Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• "...education reduced body size ...in middle age."
• Size Matters but Hunger Prevails—begging and Provisioning Rules in Cyanistes Caeruleus Families.
• Dynamic MTORC1-TFEB Feedback Signaling Regulates Hepatic Autophagy, Steatosis and Liver Injury in Long-term Nutrient Oversupply.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Struggle to Lose Weight? Your Gut Bacteria May Be to Blame.
• Study: Some Analyses of Some Gut Microbiota Measurements Were Associated with Successful 5% Weight Loss in 26 People Undergoing a Weight Loss Intervention. No Causation.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: Food bank provision had no effect on "self-management (depressive symptoms, diabetes distress, self-care, hypoglycemia, self-efficacy) or HbA1c (RD = 0.24; 95% CI = −0.09, 0.58)."
• Among Patients Undergoing Inpatient Rehabilitation After TBI, BMI By Admission Had No Impact on Functional Outcomes.
• RCT: No Differential Effects on Weight Loss and Metabolic Health Effects From Energy-restricted Mediterranean and Central-European Diets in Postmenopausal Women.
• RCT: "A HP diet with whole eggs promotes lean mass retention with modest weight loss, but does not positively influence muscle composition, cardiometabolic health or systemic inflammation, compared to a NP diet void of eggs."
• "In China, on the day the FNLA was issued, they were associated with positive abnormal stock returns of related firms. This result is contrary to the study by Ghani and Childs (1999) that reported that the NLEA passage showed a negative impact on firms’ stock prices."
• RCT: "Six weeks of daily supplementation with a probiotic containing 5 billion Bifidobacterium BR03 and 5 billion Streptococcus thermophilus FP4 in active men and women has no effect on body composition." (PDF)
• No Effect of a Community-based Childhood Obesity Intervention Program on Changes in Most Anthropometric Variables, Incidence of Obesity, and Lifestyle Choices in Spanish Children Aged 8 to 10 Years.
• "Obesity is not associated with adverse outcomes in patients undergoing thyroid surgery."

Basic

• FOXO Transcription Factors in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Fat Production and Burning are Synchronized in Livers of Mice with Obesity.
• Role of Diet and Xenobiotics in the Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. (PDF)
• Aldosterone Deficiency in Mice Burdens Respiration and Accentuates Diet-Induced Hyperinsulinemia and Obesity.
• Inactivation of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase IDOL Attenuates Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction in Mice.
• Elevated Pentraxin 3 in Obese Adipose Tissue Promotes Adipogenic Differentiation By Activating Neuropeptide Y Signaling.
• Histone Deacetylase 11 is an ε-N-Myristoyllysine Hydrolase.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Resistance to Facts Pops Up in Nutrition Research.
• Letter: Misrepresentation of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center Weight Loss Predictor.
• Reply To: Misrepresentation of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center Weight Loss Predictor.
• Reporting Bias in the Literature on the Associations of Health-related Behaviors and Statins with Cardiovascular Disease and All-cause Mortality.

Clinical

• RCT: Physical Training Following Gastric Bypass: Effects on Physical Activity and Quality of Life.
• RCTs: A Synergistic Formulation of Plant Extracts Decreases Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Peaks: Results From Two RCTs.
• Validation of Body Mass Index (BMI)‐related ICD‐9‐CM and ICD‐10‐CM Administrative Diagnosis Codes Recorded in US Claims Data.

Children and Adolescents

• Predicting Enrollment in Multidisciplinary Clinical Care for Pediatric Weight Management.
• Adolescents Drink More Sugar-Sweetened Beverages When Available at Home Regardless of Other Settings.
• The Persuasive Effect of Advergames Promoting Unhealthy Foods Among Children: A Meta-analysis.
• The Association Between Antibiotic Use in Infancy and Childhood Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis.
• Poor Sleep and Obesity: Concurrent Epidemics in Adolescent Youth.
• High Blood Pressure at Early School Age Among Extreme Preterms.
• Review: Current Status on Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: Prevalence, Etiology, Co-morbidities and Management.

Surgery

• Influence of Time Interval From Bariatric Surgery to Conception on Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes.
• Early Onset of Obesity and Adult Onset of Obesity as Factors Affecting Patient Characteristics Prior to Bariatric Surgery.
• The Use of Predictive Markers for the Development of a Model to Predict Weight Loss Following Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• Histological Improvement of NAFLD in Patients with Obesity After Bariatric Surgery Based on Standardized NAS (NAFLD Activity Score).

Drugs

• RCT: Semaglutide Once Daily Versus Liraglutide and Placebo in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Suboptimally Controlled on Diet and Exercise with or Without Metformin.
• Meta-analysis of the Association Between Sodium-glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and Risk of Skin Cancer Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Prognosis of Ovarian Cancer in Women with Type 2 Diabetes Using Metformin and Other Forms of Antidiabetic Medication or Statins: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
• RCT: Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin in Patients with Inadequately Controlled Type 1 Diabetes (the DEPICT-2 Study).

Food & Diet

• RCT: Glucoregulatory and Cardiometabolic Profiles of Almond Vs. Cracker Snacking for 8 Weeks in Young Adults.
• Size Matters: Package Size Influences Recognition of Serving Size Information.
• Trends in Beverage Consumption Among Children and Adults, 2003‐2014.
• Audio: Prettier Produce.
• Ultra-processed Food Consumption and Excess Weight Among US Adults.

