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• http://www.nature.com/ijo/
• Editor: Professor Ian Macdonald<br/>Professor Richard Atkinson
• Volume 32: 12 issues per year
• ISSN: 0307-0565
• EISSN: 1476-5497
• Impact factor : 3.56*
• Impact ranking: 8/56 in Nutrition & Dietetics; 30/92 in Endocrinology & Metabolism*
• Date Established: 1977
• Published on behalf of: The International Association for the Study of Obesity. An official journal of IASO.

Aims and Scope:
International Journal of Obesity provides a multi-disciplinary forum for studies that address issues related to the development and treatment of obesity, and the functional impairments associated with the obese state. The journal is renowned for the rapid publication of cutting edge articles from authors around the world.

International Journal of Obesity publishes basic, clinical and applied studies that address the biochemical, epidemiological, genetic, molecular, metabolic, nutritional, physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of obesity. Pediatric Obesity Highlight articles are published in the journal on a quarterly basis.

Readership: Clinicians and researchers working in obesity, diabetes and related disorders, dietetics, psychology, epidemiology, metabolic function, biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology and genetics.

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*2007 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2008)