1. Population trends and variation in body mass index from 1971 to 2008 in the Framingham Heart Study offspring cohort / Jason P. Block, S.V. Subramanian, Nicholas A. Christakis, and A. James O'Malley -- 2. Community energy balance : a framework for contextualizing cultural influences on high risk of obesity in ethnic minority populations / Shiriki Kumanyika, Wendell C. Taylor, Sonya A. Grier, Vikki Lassiter, Kristie J. Lancaster, Christiaan B. Morssink, and Andre M.N. Renzaho -- 3. A genome-wide association study on obesity and obesity- related traits / Kai Wang, Wei-Dong Li, Clarence K. Zhang, Zuoheng Wang, Joseph T. Glessner, Struan F.A. Grant, Hongyu Zhao, Hakon Hakonarson, and R. Arlen Price -- 4. Differences between adiposity indicators for predicting all-cause mortality in a representative sample of United States non-elderly adults / Henry S. Kahn, Kai McKeever Bullard, Lawrence E. Barker, and Giuseppina Imperatore -- 5. A new body shape index predicts mortality hazard independently of body mass index / Nir Y. Krakauer and Jesse C. Krakauer -- 6. Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity phenotypes in the general population : the FIN-D2D survey / Pia Pajunen, Anna Kotronen, Eeva Korpi-Hyovalti, Sirkka Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Heikki Oksa, Leo Niskanen, Timo Saaristo, Juha T. Saltevo, Jouko Sundvall, Mauno Vanhala, Matti Uusitupa, and Markku Peltonen -- 7. Liver and muscle in morbid obesity : the interplay of fatty liver and insulin resistance / Mariana Verdelho Machado, Duarte M. S. Ferreira, Rui E. Castro, Ana Rita Silvestre, Teresinha Evangelista, Joao Coutinho, Fatima Carepa, Adilia Costa, Cecilia M.P. Rodrigues, and Helena Cortez-Pinto --

8. Sarcopenia exacerbates obesity-associated insulin resistance and dysglycemia : findings from the National health and nutrition examination survey III / Preethi Srikanthan, Andrea L. Hevener, and Arun S. Karlamangla -- 9. Prevalence of obesity and associated cardiovascular risk : the DARIOS study / Francisco Javier Felix-Redondo, Maria Grau, Jose Miguel Baena-Diez, Irene R. Degano, Antonio Cabrera de Leon, Maria Jesus Guembe, Maria Teresa Alzamora, Tomas Vega-Alonso, Nicolas R. Robles, Honorato Ortiz, Fernando Rigo, Eduardo Mayoral-Sanchez, Maria Jose Tormo, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, and Daniel Fernandez-Berges -- 10. Obstructive sleep apnea is a predictor of abnormal glucose metabolism in chronically sleep deprived obese adults / Giovanni Cizza, Paolo Piaggi, Eliane A. Lucassen, Lilian de Jonge, Mary Walter, Megan S. Mattingly, Heather Kalish, Gyorgy Csako, and Kristina I. Rother, for the Sleep Extension Study Group -- 11. Cluster analysis of obesity and asthma phenotypes / E. Rand Sutherland, Elena Goleva, Tonya S. King, Erik Lehman, Allen D. Stevens, Leisa P. Jackson, Amanda R. Stream, John V. Fahy, and Donald Y.M. Leung -- 12. Diet, physical exercise and cognitive behavioral training as a combined workplace based intervention to reduce body weight and increase physical capacity in health care workers : a randomized controlled trial / Jeanette R. Christensen, Anne Faber, Dorte Ekner, Kristian Overgaard, Andreas Holtermann, and Karen Sogaard -- 13. Reduction in adiposity, -cell function, insulin sensitivity, and cardiovascular risk factors : a prospective study among Japanese with obesity / Maki Goto, Akemi Morita, Atsushi Goto, Kijo Deura, Satoshi Sasaki, Naomi Aiba, Takuro Shimbo, Yasuo Terauchi, Motohiko Miyachi, Mitsuhiko Noda, and Shaw Watanabe, for the SCOP Study Group -- 14. Bariatric surgery : the challenges with candidate selection, individualizing treatment and clinical outcomes / K.J. Neff, T. Olbers, and C.W. le Roux.