Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• RCT: Diet Quality Following Total Meal Replacement Compared with Food-Based Weight-Loss Diets in Postmenopausal Women with Obesity.
• Body Size and Digestive System Shape Resource Selection by Ungulates: A Cross-Taxa Test of the Forage Maturation Hypothesis.
• Deletion of the Feeding-Induced Hepatokine TSK Ameliorates the Melanocortin Obesity Syndrome.
• Exposure to Food Insecurity Increases Energy Storage and Reduces Somatic Maintenance in European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).
• Energy Compensation and Adiposity in Humans.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Wait, What? Overeating Is Not the Primary Cause for Obesity - Study Reveals.
• Perspective: The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model: A Physiological Perspective on the Obesity Pandemic. Not a Study.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No significant "effects of a bicycle distribution program on 6 to 12-year-old children’s BMI."
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, carbohydrate intake showed no positive association with weight regain after weight loss, and no interaction with baseline fasting glucose concentration was found."
• "Contrary to expectations, a systematic review showed that liking and wanting decreased after different weight management interventions."
• "Food supplementation increased males’ reproductive success, but, contrary to my prediction, it did not affect the reproductive success of tactics differently."
• RCT: "There was no effect of UCP2 45-bp I/D variance on the response to training in woman with obesity."
• RCT: "No significant differences between participants randomized to EC versus UC were observed with regards to GWG [gestational weight gain] less than or equal to 9.1 kgs, total GWG, or the proportion who gained less than, within or greater than the IOM recommendations. There were also no significant group differences for pregnancy or neonatal outcomes."
• RCT: "We have failed to demonstrate the statistically significant differences between the IHHT and sham patient groups receiving their respective treatments."
• A Culturally Informed Weight-Loss Competition for New Zealand Indigenous and Pacific Peoples Was Not Associated with Significantly Greater Weight Loss in Intervention Group in Quasi-Experimental Trial.

Basic

• Orexin, Serotonin, and Energy Balance.
• Review: AgRP Neurons: Regulators of Feeding, Energy Expenditure, and Behavior.
• Rhythmic Neuronal Activities of the Rat Nucleus of the Solitary Tract are Impaired by High-Fat Diet – Implications for Daily Control of Satiety.
• Mitophagy-Mediated Adipose Inflammation Contributes to Type 2 Diabetes with Hepatic Insulin Resistance.
• Cardiac PANK1 Deletion Exacerbates Ventricular Dysfunction During Pressure Overload.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Looking Through the Lens of Good Science, by Professor David Allison MAE.
• Preprint: The Devil Is in the Details: Reporting and Transparent Research Practices in Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Clinical Trials.
• Point: Is It Time to Rethink Aerobic Exercise Prescription Methods?
• Rebuttal: Is It Time to Rethink Aerobic Exercise Prescription Methods?
• Dietary Saturated Fats and Health: Are the U.S. Guidelines Evidence-Based?
• PubPeer Comment On: Angiotensin-(1-7) Participates in Enhanced Skeletal Muscle Insulin Sensitivity After a Bout of Exercise.

Clinical

• Free-Living Energy Balance Behaviors are Associated with Greater Weight Loss During a Weight Loss Program.
• Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Sexual Dysfunctions in Adults with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes: Results from Diabetes MILES - Flanders.
• RCT: Effect of Omega-3 and Vitamin D Co-Supplementation on Psychological Distress in Reproductive-Aged Women with Pre-Diabetes and Hypovitaminosis D.

Children and Adolescents

• RCT: Partial Meal Replacement Preconception Weight Loss Program for Women with Overweight and Obesity.
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Children with and without Obesity and Control Children.
• Physical Activity in Out of School Hours Care: An Observational Study.
• RCT: Effectiveness of a Gamification Strategy to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Schools.

Surgery

• Minimum Threshold of Bariatric Surgical Weight Loss for Initial Diabetes Remission.
• Ventricular Conduction Improvement After Pericardial Fat Reduction Triggered by Rapid Weight Loss in Subjects with Obesity Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
• Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: Comparison of Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Usual Care.
• Long-Term Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Gut Microbiota Composition and Faecal Metabolome Related to Obesity Remission.

Drugs

• Liraglutide May Affect Visceral Fat Accumulation in Diabetic Rats Via Changes in FTO, AMPK, and AKT Expression.
• What Do Next-Generation Anti-Obesity Medications Setmelanotide, Semaglutide, Tirzepatide and Bimagrumab Mean for Clinical Practice?
• Gastrointestinal Tolerability of Once-Weekly Semaglutide 2.4 Mg in Adults with Overweight or Obesity, and the Relationship between Gastrointestinal Adverse Events and Weight Loss.

