Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• "First measurements of mass-specific respiration rates of individual tardigrades."
• Sleep Contributes to Preference for Novel Food Odours in Drosophila Melanogaster.
• Gibbon Strategies in a Food Competition Task.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: What You Eat and How Much You Exercise Affect Your Child’s Health Even Before Conception, Says Study.
• Study: Exercise During Pregnancy Mitigates Negative Effects of Parental Obesity on Metabolic Function in Adult... Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Arterial Stiffness Is Not Acutely Modified by Consumption of a Caffeinated Soft Drink Sweetened with High-Fructose Corn Syrup in Young Healthy Adults.
• "Contrary to our expectations, hepatic oxidative function after fasting was induced in the HFr/HF group" of mice.
• Dissertation: "...accelerated recovery from muscle damage is not explained by myofibrillar protein synthesis or a dampening of inflammation."
• Dissertation: "Experimental DDE dosing in Long-Evans rats demonstrated a significant reduction in testosterone, with later onset rats being most affected contrary to our predictions."
• Reversal of Hypertriglyceridemia in Diabetic BTBR ob/ob Mice Does Not Prevent Nephropathy.
• N-of-1 Trial Finds No Effect of Statins on Muscle Symptoms.
• Systematic Review: Metformin Does Not Improve Insulin Sensitivity over Hypocaloric Diets in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
• Protein Malnutrition Early in Life Increased Apoptosis but Did Not Alter the β-cell Mass During Gestation.

Basic

• The Adipokine Orosomucoid Alleviates Adipose Tissue Fibrosis Via the AMPK Pathway.
• Inhibition of Secretin/Secretin Receptor Axis Ameliorates Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Phenotypes.
• Fat Storage Influences Fasting Endurance More Than Body Size in an Ungulate.
• Endothelial IGF-1 Receptor Mediates Crosstalk with the Gut Wall to Regulate Microbiota in Obesity.
• Vitamin D Supplementation Decreases Visceral Adiposity and Normalizes Leptinemia and Circulating TNF-α Levels in Western Diet-Fed Obese Rats.
• Gastrokine-1, an Anti-Amyloidogenic Protein Secreted by the Stomach, Regulates Diet-Induced Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Indirect Methods of Comparison of the Safety of Ferric Derisomaltose, Iron Sucrose and Ferric Carboxymaltose in the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia.
• Letter: in Response To: Richard F Pollock & Patrick Biggar. Indirect Methods of Comparison of the Safety of Ferric Derisomaltose, Iron Sucrose and Ferric Carboxymaltose in the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia.
• PubPeer Comment On: Effects of Aerobic Exercise, Traditional Chinese Exercises, and Meditation on Depressive Symptoms of College Student: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
• Article: Metabolic Impact of Intermittent Fasting in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventional Studies.
• Letter: from Varady, et al: “Metabolic Impact of Intermittent Fasting in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventional Studies”.
• Response: to Varady et al on “Metabolic Impact of Intermittent Fasting in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventional Studies”.

Clinical

• Association of Weight Changes with Changes in Histological Features and Blood Markers in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis.
• RCT: Type 2 Diabetes Preventive Effects with a 12-months Sardine-enriched Diet in Elderly Population with Prediabetes.
• Weight Change and the Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Metabolically Healthy Overweight Individuals.
• Polymorphisms in the Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase Gene Modify Blood Glucose Response to Dietary Oils Varying in Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Content in Adults with Obesity.
• Longitudinal Changes in Adherence to the Portfolio and DASH Dietary Patterns and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in the PREDIMED-Plus Study.
• Meta-Analysis: Efficacy and Safety of a Specific Commercial High-Protein Meal-Replacement Product Line in Weight Management.
• RCT: Effect of a Scalable School-Based Intervention on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Children.
• Behavioural Mediators of Reduced Energy Intake in a Physical Activity, Diet, and Sleep Behaviour Weight Loss Intervention in Adults.

Children and Adolescents

• Systematic Review: Protein Intake from Birth to 2 Years and Obesity Outcomes in Later Childhood and Adolescence.
• Physical Activity Participation, Flourishing and Academic Engagement in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Metabolic and Biological Changes in Children with Obesity and Diabetes.
• Weight-Related Behaviors of Children with Obesity During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Testing a Multicomponent Lifestyle Intervention for Combatting Childhood Obesity.
• Education and Evaluation of Healthy Habits in School Age Children: Implementation of the Fit for Life Program.
• Meta-Analysis: Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Blood Pressure Among Children and Adolescents.

Surgery

• Five-year Changes in Body Composition in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with a BMI < 32.5 Kg/m2 Undergoing Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
• Extensive Weight Loss Reduces Glycan Age by Altering IgG N-glycosylation.
• RCT: Whole-body Electrical Stimulation as a Strategy to Improve Functional Capacity and Preserver Lean Mass After Bariatric Surgery.
• Meta-Analysis: Micronutrient Status in Bariatric Surgery Patients Receiving Postoperative Supplementation Per Guidelines.

Drugs

• RCT: Healthy Weight Loss Maintenance with Exercise, Liraglutide, or Both Combined.
• Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Phentermine/Topiramate in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.

Food & Diet

• RCT: The Effect of Curcumin and Zinc Co-supplementation on Glycemic Parameters in Subjects with Prediabetes and Overweight or Obesity.
• Impact of a Fermented Soy Beverage Supplemented with Acerola By-product on the Gut Microbiota from Lean and Obese Subjects Using an in Vitro Model of the Human Colon.
• Ancestry Specific Associations of a Genetic Risk Score, Dietary Patterns and Metabolic Syndrome: A Longitudinal ARIC Study.
• Perspective: Carbohydrates, Insulin, and Obesity.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Effect of Weight Loss by Low-Calorie Diet on Cardiovascular Health in Type 2 Diabetes: An Interventional Cohort Study.
• Beyond Weight Loss: Current Perspectives on the Impact of Calorie Restriction on Healthspan and Lifespan.
• RCT: Treatment of NAFLD with Intermittent Calorie Restriction or Low-Carb High-Fat Diet.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Adapting Fitness and Neuromotor Self-Tracking over the Life Span.
• RCT: The Effects of an Acute Resistance Exercise Bout on Appetite and Energy Intake in Healthy Older Adults.
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Fatness and the Acute Blood Pressure Response to Exercise in Adolescence.
• The Effect of Physical Activity Level and Exercise Training on the Association between Plasma Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Intrahepatic Lipid Content in Participants with Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Geographic Patterns and Socioeconomic Differences in the Nutritional Quality of Household Packaged Food Purchases in the United States.
• Obesity Kuznets Curve and the Reality of Eco-Income Ellipsoids (EIE).
• Impacts of a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax on BMI and Obesity in Thailand: A Modelling Study.
• Trajectories and Determinants of Weight Gain in Two Cohorts of Young Adult Women Born 16 Years Apart.
• Changes in Relationship Status Following Bariatric Surgery.

