Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• "Evolutionary history of the human oral microbiome shows that Neanderthals and ancient humans adapted to eating starch-rich foods as far back as 100,000 years ago, … earlier than previously thought."
• Genetic Risk Score Prediction of Leg Fat and Insulin Sensitivity Differs by Race/Ethnicity in Early Pubertal Children.
• Sam68 Promotes Hepatic Gluconeogenesis Via CRTC2.
• Ketogenic Diet Restrains Aging-Induced Exacerbation of Coronavirus Infection in Mice.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Impulsiveness Tied to Faster Eating in Children, Can Lead to Obesity: Study.
• Press-Release: Impulsiveness Tied to Faster Eating in Children, Can Lead to Obesity.
• Study: Temperament and Eating Self-Regulation in Young Children with or at Risk for Obesity: An Exploratory Report with No Obesity Results Reported.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: On Primary Outcome of BMI, No Compelling Evidence for Differential Effects of a Novel Mobile Health Intervention Compared to a Multi-Component Behaviour Changing Program in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Dissertation: "Contrary to hypotheses, this study found no evidence that weight suppression predicted 6 month change in BMI, percent body fat, or onset of overweight/obesity among emerging adults enrolled in a weight gain prevention program."
• "...contrary to our expectations, the specialist egg-eaters evolved to possess significantly smaller heads relative to body size than their competitors."
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, we found more pronounced effects of wolf (cursorial) compared with lynx (ambush)..." on foraging behavior of red deer.
• "Contrary to what some teachers claim, the results highlighted a positive ratio between the available sports facilities and the needs of PE classes, opposing the idea that public schools do not have enough sports facilities for their PE classes." (pdf)
• Preprint: Fatty Liver Does Not Increase the Risk of Postoperative Liver Damage Following Hepatectomy. (pdf)
• Maternal Caffeine Administration to Ewes Does Not Affect Perinatal Lamb Survival.
• Rapid Refeeding Does Not Worsen Anxiety in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa.

Basic

• Metformin Alleviates Monoamine Oxidase-Related Vascular Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Dysfunction in Rats with Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Diet-Dependent Natriuretic Peptide Receptor C Expression in Adipose Tissue Is Mediated by PPARγ Via Long-Range Distal Enhancers.
• Mutation of the 5' Untranslated Region Stem-Loop MRNA Structure Reduces Type I Collagen Deposition and Arterial Stiffness in Male Obese Mice.
• Early Overnutrition in Male Mice Negates Metabolic Benefits of a Diet High in Monounsaturated and Omega-3 Fats.
• The Mediator Subunit MED20 Organizes the Early Adipogenic Complex to Promote Development of Adipose Tissues and Diet-Induced Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Exhaled Aerosol Increases with COVID-19 Infection, Age, and Obesity.
• Letter: Does Exhaled Aerosol Increase with COVID-19 Infection Correlate with Body Mass Index-Years?
• Response: Reply to Stohner: On the Significance of BMI-Age Dependence of Exhaled Aerosol.
• Correction: For Edwards et al., Exhaled Aerosol Increases with COVID-19 Infection, Age, and Obesity.
• PubPeer Comment On: Promoting Physical Activity in Older People in General Practice: ProAct65+ Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
• Article: Effect of Reducing Ultraprocessed Food Consumption on Obesity Among US Children and Adolescents Aged 7–18 Years: Evidence from a Simulation Model.
• Comment: Erroneous Assumptions Invalidate the Calculated Effects of Reducing Ultra-Processed Food Consumption on Child and Adolescent Obesity.

Clinical

• Mild Intermittent Hypoxia Exposure Induces Metabolic and Molecular Adaptations in Men with Obesity.
• The Obesity Paradox May Not Lead to Functional Gains in Stroke Patients Undergoing Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation.
• RCT: Effect of Almond Consumption on Metabolic Risk Factors-Glucose Metabolism, Hyperinsulinemia in Adolescents and Young Adults.
• Associations between Ghrelin and Leptin and Neural Food Cue Reactivity in a Fasted and Sated State.

Children and Adolescents

• Is the Physical Activity Environment Surrounding Primary Schools Associated with Students’ Weight Status, Physical Activity or Active Transport, in Regional Areas of Victoria, Australia? A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption, Perceptions, and Disparities in Children and Adolescents.
• Early-Life Gut Microbiota and Its Connection to Metabolic Health in Children: Perspective on Ecological Drivers and Need for Quantitative Approach.
• The Nutritional Status of Healthy Children Using Bioelectrical Impedance and Anthropometric Measurement.
• Preprint: Factors Affecting the Overweight and Obesity of Students Aged 11 to 17 in Low and Middle-Income Countries Based on GSHS Questionnaire Data.
• Dietary Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Primary School Students in Shenyang.

