Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• An Analysis of the Recent U.S. Dietary Guidelines Process in Light of Its Federal Mandate and a National Academies Report.
• Age and Diet Shape the Genetic Architecture of Body Weight in Diversity Outbred Mice.
• Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity.
• Review: Bioactive Compounds in Mothers Milk Affecting Offspring Outcomes.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Common Migraine Prescription Could Treat Obesity: Study.
• Press Release: UTSW Researchers Show Effectiveness of Migraine Drug in Weight Loss.
• Study: Delineating a Serotonin 1B Receptor Circuit for Appetite Suppression ... In Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "No statistically significant differences were observed between low and high avocado allotment groups in liver enzymes, GGT, hsCRP or NAFLD fibrosis score."
• RCT: "The [Small Change Approach] did not prevent weight gain compared with monitoring alone at 2 or 3 years in adults with overweight or obesity".
• "Together, contrary to our hypothesis, heat-killed probiotics did not improve neutrophil function and survival outcome in a murine severe burn injury model."
• "Contrary to affect regulation theory and laboratory data, but consistent with prior ecological momentary assessment data in children and adolescents, pre-meal NA was not linked to subsequent LOC-eating."
• Antibiotic Therapy Does Not Alter Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Lymphocytes of Patients with Septic Shock – a Prospective Cohort Study.
• RCT: Blood Flow Restriction Therapy for Two Weeks Prior to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Did Not Impact Quadriceps Strength Compared to Standard Therapy.
• No Association between Infant Growth and Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet in Lactating Women.
• RCT: "...daily consumption of 24 ml concentrated BJ [beetroot juice] did not affect the levels of glycemic measures, blood pressure, and lipid profile."
• RCT: "Findings indicated that the intervention did not produce take-home effects on children's home availability of fruit (p = 0.52) and vegetables (p = 0.67) or parental modelling of fruit (p = 0.26) and vegetable consumption (p = 0.78)..."

Basic

• The Gene Knockout of Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor Improves High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Rat Via Promoting Adipose Lipolysis.
• Macrophage-Specific Connexin 43 Knockout Protects Mice from Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Metabolic Dysfunction.
• Adipose Tissue Myeloid-Lineage Neuroimmune Cells Express Genes Important for Neural Plasticity and Regulate Adipose Innervation.
• A Signature of Exaggerated Adipose Tissue Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Is Linked to Low Plasma Adiponectin and Increased Transcriptional Activation of Proteasomal Degradation in Muscle.
• Multiomics Reveals Persistence of Obesity-associated Immune Cell Phenotypes in Adipose Tissue During Weight Loss and Weight Regain in Mice.
• Preprint: Plasma Level of ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1 (IF1) Is Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Humans: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Preprint: Limitations of the Food Compass Nutrient Profiling System.
• Avoiding the Effects of Translocation on the Estimates of the Metabolic Rates Across an Elevational Gradient.

Clinical

• Untargeted Lipidomic Analysis of Plasma from Women with Obesity Submitted to Combined Physical Exercise.
• Do Lifestyle Factors and Quality of Life Differ in People with Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity?

Children and Adolescents

• Making Every Bite Count: Best Practices for Introducing Foods During the Complementary Feeding Period.
• The 100 Top-Cited Articles on Childhood Obesity: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Surgery

• T and B Cell Composition and Cytokine Producing Capacity Before and After Bariatric Surgery.
• Changes in the Expression of Meteorin-Like (METRNL), Irisin (FNDC5), and Uncoupling Proteins (UCPs) After Bariatric Surgery.
• De Novo Glycine Synthesis Is Reduced in Adults with Morbid Obesity and Increases Following Bariatric Surgery.
• RCT: Weight Loss and β-Cell Responses Following Gastric Banding or Pharmacotherapy in Adults with Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Type 2 Diabetes.
• Desire to Lose Weight Was Associated with the Adoption of Weight Control Strategies but Not Healthier Lifestyle Behaviours Among Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients: NHANES 2013–2018.

Drugs

• Hypoglycemia Risk with SGLT2 Inhibitors or Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist Versus Sulfonylureas Among Medicare Insured Adults with CKD in the United States.
• Melanocortin-4 Receptor Complexity in Energy Homeostasis, Obesity and Drug Development Strategies.
• Dysosmobacter welbionis Is a Newly Isolated Human Commensal Bacterium Preventing Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in Mice.
• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists on Body Weight in Adults with Obesity Without Diabetes Mellitus.
• RCT: Semaglutide Once a Week in Adults with Overweight or Obesity, with or Without Type 2 Diabetes in an East Asian Population (STEP 6).

Food & Diet

• Body Weight Index Indicates the Responses of the Fecal Microbiota, Metabolome and Proteome to Beef/Chicken-Based Diet Alterations in Chinese Volunteers.
• The Relationship between Dietary Phytochemical Index and Resting Metabolic Rate Mediated by Inflammatory Factors in Women with Overweight and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• RCT: Apnoea Occurring in Females Who are Overweight After Menopause.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• RCT: Dietary Protein Restriction Improves Metabolic Dysfunction in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.
• Modestly Increased Incidence of Ketosis in Caloric Restriction Does Not Significantly Alter the Effects of Caloric Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• School and Non-School Day Screen Time Profiles and Their Differences in Health and Educational Indicators in Adolescents.
• Genome-Wide Association Study of Liking for Several Types of Physical Activity in the UK Biobank and Two Replication Cohorts.

Economics & Sociology

• Changes in Neighborhood Environments and the Increasing Socioeconomic Gap in Child Obesity Risks: Evidence from Singapore.
• The Role of Health-Based Food Choice Motives in Explaining the Relationship between Lower Socioeconomic Position and Higher BMI in UK and US Adults.
• Estimating the Benefits of Obesity Prevention on Productivity: An Australian Perspective.
• Changes in the Local Food-At-Home Environment, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation, and Dietary Quality.