Epidemiology

• Shared Genetic Etiology and Causality between Body Fat Percentage and Cardiovascular Diseases: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Cross-Trait Analysis.
• Phenome-Wide Investigation of the Causal Associations between Childhood BMI and Adult Trait Outcomes: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Increased Brain Reward Responsivity to Food-Related Odors in Obesity.
• Review: Of ‘Junk Food’ and ‘Brain Food’: How Parental Diet Influences Offspring Neurobiology and Behaviour.
• The Concept of “Food Addiction” Helps Inform the Understanding of Overeating and Obesity: YES.
• The Concept of “Food Addiction” Helps Inform the Understanding of Overeating and Obesity: NO.
• The Concept of “Food Addiction” Helps Inform the Understanding of Overeating and Obesity: Debate Consensus.

Equity and Disparities

• A Century of US Data Documents Obesity’s Racially Skewed Rise.
• Prevalence and Subgroup Comparisons of Obesity and Severe Obesity Among Mississippi Public School Students.
• Association between Weight Control Behaviors and Diet Quality Among Brazilian Adolescents and Young Adults: Health Survey of São Paulo with Focus on Nutrition, 2015.

Stigma

• Examining Weight Bias and Loss-of-Control Eating Among Individuals Seeking Bariatric Surgery.
• #quarantine15: A Content Analysis of Instagram Posts During COVID-19.
• Weight Stigma and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the Eating in America Study.
• Accommodating Patients with Obesity and Mobility Difficulties: Observations from Physicians.
• Diabetes Causal Attributions: Pathways to Stigma and Health.

Policy Related

• Systematic Review: Effectiveness of Programs Aimed at Obesity Prevention Among Indigenous Children.
• Commentary: Nutritional Research Is Moving to a Whole-Diet Approach, Time for Food Policy.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Stress and Infant Feeding in Hispanic Families Experiencing Poverty.
• Effects of Maternal Resveratrol Intake on the Metabolic Health of the Offspring.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Differing Severity of Frugivore Loss Contrasts the Fate of Native Forests on the Land of the Dodo (Mascarene Archipelago).
• "Our results may be interpreted as support for prey-size divergence as a factor driving skull dimorphism since such species in which the sexes do not differ in prey size also shows very subtle or no differences in skull morphology."

Methods

• Predicting Adaptations to Resistance Training Plus Overfeeding Using Bayesian Regression: A Preliminary Investigation.
• Evidence-Based Digital Tools for Weight Loss Maintenance: The NoHoW Project.

Commentary

• Opinion: The Deadly Covid-19 Pandemic Is Obscuring Another — Obesity.
• Scientists Find New Point of Access (MC3R) for Targeting Eating Disorders and Obesity.
• What Gives Rice Krispies Their Pop and My Related Experiment.
• Obesity Can Increase Risk of Severe COVID-19 Symptoms.
• A New Keto Diet Book's Simple Message: It's the Insulin.
• Banning Menthol Cigarettes: Are There Nannies Involved?
• How Do You Treat Obesity in the Elderly Pharmacologically?
• Disparities in the Air We Breathe and in Obesity.

General

• Glucose Restriction Drives Spatial Reorganization of Mevalonate Metabolism.
• Identifying Range-of-Motion Deficits and Talocrural Joint Laxity After an Acute Lateral Ankle Sprain.
• Randomized Comparison of Two Interventions to Enhance Understanding During the Informed Consent Process for Research.
• Impact of an LGBTQ Campus Recreation Student Employee Training Initiative on Professional Competencies.
• What Is Preference Falsification? People Often Misrepresent What They Really Think or Believe.
• Associations between Air Pollution Indicators and Prevalent and Incident Diabetes in an African American Cohort, the Jackson Heart Study.
• Integration of Evidence Across Human and Model Organism Studies: A Meeting Report.
• How Long Can We Live?

Announcements

• Register for Public Meeting of National Academies Committee on Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information About Biological Threats Through Scientific Collaboration and Communication.
• Bloomington Rated #4 in the 25 Best College Towns in America.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Climbs in U.S. News & World Report Rankings for Schools and Programs of Public Health.
• Food Insecurity Among Patients with Cancer: A Webinar May 10, 2021 | 3:00 - 5:00pm ET.
• IU-Bloomington School of Public Health Distinguished Colloquium Speaker Series Recordings are Now Available Online.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full Professor/Associate-Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full-Associate-Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.
• Short Courses: Save the date for "The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Research" - July 23rd to August 13th, and "Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research" - September 10th to October 1st. Details soon!

Featured

• How Digital Food Affects Our Analog Lives: The Impact of Food Photography on Healthy Eating Behavior.
• Case Study: Blow Fly Stable Isotopes Reveal Larval Diet.
• Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) Suppresses STAT1/Interferon Signaling Pathway and Inflammation in Senescent Preadipocytes.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Cocoa Could Help Obese People Lose Weight, Study Claims.
• Press-Release: Dietary Cocoa Improves Health of Obese Mice; Likely Has Implications for Humans.
• Study: Dietary Cocoa Ameliorates Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Increases Markers of Antioxidant Response and Mitochondrial Biogenesis in High Fat-Fed Mice.
• Headline: Having a Sweet Tooth Could Lead to Heart Disease and Death in Middle Age.
• Study: Associations between Dietary Patterns and the Incidence of Total and Fatal Cardiovascular Disease and All-cause Mortality in 116,806 Individuals from the UK Biobank: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Contrary or Null Findings

• High-Fructose Diet Initially Promotes Increased Aortic Wall Thickness, Liver Steatosis, and Cardiac Histopathology Deterioration, but Does Not Increase Body Fat Index.
• RCT: No Differential Effect of Intermittent Energy Restriction on Weight Loss compared to Continuous Energy Restriction over 12 Mo in Overweight Women with Previous GDM.
• "The results of the current meta-analysis indicated no effectiveness of web-based interventional programs in the weight loss of overweight and obese individuals."
• RCT: "Sesame and canola oils might lead to a modest favorable body fat redistribution by reducing central adiposity, particularly in females; however, the changes were of little clinical importance."
• Meta-Analysis: "...grapes/grape products supplementation ...did not affect fasting insulin levels (WMD: -0.90 μIU/ml, 95% CI: -1.04, 2.84, p = .362) and hemoglobin A1C (Hb1Ac) percentage (WMD: 0.00%, 95% CI: -0.10, 0.11, p = .916) in the main analyses. In addition, changes to fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels were in favor of the control group..."
• RCT: "Preemptive metformin did not prevent the level of HbA1c at 36 weeks of pregnancy from rising nor significantly reduce the increase of HbA1c. Mean birth weight is significantly lower in the metformin arm with a non-significant trend to low birth weight, which is concerning."
• RCT: No Effect of a Treatment to Manage Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Through Community Health Workers as Compared to a Traditional Facility-Based Model.
• RCT: "Nurse intervention to modify cardio-metabolic risk parameters had no enhanced effectiveness compared with usual care."