Surgery

• The Correlation between Weight Regain and Postoperative Time Depends on the Food Restriction Behavior and Physical Activity After Bariatric Surgery.
• Association of Bariatric Surgery with Vascular Outcomes.
• Concomitant Versus Delayed Cholecystectomy in Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• The Long-Acting Amylin/Calcitonin Receptor Agonist ZP5461 Suppresses Food Intake and Body Weight in Male Rats.
• SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Established and Emerging Indications.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Supplementation with Bifidobacterium breve BR03 and B632 Strains Improved Insulin Sensitivity in Children and Adolescents with Obesity.
• Brown Rice Inhibits Development of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Zucker (fa/fa) Rats by Increasing Lipid Oxidation Via Activation of Retinoic Acid Synthesis.
• Interactions between Caveolin-1 (rs3807992) Polymorphism and Major Dietary Patterns on Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors Among Women with Overweight and Obesity.
• Conference Abstract: A Test of Social Cognitive Theory on Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Indiana High School Students.
• RCT: Fecal Microbial Transplantation and Fiber Supplementation in Patients with Severe Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.
• Effect of Soybean Insoluble Dietary Fiber on Prevention of Obesity in High-Fat Diet Fed Mice Via Regulation of the Gut Microbiota.
• Review: Ketogenic Diets, Physical Activity, and Body Composition.
• Systematic Review: International Tables of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values 2021.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Strain-Specific Metabolic Responses to Long-Term Caloric Restriction in Female ILSXISS Recombinant Inbred Mice.
• Caloric Restriction Prevents Metabolic Dysfunction and the Changes in Hypothalamic Neuropeptides Associated with Obesity Independently of Dietary Fat Content in Rats.
• Time-Restricted Feeding in Commercial Layer Chickens Improves Egg Quality in Old Age and Points to Lack of Adipostat Activity in Chickens.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Effects of Creatine and Caffeine Supplementation During Resistance Training on Body Composition, Strength, Endurance, Rating of Perceived Exertion and Fatigue in Trained Young Adults.
• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Exercise Training Interventions on Energy Intake and Appetite Control in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Income in Relation to Obesity Measures in an East German Adult Population.
• Socio-Economic Position as a Moderator of Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Patients Receiving Psychotropic Treatment Associated with Weight Gain.
• The Impact of Lifestyle and Socioeconomic Parameters on Body Fat Level in Early Childhood.
• Socioeconomic Disparities in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Sleep Patterns Among 6- to 9-Year-Old Children from 24 Countries in the WHO European Region.
• Socioeconomic Differences in Food Habits Among 6- to 9-Year-Old Children from 23 Countries—WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI 2015/2017).

Epidemiology

• Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Breast Cancer Mortality by Metabolic Syndrome Components: A Secondary Analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative RCT.
• Dissertation: Neighborhood-Level Influence of the Fast-Food Environment and Adult Obesity in NYC.
• Food Insecurity and Its Impact on Body Weight, Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mental Health.
• "After more than a decade of progress from 1999 to the early 2010s, glycemic and blood-pressure control declined in adult NHANES participants with diabetes, while lipid control leveled off."
• Obesity Is Associated with Increased Risk of Crohn's Disease, but Not Ulcerative Colitis: A Pooled Analysis of Five Prospective Cohort Studies.
• Longitudinal Weight and Body-Composition Changes in Polish Undergraduate Students of Health Faculty.
• Association of BMI, Comorbidities and All-Cause Mortality by Using a Baseline Mortality Risk Model.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• The Role of BMI, Body Fat Mass and Visceral Fat in Executive Function in Individuals with Overweight and Obesity.
• Food Reinforcement and Habituation to Food are Processes Related to Initiation and Cessation of Eating.
• Energy Status Differentially Modifies Feeding Behavior and POMC(ARC) Neuron Activity After Acute Treadmill Exercise in Untrained Mice.
• Nucleus Accumbens Microstructure Mediates the Relationship between Obesity and Eating Behavior in Adults.
• Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated with Poor Cognition: A Population-Based Study of 70-Year-Olds Without Dementia.
• Weight Loss by Low-Calorie Diet Versus Gastric Bypass Surgery in People with Diabetes Results in Divergent Brain Activation Patterns: A Functional MRI Study.
• Testing the Discrepancy between Actual and Ideal Body Image with the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP).

Equity and Disparities

• Review of Telehealth Interventions for Childhood Obesity in Minority, Low-Income or Underserved Populations: Opportunity for Pharmacists.
• Family History of Obesity and the Influence on Physical Activity and Dietary Adherence After Bariatric Surgery.

Stigma

• Examining the Impact of Perceived Weight Discrimination on Reported Eating and Exercise Among White and Latino/a Adults.
• Understanding Obesity: A Messaging Framework Featuring Accessible and Unbiased Information About the Harms of Weight Bias.

Policy Related

• Systematic Review: Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages as a Policy to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in Countries of Different Income Classifications.
• The Impact of the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic on Childhood Obesity and Vitamin D Status.
• Barriers and Opportunities to Restricting Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Beverages to Children in Nepal: A Policy Analysis.

Intergenerational Effects

• Effect of Maternal Overnutrition on Predisposition to Insulin Resistance in the Foal: Foal Skeletal Muscle Development and Insulin Signaling.
• Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Women with Disorders of Lipid Metabolism.
• Maternal Diet Patterns During Early Pregnancy in Relation to Neonatal Outcomes.
• Epigenetic Regulation of Pediatric and Neonatal Immune Responses.
• Associations of Maternal Diet and Nutritional Status with Offspring Hepatic Steatosis in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.
• Meta-Analysis: Language Abilities in Children Born to Mothers Diagnosed with Diabetes.
• Associations between KCNQ1 and ITIH4 Gene Polymorphisms and Infant Weight Gain in Early Life.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Endothermy Makes Fishes Faster but Does Not Expand Their Thermal Niche.
• N-Carbamoylglutamate Improves Lipid Metabolism, Inflammation, and Apoptosis Responses in Visceral Adipocytes of Japanese Seabass (Lateolabrax japonicus), in Vivo and in Vitro.
• Skeletal Muscle Thermogenesis Enables Aquatic Life in the Smallest Marine Mammal.

Methods

• A Guide for Authors and Readers of the ASN Journals on the Proper Use of P Values and Strategies That Promote Transparency and Improve Research Reproducibility.
• Perspective: Planning and Conducting Statistical Analyses for Human Nutrition RCTs: Ensuring Data Quality and Integrity.

Commentary

• The Ease of Selling Bunk for Weight Loss.
• Let's Fix the Government's Nutrition Guidance.
• Treating the Pregnant Woman with Pernicious Vomiting. Evolution in Our Thinking About Symptoms During Pregnancy.
• A Tale of Two New Drugs and Health Insurance.
• No Lives at Steak, IDTechEx Predicts How Food Will Be Made in the Future.
• How the Brain Responds to Bariatric Surgery.
• Obesity, Fiber, and Microbes in the Gut.
• Can Obesity, Hunger, and Weight Stigma Coexist?