Epidemiology

• BMI Moderates the Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and COPD.
• Obesity Fact Sheet in Korea, 2021: Trends in Obesity Prevalence and Obesity-Related Comorbidity Incidence Stratified by Age from 2009 to 2019.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• More Complex Than You Might Think: Neural Representations of Food Reward Value in Obesity.
• “You are Always at War with Yourself” the Perceptions and Beliefs of People with Obesity Regarding Obesity as a Disease.
• Review: Acts of Appetite: Neural Circuits Governing the Appetitive, Consummatory, and Terminating Phases of Feeding.
• More Complex Than You Might Think: Neural Representations of Food Reward Value in Obesity.
• Objective Physical Activity Accumulation and Brain Volume in Older Adults: An MRI and Whole Brain Volume Study.

Equity and Disparities

• Inequalities in Overweight and Obesity Among Reproductive Age Group Women in India: Evidence from National Family Health Survey (2015–16).
• Income Disparities in Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults: An Analysis of the 2011–2014 California Health Interview Survey.
• Income-Related Health Inequality in Urban China (1991–2015): The Role of Homeownership and Housing Conditions.

Stigma

• A Public Health Framework for Reducing Stigma: The Example of Weight Stigma.
• Preprint: Mediators of the Association between Childhood BMI and Educational Attainment: Analysis of a UK Prospective Cohort Study.

Policy Related

• The Relationship between Volume of Newspaper Coverage and Policy Action for Nutrition Issues in Australia: A Content Analysis.
• Integrating Nutrition and Food Safety in Food Systems Policy and Programming.
• Intergovernmental Policy Opportunities for Childhood Obesity Prevention in Australia.

Intergenerational Effects

• In-Utero Co-Exposure to Toxic Metals and Micronutrients on Childhood Risk of Overweight or Obesity: New Insight on Micronutrients Counteracting Toxic Metals.
• Associations between Family Functioning During Early to Mid-Childhood and Weight Status in Childhood and Adolescence.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Parents Exposed to Warming Produce Offspring Lower in Weight and Condition.
• Genomic Insights Into the Secondary Aquatic Transition of Penguins.
• Diet and Ontogeny Drastically Alter the Larval Microbiome of the Invertebrate Model Galleria mellonella.
• Circulating and Skeletal Muscle MicroRNA Profiles are More Sensitive to Sustained Aerobic Exercise Than Energy Balance in Males.

Methods

• Systematic Review: The Use of Mobile-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment (mEMA) Methodology to Assess Dietary Intake, Food Consumption Behaviours and Context in Young People.
• Dietary Assessment -- Pattern Recognition Rather Than Recall.
• Comparison of Weight Loss Data Collected by Research Technicians Versus Electronic Medical Records: The PROPEL Trial.
• Next Generation Smartwatches to Estimate Whole Body Composition Using Bioimpedance Analysis: Accuracy and Precision in a Diverse Multiethnic Sample.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Predictive Equations for Energy Expenditure in Adult Humans: From Resting to Free-Living Conditions.
• Obesity and Labour Market Outcomes in Italy: A Dynamic Panel Data Evidence with Correlated Random Effects.
• The Health, Cost and Equity Impacts of Restrictions on the Advertisement of High Fat, Salt and Sugar Products Across the Transport for London Network: A Health Economic Modelling Study.

Commentary

• Genetic Effects: Accounting for Diet and Age.
• Why Don’t Most Foods Cause Allergies?
• Improving Health Through Food Engineering.
• As Diabetes During Pregnancy Grows More Common, Experts Point to a Need for Preventive Care.
• What are the Health Benefits of Watermelon?
• Dietary Assessment: Do We Really Know What People are Eating?
• Is Air Conditioning Causing Obesity?
• Overly Restrictive Salt Intake May Worsen Outcomes for Common Form of Heart Failure.

General

• Remote Video Analysis of an Unusual Fish Life-History Combination: Nest-Building, Paternal Care, and Protogyny in a Seabream.
• Dietary Bacillus licheniformis Improves the Effect of Astragalus membranaceus Extract on Blood Glucose by Regulating Antioxidation Activity and Intestinal Microbiota in InR[E19]/TM2 Drosophila melanogaster.
• Contrary to Popular Belief, Woodpeckers Don’t Protect Their Brains When Headbanging Trees.
• Fact-Value Framework for Adjudicating Public Health Policy Debates.
• A Neuroscience Image Sleuth Finds Signs of Fabrication in Scores of Alzheimer’s Articles, Threatening a Reigning Theory of the Disease.
• Prolonged Administration of Melatonin Ameliorates Liver Phenotypes in Cholestatic Murine Model.
• What Can We Learn from Selfish Loci That Break Mendel’s Law?
• Food Waste Is a Complex Problem That Requires Creative Solutions.
• Food Expiration Dates Don’t Have Much Science Behind Them.

Announcements

• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency and/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity, Nutrition or Aging Research Domains.
• Nine IU Faculty Members Named Fulbright US Scholar Award Winners for 2022-23 .
• Webinar: Spreading Effective Interventions to Support Healthy Child Growth: CDC’s Data Modernization and Implementation Science Efforts.

