Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• Junk Food Is Bad for You. Is It Bad for Raccoons?
• Cold Acclimation and Pioglitazone Combined Increase Thermogenic Capacity of BAT and WAT but This Does Not Translate Into Higher Energy Expenditure [in Mice].
• Parametric and Semiparametric Approaches to Analyzing Device-Based Measures of Energy Expenditure in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Most Important Meal of the Day: Skipping Breakfast May Compromise Immune System.
• Study: Monocytes Re-Enter the Bone Marrow During Fasting and Alter the Host Response to Infection... In Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: Milk Protein Ingestion Does Not Enhance Recovery from Muscle-Damaging Resistance Exercise in Untrained Males and Females.
• RCT: "Multiple imputation analysis showed no significant difference in mean BMI between the groups"in Effectiveness and co-benefits of a telephone-based intervention in reducing obesity risk of children aged 2–4 years: findings from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
• RCT: No Significant Efficacy of Vitamin D Supplementation in Reducing BMI in Healthy Young Adults in Colombia.
• Early Postnatal Weight Loss Does Not Affect [is Not Associated With] the Two-Year Neurodevelopment in Preterm Infants of Less Than 32 weeks.
• RCT: Tripeptide Gut Hormone Infusion Does Not Alter Food Preferences or Sweet Taste Function in Volunteers with Obesity and Pre-Diabetes/diabetes but Promotes Restraint Eating.
• The Glucagon Receptor Antagonist DesHis1Pro4Glu9-Glucagon (Lys12PAL) Alters Alpha-Cell Turnover and Lineage in Mice, but Does Not Cause Alpha-Cell Hyperplasia.
• A Reduction of Skeletal Muscle DHA Content Does Not Result in Impaired Whole Body Glucose Tolerance or Skeletal Muscle Basal Insulin Signaling in Otherwise Healthy Mice.
• "Analysis of tubby mutant worms with altered fat storage showed that, contrary to our hypothesis, increased adiposity did not sensitize to stressor-induced neurodegeneration."

Basic

• Metabolic Profiling of MRI-Measured Liver Fat in the UK Biobank.
• Signaling Pathways That Regulate Adaptive β-Cell Proliferation for the Treatment of Diabetes.
• Thermogenic Adipocyte-Derived Zinc Promotes Sympathetic Innervation in Male Mice.
• An Insight Into Brown/Beige Adipose Tissue Whitening, a Metabolic Complication of Obesity with the Multifactorial Origin.
• Adipose Tissue Aging Is Regulated by an Altered Immune System.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: The Artificial Sweetener Erythritol and Cardiovascular Event Risk.
• Commentary: More Hype Than Substance: Erythritol and Cardiovascular Risk.
• Commentary: Erythritol, and the More Artful Avoidance of Excess Sugar.
• Commentary: The Alchemy of Metabolomics: Erythritol.
• In the News: Do Artificial Sweeteners Increase the Risk of Heart Attacks and Stroke?
• Estimated Micronutrient Shortfalls of the EAT–Lancet Planetary Health Diet.

Clinical

• RCT: Effect of Exercise Training with Laser Phototherapy on Homeostasis Balance Resistant to Hypercoagulability in Seniors with Obesity.
• RCT: Effects of a School-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Chinese Children and Adolescents.
• RCT: The Effect of a Moderately Restricted Carbohydrate Diet on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Women with Overweight or Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.
• RCT: Results of DUET: A Web-Based Weight Loss Feasibility Trial Among Cancer Survivors and Their Chosen Partners.
• Obesity Puts People at Higher Risk of Diabetes and Hypertension Than Dyslipidemia, Especially Women.

Children and Adolescents

• Longitudinal Dietary Trajectories from Pregnancy to 3 Years Post Delivery in Women with Obesity: Relationships with Adiposity.
• The Effect of Different Intensity Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Metabolic Health in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: An Isotemporal Substitution Model.
• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Monozygotic Twins: Report of the First Case.
• Trends in Incidence of Youth-Onset Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in the USA, 2002–18: Results from the Population-Based SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study.
• Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Polygenic Risk for High BMI Magnify Obesity Risk Across Childhood.
• Mapping Intervention Components from a RCTs to Scale-Up of an Early Life Nutrition and Movement Intervention.

Surgery

• RCT: Changes in Dietary Intake, Food Tolerance, Hedonic Hunger, Binge Eating Problems, and Gastrointestinal Symptoms After Sleeve Gastrectomy Compared with After Gastric Bypass After One Year.
• Bariatric Surgery: Targeting Pancreatic β Cells to Treat Type II Diabetes.
• Self-Organized Metabotyping Individuals with Obesity Identifies Clusters Responding Differently to Bariatric Surgery.
• Parental Obesity Predisposition and Age of Onset Associate with Poor Response to Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.
• Financial Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Prescription Diabetes Medications in Michigan.

Drugs

• Semaglutide in Obesity: Unmet Needs in Men.
• Protective Effects of Rifampicin and Its Analog Rifampicin Quinone in a Mouse Model of Obesity-Induced Type 2 Diabetes.
• Chemotherapy and Anticancer Drugs Adjustment in Obesity: A Narrative Review.
• Stroke Prevention and Treatment in People with Type 2 Diabetes: Is There a Role for GLP-1 (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1) Analogues?