Food & Diet

• The Relationship between Mindful Eating and BMI and Body Compositions in Adults.
• Prospective Association between a Mediterranean-Style Dietary Score in Childhood and Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Adults from the ALSPAC Birth Cohort.
• Interactions between Caveolin 1 Polymorphism and the Mediterranean and Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay Diet (MIND) Diet on Metabolic Dyslipidemia in Adult Women with Overweight and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Lutein Supplementation Combined with a Low-Calorie Diet in Middle-Aged Individuals with Obesity: Effects on Anthropometric Indices, Body Composition and Metabolic Parameters.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Calorie Restriction Modulates Neuro-Immune System Differently in Young and Aged Rats.
• Systematic Review: Intermittent Fasting and the Possible Benefits in Obesity, Diabetes, and Multiple Sclerosis.
• Sequential Diets and Weight Loss: Including a Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat Diet with and Without Time-Restricted Feeding.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Association of Physical Activity Intensity and Bout Length with Mortality: An Observational Study of 79,503 UK Biobank Participants.
• Moderate-To-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity from Young Adulthood to Middle Age and Metabolic Disease: A 30-Year Population-Based Cohort Study.
• RCT: Weight Loss and Exercise Differentially Affect Insulin Sensitivity, Body Composition, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Muscle Strength in Older Adults with Obesity.
• A Single Bout of Exercise Improves Vascular Insulin Sensitivity in Adults with Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• “That Chart Ain’t for Us”: How Black Women Understand “Obesity,” Health, and Physical Activity.
• Rurality, Gender, and Obesity: An Intersectionality Perspective on Rural Men’s Health.
• The Association of BMI with Quality of Life and Working Ability: A Finnish Population-Based Study.

Epidemiology

• Influence of Changes in Body Fat on Clinical Outcomes in a General Population: A 12-Year Follow-Up Report on the Ansan-Ansung Cohort in the Korean Genome Environment Study.
• The Relationship between BMI and In-Hospital Mortality in the Contemporary Era of an Acute Myocardial Infarction Management.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Physical Activity Is Associated with Lower Long-Term Incidence of Anxiety in a Population-Based, Large-Scale Study.
• Sleep Disturbances, Obesity, and Cognitive Function in Childhood: A Mediation Analysis.
• Meta-Analysis: Body Size Estimation in Obesity.

Equity and Disparities

• Uplifting the Voices of Rural American Indian Older Adults to Improve Understanding of Physical Activity Behavior.
• Seeking a Pot of Gold with Integrated Behavior Therapy and Research to Improve Health Equity: Insights from the RAINBOW Trial for Obesity and Depression.

Stigma

• Adverse Childhood Experiences and Weight Stigma: Co-Occurrence and Associations with Psychological Well-Being.
• Evidence of Weight Bias in the College Classroom: A Call for Inclusive Teaching Practices for Students of All Sizes.
• Eliminating the "Morbid" in Obesity: A Step Toward More Sensitive Documentation in the Era of Open Notes.
• Age and Gender Differences in the Relationship between Obesity and Disability with Self-Perceived Employment Discrimination: Results from a Retrospective Study of an Australian National Sample.

Policy Related

• Blue Food.
• Systematic Review: Weight Stigma and Obesity-Related Policies.
• When Pandemics Collide: The Impact of COVID-19 on Childhood Obesity.

Intergenerational Effects

• Pregestational Diabetes Mediates the Association between Maternal Obesity and the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects.
• Postnatal Exercise Protects Offspring from High-Fat Diet-Induced Reductions in Subcutaneous Adipocyte Beiging in C57Bl6/J Mice.
• The Influence of Maternal Obesity on Cell-Free Fetal DNA and Blood Pressure Regulation in Pregnancies with Hypertensive Disorders.
• Paternal Weight Prior to Conception and Infant Birthweight: A Prospective Cohort Study.
• Periconceptional Maternal Diet Characterized by High Glycemic Loading Is Associated with Offspring Behavior in NEST.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Review: AMPK: Restoring Metabolic Homeostasis over Space and Time.
• Mitochondria-Localized AMPK Responds to Local Energetics and Contributes to Exercise and Energetic Stress-Induced Mitophagy.
• Acylcarnitine Profile in Alaskan Sled Dogs During Submaximal Multiday Exercise Points Out Metabolic Flexibility and Liver Role in Energy Metabolism.
• Burrowing Star-Nosed Moles (Condylura cristata) are Not Hypoxia-Tolerant.

Methods

• Perspective: Opportunities and Challenges of Technology Tools in Dietary and Activity Assessment.
• Concordance of Bodies of Evidence from RCTs, Dietary Intake, and Biomarkers of Intake in Cohort Studies: A Meta-Epidemiological Study.

Commentary

• "'Conceptually' walking while 'actually' remaining fixed to our couches would fail to stem pandemic sedentariness."
• Caloric Restriction Reverses Aging: One Cell at a Time.
• Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor (SGLT2i) as a Primary Preventative Agent in the Healthy Individual: A Need of a Future RCT?
• A Muscle-Centric View of Time-Restricted Feeding for Older Adults.
• Mixed Trends on Poverty and Food Insecurity in 2020.
• Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition in the 21st Century: A Report from the 22nd Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium.
• Can Plant-Based Diet Really Reduce COVID-19 Risk?
• More Obesity in the Pandemic? Kids Yes, Adults Iffy.

General

• Ancient Viral Integrations in Marsupials: A Potential Antiviral Defense.
• Why the Cognitive “Fountain of Youth” May Be Upstream: Pathways to Dementia Risk and Resilience Through Social Connectedness.
• Black Holes Flicker When They Eat, Revealing Their Size.
• Ebola Vaccine Good News: Clinical Trial Shows Strong Immune Response.
• Social Media Use, Physical Activity, and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescence: Cross-Sectional Analysis.
• Faculty Engagement with Learning Analytics: Advancing a Student Success Culture in Higher Education.
• Phylogeographic Reconstruction of the Marbled Crayfish Origin.
• Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Promotion, and Tenure.
• The Food Wars.

