Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• HIV infection does not prevent the metabolic benefits of diet-induced weight loss in women with obesity.
• Pharmacological Inhibition of C-Jun N-terminal Kinase Reduces Food Intake and Sensitizes Leptin's Anorectic Signaling Actions.
• Feeding-Related Traits are Affected By Dosage of the Foraging Gene in Drosophila Melanogaster.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Fed Up of Dieting or Pills? The Wonder Drug Can Help You to Combat Obesity with Brown Good Fat.
• Headline: Combating Obesity: This Drug Produces 'Brown Fat' that Burns Calories.
• Study: Brown Adipogenic Reprogramming Induced By a Small Molecule... In Mice and Cell Culture.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Family Meal Frequency Was Not Associated with Odds of Obesity.
• "In this cohort study of former university students, being overweight in youth did not confer protection against later dementia death."
• "Antioxidant supplementation with or without calorie restriction had no significant effect on the serum isoprostane level in any group" of rats.
• "The preference of patients to participate in home-based and centre-based exercise programmes appears to be equivalent and provides similar health benefits."
• RCT: "This study suggests that rimonabant CB-I blockade paradoxically raised VEGF and the cytokine IL-8 in obese women with PCOS that may have offset the potential benefit associated with weight loss."
• RCT: "Participant-selected music did not increase the proportion of participants achieving recommended amounts of physical activity..."
• "There were no significant associations between food security level and weight classification."
• "Overall, no strong relationship between whole grain intake, measured from questionnaires or using biomarkers was found in relation to changes in body weight and WC."

Basic

• Sex Differences in the Impact of the Suboptimal American Diet in Rats: Effects on Behavior, Physiology and Recovery.
• Mammary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Convert to Brown Adipocytes in Post-lactating Mice.
• Metabolic Syndrome Causes Recognition Memory Impairments and Reduces Hippocampal Neuronal Plasticity in Rats Fed a High-Calorie Diet.
• Regular Physical Activity in Rats Fed a High-Sugar Diet Prevents Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Alterations in Glucometabolic Parameters.
• Dietary Supplementation of Monounsaturated and N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Reverses Immune Dysfunction and Increased Oxidative Stress in Mice with Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Lipid Overload During Gestation and Lactation Can Independently Alter Lipid Homeostasis in Offspring and Promote Metabolic Impairment After New Challenge to High-fat Diet.
• An Exercise-Only Intervention in Obese Fathers Restores Glucose and Insulin Regulation in Conjunction with the Rescue of Pancreatic Islet Cell Morphology and MicroRNA Expression in Male Offspring.
• CTRP7 Deletion Attenuates Obesity-linked Glucose Intolerance, Adipose Tissue Inflammation, and Hepatic Stress.
• Glucoraphanin Ameliorates Obesity and Insulin Resistance Through Adipose Tissue Browning and Reduction of Metabolic Endotoxemia in Mice.
• Functional Genomics Analysis of Vitamin D Effects on CD4+ T Cells in Vivo in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• In Search for the Fountain of Youth, a Lesson in Doing Good Science.
• Response to Letter to the Editor entitled Oxidative Stress Participates in the Associations Between Serum Uric Acid and Albuminuria in Obesity.

Clinical

• RCT: Impact on Psychosocial Outcomes of a Nationally Available Weight Management Program Tailored for Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Effect of Lifestyle Interventions on Glucose Regulation Among Adults Without Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• RCT: Prebiotic Supplementation Improves Appetite Control in Children with Overweight and Obesity.
• Resist Diabetes: An RCT for Resistance Training Maintenance in Adults with Prediabetes.

Children and Adolescents

• Early Infant Growth Velocity Patterns and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Outcomes in Childhood.
• Determinants of Adiposity Rebound Timing in Children.
• Effect of Weight Loss on Puberty Onset in Overweight Children.
• Promoting Social Nurturance and Positive Social Environments to Reduce Obesity in High-Risk Youth.
• Association of Type 1 Diabetes vs Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosed During Childhood and Adolescence with Complications During Teenage Years and Young Adulthood.

Surgery

• Self-Reported Hedonism Predicts 12-Month Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
• Does Bariatric Surgery Improve Assisted Reproductive Technology Outcomes in Obese Infertile Women?
• The Utility of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients with Chronic Abdominal Pain of Unknown Etiology.

