3 (Feb. 25, 2010)

Polmark Project: Annex 4 (Feb. 25, 2010)

SAN FRANCISCO: Ordinance amending Article 8 of the San Francisco Health code to set nutritional standards for restaurant food sold accompanied by toys or other youth focused incentives (Feb. 11, 2010)

Prevalence of obesity in Indian women (Feb. 1, 2010)

A national survey of the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Italy (Jan. 1, 2010)

The Extent, Nature and Effects of Food Promotion to Children: a Review of the Evidence to December 2008 (Dec. 1, 2009)

UK: stakeholder views on policy options for marketing food and beverages to children (Dec. 1, 2009)

USA: The Food Marketing Defense Model: Integrating Psychological Research to Protect Youth and Inform Public Policy (Nov. 24, 2009)

Prevalence of obesity in Thailand (Nov. 1, 2009)

US: The Twelfth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends 2008-9 (Oct. 6, 2009)

UK: Fried and tested: an examination of the marketing of fast food to children (Sept. 1, 2009)

Prevalence of educational inequalities in obesity between 1970 and 2003 in France (Sept. 1, 2009)

Australia: The cost-effectiveness of removing television advertising of high-fat and/or high-sugar food and beverages to Australian children (Aug. 4, 2009)

Australia: Advertising in 'Tween' Magazines: Exploring the Considerations and Opportunities (July 12, 2009)

Prevalence of overweight in Bolivia: data on women and adolescents (July 1, 2009)

Trends in body mass index and waist circumference among New Zealand adolescents, 1997/1998–2005 (July 1, 2009)

Australian quick service restaurant industry initiative for responsible advertising and marketing to children (June 25, 2009)

Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Indigenous Australian youths (May 1, 2009)

Prevalence of obesity among children aged 6–7 years in South-East Serbia (May 1, 2009)

USA: Interactive Food and Beverage Marketing: Targeting Children and Youth in the Digital Age (April 14, 2009)

Changes in the prevalence of overweight, obesity and thinness in Algerian children between 2001 and 2006 (April 1, 2009)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children aged 2–5 years in Bahrain: A comparison between two reference standards (April 1, 2009)

Increased obesity in children living in rural communities of Louisiana (April 1, 2009)

Stabilization of overweight prevalence in French children between 2000 and 2007 (April 1, 2009)

Over and undernutrition in the children of Australian immigrants: Assessing the influence of birthplace of primary carer and English language use at home on the nutritional status of 4–5-year-olds (April 1, 2009)

Social-environmental factors associated with elevated body mass index in a Ukrainian cohort of children (April 1, 2009)

Body mass index estimation in a school-entry aged cohort in Malta (April 1, 2009)

Predictors of body mass index change in Australian primary school children (April 1, 2009)

US: Cereal Facts:Evaluating the nutritional quality and marketing of children's cereals (March 31, 2009)

Australia: By how much would limiting TV food advertising reduce childhood obesity? (March 26, 2009)

UK: New Media, Same Old Tricks-A Survey of the Marketing of Food to Children on Food Company Websites (March 1, 2009)

UK: Left Wanting More- Food company policies on marketing to children (March 1, 2009)

Prevalence of obesity and associated socioeconomic factors among Tunisian women from different living environments (March 1, 2009)

Obesity in the Iranian population (Jan. 1, 2009)

Prevalence of overweight in the Seychelles: 15 year trends and association with socio-economic status (Nov. 1, 2008)

UK: Changes in Food and Drink Advertising and Promotion to Children (Oct. 13, 2008)

UK: Cereal Offences-A wake-up call on the marketing of unhealthy food to children (Oct. 1, 2008)

UK: How Parents are Being Misled. A campaign report on children's food marketing (Sept. 27, 2008)

Asia: The Junk Food Trap - Marketing unhealthy food to children in Asia Pacific (Sept. 1, 2008)

Changing patterns of diet, physical activity and obesity among urban, rural and slum populations in north India (Sept. 1, 2008)

Prevalence and time trends in obesity among adult West African populations: a meta-analysis (July 1, 2008)

Responsible marketing and advertising to children (May 13, 2008)

Overweight and obesity in preadolescent children and their parents in Cyprus: prevalence and associated socio-demographic factors – the CYKIDS study (May 1, 2008)

Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (April 18, 2008)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in young Greek men (March 1, 2008)

Obesity, overweight and body-weight perception in a High Atlas Moroccan population (March 1, 2008)

Rural Canadian adolescents are more likely to be obese compared with urban adolescents (March 1, 2008)

Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults (March 1, 2008)

Central adiposity in 9- and 15-year-old Swedish children from the European Youth Heart Study (March 1, 2008)

Neighborhood characteristics in relation to diet, physical activity and overweight of Canadian children (March 1, 2008)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 11-year-old children in Cyprus, 1997–2003 (March 1, 2008)

Factors associated with obesity in Indonesian adolescents (March 1, 2008)

International Association for the Study of Obesity and China (March 1, 2008)

The challenge of obesity and related disease control in China (March 1, 2008)

The fundamental drivers of the obesity epidemic (March 1, 2008)

Overview of obesity in Mainland China (March 1, 2008)

Obesity pandemic, correlated factors and guidelines to define, screen and manage obesity in Taiwan (March 1, 2008)

Obesity and its related diseases in Taiwan (March 1, 2008)

Burden of Obesity – lessons learnt from Hong Kong Chinese (March 1, 2008)

International strategies to address obesity (March 1, 2008)

Nutrition transition and its relationship to the development of obesity and related chronic diseases (March 1, 2008)

Ethnic comparisons of the cross-sectional relationships between measures of body size with diabetes and hypertension (March 1, 2008)

Economic burden of obesity-related chronic diseases in Mainland China (March 1, 2008)

Costs of metabolic syndrome-related diseases induced by obesity in Taiwan (March 1, 2008)

The cost of obesity in Hong Kong (March 1, 2008)

The prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity and the epidemic changes in 1985–2000 for Chinese school-age children and adolescents (March 1, 2008)

Childhood obesity and its health consequence in China (March 1, 2008)

Childhood obesity and adverse health effects in Hong Kong (March 1, 2008)

Developmental origin of metabolic syndrome: interaction of thinness at birth and overweight during adult life in Chinese population (March 1, 2008)

Impact of famine during pregnancy and infancy on health in adulthood (March 1, 2008)

The role of dietary factors in chronic disease control in China (March 1, 2008)

Dietary habits, physical activity and obesity in Hong Kong residents (March 1, 2008)

Closing the energy gap to prevent weight gain in China (March 1, 2008)

Physical activity level and its association with metabolic syndrome among an employed population in China (March 1, 2008)

Leisure-time physical activity alone may not be a sufficient public health approach to prevent obesity – a focus on China (March 1, 2008)

Interventions in local communities and work sites through Physical Activity and Nutrition Programme (March 1, 2008)

Evaluation of a classroom-based physical activity promoting programme (March 1, 2008)

Effect of supervised exercise intervention on metabolic risk factors and physical fitness in Chinese obese children in early puberty (March 1, 2008)

Hypertension and cardiovascular diseases intervention in the capital steel and iron company and Beijing Fangshan community (March 1, 2008)

Health implications of transition from a planned to a free-market economy – an overview (March 1, 2008)

Agro-food industry growth and obesity in China: what role for regulating food advertising and promotion and nutrition labelling? (March 1, 2008)

Europe: Advertising and marketing practices on child obesity: Compilation of Food experts notes (Feb. 1, 2008)

Prevalence of obesity in 6- and 9-year-old children living in Central-North Italy. Analysis of determinants and indicators of risk of overweight (Jan. 1, 2008)

Overweight and obesity in Portugal: national prevalence in 2003–2005 (Jan. 1, 2008)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos, Nigeria (Nov. 1, 2007)

Canada: Broadcast code for advertising to children (Sept. 1, 2007)

UK: Cartoon Heroes and Villains (Aug. 1, 2007)

US: Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents. A review of Industry Expenditures, Activities and Self-regulation (July 31, 2007)

Child overweight and obesity in the USA: Prevalence rates according to IOTF definitions (July 1, 2007)

Prevalence of obesity in 4–18-year-old population in the Basque Country, Spain (July 1, 2007)

Prevalence of obesity among schoolchildren in Iran (July 1, 2007)

Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases:implementation of the global strategy (May 23, 2007)

Recommendations for an International Code on Marketing of Foods and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to children (May 23, 2007)

Prevalence of obesity in Denmark (May 1, 2007)

UK: Fair Game? Assessing Comemercial Activity on Children's Favourite Websites and Online Environments (March 5, 2007)

Overweight and obesity are rapidly emerging among adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2002–2004 (March 1, 2007)

Prevalence and socioeconomic risk factors of obesity among urban female students in Al-Khobar city, Eastern Saudi Arabia, 2003 (March 1, 2007)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Netherlands (March 1, 2007)