General

• Pigmentation: Watching Hair Turn Grey.
• “The Gatekeepers in Prevention”: Community Pharmacist Perceptions of Their Role in the Opioid Epidemic.
• Walking the Talk on Multi-Level Interventions: The Power of Parsimony.
• Systematic Review: What Predicts the Physical Activity Intention–Behavior Gap.
• How Health Consciousness and Health Literacy Influence Evaluative Responses to Nutrient-Content Claimed Messaging for an Unhealthy Food.
• Effect of Informed Conditions on Sensory Expectations and Actual Perceptions: A Case of Chocolate Brownies Containing Edible-Cricket Protein.
• A Model for Evolutionary Structural Plasticity and Synchronization of a Network of Neurons.
• The Elusive Nature of Truth in Scientific Studies and the Importance of Peer Review.
• Study Reveals Contributing Factor to Inconsistent Results in Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Drugs.

Announcements

• Dean David Allison to Co-Chair New Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust Established by National Academy of Sciences to Support the Health of the Research Enterprise.
• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington to Host and Honor Dr. Anthony Fauci on December 6, 2021.
• Challenges and Opportunities for Precision and Personalized Nutrition: A Workshop.
• Short Course: The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Research: Friday, July 23rd to Friday, August 13th, 2021.
• Short Course: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research: Friday, September 10th to Friday, October 1st, 2021.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Search.

Featured

• Determinants of Heart Rate in Svalbard Reindeer Reveal Mechanisms of Seasonal Energy Management.
• Doublesex Mediates Species-, Sex-, Environment- and Trait-Specific Exaggeration of Size and Shape.
• Addressing Bias Toward Overweight Patients: A Training Program for First-Year Medical Students.
• COVID-19 Vaccines are Effective in People with Obesity: A Position Statement from the Obesity Society.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Keto diet may help brain tumor patients recover, study finds.
• Study: Uncontrolled study of 21 glioma patients in which the “primary outcome was dietary adherence by food records”.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Evidence for Cost-Effectiveness of a Multiple Health Behaviour Change Intervention in People Aged between 45 and 75 years.
• RCT: "This study offers no evidence of increased PA level following resistance training in older adults with home care."
• RCT: No Differential Effects of Acute Effects of Whey, Rice and Potato Protein Isolate Intake on Markers of Glycaemic Regulation and Appetite in Healthy Males.
• RCT: "An increase in daily dietary cholesterol intake to levels substantially above the previous 300 mg upper limit was not associated with a negative impact on lipid profiles in the setting of a healthy, low-carbohydrate weight loss diet."
• RCT: "There was no evidence of an intervention effect on the children’s physical activity time..."
• RCT: "A high F&V [fruit and vegetable] diet did not affect asthma exacerbations over the 6-month intervention..."
• RCT: "There was no evidence of a difference in energy intake from EAH [Eating in the absence of hunger] between sleep restriction and extension conditions when analyzed as a crossover design."
• RCT: "The PeerFIT group lifestyle intervention was not superior to one-on-one mHealth coaching in achieving clinically significant changes in weight, CRF, and CVD risk reduction."

Basic

• Alteration of Unfolded Protein Responses and Autophagy Signaling Represented the Molecular Basis Underlying Saccharin Toxicity to Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae).
• Intermittent Cold Exposure Improves Glucose Homeostasis Despite Exacerbating Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice Housed at Thermoneutrality.
• The Transcriptional Co-Regulator LDB1 Is Required for Brown Adipose Function.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Errors in Meta-Analysis Should Be Corrected in “Critical Appraisal for Low-Carbohydrate Diet in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Review and Meta-Analyses”.
• Morning Chocolate Miracles? Not Quite.

Clinical

• Early Onset of SARS-COV-2 Antibodies After First Dose of BNT162b2: Correlation with Age, Gender and BMI.
• Avocado Consumption, Abdominal Adiposity, and Oral Glucose Tolerance Among Persons with Overweight and Obesity.
• COVID-19 Vaccines are Effective in People with Obesity: A Position Statement from the Obesity Society.
• Reduced Adaptive Thermogenesis During Acute Protein-Imbalanced Overfeeding Is a Metabolic Hallmark of the Human Thrifty Phenotype.

Children and Adolescents

• A National Call to Action for a Feasible Equitable Approach to Childhood Obesity.
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Status and Its Association with Childhood Obesity Among Chinese Children Aged 6–17 Years.
• An Index Measuring Adherence to New Zealand Infant Feeding Guidelines Has Convergent Validity with Maternal Socio-Demographic and Health Behaviours and with Children's Body Size.

Surgery

• Bariatric Surgery in the Middle East and North Africa: Narrative Review with Focus on Culture-Specific Considerations.
• The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients with Obesity Undergoing Bariatric Care.
• Zinc Absorption and Zinc Status are Reduced After Either Sleeve Gastrectomy or Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass in Premenopausal Women with Severe Obesity Studied Prospectively over 24 Postoperative Months.
• Effect of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic and Lockdown on Body Weight, Maladaptive Eating Habits, Anxiety, and Depression in a Bariatric Surgery Waiting List Cohort.