Video & Audio

• Do I Really Need 10,000 Steps a Day? Scientists Say 7,000 Is Fine.
• Podcast: The Importance of Muscle Mass, Strength, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness for Longevity.

Announcements

• Building Data Power: New Initiative Aims to Connect Central Indiana’s Data-Sciences Talent, Resources.
• IU Makes $30 Million Investment in Faculty Diversity Hiring.
• The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University, Bloomington, Invites Applications for Up to Two CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowships.
• Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health — Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.

Featured

• Evolution of the Primate Glutamate Taste Sensor from a Nucleotide Sensor.
• Association between Gestational PFAS Exposure and Children's Adiposity in a Diverse Population.
• Fasting Blood Glucose as a Predictor of Mortality: Lost in Translation.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Children Should Start Drinking Tea Aged Four to Combat Obesity and Stress, Study Finds.
• Narrative Review: No Apparent Research Identified Looking at Tea and Obesity or Stress in Children.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "This 2-year intervention, including self-monitoring of steps with or without counselling, prevented a decrease in PA but did not provide evidence for improved metabolic control and cardiometabolic risk factors in a population with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes."
• RCT: "This study found no evidence for an association between the volume of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity exercise and weight regain across 12 months following clinically relevant WL. Further, results suggest that exercise volumes lower than those currently recommended for WL maintenance, when completed in conjunction with a behavioral weight-maintenance intervention, may minimize weight regain over 12 months."
• "RCTs presented no adverse effect of nuts on body weight...."
• RCT: "...those who received financial incentives, environmental change, or the combined intervention did not lose significantly more weight than those in the usual care group."
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, no mediating effects of body appreciation were observed, and no moderation of indirect effects by gender were observed."
• "Contrary to this assumption, whole-room indirect calorimetry with improved time resolution revealed that RQ re-ascended prior to awakening, and nadir of RQ in non-obese young adults occurred earlier in women than men after bedtime."
• "Contrary to our expectations, non-nursing thel rats were resistant to the effects of stress in all dependent measures. Our data indicate that even in chronic adverse conditions, nursing is not required for maintaining stable care to offspring or active coping responses in an acutely stressful task."
• RCT: "There was a statistically significant, but not clinically meaningful, intervention effect on ... parental self-efficacy" in childhood obesity study.

Basic

• Deficiency of Intestinal Bmal1 Prevents Obesity Induced by High-Fat Feeding.
• Genes in Human Obesity Loci are Causal Obesity Genes in C. Elegans.
• Exploring the Obesity Paradox in a Murine Model of Sepsis.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Response to: ‘Misleading Arguments About Blinding in Vitamin C and Zinc Lozenge Trials’.
• Twitter Thread On: "Prebiotic effect on mood in obese patients is determined by the initial gut microbiota composition: A randomized, controlled trial".
• Article: The Obesity Wars and the Education of a Researcher: A Personal Account.
• Letter: Evidence Does Not Support Benefit of Being Overweight on Mortality.
• Response: Fairness in Scientific Debate.

Clinical

• Impact of Overlapping Risks of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity on Coronavirus Disease Severity in the United States.
• Effects of Weight Change on All Causes, Digestive System and Other Causes Mortality in Southern Italy: A Competing Risk Approach.

Children and Adolescents

• Growth Trajectory of Preterm Small-For-Gestational-Age Neonates.
• Preprint: Proper Protein Intake, Adequate Sleep and Short Screen Time Can Promote [i.e., are associated with] Physical Growth and Reduce the Incidence of Obesity in Children.
• Making Sense of Adolescent-Targeted Social Media Food Marketing: A Qualitative Study of Expert Views on Key Definitions, Priorities and Challenges.

Surgery

• Protocol: Evaluation of the Impact of Gastric Bypass Surgery on Eating Behaviour Using Objective Methodologies Under Residential Conditions.
• Meta-analysis: The Impact of Bariatric Surgery Versus Non-Surgical Treatment on Blood Pressure.
• Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Triggers Fast β-Cell Recovery upon Overt Diabetes.

Drugs

• An Evidence-Based Review of OLZ/SAM for Treatment of Adults with Schizophrenia or Bipolar I Disorder.
• Effects of Liraglutide on Visceral and Ectopic Fat in Adults with Overweight and Obesity at High Cardiovascular Risk.
• RCT: Danuglipron (PF-06882961) in Type 2 Diabetes.

Food & Diet

• Perspective: The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model: A Physiological Perspective on the Obesity Pandemic.
• Flavonoids from Rosa Davurica Pall. Fruits Prevent High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Liver Injury Via Modulation of the Gut Microbiota in Mice.
• Dietary Whey and Egg Proteins Interact with Inulin Fiber to Modulate Energy Balance and Gut Microbiota in Obese Rats.
• RCT: Impact of Decreasing the Proportion of Higher Energy Foods and Reducing Portion Sizes on Food Purchased in Worksite Cafeterias.
• Diet Quality Following Total Meal Replacement Compared with Food-Based Weight-Loss Diets in Postmenopausal Women with Obesity.
• The Association between the Dietary Pattern in Abdominal Obesity Based on Visceral Fat Index and Dyslipidemia in the Henan Rural Cohort Study.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Chitosan Displays a Potent Caloric Restriction Mimetic Effect in Senescent Rats.
• Fatty Acid Metabolism and Colon Cancer Protection by Dietary Methyl Donor Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Body Muscle Gain and Markers of Cardiovascular Disease Susceptibility in Young Adulthood: A Cohort Study.
• Meta-analysis: The Effect of Resistance Training on Body Composition During and After Cancer Treatment.
• Effect of Very Large Body Mass Loss on Energetics, Mechanics and Efficiency of Walking in Adults with Obesity: Mass-Driven vs Behavioural Adaptations.
• Physiological and Perceptual Responses During Walking at Set and Preferred Pace in Normal and Overweight Adults.
• The Therapeutic Effects of Mild to Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Meta-Analysis of RCTs.

