Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• Exercise Plasma Metabolomics and Xenometabolomics in Obese, Sedentary, Insulin-resistant Women: Impact of a Fitness and Weight Loss Intervention.
• PGRMC2 is an Intracellular Haem Chaperone Critical for Adipocyte Function.
• Not Only in My Genes: The Effects of Peers' Genotype on Obesity.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Teens with Obesity May Have Brain Damage that Produces Poor Eating Habits.
• Press release: MRI Analysis Reveals Obesity May Cause Brain Damage in Teens.
• Meeting abstract yet to be presented: Cross-sectional Association of White Matter Integrity with Obesity in Adolescents Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). Differences Do Not Necessarily Indicate Causation or Brain Damage.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "We found no effect of supervised exercise during pregnancy on psychological well-being among women with high BMI."
• Aspirin Benefit is Not Affected By Body Weight in Healthy Older Persons.
• RCT: "This study gives no support for any beneficial effect of vitamin D supplementation on lipid profile and SIRT-1 in obese subjects with vitamin D deficiency."
• Meta-analysis: "Evidence demonstrated little effects of dietary interventions on overall mortality and secondary cancers. For comorbidities, no evidence was identified. For nutritional outcomes..."
• Consumption of Meat and Dairy Products is Not Associated with the Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
• Obesity is Not Associated with Postoperative Complications After Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery in a Large Single Institution Series.
• No Evidence of Attenuation of Placental Insulin-stimulated Akt Phosphorylation and Amino Acid Transport in Maternal Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Acute Glutamine Supplementation Does Not Improve 20-km Self-paced Cycling Performance in the Heat.

Basic

• Knockout of the Non-Essential Gene SUGCT Creates Diet-Linked, Age-Related Microbiome Disbalance with a Diabetes-Like Metabolic Syndrome Phenotype.
• Glucometabolic Consequences of Acute and Prolonged Inhibition of Fatty Acid Oxidation in Mice.
• Inhibition of Mitochondrial Calcium Overload By SIRT3 Prevents Obesity or Age-Related Whitening of Brown Adipose Tissue.
• MiR-495 Regulates Macrophage M1/M2 Polarization and Insulin Resistance in High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice Via Targeting FTO.
• Beneficial Effects of Tea Water Extracts on Body Weight and Gut Microbiota in C57BL/6J Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet.
• Glucagon-like Peptide 1 (GLP-1). (pdf)
• Dietary Nitrate Attenuates High-fat Diet-induced Obesity Via Mechanisms Involving Higher Adipocyte Respiration and Alterations in Inflammatory Status.
• Deletion of Intestinal Hdac3 Remodels the Lipidome of Enterocytes and Protects Mice From Diet-induced Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Neglecting Regression to the Mean Continues to Lead to Unwarranted Conclusions: Letter Regarding “The Magnitude of Weight Loss Induced By Metformin is Independently Associated with BMI at Baseline in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Post-hoc Analysis From Data of a Phase IV Open-labeled Trial”. (pdf)
• "I think that [Doug Altman] would have been pleased that his last work would be the childhood obesity paper, which is another attempt to improve the quality of medical research: his passion and his great contribution to making the world a better place."
• Systematic Review: Methodological Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nutrition and Weight Gain During Pregnancy.

Clinical

• RCT: Effect of Electronic Health Record–Based Coaching on Weight Maintenance.
• RCT: Engagement and Weight Loss in a Web and Mobile Program for Low-Income Postpartum Women: Fit Moms/Mamás Activas.
• Meta-analysis: The Role of Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Adults with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.
• Who Succeeds with Weight Loss By Changing Beverage Intake? An Examination of Predictors of Weight Loss Within RCT to Reduce Caloric Beverage Intake.
• RCT: Phase II Trial of Exercise, Metformin, or Both on Metabolic Biomarkers in Colorectal and Breast Cancer Survivors.

Children and Adolescents

• Fitness and Fatness are Both Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Preadolescents.
• Food Insecurity and the Extremes of Childhood Weight: Defining Windows of Vulnerability.
• More Precise Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity.
• Tackling the Triple Threats of Childhood Malnutrition.

Surgery

• Meta-analysis: RCTs Comparing Long-Term Outcomes of Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• RCT: Comparison of Weight Loss in Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients with and Without Antrectomy.
• Female-to-Male Gender Confirming Drainless Mastectomy May Be Safe in Obese Males.
• Genetic Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Outcome in 1014 Patients with Morbid Obesity.
• Musculoskeletal Pain, Physical Function, and Quality of Life After Bariatric Surgery.
• Low Overall Mortality During 10 Years of Bariatric Surgery: Nationwide Study on 63,469 Procedures From the Scandinavian Obesity Registry.

Drugs

• Meta-analyses and Approach of the Real Impact of Anorexigenic Drugs in the Obesity in Humans: The Last Five Years of the Randomized Studies.
• Pharmacodynamics of Metformin in Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Nonpregnant Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Investigational Drug Reduces Body Fat in Obese Patients with Diabetes.
• Regulation of Alternative Splicing in Obesity-Induced Hypertension.
• Obesity and Addiction: Neurobiological Overlaps.

Food & Diet

• Served Portion Sizes Affect Later Food Intake Through Social Consumption Norms.
• RCT: Effect of a Snack Bar Optimized to Reduce Alcohol Bioavailability.
• Review: Low Calorie Sweeteners Differ in Their Physiological Effects in Humans.

Exercise

• Exercise Training Reduces Reward For High-Fat Food In People With Overweight/Obesity.
• RCT: Aerobic Exercise Induces Cardiac Fat Loss and Alters Cardiac Muscle Mass Through an Interleukin-6 Receptor-Dependent Mechanism in Abdominally Obese Humans.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Improved Healthspan and Lifespan with Late Onset Pharmacological or Dietary Interventions in Mice.
• Weight Loss Efficacy of Alternate Day Fasting Versus Daily Calorie Restriction in Subjects with Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Secondary Analysis.

Economics & Sociology

• The Relationship Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and Telomere Length.
• Socioeconomic Status and Changes in Appetite From Toddlerhood to Early Childhood.
• Systematic Review: Socioeconomic Inequalities and Type 2 Diabetes Complications.