Food & Diet

• Fat Intake Modifies the Association between Restricted Carbohydrate Diets and Prevalent Cardiometabolic Diseases Among Adults in the United States.
• No Fry Bread: Bringing Indigenous and Homesteader Foodways Into the Contemporary Kitchen.
• The Nature and Extent of Food Marketing on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Posts in Mexico.
• RCT: Probiotics Intervention in Preventing Conversion of Impaired Glucose Tolerance to Diabetes.
• Variability of Oral/Taste Sensitivity to Fat: An Investigation of Attribution from Detection Threshold Methods with Repeated Measurements.
• RCT: Cardiovascular and Lipid-Lowering Effects of a Marine Lipoprotein Extract in a High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity Mouse Model.
• RCT: Enhancing Efficacy of a Brief Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention Program: Long-Term Results from an Experimental Therapeutics Trial.
• The Role of Animal Breeding in Productivity Growth: Evidence from Wisconsin Dairy Farms.
• Enhancing the Comparability of Research on Ultraprocessed Foods.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Changes in Body Composition and Homeostatic Control of Resting Energy Expenditure During Dietary Weight Loss.
• An Intervention of Four Weeks of Time-Restricted Eating (16/8) in Male Long-Distance Runners Does Not Affect Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.
• Fasting Protocols Do Not Improve Intestinal Architecture and Immune Parameters in C57BL/6 Male Mice Fed a High Fat Diet.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Evolution of Public Health Physical Activity Applications of Accelerometers: A Personal Perspective.
• Relationship between Body Composition and Upper Limb Physical Fitness Among Chinese Students: 4-Year Longitudinal Follow-Up and Experimental Study.
• An Integrative Profiling of Metabolome and Transcriptome in the Plasma and Skeletal Muscle Following an Exercise Intervention in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Effects of Weight Loss and Feeding Specially Formulated Diets on the Body Composition, Blood Metabolite Profiles, Voluntary Physical Activity, and Fecal Metabolites and Microbiota of Obese Dogs.

Economics & Sociology

• Associations between Socioeconomic Status and Risk of Obesity and Overweight Among Chinese Children and Adolescents.
• Systematic Review: Relationship between BMI and Health and Occupational Performance Among Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Military Personnel.

Epidemiology

• Current Pubertal Development in Chinese Children and the Impact of Overnutrition, Lifestyle and Perinatal Factors.
• Severe Maternal Morbidity Trends over 20 Years in a Tertiary Referral Stand-Alone Maternity Unit.
• Eating Speed and Abdominal Adiposity in Middle-Aged Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Vietnam.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Behaviour Change Techniques Used in Mediterranean Diet Interventions for Older Adults.
• Exploring Effectiveness of CBT in Patients with Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder: Personality Functioning Is Associated with Clinically Significant Change.
• Effect of Health-Care Professionals’ Weight Status on Patient Satisfaction and Recalled Advice: A Prospective Cohort Study.
• Habituation or Sensitization of Brain Response to Food Cues: Temporal Dynamic Analysis in an Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

Equity and Disparities

• Obesity Inequality and Well-Being in Germany.
• Addressing Inequalities and Improving Maternal and Infant Outcomes: The Potential Power of Nutritional Interventions Across the Reproductive Cycle.
• RCT: An Obesity Prevention Program for High-Risk Infants in Primary Care.

Stigma

• ‘A Radical Operation’ – a Thematic Analysis of Newspaper Framing of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents.
• Most US Adults with Diabetes Report Social Stigma.

Policy Related

• Evaluation of Short-Run Changes in Fast-Food Restaurant Online Kids' Meal Beverage Offerings Following a State-Level Healthy Beverage Default Policy.
• Systematic Review: The Implementation and Effectiveness of Outlet-Level Healthy Food and Beverage Accreditation Schemes.
• The Value of the Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network in Advancing the Evidence Base for Effective Nutrition and Obesity Policy: Assessment Using the Consolidated Framework for Collaborative Research.
• The Impact of SNAP-Ed Interventions on California Students’ Diet and Physical Activity During COVID-19.
• Development and Evaluation of the Food Bank Health and Nutrition Assessment.
• Sweetener Purchases in Chile Before and After Implementing a Policy for Food Labeling, Marketing, and Sales in Schools.
• Participatory Evaluation of Municipal Obesity Prevention Clubs in Tehran City: Strengths, Challenges, and Future Direction.

Intergenerational Effects

• Increased Fetal Microchimerism in Immune and Stem Cell Subsets in Preeclampsia.
• Breastfeeding and Infant Growth in Offspring of Mothers with Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy.
• Maternal Obesity Can Affect Fetal Development.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Preprint: Evolutionary Analysis of the MTOR Pathway Provide Insights Into Lifespan Extension Across Mammals.
• Transcriptomic Changes Associated with Maternal Care in the Brain of Mouthbrooding Cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni Reflect Adaptation to Self-Induced Metabolic Stress.

Methods

• Conditioning on Parental Mating Types Can Reduce Necessary Assumptions for Mendelian Randomization.
• Algorithm-Based Mapping of Products in a Branded Canadian Food and Beverage Database to Their Equivalents in Health Canada’s Canadian Nutrient File.

Commentary

• Are Home-Packed Lunches Nutritionally Inferior to In-School Lunches?
• Comfortable Opinions, Uncomfortable Thinking.
• New Obesity Guidance for Pediatrics: Medicalizing Obesity or Acquiescing to Our Obesogenic Culture?
• Novel Human Organoid Models of Fatty Liver Disease Developed.
• Role of Food Processing on Human Health and Current Limitations.
• Defining Obesity, Fooled by Appearances.
• Mediterranean Diet or Keto: Which Is Better?
• The End of Obesity? Not Exactly.

General

• Intergenerational Transmission of the Effects of Maternal Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment in the USA: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
• Black/White Differences in the Relationship between Debt and Risk of Heart Attack Across Cohorts.
• "Overall, our data seem to suggest a role for FCM in the protection towards the SARS-CoV-2 infection with a possible positive impact on clinical outcome."
• The Presence of a Guard Vicariously Drives Split Sex Ratios in a Facultatively Social Bee.
• "Our findings thus question whether horses recognise real-life objects from digital images."
• Screening for Pesticide Residues in Cocoa (Theobroma Cacao L.) by Portable Infrared Spectroscopy.
• Drug Cost-Effectiveness Assessments Require Standards for Rigor and Inclusion.
• Effects of Physical Activity on Physical Fitness and Functional Ability in Older Adults.
• Bone Marrow Chimerism Breaks the Barrier to Pancreatic Islet Transplantation.
• RCT: Long-Term (180-Day) Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19.

