Obesity Reviews

An Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity

Edited by:
Arne Astrup

Print ISSN: 1467-7881
Online ISSN: 1467-789X
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 10 / 2009
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 14/93 Endocrinology & Metabolism
Impact Factor: 5.569

TopAuthor Guidelines

Obesity Reviews will publish state of the art reviews, written by experts in the field of obesity research. The journal is published bimonthly; each issue is devoted to a highly important and timely topic in this area. Every issue will contain 5-8 authoritative, well referenced and illustrated reviews on all aspects of the specific theme of the issue.

NEW: Online production tracking is now available for your article through Blackwell's Author Services.

Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

All contributions should meet the following criteria:

Papers must be submitted exclusively to the Journal and are accepted on the understanding that they have not been and will not be published elsewhere. All authors must give consent to publication and disclose potential conflicts of interest* in a letter sent with the manuscript. Authors should refer to the section on publication ethics of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. Please see http://www.icmje.org
* The conflicts of interest statement should disclose funding sources, relevant patents, financial and business relationships to sponsors, companies related to the research or the outcome of the studies in the manuscript.

The corresponding author should provide, if possible, a fax number and e-mail address to speed communication with the Editors.

The Editors retain the usual right to modify the style and length of a contribution (major changes being agreed with the corresponding author) and to decide the time of publication.

Manuscripts

Papers (in English) should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/obr. Authors will need their entire manuscript in electronic format. Full instructions, a user ID and password are available at the site. Technical support for submission can be obtained by e-mailing support@scholarone.com or by telephoning +1 434 817 2040 ext 167.

Authors unable to submit their manuscript online should contact the OBR Editorial Office below:

Obesity Reviews Editorial Office
Department of Human Nutrition
Faculty of Sciences
University of Copenhagen
Rolighedsvej 30
DK-1958 Frederiksberg C
Denmark

Tel.: +45 353 32477 Fax: +45 353 32483 E-mail: ast@life.ku.dk

They must be written in English and are subjected to editorial review. Articles should be the equivalent of 8-10 printed pages (i.e. no more than 5,000 words), exclusive of tables and figures. Any manuscript exceeding this length will have to be reduced during the revision
process to less than 5,000 words. Full details and guidance on the preparation of all material (text, tables and figures) can be found at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/author.asp

Possible comments and suggestions of the editor may be sent to the author(s), who authorise(s) the publication of the article in the revised form. Proof reading will be reduced to a minimum.

General advice about the presentation of manuscripts:

• All pages should be numbered.
• The name and address and telephone and fax numbers of the author to whom correspondence and proofs should be sent should be included on the title page and the covering letter.
• Do not use abbreviations.
• All scientific units should be expressed in SI units.
• A copy of the manuscript should be kept by the authors for reference.
• An acknowledgement of receipt of the manuscript will be sent by the Journal.
• Manuscripts rejected for publication will not be returned.
• Once a paper is accepted the authors are asked to sign a form assigning copyright to International Association for the Study of Obesity. Authors will be required to assign copyright in their paper to the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Copyright assignment is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the Publisher unless copyright has been assigned. To assist authors an appropriate Exclusive Licence Form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the form from the journal website at

  www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/OBR_ELF.pdf

Title Page

The title page should contain: (1) the title of the article, (2) the name of each author (first name and surname preferred), (3) the name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the authors belong, (4) three to four key words, (5) a running title, (6) acknowledgements, (7) address of corresponding author and e-mail address, (8) potential conflicts of interest.

Text

Review articles should be divided into: (1) abstract (about 200 words), (2) introduction, (3) text subdivided in paragraphs, (4) conclusion or discussion. Authors are particularly encouraged to use tables, diagrams and figures. Personal conclusions and practical applications are welcome. Tables

Type each table on a separate page; number tables consecutively and supply a brief title for each. Each table should have a caption. Cite each table in the text in consecutive order, using Arabic numbers. Figures

We would like to receive your artwork in electronic form. Please save vector graphics (e.g. line artwork) in Encapsulated Postscript Format (EPS), and bitmap files (e.g. half-tones) in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF). Detailed information on ourdigital illustration standards is available on the Blackwell Publishing homepage at http://authorservices.wiley.com/prep_illust.asp. Letters, numbers and symbols should be clear and even throughout, and of sufficient size so that when reduced for publication the item will still be legible; titles and detailed explanations should be included in the legend for illustrations, not in the illustrations themselves. Cite each figure in the text in consecutive order.

If a figure has been published, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce the material. Legend for illustrations should be typed on a separate page, with Arabic numbers corresponding to the illustrations. When symbols, arrows, numbers or letters are used to identify parts of the illustrations, explain each one in the legend. Explain the internal scale and identify the method of staining in photomicrographs.

It is the policy of Obesity Reviews for authors to pay the full cost for the reproduction of their colour artwork. Therefore, please note that if there is colour artwork in your manuscript when it is accepted for publication, Blackwell Publishing require you to complete and return a colour work agreement form before your paper can be published. This form can be downloaded as a PDF* from the internet. The web address for the form is:

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/SN_Sub2000_X_CoW.pdf

If you are unable to access the Internet, or are unable to download the form, please contact the Production Editor at the address below and they will be able to email or FAX a form to you.