Epidemiology

• Obesity Risk Among Young Australian Women: A Prospective Latent Class Analysis.
• Wealth and Obesity Among US Adults Entering Midlife.
• Meta-analysis: Is Obesity Associated with Increased Risk and Severity of Falls in People Aged 60 Years and Older?
• Obesity Risk Among Young Australian Women: A Prospective Latent Class Analysis.
• State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Children Aged 2–4 Years Enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — United States, 2010–2016.
• Diet Pill and Laxative Use for Weight Control and Subsequent Incident Eating Disorder in US Young Women: 2001–2016.
• Excess Weight Can Weaken the Flu Shot.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Association Between Procrastination, White-collar Work and Obesity in Japanese Male Workers: A Cross-sectional Study.
• Do Stress Eating or Compulsive Eating Influence Metabolic Health in a Mindfulness-based Weight Loss Intervention?
• Reward-related Brain Activity and Behavior are Associated with Peripheral Ghrelin Levels in Obesity.
• Body Image in Older Women: A Mediator of BMI and Wellness Behaviors.

Stigma

• Systematic Review: Does Weight-related Stigmatisation and Discrimination Depend on Educational Attainment and Level of Income?
• Opinion: The War on Childhood Obesity Needs a War on Blame.

Policy Related

• You Mad? Using Anger Appeals to Promote Activism Intentions and Policy Support in the Context of Sugary Drink Marketing to Kids.
• Commentary: Norwegian Sugar Tax Sends Sweet-lovers Over Border to Sweden.

Intergenerational Effects

• Long-term Effects of a Maternal High-fat: High-fructose Diet on Offspring Growth and Metabolism and Impact of Maternal Taurine Supplementation.
• An Observational Analysis of Meal Patterns in Overweight and Obese Pregnancy: Exploring Meal Pattern Behaviours and the Association with Maternal and Fotal Health Measures.
• Sex Differences in Metabolic Regulation and Diabetes Susceptibility.
• Meta-analysis: Influence of Increased Paternal BMI on Pregnancy and Child Health Outcomes Independent of Maternal Effects.

Methods

• Evaluation of Visceral Fat Mass in Dogs By Computed Tomography.
• Strategies to Address Misestimation of Energy Intake Based on Self-Report Dietary Consumption in Examining Associations Between Dietary Patterns and Cancer Risk.
• Modeling of an Integrative Prototype Based on Genetic, Phenotypic, and Environmental Information for Personalized Prescription of Energy-restricted Diets in Overweight/obese Subjects.
• Accounting for Missing Data in Statistical Analyses: Multiple Imputation is Not Always the Answer.

Commentary

• Pannus Retraction Device Market Size to Expand Significantly By the End of 2025.
• Sleep More, Weigh Less? Actually, Probably, Yes.
• Diet Science, Weaponized.
• The Blame Game: Nature, Nurture, and Obesity.
• Better Life and Health for Teens After Bariatric Surgery.
• The Week that Wasn't: ...Only-Child Obesity....
• Obesity Study Exposes Heavy Toll of Work-life Balance.
• RYGB and Flavor-consequence Learning.
• Elusive Obesity Culprits: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
• Why I Love and Respect Dietitians.
• Is Public Health Only for Thin People?
• Obesity is Not a Four-Letter Word.
• Obesity, Despair, and Mortality in the U.S.

General

• Using Susceptibility Measures to Prospectively Predict Ever Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among Adolescents.
• Characteristics of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients in a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — United States, November 2019.
• Sex Hormones and Arthritis in a Long-lived Animal Model, the Elephant.
• Moving Toward Evidence-Based Policy: The Value of Randomization for Program and Policy Implementation.
• Why Researchers Should Share Their Analytic Code.
• The Inherited Bacterial Symbiont Hamiltonella Influences the Sex Ratio of an Insect Host.
• Audio: "Novelist Marilynne Robinson and physicist Marcelo Gleiser are both passionate about the majesty of science..."
• Unless Warming is Slowed, Emperor Penguins Will March Toward Extinction.
• Screen of Traditional Soup Broths with Reported Antipyretic Activity Towards the Discovery of Potential Antimalarials.
• After 20 Years, Golden Rice Nears Approval.
• New APHA Public Health Code of Ethics.
• Association of the Work Schedules of Hospitalists with Patient Outcomes of Hospitalization.
• Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Rises By One Cent, Reports U.S. Farm Bureau.
• Heroes of Science and Research Integrity.
• "US life expectancy increased for most of the past 60 years, but the rate of increase slowed over time and life expectancy decreased after 2014."
• Editorial: Confronting the Rise and Fall of US Life Expectancy.

Announcements

• IU Bloomington Ranks 6th Nationally in Number of Students Who Study Abroad.
• New Book: Early Modern English Noblewomen and Self-Starvation: The Skull Beneath the Skin.
• Renowned Diabetes Researcher Jesse Roth Honored for Lifetime Achievement.
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Executive Director of Development: The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington is Searching for an Energetic and Successful Development Professional to Join Our Team.
• The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.
• The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Indiana University School of Public Health‐Bloomington Invites Applications for the Position of Chair and Tenured Full Professor.

Featured

• Results "question the value of mandated WLG [weight loss goals] prior to bariatric surgery as they seem ineffective and may limit patient access to surgery."
• Unconditional Cash Transfers and Parental Obesity.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Study Finds Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Pregnancy May Induce Obesity.
• Conference abstract: Vitamin B12 Deficiency Leads to Fatty Acid Metabolism Dysregulation and Increased Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Production... In Human Adipocytes and in Maternal Subcutaneous and Omental Adipose Tissue.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "this study demonstrated that 8-weeks of supplementation with raspberry ketone, green coffee extract and a combination of these supplements had no effect on body mass, body composition or substrate utilization."
• "The results of this study indicate that regular consumption of eggs for twelve weeks does not impact body weight..."
• "Contrary to expectations, our data suggest that N. borellii and N. vicinus body sizes have increased since re-establishment of interactions with their natural enemies."
• "Contrary to what we expected, heavy [brushcricket] males produced shorter verses with fewer syllables when competing against two heavy rivals than when competing against one or two light rivals or one heavy rival."
• In meta-analysis of RCTs, "red wine had no effect on the body mass index (BMI)..."
• RCT: "No beneficial effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium lactis BB12 on mental health outcomes were observed in this sample, and thus the use of probiotics for mental health benefits cannot yet be recommended for pregnant women with obesity."
• RCT: Nicotinamide Riboside Does Not Alter Mitochondrial Respiration, Content or Morphology in Skeletal Muscle From Obese and Insulin Resistant Men.
• Obesity Does Not Modulate the Glycometabolic Benefit of Insoluble Cereal Fibre in Subjects with Prediabetes—A Stratified Post Hoc Analysis of the Optimal Fibre Trial (OptiFiT).