Featured

• Hangry in the Field: An Experience Sampling Study on the Impact [Association] of Hunger on Anger, Irritability, and Affect.
• Food-Seeking Behavior Is Triggered by Skin Ultraviolet Exposure in Males.
• The Impact of Different Dark Chocolate Dietary Patterns on Synaptic Potency and Plasticity in the Hippocampal CA1 Area of the Rats Under Chronic Isolation Stress.
• Higher Than Predicted Resting Energy Expenditure and Lower Physical Activity in Healthy Underweight Chinese Adults.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: The Largest Study Ever on Avocados Has Some Good News for Your High Cholesterol.
• Press Release: Daily Avocados Improve Diet Quality, Help Lower Cholesterol Levels.
• Study: "The primary outcome, change in visceral adipose tissue volume ... was not significantly different" though "modest but nominally significant reductions in total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [secondary outcomes] were observed in the Avocado Supplemented compared with the Habitual Diet Group."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "...contrary to expectations, across all motivational levels (low and high autonomous), the challenge-focused intervention resulted in a greater increase in total daily PA (primary outcome)..."
• RCT: "Acute dietary nitrate supplementation does not change venous volume and compliance in healthy young adults."
• Meta-Analysis: No Compelling Evidence for the Effects of Thiamine Supplementation on Patients with Heart Failure.
• "There was no evidence found that zBMI was associated with school readiness."
• Meta-Analysis: "The pooled effect sizes suggested ... [no] significant effect of androstenedione supplementation on ...body weight … [or] BMI…"
• "We provide novel information on seasonal changes in foraging of humpback whales and suggest that these animals, contrary to nearly all other animals that seasonally fast, exhibit high feeding rates soon after exiting the fasting period."
• Modestly Increased Incidence of Ketosis in Caloric Restriction Does Not Significantly Alter Effects of Caloric Restriction.
• Rapamycin Did Not Prevent the Excessive Exercise-Induced Hepatic Fat Accumulation [in Mice].

Basic

• Retinoic Acid Promotes Tissue Vitamin a Status and Modulates Adipose Tissue Metabolism of Neonatal Rats Exposed to Maternal High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Adipocyte Lysoplasmalogenase TMEM86A Regulates Plasmalogen Homeostasis and Protein Kinase A-Dependent Energy Metabolism.
• A Cardiac Amino-Terminal GRK2 Peptide Inhibits Maladaptive Adipocyte Hypertrophy and Insulin Resistance During Diet-Induced Obesity.
• BAF60a Deficiency in Macrophage Promotes Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Inflammation.
• Sex-Specific Changes in Metabolism During the Transition from Chow to High-Fat Diet Feeding are Abolished in Response to Dieting in C57BL/6J Mice.
• Fecal Microbiota Transplantation During Lactation Programs the Metabolism of Adult Wistar Rats in a Sex-Specific Way.
• The Effect of Low Doses of Radon on Ghrelin and Glucose Levels in Rats with Multiple Low-Dose Streptozotoccin-Induced Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Overexpressing Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Receptor 1 in Mouse Brown Adipose Tissue Restores Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Sensitivity in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Enhancing the Trustworthiness of the Endocrine Society’s Clinical Practice Guidelines.
• Poor Reporting Quality in Basic Nutrition Research: Recent Folate Research in Mouse Models.
• Advancing Nutritional Epidemiology by Linking Datasets and Addressing Data Quality.

Clinical

• Systematic Review: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity.
• Preprint: Effectiveness of EHealth Weight Management Interventions in Adults with Overweight and Obesity from Low Socioeconomic Groups.
• Obesity and “Obesity-Related” Cancers: Are There BMI Cut-Points?

Children and Adolescents

• "Shorter sleep duration and later meal timing are associated with adiposity gain in preschoolers."
• Trends in Metabolic Syndrome Among US Youth, from 1999 to 2018.
• The Impact of Adiposity Indices on Lung Function in Children with Respiratory Allergic Diseases.

Surgery

• Review: Bariatric Surgery Practice Patterns Among Pediatric Surgeons in the United States.
• Psycho-Behavioral Factors Related to Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery.
• Altered Insulin Clearance After Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy in the Fasting and Prandial Conditions.
• Effect of Exercise Training After Bariatric Surgery: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study.
• "These findings suggest that the detrimental impact of prolonged organ ischemic time may be attenuated by donor obesity."

Drugs

• Review: Tirzepatide, a New Era of Dual-Targeted Treatment for Diabetes and Obesity.
• Review: Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Obesity and Overweight.
• GLP-1RAs for the Treatment of Obesity in Women After Menopause.
• Network Pharmacology Research Indicates That Wu-Mei-Wan Treats Obesity by Inhibiting Th17 Cell Differentiation and Alleviating Metabolic Inflammation.
• Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Obesity-Associated Cancers in the Women's Health Initiative.
• Synergism between Obesity and HFpEF on Neutrophils Phenotype and Its Regulation by Adipose Tissue-Molecules and SGLT2i Dapagliflozin.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Prunes Preserve Hip Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women.
• RCT: "This study suggests potential benefits of n–3-PUFA supplementation to lipoprotein profiles in healthy older adults without dyslipidemia..."
• RCT: Cinnamon Infusion Reduces Satiety and Increases Energy Intake.
• Review: The Effect of Prebiotics on Human Iron Absorption.
• Immune Tolerance of Food Is Mediated by Layers of CD4+ T Cell Dysfunction.
• The Potential Mechanisms of Bergamot-Derived Dietary Fiber Alleviating High-Fat Diet-Induced Hyperlipidemia and Obesity in Rats.
• Effects of Red Rice Bran Extract on High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mice.
• Chlorella Unsaturated Fatty Acids Suppress High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in C57/BL6J Mice.
• Unripe Banana Flour (Musa cavendishii) Promotes Increased Hypothalamic Antioxidant Activity, Reduced Caloric Intake, and Abdominal Fat Accumulation in Rats on a High-Fat Diet.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• RCT: Effectiveness and Tolerability of a Two-Week Hypocaloric Protein-Rich Diet Prior to Obesity Surgery with Two Different Diet Interventions.
• The Role of GCN2 Kinase in Mediating the Effects of Amino Acids on Longevity and Feeding Behaviour in Drosophila.
• Intermittent Calorie Restriction Alters T Cell Subsets and Metabolic Markers in People with Multiple Sclerosis.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Mixed-Method Follow Up : Maintenance of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Composition, and a Physically Active Lifestyle After Structured Exercise Interventions in Individuals with Overweight and Obesity.
• Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility by Substrate Oxidation Responses and Blood Lactate in Women Expressing Varying Levels of Aerobic Fitness and Body Fat.
• The Effects of Exercise and Diet on Mental Status, Insulin Signaling Pathway, and Microbiome in Obese Mice.

