The epidemic of obesity publications, award to legend and more

The number of papers in the area of overweight and obesity submitted to our journal has increased immensely over the last few years. For this reason, we have chosen to devote this January 2011 issue solely to papers on this topic. The enclosed papers cover several areas such as monitoring and assessment, determinants, intervention and policy, and originate from studies undertaken all over the world. We could point to the lack of intervention and policy papers as well as capacity building papers; they are still rare pieces for our journal and we certainly would like to see more of them. We hope that this collection of papers will be of use for many of our readers. It provides a quick overview of ongoing research in the area of obesity, reflecting the important part of public health nutrition that it constitutes.

[1]  M. Wandel,et al.  Frequent use of staff canteens is associated with unhealthy dietary habits and obesity in a Norwegian adult population , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[2]  R. Jackson,et al.  Waist circumference percentiles for Kuwaiti children and adolescents , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[3]  G. Starc,et al.  Tracking excess weight and obesity from childhood to young adulthood: a 12-year prospective cohort study in Slovenia , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[4]  S. Leeder,et al.  The global context for public health nutrition taxation , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[5]  M. Mason,et al.  Receiver-operating characteristics of adiposity for metabolic syndrome: the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[6]  D. Howel.  Trends in the prevalence of obesity and overweight in English adults by age and birth cohort, 1991–2006 , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[7]  S. Willich,et al.  Identifying the energy gap in the German population using results from representative national health surveys (1985–2002) , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[8]  J. Rozowski,et al.  Nutritional profile of schoolchildren from different socio-economic levels in Santiago, Chile , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[9]  C. Nejjari,et al.  Prevalence of obesity and associated sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in Morocco , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[10]  A. Bauman,et al.  Screen-time, obesity, ageing and disability: findings from 91 266 participants in the 45 and Up Study , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[11]  Bruno Oliveira,et al.  Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 7–9-year-old children in Aveiro, Portugal: comparison between IOTF and CDC references , 2009, Public Health Nutrition.

[12]  E. Kapantais,et al.  Breakfast skipping and its relation to BMI and health-compromising behaviours among Greek adolescents , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[13]  J. Cade,et al.  Serial cross-sectional analysis of prevalence of overweight and obese children between 1998 and 2003 in Leeds, UK, using routinely measured data , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[14]  Carlos Augusto Monteiro,et al.  Increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods and likely impact on human health: evidence from Brazil , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[15]  P. Morgan,et al.  Men participating in a weight-loss intervention are able to implement key dietary messages, but not those relating to vegetables or alcohol: the Self-Help, Exercise and Diet using Internet Technology (SHED-IT) study , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[16]  C. Cowell,et al.  Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in Han Chinese children living in Chongqing, south-west China , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[17]  S. Shortreed,et al.  The duration of obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[18]  I. Tetens,et al.  Overall glycaemic index and glycaemic load of habitual diet and risk of heart disease , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[19]  J. Mota,et al.  Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and overweight in children from a Mediterranean country , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[20]  W. Willett,et al.  Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics in relation to dietary patterns among young Brazilian adults , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.

[21]  G. Schofield,et al.  Associations between weight perceptions, weight control and body fatness in a multiethnic sample of adolescent girls , 2010, Public Health Nutrition.