Basic

• SIRT1 Promotes Lipid Metabolism and Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Adipocytes and Coordinates Adipogenesis by Targeting Key Enzymatic Pathways.
• Inhibition of the IL-17A Axis in Adipocytes Suppresses Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in Mice.
• Fat Regulatory Mechanisms of Pine Nut Oil Based on Protein Interaction Network Analysis.
• FOXO3a Regulates Lipid Accumulation and Adipocyte Inflammation in Adipocytes Through Autophagy.
• Myotendinous Junction Components of Different Skeletal Muscles Present Morphological Changes in Obese Rats.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• PubPeer Comment On: The Relationship between Zinc Levels and Autism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
• Preprint: Mixed Random and Nonrandom Allocation, and Group Randomization Have Been Mislabeled and Misanalysed, Necessitating Reanalysis. Comment On: “KiwiC for Vitality.
• Synergizing Mouse and Human Studies to Understand the Heterogeneity of Obesity.

Clinical

• Partial-Body Cryostimulation Increases Resting Energy Expenditure in Lean Women and Women with Obesity.
• Exiguous Premeal Saccharide Intake Reduces Subsequent Food Intake in Men.
• RCT: Lifestyle Intervention Program Using a Mobile Application for Adults with Metabolic Syndrome, Versus the Effect of a Program Using a Booklet.
• Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association.

Children and Adolescents

• Do Adolescents with Low Motor Competence Have Increased Risk for Overweight and Obesity?
• Meta-Analysis: Air Pollution on Obesity in Children.
• Daily Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Nutritional Status, Endothelial Function, and Autonomic Modulation in School-Age Adolescents.
• Changes over Time in Latent Patterns of Childhood-to-Adulthood BMI Development in Great Britain.
• Indiana's Kids Second-Most Overweight.

Surgery

• RCT: Bariatric Surgery vs Community Weight Management Intervention for the Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
• Review: Mining Gut Microbiota from Bariatric Surgery for MAFLD.
• Two Cases of Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis After Bariatric Surgery Associated with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Use.
• Meta-analysis: Incremental Net Monetary Benefit of Bariatric Surgery.
• Physical Health, Quality of Life Improved with Bariatric Surgery Vs. Medical Therapy.

Drugs

• Meta-Analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Phentermine/Topiramate in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
• From Homology Modeling to the Hit Identification and Drug Repurposing.
• Review: Obesity in Prader–Willi Syndrome: Physiopathological Mechanisms, Nutritional and Pharmacological Approaches.
• Commentary: Who Will Benefit from New ‘Game-Changing’ Weight-loss Drug Semaglutide?

Food & Diet

• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Brown Rice Compared to White Rice on Adiposity Indices, Lipid Profile, and Glycemic Markers.
• RCT: Sesame, Canola and Sesame-canola Oils on Body Weight and Composition in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Association between Childhood Obesity and Familial Salt Intake.
• RCT: Curcumin and Zinc Co-Supplementation on Glycemic Parameters in Subjects with Prediabetes and Overweight or Obesity.
• RCT: A Combination of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Is Associated with the Interindividual Variability in the Blood Lipid Response to Dietary Fatty Acid Consumption.
• Dietary Quality and Bisphenols: Trends in Bisphenol A, F, and S Exposure in Relation to the Healthy Eating Index Using Representative Data.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Intermittent Energy Restriction, Weight Loss and Cardiometabolic Risk.
• Effect of Calorie Restriction and Exercise on Type 2 Diabetes.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• RCT: Daily Motivational Text Messages to Promote Physical Activity in University Students.
• Predicting Adaptations to Resistance Training Plus Overfeeding Using Bayesian Regression.
• The Bidirectional Relationship between Sense of Purpose in Life and Physical Activity.
• Meta-Analysis: Diabetes Mellitus Blunts the Symptoms, Physical Function, and Health-Related Quality of Life Benefits of Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Economics & Sociology

• Weight Goals, Disordered Eating Behaviors, and BMI Trajectories in US Young Adults.
• Stress and Depressive Symptoms are Not Associated with Overall Diet Quality, but are Associated with Aspects of Diet Quality in Pregnant Women in South Carolina.
• An Analysis of Personal Social Networks of Caregivers of Children Participating in a Paediatric Weight Management Program.
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Weight Status and Factors Associated with Weight Gain Among Adults in Massachusetts.

Epidemiology

• Prevalence and Social and Built Environmental Determinants of Maternal Prepregnancy Obesity in 68 Major Metropolitan Cities of the United States, 2013–2016.
• Associations between Obesity and Adverse Childhood Experiences in the United States.
• Bodyweight Change and Cognitive Performance in the Older Population.
• Systematic Review: Obesity and Natural Spaces in Adults and Older People.
• A Stronger Effect of BMI and Waist Circumference on the Prevalence of Uncontrolled Hypertension Among Caucasian Men Than Women.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Adiposity, Inflammation, and Working Memory: Evidence for a Vicious Cycle.
• Short Article: Hypothalamic Bile Acid-TGR5 Signaling Protects from Obesity.
• Shame and Self-Compassion as Risk and Protective Mechanisms of the Internalized Weight Bias and Emotional Eating Link in Individuals Seeking Bariatric Surgery.

Equity and Disparities

• Life-Course Trajectories of BMI from Adolescence to Old Age: Racial and Educational Disparities.
• Multimorbidity Accumulation Among Middle-Aged Americans: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and BMI.
• Overweight and Obesity in Elementary Schools in Three Villages of El Progreso, Guatemala.
• Unhealthy Diet Pattern Mediates the Disproportionate Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults with Socio-Economic Disadvantage.
• The Prevalence of Food Insecurity Is Highest Among Americans for Whom Diet Is Most Critical to Health.
• Gestational Weight Gain in 4 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Associations with Birth Outcomes.
• Association of Loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits with Food Insecurity and Dietary Intake of Adults and Children.

Stigma

• Validation of the Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale in a Spanish Adult Population.
• Commentary: Weight Bias and Discrimination in the Workplace: Addressing a Diversity and Inclusion Issue.
• Weight Stigma, Emotion Dysregulation, and Eating Pathology in Suicide Risk.
• Self-Stigma, Role Strain, and Diabetes Distress on Quality of Life and Glycemic Control in Women with Diabetes.