Economics & Sociology

• Examining the Impacts of Neighborhood Poverty on Bodyweight Across the BMI Distribution: A Quantile and MSM Modeling Approach.
• Individual and Family Characteristics Associated with Health Indicators at Entry into Multidisciplinary Pediatric Weight Management.
• Outcomes of a Culturally Informed Weight-Loss Competition for New Zealand Indigenous and Pacific Peoples: A Quasi-Experimental Trial.
• Social Isolation but Not Deprivation Involved in Employment Status After Bariatric Surgery.
• Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: The Effectiveness of Text Message Delivered Interventions for Weight Loss in Developing Countries.
• Systematic Scoping Review: Mapping the Digital Food Environment.

Epidemiology

• New Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps.
• Serum Metabolite Profile Associated with Sex-Dependent Visceral Adiposity Index and Low Bone Mineral Density in a Mexican Population.
• Waistline to the Gumline: Relationship between Obesity and Periodontal Disease-Biological and Management Considerations.
• Screening of Central Obesity Among Normal-Weight Children and Adolescents in Shandong, China.
• Identifying Adults at High-Risk for Change in Weight and BMI in England: A Longitudinal, Large-Scale, Population-Based Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records.
• BMI Trend and Variability in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Meta-Analysis: Relationship between Eating Restraint, Impaired Cognitive Control and Cognitive Bias to Food in Non-Clinical Samples.
• Does Overweight and Obesity Play a Role on Inhibitory Control of Patients Under Treatment for Substance Use Disorder?
• Momentary Affective Response to Bouts of Moderate-To-Vigorous Physical Activity Predicts Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior During Behavioral Weight Loss.
• Mood States Moderate Implicit Approach Vs. Avoidance Tendencies Toward Food Cues in Patients with Obesity and Active Binge Eating Disorder.
• Trait Self-Control and Disinhibited Eating in COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Perceived Mortality Threat and Negative Affect.
• Food Addiction Symptoms are Related to Neuroaffective Responses to Preferred Binge Food and Erotic Cues.
• Review: The Role of Glia in the Physiology and Pharmacology of GLP-1: Implications for Obesity, Diabetes, and Neurodegenerative Processes Including Glaucoma.
• Triacylglycerol Rich in Docosahexaenoic Acid Regulated Appetite Via the Mediation of Leptin and Intestinal Epithelial Functions in High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet-Fed Mice.

Equity and Disparities

• Addressing Structural Racism Is Critical for Ameliorating the Childhood Obesity Epidemic in Black Youth.
• Income and Neighbourhood Deprivation in Relation to Obesity in Urban Dwelling Children 0–12 Years of Age.
• Social Inequalities in Obesity and Overweight: Secular Changes in Poland between 1983 and 2020.
• The Built and Social Neighborhood Environment and Child Obesity: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.

Stigma

• Systematic Review: Weight Stigma and Obesity-Related Policies.
• RCT: Effects of Obesity Framing on Weight Stigma.

Policy Related

• Corporate Political Activity in the Context of Unhealthy Food Advertising Restrictions Across Transport for London: A Qualitative Case Study.
• Financial Literacy and Exercise Behavior in the United States.
• Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Obesity Risk: A Review of Recommendations for Obesity Prevention Policies.

Intergenerational Effects

• RCT: Maternal PCOS Status and Metformin in Pregnancy: Steroid Hormones in 5–10 Years Old Children.
• Effects of Maternal Controlled Exercise on Offspring Adiposity and Glucose Tolerance.
• The Link between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptoms and Obesity-Related Traits: Genetic and Prenatal Explanations.
• Maternal Education Level but Not Physical Activity in Pregnancy Was Associated with Fitness and Fatness in Childhood.
• Infant Metabolome in Relation to Prenatal DHA Supplementation and Maternal Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Rs174602: Secondary Analysis of RCT in Mexico.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Effects of Dietary Protein Levels on Growth and Feed Utilization in Non-Transgenic and Growth-Hormone-Gene Transgenic Common Carp (Cyprinus Carpio L.).
• RCT: Insects are a Viable Protein Source for Human Consumption: From Insect Protein Digestion to Postprandial Muscle Protein Synthesis in Vivo in Humans.
• Energy Expenditure Across Immune Challenge Severities in a Lizard: Consequences for Innate Immunity, Locomotor Performance and Oxidative Status.

Methods

• Sample Sizes for Cluster-RCTs with Continuous Outcomes: Accounting for Uncertainty in a Single Intra-Cluster Correlation Estimate.
• Bioelectric Impedance Analysis for Body Composition Measurement and Other Potential Clinical Applications in Critical Illness.