Caloric Restriction

• Complementary Intestinal Mucosa and Microbiota Responses to Caloric Restriction.
• Gene Expression of Sirtuin-1 and Endogenous Secretory Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Healthy and Slightly Overweight Subjects After Caloric Restriction and Resveratrol Administration.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Cross-sectional study: Physical Activity, Body Mass Index, and Health Status Among Youth with Severe Visual Impairments Aged 13–17 Years in the United States.
• Qualitative and Quantitative Comparative Study of Accelerometer Cut-points to Evaluate Physical Activity in Children with Cerebral Palsy.
• RCT: "objectively assessed physical activity levels following a culturally adapted lifestyle intervention program."
• RCT: A Tailored Telephone and Email Based Exercise Intervention Induced Reductions in Various Measures of Body Composition in Physically Inactive Adults.
• RCT: Association of Acute Increase in Plasma Neurofilament Light with Repetitive Subconcussive Head Impacts.
• RCT: Effect of E-Bike Versus Bike Commuting on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight Adults.
• RCT: Home‐based Exergaming Among Children with Overweight and Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Distributional Effects of Education on Health.
• Examining the Interaction of Fast-food Outlet Exposure and Income on Diet and Obesity.
• Crime, Perceived Danger, and Adiposity: The Role of Gender.

Epidemiology

• Associations of Sedentary Time with Energy Expenditure and Anthropometric Measures.
• Prevalence of Obesity, Prediabetes, and Diabetes in Sexual Minority Women of Diverse Races/Ethnicities: Findings From the 2014-2015 BRFSS Surveys.
• Gender-specific Differences of Interaction Between Cadmium Exposure and Obesity on Prediabetes in the NHANES 2007–2012 Population.
• Obesity: How Much Does It Matter for Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse?
• Clinical and Genetic Determinants of Progression of Type 2 Diabetes: A DIRECT Study.
• Overweight in the Elderly Induces a Switch in Energy Metabolism that Undermines Muscle Integrity.
• Young Adult Pregnancy Status and the Risk of Developing Overweight and Obesity Among Women and Men.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• RCT: Brief Strategic Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Women with Binge Eating Disorder and Comorbid Obesity.
• RCT: Psychosocial Stress Promotes Food Intake and Enhances the Neuroenergetic Level in Men.
• Compulsive Buying: The Impact of Attitudes Toward Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Physical Appearance Investment.
• Examining the Relationship Between Obesity and Mental Health Outcomes Among Individuals Admitted to a Level I Trauma Centre.

Equity and Disparities

• RCT: Participatory Women's Groups with Cash Transfers Can Increase Dietary Diversity and Micronutrient Adequacy During Pregnancy, Whereas Women's Groups with Food Transfers Can Increase Equity in Intrahousehold Energy Allocation.
• Media Portrayal of Māori and Bariatric Surgery in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
• Risk Factors for Diabetes are Higher Among Non‐Heterosexual US High School Students.
• Acting on Non-communicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-income Tropical Countries.
• Education-related Disparities in Reported Physical Activity During Leisure-time, Active Transportation, and Work Among US Adults.

Stigma

• Exploring the Importance of Overweight, Underweight, and Teasing.
• Attitudes Toward Obese People: A Comparative Study of Nursing, Education, and Social Work Students.
• An Update on Research Examining the Implications of Stigma for Access to and Utilization of Bariatric Surgery.

Policy Related

• HealthTIDE: Utilizing Aspects of Collective Impact and Other Models of Coordinated Action to Drive Statewide Obesity Prevention in Wisconsin.
• Aligning Policy Tools and Their Targets: Nudging and Utility Maximization in Policy Design.
• Health Policy and Its Unintended Consequences for Midwife-woman Partnerships: Is Normal Pregnancy at Risk When the BMI Measure is Used?
• Lessons to Learn From California’s Statewide Soda Tax Ban.

Intergenerational Effects

• Prenatal Vitamin D Supplementation to Improve Health in Offspring.
• Association of Temporal Changes in Gestational Age with Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2007-2015.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Seasonal Variation of Energy Expenditure in Japanese Macaques (Macaca Fuscata).
• Relaxed Natural Selection Contributes to Global Obesity Increase More in Males than in Females Due to More Environmental Modifications in Female Body Mass.
• Body Temperature Variation in Free-living and Food-deprived Yellow-necked Mice Sustains an Adaptive Framework for Endothermic Thermoregulation.
• Anaerobic Fungi in Gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla) Feces: An Adaptation to a High-Fiber Diet?
• What Determines the Metabolic Cost of Human Running Across a Wide Range of Velocities?

Methods

• Reproducibility and Replicability of Rodent Phenotyping in Preclinical Studies.
• Trial Characteristics and Appropriateness of Statistical Methods Applied for Design and Analysis of Randomized School-Based Studies Addressing Weight-Related Issues - a Literature Review.
• The Sitting-Height Index of Build, (Body Mass)/(Sitting Height)3, as an Improvement on the BMI for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Human Energy Expenditure: Advances in Organ‐tissue Prediction Models.
• Prediction of Lumbar Vertebral Body Compressive Strength of Overweight and Obese Older Adults Using Morphed Subject-specific Finite-element Models to Evaluate the Effects of Weight Loss.

Commentary

• Paul Rozin Explains How the Sense of Taste and Appetite is Shaped By the Brain.
• Does Meal Timing Really Matter for Health and Weight?
• Monetizing Outrageous Health Claims.

General

• The 15th Armitage Lecture-Randomization: The Forgotten Component of the Randomized Clinical Trial.
• The Peculiar Math that Could Underlie the Laws of Nature.
• Kissing, Cuddling, and Massage at Most Recent Sexual Event: Findings From a U.S. Nationally Representative Probability Sample.
• Negative Binomial Mixed Models for Analyzing Longitudinal Microbiome Data.
• America Just Won the World’s Hardest Math Contest. Again.
• Monkeys Pass on Brain Activity Patterns Linked to Anxiety.
• Young Cancer Survivors Have High Risk of Endocrine Diseases.
• Bioengineers Build 3D Model of Human Heart Ventricle.