Policy Related

• RCT: Designing Warnings for Sugary Drinks in RCT with Latino Parents and Non-Latino Parents.
• Double Burden of Underweight and Overweight Among Indian Adults: Spatial Patterns and Social Determinants.
• Review: Simulation Modeling for the Economic Evaluation of Population-Based Dietary Policies.
• Perspective: Proposed Reductions in Limits on Added Sugar and Alcohol for the New Dietary Guidelines.
• Building Better Guidelines for Healthy and Sustainable Diets.

Intergenerational Effects

• MicroRNA Let-7 Targets AMPK and Impairs Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in Offspring of Pregnancies with Maternal Obesity.
• Association between Longitudinal Trajectories of Lifestyle Pattern and BMI in Early Childhood.
• Granddaughters of Women Exposed to DDT Have 2-3 Times Higher Chance of Obesity, Early Periods, Study Says.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Suppression of Mitochondrial Respiration by Hydrogen Sulfide in Hibernating 13-Lined Ground Squirrels.
• Cocaine and Amphetamine Regulated Transcript Peptide (CART) in the Tadpole Brain: Response to Different Energy States.

Methods

• The Utility of Predicted Values in Place of Directly Measured Body Composition.
• Shifting Research Culture to Address the Mismatch between Where Trials Recruit and Where Populations with the Most Disease Live.
• Retrospectively Estimating Energy Intake and Misreporting from a Qualitative Food Frequency Questionnaire: An Example Using Australian Cohort and National Survey Data.
• Measuring Calf Circumference: A Practical Tool to Predict Skeletal Muscle Mass Via Adjustment with BMI.
• New Obesity Tool?

Mathematical and Quantitative

• A Probabilistic Approach to Extract Qualitative Knowledge for Early Prediction of Gestational Diabetes.
• Designing Healthy Diets with Computer Analysis.
• Modeling the Diabetic Population in Malaysia Using a Functional Rate of Unhealthy Lifestyle Influence.
• A Computer Study of the Risk of Cholesterol Gallstone Associated with Obesity and Normal Weight.

Commentary

• Towards Unified and Impactful Policies to Reduce Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Promote Healthier Eating.
• Tipping the Scales for Older Adults: Time to Consider Body Fat Assessment and Management for Optimal Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Prevention?
• Twin Study Reveals How Obesity Can Dull the Function of Mitochondria.
• A Drug Already in Use in Humans (Digoxin) Corrects Obesity in Mice.
• Racism and Obesity are Inextricably Linked, Says a Harvard Doctor.
• Health and Education Impacts of the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program.
• Obesity May Help Trigger Heavier Periods.
• Obesity, Hypertension and Smoking Linked to Lower Vaccine-Induced Antibody Production Against SARS-CoV-2.

General

• Living Museums in the Sea: Students Help Preserve Underwater Artifacts.
• People Systematically Overlook Subtractive Changes.
• A New Monoclonal Antibody Shows Promise in Early Alzheimer's Disease.
• Parent-of-Origin Effects, Allele-Specific Expression, Genomic Imprinting and Paternal Manipulation in Social Insects.
• Nutrient Dominance Governs the Assembly of Microbial Communities in Mixed Nutrient Environments.
• Scientists Reconstruct Stone Age Bear Genome from Cave Soil Samples.
• Marginal Food Security Predicts Earlier Age at Menarche Among Girls from the 2009-2014.
• Time Variation in the Probability of Failing to Detect a Case of Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for SARS-CoV-2 as Estimated from a Viral Dynamics Model.
• Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural Communities? Checking Our Assumptions.
• "Thomas Brock [of Indiana University], Whose Discovery Paved the Way for PCR Tests, Dies at 94"

Announcements

• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Associate Professor Kan Shao Receives Carnegie Mellon Civil and Environmental Engineering Recent Alumnus Achievement Award.
• Virtual Meeting: Translating Energy Balance from Bench to Communities: Application of Parallel Animal-Human Studies.
• Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions 2021.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full Professor/Associate-Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full-Associate-Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.

Featured

• Electronic Cigarette Use Is Negatively Associated with BMI: An Observational Study of Electronic Medical Records.
• Describing the Weight-Reduced State: Physiology, Behavior, and Interventions.
• Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Proteins Regulate Intracellular Signaling and Neuronal Function in Patient-Specific IPSC-derived Neurons.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Late-Night Snacking Actually Makes You Less Productive at Work the Next Day—but Only If You Feel Guilty About It.
• Study: A Moderated Mediation Model of Daily Diary Data Shows Associations (Not Necessarily Causation) Among Evening Unhealthy Eating Behavior, Emotional Strain, Physical Strain, and Quality of Work Performance.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Meta-Analysis: "long-term school-based interventions on physical activity and dietary habits received by children aged 6–12 years seem to have no effect on BMI."
• RCT: No Effect on BMI of a Family Based Intervention for Paediatric Obesity in Primary Care.
• "This Mendelian Randomization analysis does not support a causal link between hepatic steatosis and HIC [hepatic insulin clearance]."
• RCT: "...no improvements were seen in the VR [virtually] intervention group over the control group..."
• RCT: "CPAP treatment for 12 weeks does not significantly change glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and OSA."
• RCT: "Energy content of almonds may not be as bioaccessible in individuals with hyperlipidemia as predicted by Atwater factors, as suggested by the increased fat excretion with almond intake compared with the control."
• RCT: No "effect of the onset time of skin-to-skin contact at birth, immediate compared to early, on the duration of breastfeeding in full term newborns."
• RCT: "Combining a wearable activity tracker with digital behaviour change resources and weekly challenges did not increase inactive adolescents' accelerometer-derived and self-reported physical activity levels immediately post-intervention."

Basic

• Phenotypic Changes in T Cell and Macrophage Subtypes in Perivascular Adipose Tissues Precede High-Fat Diet-Induced Hypertension.
• Review: What Is the Physiological Role of Hypothalamic Tanycytes in Metabolism?
• Genetically Increasing Flux Through β-oxidation in Skeletal Muscle Increases Mitochondrial Reductive Stress and Glucose Intolerance.
• Ablation of Nampt in AgRP Neurons Leads to Neurodegeneration and Impairs Fasting- and Ghrelin-Mediated Food Intake.
• Diet Protein Content and Individual Phenotype Affect Food Intake and Protein Appetence in Rats.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Retraction: Purified Palmitoleic Acid for the Reduction of High-sensitivity C-reactive Protein and Serum Lipids: A Double-blinded, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study.
• RetractionWatch: Palmitoleic Acid Paper Pulled for Data Concerns.