Commentary

• Umami Taste Receptor Evolved with Primates’ Diets.
• Rapamycin Risks?
• The Great Failure of Experts in a Bubble.
• Fighting Misinformation with Caustic Misinformation.
• Are We Eating More Junk Food?
• Opinion: How a 'tragically Flawed' Paradigm Has Derailed the Science of Obesity.
• Setting the Bar Too High at 10,000 Steps Daily?
• The Future of Weight Loss.
• Obesity: Chasing a Simple Answer in Carbs and Insulin.

General

• Updated Guidance on the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals.
• Association of Food Insecurity with Dietary Intakes and Nutritional Biomarkers Among US Children, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
• Age and Sex: Impact on Adipose Tissue Metabolism and Inflammation.
• Survey Fatigue During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Neurosurgery Survey Response Rates.
• The Gendered Nature of Authorship.
• Getting to the Core of a More Nutritious Apple.
• How the Pandemic Is Changing the Norms of Science.
• Panel Discussion: Public Health in the Time of COVID-19.
• The Universal Visitation Law of Human Mobility.

Announcements

• The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University, Bloomington, Invites Applications for Up to Two CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowships.
• Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health — Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.
• IU Bloomington climbs US News rankings.

Featured

• Toward Healthier Cookie Habits: Assessing the Role of Packaging Visual Appearance in the Expectations for Dietary Cookies in Digital Environments.
• Systematic Review: Evaluation of Dietary Patterns and All-Cause Mortality.
• Neonatal Exposure to a Wild-Derived Microbiome Protects Mice Against Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Targeting the Dietary Na:K Ratio—Considerations for Design of an Intervention Study to Impact Blood Pressure.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: High Fat Diets Break the Body Clock – This May Be the Underlying Cause of Obesity.
• Study: Rhythmic Neuronal Activities of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract are Impaired by a Diet with 70% of Energy from Fat in Rats.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Meta-analysis: "We found that [school gardening activity] has no obvious effect on improving children's” BMI, BMI z-score, or WC.
• Warm-Up Intensity Does Not Affect the Ergogenic Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate in Adult Men.
• Bold Behavior Is Associated with Genes That Regulate Energy Use but Does Not Covary with Body Condition in Food-Restricted Snails.
• No Effect of Acute Eccentric Resistance Exercise on Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults.
• RCT: Carbohydrate and Protein Co-Ingestion Postexercise Does Not Improve Next-Day Performance in Trained Cyclists.
• Self-Reported Interoceptive Sensibility Does Not Moderate the Relationship between Eating Disorder Symptoms and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors.
• Consuming a Low-Calorie Amount of Routine Food and Drink Does Not Affect Bioimpedance Body Fat Percentage in Healthy Individuals.
• RCT: "results showed that playing a serious health game did not have an effect on attitude toward fruits or energy-dense snacks or on the intake of fruits or less energy-dense snacks."

Basic

• Upregulation of Thioesterase Superfamily Member 2 in Skeletal Muscle Promotes Hepatic Steatosis and Insulin Resistance.
• Hyperglycemia Alters Mitochondrial Respiration Efficiency and Mitophagy in Human Podocytes.
• Acetylcholine-Synthesizing Macrophages in Subcutaneous Fat are Regulated by β2-Adrenergic Signaling.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Announcement: 2021 Recognizing Excellence in Advancing Health Literacy Award.
• Word Selection and Weight Bias.

Clinical

• Effects of Social Distancing on Diabetes Management in Older Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Meta-analysis: Association between BMI and Survival Outcomes in Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Children and Adolescents

• Changes in BMI Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Mendelian Randomization Analyses Suggest Childhood Body Size Indirectly Influences End Points from Across the Cardiovascular Disease Spectrum Through Adult Body Size.
• Higher BMI Predicts Liver Fibrosis Among Children and Adolescents with Obesity and NAFLD - an Interventional Pilot Study.
• Limitations of the Protective Measure Theory in Explaining the Role of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Obesity: An Updated Model with Emphasis on Biological Embedding.

Surgery

• Nocturnal Oximetry in Bariatric Surgery Patients Referred to Overnight In-Lab Polysomnography.
• RCT: Preoperative Dexamethasone for Airway-Related "Calibration Tube" Complications After Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• Network Meta-analysis: Metabolic Surgery Procedures for the Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes.

Drugs

• Levels of Circulating Semaglutide Determine Reductions in HbA1c and Body Weight in People with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Worth the Weight? Olanzapine Prescribing in Schizophrenia. A Review of Weight Gain and Other Cardiometabolic Side Effects of Olanzapine.