Announcements

• WonderLab After Dark: A Scientific Approach to Art and Creativity in Bloomington.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.

Featured

• RCT: Impact of Edible Cricket Consumption on Gut Microbiota in Healthy Adults.
• Metabolic Syndrome and Extensive Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Morbidly Obese Göttingen Minipigs.
• A Polyphenol-rich Prebiotic in Combination with a Novel Probiotic Formulation Alleviates Markers of Obesity and Diabetes in Drosophila.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity May Soon Be Reversed with Gene Therapy.
• Study: FGF21 Gene Therapy as Treatment for Obesity and Insulin Resistance... In Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Training nurses in MI [motivational interviewing] and basic CBT to support self-management did not lead to improvements in glycaemic control or other secondary outcomes in people with T2D at 18 months."
• "Obesity prejudice did not correlate with knowledge of obesity."
• Breastfeeding Discontinuation Not Associated with Maternal Pregravid BMI.
• Time Spent in Care, the Nutrition, Physical Activity and Overall Childcare Environment Were Not Associated with Children’s Z-BMI, WHR and SST.
• RCT: Minimal to No Effects of Adapted Physical Activity to Promote Active and Healthy Ageing.
• RCT: Ineffectiveness of Effectiveness of an Intervention Including Training, Provision of Written Menu Feedback, and Printed Resources on Increasing Childcare Compliance with Nutrition Guidelines.
• "Nevertheless, while replication is clearly needed, these results suggest that moderately greater BMI in later life may modestly attenuate concomitant grey matter volume decline."
• "Adult BMI and waist circumference were not associated with glioma."
• No significant evidence in meta-analysis that omega-3 Fatty Acids are effective for the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease or Reduction of Adiposity.

Basic

• PNPase Knockout Results in MtDNA Loss and an Altered Metabolic Gene Expression Program.
• Could a Nanofiber Help Fight the Obesity Epidemic?
• Melatonin Increases Magnesium Concentrations in White Adipose Tissue and Pancreas of Diabetic Obese Rats.
• Peripherally Administered α-MSH Activates WAT Browning and Increases Mitochondrial Respiration in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes and Mice with Diet-Induced Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Letter: Incorrect analyses were used in “Different enteral nutrition formulas have no effect on glucose homeostasis but on diet-induced thermogenesis in critically ill medical patients: a randomized controlled trial” and corrected analyses are requested.
• Authors' Reply: “Despite not reaching overall significance, …we are convinced that our conclusion concerning a secondary endpoint that diet-induced thermogenesis is higher in patients receiving fat-based enteral nutrition, can be drawn.”
• Court Orders Journal to Retract a Paper After Supplement Seller Sues.

Clinical

• Networks for Prevention in 19 Communities at the Start of a Large-scale Community-based Obesity Prevention Initiative.
• Comparison of First Trimester Transvaginal Anatomy Scan to the Second Trimester Structural Survey in Normal Weight and Obese Populations: A Pilot Study.
• Effects of Weight Loss Intervention on Body Composition and Blood Pressure Among Overweight and Obese Women.
• Sarcopenic Obesity and Cognitive Performance.
• Association of Brain Reward Learning Response with Harm Avoidance, Weight Gain, and Hypothalamic Effective Connectivity in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa.
• Increased Risk of Hospital-acquired Foot Ulcers in People with Diabetes: Large Prospective Study and Implications for Practice.
• Glucotypes Reveal New Patterns of Glucose Dysregulation.

Children and Adolescents

• Changes in Breakfast Frequency and Composition During Adolescence: The Adolescent Nutritional Assessment Longitudinal Study, a Cohort From Brazil.
• A Novel Nutritional Intervention Improves Lung Function in Overweight/obese Adolescents with Poorly Controlled Asthma.
• Predictors of Participant Attendance Patterns in a Family-Based Intervention for Hispanic Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity.
• Link Between Chemerin, Central Obesity, and Parameters of the Metabolic Syndrome: Findings From a Longitudinal Study in Children with Obesity Participating in a Lifestyle Intervention.
• RCT: Home‐based Exergaming Among Children with Overweight and Obesity.
• Interactive Effects of Parenting Behavior and Regulatory Skills in Toddlerhood on Child Weight Outcomes.
• Pre-pregnancy BMI Classification and Gestational Weight Gain on Neonatal Outcomes in Adolescent Mothers: A Follow-up Study.
• Intrauterine DHA Exposure and Child Body Composition at 5 Y: Exploratory Analysis of RCT of Prenatal DHA Supplementation.
• Commentary: Such a Shame About Severe Childhood Obesity.

Surgery

• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Situs Inversus.
• "I didn't have to prove to anybody that I was a good candidate": A Case Study Framing International Bariatric Tourism.
• Impact of High BMI on Surgical Outcomes and Long-term Survival Among Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy: A Meta-analysis.
• Prevalence of All-Cause Mortality and Suicide Among Bariatric Surgery Cohorts: A Meta-Analysis.
• Bachelor Scurvy, Bariatric Surgery, and Social Support.