Economics & Sociology

• Dissertation: Psychosocial Complexities of American Black Women’s Experiences with Weight Loss or Obesity.
• Household Income and Maternal Education in Early Childhood and Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Late Childhood.
• Do We Get Fat Because of Air Pollution? A New Socio-Economic Approach.
• Exploring the Economics of Public Health Intervention Scale-Up.

Epidemiology

• "Our results indicate that the mean weight gain among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic may be small."
• Association of N,N-Diethyl-M-Toluamide (DEET) with Obesity Among Adult Participants.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• "Contrary to affect regulation theory and laboratory data, but consistent with prior ecological momentary assessment data in children and adolescents, pre-meal negative affect was not linked to subsequent loss of control eating."
• Task-Dependent Effective Connectivity of the Reward Network During Food Cue-Reactivity.
• Brain Responses to Food Choices and Decisions Depend on Individual Hedonic Profiles and Eating Habits in Healthy Young Women.

Equity and Disparities

• The Socio-Economic Inequality in BMI.
• Direct and Indirect Determinants of BMI in Both Major Ethnic Groups Experiencing the Nutritional Transition in Cameroon.

Stigma

• Review: The Consequences of a Weight-Centric Approach to Healthcare: A Case for a Paradigm Shift in How Clinicians Address Body Weight.
• Examining Weight Bias Attitudes and Obesity Beliefs Among Undergraduate Students.

Policy Related

• Scoping Review: School-Based Obesity Prevention Programs in Rural Communities.
• Thesis: Association of Media and Messaging on the Impact of the Seattle Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax.
• A Proposal to Unify the Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents.
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-Authorized Retailers Received a Low Score Using the Business Impact Assessment for Obesity and Population-Level Nutrition (BIA-Obesity) Tool.

Intergenerational Effects

• Periconceptional and First Trimester Ultraprocessed Food Intake and Maternal Cardiometabolic Outcomes.
• Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Offspring Hyperactivity–inattention Trajectories from 3 to 8 Years.
• From Pregnancy to Breastfeeding: Adequate Maternal BMI Is Essential to Prevent a High BMI in Your Children.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Avoiding the Effects of Translocation on the Estimates of the Metabolic Rates Across an Elevational Gradient.
• Predictive Simulations to Replicate Human Gait Adaptations and Energetics with Exoskeletons.
• Obligatory Homeothermy of Mesic Habitat-Adapted African Striped Mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, Is Governed by Seasonal Basal Metabolism and Year-Round ‘Thermogenic Readiness’ of Brown Adipose Tissue.

Methods

• Measuring the Reliability of a Frequency Method for Assessing Vegetable Intake Using Photos: A Smart Phone Approach.
• Using Self-Monitoring Technology for Nutritional Counseling and Weight Management.
• Differing Associations with Childhood Outcomes Using Behavioural Patterns Derived from Three Data Reduction Techniques.

Commentary

• How Strong Is the Evidence Base for Carbohydrate Restriction in the Management of T2D?
• Food Texture Trumps Food Processing in the Regulation of Energy Intake.
• Does Excessive Fast-Food Consumption Impair Our Health?
• Study Shows Grocery Shoppers are Coping with Inflation.
• Seeking Value in Obesity Medicine.
• This Diet vs That Diet, and the Winner Is….
• Indicators of Stress Rising in Parallel with Obesity.
• Appetite Control in Obesity.

General

• Methane Much More Sensitive to Global Heating Than Previously Thought, According to Study.
• "..mechanistic insights on a life-threatening mammalian meat allergy brought on by tick bites.."
• A Writer in Pain: As an Unwelcome, Cruel Guest, Pain Infiltrates the Body.
• Can Algae Unlock the Secrets of Photosynthesis?
• Divergent Cis-Regulatory Evolution Underlies the Convergent Loss of Sodium Channel Expression in Electric Fish.
• Longitudinal Analysis: Relationships Among Travel, Social and Occupational Participation, and Life Satisfaction for People with Mobility Disability.
• Thesis: The Effect of Reading Direction and History of Multiple Concussions on the King-Devick Test.
• Wonder of Wonders, Miracle of Miracles: The Unprecedented Speed of COVID-19 Science.

Video & Audio

• Webinar : Virtual Care for Patients with Obesity [July 28th].

Announcements

• New Book: Energy and Evolutionary Conflict: The Metabolic Roots of Cooperation.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency And/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity, Nutrition or Aging Research Domains.

Featured

• Muddy Water: Additional Observational Data Cannot Aid in Determining Whether There Is a Physiological Interaction between Low Vitamin B12 and High Folate in Cognitive Health.
• Metabolic Adaptation After Combined Resistance and Aerobic Exercise Training in Older Women.
• Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Individuals with Excess Weight: Weight Trajectory Effects.
• Valuing the Diversity of Research Methods to Advance Nutrition Science.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Starting Babies on the ‘Nordic Diet’ Could Prevent Childhood Obesity, Study Says.
• Press Release: Nordic Lower-Protein Diet Could Hold Key to Instilling Healthier Eating Habits in Babies, New Study Finds.
• Conference Presentation: No abstract or publication publicly available. Release mentions no obesity outcomes other than observing "no negative effects on ... growth."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Among participants in REDUCE-IT, allocation to icosapent ethyl had minimal effects on a series of biomarkers associated with atherosclerotic disease, whereas levels increased among those allocated to mineral oil."
• "Contrary to expectation, combining all micro and macro [in simulated] interventions appeared to have no impact or moderately increased the proportion of obesity/overweight among children."
• No Effect of Five Days of Bed Rest or Short-Term Resistance Exercise Prehabilitation on Markers of Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Content and Dynamics in Older Adults.
• "Contrary to our expectations, puma consumption of large species did not change with their trophic position, and pumas consumed more small prey and birds as apex predators."
• "Contrary to expectations, shorter juvenile telomere length was not associated with poor early-life conditions, but instead with better conditions, probably as a result of faster juvenile growth."
• "Contrary to our expectations, induced glucose levels were not protective. Increasing O-GlcNAc, either with Thiamet-G (TMG) or by suppressing the O-GlcNAcase (oga-1) gene does interfere with and therefore reduce Aβ- toxicity but not in the presence of high glucose."
• "Contrary to the first hypothesis, isokinetic peak strength showed stronger associations with all daily activities than did estimated 1-RM. In addition, the second hypothesis regarding the activity-specific pattern for the 1-RM with regards walking, chair rising and stair climbing measurements was not confirmed."
• No Evidence Supported a Significant Relationship between Combined Exposure to Phthalate Metabolites and Girls’ High BMI Trajectory.