Drugs

• Liraglutide for Obesity Looking Like Diabetes Prevention.
• Connection of Nicotine to Diet-Induced Obesity and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Cellular and Mechanistic Insights.

Food & Diet

• Sugar Swap: Human Brain Converts Glucose Into Fructose.
• RCT: Effect of Fibre Supplementation on Body Weight and Composition, Frequency of Eating and Dietary Choice in Overweight Individuals.
• Physical and Social Determinants of Dietary Variety Among Older Adults Living Alone in Japan.
• Acute Ghrelin Changes Food Preference From High Fat Diet to Chow During Binge-like Eating in Rodents.
• Carbon Dioxide in Carbonated Beverages Induces Ghrelin Release and Increased Food Consumption in Male Rats: Implications on the Onset of Obesity.
• Total and Subtypes of Dietary Fat Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Prevención Con Dieta Mediterránea (PREDIMED) Study.
• Impact of Food Supplementation on Weight Loss in Randomised-controlled Dietary Intervention Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• RCT: Time-restricted Feeding on Weekdays Restricts Weight Gain.
• RCT: Effects of Twelve Weeks of Capsaicinoid Supplementation on Body Composition, Appetite and Self-reported Caloric Intake in Overweight Individuals.
• Intake of Up to 3 Eggs Per Day is Associated with Changes in HDL Function and Increased Plasma Antioxidants in Healthy, Young Adults.

Caloric Restriction

• Body-composition Changes in the Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy (CALERIE)-2 Study: A 2-y RCT of Calorie Restriction in Nonobese Humans.
• Nutrition, Metabolism, and Targeting Aging in Nonhuman Primates.
• Protective Effects of Short-term Dietary Restriction in Surgical Stress and Chemotherapy.
• Reduced Skeletal Muscle Fiber Size Following Caloric Restriction is Associated with Calpain-mediated Proteolysis and Attenuation of IGF-1 Signaling.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Physical Inactivity, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes: An Evolutionary Perspective.
• Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Their Correlates in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.
• High-Intensity Aerobic Exercise Improves Both Hepatic Fat Content and Stiffness in Sedentary Obese Men with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Cross-sectional: Associations Between Physical Activity and BMI, Body Fatness, and Visceral Adiposity in Overweight or Obese Latino and Non-Latino Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• Socioeconomic Status and Youth Physical Fitness: Evidence From an Upper-Middle Income Country.
• The Association Between Social Cohesion in the Neighborhood and BMI.
• The Economics of Obesity (book).

Epidemiology

• Is Waist Circumference = 102/88 Cm Better than BMI = 30 to Predict Hypertension and Diabetes Development Regardless of Gender, Age Group, and Race/ethnicity? Meta-analysis.
• The Intergenerational Transmission of BMI Across Countries.
• Predictors of BMI Vary Along the BMI Range of German Adults - Results of the German National Nutrition Survey II.
• BMI and the Risk of Infection - From Underweight to Obesity.
• BMI, Waist Circumference, and Mortality in a Large Multiethnic Postmenopausal Cohort.

Psychology

• Cluster RCT: Cafeteria-based Fruit Promoting Intervention Increases Fruit Selection and Consumption in Middle Schools.
• Food Cravings Mediates the Effect of Impulsivity on BMI.
• Association Between Early Adversity and Young Adults’ Diabetes Outcomes.
• Higher Parental Control Over Food Choice is Associated with Lower Adiposity.
• Food Addiction in Children: Associations with Obesity, Parental Food Addiction and Feeding Practices.

Equity and Disparities

• National Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Obese Adults.
• Racial differences in crossing major growth percentiles in infancy.

Stigma

• Weight-related Stigma and Health Policy.
• Disturbing Appetites: Food, Fatness, and 1980s American Culture in Stephen King's Thinner.
• Assessment of Weight Stigma Among Weight Loss Participants.
• Seeing Overweight Adults as Babies: Physical Cues and Implications for Stigmatization.
• Prevalence of Dieting and Fear of Weight Gain Across Ages: A Community Sample From Adolescents to the Elderly.

