Vol. 5, Nr 3 - September 2009

Summary

VOL. 5, NO. 3-4 SETTEMBRE-DICEMBRE 2009; VOL. 5, ISSUE 3-4 SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2009

EDITORIALS

Page 89 Genome-wide association studies, common variants and metabolic disease: do we now understand the genetic basis of human obesity and diabetes?
Hans-Georg Joost
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Page 91 The limits of clinical research
Federico Soriguer
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HOT TOPICS

Page 94 The adipose tissue as a third brain
George N. Chaldakov1, Marco Fiore2, Anton B. Tonchev1, Mariyana G. Hristova3, Gorana Rancic4, and Luigi Aloe2
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Page 97 Parents fight to take control over their offspring’s body weight: role of imprinted Gsα in energy homeostasis
Marga Frontera
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Page 99 Prevalence of obesity and overweight among children in Izmir, Turkey: effects of nutritional and socio-economic factors
Sema Kalkan Ucar1, Ceyhun Dizdarer2, Sukran Darcan1, Serap Korkmaz2, Yesim Ergudenler2, Suna Asilsoy2, Gokmen Bilgili2, Tugrul Ozcan2, Damla Goksen Simsek1, and Mahmut Coker1
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Page 107 Obstacles in dietary treatment of obesity
Flora Correia1,2,3, Silvia Pinhão1, Rui Poínhos4, Bruno Miguel Paz Mendes de Oliveira1, Maria Daniel Vaz de Almeida1, José Luis Medina2,5, and Alberto Galvão-Teles6,7
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Page 114 Diabetes risk among first-degree relatives of patients with type 2 diabetes in Isfahan, Iran
Mohsen Janghorbani1 and Masoud Amini2
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Page 121 The effect of calorie deficits of 25 percent, 40 percent and 55 percent on adaptation to resting energy expenditure and lean mass in healthy post-menopausal women
Susan Fullmer1, Bridget L. Reed1, Dennis L. Eggett2, Robert T. Davidson1, and Nora K. Nyland1
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Page 129 Obesity: effects of physical exercise and metformin on metabolic aspects of monosodium glutamate treated rats
José Alexandre Curiacos de Almeida Leme, Rafael Fernando Silveira, Fulvia de Barros Manchado-Gobatto, Clécia Soares de Alencar Mota, Ricardo José Gomes, Maria Alice Rostom de Mello, and Eliete Luciano
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Page 134 Soluble endothelial protein C receptor level in obesity
Bengur Taskiran1, Sibel Guldiken1, Ahmet Muzaffer Demir2, and Tulay Kilic Okman3
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REVIEW ARTICLES

Page 139 Visfatin: the potential role in glucose metabolism
Mirjana Sumarac-Dumanovic1, Leonidas Duntas2, Snezana Polovina3, and Dragan Micic1
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Page 145 Sibutramine: targeting obesity
Leonidas H. Duntas1 and Dragan Micic2
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Page 152 Liraglutide and its effects on HbA1c and weight control: a two-year experience
Edoardo Mannucci
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Page 156 Learning from recombinant GH treatment in obesity
Silvia Vandeva1, Martine Rixhon2, Maria A. Tichomirowa1, Maria C. Burlacu1, Sabina Zacharieva3, Adrian F. Daly1, and Albert Beckers1
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