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Featured

• The Effect of Adipose Tissue Material Properties on the Lap Belt-pelvis Interaction: A Global Sensitivity Analysis.
• RCT: Influence of Heat on Appetite-Regulating Adipokines.
• Effects of Different Nutrition Labels on Visual Attention and Accuracy of Nutritional Quality Perception - Results of an Experimental Eye-tracking Study.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Free School Dinners ‘Led to Fall in Childhood Obesity Rates’.
• Foundation Press Release: Universal Free School Meals Winning in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.
• Draft Foundation Report: Interrupted time series with estimated 'dose' of free meals calculates that by the end of the school year an average child is "0.7 percentage points less likely to [have obesity]." (pdf)

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Effects of a Citywide Bike Share System on Active Transportation Among College Students.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: No Effects of Fatty Acids Composition in a Breakfast Meal on the Postprandial Lipid Responses.
• RCT: No Differential Effects of Skim Milk and Isotonic Drink Consumption Before Exercise on Fluid Homeostasis and Time-trial Performance in Cyclists.
• The Different Daily Distribution of Proteins Does Not Influence the Variations in Body Composition in a Sample of Subjects Undergoing a Low-calorie Mediterranean-type Diet.
• RCT: No Effects of Turmeric Supplementation on Serum Klotho Level and Health Related Quality of Life in Overweight Post-menopausal Women.
• "No significant relationship was observed between [dietary energy density] and depression, anxiety and sleep quality.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: Protein Intake Increases Lean Body Mass but Not Strength.
• RCT: "There were no significant differences observed in primary outcomes for adolescents randomized to the standard and enhanced versions of the JOIN for ME program."

Basic

• Bofutsushosan Improves Gut Barrier Function with a Bloom of Akkermansia Muciniphila and Improves Glucose Metabolism in Mice with Diet-induced Obesity.
• Bifidobacterium Animalis Subsp. Lactis A6 Alleviates Obesity Associated with Promoting Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Function of Adipose Tissue in Mice.
• METTL3 Is Essential for Postnatal Development of Brown Adipose Tissue and Energy Expenditure in Mice.
• Regulation of Adipogenesis and Lipid Deposits By Collapsin Response Mediator Protein 2.
• Self-Assembled Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticle Suppresses Fat Accumulation Via CD44 in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Oxidized LDL Modify the Human Adipocyte Phenotype to an Insulin Resistant, Proinflamatory and Proapoptotic Profile.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Incorrect Statistical Analysis for Comparing Groups in an RCT: Comment on 'Studying a Possible Placebo Effect of an Imaginary Low-Calorie Diet.'
• Article: Positive Effects of “Textured Lunches” Gatherings and Oral Exercises Combined with Physical Exercises on Oral and Physical Function in Older Individuals: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
• Letter: "In this study, the sample size was calculated without considering the intra-cluster correlation coefficient..."

Clinical

• Contribution of Macronutrients to Obesity: Implications for Precision Nutrition.
• Does Repeatedly Viewing Overweight Versus Underweight Images Change Perception of and Satisfaction with Own Body Size?
• Community-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men with Undiagnosed Diabetes.
• Association of Obesity with Prescription Opioids for Painful Conditions in Patients Seeking Primary Care in the US.
• Mighty Men: A Faith-based Weight Loss Intervention to Reduce Cancer Risk in African American Men.

Children and Adolescents

• Processed Food Consumption Is Associated with Diet Quality, but Not Weight Status, in a Sample of Low-income and Ethnically Diverse Elementary School Children.
• Systematic Review: Parenting Styles and the Dietary Intake of Pre-School Children.
• Process Evaluation of a Whole-of-Community Systems Approach to Address Childhood Obesity in Western Victoria, Australia.
• Eviction in Early Childhood and Neighborhood Poverty, Food Security, and Obesity in Later Childhood and Adolescence.
• Does Obesity Have an Effect on the ECG in Children?

Surgery

• Changes in Faecal Short-Chain Fatty Acids After Weight-Loss Interventions in Subjects with Morbid Obesity.
• Ethnic Disparities in Use of Bariatric Surgery in the USA: The Experience of Native Americans.
• Meta-Analysis: Targeting Bile Acid Metabolism in Obesity Reduction.

Drugs

• Metabolic and Addiction Indices in Patients on Opioid Agonist Medication-Assisted Treatment: A Comparison of Buprenorphine and Methadone.
• RCT: Optimal Timing of a Caffeine-Containing Supplement for Exercise Performance.
• Contentious Issues and Evolving Concepts in the Clinical Presentation and Management of Patients with COVID-19 Infection with Reference to Use of Therapeutic and Other Drugs Used in Co-morbid Diseases (Hypertension, Diabetes Etc.).
• Review: Abietane Diterpenes as Potential Candidates for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes.
• Selection of Thai Medicinal Plants with Anti-Obesogenic Potential Via in Vitro Methods.
• Effects of Liraglutide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes with or Without Heart Failure.
• EU Nod for Novo's Diabetes Drug Rybelsus.

Food & Diet

• Network Meta-analysis: Comparison of Dietary Macronutrient Patterns of 14 Popular Named Dietary Programmes for Weight and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction in Adults.
• Health Effects of Supplementation with Cod Protein Hydrolysate: Impact on Glucose Metabolism and Appetite in Healthy Subjects and Gut Health in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
• Meta-Analysis: Effects of Nonnutritive Sweeteners on Body Weight and BMI in Diverse Clinical Contexts.
• RCT: Combined Cranberry Supplementation and Weight Loss Diet in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Meta-analysis: Effect of Dairy Intake with or Without Energy Restriction on Body Composition of Adults.
• Could Vitamin D Reduce Obesity-associated Inflammation? Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• When Does Diet Matter? The Roles of Larval and Adult Nutrition in Regulating Adult Size Traits in Drosophila Melanogaster.
• In Contrast to Dietary Restriction, Application of Resveratrol in Mice Does Not Alter Mouse Major Urinary Protein Expression.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Findings From the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) Adult Study Annual Review.
• Sedentary Behavior and Public Health: Integrating the Evidence and Identifying Potential Solutions.
• RCT: Effects of Active Commuting on Health-related Quality of Life and Sickness Related Absence.

