International Journal of Obesity

The International Journal of Obesity (abbreviated as IJO) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Nature Publishing Group.

Aims and scope
The journal addresses the development and treatment of obesity, and the functional impairments associated with the obese state. It publishes basic science and clinical studies that address the biochemical, epidemiological, genetical, molecular, metabolic, nutritional, physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of obesity.

Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Obesity is indexed in the following databases:
 * Elsevier BIOBASE
 * BIOSIS
 * Chemical Abstracts
 * CINAHL
 * Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
 * Current Contents/Life Sciences
 * EMBASE
 * MEDLINE
 * SciSearch

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2010 impact factor of 5.125, ranking it 4th out of 70 journals in the category "Nutrition & Dietetics" and 19th out of 116 journals in the category "Endocrinology & Metabolism".