Announcements

• Save the Date: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research, June 26th to June 30th in Person at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington.
• Save the Date: The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Research, July 31st to August 4th in Person at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington.
• IU Wheelchair Basketball Club Shoots for Inclusivity on Campus.
• AAAS Book Award: It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop), by Dr. Jennifer Gardy. Illustrated by Belle Wuthrich. Greystone Kids, 2021.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Research Associate with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.
• IU Bloomington’s School of Public Health is Recruiting Tenure-Track Faculty at ever rank in every department. Come Join Us!

Featured

• Endogenous DAF-16 Spatiotemporal Activity Quantitatively Predicts Lifespan Extension Induced by Dietary Restriction.
• Perspective: Is the Response of Human Energy Expenditure to Increased Physical Activity Additive or Constrained?
• RCT: Physical activity intervention benefits persist months post-intervention in breast cancer survivors.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: New Study Confirms That Using the Internet Can Help You Lose Weight.
• Study: Meta-Analysis of web-based interventions for weight, not just "Using the Internet."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Effect of Calorie Restriction or Dietary Patterns on Spatial Working Memory During a 2-Year Intervention.
• "Contrary to prior reports, we found no significant effect of perioperative nutritional therapy care in gastrointestinal cancer patients..."
• "We found no consistent associations with wasting/risk of wasting or excess weight/risk of overweight across quintiles of deprivation."
• "Weight loss guidance in this population had no effect on weight loss. On the contrary, the mean weight of patients after guidance was statistically higher than the mean in the first consultation (both weight and BMI)."
• "Genotype-based advice does not affect dietary or physical activity behavior more than general advice or advice based on lifestyle or phenotypic measures."
• Voluntary Wheel Running Exercise Does Not Attenuate Circadian and Cardiac Dysfunction Caused by Conditional Deletion of Bmal1.
• RCT: No Effect of the Turmeric Root Phenol Curcumin on Prednisolone-Induced Gluco-Metabolic Perturbations in Men with Overweight or Obesity.
• "The revised 2009 GWG [Gestational Weight Gain] guidelines were not associated with changes in GWG or gestational diabetes but were associated with improvements in infant birth outcomes."
• "Since high-energy diets had little impact on insulin sensitivity and related metabolism [in rats], we could not test the hypothesis that in situations of higher insulin resistance, our plant protein blend may be better than milk protein."

Basic

• CD47 Antisense Oligonucleotide Treatment Attenuates Obesity and Its Associated Metabolic Dysfunction.
• Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Alters Body Composition and Ameliorates Metabolic Disorders Induced by a High-Fat Diet.
• Loss of Lkb1 in CD11c+ Myeloid Cells Protects Mice from Diet-Induced Obesity While Enhancing Glucose Intolerance and IL-17/IFN-γ Imbalance.
• Increased Adipose Tissue Lymphatic Vessel Density Inhibits Thermogenesis Through Elevated Neurotensin Levels.
• Sema7A Protects Against High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Hepatic Steatosis by Regulating Adipo/Lipogenesis.
• The Suppression Effects of Fat Mass and Obesity Associated Gene on the Hair Follicle-Derived Neural Crest Stem Cells Differentiating Into Melanocyte by N6-Methyladenosine Modifying Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Sources and Severity of Bias in Estimates of the BMI–Mortality Association.
• Expression of Concern: The Effects of Folate Supplementation on Inflammatory Factors and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Overweight and Obese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Clinical

• Weight Management Treatment Representations: A Novel Use of the Common Sense Model.
• RCT: A Small Change Approach on Adiposity, Lean Mass and Bone Mineral Density in Adults with Overweight and Obesity.
• RCT: Combination of Exercise and GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Treatment Reduces Severity of Metabolic Syndrome, Abdominal Obesity, and Inflammation.
• RCT: An Integrated Digital Health Care Platform for Diabetes Management with AI-Based Dietary Management.
• Metabolically Healthy Obesity: Are Interventions Useful?

Children and Adolescents

• Impact of Overweight and Obesity on Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Children with Type 1 Diabetes.
• Changes in BMI Among School-Aged Youths Following Implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
• Maternal Diet Quality During Pregnancy and Offspring Hepatic Fat in Early Childhood: The Healthy Start Study.
• Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: The Epidemiology of an Awakening Epidemic.
• Effectiveness of a Population-Scaled, School-Based Physical Activity Intervention for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity.
• Timing and Magnitude of Peak BMI and Peak Weight Velocity in Infancy Predict BMI at 2 Years in a Retrospective Cohort of Electronic Health Record Data.
• Systematic Review: Behavioral Interventions on Children at Risk for Diabetes.
• Systematic Review: Reference Growth Curves to Identify Weight Status (Underweight, Overweight or Obesity) in Children and Adolescents:.
• Children's Rates of BMI Change During Pre-Pandemic and Two COVID-19 Pandemic Periods.

Surgery

• Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnancies Following Bariatric Surgery.
• Bariatric Surgery and Suicide Risk in Patients with Obesity.
• Assessment of Electronic Patient Education Materials for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Candidates: An Environment Scan.

Drugs

• Fibroblast Growth Factor–Based Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Obesity-Related Metabolic Complications.
• Network Pharmacology Research Indicates That Wu-Mei-Wan Treats Obesity by Inhibiting Th17 Cell Differentiation and Alleviating Metabolic Inflammation.
• Estimated Minimum Prices and Lowest Available National Prices for Antiobesity Medications: Improving Affordability and Access to Treatment.
• Systematic Review: Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists on Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors Among Individuals with Overweight/Obesity Treated with Antipsychotic Drug Classes.