Economics & Sociology

• The Rise in Pediatric Obesity-Related Conditions and Costs in Public Insurance Programs: Evidence From Alabama.
• A Social Marketing Perspective of Young Adults' Concepts of Eating for Health: Is It a Question of Morality?
• Effect of Parental Socio-economic Status and Lifestyle Habits on Risk of Childhood Obesity in a Developing Nation: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Epidemiology

• Associations between Early-life Food Deprivation During World War II and Risk of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes at Adulthood.
• The Role of Comorbidity in the Association of Obesity with Unemployment and Disability.
• Growth Patterns From Birth to Overweight at Age 5-6 years of Children with Various Backgrounds in Socioeconomic Status and Country of Origin: The ABCD Study.
• Meta-analysis: Gut Microbiota-derived Metabolite Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) Potentially Increases the Risk of Obesity in Adults.
• The Association between BMI and Health-related Physical Fitness Among Chinese College Students.
• Relationship between Body Composition Indicators and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Adults.
• Level of Body Fat Relates to Memory Decline and Interacts with Age in Its Association with Hippocampal and Subcortical Atrophy.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Meta-analysis: Neural-based Valuation of Functional Foods Among Lean Individuals and Individuals with Obesity.
• Mere Presence of Co-eater Automatically Shifts Foraging Tactics Toward ‘Fast and Easy' Food in Humans.
• Food Waste Concerns, Eating Behaviour and Body Weight.
• Physical Discomfort Intolerance as a Predictor of Weight Loss and Physical Activity in a Lifestyle Modification Program.
• A High Perceptual Load Task Reduces Thoughts About Chocolate, Even While Hungry.
• Examining Whether the Social Cognitive Theory Concepts Predict Childhood Obesity Prevention Outcome Expectations.

Equity and Disparities

• Understanding the Role of Inequality of Opportunity in BMI and Waist Circumference Among Mexican Adults. (pdf)
• Examining Spatial Disparities of Obesity: Residential Segregation and the Urban–Rural Divide.
• Beyond Insurance: Race-based Disparities in the Use of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for the Management of Severe Pediatric Obesity.

Stigma

• Body-related Discrimination and Dieting and Substance Use Behaviors in Adolescence.
• The Association of Direct Observation of Medical Students with Patient-Centered Care for Obesity.

Policy Related

• Strengthening the Public Health Impacts of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Through Policy.
• Nutrients, Foods, Diets, People: Promoting Healthy Eating.
• Socioeconomic and Health Characteristics of Families at Risk for Losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits.

Intergenerational Effects

• Can Adipokine Visfatin Be a Novel Marker of Pregnancy-related Disorders in Women with Obesity?
• Association between Excessive Maternal Weight, Periodontitis During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy, and Infants’ Health at Birth.
• Parental Metabolic Syndrome Epigenetically Reprograms Offspring Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in Mice.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Oftedal Theory for Duration of Lactation and Neonatal Growth of Mammalian Species.
• Seasonal Rhythms of Energy Metabolism (PDF).
• A Plant’s Diet, Surviving in a Variable Nutrient Environment.

Methods

• Essential Ingredients and Innovations in the Design and Analysis of Group-RCTs.
• Serum Non-esterified Fatty Acids Have Utility as Dietary Biomarkers of Fat Intake From Fish, Fish Oil and Dairy in Women.
• Systematic Review: Methods for Accounting for Neighbourhood Self-selection in Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviour Research.
• High Inter-observer Reliability in Standardized Ultrasound Measurements of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in Children Aged Three to Six Years.
• Measuring Food Insecurity Using the Food Abundance Index: Implications for Economic, Health and Social Well-Being.
• Systematic Review: Different Models of Inducing Obesity in Animals: Advantages and Limitations.

Commentary

• "Drinking fruit juice does not contribute to type-2 diabetes."
• Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Stretching the Health Dollar.
• Mitochondrial Transplantation Gives Cells a Short-Term Boost of Energy.
• Americans are Already Too Diseased to Go Back to Work Right Now.
• Reasons You've Hit a Weight Loss Plateau.
• From Firefighter to Nutritionist: Tackling Obesity in the Fire Service.
• COVID-19, Obesity, Disparities, and Denial Meet in New Orleans.
• Chow Down to Boost Your Immune System?
• Obesity and Its Implications for COVID-19 Mortality.
• All Alone with Our Food.
• Why Obesity Matters for COVID-19 Outcomes.

General

• Do 5- and 6-Year-Old Children Attempt to Appear Fair to Others?
• Audio: Hot Hands, Winning Streaks and Perception.
• Lead Pollution in Ancient Ice Cores May Track the Rise and Fall of Medieval Kings.
• Preprint: Telephone Delivery of Health Behaviour Change Interventions: A Systematic Review.
• Underwater Video Cameras Allow for Detection of North American Giant Salamanders (Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis Alleganiensis) in Both Captive and Wild Streams.
• ROCKETS: Reaching Our Community Through Kindness, Education, Togetherness and STEM – a Sustainable Communities Project in Sumter County, Georgia.
• The (Very) Human Nature of STEM: Truth, Beauty, and Mathematics.
• Bioarchaeology of Human Skeletons From an Elite Tomb at Pacopampa in Peru’s Northern Highlands.
• Trends in Cannabis Use Among Older Adults in the United States, 2015-2018.
• NIH’s Process for Removing Reviewers Remains a Mystery, Watchdog Finds.
• Subjective Social Status and Health During High School and Young Adulthood.
• Nutritional Epidemiologist’s Encounter with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China.
• Associations of Birth Size, Infancy, and Childhood Growth with Intelligence Quotient at 5 Years of Age: A Danish Cohort Study.
• Soil Gets Its Smell From Bacteria Trying to Attract Invertebrates.

Video & Audio

• NOVA PBS: The Truth About Fat.

Announcements

• UAB's NORC Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.