Basic

• Genetic Identification of Vagal Sensory Neurons that Control Feeding.
• The Carbohydrate-insulin Model Does Not Explain the Impact of Varying Dietary Macronutrients on Body Weight and Adiposity of Mice.
• Preprint: "Analysis of nearly 10,000 wildtype mice revealed that the largest experimental variances [for metabolic rate] are consequences of institutional site."
• Lysine Specific Demethylase (LSD1) Mediates Microbial Metabolite Butyrate-Induced Thermogenesis in Brown and White Adipose Tissue.
• Adiponectin Reverses the Hypothalamic Microglial Inflammation During Short-Term Exposure to Fat-Rich Diet.
• Ketogenic Diet Activates Protective γδ T Cell Responses Against Influenza Virus Infection.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Letter: Multiple Errors in “Annurca Apple Nutraceutical Formulation Enhances Keratin Expression in a Human Model of Skin and Promotes Hair Growth and Tropism in a Randomized Clinical Trial” By Tenore et al. (J Med Food 2018;21:90–103).
• Response: "...authors fully agree with Keith et al. as regard with their concern about the correctness of the study design."
• Correspondence: Questions on "Intervention effects of a kindergarten-based health promotion programme on obesity related behavioural outcomes and BMI percentiles."
• Red and Processed Meat: More with Less?

Clinical

• The Relationships Between Perceived Stress, Body Weight and Glucose Metabolism in Overweight and Obese Adults with Prediabetes.
• RCT: Intermittent Fasting and Probiotics in the Management of Prediabetes.
• Increased Paracetamol Bioavailability After Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Crossover Pre- Vs. Post-Operative Clinical Trial.

Children and Adolescents

• Meta-analysis: Media Food Marketing and Eating Outcomes Among Pre-adolescents and Adolescents.
• Age-Specific Estimates and Comparisons of Youth Tri-Ponderal Mass Index and BMI in Predicting Adult Obesity-Related Outcomes.
• Association of in Utero HIV Exposure with Obesity and Reactive Airway Disease in HIV-Negative Adolescents and Young Adults.
• International Waist Circumference Percentile Cut-offs for Central Obesity in Children and Adolescents Aged 6-18 Years.
• Steroid Metabolomic Signature of Insulin Resistance in Childhood Obesity.
• Lung Function, Obesity and Physical Fitness in Young Children.
• Factors Influencing Sweet Drink Consumption Among Preschool-Age Children.

Surgery

• Roux-en-Y-Bariatric Surgery Reduces Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Morbidly Obese Patients.
• Metabolic Health Index (MHI): Assessment of Comorbidity in Bariatric Patients Based on Biomarkers.
• A Sad Tale of Two Bypass Surgeries.

Drugs

• RCT: Improved Glycemic Variability and Time in Range with Dapagliflozin Versus Gliclazide Modified Release Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Evaluated By Continuous Glucose Monitoring.
• Meta-Analysis and Approach of the Real Impact of Anorexigenic Drugs in the Obesity in Humans: The Last Five Years of the Randomized Studies.
• Identification of Key Candidate Genes and Molecular Pathways in White Fat Browning: An Anti-Obesity Drug Discovery Based on Computational Biology.

Food & Diet

• RCT: A Food‐based Low‐energy, Low‐carbohydrate Diet for People with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care.
• Coconut Oil Consumption Improves Fat-free Mass, Plasma HDL-cholesterol and Insulin Sensitivity in Healthy Men with Normal BMI Compared to Peanut Oil.
• Meta-analysis: Metabolic and Behavioural Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Non-nutritive Sweeteners in Rodent Models.
• RCT: Effect of a Protein Vs. Carbohydrate Preload on Energy Balance in Ad Libitum Settings.
• Soy Products Ameliorate Obesity-Related Anthropometric Indicators in Overweight or Obese Asian and Non-Menopausal Women.
• Conference Abstract: TAS2R38 Haplotype Predicts Vegetable Consumption in Community Dwelling Adults at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Metabolic Implications of Diet and Energy Intake During Physical Inactivity.
• Methionine Restriction Delays Aging-related Urogenital Diseases in Male Fischer 344 Rats.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• An Exercise Mimetic that Targets Nitroso-Redox Balance as a Therapeutic for Heart Disease.
• Exercise and Adiposity in Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-analysis of Randomised Trials.
• Activity Monitor Use Among Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Report on Rate, Pattern, and Association with Physical Activity Levels.
• Building Evidence to Reduce Inequities in Youth Physical Activity and Obesity: Introduction to the Physical Activity Research Center (PARC) Special Section.
• Muscle Strengthening, Aerobic Exercise, and Obesity: A Pooled Analysis of 1.7 Million US Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• "EAT–Lancet diet exceeded household per capita income for at least 1·58 billion people" and is "more expensive than the minimum cost of nutrient adequacy".
• Becoming Obese in Young Adulthood: The Role of Career-family Pathways in the Transition to Adulthood for Men and Women.
• Meta-analysis: Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Overweight/obesity.

Epidemiology

• The Association Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Sleep Duration: Where are We After Nearly Two Decades of Epidemiological Research?
• Abstract: Impact of Excessive Birth Weight on Body Mass Index Growth Trajectories Over the Life Course: The Bogalusa Heart Study.
• Obesity and Weight Change in Two United Kingdom Male Prisons.
• Is There a Contribution of Structural Brain Phenotypes to the Variance in Resting Energy Expenditure Before and After Weight Loss in Overweight Females?
• Trends in Self-perceived Weight Status, Weight Loss Attempts, and Weight Loss Strategies Among Adults in the United States, 1999-2006.
• Causal Effect of Sleep Duration on Body Weight in Adolescents a Population-based Study Using a Natural Experiment.
• Age-standardized Cancer-incidence Trends in Canada, 1971–2015.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Obesity is Associated with Poor Working Memory in Women, Not Men.
• How Does Cognitive Performance Change in Relation to Seasonal and Experimental Changes in Blood Glucose Levels?