Basic

• Male Marfan Mice are Predisposed to High Fat Diet Induced Obesity, Diabetes, and Fatty Liver.
• Severe Hyperprolactinemia Promotes Brown Adipose Tissue Whitening and Aggravates High Fat Diet Induced Metabolic Imbalance.
• Coagulation Factors Promote Brown Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and Abnormal Systemic Metabolism in Obesity.
• Modulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Via Sulforaphane-Mediated AMPK Upregulation Against Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Rats.
• The Different Effects of Intramuscularly-Injected Lactate on White and Brown Adipose Tissue in Vivo.
• Obesity Elicits a Unique Metabolomic Signature in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells.
• FKBP11 Rewires UPR Signaling to Promote Glucose Homeostasis in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Oops: The Mistaken Rush for Menu Calorie Labeling.
• Methodological Rigor and Transparency in Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nutrition Care in Critically Ill Adults: A Systematic Review Using the AGREE II and AGREE-REX Tools.
• Webinar: Are Federal Food Regulations Based on Sound Science?
• Current WHO Recommendation to Reduce Free Sugar Intake from All Sources to Below 10% of Daily Energy Intake for Supporting Overall Health Is Not Well Supported by Available Evidence.
• Viewpoint: France’s Le Monde Leads Media Frenzy Hyping Flawed Study Claiming Trace Pesticide Residues Wipe Out Benefits of Eating Fruits and Vegetables.
• Use of Pre-Post Treatment Values in Place of Between Group Comparisons Invalidates Meta-Analysis Findings. Commentary: "Can Millet Consumption Help Manage Hyperlipidemia and Obesity? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis".

Clinical

• Key Focus Group Themes to Inform Weight Management Interventions in Deep South African Americans.
• Cancer and Obesity: An Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement (CPS) 2022.
• Meta-Analysis: Effects of WB-EMS and Protein Supplementation on Body Composition, Physical Function, Metabolism and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Sarcopenic Obesity.
• Exploring a Need for a Cardiometabolic Disease Staging System as a Computerized Clinical Decision Support Tool: Qualitative Study.
• Nonmedical Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence, Actionable Strategies, and Policy Opportunities.

Children and Adolescents

• Meta-Analysis: Effects of Strength Training on Body Fat in Children and Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity.
• Slower Progression to Central Puberty in Overweight Girls Presenting with Precocious Breast Development.
• Changes in Lifestyle and Obesity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korean Adolescents.
• Effectiveness of Active Video Games in Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity.
• Adverse Childhood Experiences, Health Behaviors, and Associations with Obesity Among Youth in the United States.
• Meta-Analysis: Associations between Different Cortisol Measures and Adiposity in Children.
• Prospective Associations of Tobacco Weight Control Beliefs with E-Cigarette Use Patterns in the PATH Study.

Surgery

• Meta-Analysis: The Impact of BMI on Long-Term Survival Outcomes After Surgery for Colorectal Cancer.
• Obesity and Bariatric Surgery in Australia: Future Projection of Supply and Demand, and Costs.
• Comparison of 5-Year Follow-Up Outcomes between Primary and Revision Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypasses After Open Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: An Inverse Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis.
• NASH Presence Is Associated with a Lower Weight Loss One and 2 Years After Bariatric Surgery in Women with Severe Obesity.

Drugs

• Ease-Of-Use and Acceptability of the Novel Semaglutide 2.4 Mg Single-Dose Pen-Injector in People with Overweight or Obesity in the STEP 8 Phase III Trial.
• Oral Semaglutide in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Comprehensive Review, Critical Appraisal and Clinical Consideration of Its Use in India.

Food & Diet

• Effects of Probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum IMC 510 Supplementation on Metabolic Factors in Otherwise Healthy Individuals with Overweight and Obesity.
• Cannabis Extract Effects on Metabolic Parameters and Gut Microbiota Composition in a Mice Model of NAFLD and Obesity.
• The Association between Plant-Based Diet Indices and Obesity and Metabolic Diseases in Chinese Adults: Longitudinal Analyses from the China Health and Nutrition Survey.
• β-Caryophyllene, a Dietary Cannabinoid, Protects Against Metabolic and Immune Dysregulation in a Diet-Induced Obesity Mouse Model.
• Medium-Chain Triglycerides Improve Lipid Metabolism in Obese Rats Through Increasing the Browning of Adipose Tissue Via Sympathetic Regulation.
• The Protective Role of Grape Seed in Obesity and Lipid Profile.
• RCT: The Effect of Curcumin on Hepatic Fat Content in Individuals with Obesity.
• Systematic Review: Role of Honey in Obesity Management.
• Intervention with Isoleucine or Valine Corrects Hyperinsulinemia and Reduces Intrahepatic Diacylglycerols, Liver Steatosis, and Inflammation in Ldlr−/−.Leiden Mice with Manifest Obesity-Associated NASH.
• Low-Carbohydrate Diet Score Is Associated with Improved Blood Pressure and Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors Among Adults with Obesity.
• Healthier Diet Associated with Reduced Risk of Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: A Chinese Prospective Cohort Study.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Body Weight, Diabetes Incidence Vascular Events and Survival 15 Years After Very Low Calorie Diet in Community Medical Clinics in the UK.
• The Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Metabolism and Gut Microbiota: A Real-Life Study.
• When and What to Eat? A Scoping Review of Health Outcomes of Fasting in Conjunction with a Low-Carbohydrate Diet.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Association of the “Weekend Warrior” and Other Leisure-Time Physical Activity Patterns with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality.
• Physical Activity, Diet Quality and All-Cause Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer Mortality: A Prospective Study of 346 627 UK Biobank Participants.
• Using Combined Global Position System and Accelerometer Data Points to Examine How Built Environments and Gentrification are Associated with Physical Activity in Four Canadian Cities.