Featured

• Efficacy and Safety of Ertugliflozin in Patients with Overweight and Obesity with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• RCT: The Effect of Exercise Training on Total Daily Energy Expenditure & Body Composition in Weight-Stable Adults.
• Automated Lipid Droplet Quantification System for Phenotypic Analysis of Adipocytes Using CellProfiler.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Why We Need to Restrict Calories Right Now.
• Study: Chronic Caloric Restriction Affects Single-Cell Transcriptional Landscapes in Rats. Not We, Not Now, and Not Acute Changes in Response to a Pandemic.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Meta-analysis: Whole-Grain Consumption Does Not Affect Obesity Measures.
• RCT: Combination Therapy with Canagliflozin Plus Liraglutide Exerts Additive Effect on Weight Loss, but Not on HbA1c, in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• "Associations with BMI were almost all null." - Snacking characteristics and patterns and their associations with diet quality and BMI in the Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research Consortium.
• RCT: Incorporating Milk Protein Isolate Into an Energy-Restricted Western-Style Eating Pattern Augments Improvements in Blood Pressure and Triglycerides, but Not Body Composition Changes in Adults Classified as Overweight or Obese.
• RCT: "Exergaming ....was not effective in improving outcomes on submaximal aerobic exercise capacity."
• RCT: "...L-THE incorporated in a food matrix (mango sorbet) demonstrated no reduction in BP or HR..."
• RCT: No Significant Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Physical Performance in Highly Competitive Tennis Players.
• "Our findings demonstrate no evidence that provision of an antenatal dietary and lifestyle intervention for pregnant women with obesity or overweight alters child growth and adiposity measures at age 3–5 years."

Basic

• Arsenic Exposure Decreases Adiposity During High-Fat Feeding.
• Drosophila Estrogen-Related Receptor Directs a Transcriptional Switch That Supports Adult Glycolysis and Lipogenesis.
• Housing Temperature Influences Exercise Training Adaptations in Mice.
• EHD2-mediated Restriction of Caveolar Dynamics Regulates Cellular Fatty Acid Uptake.
• Intestinal Gluconeogenesis Prevents Obesity-linked Liver Steatosis and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Iron and Advanced Glycation End Products: Emerging Role of Iron in Androgen Deficiency in Obesity.
• Commiphora Myrrha Resin Alcoholic Extract Ameliorates High Fat Diet Induced Obesity Via Regulation of UCP1 and Adiponectin Proteins Expression in Rats.
• The Effect of a High-Fat Diet on the Fatty Acid Composition in the Hearts of Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Sharing Data and Code: A Comment on the Call for the Adoption of More Transparent Research Practices in Sport and Exercise Science.
• Letter: Corrections requested for: "Effects of auriculotherapy on weight and BMI reduction in patients with overweight or obesity: Systematic review and meta-analysis"
• Reply: Comments on “Effects of Auriculotherapy on Weight and BMI Reduction in Patients with Overweight or Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”.
• Reliable Measures of Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis. Comment On: “The Relationship of Obesity, Nutritional Status and Muscle Wasting in Patients Assessed for Liver Transplantation, Nutrients 2019, 11, 2097”.
• Reply: Reply to “Comments on the Editor Re: The Relationship of Obesity, Nutritional Status and Muscle Wasting in Patients Assessed for Liver Transplantation, Nutrients 2019, 11, 2097.”

Clinical

• Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Venous Thromboembolism Recurrence After Acute Pulmonary Embolism.
• Predicting 10-Year Risk of End-Organ Complications of Type 2 Diabetes with and Without Metabolic Surgery: A Machine Learning Approach.

Children and Adolescents

• Meta-analysis: Influence of Grandparental Child Care on Childhood Obesity.
• Longitudinal Assessment of Sleep Trajectories During Early Childhood and Their Association with Obesity.
• RCT: Liraglutide for Adolescents with Obesity.
• Environmental Influences on Dietary Intake of Children and Adolescents.
• Eating Behaviors Moderate the Associations between Risk Factors in the First 1000 Days and Adiposity Outcomes at 6 Years of Age.
• COVID-19 Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children.
• The Rise in Pediatric Obesity-Related Conditions and Costs in Public Insurance Programs: Evidence From Alabama.

Surgery

• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis.
• Improvement of Cardiac Function After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Morbidly Obese Patients Without Cardiac History.
• Hepatic Function and Fibrosis Assessment Via 2D-Shear Wave Elastography and Related Biochemical Markers Pre- and Post-Gastric Bypass Surgery.
• Temporospatial Shifts in the Human Gut Microbiome and Metabolome After Gastric Bypass Surgery.
• Environmental and Individual Factors Associated with Quality of Life of Adults Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Computational Approaches for the Discovery of Natural Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors as Antiobesity Agents.
• Anti-Obesity Drugs: Long-Term Efficacy and Safety: An Updated Review.
• Crystal Structure of Pathogenic Staphylococcus Aureus Lipase Complex with the Anti-obesity Drug Orlistat.

Food & Diet

• Systematic Review: Fermented Milk Products and Bone Health in Postmenopausal Women.
• Consumer Reports of “Keto Flu” Associated with the Ketogenic Diet.
• RCT: Spices in a High-Saturated-Fat, High-Carbohydrate Meal Reduce Postprandial Proinflammatory Cytokine Secretion in Men with Overweight or Obesity.
• Association between Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio with Abdominal Obesity and Healthy Eating Index in a Representative Older Spanish Population.
• Dietary Intake of Bioactive Ingredients Impacts Liver and Adipose Tissue Transcriptomes in a Porcine Model of Prepubertal Early Obesity.
• Presence of Hypertension Is Negatively Associated with Mediterranean Diet Adherence in All Individuals with a More Pronounced Association in People with Obesity.
• Development of a Danish Adapted Healthy Plant-Based Diet Based on the EAT-Lancet Reference Diet.
• RCT: Effects of an Alkalizing or Acidizing Diet on High-Intensity Exercise Performance Under Normoxic and Hypoxic Conditions in Physically Active Adults.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Effects of Underfeeding and Oral Vancomycin on Gut Microbiome and Nutrient Absorption in Humans.
• Sex-Specific Effects of Dietary Methionine Restriction on the Intestinal Microbiome.
• Differential Responses of White Adipose Tissue and Brown Adipose Tissue to Calorie Restriction During Aging in Mice.
• Non-controlled Intervention Study of Caloric Restriction and BMI, Gut Microbiota, and Blood Amino Acid Levels in Adults Without Obesity.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Resistance Training as a Treatment for Older Persons with Peripheral Artery Disease.
• How Physically Literate are Children Today? A Baseline Assessment of Greek Children 8-12 Years of Age.