Drugs

• RCT: "MetAP2 inhibitors represent a novel mechanism for producing meaningful weight loss and improvement in HbA1c."
• SGLT2 Inhibitors in Combination Therapy: From Mechanisms to Clinical Considerations in Type 2 Diabetes Management.
• Micronutrient Status: Potential Modifiers—Drugs and Chronic Disease.
• Outcomes of “diabetes‐friendly” vs “diabetes‐unfriendly” β‐blockers in Older Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes After Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Food & Diet

• Ibero–American Consensus on Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners: Safety, Nutritional Aspects and Benefits in Food and Beverages.
• Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Glass Half Full or Time to Nail the Coffin Shut?
• A Systematic Review of Renal Health in Healthy Individuals Associated with Protein Intake Above the US Recommended Daily Allowance in RCTs and Observational Studies.
• Caffeine in Kidney Stone Disease: Risk or Benefit?
• Associations Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Total Energy, Carbohydrate, and Fat Intakes: A Systematic Review.
• Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation, Food Fortification, or Bolus Injection on Vitamin D Status in Children Aged 2–18 Years: A Meta-Analysis.
• Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Impacting Absorption, Metabolism, and Health Effects of Dietary Carotenoids.
• Coenzyme Q10 as Treatment for Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms—A Good Idea, But….
• Milking Dairy Data for More than They are Worth.
• Bilophila Wadsworthia Aggravates High Fat Diet Induced Metabolic Dysfunctions in Mice.
• RCT: Comprehensive Diabetes Self-Management Support From Food Banks.

Caloric Restriction

• The Impact of Aging, Calorie Restriction and Dietary Fat on Mitochondrial Ultrastructure, Dynamics and Autophagy Markers in Mouse Skeletal Muscle.
• Caloric Restriction Can Affect One-carbon Metabolism During Pregnancy in the Rat: A Transgenerational Model.
• Calorie Restriction Protects Against Apoptosis, Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Increased Calcium Signaling Through Inhibition of TRPV1 Channel in the Hippocampus and Dorsal Root Ganglion of Rats.
• Effect of Intermittent Compared with Continuous Energy Restricted Diet on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Pilot Trial of an Acceptance-Based Behavioral Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Adolescents.
• Fifteen Minutes Daily Physical Activity May Be a New Best Target in Older Adults: The Proof Cohort Study.
• Resistance Training Alone or Combined with N-3 PUFA-Rich Diet in Older Women: Effects on Muscle Fiber Hypertrophy.

Economics & Sociology

• Foreclosures and Weight Gain: Differential Associations By Longer Neighborhood Exposure.
• Subjective Social Status and Unhealthy Behaviors Among South Korean Adults.
• Income Inequality and Health Outcomes [including Obesity] in the United States: An Empirical Analysis.

Epidemiology

• Association of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Obesity in Children.
• Secular Trends in Blood Pressure and Overweight and Obesity in Chinese Boys and Girls Aged 7 to 17 Years From 1995 to 2014.
• Association Between Long Sleep Duration and Increased Risk of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of Possible Mechanisms.
• The Physical and Mental Health Burden of Obesity in U.S. Veterans: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
• Dietary Inflammatory Index and Site-Specific Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response  Meta-Analysis.
• Obesity and Overweight Problems Among Individuals 1 to 25 Years Following Acute Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury: A NIDILRR Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.
• Excess Deaths Associated with Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity: An Evaluation of Potential Bias. (pdf)
• Analysis of Fractures in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Treated with Empagliflozin in Pooled Data From Placebo-Controlled Trials and a Head-to-Head Study Versus Glimepiride.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• The Impact of Perceived and Observed Food Environments on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Obesity: A Theory-based Study Among U.S. Older Adults.
• Does Obesity Increase the Risk of Dementia: A Literature Review.

Equity and Disparities

• Racial Differences in Family Health History Knowledge of Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring the Role of Interpersonal Mechanisms.
• Enhancing Cultural Considerations in Networks and Health: A Commentary on Racial Differences in Family Health History Knowledge and Interpersonal Mechanisms.

Stigma

• Weight Self-stigma in Unhealthy Eating Behaviours: The Mediator Role of Weight-related Experiential Avoidance.
• The Weight of Internal Stigma and False Dichotomies.

Policy Related

• CRCT: Changing the Housing Environment to Reduce Obesity in Public Housing Residents.
• A Systematic Review of Strategies to Reduce Sugar‐sweetened Beverage Consumption Among 0‐year to 5‐year Olds.
• Fruit and Vegetable Intake of US Hispanics By Food Store Type: Findings From NHANES.
• Cures for Obesity and NCDs From a Perch of Privilege.

Intergenerational Effects

• Early Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Infant Birth Weight.
• Additive Effects of Household Food Insecurity During Pregnancy and Infancy on Maternal Infant Feeding Styles and Practices.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• The Evolution From Lean to Obese State and the Influence of Modern Human Society.
• Dietary Proteins Improve Hibernation and Subsequent Reproduction in the European Hamster, Cricetus Cricetus.
• Can Starlings Use a Reliable Cue of Future Food Deprivation to Adaptively Modify Foraging and Fat Reserves?

Methods

• Big Data vs Accurate Data in Health Research: large-scale Physical Activity Monitoring, Smartphones, Wearable Devices and Risk of Unconscious Bias.
• Relative Fat Mass (RFM) as a New Estimator of Whole-body Fat Percentage ─ a Cross-sectional Study in American Adult Individuals.
• Comparison of Body Composition Assessment By DXA and BIA According to the BMI: A Retrospective Study on 3655 Measures.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• A Mathematical Model for Nutrient Metabolic Chemistry.

Commentary

• Science to Explain Bogus Weight Loss Clichés.
• Perspective: Limiting Dependence on Nonrandomized Studies and Improving Randomized Trials in Human Nutrition Research: Why and How.
• Perspective: Are Large, Simple Trials the Solution for Nutrition Research?

Video & Audio

• Recent study reveals stress associated with early death in mice.
• How Much Food Would A Dino Eat For Dinner?