Associations between family circumstance and weight status of Australian children (Feb. 1, 2007)

Correlates of body mass index among a nationally representative sample of New Zealand children (Feb. 1, 2007)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children and associated socio-demographic factors in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Feb. 1, 2007)

Obesity in a provincial population of Canadian preschool children: Differences between 1984 and 1997 birth cohorts (Feb. 1, 2007)

Child overweight and obesity in the USA: Prevalence rates according to IOTF definitions (Feb. 1, 2007)

Prevalence of obesity, central obesity and the associated factors in urban population aged 20–70 years, in the north of Iran: a population-based study and regression approach (Jan. 1, 2007)

Prevalence of obesity in Morocco (Jan. 1, 2007)

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in the United Arab Emirates (Jan. 1, 2007)

Self-Regulation, Marketing Communications and Childhood Obesity: A Critical Review from New Zealand (Nov. 20, 2006)

UK: Annex to Consultation on Television Advertising of Food and Drink to Children (Nov. 17, 2006)

Obesity in South Africa (Nov. 1, 2006)

UK: Children's Views on non-broadcast food and drink advertising - Report for the Office of the Children's Commissioner (Sept. 1, 2006)

Draft report of the Expert Meeting on Childhood Obesity, Kobe, Japan, 2005 (Sept. 1, 2006)

Prevalence of obesity in Portugal (Aug. 1, 2006)

US: It's Child Play:Advergaming and the Online Marketing of Food to Children (July 1, 2006)

The extent, nature and effects of food promotion to children (July 1, 2006)

Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children, Report of a WHO forum and Technical Meeting (May 5, 2006)

Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and associated psychological problems in Qatari's female population (May 1, 2006)

Prevalence of obesity in Kuwait and its relation to sociocultural variables (May 1, 2006)

Descriptive epidemiology of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia: 1901–2003 (April 1, 2006)

Risk factors for overweight in 2- to 6-year-old children in Beijing, China (April 1, 2006)

UK: New Research on advertising Foods to Children: An updated review of the Literature, in Television Advertising of Food and Drink products to children (March 28, 2006)

UK: Child Catchers:-the tricks used to push unhealthy food to your children (Jan. 1, 2006)

Socioeconomic differences in risk factors for obesity in adolescents in Northern Ireland (Jan. 1, 2006)

Marked increase in the prevalence of obesity in children of the Seychelles, a rapidly developing country, between 1998 and 2004 (Jan. 1, 2006)

Estimated burden of paediatric obesity and co-morbidities in Europe. Part 1. The increase in the prevalence of child obesity in Europe is itself increasing (Jan. 1, 2006)

Estimated burden of paediatric obesity and co-morbidities in Europe. Part 2. Numbers of children with indicators of obesity-related disease (Jan. 1, 2006)

An assessment of adolescent overweight and obesity in Xi'an City, China (Jan. 1, 2006)

New Zealand: Marketing communications and obesity: a view from the dark side (Dec. 8, 2005)

Codigo de autorregulacion de la publicidad de alimentos dirigida a menores, prevencion de la obesidad y salud (March 25, 2005)

The Marketing of unhealthy food to children in Europe (Jan. 1, 2005)

Food advertising and marketing directed at Children and Adolescents in the US (Oct. 2, 2004)

Global strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (May 22, 2004)

A framework to monitor and evaluate implementation-WHO global strategy on Diet, Physical activity and Health. (May 22, 2004)

UK: House of Commons Health Committee: Obesity:Third Report of Session 2003/4. (May 10, 2004)

France: ICC Framework for Responsible Food and Beverage Communications (April 20, 2004)

USA: Report of the APA Task Force on Advertising and Children (Feb. 20, 2004)

Australia: Alcohol Beverages Advertising Codes (Jan. 1, 2004)

Asia: The Junk Food Generation- A multi-country survey of the influence of television advertisements on children (Jan. 1, 2004)

Global: Marketing Food to Children- the Global Regulatory Environment (Jan. 1, 2004)

STRATHCLYDE: Review of Research on the Effects of Food Promotion to Children,Final Report (Sept. 22, 2003)

Australia: What are we feeding our children? - A junk food advertising audit (Feb. 1, 2003)

Marketing Activities of Global Soft Drink and Fast Food Companies in Emerging Markets: A Review (Nov. 1, 2002)

CANADA: Code for Broadcast Advertising of Alcoholic beverages (Aug. 1, 1996)

International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (May 21, 1981)