Economics & Sociology

• Associations of Types of Green Space Across the Life-course with Blood Pressure and BMI.
• Relationship between Different Levels of the Mexican Food Environment and Dietary Intake.

Epidemiology

• Association between Weight Change over a Period of 4 years and Mortality in Korean Older Adults.
• Metabolic Profiling of Tissue-specific Insulin Resistance in Human Obesity.
• Health Related Quality of Life Associated with Extreme Obesity in Adolescents.
• Annual Report on Children's Healthcare: Healthcare Access and Utilization By Obesity Status in the United States.
• Dietary Inflammatory Index and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Brazilian Graduates From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais.
• Quantifying Dietary Vitamin K and Its Link to Cardiovascular Health: A Narrative Review.
• Prediagnostic Adult BMI Change and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Survival.
• RCT: Effects of Low-Energy Diet or Exercise on Cardiovascular Function in Working-Age Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Is the Experience of Hunger Associated with Risk of Engaging in Condomless Anal Sex Among Minority Young Men Who Have Sex with Men?
• The Influence of Attractiveness and Convenience Cues on Food Appeal in Adults with and Without ADHD.
• The Association of Food Insecurity with the Relative Reinforcing Value of Food, BMI, and Gestational Weight Gain Among Pregnant Women.
• Influence of Hunger on Attentional Engagement with and Disengagement From Pictorial Food Cues in Women with a Healthy Weight.
• Which Strategies to Manage Problem Foods Were Related to Weight Loss in a RCT?

Equity and Disparities

• Ethnic Discrimination and Weight Outcomes Among Latinx Emerging Adults: Examinations of an Individual-level Mediator and Cultural Moderators.
• Time Trends and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents in Spain.

Ethics

• Ready, Fire, Aim: The Underperformance of Current Food Access Efforts and “Food for Thought” Regarding Potential Solutions.
• Utilizing a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Study Design in Nutrition Research: Describing a Clinical Trial of Protected Mealtimes.

Stigma

• ‘I’d Say I’m Fat, I’m Not Obese’: Obesity Normalisation in Urban-poor South Africa.
• Weight Discrimination, Anticipated Weight Stigma, and Disordered Eating.
• Systematic review: Stigma of Eating Disorders and Recovery-related Outcomes.

Policy Related

• A Natural Experiment of State-level Physical Activity and Screen-time Policy Changes Early Childhood Education (ECE) Centers and Child Physical Activity.
• Potential for Unintended Consequences: The Association between Smoking and BMI Among Public Housing Residents in Baltimore, MD.
• Linking the Dimensions of Policy-related Research on Obesity: A Hybrid Mapping with Multicluster Topics and Interdisciplinarity Maps.
• Implementation of Dietary Reference Intake Standards in Prison Menus in Poland.

Intergenerational Effects

• Intergenerational Transmission of the Effects of Maternal Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment on Offspring Obesity Risk: A Fetal Programming Perspective.
• Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Obesity Susceptibility.
• Meta-analysis: The Impact of Maternal Obesity on Human Milk Macronutrient Composition.
• Maternal Psychological Distress and Child Weight at 24 Months.
• The Influence of Transmitted and Non-transmitted Parental BMI-associated Alleles on the Risk of Overweight in Childhood.
• Grandmother’s Diet Matters: Early Life Programming with Sucrose Influences Metabolic and Lipid Parameters in Second Generation of Rats.
• Maternal Glycemia During Pregnancy and Offspring Abdominal Adiposity Measured By MRI in the Neonatal Period and Preschool Years.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Negative Energy Balance Induced By Exercise or Diet: Effects on Visceral Adipose Tissue and Liver Fat.
• The Aging Human Body Shape.
• Experimental Facilitation of Heat Loss Affects Work Rate and Innate Immune Function in a Breeding Passerine Bird.
• The Effect of Air Pollution on Body Weight and Obesity: Evidence From China.

Methods

• Study of Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Model Based on Random Forest in Eastern China.
• Development and Evaluation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Use Among Young Children.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Hemodynamic Assessment of Diastolic Function for Experimental Models.
• The Potential Global Gains in Health and Revenue From Increased Taxation of Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar-sweetened Beverages: A Modelling Analysis.

Commentary

• Mongolians’ DNA Says They Can’t Digest Milk, Yet Their Diet Relies on Dairy. A Researcher Investigates Why.
• Moving Toward the Implementation of Precision Medicine Needs Highly Discriminatory, Validated, Inexpensive, and Easy-to-Use Prediction Models.
• Energy Balance as a Moderator of Neurologic Disease Risk and Progression.
• Obesogenic Environments and Obesity: A Comment on ‘Are Environmental Area Characteristics at Birth Associated with Overweight and Obesity in School-aged Children? Findings From the SLOPE (Studying Lifecourse Obesity PrEdictors) Population-based Cohort in the South of England’.
• Gasoline-derived Methyl Tert-butyl Ether as a Potential Obesogen Linked to Metabolic Syndrome.
• The Dark Face of Fructose as a Tumor Promoter.
• American Youth: Eating Better, Growing Fatter.
• Obesity Treatment for Teens: Liraglutide Coming Soon?
• COVID-19 Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children.

General

• Social Media as a Personal Branding Tool: A Qualitative Study of Student-Athletes’ Perceptions and Behaviors.
• “Digging Deeper” Into the Relationship between Safety Climate and Turnover Intention Among Stone, Sand and Gravel Mine Workers: Job Satisfaction as a Mediator.
• Recent Advances in the Chemical Synthesis of Insulin and Related Peptides.
• "A second reason why quackery seems to work is regression to the mean."
• Science, Advocacy, and Quackery in Nutritional Books: An Analysis of Conflicting Advice and Purported Claims of Nutritional Best-sellers.
• "We tried to reproduce our 2012 paper on how to make people report their income more honestly—and we ended up refuting it."
• Subjective Social Status Is Indirectly Associated with Short-term Smoking Cessation Through Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms.
• Conducting Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding in Observational Studies Using E-values: The Evalue Package.