General

• Hope for Creaky Old Humans: Removing Aged Cells From Mice Can Restore Their Youth, Study Finds.
• Bacterial Adhesion at the Single-cell Level.
• Longitudinal Genotype–Phenotype Association Study Through Temporal Structure Auto-Learning Predictive Model.
• Inter-institutional Training of Biodiversity Informatics Specialists.
• What is Behind the Variation in Mate Quality Dependent Sex Ratio Adjustment? – a Meta‐analysis.
• High-impact and Transformative Science (HITS) Metrics: Definition, Exemplification, and Comparison.
• Education, Smoking, and Cohort Change: Forwarding a Multidimensional Theory of the Environmental Moderation of Genetic Effects.
• Diabetes-Associated Alterations in the Cecal Microbiome and Metabolome are Independent of Diet or Environment in the UC Davis Type 2-Diabetes Mellitus Rat Model.
• The Association Between Obesity and Dengue Virus (DENV) Infection in Hospitalised Patients.
• Antibiotic-induced Microbiome Depletion Alters Metabolic Homeostasis By Affecting Gut Signaling and Colonic Metabolism.
• A Coding and Non-coding Transcriptomic Perspective on the Genomics of Human Metabolic Disease.

Announcements

• New Committee Will Focus on Health of Bloomington and Surrounding Area.
• Patent: Insulin-incretin Conjugates.
• July 30: Defined Diets for Zebrafish and Other Aquatic Biomedical Research Models: Needs and Challenges Workshop.
• CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 2019 National Food Safety Education Conference.
• First International Conference on Precision Nutrition and Metabolism in Public Health and Medicine.
• A Director of Outreach, Alumni Engagement, and Events Position (PAE3PR) Within the Dean’s Office, SPH-B, is Open.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.

Featured

• Dietary Fat, but Not Protein or Carbohydrate, Regulates Energy Intake and Causes Adiposity in Mice.
• Physical Activity and Weight Gain After Smoking Cessation in Postmenopausal Women.
• NAS Report: Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Anti-obesity Drug From Chili Peppers Effective.
• Meeting Poster: (Poster 73) Slow-release Capsaicin Improved Blood Sugar, Cholesterol Levels, Insulin Response, Symptoms of Fatty Liver Disease, and Weight... In Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Effects of “Girls on the Move” on Increasing Physical Activity.
• Food Perception at Lunchtime Does Not Depend on the Nutritional and Perceived Characteristics of Breakfast.
• No Association of Infant Formula Composition and Anthropometry at 4 Years: Follow-up of RCT.
• "However, the water and the no-water days did not differ in 24-h energy intake, or the amount and energy from reported foods (P > 0.05)."
• "Psychiatric diagnoses are prevalent among adolescents with severe obesity [but]...not associated with weight loss outcomes."
• "...this follow-up of two randomized controlled trials is the first to show that lifestyle interventions before and during pregnancy in obese women do not affect child neurobehavioral development at age 3–5 years."
• RCT: "...we did not observe a decrease in superficial surgical site infections after cesarean delivery in obese women with the use of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy."
• RCT: No Beneficial Effect of Nicotinamide Riboside on Clinical Endpoints in Obese Men.

Basic

• Dietary Tryptophan Restriction Dose‐Dependently Modulates Energy Balance, Gut Hormones, and Microbiota in Obesity‐Prone Rats.
• Role for Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) in the Leptin-mediated Effects on Feeding and Energy Balance.
• “UAB Researchers Cure Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity in Mice Using Gene Therapy.”

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Unaccounted for Regression to the Mean Renders Conclusion of Article Titled “Uric Acid Lowering in Relation to HbA1c Reductions with SGLT2 Inhibitor Tofogliflozin” Unsubstantiated.
• Persistent Magical Thinking About Fruits and Veggies.
• Gluten-free Turkeys? Paper on Dangers of Wheat-based Diet in Birds Retracted.

Clinical

• RCT: Greater Improvements in Diet Quality Among Overweight Participants Following a Group-based Commercial Weight Loss Programme than Those Receiving Support to Lose Weight in Primary Care.
• Three Cachexia Phenotypes and the Impact of Fat-only Loss on Survival in FOLFIRINOX Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer.
• Practices and Perceptions Among Surgical Oncologists in the Perioperative Care of Obese Cancer Patients.

Children and Adolescents

• Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight/ Obesity Among Children and Adolescents in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Pathways Into and Out of Overweight and Obesity From Infancy to Mid‐childhood.
• Update of the Best Practice Dietetic Management of Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review Protocol.

Surgery

• Low Socioeconomic Status is Associated with Lower Weight-loss Outcomes 10-years After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
• Severe Obesity and Gut Microbiota: Does Bariatric Surgery Really Reset the System?
• Roux‐en‐Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Alters Serum Metabolites and Fatty Acids in Patients with Morbid Obesity‐ a Prospective Exploratory Pilot Study.

Drugs

• Telmisartan Prevents Diet-induced Obesity and Preserves Leptin Transport Across the Blood-brain Barrier in High-fat Diet-fed Mice.
• Association Between Newer Antidiabetic Drug Classes and Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Eisai Inc. Announces Positive Topline Results From CAMELLIA-TIMI 61, a Large-Scale Cardiovascular Outcome Trial for the Anti-Obesity Agent BELVIQ®.

Food & Diet

• Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and Intact Parathyroid Hormone Influences Muscle Outcomes in Children and Adolescents.
• Dietary Nitrate Enhances the Contractile Properties of Human Skeletal Muscle.
• RCT: The Effects of PCSO-524®, a Patented Marine Oil Lipid Derived From the New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel (Perna Canaliculus), on Pulmonary and Respiratory Muscle Function in Non-asthmatic Elite Runners.
• Resveratrol Prevents High-fat Diet-induced Obesity and Oxidative Stress in Rabbits.