Food & Diet

• Low-Fat, Lactose-Free and Leucine-Enriched Chocolate Cow Milk Prototype: A Preliminary Study on Sensorial Acceptability and Gastrointestinal Complaints Following Exhaustive Exercise.
• Meta-analyses: Trends in Junk Food Consumption Among US Children and Adults, 2001–2018.
• RCT: Effect of Fenugreek Use on Fasting Blood Glucose, Glycosylated Hemoglobin, BMI, Waist Circumference, Blood Pressure and Quality of Life in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Caloric Restriction Mimetics in Nutrition and Clinical Trials.
• Hypoglycemic and Lipid Lowering Effects of Theaflavins in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Selenium Intake and Glycemic Control in Young Adults with Normal-Weight Obesity Syndrome.
• RCT: Safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius L.) Oil Could Improve Abdominal Obesity, Blood Pressure, and Insulin Resistance in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.
• Potato Consumption Is Not Associated with Elevated Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescent Girls.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• The Metabolomic Effects of Tripeptide Gut Hormone Infusion Compared to Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass and Caloric Restriction.
• Caloric Restriction Per Se Rather Than Dietary Macronutrient Distribution Plays a Primary Role in Metabolic Health and Body Composition Improvements in Obese Mice.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• High-Volume Intermittent Maximal Intensity Isometric Exercise Caused Great Stress, Although Central Motor Fatigue Did Not Occur.
• Physical Activity, Sports Participation and Exercise-Related Constraints in Adult Women with Primary Hypothyroidism Treated with Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy.
• Attenuation of Stress-Induced Cardiovascular Reactivity Following High-Intensity Interval Exercise in Untrained Males.
• Hypertension Among South African Children in Disadvantaged Areas and Associations with Physical Activity, Fitness, and Cardiovascular Risk Markers: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Cross-Fostering Selectively Bred High Runner Mice Affects Adult Body Mass but Not Voluntary Exercise.
• The Effects of Exercise on Lipid Biomarkers.
• Physical Activity and Fat-Free Mass During Growth and in Later Life.

Economics & Sociology

• Does Weight-Cycling Influence Illness Beliefs in Obesity? A Gender-Sensitive Approach.
• Examining Gender and the Longitudinal Effect of Weight Conscious Drinking Dimensions on BMI Among a College Freshman Cohort.

Epidemiology

• Associations of Weight Loss with Obesity-Related Comorbidities in a Large Integrated Health System.
• Understanding the Link between Obesity and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Causal Mediation by Systemic Inflammatory Response.
• Long-Term BMI Variability, Weight Change Slope, and Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes: 7-Year Prospective Study in Chinese Hypertensive Subjects.
• Meta-analysis: Central Obesity Accelerates Leukocyte Telomere Length (LTL) Shortening in Apparently Healthy Adults.
• RCT: Adiposity and Cancer: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis in the UK Biobank.
• Association of Adiposity with Incident Diabetes Among Black Adults in the Jackson Heart Study.
• Higher Levels of C-Reactive Protein and Ferritin in Patients with Overweight and Obesity and SARS-CoV-2-Related Pneumonia.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Chocolate Culture: Preferences, Emotional Implications and Awareness of Italian Consumers.
• Group Cognitive Remediation Therapy Prior to Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment for Adults with Severe Obesity.
• Adult Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder Among Alcohol Use Disorder Inpatients Is Associated with Food Addiction and Binge Eating, but Not BMI.
• Adverse Childhood Experiences in Relation to Mood-, Weight-, and Eating-Related Outcomes in Emerging Adulthood: Does Self-Compassion Play a Buffering Role?
• No Addiction Transfer from Preoperative Food Addiction to Other Addictive Behaviors During the First Year After Bariatric Surgery.
• Review: Arcuate Nucleus-Dependent Regulation of Metabolism - Pathways to Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus.

Equity and Disparities

• Socioeconomic Inequities in 5-Year Weight Trajectories in Association with Baseline Weight-Related Perceptions: A Longitudinal Study.
• Socioeconomic Inequities in Diet Quality Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults Living in Canada: An Analysis of Trends between 2004 and 2015.
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obesity Prevalence Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Receiving Inpatient Care in Hawai‘i, 2015–2016.
• Widening Socioeconomic Disparities in Pain and Physical Function Among Americans are Linked with Growing Obesity.
• Age at Diagnosis of Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity in the United States from 2011 to 2018.

Stigma

• Weight Bias Internalization: Relationships with Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior.
• “He’s Not Fat, He Just Has Asthma”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Weight Management in Families Living with Pediatric Asthma.

Policy Related

• Influence of the San Francisco, CA, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Health Warning on Consumer Reactions.
• Association of Obesity with Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Events.
• Identifying Adults at High-Risk for Change in Weight and BMI in England: A Longitudinal, Large-Scale, Population-Based Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records.

Intergenerational Effects

• Childhood Obesity and Maternal Personality Traits: A New Point of View on Obesity Behavioural Aspects.
• C-Section Birth Increases Offspring Obesity Risk Dependent on Maternal Diet and Obesity Status in Rats.
• Plasma Lipidomics in Early Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Nested Case–control Study in Chinese Women.
• Association of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Breastfeeding with NAFLD in Young Adults: A Parental Negative Control Study.

Methods

• Misreporting of Dietary Energy Intake Obtained by 24 h Recalls in Older Adults: A Comparison of Five Previous Methods Using Doubly Labeled Water.
• Revisiting Energy Expenditure: How to Correct Mouse Metabolic Rate for Body Mass.
• Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Obesity Research: A Scoping Review.

Commentary

• Machine Learning Reveals How Glucose Helps the SARS-CoV-2 Virus.
• Can Increasing Physical Activity Prevent Aging-Related Loss of Skeletal Muscle?
• Should Lab-Grown Meat Be Labeled as Meat? USDA Seeks Public Input.
• Blame and Shame for Suffering: Obesity and COVID.
• Waistline to the Gumline: Relationship between Obesity and Periodontal Disease-Biological and Management Considerations.
• Microbiomes and Childhood Malnutrition: What Is the Evidence?
• Whetting Your Appetite for Food Advocacy.
• Death by Discord.
• Fat Camps: A Sad Artifact of Obesity Misunderstood.