Economics & Sociology

• Struggling with Overweight or Obesity in Children – Fathers’ Perceptions and Experiences of Contributing Factors, Role and Responsibility.
• Associations of Acculturation and Gender with Obesity and Physical Activity Among Latinos.

Epidemiology

• Prenatal Single and Combined Exposure to Phthalates Associated with Girls’ BMI Trajectory in the First Six Years.
• Weight Loss in Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents with Obesity.
• Weight-Change Trajectory in Relation to Cancer Risk: Findings from a Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea.
• Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Individuals with Recent-Onset Psychosis at Disease Onset and After 1-Year Follow-Up.
• Association between Body Shape Index and Risk of Mortality in the United States.
• Associations of BMI with COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Vaccine Effectiveness, and Risk of Severe COVID-19 Outcomes After Vaccination in England: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
• Chronic Stress, Genetic Risk, and Obesity in U.S. Hispanic/Latinos.
• Direction and Magnitude of Social Jetlag are Associated with Obesity: Results from a Sample of Hospital Employees.
• Association between BMI and Risk of Gastric Cancer by Anatomical and Histological Subtypes in over 500,000 East and Southeast Asian Cohort Participants.
• Causal Associations of Obesity with Achilles Tendinopathy: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.
• Association between Food Insecurity and Sarcopenia: Data from the 2011–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• The Roles of Depression and Binge Eating in the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Obesity.
• Risk Factors for Momentary Loss of Control and Subsequent Abandonment of Self-Devised Dietary Restraint Plans in Adults with Weight-Loss Goals: A Behaviour Sequence Analysis Approach.
• Choices between Money and Hyper-Palatable Food: Choice Impulsivity and Eating Behavior.
• Changes in Body Weight, Health Behaviors and Mental Health in Adults with Obesity During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior for Explaining Dietary Quality: The Role of Financial Scarcity and Food Insecurity Status.
• Estimating the Impact of Changes in Weight and BMI on EQ-5D-3L: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Behavioural Group-Based Weight Loss Intervention.
• Forming New Health Behavior Habits During Weight Loss Maintenance-The PREVIEW Study.
• Overweight and Executive Functions, Psychological and Behavioral Profile of Spanish Adolescents.

Equity and Disparities

• Mitochondrial Phenotype as a Driver of the Racial Dichotomy in Obesity and Insulin Resistance.
• Identity and Weight-Related Beliefs Among Black, Black/White Biracial, East Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, South Asian, and White U.S. Americans.

Stigma

• Weighing Down My Career: Exploring Body Fat’s Impact on Career Success and Sex’s Moderating Role.
• Application of the Sociocognitive Model of Internalized Stigma to Weight: The Role of Weight Controllability Beliefs on Obligatory Exercise Engagement.

Policy Related

• Restaurant-Based Programming to Improve Healthy Food Access: Eat Fit Program Impact and Factors That Influence Adoption.
• Dairy Beloved: Why Indiana Should Stop Labeling Plant-Based Beverages as “Milk”.
• Congress Passes Bipartisan, Bicameral Keep Kids Fed Act.

Intergenerational Effects

• Pregnancy as a Fundamental Determinant of Child Health: A Review.
• Maternal Overweight and Obesity During Pregnancy: Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Women, Babies, and Children.
• Maternal Thyroid Disease and Pubertal Timing in Offspring: Novel Evidence for a Potential Association.
• Impaired Postprandial Adipose Tissue Microvascular Blood Flow Responses to a Mixed-Nutrient Meal in First-Degree Relatives of Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Meta-Analysis: Association between Maternal Adiposity Measures and Infant Health Outcomes.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Interindividual Variability of Human Thermoregulation: Toward Personalized Ergonomics of the Indoor Thermal Environment.
• Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis by Calcium Futile Cycling.
• A Simple Method Reveals Minimum Time Required to Quantify Steady-Rate Metabolism and Net Cost of Transport for Human Walking.
• Predators Minimize Energy Costs, Rather Than Maximize Energy Gains Under Warming: Evidence from a Microcosm Feeding Experiment.

Methods

• Methods Recently Used for the Assessment of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents.
• The Glucose Tolerance Test in Mice: Sex, Drugs and Protocol.
• Systematic Review: Applying Image-Based Food Recognition Systems on Dietary Assessment.

Commentary

• Anti-Diabetic and Anti-Obesity: Efficacy Evaluation and Exploitation of Polyphenols in Fruits and Vegetables.
• Benefits of Time-Restricted Eating Depend on Age and Sex.
• Podcast: The Neuroscience of Obesity.
• House Appropriations Calls for Obesity Meds in Medicare.
• Global Cultures and Global Variations in Obesity.
• Intermittent Feeding and Circadian Rhythm in Critical Illness.
• Should Sleeve Gastrectomy Be a Preoperative Standard in Kidney Transplant Waitlisted Patients with a BMI of 35 kg/m²?
• Insulin Resistance in Children.
• Are COVID Vaccines Protecting People with Obesity?