Caloric Restriction

• Employing Proteomics to Understand the Effects of Nutritional Intervention in Cancer Treatment.
• Dietary Restriction Delays the Secretion of Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype By Reducing DNA Damage Response in the Process of Renal Aging.
• Role of the Renin Angiotensin System in Blood Pressure Allostasis-induced By Severe Food Restriction in Female Fischer Rats.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Patterns of Leisure-time Physical Activity Across Pregnancy and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.
• Balance- and Strength-Training Protocols to Improve Chronic Ankle Instability Deficits, Part II: Assessing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.
• The Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity on Weight Loss and Maintenance.
• Transport Mode Choice and BMI: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Evidence From a European-wide Study.

Economics & Sociology

• Neighborhood Disorder and Obesity-Related Outcomes Among Women in Chicago.
• Local Food Environments, Suburban Development, and BMI: A Mixed Methods Study.
• Socioeconomic Status and Other Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity.

Epidemiology

• Serial Measures of Circulating Biomarkers of Dairy Fat and Total and Cause-specific Mortality in Older Adults.
• Individuals with Obesity but No Other Metabolic Risk Factors are Not at Significantly Elevated All‐cause Mortality Risk in Men and Women.
• Understanding Obesity-Related Cardiovascular Disease.
• Elevated Circulating Levels of Succinate in Human Obesity are Linked to Specific Gut Microbiota.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Smartphone‐based Cognitive Bias Modification Training Improves Healthy Food Choice in Obesity: A Pilot Study.
• Implications of Attachment Theory and Neuroscience for the Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Obesity and Overeating.
• Associations of Food Addiction in a Sample Recruited to Be Nationally Representative of the United States.

Equity and Disparities

• Examining Variability in Parent Feeding Practices Within a Low-income, Racially/ethnically Diverse, and Immigrant Population Using Ecological Momentary Assessment.
• Ethnic Variations on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Evidence-based First-line Interventions.
• Causes and Predictors of Mortality in Asian Indians with and Without Diabetes–10 Year Follow-up of the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES - 150).
• Attitudes and Social Norms are Related to Attendance at Childhood Obesity Prevention Classes in a Rural Mexican-Heritage Community.

Ethics

• The Ethics of Making Patients Responsible.

Stigma

• Impact of Health at Every Size Curriculum Module on Weight Attitudes of College Students.
• Effects of a New Intervention Based on the Health at Every Size Approach for the Management of Obesity.
• Visual Attention to Human Bodies Across the Weight Spectrum in Individuals with Normal Weight or with Obesity.
• Body Image Dissatisfaction, Obesity and Their Associations with Breastfeeding in Mexican Women.
• Words with Weight: The Construction of Obesity in Eating Disorders Research.

Policy Related

• Are We Now Supposed to Fight the Sugar Epidemic?
• The Obesity Society Calls for More Research on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax.
• Where Can Obesity Management Policy Make the Largest Impact? Evaluating Sub-populations Through a Microsimulation Approach.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal High-fat Diet Reversal Improves Placental Hemodynamics in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Diet-induced Obesity.
• Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding May Be Related to Eating Behaviour and Dietary Intake in Obesity Prone Normal Weight Young Children.
• Influence of Maternal Consumption of Different Types of Fatty Acids During Pregnancy and Lactation on Lipid and Glucose Metabolism of the 21-day-old Male Offspring in Rats.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• On the Interplay Among Ambient Temperature, Basal Metabolic Rate, and Body Mass.
• No Effect of Human Presence at Night on Disease, Body Mass, or Metabolism in Rural and Urban House Finches (Haemorhous Mexicanus).
• Spatiotemporal and Demographic Variation in the Diet of New Zealand Lesser Short-tailed Bats (Mystacina Tuberculata) (PDF).

Methods

• Framework to Construct and Interpret Latent Class Trajectory Modelling.
• How Reliable is Your Wearable Heart-rate Monitor?

Commentary

• One More Strike Against Low Fat Dairy.
• Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy.
• New Study Says Whole-Fat Dairy Can Actually Be Good for You.
• Landmark Cardiovascular Outcomes Study for Belviq.
• WeWork’s Meat Ban Tells Us Who They Are: It’s a Branding Exercise Wrapped in Environmental Responsibility.

General

• IU Bloomington Offers Free Online Training on Opioid Crisis, Harm Reduction.
• The Evolutionary History of Dogs in the Americas.
• Hospital Vertical Integration Into Subacute Care as a Strategic Response to Value-Based Payment Incentives, Market Factors, and Organizational Factors: A Multiple-Case Study.
• Study Raises Concern About Flame-Retardant Metabolites in Bald Eagles.
• A Cure for Aging? Clinical Trials Will Begin in Humans.
• Monitoring Age‐related Trends in Genomic Diversity of Australian Lungfish.
• How to Think About… Scientific Truth.
• Podcast: The Peter Attia Drive (Guest: Dom D’Agostino).

Announcements

• Online Pediatric Nutrition Training Modules.
• IU Bloomington's SPH Opens Searches for Multiple Faculty Positions and for Chair of Department of Applied Health Sciences.
• City of Bloomington and Indiana University Partner to Launch Dockless Bike Sharing Service.
• Barbara B. Kahn, M.D. Receives 2019 FASEB Excellence in Science Award.
• A Director of Outreach, Alumni Engagement, and Events Position (PAE3PR) Within the Dean’s Office, SPH-B, is Open.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.