General

• Simple Carbohydrate Intake and Higher Risk for Physical Frailty over 15 Years in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
• New Scans of Tyrannosaur Skulls Reveal Echoes of Dino Brains.
• Exercise-Induced Orgasm and Its Association with Sleep Orgasms and Orgasms During Partnered Sex: Findings from a U.S. Probability Survey.
• Female Hummingbirds Avoid Harassment by Looking Like Males.
• Neither Sick nor Healthy: Patients-In-Waiting.
• "Without a proper control group, issues of regression to the mean and selection bias render results difficult to interpret."
• Returning a Favor Via Social Media Could Drive Healthier Habits, Study Shows.
• Bias of Calf Sex on Milk Yield and Fat Yield in Holstein Crossbreed Cows.

Announcements

• The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University, Bloomington, Invites Applications for Up to Two CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowships.
• Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health — Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.

Featured

• Another Look at the Extinction of Conditioned Flavor Preferences: Amount of Training and Tests for Spontaneous Recovery.
• Effect of Disclosed Information on Product Liking, Emotional Profile, and Purchase Intent: A Case of Chocolate Brownies Containing Edible-Cricket Protein.
• "Determining the causality of the relationship between energy compensation and adiposity will be key to improving public health strategies regarding obesity."

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Consuming Millets Can Reduce Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Disease.
• Study: Meta-Analysis That Predominantly Includes Pre-Post Studies on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors. Causation Not Established.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "no significant effects were observed for the primary outcome of weight or average steps per day" in Mobile health assisted self-monitoring is acceptable for supporting weight loss in rural men.
• RCT: "This intervention [a family-based multidisciplinary program for children with obesity], with high engagement from those most affected by obesity, did not achieve long-term efficacy of the primary outcome."
• No Ego-Depletion Effect Without a Good Control Task.
• "Thus, in the type of subjects studied here, borage oil, a source of GLA, did not show promise as a weight control aid..."
• Overall Lack of Genotoxic Activity Among Five Common Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners: A Contemporary Review of the Collective Evidence.
• RCT: Introducing Dietary Self-Monitoring to Undergraduate Women Via a Calorie Counting App Has No Effect on Mental Health or Health Behaviors.
• "We found no evidence suggesting that loss-framed incentives perform better than gain-framed incentives in children and isolated studies from healthy food choice experiments support the use of immediate, small incentives versus delayed, larger incentives."
• RCT: "Neither intervention yielded significant improvements in child BMI z-score or parent BMI, yet both were delivered with high fidelity."

Basic

• A Pyrexic Effect of FGF21 Independent of Energy Expenditure and UCP1.
• Systemic Versus Local Adipokine Expression Differs in a Combined Obesity and Osteoarthritis Mouse Model.
• JAZF1 Heterozygous Knockout Mice Show Altered Adipose Development and Metabolism.
• IL-20 Is Involved in Obesity by Modulation of Adipogenesis and Macrophage Dysregulation.
• Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Mutation Exacerbated High-Fat-Diet-Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Gut Microbiota Remodeling in Male Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Toward a More Stable Understanding of Pregnancy Micronutrient Metabolism.
• Tortured Logic About Obesity Prevention.

Clinical

• RCT: Impact of Preconception Weight Loss on Fasting Glucose and Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Obesity.
• Brief Report: Neurological Considerations for the Care of Patients with Severe Obesity.

Children and Adolescents

• Parental Feeding Practices and Child-Related Factors are Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Longitudinal Outcomes in Adolescents After Referral for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Surgery

• Improvement in Muscle Strength and Metabolic Parameters Despite Muscle Mass Loss in the Initial Six Months After Bariatric Surgery.
• Evaluation of Resting Energy Expenditure in Subjects with Severe Obesity and Its Evolution After Bariatric Surgery.
• A Longitudinal Study of the Antilipolytic Effect of Insulin in Women Following Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Baicalin Attenuates Diet-Induced Obesity Partially Through Promoting Thermogenesis in Adipose Tissue.
• Systematic Review: Clinical Outcomes Associated with Anti-Obesity Medications in Real-World Practice.

Food & Diet

• Thesis: Assessing Biomarkers of Magnesium in the Diet and for Nutritional Status.
• The Mediterranean Diet and Physical Activity: Better Together Than Apart for the Prevention of Premature Mortality.
• Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Effect of Weight-Loss Diets Prior to Elective Surgery on Postoperative Outcomes in Obesity.
• Salmon Peptides Limit Obesity-Associated Metabolic Disorders by Modulating a Gut-Liver Axis in Vitamin D-Deficient Mice.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Short- and Long-Term Effects of Body Weight Loss Following Calorie Restriction and Gastric Bypass on CYP3A-Activity – a Non-Randomized Three-Armed Controlled Trial.
• Systematic Review: Metabolomic Biomarkers for the Intake of Sugar-Sweetened and Low-Calorie Sweetened Beverages.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Scoping Review: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) as a Potential Countermeasure for Phenotypic Characteristics of Sarcopenia.
• Validation of Ambulatory Monitoring Devices to Measure Energy Expenditure and Heart Rate in a Military Setting.
• Physical Activity Intensity, Perceived Exertion, and Enjoyment During Head-Mounted Display Virtual Reality Games.
• Eight-Week Exercise Training in Humans with Obesity: Marked Improvements in Insulin Sensitivity and Modest Changes in Gut Microbiome.

