Editorials:

Robert H Knopp and Pathmaja Paramsothy

Oxidized LDL and abdominal obesity: a key to understanding the metabolic syndrome
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jack Wang

Standardization of waist circumference reference data
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 3-4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentary:

Lori M Stead, John T Brosnan, Margaret E Brosnan, Dennis E Vance, and René L Jacobs

Is it time to reevaluate methyl balance in humans?
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 5-10. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obesity and eating disorders:

Barbara J Rolls, Liane S Roe, and Jennifer S Meengs

Reductions in portion size and energy density of foods are additive and lead to sustained decreases in energy intake
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 11-17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janne K Lorenzen, Christian Mølgaard, Kim F Michaelsen, and Arne Astrup

Calcium supplementation for 1 y does not reduce body weight or fat mass in young girls
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 18-23. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lipids:

Masashi Miyashita, Stephen F Burns, and David J Stensel

Exercise and postprandial lipemia: effect of continuous compared with intermittent activity patterns
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 24-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiovascular disease risk:

Tanja Weinbrenner, Helmut Schröder, Veronica Escurriol, Montserrat Fito, Roberto Elosua, Joan Vila, Jaume Marrugat, and Maria-Isabel Covas

Circulating oxidized LDL is associated with increased waist circumference independent of body mass index in men and women
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 30-35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Parvin Mirmiran, and Fereidoun Azizi

Clustering of metabolic abnormalities in adolescents with the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 36-46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helke MF Farin, Fahim Abbasi, and Gerald M Reaven

Body mass index and waist circumference both contribute to differences in insulin-mediated glucose disposal in nondiabetic adults
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 47-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nutritional status, dietary intake, and body composition:

Mustafa Vakur Bor, Eva Lydeking-Olsen, Jan Møller, and Ebba Nexø

A daily intake of approximately 6 µg vitamin B-12 appears to saturate all the vitamin B-12–related variables in Danish postmenopausal women
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 52-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manolo Mazariegos, K Michael Hambidge, Nancy F Krebs, Jamie E Westcott, Sian Lei, Gary K Grunwald, Raquel Campos, Brenda Barahona, Victor Raboy, and Noel W Solomons

Zinc absorption in Guatemalan schoolchildren fed normal or low-phytate maize
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 59-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elise Mok, Laurent Béghin, Pierre Gachon, Christel Daubrosse, Jean-Eudes Fontan, Jean-Marie Cuisset, Frédéric Gottrand, and Régis Hankard

Estimating body composition in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: comparison of bioelectrical impedance analysis and skinfold-thickness measurement
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 65-69. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexia J Murphy, Jonathan CK Wells, Jane E Williams, Mary S Fewtrell, Peter SW Davies, and David K Webb

Body composition in children in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 70-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth M Stein, Emma M Laing, Daniel B Hall, Dorothy B Hausman, Michael G Kimlin, Mary Ann Johnson, Christopher M Modlesky, Alissa R Wilson, and Richard D Lewis

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in girls aged 4–8 y living in the southeastern United States
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 75-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Energy and protein metabolism:

Jean W-C Hsu, Laksiri A Goonewardene, Mahroukh Rafii, Ronald O Ball, and Paul B Pencharz

Aromatic amino acid requirements in healthy men measured by indicator amino acid oxidation
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 82-88. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuela PGM Lejeune, Klaas R Westerterp, Tanja CM Adam, Natalie D Luscombe-Marsh, and Margriet S Westerterp-Plantenga

Ghrelin and glucagon-like peptide 1 concentrations, 24-h satiety, and energy and substrate metabolism during a high-protein diet and measured in a respiration chamber
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 89-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals:

Michael W Clarke, Natalie C Ward, Jason HY Wu, Jonathan M Hodgson, Ian B Puddey, and Kevin D Croft

Supplementation with mixed tocopherols increases serum and blood cell -tocopherol but does not alter biomarkers of platelet activation in subjects with type 2 diabetes
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 95-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bo Lönnerdal, Annika Bryant, Xiaofeng Liu, and Elizabeth C Theil