Video & Audio

• Video: IFT20 to Transition to Virtual Experience.
• Audio: COVID-19—Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead, and Reasons for Optimism and Concern.

Announcements

• Nutrition 2020: Will Not Take Place in Seattle, but Plans are Underway to Deliver the Same Great Content and Collaboration in New Ways. Save the Dates!
• IU Postdoc Relies on the Help of Many to Return Home During COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Workshop: Virtual Workshop April 6th: Roundtable on Obesity Solutions.
• Webinar: April 3rd: The Collision of Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Obesity.
• IFT Transitions Annual Event to Virtual Experience.
• Abstract Submissions for the 38th Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society (TOS) to Be Held at ObesityWeek® 2020 are Now Open.
• UAB's NORC Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• IU Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow with Strong Statistical and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency and/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity and Nutrition Research Domain.

Featured

• Relationship between Trait Suggestibility and Eating-related Behaviors in Overweight and Obesity.
• RCT: Long-term Dietary Intervention Reveals Resilience of the Gut Microbiota Despite Changes in Diet and Weight.
• High Fructose Corn Syrup Sweetened Soft Drink Consumption Increases Vascular Resistance in the Kidneys at Rest and During Sympathetic Activation.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Eating Oranges and Tangerines Can Help Reduce Risk of Obesity, Heart Disease, and Diabetes.
• Press-release: Molecule Found in Oranges Could Reduce Obesity and Prevent Heart Disease and Diabetes.
• Study: The Citrus Flavonoid Nobiletin Confers Protection From Metabolic Dysregulation in High-fat-fed Mice Independent of AMPK.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Weekly administration of FMT [fecal microbiota transplantation] capsules in adults with obesity results in gut microbiota engraftment in most recipients for at least 12 weeks. Despite engraftment, we did not observe clinically significant metabolic effects during the study."
• "Contrary to the initial hypotheses, it was found that only the written group demonstrated the meal-recall effect, whereas the verbal group did not."
• The hypothesis "that grit scores would be higher in CrossFit participants compared to those who do not participate in CrossFit...was not supported."
• RCT: "Energy balance, health markers, and appetite did not respond differently to 3 weeks of high‐ or low‐sugar breakfasts."
• Neither Autophagy nor Exercise Training Mode Affect Exercise-induced Beneficial Adaptations in High Fat-fed Mice.
• Exercise Training in Obese Rats Does Not Induce Browning at Thermoneutrality and Induces a Muscle-Like Signature in Brown Adipose Tissue.
• Meta-analysis: "There were no significant changes in anthropometric measures after zinc supplementation in the overall analysis."

Basic

• Determining the Bioenergetic Capacity for Fatty Acid Oxidation in the Mammalian Nervous System.
• Functional Traits of the Gut Microbiome Correlated with Host Lipid Content in a Natural Population of Drosophila Melanogaster.
• Insulin Resistance Drives Hepatic De Novo Lipogenesis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• FGF6 and FGF9 Regulate UCP1 Expression Independent of Brown Adipogenesis.
• Grasp55−/− Mice Display Impaired Fat Absorption and Resistance to High-fat Diet-induced Obesity.
• Combined Effect of Cromolyn Sodium and Chlorpheniramine Maleate in High Fat Diet Induced Obesity.
• Endoplasmic Reticulum–Associated Degradation Regulates Mitochondrial Dynamics in Brown Adipocytes.
• Sugar-Induced Obesity and Insulin Resistance are Uncoupled From Shortened Survival in Drosophila.
• Mulberry Fruit Extract Ameliorates Adipogenesis Via Increasing AMPK Activity and Downregulating MicroRNA-21/143 in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes.
• Physalis Alkekengi Exhibits Antiobesity Effects in Mice with Potential of Inducing White Adipose Tissue Browning.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Acupuncture Versus Sham Acupuncture for Simple Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Letter: Letter to the Editor Regarding a Recently Published Meta-analysis on Acupuncture for Obesity.
• Enhancing Reproducibility in Biomedical Research Through Harmonization of Guidelines for Transparent Reporting: A Workshop.

Clinical

• RCT: Matched Weight Loss Through Intermittent or Continuous Energy Restriction Does Not Lead to Compensatory Increases in Appetite and Eating Behavior in Women with Overweight and Obesity.
• Cold‐Activated Brown Adipose Tissue Is Associated with Less Cardiometabolic Dysfunction in Young Adults with Obesity.

Children and Adolescents

• Association of Cesarean Birth with BMI Trajectories in Adolescence.
• Can Following Formula-Feeding Recommendations Still Result in Infants Who are Overweight or Have Obesity?
• Acceptability of Hospital-Based Pediatric Weight Management Services Among Patients and Families: A Narrative Synthesis.
• The Relationship between Social Media Use and Disordered Eating in Young Adolescents.
• Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: A Nationwide Study in Sweden.
• Obesity Treatment Among Adolescents a Review of Current Evidence and Future Directions.
• Editorial: Ideas for Next-Generation Treatments of Adolescent Obesity.
• Association of Breastfeeding Duration, Birth Weight, and Current Weight Status with the Risk of Elevated Blood Pressure in Preschoolers.
• Trends in Diet Quality Among Youth in the United States, 1999-2016.
• Prediabetes Among School-Aged Children with Overweight and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Obesity Treatment Among Adolescents: A Review of Current Evidence and Future Directions.

Surgery

• Changes in Bariatric Patients’ Physical Activity Levels and Health-Related Quality of Life Following a Postoperative Motivational Physical Activity Intervention.
• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves Brain Connectivity in Patients with Obesity.
• Predicting 10-Year Risk of End-Organ Complications of Type 2 Diabetes with and Without Metabolic Surgery: A Machine Learning Approach.
• Hepatic Function and Fibrosis Assessment Via 2D-Shear Wave Elastography and Related Biochemical Markers Pre- and Post-Gastric Bypass Surgery.
• Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Nationwide Nested Cohort Study.