Equity and Disparities

• The Impact of Educational Attainment on Black Women’s Obesity Rate in the United States.
• Disparity in Adiposity Among Adults with Normal Body Mass Index and Waist-to-Height Ratio.
• Meta-analysis: Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Overweight/obesity.
• Coaction Between Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Racially Diverse Adults with Obesity.
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes By BMI: Patient Outcomes Research to Advance Learning (PORTAL) Multisite Cohort of Adults in the U.S.

Stigma

• Changes in Body-related Self-conscious Emotions Over Time Among Youth Female Athletes.
• “Big Men” in the Office: The Gender-specific Influence of Weight upon Persuasiveness.
• Motivated, Fit, and Strong—Using Counter‐Stereotypical Images to Reduce Weight Stigma Internalisation in Women with Obesity.
• Stigmatizing Weight Experiences in Health Care: Associations with BMI and Eating Behaviours.

Policy Related

• The Caloric and Sugar Content of Beverages Purchased at Different Store-types Changed After the Sugary Drinks Taxation in Mexico.
• Workshop: To Regulate or Not to Regulate: That is Still the Question.
• Creating a Whole-of-government Approach to Promoting Healthy Weight: What Can Health in All Policies Contribute?
• Food Policies to Prevent Obesity and the Main Non-transmissible Diseases in Spain: Where There's a Will There's a Way.
• C40 Good Food Cities Declaration.
• Obesity Now Recognised as a Chronic Disease in Italy.

Intergenerational Effects

• Total and Trimester‐specific Gestational Weight Gain and Infant Anthropometric Outcomes at Birth and 6 Months in Low‐income Hispanic Families.
• BMI Growth Trajectory From Ages 2 to 6 Years and Its Association with Maternal Obesity, Diabetes During Pregnancy, Gestational Weight Gain, and Breastfeeding.
• Risks of Maternal Prepregnancy Overweight/obesity, Excessive Gestational Weight Gain, and Bottle-feeding in Infancy Rapid Weight Gain.
• Diet-Induced Modification of the Sperm Epigenome Programs Metabolism and Behavior.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Evidence for Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) Exploitation of Anthropogenic Food Sources Along an Urbanization Gradient Using Stable Isotope Analysis.
• Hibernation Induces Widespread Transcriptional Remodeling in Metabolic Tissues of the Grizzly Bear.
• From Phenoloxidase to Fecundity: Food Availability Does Not Influence the Costs of Oxidative Challenge in a Wing-dimorphic Cricket.
• Fat Content of Striped Mice Decreased During the Breeding Season but Not During the Food-restricted Dry Season.

Methods

• Perspective: Proposed Harmonized Nutrient Reference Values for Populations.
• Serum Carotenoids are Strongly Associated with Dermal Carotenoids but Not Self-reported Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Overweight and Obese Women.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency International Doubly Labelled Water Database: Aims, Scope and Procedures.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Commentary: How Shoddy Statistics Found a Home in Sports Research.
• Modification of the Generalized Quasi-likelihood Model in the Analysis of the Add Health Study.

Commentary

• Letter to the Editor: Bipartisan Legislation Needed to Sponsor Treat and Reduce Obesity Act.
• What Health is For.
• Is Weight Management Obsolete? Should It Be?
• Is There a Role for Dietitians in Obesity Management?
• Toddler Diets: Sugar Down, Obesity Up, Now What?
• The Prison Study that Changed How Scientists View Obesity.
• What if Obesity was Approached Like Any Other Chronic Disease?
• Integrating Obesity Treatment Into Routine Primary Care.

General

• Using Machine Learning to Predict Opioid Misuse Among U.S. Adolescents.
• Increasing Education-Based Disparities in Healthy Life Expectancy Among U.S. Non-Hispanic Whites, 2000–2010.
• No Evidence for Social Genetic Effects or Genetic Similarity Among Friends Beyond that Due to Population Stratification: A Reappraisal of Domingue et al (2018).
• The Performance of Kindness.
• The Retinal Pigments of the Whale Shark (Rhincodon Typus) and Their Role in Visual Foraging Ecology.
• Does the Production Value of a Short Science Video Hosted on YouTube Influence How Much the Desired Audience is Likely to Enjoy and Engage with It?
• The Wily and Courageous Red Fox: Behavioural Analysis of a Mesopredator at Resource Points Shared By an Apex Predator.
• Does Religiosity Delay Adolescent Alcohol Initiation? A Long-Term Analysis (2008-2015) of Nationally Representatives Sample of 12th Graders.
• Principal Results of the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) and Updated Meta-analyses of Relevant Vitamin D Trials.
• The Science Institutions Hiring Integrity Inspectors to Vet Their Papers.
• Scientists Develop a Dog-aging Calculation that Works.
• Assessment of Jugular Venous Blood Flow Stasis and Thrombosis During Spaceflight.

Video & Audio

• Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus: The Psychology of How We Eat.
• Podcast: Celebrity AMA with Apolo Ohno and Sasha Cohen: Fasting, Rapamycin, Performance Vs. Longevity, and More.

Announcements

• FDA Awards $1.7 Million to IU and Other Universities for Quality Management Research.
• PLOS Medicine Special Issue: Determinants, Consequences and Treatment of Obesity.
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Executive Director of Development: The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington is Searching for an Energetic and Successful Development Professional to Join Our Team.
• The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.
• The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Indiana University School of Public Health‐Bloomington Invites Applications for the Position of Chair and Tenured Full Professor.

Featured

• Discrepancies in the Registries of Diet vs Drug Trials.
• Causal Effect of Sleep Duration on Body Weight in Adolescents a Population-based Study Using a Natural Experiment.
• Blue Light at Night Acutely Impairs Glucose Tolerance and Increases Sugar Intake in the Diurnal Rodent Arvicanthis Ansorgei in a Sex-dependent Manner.
• "...a stark lesson on the chasm between association and causation."

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Study: Lingonberries Can Fight Obesity. [Could Not Find Study, but It's Lingonberry Powder... In Mice].
• Headline: A New Study Finds Air Pollution Can Make You Fat [Cannot Find Published Study but a Press Release that Seems Related Is... In Mice].