Policy Related

• Evidence-based Policies on School Nutrition and Physical Education: Associations with State-level Collaboration, Obesity, and Socio-economic Indicators.
• As Obesity Rises, Remote Pacific Islands Plan to Abandon Junk Food.
• Public Reaction to the UK Government Strategy on Childhood Obesity in England.
• The Obesity Prevention Initiative: A Statewide Effort to Improve Child Health in Wisconsin.
• In Mexico, Evidence of Sustained Consumer Response Two Years After Implementing a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax.

Intergenerational Effects

• Sex-specific, Male-line Transgenerational Responses in Humans.
• RCT: Infant Adiposity Following a Behavioural Intervention in Obese Pregnancy.
• Modification of the Fatty Acid Composition of an Obesogenic Diet Improves the Maternal and Placental Metabolic Environment in Obese Pregnant Mice.

Methods

• Preliminary Validation of a Real Time Location System to Monitor Everyday Activities in Natural Contexts.
• Unobtrusive and Wearable Systems for Automatic Dietary Monitoring.
• Image-based Dietary Assessment Ability of Dietetics Students and Interns.
• Using Agent-based Models to Develop Public Policy About Food Behaviours: Future Directions and Recommendations.
• Comparison of Associations of DXA and CT Visceral Adipose Tissue Measures with Insulin Resistance, Lipid Levels, and Inflammatory Markers.
• Calibration of Context-specific Survey Items to Assess Youth Physical Activity Behaviour.

Commentary

• A Prescription with Legs. Can a Written Step-count Prescription From Your Physician Actually Make You Healthier?
• The Fasting and the Furious.
• Do Morning People Have More Healthful Meals?
• A Conversation with Donna Ryan, MD.
• TOS Fellow Spotlight: A Conversation with Steven B. Heymsfield, MD, FTOS.
• Is Sugar a Food or a Drug?
• Weight Management Clinic for the Treatment of a 14-Year-Old Female with Sudden Weight Gain.
• Obesity and Cortisol: New Perspectives on an Old Theme.

General

• Analysis of the Time and Workers Needed to Conduct Systematic Reviews of Medical Interventions Using Data From the PROSPERO Registry.
• Life Expectancy Study Suggests U.S. Will Lag Behind.
• Revamping the US Federal Common Rule - Modernizing Human Participant Research Regulations.
• Science, Lies and Video-taped Experiments.
• A Proposed World Council on Epidemiology and Causation: Summary of Feedback and Considerations in an International Workshop.
• Altruistic Aging: The Evolutionary Dynamics Balancing Longevity and Evolvability.
• The Effect of Body Mass on Outdoor Adult Human Decomposition.
• Vitamin D Receptor Regulates Autophagy in the Normal Mammary Gland and in Luminal Breast Cancer Cells.
• New Book: Nitrite and Nitrate in Human Health and Disease a Revolutionary Discussion of the Heart and Other Disease Implications of Nitric Oxide Deficiency.

Video & Audio

• Videos From Tech Summit: Innovative Tools for Assessing Diet & Physical Activity for Health Promotion.
• Upcoming WEBINAR: Comparative Analysis of Plasma Lipid Alterations Associated with Age and Dietary Restriction using Targeted MS and Untargeted LC-MS Lipidomics Approaches.

Announcements

• 2017 Food Insecurity and Obesity Conference – July 17-18, 2017.
• AAAS and March for Science Partner to Uphold Science.
• Applications for the 2017 Canadian Obesity Summer School (formerly Bootcamp) is Now Open.
• UAB's Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) invites you to join us at our NIH-funded short course on “The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity;" Applications due March 3rd.
• UAB Invites You to Join Us at Our NIH-funded Short Course on “Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research;” Applications Due March 31st.
• National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium “Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies”, March 8 - 10, 2017.
• UAB’s NORC seeks post-doctoral fellows in obesity research.

Obituary

• A Good Man and a Good Friend is Gone: George Blackburn - Father of Obesity and Nutrition Medicine.

Featured

• Fitness Facilities Still Lack Accessibility for People with Disabilities.
• Compensatory Changes in Energy Balance Regulation Over One Athletic Season.
• RCT: An Online Intervention Comparing a Very Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Versus a Plate Method Diet in Overweight Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Serotonin-dependent Kinetics of Feeding Bursts Underlie a Graded Response to Food Availability in C. Elegans.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Could This Be a Good Reason to Turn Vegan? Meat-eaters are TWICE as Likely to Get Diabetes.
• Study: Secondary Analysis of RCT Shows Some Positive, Null, and Negative Associations Among Saturated Fats, Animal Fats, and Specific Animal-derived Foods.
• Headline Commentary: One Serving of Butter Doubles Diabetes Risk? "Atrocious nutrition headlines are back."