Drugs

• Effects of Semaglutide Versus Dulaglutide on Epicardial Fat Thickness in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity.
• Impact of Liraglutide on Microcirculation in Experimental Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.
• Phytocannabinoids: Useful Drugs for the Treatment of Obesity? Special Focus on Cannabidiol.

Food & Diet

• Potentially Harmful Mineral Profiles of Weight Loss Related Foods Marketed in Spain.
• Effects of 12-week Avocado Consumption on Cognitive Function Among Adults with Overweight and Obesity.
• Long-term Dietary Intervention Reveals Resilience of the Gut Microbiota Despite Changes in Diet and Weight.
• Systematic Review: Dietary Potassium Intake and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease Progression in Predialysis Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
• Dietary Supplementation with New Zealand Blackcurrant Extract Enhances Fat Oxidation During Submaximal Exercise in the Heat.
• Dairy Foods and Dairy Fats: New Perspectives on Pathways Implicated in Cardiometabolic Health.
• Systematic Review: Dried Fruit Intake and Cancer.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Meta-analysis: Beneficial Impact of Exercise on Bone Mass in Individuals Under Calorie Restriction.
• Polyphenols as Caloric Restriction Mimetics Regulating Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Mitophagy.
• Sex‐specific Metabolic Responses to 6 Hours Fasting During the Active Phase in Young Mice.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Systematic Review: Built Environment Correlates of Physical Activity in Low- and Middle-income Countries.
• Systematic Review: Utility of Ketone Supplementation to Enhance Physical Performance.
• Effects of Step Count on BP May Be Mediated By Obesity.
• Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity with Mortality Among US Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• Diabetes Prevalence and Its Relationship with Education, Wealth, and BMI in 29 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
• Recent Changes in the Dutch Foodscape: Socioeconomic and Urban-rural Differences.

Epidemiology

• Insights Into the Multifactorial Causation of Obesity By Integrated Genetic and Epigenetic Analysis.
• Time Trends and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents in Spain.
• Association of Childhood Obesity with Risk of Early All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality: A Swedish Prospective Cohort Study.
• Vitamin D, Magnesium, Calcium, and Their Interaction in Relation to Colorectal Cancer Recurrence and All-cause Mortality.
• Epigenetic Link between Statin Therapy and Type 2 Diabetes.
• Tracking of Obesity in Childhood Into Adulthood: Effects on BMI and Fat Mass Index at Age 50.
• The Association between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Bladder Cancer Risk Among Postmenopausal Women.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Do Differences Between Individuals Who are Healthy Weight or Overweight on Self-report Measures of Disinhibited Eating and Restrained Eating Reflect Reality or Item "Bias"?
• Integrative Review of Dietary Choice Revealed By FMRI: Considerations for Obesity Prevention and Weight‐Loss Education.
• High/Low Cortisol Reactivity and Food Intake in People with Obesity and Healthy Weight.

Equity and Disparities

• Elucidating the Role of Overweight and Obesity in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cesarean Delivery Risk.
• The Unequal Effect of Income on Risk of Overweight/Obesity of Whites and Blacks with Knee Osteoarthritis: The Osteoarthritis Initiative.

Ethics

• The Cannibali That We Are: For a Bioethics of Food.

Stigma

• The Case for Body Positivity on Social Media: Perspectives on Current Advances and Future Directions.
• Fighting Weight Bias and Obesity Stigma: A Call for Action.

Policy Related

• Commentary: "Boosting the cost of sodas and sugary drinks might not equal better health, say experts."
• Fighting Obesity at the Local Level: An Analysis of Predictors of Local Health Departments' Policy Involvement.
• Implementing Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Through Community Coalitions and Extension Partnerships to Address Obesity in Rural Louisiana.

Intergenerational Effects

• Paternal BMI and Offspring DNA Methylation: Findings From the PACE Consortium.
• Effects of Maternal, Gestational, and Perinatal Variables on Neonatal Line Width Observed in a Modern UK Birth Cohort.
• Are Environmental Area Characteristics at Birth Associated with Overweight and Obesity in School-Aged Children.
• Meta-analysis: Association of Exposure to Antibiotics During Pregnancy and Infancy and Childhood Obesity.
• Association of Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure During Pregnancy with Metabolic Health and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Children.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Offspring Diet Supersedes the Transgenerational Effects of Parental Diet in a Specialist Herbivore Neolema abbreviata Under Manipulated Foliar Nitrogen Variability.
• Food Restriction Delays Seasonal Sexual Maturation but Does Not Increase Torpor Use in Male Bats.
• Skeletal Muscle Thermogenesis Induction By Exposure to Predator Odor.
• From Individuals to Populations: How Intraspecific Competition Shapes Thermal Reaction Norms.

Methods

• A Need for the Use of a Standard Protocol for Waist Circumference Measurement Across Studies.
• Skin Test Using Sterile Tape Uncovers Food Sensitivity.
• Perspective: Dietary Biomarkers of Intake and Exposure—Exploration with Omics Approaches.
• Systematic Review: Computerized Decision Support and Machine Learning Applications for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity.
• Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Heart Rate Variability During Continuous Incremental Exercise Test in Subjects with Obesity.

Commentary

• Muscle or Nothing! Where Is the Excess Protein Going in Men with High Protein Intakes Engaged in Strength Training?
• Maintaining It After Losing It: Advantage Protein!
• Microbial Signatures in Metabolic Tissues: A Novel Paradigm for Obesity and Diabetes?
• Homework: A Natural Experiment in Lifestyle Changes.
• Keep Your Powder Dry!
• The Geography of Loneliness. Part I: Our Human Need for Relationships with Others—some Definitions.
• The Biology of Loneliness Part 2: The Physical and Psychological Consequences of Loneliness and Isolation.
• COVID-19 and the Patient with Obesity – the Editors Speak Out.

