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    Characterization of the Metabolic Syndrome in a Multi-Ethnic Sample of Children: Is it Useful?

    Krista Casazza, Pedro del Corral, Olivia Thomas, Akilah Dulin-Keita, Barbara A. Gower and Jose R. Fernandez

    The Open Obesity Journal, 2009; 1: 1.
    Electronic Publication Date: February 10, 2009
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    Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents in Urban India

    Shabana Tharkar and Vijay Viswanathan

    The Open Obesity Journal, 2009; 1: 9.
    Electronic Publication Date: February 10, 2009
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    Is there a BMI Threshold Value Associated with a Lower Physical Capacity in Well-Functioning Older Adults? The Quebec Longitudinal Study

    Danielle R. Bouchard, Isabelle J. Dionne, Hélène Payette and Martin Brochu

    The Open Obesity Journal, 2009; 1: 15.
    Electronic Publication Date: March 27, 2009
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    Triglyceride Concentration is Independently Associated with Variation in the LPL Gene in African American and European American Women

    Krista Casazza, Nihal Natour, Jasmin Divers, Laura Kelly Vaughan, Abigail W. Bigham, Barbara A. Gower, Gary R. Hunter and José R. Fernández

    The Open Obesity Journal, 2009; 1: 23.
    Electronic Publication Date: April 28, 2009
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    Central Adiposity, Body Mass Index and Percent Body Fat among Bengalee Hindu Male Slum Dwellers of Dum Dum, West Bengal, India

    Raja Chakraborty and Kaushik Bose

    The Open Obesity Journal, 2009; 1: 32.
    Electronic Publication Date: June 2, 2009
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    Deterministic?: Newspaper Representations of Obesity and Genetics

    T. Caulfield, V. Alfonso and J. Shelley

    The Open Obesity Journal, 2009; 1: 38.
    Electronic Publication Date: July 28, 2009
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    PPARγ Agonists Down-Regulate the Expression of mRNA during Adipogenesis

    Amanda L. Peretich, Maria Cekanova, Sarah Hurst, Seung J. Baek and Madhu S. Dhar

    The Open Obesity Journal, 2009; 1: 41.
    Electronic Publication Date: September 10, 2009
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        • BMI and Waist Circumference Have Positive Correlation With Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in Young Adult Male

          May 31, 2018
        • Reduction of Lymphocyte Subset Counts Involving Viral Defence After a Weight Loss Program Including Anti-Obesity Agents in Obese Women: A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial

          Mahsa Mehrdad, Mahmoud Mahmoudi, Mohsen Nematy, Mohammad Safarian, Majid Ghayour Mobarhan, Abdolreza Norouzy
          October 11, 2018
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          The Open Obesity Journal

          ISSN: 1876-8237
          Volume: 9, 2020

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          Antonio Ettore Pontiroli
          University of Milan
          Milan
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          Biography of Antonio Ettore Pontiroli

          Dr. Antonio Ettore Pontiroli, MD, Full Professor of Internal Medicine, currently holds the following positions: (a) Head, Chair of Internal Medicine, Department of Scienze della Salute, Università degli studi di Milano; and (b) Head, Divisione di Medicina Interna 2, Ospedale san Paolo, Milano. His fields of research involve genetics, pathophysiology, and treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. He, as an author, has been involved in publication of more than 310 full papers in various peer-review journals. Furthermore, he has given approximately 190 lectures at national/international meetings, and is a referee of 25 international journals.

          University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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          News release date: March 29, 2018

          Description:

          The Open Obesity Journal is an Open Access online journal, which publishes research articles, reviews, letters, case reports and guest-edited single topic issues in all areas of basic and clinical research on obesity. Bentham Open ensures speedy peer review process and accepted papers are published within 2 weeks of final acceptance.

          The Open Obesity Journal is committed to ensuring high quality of research published. We believe that a dedicated and committed team of editors and reviewers make it possible to ensure the quality of the research papers. The overall standing of a journal is in a way, reflective of the quality of its Editor(s) and Editorial Board and its members.

          The Open Obesity Journal is seeking energetic and qualified researchers to join its editorial board team as Editorial Board Members or reviewers.

          The essential criteria to become Editorial Board Members of The Open Obesity Journal are as follows:

          1. Experience in basic and clinical research on obesity with an academic degree.
          2. At least 20 publication records of articles and /or books related to the field of basic and clinical research on obesity or in a specific research field.
          3. Proficiency in English language.

          The Roles of Editorial Board Member are to:

          1. Offer advice on journals’ policy and scope.
          2. Submit or solicit at least one article for the journal annually.
          3. Contribute and/or solicit Guest Edited thematic issues to the journal in a hot area (at least one thematic issue every two years).
          4. Peer-review of articles for the journal, which are in the area of expertise (2 to 3 times per year).

          If you are interested in becoming our Editorial Board member, please submit the following information to info@benthamopen.net. We will respond to your inquiry shortly.

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          Waiver of Open Access Fees for Several Open Access Journals (Offer valid until June 30, 2018)
          News release date: April 11, 2018

          Description:

          All articles would be published FREE of all open access fees if submitted by June 30th, 2018 in The Open Obesity Journal.


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