General

• The Association between Aging-Related Monocyte Transcriptional Networks and Comorbidity Burden.
• The Efforts to Reform Research Bureaucracy to Date.
• Divergent effects of oxytocin on "mind-reading" in healthy males.
• Orcas are Eating Great White Sharks’ Livers Off South Africa’s Coast.
• SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections in a US University Setting, Fall 2020 to Spring 2021.
• Establishment of a Social Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm for the Study of Social Reward in Female Mice.
• What Is Mathematical Rigor?
• L-Theanine Alleviates Heat Stress by Regulating Glucose, Lipid, and Protein Metabolism.
• Extreme Heat Leads to Short- and Long-Term Food Insecurity with Serious Consequences for Health.
• Prospective Feasibility Study of a Mindfulness-Based Program for Breast Cancer Patients in the Southeastern US.
• Effectiveness of Incentives to Improve the Reach of Health Promotion Programs.

Announcements

• Fast-Growing Catalent Plots $350M Expansion and 1,000 New Hires in Bloomington, IN.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency And/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity, Nutrition or Aging Research Domains.

Featured

• RCT: "Cocoa extract supplementation did not significantly reduce total cardiovascular events among older adults but reduced CVD death by 27%."
• Systemic Infusion of Exogenous Ghrelin in Male Broiler Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus). The Effect of Pulse Frequency, Doses, and Ghrelin Forms on Feed Intake, Average Daily Gain, Corticosterone, and Growth Hormone Concentrations.
• Implementation of a Family Support Grant to Subsidize Caregiving Needs and Support Attendance at American Society for Nutrition's Annual Professional Scientific Conference.
• Associations of BMI with COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Vaccine Effectiveness, and Risk of Severe COVID-19 Outcomes After Vaccination in England: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Study Suggests Time-Restricted Feeding Could Be Key to Combat Obesity.
• Press-Release: A Rhythmic Small Intestinal Microbiome Prevents Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
• Study: Diet and Feeding Pattern Modulate Diurnal Dynamics of the Ileal Microbiome and Transcriptome... In Mice.
• Headline Critique: Unrestrained Puffery About Time-Restricted Feeding.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Significant Impact of a Farm-To-School Nutrition and Gardening Intervention for Native American Families from the FRESH Study on BMI.
• RCT: No Compelling Evidence of Improving Quality of Life in Older Adults Living at Home by Moderate Exercise Training. (pdf)
• RCT: Stratified Exercise Therapy Does Not Improve Outcomes Compared with Usual Exercise Therapy in People with Knee Osteoarthritis (OCTOPuS Study).
• RCT: No Significant Effect on Primary Outcome, Weight Loss, from Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management in a Diet-Induced Weight Loss Program.
• RCT: No "significant changes in weight or most of the biological tests" in Response to Mindfulness and Mindful Eating Programmes Among Low-income Women with Overweight.
• RCT: No Significant Effect of a Self-Administered Parenting Intervention for Selective Eating in Young Children.
• "Our observations [in worms] suggest that glucose enrichment is unlikely to be an appropriate therapy to minimize [Alzheimer's disease] progression."
• "contrary to popular belief, professional mothers had more positive attitude (average score=28.5±2.4) towards breastfeeding than house wives (average score=27.7±2.6)"

Basic

• Remission of Obesity and Insulin Resistance Is Not Sufficient to Restore Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Visceral Adipose Tissue.
• Threonine Supplementation Prevents the Development of Fat Deposition in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet.
• Transcriptomics Reveals the Anti-Obesity Mechanism of Lactobacillus plantarum Fermented Barley Extract.
• Brown Adipose Tissue-Derived MaR2 Contributes to Cold-Induced Resolution of Inflammation.
• Serine Active Site Containing Protein 1 Depletion Alters Lipid Metabolism and Protects Against High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Updated Framework for Industry Funding of Food and Nutrition Research: Managing Financial Conflicts and Scientific Integrity.
• Preprint: The Bias for Statistical Significance in Sport and Exercise Medicine.

Clinical

• Patient Insights Into the Experience of Trying to Achieve Weight-Loss and Future Expectations upon Commencement of a Primary Care-Led Weight Management Intervention: A Qualitative, Baseline Exploration.
• RCT: Effect of Diet, Exercise, or Both on Biological Age and Healthy Aging in Older Adults with Obesity.
• RCT: Weight-Loss Induced by Carbohydrate Restriction Does Not Negatively Affect Health-Related Quality of Life and Cognition in People with Type 2 Diabetes.

Children and Adolescents

• The Association between Home or Community Garden Access and Adolescent Health.
• Meta-Analysis: Screen Time Is Associated with Overweight and Obesity Risk Among Adolescents.
• Changes in BMI During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Changes in the Incidence of Childhood Obesity.
• The Bad Rainbow of COVID-19 Time: Effects on Glucose Metabolism in Children and Adolescents with Obesity and Overweight.
• Dynamic Methods for Childhood Hypoglycemia Phenotyping.
• Systematic Review: Vitamin D Deficiency as a Possible Cause of Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents Up to 15 Years Old.

Surgery

• Clinical Endoscopic and Histologic Findings of a Long-Term Follow-Up (10.7 Years) After Roux-En-Y Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass.
• Meta-Analysis: The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D in the Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
• Single Anastomosis Jejuno-Ileal (SAJI): A New Model of Malabsorptive Revisional Procedure for Insufficient Weight Loss or Weight Regain After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass.
• Impact of Weight Loss on Brain Age: Improved Brain Health Following Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Editorial: Serotonergic Psychedelic Treatment for Obesity and Eating Disorders: Potential Expectations and Caveats for Emerging Studies. (pdf)
• The Role of Drospirenone in the Treatment of Obesity with Hyperandrogenism. (pdf)
• MicroRNA Loaded Edible Nanoparticles: An Emerging Personalized Therapeutic Approach for the Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.