General

• Factors Influencing Infant Sex Ratio in Howler Monkeys (Alouatta Spp.): A Literature Review and Analysis.
• Predictors of Tick Exposure Risk-Reduction Behavior in Indiana.
• RCT: "Badges did not noticeably motivate researchers who published in BMJ Open to share their data."
• Striking 20-year Grasshopper Declines Tied to Quality of Prairie Grasses.
• Sleep Across Early Childhood: Implications for Internalizing and Externalizing Problems, Socioemotional Skills, and Cognitive and Academic Abilities in Preschool.
• Seven Sound Strategies for Taming Coronavirus Anxiety.
• Statistical Review of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin as a Treatment of COVID-19: Results of an Open-label Non-randomized Clinical Trial.
• Some Recommendations for Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials, with Application to Coronavirus.
• When Science Needs Self-Correcting.
• How the Pandemic Will End.

Announcements

• Webinar March 27: COVID-19 Meets Metabesity: Nexus between Pandemics and Age-Related Diseases.
• To Be Rescheduled: Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research, June 8-12, 2020 in Chicago, IL.
• UAB's NORC Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• IU Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow with Strong Statistical and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency And/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity and Nutrition Research Domain.

Featured

• Implicit and Explicit Evaluations of a Mass Media Physical Activity Campaign: Does Everything Get Better?
• Bone Marrow Adipose Cells – Cellular Interactions and Changes with Obesity.
• Dietitians of Canada: Advice for the General Public About COVID-19.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Starting Early Is the Key to Easing the Trajectory of Childhood Obesity, New Study Finds.
• Study: Meta-analysis: "Parent‐focused intervention programmes that commence by early infancy ... produced a modest but statistically significant reduction in BMI z score" compared to no intervention by 18 to 24 months. No comparison of timing; no long-term trajectory.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Contrary to our expectations, intentional weight loss increased SUA [serum uric acid] in the short-term. These results question weight loss as a strategy for SUA reduction."
• RCT: No Significant Effect in Overall Sample with Interrupting Sitting Time on Affect and State Anxiety in Children of Healthy Weight and Overweight.
• RCT: A Breakfast in the Classroom "initiative led to improvements in the types of foods and drinks students consumed in the morning. However, the program did not reduce breakfast skipping and increased the number of locations where students ate."
• RCT: No Significant Effects of Vicarious Experience to Affect Physical Activity in Women.
• "Contrary to previous reports CRF [cardiorespiratory fitness] did not moderate PPG responses for either sedentary or exercise conditions in healthy men and women."
• RCT: No Evidence of Flavour-nutrient Learning in a Two-week 'home Exposure' Study in Humans.
• No Association between Binge Eating Disorder and Severity of Non‐alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Severely Obese Patients.
• Peroxiredoxin 2 Deficiency Does Not Affect Insulin Resistance and Oxidative Stress in High-fat Diet-fed Obese Mice.

Basic

• Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) Ameliorates Fertility in Obese Male Mice Via PKA/CREB Pathway‐Dependent Sirt1 Activation and P53 Deacetylation.
• Anti-Adipogenic Signals at the Onset of Obesity-Related Inflammation in White Adipose Tissue of C57B16/J Male Mice.
• CREBH Improves Diet-Induced Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Metabolic Disturbances By FGF21-Dependent and FGF21-Independent Mechanisms.
• Leptin Mediates Postprandial Increases in Body Temperature Through Hypothalamus–Adrenal Medulla–Adipose Tissue Crosstalk.
• Glucagon Stimulates Gluconeogenesis By INSP3R1-Mediated Hepatic Lipolysis.
• The Parasitic Worm Product ES-62 Promotes Health- and Life-span in a High Calorie Diet-accelerated Mouse Model of Ageing.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Perspective: Challenges of Human Nutrition Research.
• Comment: Dissenting Opinions in Nutrition Research.
• Response: Dissenting Opinions in Nutrition Research—Reply.
• Article: Consumption of Alcoholic and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is Associated with Increased Liver Fat Content in Middle-Aged Men and Women.
• Letter: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages are Not Associated with Increased Liver Fat Content in Middle-Aged Men and Women.
• Response: Reply to a Wittekind.

Clinical

• RCT: Effectiveness of Photobiomodulation Therapy and Non‐Contact Selective‐Field Radiofrequency on Abdominal Adiposity in Adolescents with Obesity.
• RCT: Hypocaloric vs Full-Energy Enteral Feeding During the First Week of Hospitalization in Neurosurgical Patients at the Intensive Care Unit.

Children and Adolescents

• Physical Activity and Adiposity in a Racially Diverse Cohort of US Infants.
• Children but Not Adolescents with Disabilities Had Significantly Lower Odds of Being Sufficiently Active Compared with Peers Without Disabilities.
• “Food” and “non-food” Self-regulation in Childhood: A Review and Reciprocal Analysis.
• Sex Differences in the Association between Household Chaos and BMI Z-Score in Low-Income Toddlers.
• A Multidisciplinary Intervention in Childhood Obesity Acutely Improves Insulin Resistance and Inflammatory Markers Independent From Body Composition.
• Evidence-Based Updates on the First Week of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Infants ≥35 Weeks.
• Systematic review: Evidence for Enhancing Childhood Obesity Treatment From a Dual-Process Perspective.
• Adolescent Obesity and Dietary Decision Making-a Brain-Health Perspective.
• Childhood Obesity and the Associated Rise in Cardiometabolic Complications.

Surgery

• Shifts in the Intestinal Microbiota After Gastric Bypass.
• Post-Transplant Obesity Impacts Long-Term Survival After Liver Transplantation.
• SERPINE-1 Gene Methylation and Protein as Molecular Predictors of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Outcome.

