JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 9

SEPTEMBER 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

 

Fat and the Beanstalk

 

S.A. Rivkees, New Haven, CT, USA [free text]

821

 

 

REVIEW

 

Exercise Interventions in Obese Youth: Are They Effective?

 

M. Henderson, D. Daneman, J. Hux and A. Hanley, Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC, Canada [free text]

823

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Reference Body Mass Index Curves for Turkish Children 6 to 18 Years of Age

 

A. Ozturk, M.M. Mazicioglu, N. Hatipoglu, N. Budak, G. Keskin, Z. Yazlak, N. Balcı, H. Yıldız, K. Yıldız,

H.B. Ustunbas and S. Kurtoglu, Kayseri, Turkey

827

 

 

Changes in Hepatic Risk Factors, Metabolic Variables, Body Composition, and Physical Fitness in

Obese Children After a One-Year Weight Loss Program

 

T.R. Rohrer, V.F. Rizzo, J.J. Cäsar, O. Muelbredt, S. Sprengart, L. Gortner and

E. Stierkorb, Homburg/Saar, Germany

837

 

 

Alterations of Glucoregulation in Childhood Obesity - Association with Insulin Resistance and

Hyperinsulinemia

 

E. Felszeghy, E. Juhasz, R. Kaposzta and I. Ilyes, Debrecen, Hungary

847

 

 

Insulin-like Growth Factor-I is Inversely Related to Adiposity in Overweight Latino Children

 

C.M. Toledo-Corral, C.K. Roberts, G.Q. Shaibi, C.J. Lane, P.B. Higgins, J.N. Davis, M.J. Weigensberg and

M.I. Goran, Los Angeles, CA, Phoenix, AZ and Birmingham, AL, USA

855

 

 

Impact of Weight Status on the Onset and Parameters of Puberty: Analysis of Three Representative

Cohorts from Central Europe

 

S. Heger, A. Körner, C. Meigen, R. Gausche, A. Keller, E. Keller and W. Kiess, Leipzig, Germany

865

 

 

Nutrition-induced Catch-up Growth at the Growth Plate

 

G. Gat-Yablonski, B. Shtaif, E. Abraham and M. Phillip, Tel Aviv, Israel

879

 

 

PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

Familial Permanent Neonatal Diabetes with KCNJ11 Mutation and the Response to Glyburide Therapy

- A Three-Year Follow-Up

 

J. Begum-Hasan, C. Polychronakos and H. Brill, Kingston, Ontario, and Montreal, PQ, Canada

895

 

 

Cetrorelix Suppression Test in the Diagnostic Work-up of Severe Hyperandrogenism in Adolescence

 

M. de Man, E. Derksen, G. Pieters and H. de Boer, Arnhem and Nijmegen, The Netherlands

905

 

 

ERRATUM

911

 

 

CALENDAR

913

 

 

 

 

 

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