Food & Diet

• Who Trusts in Gene-Edited Foods? Analysis of a Representative Survey Study Predicting Willingness to Eat- and Purposeful Avoidance of Gene Edited Foods in the United States.
• RCT: Does Saccharin Have Effect on Appetite, Energy Intake, and Serum Ghrelin?
• Protective Effects of Apple Polyphenols on Bone Loss in Mice with High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity.
• RCT: Diet-Induced Weight-Loss Intervention Reduces Plasma Complement C3: Possible Implication for Endothelial Dysfunction.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Later Energy Intake Relative to Mathematically Modeled Circadian Time Is Associated with Higher Percentage Body Fat.
• Meta-Analysis: The Effectiveness and Acceptability of Mediterranean Diet and Calorie Restriction in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).
• Caloric Restriction-Mimetics for the Reduction of Heart Failure Risk in Aging Heart: With Consideration of Gender-Related Differences.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Centile Reference Curves of the SLOfit Physical Fitness Tests for School-Aged Children and Adolescents.
• Physical Activity and Health: Findings from Finnish Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for Physical Activity.

Economics & Sociology

• “TikTok Made Me Do It”: Teenagers’ Perception and Use of Food Content on TikTok.
• Commitment Through Sacrifice: How Longer Ramadan Fasting Strengthens Religiosity and Political Islam.
• The Weight of Culture: Societal Individualism and Flexibility Explain Large Global Variations in Obesity.

Epidemiology

• Exploring the Clinical and Genetic Associations of Adult Weight Trajectories Using Electronic Health Records in a Racially Diverse Biobank: A Phenome-Wide and Polygenic Risk Study.
• Associations of BMI with COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Vaccine Effectiveness, and Risk of Severe COVID-19 Outcomes After Vaccination in England.
• Latent Growth Trajectories of County-Level Diabetes Prevalence in the United States, 2004–2017, and Associations with Overall Environmental Quality.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Minocycline Reduces Hypothalamic Microglia Activation and Improves Metabolic Dysfunction in High Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Alterations in Functional and Structural Connectivity of Basal Ganglia Network in Patients with Obesity.

Equity and Disparities

• RCT: Mediators of Weight Change in Underserved Patients with Obesity: Exploratory Analyses.
• Trends in Obesity Disparities During Childhood.

Stigma

• Exploring Intended and Unintended Reactions to Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Advertisements.
• Systematic Review: Influence and Effects of Weight Stigmatisation in Media.
• The Significant Difference in Self-Concept and Self-Confidence Among Young Adults With and Without Obesity.

Policy Related

• Institutionalizing Misinformation — the Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022.
• Comment: International Lack of Equity in Modern Obesity Therapy: The Critical Need for Change in Health Policy.

Intergenerational Effects

• Parental Feeding and Childhood Genetic Risk for Obesity: Exploring Hypothetical Interventions with Causal Inference Methods.
• Maternal Testosterone and Offspring Birth Weight: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
• Meta-Analysis: Effects of a Maternal High-Fat Diet on Adipose Tissue in Murine Offspring.
• Maternal Free Fatty Acid Concentration During Pregnancy Is Associated with Newborn Hypothalamic Microstructure in Humans.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Honey Bee Symbiont Buffers Larvae Against Nutritional Stress and Supplements Lysine.
• Balancing the Scales: Preliminary Investigation of Total Energy Expenditure and Daily Metabolizable Energy Intake in Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei).
• Behavioral Plasticity in Two Endemic Rodents from the Andes Mountains: Strategies for Thermal and Energetic Balance.
• Territory Aggression and Energy Budget in Food-Restricted Striped Hamsters.

Methods

• Improvement of Methodology for Manual Energy Intake Estimation from Passive Capture Devices.
• Discordance between Postprandial Plasma Glucose Measurement and Continuous Glucose Monitoring.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Dissertation: Mathematical and Data-Driven Modelling of Glucose Homeostasis System to Understand Diabetes Pathways.
• Evaluating the Impact of Community Interventions on Childhood Obesity in Populations Living in Low-Income Households in Los Angeles: A Simulation Study.

Commentary

• Can Cocoa Help Prevent Cardiovascular Death?
• Microbe Protects Honey Bees from Poor Nutrition, a Significant Cause of Colony Loss.
• Qsymia: FDA Approval Expands Options for Teens.
• New Research Identifies Complex Contributors to Obesity-Related Health Disparities.
• Spotlight on Weight Stigma in Popular Media.
• Nutrient Supplements and Summary Judgment: Baby and Bathwater, Revisited Again.
• Following a Failing Script in Childhood Obesity.
• Semaglutide for NASH: Disappointing Results.
• Perilous Politics Pretending to “Tackle” Childhood Obesity.

General

• Cloning and Parthenogenesis of Humans Wouldn’t Align with Bioethical Principles.
• A Microscopic Evolutionary Arms Race Is Happening between Sperm.
• The Marbled Crayfish Has Been Cloning Itself for 30 Years. Can It Teach Us About Cancer?
• Disruption of the Lipolysis Pathway Results in Stem Cell Death Through a Sterile Immunity-Like Pathway in Adult Drosophila.
• Sex-Specific Reproductive Strategies in Wild Yellow-Bellied Marmots (Marmota flaviventer): Senescence and Genetic Variance in Annual Reproductive Success Differ between the Sexes.
• How Do We Get People Who Believe in Pseudoscience to Trust Science?
• Ten Simple Rules for Good Research Practice.
• Preprint: The Citation of Retracted COVID-19 Papers Is Common and Rarely Critical.
• Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans.

Video & Audio

• Podcast: #212 – the Neuroscience of Obesity | Stephan Guyenet, Ph.D.
• Podcast: Preterm Infant Feeding & the Microbiome.

Announcements

• Nominations for Leadership Positions in ASN-Obesity RIS.
• Indiana Professor Studies Sub-Concussive Head Impact in Bloomington High School Football Players.
• Attend the IEU's Mendel at 200 Conference at Bristol Zoo Gardens.