Drugs

• In Search of an Ideal Drug for Safer Treatment of Obesity: The False Promise of Pseudoephedrine.
• Clinical Management and Treatment of Obesity in China.
• Review: Patient Initiation and Maintenance of GLP-1 RAs for Treatment of Obesity.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Moderate Consumption of Beer (with and Without Ethanol) Alleviates Menopausal Symptoms.
• RCT: Beneficial Effects of a Specially Designed Home Meal Replacement on Cardiometabolic Parameters in Individuals with Obesity.
• RCT: Effects of 6 Months of Soy-Enriched High Protein Compared to Eucaloric Low Protein Snack Replacement on Appetite, Dietary Intake, and Body Composition in Women with Normal-Weight Obesity.
• RCT: Effect of Flaxseed Consumption on Central Obesity, Serum Lipids, and Adiponectin Level in Women with Overweight or Obesity.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Adipocyte Iron Levels Impinge on a Fat-Gut Crosstalk to Regulate Intestinal Lipid Absorption and Mediate Protection from Obesity.
• Characterization and Mechanisms of Action of Avocado Extract Enriched in Mannoheptulose as a Candidate Calorie Restriction Mimetic.
• Time-Restricted Feeding Rescues High-Fat-Diet-Induced Hippocampal Impairment.
• Diet Composition, Glucose Homeostasis, and Weight Regain in the YoYo Study.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-Analysis: The Impact of Body Fat on Thermoregulation During Exercise in the Heat.
• Difference in Total Workload During Sprint Interval Training for Adults Living with or Without Obesity.
• RCT: Effects of Exercise Alone or in Combination with High-Protein Diet on Muscle Function, Aerobic Capacity, and Physical Function in Middle-Aged Adults with Obesity.
• RCT: Couple-Based Physical Activity Planning for New Parents.

Economics & Sociology

• Being a Tough Person in a Tight World: Cultural Tightness Leads to a Desire for Muscularity.
• Childhood Socioeconomic Status, Adulthood Obesity and Health: The Role of Parental Permanent and Transitory Income.
• Obesity 2021: Rejecting Old Misconceptions and Embracing a New Paradigm to Improve Outcomes.

Epidemiology

• Relationship between Dairy Consumption and Abdominal Obesity.
• The Influence of Maternal Obesity on Selected Obstetric Parameters.
• Prevalence and Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Kenya.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• RCT: Testing a Tailored Weight Management Program for Veterans with PTSD.
• Prevalence and Course of Anxiety and Depression Among Patients Selected for Bariatric Surgery. (pdf)
• Meta-Analysis: The Outcomes of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder.
• Impact of Income and Perceived Stress on Engagement and Weight Loss Outcomes in an Online Behavioral Weight Loss Program.
• Meta-Analysis: Does Self-Monitoring Diet and Physical Activity Behaviors Using Digital Technology Support Adults with Obesity or Overweight to Lose Weight?

Equity and Disparities

• Gender Differences in Weight Gain During Lockdown Due to COVID-19 Pandemic in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Race, Ethnicity, Poverty and the Social Determinants of the Coronavirus Divide: U.S. County-Level Disparities and Risk Factors.
• Ethnic, Social and Multimorbidity Disparities in Therapeutic Inertia: A UK Primary Care Observational Study in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Social Media Accounts of Food and Beverage Brands Have Disproportionately More Black and Hispanic Followers Than White Followers.

Ethics

• Ethics of Implementing US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Childhood Obesity.
• Educating Trainees to Manage Pregnant Women with Obesity: A Primer.

Stigma

• Racial and Weight Discrimination Associations with Pain Intensity and Pain Interference in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adults with Obesity.
• Internalized Weight Stigma, Psychological Well-Being, and Sleep in Women.
• Systematic Review: Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of Self-Reported Weight Stigma Measures.

Policy Related

• The Policy Implications of ‘thinking Problematically’: Problematizing Big Food’s Role in Obesity Policymaking.
• Promoting Physical Activity Through Policy at a Single Safety-Net Clinic: A Pilot Study.

Intergenerational Effects

• Interplay between Prepregnancy BMI, Early Childhood Negative Temperament, and Slowness in Eating on Early Childhood Rapid Weight Gain.
• The Effect of Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Adolescent BMI and Waist-To-Height Ratio at 12–13 Years.
• Factors Affecting the Growth of Children Till the Age of Three Years with Overweight Whose Mothers Have Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Seasonal Regulation of Metabolism: The Effect of Wintertime Fasting and Autumnal Fattening on Key Central Regulators of Metabolism and the Metabolic Profile of the Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes Procyonoides).
• A Drastic Shift in the Energetic Landscape of Toothed Whale Sperm Cells.
• Total Energy Expenditure of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) of Different Ages.

Methods

• Methodological Aspects of Diet Quality Indicators in Childhood: A Mapping Review.
• Deciphering CT Texture Features of Human Visceral Fat to Evaluate Metabolic Disorders and Surgery-Induced Weight Loss Effects.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• HANA: A Healthy Artificial Nutrition Analysis Model During COVID-19 Pandemic.

Commentary

• Respiratory Risk, Not Death, Increased for Adults with Obesity in ICU with COVID-19.
• Is It Ethical to Screen Children and Adolescents for Obesity?
• Does Sleep Restriction Increase Eating in the Absence of Hunger? Maybe!
• Addictive-Like Eating: Interindividual Differences Matter.
• Dependence, Independence, and Offering Care.
• We’re Not Really Ready to Talk About Obesity.
• A National Call to Action for a Feasible Equitable Approach to Childhood Obesity.
• Genetic Sequences to Protect from Obesity.

General

• The Lifeguard Rescue Reporting System: Survey Results from a Collaborative Data Collection Method.
• Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Tick Image Recognition – a Preliminary Exploration.
• Study Evaluates Online Resources for Improving Women's Sexual Health.
• Cybercriminals Target Internet-Connected Medical Devices.
• Large-Scale Epidemiological Monitoring of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Tokyo.
• How Do Most Lobsters Stay Cancer-Free? Newly Sequenced Genome Could Reveal Their Secrets.
• Small Retinal Arteriole Remodeling in Diabetes and Hypertension Measured by AOSLO.
• Prenatal Exposure to THC, CBD Affects Offspring's Responsiveness to Fluoxetine.
• How Long Does COVID-19 Immunity Last?

