Current Issue April 2012, Vol. 6, No. 2

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Insomnia is associated with impaired quality of life among bariatric surgery candidates
April 2012 (Vol. 6 | No. 2 | Pages e91-e102)
Erin M. O’Brien, Kristy Dalrymple, Joshua Hrabosky, Iwona Chelminski, Diane Young, Mark Zimmerman
Characteristics of short sleeping time and eating behaviors related to obesity
April 2012 (Vol. 6 | No. 2 | Pages e103-e109)
Naoko Nishitani, Hisataka Sakakibara, Izumi Akiyama
Effect of weight loss on maximal fat oxidation rate in obese men
April 2012 (Vol. 6 | No. 2 | Pages e111-e119)
Takehiko Tsujimoto, Hiroyuki Sasai, Masashi Miyashita, Miki Eto, Rina So, Hiroyuki Ohkubo, Kiyoji Tanaka

The effects of partial use of formula diet on weight reduction and metabolic variables in obese type 2 diabetic patients—Multicenter trial
26 April 2012
Kohji Shirai, Atsuhito Saiki, Shinichi Oikawa, Tamio Teramoto, Nobuhiro Yamada, Shun Ishibashi, Norio Tada, Shigeru Miyazaki, Ikuo Inoue, Shunichi Murano, Naoki Sakane, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Hideaki Bujo, Yoh Miyashita, Yasushi Saito
Summary: Aims: To clarify the usefulness of protein-sparing modified formula diet in obese type 2 diabetic patients, the effects of partial use of formula diet on weight reduction and changes in relat...
A perspective on obesity cardiomyopathy
09 April 2012
Tendoh Timoh, Michelle E. Bloom, Robert R. Siegel, Gabriel Wagman, Gregg M. Lanier, Timothy J. Vittorio
Summary: Obesity is a major health concern worldwide as obese individuals have a greater risk of death from any cause than normal-weight individuals. As the number of overweight children and adolescen...
Relative shrinkage of adipocytes by paraffin in proportion to plastic embedding in human adipose tissue before and after weight loss
09 April 2012
Sanne P.M. Verhoef, Paul van Dijk, Klaas R. Westerterp
Summary: Adipocyte size is a major modulator of endocrine functioning of adipose tissue and methods allowing accurate determination of adipocyte size are important to study energy metabolism. The aim ...
Physiological and behavioural outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of a cognitive behavioural lifestyle intervention for overweight and obese adolescents
21 March 2012
Leah Brennan, Jeff Walkley, Ray Wilks, Steve F. Fraser, Kate Greenway
Summary: Aim: This study evaluates the efficacy of the Choose Health program, a family-based cognitive behavioural lifestyle program targeting improved eating and activity habits, in improving body co...
Association between body mass index and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in male Japanese
19 March 2012
Naoko Nishitani, Hisataka Sakakibara
Summary: We divided subjects into hs-CRP of ≤1.0mg/l and >1.0mg/l, and investigated the relationship between hs-CRP and basic attributes, lifestyle and health checkup test results. In particular, h...

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The aim of ORCP is to publish high quality clinical and basic research relating to the epidemiology, mechanism, complications and treatment of obesity and the complication of obesity. Studies relating to the Asia Oceania region will be particularly welcome. In addition to original research the ORCP will publish reviews, patient reports, short communications, and letters to the editor (including comments on published papers). The proceedings and abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) will be published as a supplement each year.

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The Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obestiy was established in 2001, AOASO aims to exchange information related with obesity in each country. AOASO hosts the Asia-Oceania Conference on Obesity (AOCO).

The Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (formally known as the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity or ASSO) was established in 1991. It is a scientific organisation of medical practitioners, dietitians, scientists and other health care professionals interested orcp journalin obesity research, treatment or public health initiatives directed at the prevention of obesity.

The Taiwan Medical Association for the Study of Obesity (TMASO) was established on 10th December, 2000. It now consists of 2,000 physician and surgeon members including 231 bariatric specialists.