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Significant Effects of a Caffeine-like Supplement, TeaCrine®, on Muscular Strength, Endurance and Power Performance in Resistance-trained Men.
• RCT: "In this small, pilot randomized controlled trial, there was little evidence that lycopene or green tea interventions influenced serum levels of IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBBP-3 and IGFBP-2."
• RCT: No Significant Effects of an App-based EC Intervention Targeting Body Image.
• "The main outcome from predictive modelling of spending on fresh fruit and vegetables is that contrary to expectations, neural networks failed to outperform a linear regression model."
• Lower Carbohydrate and Higher Fat Intakes are Associated with Higher Hemoglobin A1c.
• RCT: "These findings suggest that daily repeated consumption of pure sucralose or aspartame for 2 weeks had no effect on glucose metabolism among normoglycaemic adults."
• RCT: "A multimodal web-based intervention facilitating nurses to address lifestyle changes in SMI patients did not improve patient cardiometabolic health."
• RCT: No Significant Impact of a Large Bolus Dose of L-leucine and L-isoleucine on Enteroendocrine and Pancreatic Hormones, and Glycemia in Healthy, Inactive Adults.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Trends in Obesity Among Low-Income Young Children.
• Trends in Obesity Among Low-Income Young Children—Reply.
• Comments On: Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for All-Cause Mortality and Cardiometabolic Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies [Note: click 'Comments' link at site].
• Letter to the Editor: Concerns Regarding “Meta‐analysis on Pediatric Obesity Treatments and Eating Disorder Risk” of Jebeile et al.
• Commentary: Why Diet Research is So Spectacularly Thin.

Basic

• Adaptation of the Gut Microbiota to Modern Dietary Sugars and Sweeteners.
• Carvedilol Improves Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Sensitivity in Treatment of Adrenergic Overdrive in High Fat Diet-induced Obesity in Mice.
• Estradiol Regulates Daily Rhythms Underlying Diet-induced Obesity in Female Mice.
• Myeloid HMG-CoA (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A) Reductase Determines Adipose Tissue Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Hepatic Steatosis in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• MTOR Signaling in Brown and Beige Adipocytes: Implications for Thermogenesis and Obesity.
• MiR-129-5p Inhibits Adipogenesis Through Autophagy and May Be a Potential Biomarker for Obesity.
• Ghrelin-Mediated Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Implications for Health and Disease.
• Leptin, Obesity, and Leptin Resistance: Where are We 25 Years Later?

Clinical

• RCT: Comparison of Group Medical Visits Combined with Intensive Weight Management vs Group Medical Visits Alone for Glycemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Benefit-to-Risk Balance of Weight Loss Interventions in Older Adults with Obesity.
• Remotely Delivered Interventions for Obesity Treatment.
• RCT: Physical Activity Intentions and Behavior Mediate Treatment Response in an Acceptance-Based Weight Loss Intervention.

Children and Adolescents

• RCT: Influence of Physical Activity on Blood Pressure in Children with Overweight/obesity.
• Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: Diagnostic Criteria, Therapeutic Options and Perspectives.
• Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention in Children and Adolescents.
• No Differential Reward Responsivity and Drive, Punishment Sensitivity or Attention for Cues Signaling Reward or Punishment in Adolescents in with Obesity.
• Characterizing Obesity Interventions and Treatment for Children and Youths During 1991-2018.
• Early‐life Determinants of Excess Weight in Children Born Heavy.
• Microbiome‐immune‐metabolic Axis in the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity: Evidence and Opportunities.

Surgery

• Cancer Risk Drops in Half with Over 20% Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery.
• A Longitudinal Analysis of Wait Times for Bariatric Surgery in a Publicly Funded, Regionalized Bariatric Care System.
• Factors Mediating Type 2 Diabetes Remission and Relapse After Gastric Bypass Surgery.

Drugs

• Systems Pharmacology- Based Method to Assess the Mechanism of Action of Weight- Loss Herbal Intervention Therapy for Obesity.
• Role of Angiotensin Type 2 Receptor in Improving Lipid Metabolism and Preventing Adiposity.

Food & Diet

• The in Vivo Net Energy Content of Resistant Starch and Its Effect on Macronutrient Oxidation in Healthy Adults.
• Tea Consumption Patterns in Relation to Diet Quality Among Children and Adults in the United States.
• Age- and Sex-Specific Analyses of Diet Quality and 4-Year Weight Change in Nonobese Adults Show Stronger Associations in Young Adulthood.
• RCT: Effect of a Protein Vs. Carbohydrate Preload on Energy Balance in Ad Libitum Settings.
• Heterogeneity in Metabolic Responses to Dietary Fructose.
• Maternal Intake of N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids During Pregnancy is Associated with Differential Methylation Profiles in Cord Blood White Cells.
• Avocatin B Protects Against Lipotoxicity and Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Diet‐Induced Obesity.
• Leptin and Adiponectin Signaling Pathways are Involved in the Antiobesity Effects of Peanut Skin Extract.

Exercise and Physical Activity

• Comparison of an Acute Bout of Exercise to a Sugary Snack on Energy, Mood and Cognitive Performance.
• The Effects of Macronutrient and Energy Availability on Metabolic Responses to Exercise: Implications for Training Adaptation.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• A Discovery Platform for the Identification of Caloric Restriction Mimetics with Broad Health-improving Effects.
• Age-dependent Effects of Caloric Restriction on MTOR and Ubiquitin-proteasome Pathways in Skeletal Muscles.

Economics & Sociology

• The Moderating Role of Race/ethnicity and Nativity in the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Overweight and Obesity.
• The Shift of Obesity Burden By Socioeconomic Status Between 1998 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Socioeconomic Status and Education Level are Associated with Dyslipidemia in Adults Not Taking Lipid-lowering Medication.
• Education and Lifestyle Predict Change in Dietary Patterns and Diet Quality of Adults 55 years and Over.
• The Impact of Neighbourhood Deprivation on Embryonic Growth Trajectories: Rotterdam Periconception Cohort.
• The Relative Caloric Prices of Healthy and Unhealthy Foods Differ Systematically Across Income Levels and Continents.