Clinical

• Human White Adipose Tissue Displays Selective Insulin Resistance in the Obese State.
• Almond Bioaccessibility in a Randomized Crossover Trial: Is a Calorie a Calorie?
• Gaining Efficiency in Clinical Trials with Cardiac Biomarkers: JACC Review Topic of the Week.
• Meta-Analysis: Comparative Efficacy of Different Weight Loss Treatments on Knee Osteoarthritis: A Network Meta-analysis.
• Meta-Analysis: Reducing Weight and BMI Following Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Digital and Telemedicine Interventions.
• Meta-Analysis: Comparative Efficacy of Different Weight Loss Treatments on Knee Osteoarthritis.
• Chronic Pain and Weight Regain in a Lifestyle Modification Trial.
• Dissertation: The Effectiveness of Gradually Increasing Hydration Intake Among Adults with Class I Obesity to Decrease BMI in an 8-Week Period.
• Trends in Receipt of American Diabetes Association Guideline-Recommended Care Among U.S. Adults with Diabetes: NHANES 2005–2018.
• Systematic Review: The Delivery of Obesity Interventions to Children and Adolescents with Physical Disabilities.

Children and Adolescents

• Effects of Locomotion Task Constraints on Running in Boys with Overweight/Obesity: The Mediating Role of Developmental Delays.
• Does Physical Activity and Body Weight Status Determine Musculoskeletal Health Among Adolescents in Malaysia?
• Associations of Breastfeeding with Childhood Autoimmunity, Allergies, and Overweight: The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) Study.
• Early Origins of Body Mass in Later Life: Examining Childhood Risks and Adult Pathways.
• Systematic Review: Otitis Media and Obesity—An Unusual Relationship in Children.
• Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities in China.
• The Challenges of Interpreting BMI in Children with Obesity.
• Systematic Review: The Effectiveness of Physical Activity Interventions in Asian Children and Adolescents.

Surgery

• Doctoral Thesis: Towards Individualized Management of Bariatric Surgery Patients.
• Bariatric Surgery in the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity: Current Perspectives in the United States.
• RCT: Comparison of Outcomes in Patients with Obesity between Two Administration Routes of Omeprazole After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• The Role of Gut Microbiota in Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Surgery-Induced Improvement of Hepatic Steatosis in HFD-Fed Rats.

Drugs

• RCT: Effects of the SGLT2 Inhibitor Dapagliflozin on Energy Metabolism in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Non-Insulin Anti-Diabetic Agents in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and COVID-19: A Critical Appraisal of Literature.
• Glucose Lowering Treatment Modalities of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Relationship between FGF21 and Drug or Nondrug Therapy of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Food & Diet

• Ninjin'yoeito Modulates Feeding and Activity Under Negative Energy Balance Conditions Via the NPY System.
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption, Weight Gain, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases in Asia.
• RCT: The Impact of L-citrulline Supplementation on Glucose Homeostasis, Lipid Profile, and Some Inflammatory Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Overweight or Obesity.
• Review: The Role of Iron Homeostasis in Adipocyte Metabolism.
• Diet Scores and Prediction of General and Abdominal Obesity in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study.
• Dietary Fat and Low Fiber in Purified Diets Differently Impact the Gut-Liver Axis to Promote Obesity-Linked Metabolic Impairments.
• Leaf Powder Supplementation of Senna Alexandrina Ameliorates Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Hepatic Steatosis in High-Fat Diet-Fed Obese Rats.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Effects of Calorie Restriction on Health Span and Insulin Resistance: Classic Calorie Restriction Diet vs Ketosis-Inducing Diet.
• The Influence of Fasting and Caloric Restriction on Inflammation Levels in Humans: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
• RCT: Adherence and Dietary Composition During Intermittent Vs. Continuous Calorie Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Blood Volume, Hemoglobin Mass, and Peak Oxygen Uptake in Older Adults: The Generation 100 Study.
• Bi-Directional Prospective Associations between Sedentary Time, Physical Activity and Adiposity in 10-Year Old Norwegian Children.
• RCT: Effectiveness of a School-Based Program Aimed at Increasing Physical Activity Time in Adolescents.

Economics & Sociology

• Association of Adult Socioeconomic Status with BMI: A Within- and Between-Twin Study.
• Are the Effects of Air Pollution on Birth Weight Modified by Infant Sex and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation? A Multilevel Analysis in Paris (France).

Epidemiology

• Naturalistic Assessment of Patterns and Predictors of Acute Headache Medication Use Among Women with Comorbid Migraine and Overweight or Obesity.
• The Association of Co-Morbid Asthma and Overweight/Obesity Status with Healthcare Utilization and Caregiver Perception of Health in Children 4-17 Years, an NHANES Study.
• Association between Parental Socioeconomic Status and Offspring Overweight/Obesity from the China Family Panel Studies: A Longitudinal Survey.
• Mid- to Late- Life BMI and Dementia Risk: 38 Years of Follow-up of the Framingham Study.
• Being Overweight Is Associated with Not Reaching Low Disease Activity in Women but Not Men with Psoriatic Arthritis.
• Maternal and Fetal Outcomes During Pregnancy and Puerperium in Pregnant Women with Overweight or Obesity. A Cohort Study.
• Prevalence and Associated Factors of Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity Among Bangladeshi Adults: An Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18.
• Long-term BMI Changes in Adults with Overweight or Obesity and the Risk of Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: A Cohort Study of over 260,000 Adults in the UK.
• BMI and Risk of All-Cause Mortality in Normotensive and Hypertensive Adults: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study.
• Remodeling of the Gut Microbiome During Ramadan-Associated Intermittent Fasting.
• Exposure to the Great Famine in Early Life and the Risk of Obesity in Adulthood: A Report Based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Maternal Obesity and Developmental Programming of Neuropsychiatric Disorders: An Inflammatory Hypothesis.
• Hunger-Promoting AgRP Neurons Trigger an Astrocyte-Mediated Feed-Forward Auto-Activation Loop in Mice.
• Dietary Restraint Related to Body Weight Maintenance and Neural Processing in Value-Coding Areas in Adolescents.
• Dysfunctional Brain Reward System in Child Obesity.
• Delay Discounting and Obesity in Food Insecure and Food Secure Women.
• The Orbitofrontal Cortex, Food Reward, Body Weight and Obesity.
• BMI and Polygenic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Predict Conversion to Alzheimer’s Disease.