Drugs

• Meta-analysis: Effects of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors on Risk of Dyslipidemia Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of a Fixed-dose Combination of Phentermine/topiramate in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Detection and Quantification of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients as Adulterants in Garcinia Cambogia Slimming Preparations Using NIR Spectroscopy Combined with Chemometrics.
• Liraglutide for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Safety in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Liraglutide and Diabetic Kidney Disease.
• Opipramol Inhibits Lipolysis in Human Adipocytes Without Altering Glucose Uptake and Differently From Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Drugs with Adverse Effects on Body Weight Control.
• Treatment of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Current Perspectives.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Stevia Beverage Consumption Prior to Lunch Reduces Appetite and Total Energy Intake Without Affecting Glycemia or Attentional Bias to Food Cues.
• RCT: A Food‐based, Low‐energy, Low‐carbohydrate Diet for People with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care.
• What Makes a Beverage Healthy? A Qualitative Study of Young Adults’ Conceptualisation of Sugar-containing Beverage Healthfulness.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Costs of Exploratory Behavior: The Energy Trade-off Hypothesis and the Allocation Model Tested Under Caloric Restriction.
• Strain-specificity in the Hydrogen Sulphide Signalling Network Following Dietary Restriction in Recombinant Inbred Mice.
• Reduced Caloric Intake and Periodic Fasting Independently Contribute to Metabolic Effects of Caloric Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Physical Activity Intervention for Non-diabetic Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Sedentary Behavior and Health Outcomes in Older Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• Couple BMI Trajectory Patterns During Mid-later Years: Socioeconomic Stratification and Later-life Physical Health Outcomes.
• BMI Trajectories Among the Canadian Workforce and Their Association with Work Environment Trajectories over 17 Years.
• Obesity and Obesogenic Behaviors in Asian American Children with Immigrant and US-Born Mothers.
• Examining the Role of Weight Status and Individual Attributes on Adolescent Social Relations.
• Association of Exposure to Communities with High Obesity with Body Type Norms and Obesity Risk Among Teenagers.

Equity & Disparities

• The Impact of Educational Attainment on Black Women's Obesity Rate in the United States.
• Food environment near schools and body weight-A systematic review of associations by race/ethnicity, gender, grade, and socio-economic factors.

Epidemiology

• Shift Work: Weight Change and Lifestyle Factors.
• BMI and Weight Change are Associated with Adult Lung Function Trajectories: The Prospective ECRHS Study.
• Causal Relationships between NAFLD, T2D and Obesity Have Implications for Disease Subphenotyping.
• A Mathematical Model of Adiponectin Resistance.
• Obesity and Younger Versus Older Onset Colorectal Cancer in the United States, 1998–2017.
• Food Insecurity Was Associated with Lower Fruits and Vegetables Consumption but Not with Overweight and Obesity in Children From Mexican Fishing Communities.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• How Food Brings Us Together: The Ties between Attachment and Food Behaviors.
• Disentangling Ingestive Behavior-related Phenotypes in Prader-Willi Syndrome: Integrating Information From Nonclinical Studies and Clinical Trials to Better Understand the Pathophysiology of Hyperphagia and Obesity.
• Exploring the Influences on Men's Engagement with Weight Loss Services: A Qualitative Study.
• Obesity and the Brain: Another Brain-body Vs. Body-brain Conundrum.

Stigma

• Primary Care Patient and Practitioner Views of Weight and Weight-related Discussion: A Mixed-methods Study.
• Commentary: COVID-19, Stigma, Obesity, and Rationing Care.

Policy Related

• Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation: Safety Alert - Risk of Serious Adverse Events Likely Due to Transmission of Pathogenic Organisms.
• Projected Impact of the Portuguese Sugar-sweetened Beverage Tax on Obesity Incidence Across Different Age Groups: A Modelling Study.
• The Effect of California's Paid Family Leave Policy on Parent Health: A Quasi-experimental Study.
• A ‘Common Food Policy’ for Europe: How Governance Reforms Can Spark a Shift to Healthy Diets and Sustainable Food Systems.
• The Subsidiarity Principle in Innovation Policy for Societal Challenges.

Intergenerational Effects

• Glycaemic Status During Pregnancy and Longitudinal Measures of Fetal Growth in a Multi-racial US Population: A Prospective Cohort Study.
• Self-reported Periconception Weight Loss Attempts Do Not Alter Infant Body Composition.
• Investigating the Momentary Association between Maternal Support and Children's Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Using Ecological Momentary Assessment.
• Non-responsive Feeding Practices Mediate the Relationship between Maternal and Child Obesogenic Eating Behaviours.
• Obesogenic Toxicants in Breast Milk of Lactating Women: Investigation of a Risk Factor for Childhood Obesity.
• Intrauterine Exposure to Perfluorinated Compounds and Overweight at Age 4.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Change in Diet Sent Snakes Looking for New Chemical Defense Against Predators.
• Contribution of Males to Brood Care Can Compensate for Their Food Consumption From a Shared Resource.

Methods

• Towards More Credible Shams for Physical Interventions: A Delphi Survey.
• Test-Retest Reliability of Vibration Perception Threshold Test in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Commentary

• The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Dietary Interventions for Depression and Anxiety.
• Alternatives to Dealing with the Truth in Health.
• Telemedicine for Obesity: Get Used to It.
• Cardiac Metabolic Implications of Fat Depot Imaging.
• The Importance of Distinguishing Science From Ideology.
• Embracing Failure in Behavioral Obesity Care.
• Combining the Risks of Coronavirus with Obesity.
• Pseudoscience in the Midst of a Pandemic.

General

• The Sex with the Reduced Sex Chromosome Dies Earlier: A Comparison Across the Tree of Life.
• Multiple Problems with a Study Linking Proximity to Major Roads to Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, and MS.
• A 90 Day Oral Toxicity Study of Blueberry Polyphenols in Ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley Rats.
• "students in the traditional [statistics] classroom did better than students in the inverted classroom in projects average, overall classwork and midterm grade."
• Renowned AIDS Expert: Alabama Not Prepared for 'major Storm’ of COVID-19.
• Food Industry Donations to Academic Programs: A Cross-Sectional Examination of the Extent of Publicly Available Data.
• Estimating the Distribution of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects From Treatment Responses and From a Predictive Biomarker in a Parallel-group RCT: A Structural Model Approach.
• EPA Expands Controversial ‘Transparency’ Plan.

Announcements

• Webinar: WaSH (water) Inequalities Persist in Vulnerable Minority Groups in Wealthy Countries.
• UAB's NORC Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• IU Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow with Strong Statistical and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency And/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity and Nutrition Research Domain.