For Immediate Release                                  

For more information, contact: Chaitali Choudhury, E-mail: Chaitali.choudhury@se.tandf.no

                                   Launch of first academic journal devoted to pediatric obesity

Stockholm, Sweden – March 9, 2006.

IASO is launching the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, a first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed academic journal that looks exclusively at the issue of obesity in children and adolescents.

One out of every ten children in the world is overweight or obese. And, as obesity rates are on the rise in much of the Americas, Europe, and more recently, China and India, so are the rates of serious health illnesses associated with it, including obstructive sleep apnoea, fatty liver disease, orthopaedic complications, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and diabetes (type 2 and pre-diabetes).

The International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, published for IASO by Taylor and Francis, analyzes the increasing rates of obesity in children and adolescents on a global level and attempts to address many of the important issues associated with this growing epidemic, including:

• What is driving the obesity epidemic in different countries
• Why some people are more at risk of becoming obese than others
• How to effectively prevent the epidemic from reaching greater proportions
• The most effective way to treat young people who are obese or at risk for becoming obese

According to Professor Louise Baur, Editor-in-Chief of the journal, “what distinguishes this journal from other journals in the field is that it is the first to solely concentrate upon the problem of pediatric obesity.” It will act as a forum for clinicians, public health researchers, basic scientists, sociologists, policy makers and other specialists in the area of health and nutrition to present high quality research on important topics dealing with pediatric obesity.

The journal will be multi-disciplinary in nature and will cover a variety of topics, including:

• Epidemiology and population-based studies of overweight in childhood
• Clinical management of overweight and obese children and adolescents
• The recognition and treatment of co-morbidities linked to pediatric obesity
• Measurement and diagnostic issues in assessing child adiposity
• Life cycle factors: e.g. familial, uterine and developmental aspects of pediatric obesity
• Nutrition security and the 'dual burden' of obesity and malnutrition
• Community and public health measures to prevent overweight in children and adolescents

The International Journal of Pediatric Obesity is owned by the International Association for the Study of Obesity, a charitable body linking over 50 regional and national associations with over 10,000 professional members in scientific, medical and research organisations. The Journal will be available in both print and online versions and the first issue will be published in March 2006.

With offices in Oslo (Norway) and Stockholm (Sweden), Taylor & Francis Scandinavia publishes a large portfolio of prominent international academic journals, commercial magazines and marketing communication products. Taylor & Francis Scandinavia provides a complete publishing service in conjunction with the international facilities of the Taylor & Francis Group.

Subscription information for the Journal can found by visiting www.tandf.no/ijpo.

Additionally, sample copies can be requested by writing to the address listed below:

For subscription / sample copy requests:      For submitting articles to the journal:

Taylor & Francis AB                                         Professor Louise Baur, Editor-in-Chief

PO Box 3255                                                   IJPO Editorial Office        

103 65 Stockholm, Sweden                              The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Tel: +46 8 440 80 40                                        Locked Bag 4001,

Fax: +46 8 440 80 50                                       Westmead NSW 2145, Australia

Email: marketing@se.tanf.no                            Email: ijpo@chw.edu.au