Epidemiology

• Impact of Changes in the Food, Built, and Socioeconomic Environment on BMI in US Counties.
• Is There a Link Between Progranulin, Obesity, and Parameters of the Metabolic Syndrome in Children? Findings From a Longitudinal Intervention Study.
• The Association of Sleep Disturbances with Glycemia and Obesity in Youth at Risk for or with Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes.
• Association of Serum Sclerostin Levels with Low Skeletal Muscle Mass.
• Obesity and Tooth Wear Among American Adults: The Role of Sugar-sweetened Acidic Drinks.
• Causal Relationships Between Obesity and the Leading Causes of Death in Women and Men.
• Geographic Variation in Prevalence of Adult Obesity in China: Results From the 2013–2014 National Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Vulnerability to Diet-induced Obesity is Associated with Greater Food Priming-induced Reinstatement of Palatable Food Seeking.
• Deficits in Executive Function and Suppression of Default Mode Network in Obesity.
• An Experientially Derived Model of Flexible and Intentional Actions for Weight Loss Maintenance After Severe Obesity.
• Toward Isolating Reward Changes in Diet-Induced Obesity: A Demand Analysis.
• Obesity Has Limited Behavioural Overlap with Addiction and Psychiatric Phenotypes.
• Excess Body Weight and Abdominal Obesity in Relation to Selected Psychosocial Characteristics in Primary School Children.
• Childhood Obesity, Cortical Structure, and Executive Function in Healthy Children.

Equity and Disparities

• The Moderating Role of Race/ethnicity and Nativity in the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Overweight and Obesity: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
• Trends in Tract-Level Prevalence of Obesity in Philadelphia By Race-Ethnicity, Space, and Time.
• Preoperative Bariatric Surgery Programme Barriers Facing Pacific Patients in Auckland, New Zealand as Perceived By Health Sector Professionals: A Qualitative Study.

Stigma

• Body Dissatisfaction Enhances Awareness and Facilitates the Consolidation of Body-Related Words During Rapid Serial Visual Presentation.
• A Qualitative Investigation of Body Weight and Weight Loss-related Attitudes of Mothers and Fathers in the Context of Food Insecurity.
• Weight Stigma Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A New Context of Stigmatization.
• Examining Weight Bias Among Practicing Canadian Family Physicians.

Policy Related

• Cost-Effectiveness of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in Mexico.
• “Turning mirrors into windows”: A study of participatory dynamic simulation modelling to inform health policy decisions.

Intergenerational Effects

• Do Physical Activity and Screen Time Mediate the Association Between European Fathers’ and Their Children’s Weight Status?
• Sex‐specific Effects of Leptin Administration to Pregnant Mice on the Placentae and the Metabolic Phenotypes of Offspring.
• Effects of Nutrient Intake During Pregnancy and Lactation on the Endocrine Pancreas of the Offspring. (pdf)
• Maternal Reproductive History and Premenopausal Risk of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease: A Danish Cohort Study.
• Programming Effects of Maternal and Gestational Obesity on Offspring Metabolism and Metabolic Inflammation.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Honeybee Caste Lipidomics in Relation to Life-history Stages and the Long Life of the Queen.
• The Advantages of Diving Deep: Fin Whales Quadruple Their Energy Intake When Targeting Deep Krill Patches.
• Review: The Gut–Liver Axis in the Control of Energy Metabolism and Food Intake in Animals.
• MicroRNA 16-5p is Upregulated in Calorie-restricted Mice and Modulates Inflammatory Cytokines of Macrophages.

Methods

• Calculator to Estimate 10-Year Risk of Diabetes Complications.
• The Nitrogen Isotope Ratio is a Biomarker of Yup'ik Traditional Food Intake and Reflects Dietary Seasonality in Segmental Hair Analyses.
• Methods and Risks of Bias in Natural Experiments in Obesity: Opportunities for the Future Informed By a Systematic Review.
• CAPS on the Move: Crafting an Approach to Recruitment for a RCT of Community Gardening.
• The Rate of Glucose Appearance is Related to Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Stable Isotope Studies.

Commentary

• Unexpected Clues Emerge About Why Diets Fail.
• ObesityWeek: Intermittent Fasting and Circadian Rhythms.
• The Buddy Clubs of Obesity, Nutrition, and Fitness.
• Singletons More Likely to Be Obese than Kids with Siblings: Study.
• The Case for Getting Fitter — Not Slimmer: Why Our Obsession with Weight Could Be a Mistake.
• Establishing What Constitutes a Healthy Human Gut Microbiome: State of the Science, Regulatory Considerations, and Future Directions.
• Prized and Proscribed: Our Ambivalent Feelings About Meat.
• What Exactly are Hyper-Palatable Foods.
• ObesityWeek: Ten Top Take-Home Messages.

General

• Genomic and Epidemiological Evidence of Bacterial Transmission From Probiotic Capsule to Blood in ICU Patients.
• Impact of Nutrition on Telomere Health: Systematic Review of Observational Cohort Studies and RCTs.
• Is It Really that Bad to Skip Breakfast?
• City Sicker? A Meta‐analysis of Wildlife Health and Urbanization.
• Meeting the Sexual Health Needs of Bisexual Men in the Age of Biomedical HIV Prevention: Gaps and Priorities.
• National Lipid Association Scientific Statement on the Use of Icosapent Ethyl in Statin-treated Patients with Elevated Triglycerides and High- or Very-high ASCVD Risk.
• Video: David Sloan Wilson discussed "This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
• Hadza Hunter-Gatherers and the Evolution of Human Cooperation: Evidence Against Partner Choice Models.
• Trapping Atoms in a Laser Beam Offers a New Way to Measure Gravity.
• Rural Americans are Dying More Frequently From Preventable Causes than Their Urban Counterparts.
• Rae Case Offers Clues to Staving Off Alzheimer's.

Video & Audio

• Video: Daniel Stone discussed "The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
• Video: David Allison and Others Testify Before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

Announcements

• NIA Mourns the Loss of Dr. Huber Warner.
• JNEB Sustainability (via Reductions in Food Waste and Loss) Call for Papers.
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Executive Director of Development: The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington is Searching for an Energetic and Successful Development Professional to Join Our Team.
• The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.
• The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Indiana University School of Public Health‐Bloomington Invites Applications for the Position of Chair and Tenured Full Professor.