Food & Diet

• Editorial: Can We Measure Food Intake in Humans?
• RCT: Impact of Acute Consumption of Beverages Containing Plant-Based or Alternative Sweetener Blends on Postprandial Appetite, Food Intake, Metabolism, and Gastro-Intestinal Symptoms: Results of the SWEET Beverages Trial.
• Association between Nutrient Intake from Vegetables and BMI Category of In-School Adolescents in Urban and Rural Areas in Davao City, Philippines.
• High-Fat Diet-Induced Elevation of Body Weight Set Point in Male Mice.
• The Synergetic Effect of Soft Drinks and Sweet/Salty Snacks Consumption and the Moderating Role of Obesity on Preadolescents’ Emotions and Behavior: A School-Based Epidemiological Study.
• Oolong Tea of Different Years Protects High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice Against Obesity by Regulating Lipid Metabolism and Modulating Gut Microbiota.
• Ultra-Processed Foods and Mortality: Analysis from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology Study.
• Narrative Review: Healthy Plant-Based Diets Improve Dyslipidemias, Insulin Resistance, and Inflammation in Metabolic Syndrome.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• No Effect of Calorie Restriction or Dietary Patterns on Spatial Working Memory During a 2-Year Intervention: A Secondary Analysis of the CALERIE Trial.
• Increased Alcohol Dehydrogenase 1 Activity Promotes Longevity.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• The Effect of Tabata-Style Functional High-Intensity Interval Training on Cardiometabolic Health and Physical Activity in Female University Students.
• Independent and Interactive Effect of Sedentary Time and Physical Activity on Risk of All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study.
• Systematic Review: Clustering and Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Among Boys and Girls.
• Meta-Analysis: The Effectiveness of Structured Exercise Intervention in Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Women with Overweight and Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Association of the Retail Food Environment, BMI, Dietary Patterns, and Socioeconomic Position in Urban Areas of Mexico.
• The Burden of Disease and Economic Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Consumption in Argentina: A Modeling Study.
• SNAP Enrollment Cycles: New Insights from Heterogeneous Panel Models with Cross-Sectional Dependence.
• Household Food Insecurity and Childhood Obesity/Overweight Among Children with Special Healthcare Needs.

Epidemiology

• The Relationship of Reproductive Factors with Adiposity and Body Shape Indices Changes Overtime: Findings from a Community-Based Study.
• The Mediating Effect of Central Obesity on the Association between Dietary Quality, Dietary Inflammation Level and Low-Grade Inflammation-Related Serum Inflammatory Markers in Adults.
• Systematic Review: Overweight and Obesity in Adult Patients with Phenylketonuria.
• Obesity Impacts the Expression of Alzheimer's Disease-Related Genes: The Framingham Heart Study.
• Systematic Review: The Relationship between Chronotype and Obesity.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Insulin Resistance-Varying Associations of Adiposity Indices with Cerebral Perfusion in Older Adults: A Population-Based Study.
• Hindbrain Ghrelin and LEAP2, Ligands for GHSR, Bidirectionally Control Food Intake.
• Emotional and Intuitive Eating: An Emerging Approach to Eating Behaviours Related to Obesity.
• Body Shape Perception in Men and Women Without Obesity During Caloric Restriction.

Equity and Disparities

• Ethnic Disparities and Obesity Risk Factors in Pregnant Women: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.
• Abstract: Bio-Behavioral Approaches to Reducing Racial Disparities in Obesity and GI Cancers.

Stigma

• Brief Self-Compassion Induction for Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Stigmatizing Experiences in Physical Activity.

Policy Related

• Longitudinal Effects of School Policies on Children's Eating Behaviors and Weight Status: Findings from the Childhood Obesity Study in China Megacities.
• Ecological Regulation for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems: Responding to the Global Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods.
• The Political Economy of Infant and Young Child Feeding: Confronting Corporate Power, Overcoming Structural Barriers, and Accelerating Progress.
• Leveraging Food-Related Values for Impact in Community Nutrition Education Programs (Interventions).
• Hyper-Palatable Foods in Elementary School Lunches: Availability and Contributing Factors in a National Sample of US Public Schools.
• Longitudinal Association between Density of Retail Food Stores and BMI in Mexican School Children and Adolescents.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Prepregnancy Obesity Affects Foetal Growth, Birth Outcome, Mode of Delivery, and Miscarriage Rate in Austrian Women.
• Analysis of Pregnancy Complications and Epigenetic Gestational Age of Newborns.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Systematic Review: Do Mites Eat and Run? A Systematic Review of Feeding and Dispersal Strategies.
• Concerted Phenotypic Flexibility of Avian Erythrocyte Size and Number in Response to Dietary Anthocyanin Supplementation.
• Comparative Analysis of Thyroid Hormone Systems in Rodents with Subterranean Lifestyle.

Methods

• Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial Designs.
• Review: Eater-Oriented Knowledge Framework for Reducing Salt and Dietary Sodium Intake.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• The Metabolic Cost of Physical Activity in Mice Using a Physiology-Based Model of Energy Expenditure.

Commentary

• Brave New World: Improving Obesity and Preventing Cardiovascular Disease.
• Lean Mass Loss on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: A Downside of the “Miracle Drugs”.
• New Clinical Practice Guideline for Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Obesity: Paradigm Shifts.
• Team's Imaging Strategy Enhances Lipedema Treatment.
• Adipose Tissue Aging Is Regulated by an Altered Immune System.
• You are What You Eat: Feeding Neurons in Nutrient Regulation of Behavior.
• Appetite and Its Discontents: Science, Medicine and the Urge to Eat, 1750–1950.

