ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
FOR PAUL ERNSBERGER, Ph.D.

At the recent conference, the most frequent question I received was "Where was that published?". In partial answer to that, here is a list with blibliographic information and a short comment of what I personally have published so far. Bibliographies of recent articles of interest by others culled from my personal database might follow, if there is interest.Reproduction reposting etc. of this message encouraged

  1. Ernsberger, P., and Haskew, P.: News about obesity. New England Journal of Medicine, 315: 130-131, 1986. Noted that obesity is less likely to be associated with risk factors when it is genetic. Reply by Theodore VanItallie.
  2. Ernsberger, P.: Does obesity kill? No. Physician's Weekly, 3 (37): 1 (10/6/86). Debate with Theodore VanItallie.
  3. Ernsberger, P.: Body weight and longevity. Journal of the American Medical Association, 257: 1895-1896, 1987. Discusses the hazards of underweight.
  4. Ernsberger, P.: Complications of the surgical treatment of obesity. American Journal of Psychiatry, 144: 833-834, 1987. Reviews complications of vertical banded gastroplasty.
  5. Ernsberger, P.: NIH consensus conference on obesity: by whom and for what? Journal of Nutrition, 117: 1164-1165, 1987.Accuses NIH consensus panel of bias in reviewing data on obesity and health. Reply by Jules Hirsch.
  6. Ernsberger, P., and Haskew, P.: Health implications of obesity: An alternative view. Journal of Obesity and Weight Regulation, 6:55-137, 1987. (Published separately as a book entitled Rethinking Obesity: An Alternative View of its Health Implications by Human Sciences Press,New York, 1988). Monograph reviews the evidence linking obesity and disease, and concludes that the ill effects of obesity have been exaggerated, potential health benefits have been overlooked, and that much of the ill health in obese persons is caused by adverse consequences of treatment.
  7. Ernsberger, P., and Nelson, D.O.: Refeeding hypertension in dietary obesity. American Journal of Physiology, 254: R47-R55, 1988. Shows that losing and regaining weight can riase blood pressure, cause cardiovascular abnormalities, and increase the efficiency of fat storage.
  8. Ernsberger, P., and Nelson, D.O.: The effects of fasting and refeeding on blood pressure are determined by nutritional state, not by body weight change. American Journal of Hypertension, 1: 153S-157S, 1988. Shows by a meta-analysis of human studies plus animal data that the blood pressure fall during dieting is a response to starvation rather than a result of weight loss.
  9. Ernsberger, P.: Obesity is hazardous to your health: negative. In: Debates in Medicine Volume 2, H.V. Barnes, Ed., Yearbook Medical Publishers, New York, 1989, pp. 113-123. (Debates in Medicine, 2:113-123, 1989).Debate with Ethan Allen Sims regarding whether or not obesity is a health hazard.
  10. Ernsberger, P.: Rebuttal: negative. ibid, pp. 129-135. (Debates in Medicine, 2: 129-135, 1989).Rebuttal of Ethan Allen Sims (see above).
  11. Ernsberger, P.: Surgery risks outweigh its benefits. Obesity & Health, March/April 1991, pp.24-25.Argues against weight loss surgery.
  12. Koletsky, R.J., and Ernsberger, P.: Obese SHR (Koletsky Rat): A model for the interactions between hypertension and obesity. In: Genetic Hypertension, J. Sassard, Ed., John Libby Ltd.,London, 1992, pp. 373-375. (Colloque INSERM 218:373-375, 1992). Findings on genetically obese rats. Shows that genetic obesity per se actually lowers blood pressure.
  13. Ernsberger, P., Koletsky, R.J., Collins, L.A., and Douglas, J.G.: Autoradiographic visualization of renal angiotensin II receptors in obese SHR with glomerulopathy. Hypertension, 21:1039-1045, 1993.Suggests that drugs that block the hormone angiotensin may be particularly effective in treating obese hypertension.
  14. Ernsberger, P., and Koletsky, R.J.: Weight cycling and mortality: Support from animal studies. Journal of the AAmerican Medical Association, 269:1116, 1993. Capsule review of animal studies showing that the yo-yo syndrome has harmful effects and how they support studies in humans.
  15. Ernsberger, P., Koletsky, R.J., Baskin, J.Z., and Foley, M.: Refeeding hypertension in obese SHR. Hypertension, 24: 699-705, 1994.Further evidence for harmful effects of cycles of losing and regaining weight.
  16. Ernsberger, P., and Koletsky, R.J.: Weight cycling. Journal of the American Medical Association, 273: 998-999, 1995. The NIH Task Force review on weight cycling is criticized.

Recent Abstracts

  1. Koletsky, R.J., Ernsberger, P., Baskin J.Z., Foley, M.: Weight cycling in obese SHR exacerbates obesity and hypertension. FASEB Journal, 6:A1674, 1992. Shows that cycles of weight loss and regain can increase weight and fat deposits in the abdomen.
  2. Ernsberger, P., Koletsky, R.J., and Collins, L.A.: Lethal consequences of a high salt diet in obese SHR. Hypertension, 24:376, 1994.Shows that genetically obese animals with high blood pressure are very sensitive to increased dietary salt.
  3. Koletsky, R.J., and Ernsberger, P.: Acceleration of renal disease in obese SHR by exacerbation of hypertension. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, (Supplement 1): S12, 1994.Shows that cycles of weight loss and regain or high dietary salt intake can cause kidney damage.
  4. Huang, S.S., Khosrof, S.A., Koletsky, R.J., and Ernsberger, P.: Characterization of retinal vascular abnormalities in lean and obese SHR. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, (Supplement 1): S15, 1994.Shows that cycles of weight loss and regain or high dietary salt intake can damage the retina and eye.
  5. Koletsky, R.J., Collins, L.A., Bedol, D., and Ernsberger, P.: Obese SHR as a model of human Syndrome X. FASEB Journal, 9: A187, 1995.Further studies of genetically obese rats.

Paul Ernsberger, PhD, Associate Prof. of Medicine, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

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