Contrary or Null Findings

• "Using mobile technology shows no significant benefits for weight loss after 12 months."
• Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Previous School-based Physical Activity Interventions Targeting Adolescents Have Been Largely Unsuccessful.
• "Breathing rate did not influence specific food craving..."
• "While caregivers are important for weight management of adults with IDD, the caregiver's relationship to the participant does not affect weight change in an intervention."
• Diet Containing a High- Versus Low-daidzein Level Does Not Protect Against Liver Steatosis in the Obese Zucker Rat Model.
• "The predicted effects to raise body weights of Snord116del neonates with exogenous ghrelin were not observed, nor were effects on survival."
• No Effect of Dietary Aspartame or Stevia on Pancreatic Acinar Carcinoma Development, Growth, or Induced Mortality in a Murine Model.
• The Unhealthy Food Environment Does Not Modify the Association Between Obesity and Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Los Angeles County.
• RCT: "In agreement with previous shorter studies, removal of the greater omentum in addition to GBP is not associated with metabolic benefits after long-term follow-up."

Basic

• Hawkmoths Use Nectar Sugar to Reduce Oxidative Damage From Flight.
• Purinergic Receptor 6 (P2Y6) Signaling in AgRP Neurons is Involved in the Onset of Obesity-Associated Hyperphagia and Systemic Insulin Resistance.
• Melatonin Regulates Lipid Metabolism in Porcine Ooctyes.
• Adipose-Derived Circulating MiRNAs Regulate Gene Expression in Other Tissues.
• Transforming Cancer Epigenetics Using Nutritive Approaches and Non-coding RNAs.
• Intrauterine Zika Virus Infection of Pregnant Immunocompetent Mice Models Transplacental Transmission and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes.
• "Global deletion of IP6K1 ameliorates obesity and insulin resistance irrespective of the environmental temperature conditions, which strengthens its validity as an anti-obesity target."
• Fibroblasts Become Fat to Reduce Scarring.
• Lipid Transport By TMEM24 at ER–plasma Membrane Contacts Regulates Pulsatile Insulin Secretion.
• 17a-Estradiol Alleviates Age-related Metabolic and Inflammatory Dysfunction in Male Mice Without Inducing Feminization.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Alternative Interpretations of a Field Study.
• Letter Re: Self-weighing and Simple Dietary Advice for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women to Reduce Obstetric Complications Without Impact on Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
• Authors' Reply Re: Self-weighing and Simple Dietary Advice for Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women to Reduce Obstetric Complications Without Impact on Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinical

• RCT: Consumption of Protein-enriched Milk Has Minor Effects on Inflammation in Older Adults.
• Behaviour Change Techniques Targeting Both Diet and Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• A Multicomponent, School-Based Intervention, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program, Improves Nutrition-Related Outcomes.
• Diet-induced Obesity Links to ER Positive Breast Cancer Progression Via LPA/PKD-1-CD36 Signaling-mediated Microvascular Remodeling.
• Obesity Paradox in Group 1 Pulmonary Hypertension: Analysis of the NIH-pulmonary Hypertension Registry.
• Hair Cortisol and Adiposity in a Population-based Sample of 2,527 Men and Women Aged 54 to 87 Years.

Children and Adolescents

• Feeding Guidelines for Infants and Young Toddlers: A Responsive Parenting Approach.
• Use of Appreciative Inquiry to Engage Parents as Codesigners of a Weight Management Intervention for Adolescents.
• Ethnic Differences in Lipid Profiles of Overweight, Obese, and Severely Obese Children and Adolescents 6–19 Years of Age.
• RCT: Evaluating a School-Based Intervention for Body Image Among Adolescent Girls and Boys.

Surgery

• Neurologic Manifestations of Vitamin B Deficiency After Bariatric Surgery.
• Preservation of Fat-Free Mass After Bariatric Surgery: Our Point of View.
• Bariatric Surgery Versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes - 5-Year Outcomes.
• Review: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Obesity.
• Laparoscopic Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass Vs. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Lipid Effects at One Year Post-surgery.
• "Preoperative testing for and eradication of H. pylori prior to bariatric surgery may be an important preventive measure to reduce the incidence of ulcer development."