Announcements

• Two-Day Course: Best Practices for Human Nutrition RCTs, July 13 and 20, 2021.
• Live Event - July 13, 2021: Eating Like the World Depends on It - An Interview with Dr. David Katz.
• Short Course: The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Research: Friday, July 23rd to Friday, August 13th, 2021.
• Short Course: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research: Friday, September 10th to Friday, October 1st, 2021.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Search.

Featured

• From the Obesity Society: "Health care providers should be aware of the lack of evidence and deficiencies in regulatory oversight of dietary supplements marketed for weight loss."
• Systematic Review: Dietary Supplements and Alternative Therapies for Weight Loss.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: Effect of Meal Replacement on Weight Loss According to Calorie-Restriction Type and Proportion of Energy Intake.
• Bringing Disgust in Through the Backdoor in Healthy Food Promotion: A Phenomenological Perspective.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: A Milk Chocolate a Day Can Keep Those Extra Kilos at Bay.
• Headline: SWEET! Eating CHOCOLATE for Breakfast Can Supercharge Your Weight Loss, Scientists Discover.
• Study: Postmenopausal Caucasian Women Did Not Gain Significant Body Weight over Two Weeks During No Chocolate, Morning Chocolate, or Evening Chocolate Periods in a Randomized Cross-Over Study.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Meta-Analysis: "Nurse-led interventions to prevent juvenile obesity are feasible but have not yet determined effectiveness."
• Short Term HIIT Does Not Promote Oxidative Stress or Muscle Damage [in Rats].
• With COVID-19 Lockdown "There was no significant relationship between change in use of fast-food restaurants and full-service restaurants and the change in BMI, either alone or in combination..."
• "Our results show that TTA can be used to manipulate body lipid levels in juvenile Chinook salmon but provide no support for a major role of fall body lipid levels in regulating precocious maturation in juvenile male spring Chinook salmon under hatchery conditions."
• RCT: "The consumption of 25g of yacon flour associated with energy-restricted diet did not increase the concentrations of glycation markers."
• Thesis: RCT-No differential effect of "Gain- and Loss-Framed Messages on Intent to Exercise in Adults Over 40 years."
• RCT: "no significant differences in anthropometry or body composition were observed until 2 years of age between infants fed mLP and CTRL formula, despite the significantly lower protein intake in the mLP group during the intervention period."
• Meta-Analysis: "It is not clear whether interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour are effective at reducing sedentary time in community-dwelling older adults."

Basic

• Phosphorylation of STAT3 in Hypothalamic Nuclei Is Stimulated by Lower Doses of Leptin Than are Needed to Inhibit Food Intake.
• Deciphering an AgRP-Serotoninergic Neural Circuit in Distinct Control of Energy Metabolism from Feeding.
• PKM1 Exerts Critical Roles in Cardiac Remodeling Under Pressure Overload in the Heart.
• Sleeve Gastrectomy Attenuates the Severity of Cerulein-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in Obese Rats.
• Cognitive Impairment in Obese Rat Model: Role of Glial Cells.
• Bioactive Compounds from Prosthechea Karwinskii Decrease Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Pro-Inflammatory Status, and Cardiovascular Risk in Wistar Rats with Metabolic Syndrome.
• Immune Checkpoint Blockade Reprograms Systemic Immune Landscape and Tumor Microenvironment in Obesity-Associated Breast Cancer.
• Obesity Accelerates Hair Thinning by Stem Cell-Centric Converging Mechanisms.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Podcast: #167 – Gary Taubes: Bad Science and Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Obesity.
• Retraction: Myeloperoxidase Deletion Prevents High-Fat Diet–Induced Obesity and Insulin Resistance.

Clinical

• ADA Meeting Coverage: Hospitalization Rates for New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Kids Took Off During Pandemic.
• Meta-Analysis: The Effects of Low-Fat, High-Carbohydrate Diets Vs. Low-Carbohydrate, High-Fat Diets on Weight, Blood Pressure, Serum Liquids and Blood Glucose.
• Leg Fidgeting During Prolonged Sitting Improves Postprandial Glycemic Control in People with Obesity.
• Six-Year Changes in N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Changes in Weight and Risk of Obesity.
• Differences in Adolescent Cerebral Perfusion as a Function of Obesity.
• Benchmarking of Provider Competencies and Current Training for Prevention and Management of Obesity Among Family Medicine Residency Programs: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
• Ironing Out the Effects of Overweight and Obesity on Hepcidin Production During Pregnancy.

Children and Adolescents

• Evaluation of Full-Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy in the Treatment of Adolescents with Obesity and Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Retrospective Study.
• Trends in Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents in France: A Nationwide Analysis on an 11- Year Period.
• Trajectories of Adiposity Indicators and Association with Asthma and Lung Function in Urban Minority Children.
• Neck Fat and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Effect of Preschool Childcare on School-Aged Children’s Adiposity in Quebec, Canada.
• COVID-19 Leads to Accelerated Increases in Children's BMI Z-Score Gain: An Interrupted Time-Series Study.
• AHA Conference Presentation: Breast Milk-Dependent Associations of Infant Gut Microbiota with Childhood BMI Z Score.
• Meta-Analysis: The Effects of Motivational Interviewing on Children's BMI and Fat Distributions.

Surgery

• Letter: Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Infection After Kidney Transplant.
• Identification of the Source Events for Aerosol Generation During Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy.
• Constraints of Weight Loss as a Marker of Bariatric Surgery Success: An Exploratory Study.
• Circulating Bacterial Signature Is Linked to Metabolic Disease and Shifts with Metabolic Alleviation After Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• The Impact of BMI on Efficacy and Safety in the Tofacitinib OCTAVE Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Programme.
• Viewpoint: Progress in Pharmacotherapy for Obesity.
• Scoping Review: Signaling Targets Related to Antiobesity Effects of Capsaicin.