Economics & Sociology

• Regional and Sociodemographic Differences in Average BMI Among US Children in the ECHO Program.
• Uncorrected proof: Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Obesity: A Mendelian Randomisation Study.
• Overweight/obesity Relationship with Travel Patterns, Socioeconomic Characteristics, and Built Environment.
• Thesis: Influencing Consumer Choice for Healthy Foods at the Point of Purchase: The Role of Marketing Communication and Food Pricing Strategies.

Epidemiology

• Meta-analysis: Effect of Long-Term Weight Gain on the Risk of Breast Cancer Across Women’s Whole Adulthood as Well as Hormone-Changed Menopause Stages.
• COVID-19 Pandemic and Stay-At-Home Mandates Promote Weight Gain in US Adults.
• Reconciling the Obesity Paradox: Patients With Obesity Suffer the Highest Critical Illness Associated Mortality Rates.
• Association between Obesity and Hospital Mortality in Critical COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
• Comparison of Anthro-Metabolic Indicators for Predicting the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in the Elderly Population: Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) Program.
• BMI and Associated Factors Among Refugees Living in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Obesity and Breast Cancer Risk in Men: A National Case-Control Study in England and Wales.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Review: Addressing Psychosocial Health in the Treatment and Care of Adolescents with Obesity.
• Interleukin-6 Actions in the Hypothalamus Protects Against Obesity and Is Involved in the Regulation of Neurogenesis.
• Adult Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder Among Alcohol Use Disorder Inpatients Is Associated with Food Addiction and Binge Eating, but Not BMI.
• Thesis: Understanding the Biological Pathways between Depression and Obesity.

Equity and Disparities

• Differential Associations of the Built Environment on Weight Gain by Sex and Race/ethnicity but Not Age.
• Trends in Prepregnancy Obesity and Association with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in the United States, 2013 to 2018.
• Ethnic Group Differences in Obesity in Asian Americans in California, 2013–2014.

Stigma

• Discrimination Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Among African Americans from the Jackson Heart Study. (pdf)
• Experiences of Weight Stigma in Adolescents with Severe Obesity and Their Families.

Policy Related

• Literature Review: The Elusive Link between Income and Obesity.
• Policy Instruments for Health Promotion: A Comparison of WHO Policy Guidance for Tobacco, Alcohol, Nutrition and Physical Activity. (pdf)
• Obesity and Gut Microbiome: Review of Potential Role of Probiotics.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Total Fat, Saturated Fat, and Added Sugar Intakes During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Associated with Infant Body Fat.
• Diet Quality of Norwegian Children at 3 and 7 Years: Changes, Predictors and Longitudinal Association with Weight.
• Review: Metabolic Conditions Including Obesity, Diabetes, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Implications for Breastfeeding and Breastmilk Composition.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• The Reproductive Phenology of Blackbuck: Influence of Seasonal Nutritional Resources and Flexible Lactation as an Adaptive Strategy.
• Gudgeon Fish with and Without Genetically Determined Countershading Coexist in Heterogeneous Littoral Environments of an Ancient Lake.

Methods

• Evaluation of a Suggested Novel Method to Adjust BMI Calculated from Self-Reported Weight and Height for Measurement Error.
• A Novel Model of Obesity Prediction: Neurobehaviors as Targets for Treatment.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Equitability of Individual and Population Interventions to Reduce Obesity: A Modeling Study in Mexico.
• Weight and Body Composition Changes Affect Resting Energy Expenditure Predictive Equations During a 12-Month Weight-Loss Intervention.

Commentary

• ""These data in the abstract are interesting," said Eckel, but are not definitive proof that drinking more water is protective of cardiovascular health."
• FDA Releases PFAS Testing Results from First Survey of Nationally Distributed Processed Foods.
• Seriously? 1 Hot Dog = 36 Minutes Less of Healthy Life?
• Science-Based Policy: Targeted Nutrition for All Ages and the Role of Bioactives.
• Obesity, Weight Gain, and Weight Management.
• Narrative Review: ‘Joining the Dots’: Individual, Sociocultural and Environmental Links between Alcohol Consumption, Dietary Intake and Body Weight.
• Global High Blood Pressure, Obesity, and Poverty.

General

• Community Service Learning in the Teen Outreach Program in Non-Metropolitan Florida High Schools.
• Expanding the Curriculum in a School of Public Health.
• Does Choice Change Preferences? An Incentivized Test of the Mere Choice Effect.
• Webinar: "Science is Self-Correcting- But the Record is Not": Marcia McNutt, David Allison, Brian Nosek, Patti Brennan, and Jeffrey Peters, -the experts discuss the challenges.
• Free Electronic Book: Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: Seventh Edition (2021).
• Aging: What We Can Learn from Elephants.
• RCT: Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death.
• Exercise Load Monitoring: Integrated Approaches to Advance the Individualisation of Exercise Oncology.

Announcements

• Short Course: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research: September 10th to October 1st, 2021.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.