General

• The Mystery of Cancer Resistance: A Revelation Within Nature.
• Tattoos: The Skin as Canvas. (pdf)
• Identification of Peptides from Camel Milk That Inhibit Starch Digestion.
• Early Peanut Introduction: To Test or Not to Test?
• Peanut Allergen Inhibition Prevents Anaphylaxis in a Humanized Mouse Model.
• Changing Day Length and Temperature Can Affect the Composition of the Gut Microbiome Without Changing Dietary Contents.
• "Moreover, pregnant women living in medium or hot areas were more prone to have preterm births than those in cold areas when exposed to low ambient temperatures."
• Preprint: Bayesian Approaches to Quantifying Uncertainty in Sport and Exercise Measurements.

Video & Audio

• “Chewing on Change: The Tales Teeth Tell Us”.
• The New Weight Loss Drugs and the Old Weight Gain Myths.

Announcements

• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Research Associate with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.
• IU Bloomington’s School of Public Health is Recruiting Tenure-Track Faculty at every rank in every department. Come Join Us!

Featured

• Optimization of Energy and Time Predicts Dynamic Speeds for Human Walking.
• Monitoring Body Composition Change for Intervention Studies with Advancing 3D Optical Imaging Technology in Comparison to Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry.
• Adipocyte Autophagy Limits Gut Inflammation by Controlling Oxylipin and IL-10.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Higher Obesity Levels Linked to Lower Productivity in England, Research Shows.
• Commissioned Report: Mostly Cross Sectional Correlations, Ecological Correlations, and Time Trends. Neither Causal Links nor Directional Links between Obesity and Productivity Established.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No significant "effects of different carbohydrate quantities and quality on plasma palmitate concentrations (primary outcome)..."
• RCT: No Significant Effects in Peer Leadership for Physical Literacy Intervention.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: "Overall, these data suggest that tart cherry juice consumption has no significant effect on BW, BMI, FM, FFM, WC, and percent BF."
• RCT: "Time-to-natural-conception and clinical pregnancy rates within a year were overall similar in women receiving the intervention supplement compared with control."
• RCT: No Significant Effect on Weight Loss Comparing Diabetes Prevention Program Interventions for Marshallese Adults with Overweight and Obesity.
• RCT: "Our household air pollution intervention consisting of a liquefied petroleum gas stove, continuous fuel distribution and behavioral messaging did not affect dietary and sodium intake in rural Peru."
• Weight Loss by Calorie-Restriction Does Not Alter Appetite-Regulating Gut Hormone Responses from Perfused Rat Small Intestine.
• NAFLD Is Not Associated with Impairment in Health-Related Quality of Life in Virally Suppressed Persons with Human Immune Deficiency Virus.

Basic

• Genetics of Sexually Dimorphic Adipose Distribution in Human.
• MSR1 Is Not Required for Obesity-Associated Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Mice.
• Oral Supplementation with Three Vegetable Oils Differing in Fatty Acid Composition Alleviates High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice by Regulating Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism.
• Visualizing Increased Uptake of [18F]FDG and [18F]FTHA in Kidneys from High-Fat Diet Fed C57BL/6J Mice with Obesity Using PET/CT Ex Vivo.
• Lipidomic Analysis of Brain and Hippocampus from Mice Fed with High-Fat Diet and Treated with Fecal Microbiota Transplantation.
• Endogenous Sex Hormones Modulate the Analgesic Effect of Tramadol in Lean and High Fat Diet-Induced Wistar Rats with Obesity.
• Case Report of PLXNA4 Variant Associated with Hyper-Response to Phentermine/topiramate Pharmacotherapy: Potential Genetic Basis for Superior Weight Loss Response?

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua.
• Letter: Incorrectly Labeled Randomized Study and Inappropriate Within-Group Comparisons in: "Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua"
• Errata: Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua.
• Strong Beliefs and Stronger Analyses in Obesity.
• Blog Post: Evidence for What Works in Obesity Prevention.
• Letter: Inappropriate Analysis of a Cluster RCT Due to Not Accounting for Nesting and Clustering: Comment on “A Home-Based Dyadic Music-With-Movement Intervention for People with Dementia and Caregivers”.
• Reply: Inappropriate Analysis of a Cluster RCT Due to Not Accounting for Nesting and Clustering.

Clinical

• Obesity and Weight Management for the Prevention and Treatment of T2D: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023.
• Improvement in Chrono-Nutrition Is Associated with Robust Weight Loss Outcomes.
• "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure": Proposal for a Social Prescribing Strategy for Obesity Prevention and Improvement in Health and Well-Being.
• Understanding Weight Management Experiences from Patient Perspectives.

Children and Adolescents

• Triglyceride Level and Soft Drink Consumption Predict NAFLD in Adolescent Males Without Obesity.
• Time-Specific Intervention Effects on Objectively Measured Physical Activity in School Children.
• Effects of a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Co-Physical Activity and Other Health-Related Outcomes of Fathers and Their Children.
• Evidence for Protein Leverage in a General Population Sample of Children and Adolescents.

Surgery

• Meta-Analysis: Which Nutritional Prognosis Is Better? Comparison of the Three Most Commonly Performed Bariatric Surgeries.
• RCT: Effects of Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass on the Metabolic Profile and Systemic Inflammatory Status of Women with Metabolic Syndrome.
• "...this study would suggest that preoperative smoking cessation in patients prior to primary bariatric surgery might be beneficial."