Iron absorption from soybean ferritin in nonanemic women
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 103-107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael B Zimmermann, Kevin Connolly, Maksim Bozo, John Bridson, Fabian Rohner, and Lindita Grimci

Iodine supplementation improves cognition in iodine-deficient schoolchildren in Albania: a randomized, controlled, double-blind study
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 108-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nutritional support:

Erica PA Rutten, Marielle PKJ Engelen, Emiel FM Wouters, Annemie MWJ Schols, and Nicolaas EP Deutz

Metabolic effects of glutamine and glutamate ingestion in healthy subjects and in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 115-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aging:

Nadine R Sahyoun, Paul F Jacques, Xinli L Zhang, Wenyen Juan, and Nicola M McKeown

Whole-grain intake is inversely associated with the metabolic syndrome and mortality in older adults
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 124-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nutritional epidemiology and public health:

Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain, Arnaud Basdevant, Monique Romon, Jan Karlsson, Jean-Michel Borys, M Aline Charles The FLVS Study Group

Is restrained eating a risk factor for weight gain in a general population?
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 132-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian Janssen, William F Boyce, Kelly Simpson, and William Pickett

Influence of individual- and area-level measures of socioeconomic status on obesity, unhealthy eating, and physical inactivity in Canadian adolescents
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 139-145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bone metabolism:

Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Scott A Venners, Henry A Terwedow, Yan Feng, Tianhua Niu, Zhiping Li, Nan Laird, Joseph D Brain, Steve R Cummings, Mary L Bouxsein, Cliff J Rosen, and Xiping Xu

Relation of body composition, fat mass, and serum lipids to osteoporotic fractures and bone mineral density in Chinese men and women
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 146-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Hope A Weiler, Shirley C Fitzpatrick-Wong, Jeannine M Schellenberg, Denise E Fair, Ursula R McCloy, Rebecca R Veitch, Heather R Kovacs, and Mary M Seshia

Minimal enteral feeding within 3 d of birth in prematurely born infants with birth weight 1200 g improves bone mass by term age
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 155-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dietary supplements:

Xianfeng Zhao, Giancarlo Aldini, Elizabeth J Johnson, Helen Rasmussen, Klaus Kraemer, Herb Woolf, Nina Musaeus, Norman I Krinsky, Robert M Russell, and Kyung-Jin Yeum

Modification of lymphocyte DNA damage by carotenoid supplementation in postmenopausal women
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 163-169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Tilman B Drüeke and Bernard Lacour

Racial differences in calcium retention in response to dietary salt
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 170. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Connie M Weaver, Karin Wigertz, Munro Peacock, Cristina Palacios, Lisa A Jackman, Berdine R Martin, Linda Doyle McCabe, George P McCabe, and J Howard Pratt

Reply to TB Drüeke and B Lacour
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 171. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Louis Guéant, Lu Xiaohong, Sandrine Ortiou, Philippe Gérard, Shuefang Shue, and Fares Namour

The association between plasma homocysteine and holo-transcobalamin and the transcobalamin 776CG polymorphism is influenced by folate in the absence of supplementation and fortified diet
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 171-172. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Parvin Mirmiran, and Fereidoun Azizi

Metabolic abnormalities identified by anthropometric measures in elderly men
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 173. [Full Text] [PDF]  

S Goya Wannamethee, A Gerald Shaper, Richard W Morris, and Peter H Whincup

Reply to Esmaillzadeh et al
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 173-174. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

ERRATUM
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 174. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

William H Dietz

Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Treatment: 2nd ed, edited by J Parizkova and AP Hills, 2005, 522 pages, hardcover, $99.95. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 175. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Stewart Truswell

Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition Society Textbook Series: edited by MJ Gibney, M Elia, O Ljungqvist, and J Dowsett, 2005, 496 pages, paperback, $60 (30 British pounds). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 175-176. [Full Text] [PDF]  

With Appreciation:

With Appreciation
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 177-180. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuing Medical Education:

Continuing Medical Education
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 181-182. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuing Medical Education
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 183-184. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CME Participant Response Form
Am J Clin Nutr 2006 83: 185. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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