Food & Diet

• The Relationship between Dietary Patterns and Overweight and Obesity Among Adult in Jiangsu Province of China: A Structural Equation Model.
• The Mediatory Role of Inflammatory Markers on the Relationship between Dietary Energy Density and Body Composition Among Adult Women with Overweight or Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Meta-Analysis: Does Self-Monitoring Diet and Physical Activity Behaviors Using Digital Technology Support Adults with Obesity or Overweight to Lose Weight?

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Effect of 2-Year Caloric Restriction on Organ and Tissue Size in 21- to 50-Year-Old Adults without Obesity in an RCT.
• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Carbohydrate-Restricted Dietary Interventions on LDL Particle Size and Number in Adults in the Context of Weight Loss or Weight Maintenance.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews: EHealth Interventions Targeting Nutrition, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, or Obesity in Adults.
• Improving Lifestyle Obesity Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: New Challenges for Weight Management.
• Fear-Related Barriers to Physical Activity Among Adults with Overweight and Obesity: A Narrative Synthesis Scoping Review.
• Systematic Review: Physical Activity Motives, Barriers, and Preferences in People with Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Household Composition, Income, and BMI Among Adults by Race/Ethnicity and Sex.
• Interaction of Genetic and Environmental Factors for Body Fat Mass Control: Observational Study for Lifestyle Modification and Genotyping.
• Socioeconomic Inequalities in Overweight and Obesity Among 6- to 9-Year-Old Children in 24 Countries from the World Health Organization European Region.
• BMI and Dissatisfaction with Life: Contextual Factors and Socioemotional Costs of Obesity.
• Impact of Cuts to Local Government Spending on Sure Start Children’s Centres on Childhood Obesity in England: A Longitudinal Ecological Study.
• Price Promotions Offered by Quick Service Restaurants in Australia: Analysis from an Obesity Prevention Perspective.
• The Effect of Beverage Taxes on Youth Consumption and BMI: Evidence from Mauritius.
• Association of Funding and Meal Preparation Time with Nutritional Quality of Meals of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program Recipients.

Epidemiology

• The Ergonomic Impact of Patient BMI on Surgeon Posture During Simulated Laparoscopy.
• Dietary Exposure to Parabens and BMI in an Adolescent Spanish Population.
• The Inverse Association of BMI with Lung Cancer: Exploring Residual Confounding, Metabolic Aberrations and Within-Person Variability in Smoking.
• The Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Women in Jordan: A Risk Factor for Developing Chronic Diseases.
• Timing and Length of Nocturnal Sleep and Daytime Napping and Associations with Obesity Types in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Review: Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Role of Fructose in Overfeeding.
• Competing Influences on Healthy Food Choices: Mindsetting Versus Contextual Food Cues.
• Reduction of Impulsivity in Patients Receiving Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Obesity.
• Review: Obesity and Dietary Fat Influence Dopamine Neurotransmission: Exploring the Convergence of Metabolic State, Physiological Stress, and Inflammation on Dopaminergic Control of Food Intake.
• Reassessing Relationships between Appetite and Adiposity in People at Risk of Obesity: A Twin Study Using FMRI.

Equity and Disparities

• Race, Ethnicity, and COVID-19: The Persistence of Black–White Disparities in the United States.
• Disparities in Obesity Prevalence in Iranian Adults: Cross-Sectional Study Using Data from the 2016 STEPS Survey.
• Educational Inequalities in Obesity: A Multilevel Analysis of Survey Data from Cities in Latin America.

Stigma

• Associations between Weight Status, Body Satisfaction, Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem in Oceanian Adolescents.
• Perspective: Weight Stigma Study in the U.S. And 5 Other Nations Shows the Worldwide Problem of Such Prejudice.

Policy Related

• Improving Obesity Treatment Through Telemedicine: Increasing Access to Bariatric Surgery.
• Rising to the Challenge: Introducing Protocols to Monitor Food Marketing to Children from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.
• Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and the Policy Response on Childhood Obesity Risk Factors: Gender and Sex Differences and Recommendations for Research.
• Renewed Call for Lifestyle Interventions to Address Obesity Among Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond.

Intergenerational Effects

• Early Onset of Overweight Among Children from Low-Income Families: The Role of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Maternal Intake of Ultra-Processed Food.
• Are Body Roundness Index and a Body Shape Index in the First Trimester Related to Foetal Macrosomia?
• Food Parenting Practices and Eating Behaviors in Childhood: A Cross-Lagged Approach Within the Generation XXI Cohort.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Dietary Restriction Induces a Stable Metabolic Obesity Phenotype in Drosophila Melanogaster.
• Scientific Evaluation of Anti-Obesity Potential of Methanolic Leaves Extract of Ocimum Sanctum (Linn.) in Monosodium Glutamate - High Fat Diet Induced Obese Mice. (pdf)

Methods

• A Distribution-Centered Approach for Analyzing Human Adipocyte Size Estimates and Their Association with Obesity-Related Traits and Mitochondrial Function.
• "Weight loss maintainers underreported energy intake in both absolute and relative terms to a greater extent than controls of normal body weight but not controls with overweight/obesity"

Commentary

• Are Continuous Glucose Monitors a Waste of Time for People Without Diabetes?
• Waiting for Godot and for SSB Taxes to Work.
• The Protein Content of Baloney, and Vice Versa.
• Threatening People with Starvation to Make Them Work.
• No Good Evidence Weight Loss Supplements Work: Study.
• Tirzepatide and Semaglutide Begin to Compete.
• IU Study Finds Obesity Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Black Women.
• Public Health Policy That Harms More Than Helps.