Drugs

• Intranasal Glucagon for Severe Hypoglycemia.
• Long-Term Testosterone Therapy Improves Cardiometabolic Function and Reduces Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Men with Hypogonadism.
• Impact of Hormonal Contraception and Weight Loss on HDL-C Efflux and Lipoprotein Particles in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Food & Diet

• Perspective: Some Causal and Priority Language About Food Energy Supply as the Sufficient Cause of the Obesity Pandemic is Premature or Incorrect.
• RCT: Substituting Whole Grains for Refined Grains for 6-wk Favorably Affects Energy-balance Metrics in Healthy Men and Postmenopausal Women.
• RCT: High-Protein and High-Dietary-Fiber Breakfasts Result in Equal Feelings of Fullness and Better Diet Quality in Low-Income Preschoolers Compared with Their Usual Breakfast.
• The Differential Effects of High-fat and High-fructose Diets on Physiology and Behavior in Male Rats.
• "The anti-obesity effect of capsaicin is associated with a modest modulation of the gut microbiota."
• RCT: "Incorporating prebiotics into the diet through supplements or functional foods may help mitigate some markers of obesity-associated inflammation."

Caloric Restriction

• Effects of Calorie Restriction on the Lifespan and Healthspan of POLG Mitochondrial Mutator Mice.
• The Effects of Graded Levels of Calorie Restriction: VIII. Impact of Short Term Calorie and Protein Restriction on Basal Metabolic Rate in the C57BL/6 Mouse.
• Fasting-mimicking Diet and Markers/risk Factors for Aging, Diabetes, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Disease.
• A Screening Strategy for the Discovery of Drugs that Reduce C/EBPß-LIP Translation with Potential Calorie Restriction Mimetic Properties.
• "Cycles of a 5-day fasting-mimicking diet are safe, feasible, and effective in reducing markers/risk factors for aging and age-related diseases."
• Calorie Restriction Promotes Cardiolipin Biosynthesis and Distribution Between Mitochondrial Membranes.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Why Intensity is Not a Bad Word: Optimizing Health Status at Any Age.
• RCT: "The addition of liraglutide to exercise in sedentary patients with dysregulated type 2 diabetes may blunt the suggested beneficial effect of exercise on left ventricular diastolic function."
• RCT: "Effects of Different Types of Exercise on Body Composition, Muscle Strength, and IGF-1 in the Elderly with Sarcopenic Obesity".
• A Critical Narrative Analysis of the Perspectives of Physical Trainers and Fitness Instructors in Relation to Their Body Image, Professional Practice and the Consumer Culture.

Economics & Sociology

• Children’s Sugar-sweetened Beverages Consumption: Associations with Family and Home-related Factors, Differences Within Ethnic Groups Explored.
• Exploring Racial Disparity in Obesity: A Mediation Analysis Considering Geo-coded Environmental Factors.
• The Burden of Obesity on Diabetes in the United States: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2008 to 2012.

Epidemiology

• QuickStats: Percentage* of Total Daily Kilocalories† Consumed From Sugar-Sweetened Beverages§ Among Children and Adults, By Sex and Income Level¶ — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2011–2014.
• Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Measures of Early Brain Health in Middle-aged Adults: The CARDIA Study.
• Epigenetic Clock Analysis of Diet, Exercise, Education, and Lifestyle Factors.
• Risk of Death is Higher in Subjects with Low Lean Mass (LLM) than with LLM and Obesity: Results From the 1999–2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Psychology

• Meta-analysis: Effects of Weight Loss Interventions Delivered Via Mobile Phones.
• Perceived Eating Norms Influence Children's Vegetable Consumption.
• Monetary Incentives Increase Motivation to Consume and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables.
• Infant Weight Velocity and Exclusive Formula-feeding Predict Food Cue Responsivity.
• Greater Cumulative Exposure to Rurality is Associated with Obesity.
• Restrained Eating and Food Cues: Recent Findings and Conclusions.