Equity and Disparities

• Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Efficacy of a Family-Based Treatment Programme for Paediatric Obesity.
• Quantifying the Contribution of Modifiable Risk Factors [Including Obesity] to Socio-economic Inequities in Cancer Morbidity and Mortality: A Nationally Representative Population-Based Cohort Study.
• Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Efficacy of a Family-Based Treatment Programme for Paediatric Obesity.
• Obesity, Biased Mental Models, and Stigma in the Context of the Obesity COVID-19 Syndemic.
• Bariatric Surgery in the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity: Current Perspectives in the United States.
• Coverage of Obesity and Obesity Disparities on American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Examinations.

Stigma

• A Kaupapa Māori and Fat Studies Discussion of Fatness, Health and Healthism.
• Weight Stigma and Health – Repercussions on the Health of Adolescents and Adults: Integrative Review of the Literature.
• Examining the Relationship between Weight Controllability Beliefs and Eating Behaviors: The Role of Internalized Weight Stigma and BMI.

Policy Related

• Misperceptions About Added Sugar, Non-Nutritive Sweeteners and Juice in Popular Children's Drinks: Experimental and Cross-sectional Study with U.S. Parents of Young Children (1-5 years).
• Health Burden of Overweight and Obesity: Mortality and Years of Life Lost (YLL) of Diseases in Indonesia. (pdf)
• Quantifying the Sex-Race/Ethnicity-Specific Burden of Obesity on Incident Diabetes Mellitus in the United States, 2001 to 2016: MESA and NHANES.

Intergenerational Effects

• Effect of Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates on Epigenome-Wide DNA Methylations in Cord Blood and Implications for Fetal Growth.
• Maternal and Perinatal Risk Factors for Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• How Many Tyrannosaurus Rexes Ever Lived on Earth? Here’s a New Clue.
• Household Food Insecurity, Hair Cortisol, and Adiposity Among Tsimane’ Hunter-Forager-Horticulturalists in Bolivia.
• Plasticity of Non-Shivering Thermogenesis and Brown Adipose Tissue in High-Altitude Deer Mice.
• The “Drive to Eat” Hypothesis: Energy Expenditure and Fat-free Mass but Not Adiposity are Associated with Milk Intake and Energy Intake in 12 Week Infants.

Methods

• Preprint: Center-Specific Causal Inference with Multicenter Trials: Reinterpreting Trial Evidence in the Context of Each Participating Center.
• Investigation on BMI Prediction from Face Images.
• Test-Retest Reliability of Functional MRI Food Receipt, Anticipated Receipt, and Picture Tasks.

Commentary

• In Defense of the Potato.
• The Sense, and Dollars, of Food as Medicine.
• How Dare There Be Effective Drugs for Obesity?
• Will the COVID-Obesity Intersection Bring Change?
• Home-Use HbA1c Kits Could Aid Virtual Diabetes Care.
• Fit-for-Fertility Program Boosts Births, Is Cost-Effective.
• Audio: Rethinking How We Talk About Obesity.
• What the Rising Level of Obesity Says About the Food System.

General

• Shared Injection Experiences: Interpersonal Involvement in Injection Drug Practices Among Women.
• Evidence of Female Preference for Odor of Distant over Local Males in a Bat with Female Dispersal.
• Deoxyhypusine Synthase, an Essential Enzyme for Hypusine Biosynthesis, Is Required for Proper Exocrine Pancreas Development.
• The Effects of Head Impact Exposure on Changes in Neurocognitive and Oculomotor Function Across a High School American Football Season.
• Preprint: Use of Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) in Different Phases of a COVID-19 RCT: A Practical Example. (pdf)
• Selenium Supplementation Provides Healthspan Benefits in Mice.
• Meta-Analysis: Condom Application Skills and Self-Efficacy in Youth.
• Attitudes of US Adults Toward Using Telemedicine to Prescribe Medication Abortion During COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Study.

Announcements

• Webinar: ASN's Obesity Research Interest Section Conversations in Nutrition & Obesity Research: Dr. Jim Hill, April 28th.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full Professor/Associate-Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full-Associate-Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.
• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Dean David B. Allison Appointed to National Academies Committee on Assessing Misinformation About Biological Threats.
• Dr. Pamela S. Whitten Elected 19th President of Indiana University (IU) and Confirmed as Tenured Professor in the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington by the IU Board of Trustees.

Featured

• Organ-Specific, Multimodal, Wireless Optoelectronics for High-throughput Phenotyping of Peripheral Neural Pathways.
• Fat Tissue Regulates the Pathogenesis and Severity of Cardiomyopathy in Murine Chagas Disease.
• Obesity Therapeutics: The End of the Beginning.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: A New Way to Prevent Childhood Obesity.
• Study: Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Childhood Obesity in an Australian Prospective Birth Cohort. No New Prevention of Childhood Obesity Demonstrated.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "The results suggest that a stand-alone low-threshold minimal e-health intervention for general practitioners does not improve weight management in the long term."
• RCT: Multiple-day High-dose Beetroot Juice Supplementation Does Not Improve Pulmonary or Muscle Deoxygenation Kinetics of Well-trained Cyclists in Normoxia and Hypoxia.
• Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Enhance Resistance Training-induced Gains in Muscle Strength and Lean Body Mass in Vitamin D Deficient Young Men.
• Prediction of Eating Disorder Treatment Response Trajectories Via Machine Learning Does Not Improve Performance Versus a Simpler Regression Approach.
• RCT: Daily 30-min Exposure to Artificial Gravity During 60 Days of Bed Rest Does Not Maintain Aerobic Exercise Capacity but Mitigates Some Deteriorations of Muscle Function.
• RCT: "...contrary to hypotheses, the incentive interventions including self-monitoring were not more efficacious than self-monitoring alone, and increased reported behaviour was not associated with enhancements in attitudes."
• RCT: No effect of "Oral nutritional supplements versus a regular diet alone for body weight loss after gastrectomy" at 1 year.