Featured

• RCT: Effect of Weight Loss Via Severe vs Moderate Energy Restriction on Lean Mass and Body Composition Among Postmenopausal Women with Obesity.
• Associations of Weight Bias with Disordered Eating Among Latino and White Men.
• Glucagon-Receptor Signaling Reverses Hepatic Steatosis Independent of Leptin Receptor Expression.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Mother-infant Free-play Interactions Have Positive Effect on Child's Obesity Risk Trajectories.
• Study: Caregiver's (including Mother's) Warmth and Sensitivity During Active Play, Non-feeding Interactions, Was Associated (not Necessarily Causally Related) with Reduced Obesity Risk From Infancy to Second Grade.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Significant Effect of a Gluten-Free Diet in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
• RCT: No Significant Effect of Cinnamon on the Plasma Levels of Soluble Forms of Vascular Adhesion Molecules in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• RCT: "An intervention focused on reducing [eating rate], energy density and increasing steps was effective for weight loss, although the wearable device provided no additional benefit."
• Plant Protein Intake is Not Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Diabetic Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
• "Contrary to theoretical expectations from Bergmann's rule (i.e. increasing body size in colder climates), temperature does not seem to be the main driver of bumblebee body size during the last century as we observed the opposite body size trend."
• "Contrary to some previous studies, our results indicate that the absence-claim label (Not-GM) does not have a negative impact on the demand for related conventional products."
• Systematic Review: "Contrary to the findings from observational studies, evidence from randomised trials suggests that early macronutrient supplementation for infants born small improves some metabolic outcomes in childhood."
• "contrary to expectation, hypoxia had no effect on heat tolerance across all stages and sizes" in grasshoppers.
• Standard Medical Nutrition Therapy of 25kcal/kg Ideal Body Weight/day Often Does Not Reach Even Resting Energy Expenditure in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Coenzyme Q10 Does Not Improve Peripheral Insulin Sensitivity in Statin-treated Men and Women.

Basic

• Tainting and Weight Changes in Tilapia Guineensis Exposed to Sublethal Doses of Crude Oil.
• The Rho GTPase RND3 Regulates Adipocyte Lipolysis.
• Collaborative Effects of Chlorogenic Acid and Caffeine on Lipid Metabolism Via the AMPKα-LXRα/SREBP-1c Pathway in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Adipocyte Browning and Resistance to Obesity in Mice is Induced By Expression of ATF3.
• Sphk2−/− Mice are Protected From Obesity and Insulin Resistance.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Jumping Rope, Cognition, Height, BMI, and Scientific Rigor.
• Methodological Error in Measurement of Energy Expenditure By the Doubly Labeled Water Method: Much Ado About Nothing?
• Reply to DS Ludwig et al.
• Updated Critical Analysis: Is Ditching Meat a “game-changer” for Your Health?
• A Sacred Cow? Controversial Recommendations About Red Meat.

Clinical

• Skin Changes and Manifestations Associated with the Treatment of Obesity.
• Systematic Review: Risk of Poor Outcomes in Patients Who are Obese Following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty and Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.
• The Challenge of Keeping It Off, a Descriptive Systematic Review of High‐quality, Follow‐up Studies of Obesity Treatments.

Children and Adolescents

• Changes in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Phenotype Over Time in Children and Adolescents with Elevated Blood Pressures.
• Can the Healthy Primary School of the Future Offer Perspective in the Ongoing Obesity Epidemic in Young Children? A Dutch Quasi-experimental Study.
• Effects of High-intensity Interval Training on Endothelial Function, Lipid Profile, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Adolescents.
• Children and Adolescents’ Anthropometrics Body Composition From 3‐D Optical Surface Scans.
• Perspective: Recruitment, Engagement, and Retention of Fathers in Nutrition Education and Obesity Research.
• Nutritional Status Assessment in Children and Adolescents with Various Levels of Physical Activity in Aspect of Obesity.
• RCT: Influence of Physical Activity on Blood Pressure in Obese Children.
• Systematic Review: Overall Effects of School-based Obesity Prevention Interventions and Effect Differences By Intervention Components.

Surgery

• RCT: Gastric Bypass Versus Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Enhances Insulin Secretion in Type 2 Diabetes Via FXR-Mediated TRPA1 Expression.
• Functional Neurological Symptoms Masquerading as Wernicke Encephalopathy Following Bariatric Surgery.
• Effect of Surgical Versus Medical Therapy on Diabetic Kidney Disease Over 5 Years in Severely Obese Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes.

Drugs

• Preventive Antibiotic Treatment of Calves: Emergence of Dysbiosis Causing Propagation of Obese State-associated and Mobile Multidrug Resistance-carrying Bacteria.
• Review: Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Obesity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Review: Advances in Anti-Obesity Pharmacotherapy: Implications for a Multimodal Treatment Approach with Metabolic Surgery.
• Chapter: Pharmacotherapy of Children and Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• RCT: GLP-1 Analog Modulates Appetite, Taste Preference, Gut Hormones and Regional Body Fat Stores in Adults with Obesity.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Daily Consumption of Fruit-flavored Yoghurt Enriched with Vitamins B Contributes to Lower Energy Intake and Body Weight Reduction, in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.
• Association Between Serum Ferritin and Cognitive Function in Early Childhood.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• The Role of Ames Dwarfism and Calorie Restriction on Gut Microbiota.
• Acyl-CoA-binding Protein (ACBP): The Elusive ‘hunger Factor' Linking Autophagy to Food Intake.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Free Time and Physical Activity Among Americans 15 Years or Older: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the American Time Use Survey.
• Which Specific Modes of Exercise Training are Most Effective for Treating Low Back Pain? Network Meta-analysis.
• Association Between Neighborhood Walkability and Predicted 10‐Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
• RCT: Effects of Acute Exercise on Appetite, Circulating Ghrelin Concentrations, and Butyrylcholinesterase Activity in Normal-weight Males with Variants of the Obesity-linked FTO Rs9939609 Polymorphism.

Economics & Sociology

• Socioeconomic Differences in Access to Neighborhood and Network Social Capital and Associations with BMI Among Black Americans.
• Social Work and Toddler Overweight Risk: Identifying Modifiable Child and Parent Factors Across the Socioeconomic Gradient.
• Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Health Care Expenditures Among Veterans with Severe Obesity.