Once completed, please return the form to the Production Editor at the address below:

Obesity Reviews
Chrizette Larin
Journal Content Management
Wiley-Blackwell
600 North Bridge Road
#05-01 Parkview Square
Singapore 188788

Fax: +65 6511 8288; E-mail: obr@wiley.com

Any article received by Blackwell Publishing with colour work will not be published until the form has been returned.

*To read PDF files, you must have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have this program, this is available as a free download from the following web address:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

References

References should be cited numerically in the order they appear in the text. Identify references in text, tables and legends by Arabic numerals in parentheses or as superscripts; authors of unpublished work which has not yet been accepted for publication must be included in the text only (e.g. J-P Després & MJ Stock - unpublished data). Please give names of all authors and editors. References should be listed and journal titles abbreviated according to the style used by Index Medicus; examples are given below.

Examples of journal references:

1. Castonguay TW, Dallman MF, Stern JS. Some metabolic and behavioural effects of adrenalectomy in obese Zucker rats. Am J Physiol 1986; 251: R923-R933.
2. Cann PA, Rovati LC, Smart H, Spiller RC, Whorwell PJ. Loxiglumide, a CCK-A antagonist, in irritable bowel syndrome: a pilot multicentre clinical study (Abstract). Gastroent 1993; 104: A486.
3. Maher VMG, Thompson GR. Analysis of evidence from cholesterol-lowering and regression trials. J Drug Dev Suppl 1990; 3/1: 199-203.

Examples of book references:

1. Lissner L, Bengtsson C, Lapidus L, Larson B, Bengtsson B, Brownell KD. Body weight variability and mortality in the Gothenburg Prospective Studies on men and women. In: Bjorntorp P, Rossner S (eds). Obesity in Europe 88: Proceedings of the First European Congress on Obesity. Libbey: London, 1989, pp 55-60.
2. Paul AA, Southgate DAT (eds) McCance and Widdowson's The composition of foods. 4th edn. HMSO: London, 1978.
3. National Research Council. Diet and health, National Academy Press: Washington DC 1989.

Examples of web references:

1. Beckleheimer, J. (1994). How do you cite URLs in a bibliography? [WWW document]. URL http://www.nrlssc.navy.mil/meta/bibliography.html

We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.

EndNote reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp

Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be explained at the beginning of the manuscript and listed in the order in which they appear. Avoid abbreviations in the title and in the abstract. Drug Names

Generic names should, in general, be used. If an author so desires, brand names may be inserted in parentheses.

Supporting information

Supporting web-only information is accepted by the journal. Guidelines and acceptable file formats may be found at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/suppmat.asp.

Proofs

The corresponding author will receive an email alert containing a link to a web site. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file from this site. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. The software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following web site:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Hardcopy proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately.

Offprints

Authors will be provided with electronic offprints of their article. Paper offprints may be ordered at prices quoted on the order form, which accompanies the proofs. Note that this form should not be returned with your proofs, but to the fax number on the form. The cost is higher if the order arrives too late for the main print run. Offprints are normally despatched within three weeks of publication of the issue in which the paper appears. Please contact the Publishers if offprints do not arrive: however, please note that offprints are sent surface mail, so overseas orders may take up to six weeks to arrive. Electronic offprints are sent to the first author at his or her first e-mail address on the title page of the paper, unless advised otherwise; therefore please ensure that the name, address and e-mail of the corresponding author are clearly indicated on the manuscript title page if he or she is not the first author of the paper.

Blackwell Publishing will dispose of all hardcopy or electronic material submitted 2 months after publication.

Specific Instructions for Short Reviews and Case Reports

The general advice about the presentation of manuscripts, as given in Obesity Reviews' Instructions to Authors, with respect to submission procedures, licensing and colour artwork concerns, article format, typographical conventions, journal style, citation and referencing, and so on, is applicable to short reviews and case reports; and, as with other article types, assignment of copy would be a condition of publication.

For short reviews on obesity epidemic in the world

Review articles should also meet the following specific criteria:

Manuscript
They should not exceed 1500 words and should be typed double-spaced.

Title
The standard title should be:
'Prevalence of obesity in name of the country or region of the world'
or
'Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in name of the country or region of the world'.

Abstract
The abstract should provide prevalence data in the different age and gender groups, and time trends, i.e. report on changes over time.

Tables
Up to two tables can be included.

Figures
Up to two figures can be included.

References
Up to 10 references can be cited numerically in the order they appear in the text.

NB: Specify whether height and weight data are self-reported or measured. It is preferable to demonstrate time trends in the prevalence of obesity so that it clearly shows how seriously the situation is developing.

For case reports

A case report should also meet the following specific criteria:

Manuscript
The manuscript should not exceed 700 words.

Tables and Figures
There should not be more than two figures or tables, or one of each.

References
Up to 10 references can be cited numerically in the order they appear in the text.