Featured

• Predicted Lean Body Mass, Fat Mass, and All Cause and Cause Specific Mortality in Men: Prospective US Cohort Study.
• Measuring Exercise Levels in Drosophila Melanogaster Using the Rotating Exercise Quantification System (REQS).
• Brain Response to Food Brands Correlates with Increased Intake From Branded Meals in Children: An FMRI Study.
• Senolytics Improve Physical Function and Increase Lifespan in Old Age.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Converting Bad Fat to Good Fat: A New Means of Tackling Obesity.
• Study: Characterizing Browning of White Adipose Tissue Ex Vivo, and Effects of Injecting Autologous Ex Vivo Browned White Adipose Tissue Into Mice. No Good Fat, No Bad Fat, No Significant Effects on Weight or Fat Mass.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: Motivational Interviewing "implemented adjunctive to adolescent obesity treatment with predominately African–American, low-income adolescents, …did not result in differential BMI z-scores ….”
• No Consistent Association Found Between Dental Caries and BMI in Children.
• A Higher Protein Intake is Not Associated with 5-year Change in Mid-thigh Muscle Cross-sectional Area By Computed Tomography in Older Adults: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study.
• Hormonal Contraceptive Use Does Not Affect Strength, Endurance, or Body Composition Adaptations to Combined Strength and Endurance Training in Women.
• RCT: "The short period of study caused the nonsignificant changes in BMI and circulatory leptin" [or there was just no effect] in "Effects of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Serum Leptin Levels, Appetite Sensations, and Intake of Energy and Macronutrients in Obese People."
• RCT: No Effect of Multi-Ingredient Supplement Containing Satiereal, Naringin, and Vitamin D on Body Composition, Mood, and Satiety in Overweight Adults.
• RCT: Beta-Alanine Does Not Enhance the Effects of Resistance Training in Older Adults.
• RCT: Watching Television or Listening to Music While Exercising Failed to Affect Post-exercise Food Intake or Energy Expenditure in Male Adolescents.

Basic

• Intermittent, Extended Access to Preferred Food Leads to Escalated Food Reinforcement and Cyclic Whole-body Metabolism in Rats: Sex Differences and Individual Vulnerability.
• Senolytics Improve Health, Extend Life: Preclinical Research Findings.
• Chemicals Which Clear Senescent Cells From the Body Can Make Mice Live Longer and Healthier Lives.
• Review: The Effects of Obesity on Skeletal Muscle Contractile Function.
• Diet-Induced Obesity Modifies Vitamin D Metabolism and Adipose Tissue Storage in Mice.
• C. Elegans Responds to High-Glucose Diets Through a Network of Stress-Responsive Transcription Factors.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• GWAS for BMI: A Treasure Trove of Fundamental Insights Into the Genetic Basis of Obesity.
• Using Risk of Bias Domains to Identify Opportunities for Improvement in Food- and Nutrition-related Research: An Evaluation of Research Type and Design, Year of Publication, and Source of Funding.
• Letter Regarding: The Relationships Among Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Obesity and Quitting Behaviours Within a Cohort of Smokers in California.
• Re: Letter to the Editor of Public Health in Response to ‘The Relationships Among Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Obesity, and Quitting Behaviors Within a Cohort of Smokers in California'.
• Letter: Use of People-first Language with Regard to Obesity.
• Letter: Comment on the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) Project.
• Reply to Comment on the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) Project.

Clinical

• Effects of Starvation and Short-term Refeeding on Gastric Emptying and Postprandial Blood Glucose Regulation in Adolescent Females with Anorexia Nervosa.
• Should You Weigh Yourself Regularly?
• Validation of Plasma Biomarker Candidates for the Prediction of EGFR Decline in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• The American Board of Obesity Medicine: Five‐year Report.

Children and Adolescents

• SPH Team Examines Relationships Between Clinical Measures of Obesity and Cumulative Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescents.
• Growth and body composition in children who are picky eaters: a longitudinal view.

Surgery

• Taste and Odor Preferences Following Roux-en-Y Surgery in Humans.
• Dual Effects of Leptin in Perioperative Gas Exchange of Morbidly Obese Patients.
• RCT: Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Gastric Plication for Primary Obesity.

Drugs

• Pill May Replace Injection to Deliver Insulin, Other Peptide Drugs.
• Selegiline Reduces Adiposity Induced By High-fat, High-sucrose Diet in Male Rats.
• Liraglutide Causes Large and Rapid Epicardial Fat Reduction.
• RCT: Coadministration of Lorcaserin and Phentermine for Weight Management.

Food & Diet

• Examining Special Nutritional Requirements in Disease States: Proceedings of a Workshop.
• RCT: Cocoa Ingestion Protects Plasma Lipids in Healthy Males Against Ex Vivo Oxidative Conditions.
• RCT: Nuts as a Replacement for Carbohydrates in the Diabetic Diet: A Reanalysis.
• Just Add Water: Effects of Added Gastric Distention By Water on Gastric Emptying and Satiety Related Brain Activity.
• Role of Dietary Histidine in the Prevention of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.
• RCT: Mediterranean-style Eating Pattern with Lean, Unprocessed Red Meat Has Cardiometabolic Benefits for Adults Who are Overweight or Obese.
• Effects of Walnut Consumption on Blood Lipids and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors: An Updated Meta-analysis and Systematic Review of Controlled Trials.

Caloric Restriction

• Fasting and Weight‐loss Restrictive Diet Practices Among 2,700 Cancer Survivors: Results From the NutriNet‐Santé Cohort.
• Dietary Methionine Restriction Regulated Energy and Protein Homeostasis By Improving Thyroid Function in High Fat Diet Mice.
• The Long-term Effect of Maternal Dietary Protein Restriction on 5-HT1A Receptor Function and Behavioral Responses to Stress in Adulthood.
• RCT: Effects of Caloric Restriction on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Fatigue, and Disability Responses to Aerobic Exercise in Older Adults with Obesity.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Using Devices to Assess Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in a Large Cohort Study: The Women’s Health Study.
• Social Capital Predicts Accelerometry-measured Physical Activity Among Older Adults in the U.S.: A Cross-sectional Study in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.
• RCT: nergy Compensation in Response to Aerobic Exercise Training in Overweight Adults.
• RCT: Effects of Caloric Restriction on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Fatigue, and Disability Responses to Aerobic Exercise in Older Adults with Obesity.
• RCT: Intervention Effects of “Girls on the Move” on Increasing Physical Activity.
• Physical Activity Interventions with African American or Latino Men: A Systematic Review.