Basic

• Special Issue: Physiology of the Weight-Reduced State (Obesity: Vol 29, No S1).
• Antibiotic Followed by a Potential Probiotic Increases Brown Adipose Tissue, Reduces Biometric Measurements, and Changes Intestinal Microbiota Phyla in Obesity.
• β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by Down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic Rats.
• Pu-erh Tea Ameliorates Obesity and Modulates Gut Microbiota in High Fat Diet Fed Mice.
• Obesity Prevents S-Adenosylmethionine-Mediated Improvements in Age-Related Peripheral and Hippocampal Outcomes.
• The Good and Bad of Adipose Tissue Macrophage Exosomes in Obesity.
• Effects of High Fat Diets and Supplemental Tart Cherry and Fish Oil on Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Male and Female C57BL/6J and TALLYHO/Jng Mice.
• Dietary Supplementation with Glycine Enhances Intestinal Mucosal Integrity and Ameliorates Inflammation in C57BL/6J Mice with High-Fat Diet–Induced Obesity.
• High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity Primes Impaired Fatty Acid β-Oxidation and Consequent Ovarian Dysfunction During Early Pregnancy.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Selection of Antiobesity Medications Based on Phenotypes Enhances Weight Loss: A Pragmatic Trial in an Obesity Clinic.
• Twitter Thread: Questions on Study Registration.
• PubPeer Comment on: Extra Dose of Vitamin C Based on a Daily Supplementation Shortens the Common Cold: A Meta-Analysis of 9 RCTs.
• Correction: Critchlow, N., et al. Adolescents’ Reactions to Adverts for Fast-Food and Confectionery Brands That are High in Fat, Salt, And/or Sugar (HFSS), and Possible Implications for Future Research and Regulation: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey of 11–19 Year Olds in the United Kingdom. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 1689.
• Review of Analytical Methods and Reporting of the Polyphenol Content of Tart Cherry Supplements in Human Supplementation Studies Investigating Health and Exercise Performance Effects: Recommendations for Good Practice.
• Letter: Response to the Retraction of Papers by Yoshihiro Sato - a Review of Vitamin D and Parkinson's Disease.
• Retraction Watch: One in Six of the Papers You Cite in a Review Has Been Retracted. What Do You Do?

Clinical

• Impact of Obesity on Influenza Compared to Pneumonia Hospitalization Outcomes.
• Weight Loss Through Lifestyle Intervention Improves Mobility in Older Adults.
• Metabolic Adaptation Characterizes Short-term Resistance to Weight Loss Induced by a Low-Calorie Diet in Individuals with Overweight/Obesity.
• Effect of Obesity on the Ovarian Follicular Environment and Developmental Competence of the Oocyte.
• RCT: Obesity Does Not Interfere with the Cholesterol-Lowering Effect of Plant Stanol Ester Consumption (as Part of a Heart-Healthy Diet).
• Comparison of Argentinean Microbiota with Other Geographical Populations Reveals Different Taxonomic and Functional Signatures Associated with Obesity.
• RCT: Telemedicine Intervention to Improve Long-Term Risk Factor Control and Body Composition in Persons with High Cardiovascular Risk.
• Systematic Review of RCTs: Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics in the Treatment of Pre-Diabetes.

Children and Adolescents

• The Association between Overweight and Prevalence of Food Allergy in Japanese Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Memory and Executive Function in Adolescent and Young Adult Females with Moderate to Severe Obesity Before and After Weight Loss Surgery.
• An Action-Oriented Framework for Systems-Based Solutions Aimed at Childhood Obesity Prevention in US Latinx and Latin American Populations.
• Longitudinal Associations of Fruit Juice Intake in Infancy with DXA-Measured Abdominal Adiposity in Mid-Childhood and Early Adolescence.
• Associations of Prenatal Metabolomics Profiles with Early Childhood Growth Trajectories and Obesity Risk in African Americans.
• What Affects Programme Engagement for Māori Families? A Qualitative Study of a Family-Based, Multidisciplinary Healthy Lifestyle Programme for Children and Adolescents.
• Resting Energy Expenditure Is Not Altered in Children and Adolescents with Obesity. Effect of Age and Gender and Association with Serum Leptin Levels.
• Childhood Overweight and Obesity and Pubertal Onset Among Mexican American Boys and Girls.

Surgery

• Predictors of Remission and Relapse of Diabetes After Conventional Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.
• AGA Technical Review on Intragastric Balloons in the Management of Obesity.
• Evaluation of Super-obesity and Super-super-obesity as Risk Factors for Difficult Intubation in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
• Health Status, Eating, and Lifestyle Habits in the Long Term Following Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Drugs

• Liraglutide Combined with Intense Lifestyle Modification in the Management of Obesity in Adolescents.
• The Influence of Liraglutide on the Level of Blood Pressure in Patients with Arterial Hypertension Against the Background of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Medicines for the Treatment of Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Diet, Lifestyle, and Livelihoods During Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related Lockdowns and the Value of Web-Based Nutrition Studies.
• Vitamin B-6 Intake Is Related to Physical Performance in European Older Adults: Results of the New Dietary Strategies Addressing the Specific Needs of the Elderly Population for Healthy Aging in Europe (NU-AGE) Study.
• Impact of Dietary and Obesity Genetic Risk Scores on Weight Gain.
• RCT: Avocado Consumption Alters Gastrointestinal Bacteria Abundance and Microbial Metabolite Concentrations Among Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
• Association of Weight Status and Carbohydrate Intake with Gestational Weight Gain.
• Cholecalciferol Supplementation Does Not Prevent the Development of Metabolic Syndrome or Enhance the Beneficial Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Obese Mice.
• Eggs, Dietary Cholesterol, Choline, Betaine, and Diabetes Risk in the Women's Health Initiative: A Prospective Analysis.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Long-Term Chronic Caloric Restriction Alters MiRNA Profiles in the Brain of Ageing Mice.
• A Review: Obesity and Intestinal Stem Cell Susceptibility to Carcinogenesis.
• RCT: The Effect of Intermittent Energy Restriction on Weight Loss and Diabetes Risk Markers in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Protocol: Can Non-Responders Be ‘Rescued’ by Increasing Exercise Intensity? A Quasi-experimental Trial of Individual Responses Among Humans Living with Pre-diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Canada.
• Preschool Physical Activity and Fitness Predicts Conceptual, Verbal and Perceptual Skills at School.
• Appetite and Energy Intake Regulation in Response to Acute Exercise.
• Literature Review: Does Obesity Affect the Severity of Exercise-Induced Muscle Injury?

Economics & Sociology

• The Impact of Late-Career Job Loss and Genetic Risk on BMI: Evidence from Variance Polygenic Scores.
• Changes in BMI from Young Adulthood to Late Midlife in 1536 Danish Men: The Influence of Intelligence and Education.
• Association between Parental Socioeconomic Status and Offspring Overweight/Obesity from the China Family Panel Studies.
• Shifting Toward a Healthier Dietary Pattern Through Nudging and Pricing Strategies: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Virtual Supermarket Experiment.
• Associations of Neighborhood Physical and Crime Environments with Obesity-Related Outcomes in Jamaica.
• Conservative to Disruptive Diets for Optimizing Nutrition, Environmental Impacts and Cost in French Adults from the NutriNet-Santé Cohort.
• Effectiveness of a Weight Loss Program Using Digital Health in Adolescents and Preadolescents.