Drugs

• Review: Liraglutide as an Innovative and Multifunctional Drug for Patients with Obesity.
• Review: Effects of Obesity on the Pharmacology of Proton Pump Inhibitors.
• Sexual and Reproductive Outcomes in Fertile Men with Obesity and Functional Hypogonadism After Treatment with Liraglutide.
• The Combined Effect of Metformin and Mirabegron on Diet-Induced Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Association of Minimally Processed and Ultra-Processed Food Daily Consumption with Obesity in Adults with Overweight.
• Role of Food Matrix in Modulating Dairy Fat Induced Changes in Lipoprotein Particle Size Distribution in a Human Intervention.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Meta-Analysis: Comparing the Effectiveness of Alternate Day Fasting, the 5:2 Diet, and Time-Restricted Eating for Weight Loss.
• RCT: Eight-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Does Not Lower Daily Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Rates.
• Predictors of Weight Loss in Patients with Obesity Treated with a Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet.
• Comparison of the Effects of Six-Week Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss, Body Composition, and Visceral Fat in Overweight Older Men and Women.
• Feasibility and Acceptability of Time-Restricted Eating in a Group of Adults with Multiple Sclerosis.
• Efficacy of Progressive Versus Severe Energy Restriction on Body Composition and Strength in Concurrent Trained Women.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Do Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with CVD and Mortality Differ Across Socioeconomic Groups?
• European Fitness Landscape for Children and Adolescents: Updated Reference Values, Fitness Maps and Country Rankings.
• Fuel Selection in Skeletal Muscle Exercising at Low Intensity; Reliance on Carbohydrate in Very Sedentary Individuals.

Economics & Sociology

• Association and Interaction of Genetics and Area-Level Socioeconomic Factors on the Prevalence of T2D and Obesity.
• The Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on the Body Characteristics, Proportion, and Health Behavior of Children Aged 6–12 Years.

Epidemiology

• Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Product as Effective Markers of Different Obesity Phenotypes in Korean Adults.
• Is Early or Late Biological Maturation Trigger Obesity?

Psychology & Neuroscience

• RCT: Effects of Wearable Fitness Trackers and Activity Adequacy Mindsets on Affect, Behavior, and Health.
• Testing a Biobehavioral Model of Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease in Hispanic Older Adolescents.
• Group Differences in Binge Eating, Impulsivity, and Intuitive and Mindful Eating Among Intermittent Fasters and Non-Fasters.

Equity and Disparities

• Trends in the Intra-Individual Double Burden of Overweight/Obesity and Anemia Among Adult Women Living in 33 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
• Understanding Drivers of Micro-Level Disparities in Childhood BMI, Overweight, and Obesity Within Low-Income, Minority Communities.
• Violent Crime, Physical Inactivity, and Obesity: Examining Spatial Relationships by Racial/Ethnic Composition of Community Residents.

Stigma

• Review: Obesity Stigma: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions.
• Exploring Body Dissatisfaction in Pregnancy and the Association with Gestational Weight Gain, Obesity, and Weight Stigma.

Policy Related

• Meta-Analysis: Socioeconomic Position and the Effect of Energy Labeling on Consumer Behavior.
• Meta-Analysis: Integrating Family Farming Into School Feeding.
• Spatial Analysis of Community Service Availability in Rural Kentucky, United States.
• Perceived Barriers to Vegetable Intake Among Urban Adolescents from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Backgrounds.
• Differences in Cost-Effectiveness of Adherence to Nutritional Recommendations: Why, Where, and What?
• Contemporary Approaches for Monitoring Food Marketing to Children to Progress Policy Actions.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI Is Associated with Newborn Offspring Hypothalamic Mean Diffusivity.
• Prepregnancy Obesity and Breastfeeding in the First Month of Life.
• Characterization of Maternal Circulating MicroRNAs in Pregnancies of Women with Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Preprint: Maternal Diabetes and Overweight as Risk Factors for Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Review: Integrated Redox-Metabolic Orchestration Sustains Life in Hibernating Ground Squirrels.
• Changing Perspectives on Early Hominin Diets.
• Increased Adiposity Is Associated with Altered Skeletal Muscle Energetics.
• Seasonal Acclimatization and Temperature Acclimation in Small Passerine Birds Is Achieved Via Metabolic Adjustments.

Methods

• Results and Experiences from a Large Program to Evaluate the Routine Embedding of Recruitment and Retention Strategies Within RCT.
• Contextual Specificity of (Un)Healthy Food/Drink Intake in Everyday Life.
• Rapid, Digital Dietary Assessment in Association with Cardiometabolic Biomarkers.

Commentary

• Expert Reaction to Study Looking at Long-Term Caloric Restriction on DNA Methylation Measures of Biological Aging in Healthy Adults.
• A Fresh Look at Fuel Selection in Working Muscle.
• The Essential Value of Exercise in NAFLD.
• Putting the Stress on Fatty Liver Disease.
• Does Time-Restricted Eating Impair Muscle Protein Synthesis?
• Is Better School Nutrition Helping with Obesity?
• Scientists Reveal Genetic Mechanism Linked to High-Calorie Food-Fueled Obesity.
• Remote Dietary Intervention Feasible, May Reduce Chronic Fatigue for Lymphoma Survivors.

General

• One of Last Century’s Most Influential Social Science Studies Is Pretty Bad.
• AI Predicts Research Reproducibility.
• The Promises and Limitations of Codes of Medical Ethics as Instruments of Policy Change.
• Stressed Out? New Study Will Use App to Measure Midlife Adults’ Stress in Real Time.
• NASEM Report: Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations.
• Nightly Sleep Duration Predicts Grade Point Average in the First Year of College.
• RCT: Alternate Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Strategies for Prevention of Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease in Neonates Requiring Abdominal Surgery.
• From Alpaca to Pygmy Hippopotamus: Breast Milk Oligosaccharides Contain Immunomodulatory Glucuronic Acid and LacdiNAc.

Video & Audio

• NASEM: Defining Progress in Obesity Solutions Through Structural Changes: A Third Workshop in the Series.

Announcements

• Hoosier Family Gifts Fund to IU's School of Public Health for Gun Violence Research.
• Jacobs School Faculty, Students Address Food Insecurity Through Music.
• 9th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference.
• Nobel Prize Summit on Countering Misinformation and Building Trust in Science to Be Held May 24-26.
• Register for the 2023 Annual Symposium on Risks and Opportunities of AI in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Which Is Jointly Sponsored by Pfizer Inc., the Roux Institute at Northeastern University and the American Statistical Association.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Research Associate with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.