General

• Thesis: Thesis: Males of the Wolf Spider Rabidosa Rabida Use Two Mechanisms to Stun Females During Copulation.
• When South African Bees Reproduce Asexually, They Make Near-Perfect Clones of Themselves.
• Quantifying Frequency Content in Cross-Sectional Retinal Scans of Individuals with Diabetes vs. Controls.
• Loss of P21-Activated Kinase Mbt/PAK4 Causes Parkinson-Like Phenotypes in Drosophila.
• A Novel Theory of Asian Elephant High-Frequency Squeak Production.
• Worker Ants Promote Outbreeding by Transporting Young Queens to Alien Nests.
• The Effects of Repetition Frequency on the Illusory Truth Effect.
• Using Systems Applications to Inform Obesity Solutions.

Video & Audio

• Best Practices for Using Animals in Aging Research Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | 2-3pm Eastern (11am-12pm Pacific) View the Webinar Recording Here.

Announcements

• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Researchers Co-Author Mayo Clinic COVID-19 Drug Study.
• Join TOS's Spokesperson Network.
• TOS Call for Late-Breaking Abstracts.
• Applications Open: The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Research: Friday, July 23rd to Friday, August 13th, 2021.
• Priority Deadline Extended: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research: Friday, September 10th to Friday, October 1st, 2021.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Search.

Featured

• Obesity, Inflammatory and Thrombotic Markers, and Major Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 in the US.
• "Our data suggest that the behavioral or perceptual consequences of exposure to individual macronutrients, involving serotonin signaling through 5-HT2A, qualitatively change the state of metabolic networks throughout the organism..."
• The Effect of the Temperature of Plain or Sweetened Water on Body Composition in Rats.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Junk Food Diet Makes Lorry Drivers Worse Behind the Wheel, Study Suggest.
• Press-Release: Junk Food Diet May Boost Risk of Dangerous Driving Among Truck/lorry Drivers.
• Study: Associations Among Principle-Component-Derived, Self-Reported Dietary Patterns and Truck Driver Self-Reported Behaviors and Fatigue.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Alternate-day fasting less effectively reduces body fat mass than a matched degree of daily energy restriction and without evidence of fasting-specific effects on metabolic regulation or cardiovascular health."
• RCT: "Contrary to predictions, participants in the kcal labelling condition …chose larger portion sizes compared to the no labelling condition..."
• RCT: "The intake of pistachio or milk for a month doesn’t have any effects on calorie intake in obese and overweight people."
• RCT: Little to No Significant Impact of School-Based Health Behavioral Intervention on Awareness, Practice Pattern of Healthy Lifestyle, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among School Children of Shimla.
• "Contrary to expectations, a peer-created ego-climate was positively associated with three life skills and total life skills [in youth sport]."
• Hyperglucagonemia Does Not Explain the β-Cell Hyperresponsiveness and Insulin Resistance in Dysglycemic Youth Compared with Adults.
• Dietary Citrulline Does Not Modify Rat Colon Tumor Response to Chemotherapy, but Failed to Improve Nutritional Status.
• Preprint: Excess Dietary Fructose Does Not Alter Gut Microbiota or Permeability in Humans.

Basic

• "...these results support the conclusion that autophagy-inhibitory factor acyl-coenzyme A binding protein (ACBP) / diazepam-binding inhibitor (DBI) may play an important role in body mass homeostasis as well as in its failure."
• AGE/RAGE/DIAPH1 Axis Is Associated with Immunometabolic Markers and Risk of Insulin Resistance in Subcutaneous but Not Omental Adipose Tissue in Human Obesity.
• Contractility of Permeabilized Rat Vastus Intermedius Muscle Fibres Following High-Fat, High-Sucrose Diet Consumption.
• Vitamin C Inhibits the Metabolic Changes Induced by Tet1 Insufficiency Under High Fat Diet Stress.
• Small Intestinal Tuft Cell Activity Associates with Energy Metabolism in Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Leucine, but Not Isoleucine or Valine, Affects Serum Lipid Profiles and Browning of White Adipose Tissue in Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Selection of Antiobesity Medications Based on Phenotypes Enhances Weight Loss.
• Corrigendum: Correction to Selection of Antiobesity Medications Based on Phenotypes Enhances Weight Loss.
• Review: "As food-based dietary guidelines evolve to better align with the Sustainable Development Goals nutrition and health goals, it will be imperative that they continue to shift their dairy recommendations beyond a focus on individual nutrients toward a more holistic focus..."
• Nutrition Researchers Urge Update to Lab Animal Diets.
• Oops: Published but Not Registered or Randomized.
• An Exercise in Frustration: A Researcher Is Impersonated.

Clinical

• RCT: Effects of Exercise and Diet on Health-Related Quality of Life in Survivors of Breast Cancer with Overweight or Obesity.
• "The majority of participants enrolled in a behavioral weight loss program gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic."

Children and Adolescents

• "Overall, shorter breastfeeding duration and earlier food and sweetened beverage introduction is associated with higher weight z-scores [in infants during the first year]."
• "Preliminary evidence suggests rural children display multiple unfavorable obesogenic behaviors on days when they do not attend school or other structured programs."
• Childhood Adiposity Associated with Expanded Effector Memory CD8 + and Vδ2 +Vγ9 + T Cells.
• Food Environment Solutions for Childhood Obesity in Latin America and Among Latinos Living in the United States.
• Estimates of Childhood Overweight and Obesity at the Region, State, and County Levels Using a Multilevel Small Area Estimation Approach.
• Association of Short Stature and Obesity with Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors in Iranian Children and Adolescents.
• Association of Sedentary Patterns with Body Fat Distribution Among US Children and Adolescents: A Population Based Study.
• Review: Urban Sprawl and Childhood Obesity.

