Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 28th, 2003
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Fitness - Television watching associated with increased risk of diabetes and obesity
Type 2 Diabetes - Soybean isolate promotes energy expenditure in type 2 diabetic mice
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Mice lacking vitamin D receptor had impaired insulin secretory capacity
Pediatric Obesity - Prevention key to reducing prevalence of childhood, adolescent obesity
Type 2 Diabetes - Protein tyrosine phosphatase acts as negative regulator of insulin action
Weight Loss - Triglyceride reduction enhances insulin action after weight loss
Childhood Obesity - Socioeconomic body weight gradients reverse direction in young German children
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Altered energetic properties found in muscles of men with type 1 diabetes
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 plays role in diabetic nephropathy
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction contribute to type 2 diabetes
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Oxidative stress leads to endothelial cell dysfunction in diabetes
Diet and Nutrition - Commentary on strategies for establishing healthy diets reviewed
Eating Disorders - Mutations in melanocortin 4 receptor gene linked to binge-eating behavior
Fitness - Aerobic exercise improves cognitive abilities of elderly adults
Glucose Metabolism - Glucagon regulation also disrupted in diabetes
Hyperglycemia - Antioxidants make sense as adjunct therapy for type 2 diabetes
Insulin Resistance - Insulin resistance poor predictor of type 2 diabetes with no family history
Insulin Resistance - Leading experts convene at chromium research summit
Leptin Studies - Chemical sympathectomy alters body weight regulation during leptin infusion
Lipid Studies - Flip-flop mechanism of oleic acid across adipocyte membrane fits data
Metabolism - Voltage-gated potassium channel regulates energy homeostasis and body weight
Morbid Obesity - Fatty acid oxidation defective in morbidly obese but not overweight patients
Nutrition - Americans overestimate effort it takes to maintain weight
Obesity Epidemiology - High frequency of beta-2 adrenoceptor gene Gln(27)Glu polymorphism in Tongans
Obesity Genomics and Genetics - More than 300 genes, markers, and regions linked to human obesity phenotypes
Obesity Therapy - Fenofibrate improves lipid metabolism and obesity in mice
Research Funding - Juvenile diabetes group gets $1 million for islet transplantation research
Type 2 Diabetes Pathogenesis - Methods of evaluating pancreatic beta cell function reviewed
Type 2 Diabetes Pathogenesis - Physiological basis of insulin secretion abnormalities reviewed
Weight Loss - Liver fat content related to dietary fat, not body fat depots
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