Epidemiology

• The Association of Dietary Patterns with Dietary Inflammatory Index, Systemic Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance, in Apparently Healthy Individuals with Obesity.
• Association between BMI and Falls in Community-Dwelling Men and Women: A Prospective, Multinational Study in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.
• Ambient Air Pollutants are Associated with Morning Serum Cortisol in Latino Youth with Overweight and Obesity in Los Angeles.
• BMI and Risk of Dementia – Potential Explanations for Lifecourse Differences in Risk Estimates and Future Research Directions.
• Association between Different Obesity Phenotypes and Hypothyroidism: A Study Based on a Longitudinal Health Management Cohort.
• Literature Review: Obesity and Its Impact on COVID-19.
• US Obesity Mortality Trends and Associated Noncommunicable Diseases Contributing Conditions Among White, Black, and Hispanic Individuals by Age from 1999 to 2017.
• Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women with Class III Obesity with Normal Early Glucola.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• RCT: Executive Functioning, Depressive Symptoms, and Intervention Engagement in a Sample of Adolescents Enrolled in a Weight Management Program.
• The Effect of a Food Addiction Explanatory Model of Eating Behaviours on Weight-Based Stigma: An Experimental Investigation.
• Social Network Analysis of the Effects of a Social Media–Based Weight Loss Intervention Targeting Adults of Low Socioeconomic Status: Single-Arm Intervention Trial.
• RCT: Self-Monitoring Interventions with or Without Incentives for Diet and Exercise Among Individuals with Overweight or Obesity: Psychological and Behavioural Effects.
• RCT: Diets Varying in Carbohydrate Content Differentially Alter Brain Activity in Homeostatic and Reward Regions in Adults.
• Satiety Does Not Affect Neuroaffective Electrophysiological Responses to Food-Related or Emotional Visual Cues.
• Food Addiction in a Large Community Sample of Canadian Adults: Prevalence and Relationship with Obesity, Body Composition, Quality of Life and Impulsivity.

Equity and Disparities

• Ethnic Variation, Socioeconomic Status, and Factors Associated with Cardio-Metabolic Multi-Mmorbidity Among Uncontrolled Hypertension in Multiethnic Singapore.
• Relationships of Dietary Factors with Obesity, Hypertension, and Diabetes by Regional Type Among Single-Person Households in Korea.
• Contribution of Prepregnancy Obesity to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity.

Stigma

• Examining the Impact of Weight Bias on the Association between Exercise Identity and Maladaptive Exercise Behaviors.
• Associations between Weight-Based Teasing and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Youth.
• Obesity Bias and Stigma, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Entry-Level Physiotherapy Students in the Republic of Ireland.
• Meta-Analysis: Weight Stigma and Mental Health.
• Weight-Based Victimization and School Performance in Adolescence: Can Teachers Help Reduce Academic Risks?

Policy Related

• Baseline Assessment of Children’s Meals and Healthy Beverage Options Prior to a State-Level Healthy Default Beverage (HDB) Law.
• The Association between Number of Children and Weight Loss Outcomes Among Individuals Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
• To Assist the Large Number of Countries Facing the Double Burden of Malnutrition We Must Understand Its Causes and Recognize the Need for Policies That Do No Harm.
• Capacity for Childhood Obesity Research in Latin American and US Latino Populations: State of the Field, Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions.
• Action-Oriented Prospective Policy Analysis to Inform the Adoption of a Fiscal Policy to Reduce Diet-related Disease in the Solomon Islands.
• Secondary School Nutrition Policy Compliance in Ontario and Alberta, Canada: A Follow-Up Study Examining Vending Machine Data from the COMPASS Study.
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Reduction Policies: Progress and Promise.

Intergenerational Effects

• Milky Ways: Effects of Maternal Obesity on Human Milk Composition and Childhood Obesity Risk.
• Associations between Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Utero and Daily Energy Intake, Brain Responses to Food Cues, and Adiposity in Children.
• Lactational Metformin Treatment in Mouse Dams Ameliorates Maternal High-Fat Diet-Induced Metabolic Complications in Male Offspring.
• Endothelial Function and Its Determinants in Children Born After Maternal Bariatric Surgery.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Avian Red Blood Cell Mitochondria Produce More Heat in Winter Than Autumn.
• Quantifying Energetic Costs and Defining Energy Landscapes Experienced by Grizzly Bears.

Methods

• "Systematic reviews of nutritional epidemiology studies often have serious limitations."
• Identifying and Measuring the Behavioural, Dietary, and Physical Activity Components of Weight Management Consultations Delivered by General Practice Nurses in Routine Care.
• The Perils of Using Predicted Values in Place of Observed Covariates: An Example of Predicted Values of Body Composition and Mortality Risk.
• How Body Composition Techniques Measure Up for Reliability Across the Age-Span.
• Pre-print: Visceral Adiposity Index Outperforms Conventional Anthropometric Assessments as Predictor of Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Chinese: A Population-Based Study.
• Prediction of Early Childhood Obesity with Machine Learning and Electronic Health Record Data.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Personalized Computational Model Quantifies Heterogeneity in Postprandial Responses to Oral Glucose Challenge.

Commentary

• How Much Does Obesity Explain COVID Death Rates?
• New Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise to Prevent Diabetes-related Amputations.
• Heartwarming Family Meals Prevent Obesity?
• Obesity, Mediterranean Diet, and Public Health: A Vision of Obesity in the Mediterranean Context from a Sociocultural Perspective.
• Fruit Drink Labeling Is Confusing to Many Parents, Study Finds.
• Obesity and Depression: Investigating the Link.
• Inhibiting Asc-1 Protein Function Could Present New Drug Target for Obesity.
• Adding the Nutrient Selenium to Diets Protects Against Obesity and Provides Metabolic Benefits to Mice.

General

• Conceptualization of Switching Costs in Fitness Centers: A Higher-Order Reflective-Formative Model.
• Pre-print: Targeting the Microbiome with KB109 in Outpatients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Reduced Medically Attended Acute Care Visits and Improved Symptom Duration in Patients with Comorbidities.
• The Association between Citrus Consumption and Melanoma Risk in the UK Biobank.
• Antibiotic Resistance: Bacterial Evolution on Demand.
• Commentary: Are You Confused by Scientific Jargon? So are Scientists.
• Pursuing ‘Conclusions Infinite:’ the Divine Inspiration of Georg Cantor.
• Could the Pandemic Prompt an ‘Epidemic of Loss’ of Women in the Sciences?

Announcements

• Canadian, U.S. And Danish Scientists Win Gairdner Prize for Key Discovery on Insulin-Regulating Hormones.
• Students Distribute Globally Inspired Food Boxes, Develop Symposium to Combat Food Insecurity.
• Meeting: American Society for Nutrition Live Online 2021 June 7 – 10 Registration Open.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full Professor/Associate-Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full-Associate-Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.