Featured

• "SGLT2 inhibitor use was associated with significantly reduced mortality risk after adjusting for potential confounders..."
• RCT: Comparison of the Effects of Six-Week Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss, Body Composition, and Visceral Fat in Overweight Older Men and Women.
• 13C-Metabolic Flux Analysis of 3T3-L1 Adipocytes Illuminates Its Core Metabolism Under Hypoxia.
• Early-Life Dietary Restriction and Diet Type Affect Juvenile Brain Morphology in Spadefoot Toads (Spea bombifrons).

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Dietary Changes and Probiotics Prove Effective in Tackling Obesity, Study Suggests.
• Study: Multi-Omics Analysis of the Effects of Dietary Changes and Probiotics on Diet-Induced Obesity... In Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "In conclusion, although all groups achieved improvements in glucose tolerance, no superior effect was observed with the LCHF [Low Carbohydrate: High Fat] diet, neither with nor without exercise."
• RCT: "a reduction in self-efficacy was observed in the intervention group at 3 and 9 months as compared with the control group. This unexpected finding requires further investigation."
• RCT: No Apparent Efficacy of Technology-Based Personalised Feedback on Diet Quality in Young Australian Adults: Results for the Advice, Ideas and Motivation for My Eating (Aim4Me).
• Meta-Analysis: No Obvious Sex Differences in Response to Lifestyle Intervention Among Children and Adolescents.
• RCT: "...participation in the REACH-HF home-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention did not increase overall weekly activity..."
• RCT: "In healthy male and female participants administered ASA [aspirin] for 14 days, obesity is not associated with increased basal platelet activation or ASA resistance."
• Meta-Analysis: No Association of Maternal BMI with Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage.
• RCT: "Lifestyle intervention produced significant pre-pregnancy weight loss but did not significantly affect gestational diabetes mellitus rates." (pdf)

Basic

• A Transdermal Treatment with MC903 Ameliorates Diet-Induced Obesity by Reducing Visceral Fat and Increasing Myofiber Thickness and Energy Consumption in Mice.
• Creatine Ameliorates High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity by Regulation of Lipolysis and Lipophagy in Brown Adipose Tissue and Liver.
• Elevated Adipose Differentiation-Related Protein Level in Ovariectomized Mice Correlates with Tissue-Specific Regulation of Estrogen.
• Hypolipidemic Mechanism of Pleurotus eryngii Polysaccharides in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice Based on Metabolomics.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Watching TV Cooking Programs: Effects on Actual Food Intake Among Children.
• Letter: "Our correction to the statistical analysis invalidates the original conclusions about TV cooking program effectiveness. The 2 research groups collegially discussed the issue and decided to publish the reanalysis results jointly."
• Corrigendum: Additional Corrections from the Authors.

Clinical

• Meta-Analysis: The Efficacy of Genotype-Based Dietary or Physical Activity Advice in Changing Behavior to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Type II Diabetes Mellitus or Obesity.
• Contemporary Medical, Device, and Surgical Therapies for Obesity in Adults.
• RCT: Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease with a Diet or Orlistat.
• RCT: Fish Oil Supplementation During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Mothers with Overweight and Obesity to Improve Body Composition and Metabolic Health During Infancy.
• RCT: Pre-Pregnancy Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Recurrence of Gestational Diabetes.

Children and Adolescents

• Meta-Analysis: Gestational Age at Birth and Body Size from Infancy Through Adolescence.
• Epigenome-Wide Meta-Analysis of BMI in Nine Cohorts: Examining the Utility of Epigenetically Predicted BMI.
• Meta-Analysis: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents with Obesity.
• A Metabolomics-Based Investigation of the Effects of a Short-Term Body Weight Reduction Program in a Cohort of Adolescents with Obesity.
• RCT: Effects of a Novel Infant Formula on the Fecal Microbiota in the First Six Months of Life: The INNOVA 2020 Study.
• Maternal Tobacco Smoking and Childhood Obesity in South Africa: A Cohort Study.
• Meteorin-Like Protein and Asprosin Levels in Children and Adolescents with Obesity and Their Relationship with Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome.
• Comparison of the Ability of HOMA-IR, VAI, and TyG Indexes to Predict Metabolic Syndrome in Children with Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Surgery

• Future of Bariatric Surgery Beyond Simple Weight Loss: Metabolic Surgery.
• Obesity and Diabetes: The Final Frontier.

Drugs

• Role of Herbal Medicine and Gut Microbiota in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity.
• Pathophysiology of Obesity and Its Associated Diseases.
• RCT: "Anthropometrics were similar in children exposed and those not exposed to metformin in utero; hence, overall, data are reassuring with regard to the use of metformin during pregnancy in women with type 2 diabetes and the long-term health of their children."
• "Alfia Weight Loss Capsules by iSlim: Public Notification - Due to Hidden Drug Ingredient."

Food & Diet

• Fermented Foods in the Management of Obesity: Mechanisms of Action and Future Challenges.
• Diet, Physical Activity and Obesity Incidence in Adolescents with Disabilities.
• Association of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Targeting Negative Energy Balance with Calorie Restriction and Mitochondrial Uncoupling in db/db Mice.
• RCT: Caloric Restriction (CR) Plus High-Nitrate Beetroot Juice Does Not Amplify CR-Induced Metabolic Adaptation and Improves Vascular and Cognitive Functions in Overweight Adults.
• RCT: Effects of a Dulaglutide Plus Calorie-Restricted Diet Versus a Calorie-Restricted Diet on Visceral Fat and Metabolic Profiles in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• A Physiological Comparison of the New over 70 Years of Age Marathon Record Holder and His Predecessor: A Case Report.
• Editorial: Methods and Applications in Metabolic Physiology.
• Indicators of Physical Activity and Nutritional Status Among Children and Adolescents in Zimbabwe: Findings from Three Global Matrix Initiatives.
• Meta-Analysis: Sonographic Markers are Useful for Detection of Early Vascular Deterioration in Children with Overweight/Obesity: Effect of a 1-Year Combined Nutritional Education and Physical Exercise Program.
• A Multi-Component Educational Intervention for Addressing Levels of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Schoolchildren.