Surgery

• Meta-analysis: The Relationship between Visceral Obesity and Post-Operative Complications.
• Weight Loss by Low-Calorie Diet Versus Gastric Bypass Surgery in People with Diabetes Results in Divergent Brain Activation Patterns.
• Sex Disparity in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Outcomes.

Drugs

• Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of the New Appetite Suppressant, Liraglutide.
• "Our work provides insights into the molecular mechanism by which this [omega-3 fatty acid] transporter mediates the uptake of lysolipids into the brain, and has the potential to aid in the delivery of neurotherapeutic agents."

Food & Diet

• Healthy Eating Index Patterns in Adults by Sex and Age Predict Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.
• Intake Duration of Anthocyanin-Rich New Zealand Blackcurrant Extract Affects Metabolic Responses During Moderate Intensity Walking Exercise in Adult Males.
• An Experimental Study on Influence of Plate Size on Actual and Perceived Energy Intake Among Undergraduates in a Public University, Malaysia.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Are Metabolic Adaptations to Weight Changes an Artifact?
• "Dietary methionine restriction [using oxidized casein] improves biomarkers of metabolic health."

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Effectiveness of Interventions to Maintain Device-Measured Physical Activity Behavior.
• Secondary Analysis: Yoga in Women with Abdominal Obesity – Do Lifestyle Factors Mediate the Effect?
• Temporal Patterns of Physical Activity in Successful Weight Loss Maintainers.

Economics & Sociology

• The Shifting Income-Obesity Relationship: Conditioning Effects from Economic Development and Globalization.
• Book Chapter: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Body Size.

Epidemiology

• Life-Course Trajectories of Weight and Their Impact on the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes.
• Association of Obesity with Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19.
• Visceral Fat Obesity Is the Key Risk Factor for the Development of Reflux Erosive Esophagitis in 40–69-Years Subjects.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Review: Gut Peptide Regulation of Food Intake – Evidence for the Modulation of Hedonic Feeding.
• Inter-Individual Body Mass Variations Relate to Fractionated Functional Brain Hierarchies.
• "...our results emphasize the role of increased cue reactivity and craving at the sight of palatable foods in individuals with obesity and binge eating disorder."

Equity and Disparities

• Racial/ethnic Differences in Dietary Intake [in Response to Acute Stress] Among a Diverse Sample of Adolescents.
• Associations between Current Versus Chronic Obesity Since Adolescence and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction Among Young Adult Women.
• Socioeconomic Inequalities in 29 Childhood Diseases: Evidence from 1,500,000 Children.
• The Women's Leadership Gap in Diabetes: A Call for Equity and Excellence.
• Inequity in Racial-Ethnic Representation in RCTs of Diabetes Technologies in Type 1 Diabetes: Critical Need for New Standards.
• Brief report: Examining the Factors Affecting High Diabetes Rates in Southern States.

Stigma

• Systematic Review: The Association between Obesity and Social Isolation as Well as Loneliness in the Adult Population.
• Exposure to Negative Weight Talk from Family Members Is Associated with Weight Bias Internalization in Children.
• Preferences and Emotional Response to Weight-Related Terminology Used by Healthcare Professionals to Describe Body Weight in People Living with Overweight and Obesity.

Policy Related

• Food for Thought: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Public Comments.
• Addressing Weight Stigma and Anti-Obesity Rhetoric in Policy Changes to Prevent Eating Disorders.

Intergenerational Effects

• Meta-analysis: Effects of Maternal Exercise During Pregnancy on Perinatal Growth and Childhood Obesity Outcomes.
• Review: "The data reviewed here suggest that pre-conception [overweight/ obesity] intervention strategies should shift from women to couples..."
• Maternal Diabetes and Fetal Cardiac Output.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Dissertation: Effects of Weather, Parental Behavioral Plasticity, and Life History Traits on Offspring Growth, Development, and Energy Expenditure in Songbirds.
• Higher Diet Quality Relates to Decelerated Epigenetic Aging.

Methods

• Introduction to the SIMPLE Macro, a Tool to Increase the Accessibility of 24-Hour Dietary Recall Analysis and Modeling.
• Increasing the Availability and Utilization of Reliable Data on Population Micronutrient Status Globally.

Commentary

• Living with Obesity: The People Who are Hard-Wired to Store Fat.
• Focusing on a Single Cog in the Vast Obesity Machine.
• The Obesity Wars and the Education of a Researcher: A Personal Account.
• The Wellness Scam Impervious to Facts.
• What Is a BMI Calculator? How Do I Calculate My BMI? Benefits of a BMI Calculator.
• The Seeds of Change – Food Thoughts from Food Systems Heroes.
• Science, Sentiment, and 38,368 Guideline Comments.

General

• When Scientists Get It Wrong (Science Friday Audio on Self-Correction).
• As Science Advances, Does Ockham’s Razor Still Apply?
• ‘We Need to Talk’: Ways to Prevent Collaborations Breaking Down.
• ELife and Medicine: Rigorous Review and Editorial Oversight of Clinical Preprints.
• Psychological Safety - Fad or Fundamental?
• Case report: Medical Decision Making About Long-Term Artificial Nutrition After Severe Stroke.
• Researchers Identify Microbe That Protects Bees from Fungal Infections.
• Monochorionic Dizygotic Twins Conceived Spontaneously Showed Chimerism in Karyotype and Blood Group Type.

Video & Audio

• 2021 Understanding Nutrition Science Video Contest Winners.

Announcements

• ObesityWeek 2021 Registration Open.
• Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) Annual 2021 Conference Registration Open.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Search.
• Short Course: The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Research: Friday, July 23rd to Friday, August 13th, 2021.
• Short Course: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research: Friday, September 10th to Friday, October 1st, 2021.