Epidemiology

• Frequency of Consumption of Whole Fruit, Not Fruit Juice, is Associated with Reduced Prevalence of Obesity in Korean Adults.
• Obesity and Weight Gain Since Early Adulthood are Associated with a Lower Risk of Microscopic Colitis.
• Obesity is Associated with Significantly Increased Risk for Diarrhoea After Controlling for Demographic, Dietary and Medical Factors.
• Diabetes Mellitus is Associated with Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients with and Without Coronary Artery Disease.
• Excessive Weight Gain Before and During Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Management: What is the Impact?

Psychology & Neuroscience

• FNIRS Correlates of the Development of Inhibitory Control in Young Obese Subjects.
• Reward Sensitivity Deficits in a Rat Model of Compulsive Eating Behavior.
• The Role of Production Method and Country-of-origin Labelling in Consumers' Food Choice.
• A Brief Neuropsychological Battery for Measuring Cognitive Functions Associated with Obesity.

Equity and Disparities

• Neighborhoods to Nucleotides—Advances and Gaps for an Obesity Disparities Systems Epidemiology Model.
• Using Latent Class Growth Modeling to Examine Longitudinal Patterns of BMI Change From Adolescence to Adulthood.
• The Explanatory Role of Maternal Feeding Practices: Do They Explain Ethnic differences in Body Weight of Preadolescents?

Ethics

• Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients with Obesity?
• Fat Shame and Blame in Reproductive Care: Implications for Ethical Health Care Interactions.

Stigma

• Weight Bias and Grading Among Middle and High School Teachers.
• Systematic Review: Weight-related Stigma and Psychological Distress.
• Psychological Distress and Quality of Life in Iranian Adolescents with Overweight/obesity: Mediating Roles of Weight Bias Internalization and Insomnia.
• Weight Stigma Among Sexual Minority Adults: Findings from a Matched Sample of Adults Engaged in Weight Management.

Policy Related

• Food Stamps, Food Insecurity, and Health Outcomes Among Elderly Americans.
• Childhood Obesity and the Food Environment: A Population‐Based Sample of Public School Children in New York City.

Intergenerational Effects

• Systematic Review: Effect of Interpregnancy Weight Change on Perinatal Outcomes.
• Association of Cord Plasma Biomarkers of in Utero Acetaminophen Exposure with Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Childhood.
• Maternal Lipid Metabolism Directs Fetal Liver Programming Following Nutrient Stress.
• Breast Milk Supply of MicroRNA Associated with Leptin and Adiponectin is Affected By Maternal Overweight/Obesity and Influences Infancy BMI.

Methods

• Inequality, Validity of Self-reported Height, and Its Implications for BMI Estimates: An Analysis of Randomly Selected Primary Sampling Units' Data.
• Can We Improve the Gestation-adjusted Projection (GAP) Method for Prediction of Birth Weight in Morbidly Obese Women?
• Does Exclusion of Extreme Reporters of Energy Intake (the “Goldberg Cutoffs”) Reliably Reduce or Eliminate Bias in Nutrition Studies? Analysis with Illustrative Associations of Energy Intake with Health Outcomes.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Quantification of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Children with Obesity.
• Obesity Prediction By Modeling BMI Distributions: Application to National Survey Data From Mexico, Colombia and Peru, 1988–2014.
• Gestational Growth Trajectories Derived From a Dynamic Fetal–placental Scaling Law.
• Measuring Sleep in Young Children and Their Mothers: Identifying Actigraphic Sleep Composites.

Commentary

• What We Really Know About Eating Red Meat – and What We Want to Believe.
• Becoming Obese From Age 25 to Midlife Knocks Years Off Life.
• Seeing What We Want to See in Soda Policy.
• Are So Many Americans Fat Because They’re Getting Terrible Nutrition Advice From ‘The Experts’?
• "The overwhelming majority of policies enacted at all levels of government lack any evidence of effects on behaviors or outcomes. We need more evidence-based policy."
• Obesity is in the Genes.
• Nutrition Education in Medical School, Residency Training, and Practice.
• Stephen Devries, MD: Training Physicians About Nutrition.
• How Washington Keeps America Sick and Fat.

General

• Long-awaited Cystic Fibrosis Drug Could Turn Deadly Disease Into a Manageable Condition.
• Altered Temporal Sensitivity in Obesity is Linked to Pro-inflammatory State.
• Public Concern About Monitoring Twitter Users and Their Conversations to Recruit for Clinical Trials: Survey Study.
• The Misperception of Racial Economic Inequality.
• How do Researchers Acquire and Develop Notions of Research Integrity? A Qualitative Study Among Biomedical Researchers in Switzerland.
• We’re Incentivizing Bad Science.
• Diabetes Prevalence and Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries — United States, 2001–2015.
• Time From Submission of Johns Hopkins University Trial Results to Posting on ClinicalTrials.gov.
• This Science Vigilante Calls Out Bogus Results in Prestigious Journals.
• In Memoriam: John G. Kral, MD, PhD.
• I’m an Academic Doctor. But Research From For-profit Companies May Be the Best Way to Help Patients and Science in the Future.

Video & Audio

• Video: Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss?

Obesity Journal Symposium 2019 Winners

• Moriah P. Bellissimo: Plasma High-Resolution Metabolomics Differentiates Adults with Normal Weight Obesity From Lean Individuals.
• Michael C. Wong: Children and Adolescent’s Anthropometrics Body Composition From 3D Optical Surface Scans.
• Evan P. Nadler: Pattern of Biliary Disease Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Adolescents.
• Kai Ling Kong: Early Nonfood Parent‐Infant Interactions and Development of Obesity in a High‐Risk, Diverse Sample.
• Tera L. Fazzino: Hyper‐Palatable Foods: Development of a Quantitative Definition and Application to the US Food System Database.

Announcements

• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Executive Director of Development: The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington is Searching for an Energetic and Successful Development Professional to Join Our Team.
• New Book: Nutrition Research Methodologies.
• Annual Report: The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has released "Health, United States, 2018."
• The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.
• The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Indiana University School of Public Health‐Bloomington Invites Applications for the Position of Chair and Tenured Full Professor.