Economics & Sociology

• Discrimination Exposure and Polygenic Risk for Obesity in Adulthood: Testing Gene-Environment Correlations and Interactions.
• A Study of Personality and Body Esteem of Adolescents with Normal Weight, Overweight, and Obesity.
• Preprint: Associations between Socioeconomic Status and White Matter Microstructure in Children: Indirect Effects Via Obesity and Cognition.

Epidemiology

• Association between Weight Status and Rate of Cognitive Decline: China Health and Nutrition Survey 1997-2018.
• Longitudinal Body Weight Dynamics in Relation to Cognitive Decline over Two Decades: A Prospective Cohort Study.
• Prevalence and Management of Obesity in U.S. Adults with Type 1 Diabetes.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• I Don’t Want to Be Thin! Fear of Weight Change Is Not Just a Fear of Obesity: Research on the Body Mass Anxiety Scale.
• Post-Bariatric Changes in Ingestive Behavior: Shift in Macronutrient Preferences in Rats and Dynamic Adaptation of the Within-Meal Microstructure in Humans.
• Human Nutritional Intelligence Underestimated? Exposing Sensitivities to Food Composition in Everyday Dietary Decisions.
• Contextualizing Adolescent Female Physical Activity Behavior: A Descriptive Study.
• Relationship between the Executive Function of Children and the Duration of Physical Activity with the Mediating Role of Alpha, Beta and Theta Brainwaves.

Equity and Disparities

• Obesity, Cancer, and Health Equity.
• Spatial Inequality and Explaining the Urban-Rural Gap in Obesity in India: Evidence from 2015–16 Population-Based Survey.

Stigma

• Food Insecurity, Weight-Based Discrimination, Weight Self-Stigma, and Mental Health in Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients.
• Associations Among Self-Compassion, Weight Bias Internalization, and Self-Reported Psychological and Physical Health.

Policy Related

• Systematic Review: Community-Based Participatory Interventions to Improve Food Security.
• The Influence of Chile’s Food Labeling and Advertising Law and Other Factors on Dietary and Physical Activity Behavior of Elementary Students in a Peripheral Region: A Qualitative Study.
• Knowledge and Perceptions of Nutrition Assistance Programmes Among Young Adult Students.
• Factors Impacting Implementation of Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies in Rural Schools.
• The Health and Economic Burden Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Trinidad and Tobago.

Intergenerational Effects

• Epigenetic Regulation Mediated by Diets.
• RCT: Dietary Outcomes of a Multilevel, Multicomponent, Cluster Randomized Obesity Intervention in Six Native American Communities in the Upper Midwest and Southwest United States.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Preprint: Keep Your Cool: Overwintering Physiology in Response to Urbanization in the Acorn Ant, Temnothorax curvispinosus (PDF).
• Review: Circadian Rhythms Disrupted by Light at Night and Mistimed Food Intake Alter Hormonal Rhythms and Metabolism.

Methods

• Editorial: Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability Studies and Their Importance in the Evaluation of Health-Promoting Properties of Bioactive Compounds.
• Monitoring Metrics over Time: Why Clinical Trialists Need to Systematically Collect Site Performance Metrics.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• The Correlation between Physical Inactivity and Students’ Health Based on Data Mining and Related Influencing Factors.

Commentary

• Calories and the PACE Versus the Pace of Aging.
• Innovating in the Field of Weight Loss.
• Truth and Fiction from Health at Every Size.
• Introduction to Senior Hunger Special Issue.
• Examine: Paleolithic Diet.
• [Corrected Link] Expert Reaction to Study Looking at Long-Term Caloric Restriction on DNA Methylation Measures of Biological Aging in Healthy Adults.
• New Mouse Study Shows Genes Aren’t Only Way to Pass Obesity to Next Generation.
• Study Finds Obesity-Related Neurodegeneration Mimics Alzheimer's Disease.

General

• Reaffirming the Loma Mountains National Park in Sierra Leone as a Critical Site for the Conservation of West African Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus).
• Artificial Lighting Affects the Landscape of Fear in a Widely Distributed Shorebird.
• Study: Psychology Researchers Often Disregard Scientific Evidence Due to Lack of Statistical Knowledge.
• Data Processing Choices Can Affect Findings in Differential Methylation Analyses: An Investigation Using Data from the LIMIT RCT.
• "Heat stress exposure increased abdominal adipose deposition, which related to increase in hepatic de novo lipogenesis, and promoted preadipocytes differentiation in abdominal adipose."
• Human Zygotic Genome Activation Is Initiated from Paternal Genome.
• Blending Mathematics Teaching with Kindness.
• Predation Risk in Tree Squirrels: Implications of the Presence of Free-Ranging Dogs.

Video & Audio

• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Alum Dr. Mickey Rubin, Ph.D. Featured in Podcast: Clearing Up the Confusion About Eggs & Cholesterol.

Announcements

• The American Society for Nutrition’s Annual Meeting, NUTRITION 2023, Held July 22-25, 2023, in Boston, MA, Invites You to Join Submit Abstracts Through March 1 as an Opportunity to Reconnect with Your Peers, Expand Your Network, and Meet New Collaborators.
• IU Bloomington a Top Producer for Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar Programs for 2022-23.
• Daniel Drucker Awarded 2023 Wolf Prize in Medicine.
• KUDOS to Mercedes Carnethon, PhD for Being Deservedly Awarded the Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine by the Northwestern Medical Women Faculty Organization.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Research Associate with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.