Economics & Sociology

• Parental Correlates of Food Parenting Practices: Socioeconomic Status, Weight, and Dieting Status.
• Prevalence of Overweight & Obesity Among School Students From High and Low-income Families in Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study.
• Social Network Body Size is Associated with Body Size Norms of South Asian Adults.
• Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Diet Quality and Meeting Dietary Guidelines in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in the Southeast United States.
• Socioeconomic Disparities in Abdominal Obesity Over the Life Course in China.

Epidemiology

• Predicted Lean Body Mass, Fat Mass, and All Cause and Cause Specific Mortality in Men: Prospective US Cohort Study.
• An Overview and Update on Obesity and the Obesity Paradox in Cardiovascular Diseases.
• Trends in Overweight, Obesity, and Waist-to-height Ratio Among Australian Children From Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds, 1997 to 2015.
• Metabolic Obesity Phenotypes and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Postmenopausal Women.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Obesity and Overweight Problems Among Individuals 1 to 25 Years Following Acute Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury: A NIDILRR Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.
• Psychosocial Correlates of Food Addiction and Its Association with Quality of Life in a Non-Clinical Adolescent Sample.
• Relationship Between Body Image and Weight Status in East Asian Countries: Comparison Between South Korea and Taiwan.
• BMI and Risk of Suicide: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Brain Dopamine and Obesity.
• Five A’s Counseling in Weight Management of Obese Patients in Primary Care: A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial (INTERACT).

Equity and Disparities

• Similar Weight Loss and Maintenance in African American and White Women in the Improving Weight Loss (ImWeL) Trial.
• Gender and Racial/Ethnic Variation in Obesity Severity Across the Pediatric Lifespan.

Ethics

• Beware the Hazards of Moral Certitude.
• “We argue that biomedical discourses on obesity contribute to the thin ideal nuanced against discourses of healthism that permeate our society.”

Stigma

• Avoiding Exercise Mediates the Effects of Internalized and Experienced Weight Stigma on Physical Activity in the Years Following Bariatric Surgery.
• Canadian Senate Report on Obesity: Focusing on Individual Behaviours Versus Social Determinants of Health May Promote Weight Stigma.
• Weight‐based Discrimination Among Nursing Students.
• Adolescent Reactions to Parental Communication About Weight.
• Use of People-first Language with Regard to Obesity.

Policy Related

• Tennessee's Gold Sneaker Initiative: Engaging Childcare Centers in Voluntary Tobacco-Free Policy.
• School Screening Program: Update of the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Between 1996 and 2017.
• Applications of Systems Modelling in Obesity Research.
• Taxing Highly Processed Foods: Impacts on Obesity and Underweight in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Intergenerational Effects

• Association Between Maternal Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle Practices and Risk of Obesity in Offspring: Results From Two Prospective Cohort Studies of Mother-child Pairs in the United States.
• The Relationship Between Parental Locus of Control and Adolescent Obesity: A Longitudinal Pre-birth Cohort.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• The Behavioral Energetics of New Zealand's Bats: Daily Torpor and Hibernation, a Continuum.
• Capacity to Support Predators Scales with Habitat Size.
• Testing the AC/DC Hypothesis: Rock and Roll is Noise Pollution and Weakens a Trophic Cascade.
• Diet Shifts By Adult Flightless Dung Beetles Circellium Bacchus, Revealed Using DNA Metabarcoding, Reflect Complex Life Histories.

Methods

• Considering Our Methods: Methodological Issues with Rodent Models of Appetite and Obesity Research.
• Measurement of Physical Activity in Clinical Practice and Research: Advances in Cancer and Chronic Respiratory Disease.
• Leptin to Adiponectin Ratio – a Surrogate Biomarker for Early Detection of Metabolic Disturbances in Obesity.
• Assessment Measures in Research on Eating Disorders: Most Prominent Evaluation Methods Spanning the Scholarly Literature.

Commentary

• Eating for Peace.
• Long Live the Coffee Drinkers.
• Plasticity of Fat Cells.
• Etiological Assessment of Obesity: Factors that Affect Physical Activity.
• Really? These Researchers Think BMI is a Habit?
• Of Course Breastfeeding is a Political Issue.

General

• Signatures of the Evolution of Parthenogenesis and Cryptobiosis in Panagrolaimid Nematodes.
• The Science of Antiscience Thinking.
• An Inverse Latitudinal Gradient in Speciation Rate for Marine Fishes.
• Behavioural Ecology of Raptors.
• Audio: North American Dogs.
• Can Scientific Rigor and Creativity Coexist?
• Scientists Rarely Admit Mistakes. A New Project Wants to Change That.
• Perceived Statistical Knowledge Level and Self-Reported Statistical Practice Among Academic Psychologists.
• Decomposition of the Total Effect in the Presence of Multiple Mediators and Interactions.

Video & Audio

• Audio: Interview with Author Paul Greenberg on "The Omega Principle."
• Audio: Peter Attia Interviews Ron Krauss, M.D.: A Deep Dive Into Heart Disease.

Announcements

• A Director of Outreach, Alumni Engagement, and Events Position (PAE3PR) Within the Dean’s Office, SPH-B, is Open.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• Sustainable Diets, Food, and Nutrition: A Workshop.