Equity and Disparities

• Household Adversity and Food Security: The Case of Youth in Public Housing Neighborhoods.
• Racial/ethnic and Weight Status Disparities in Dieting and Disordered Weight Control Behaviors Among Early Adolescents.
• "increasing obesity was associated with reduced hospice use and in-home death and higher Medicare expenditures in the last 6 months of life."
• Review: Targeted Mass Media Interventions Promoting Healthy Behaviours to Reduce Risk of Non-communicable Diseases in Adult, Ethnic Minorities.
• Review: Cardiovascular Disease in Sexual Minorities.
• Effects of Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity on Prolongation of Corrected QT Interval.

Stigma

• Weight Stigma Facilitates Unhealthy Eating and Weight Gain.
• Weight Self-Perception and Blood Pressure in Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity.
• Anticipated and Experienced Stigma Can Contribute to Self-stigma.
• Commentary: The Effect of Words on Health and Diabetes.
• RCT: "Effects of Obesity-Related Health Messages on Explicit and Implicit Weight Bias".

Policy Related

• "We need more reverence for evidence in our policy making" - Testimony of Rush Holt.
• Beyond Carrots and Sticks: Europeans Support Health Nudges.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Obesity and Major Intraoperative Complications During Cesarean Delivery.
• Fructose in Breast Milk is Positively Associated with Infant Body Composition at 6 Months of Age.
• Gene Expression and Epigenetic Aberrations in F1 Placentas Fathered By Obese Males.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Sweet Relief for Pollinators.
• Endocrine Regulation of Fueling By Hyperphagia in Migratory Birds.
• Simultaneously Occurring Elevated Metabolic States Expose Constraints in Maximal Levels of Oxygen Consumption in the Oviparous Snake Lamprophis Fuliginosus.

Methods

• Innovative Techniques for Evaluating Behavioral Nutrition Interventions.
• Comparison of 3D Laser-based Photonic Scans and Manual Anthropometric Measurements of Body Size and Shape in a Validation Study of 123 Young Swiss Men.
• Validity of Proxy-reported Height and Weight to Derive BMI in Adults Participating in Special Olympics.
• Hypoxia Enhances the Wound-healing Potential of Adipose-derived Stem Cells in a Novel Human Primary Keratinocyte-based Scratch Assay.
• The Race to Map the Human Body — One Cell at a Time.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Obesity Energetics: Body Weight Regulation and the Effects of Diet Composition.
• Understanding the MTOR Signaling Pathway Via Mathematical Modeling.
• Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling.

Commentary

• International Experts Call Salt Guidelines Far Too Restrictive.
• "Fat-shaming columnist gets booted from Fergus Falls newspaper."
• Truth, & the Tribulations of Randomized Diet Trials.
• How Close are We to Defining Sustainable Eating Patterns?
• Why Exercise is Not Enough to Prevent Weight Gain.
• Should We Treat Obesity Like a Contagious Disease?
• The Pain of Obesity.
• Is Obesity a Disease? Do the Math.

General

• Potential Deaths Averted and Serious Adverse Events Incurred From Adoption of the SPRINT Intensive Blood Pressure Regimen in the U.S.: Projections From NHANES.
• Acknowledging and Overcoming Nonreproducibility in Basic and Preclinical Research.
• Does Evidence-based Hearsay Determine the Use of Medical Treatments?
• Early-life Stress in Male Mice Induces Increased Vascular Oxidative Stress in Adulthood.
• Reporting Bias Inflates the Reputation of Medical Treatments: A Comparison of Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Online Product Reviews.
• Tracking Retractions as a Window Into the Scientific Process “I Placed Too Much Faith in Underpowered Studies:” Nobel Prize Winner Admits Mistakes.
• Healthy People 2020 Midcourse Review.

Video & Audio

• Videos Available for Talks at ILSI 2017 Annual Meeting.
• EconTalk Episode with Gary Taubes - Gary Taubes on the Case Against Sugar.
• Audio: The Body’s Sense of Taste.
• Video: State of the Science of Energy Balance Research Across the Lifespan (focus on Measurement).

Announcements

• Book: The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts that Make Us Overeat.
• UAB's Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) invites you to join us at our NIH-funded short course on “The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity;" Applications due March 3rd.
• UAB Invites You to Join Us at Our NIH-funded Short Course on “Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research;” Applications Due March 31st.
• National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium “Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies”, March 8 - 10, 2017.
• UAB’s NORC seeks post-doctoral fellows in obesity research.

Featured

• Associations Between Human Breast Milk Hormones and Adipocytokines and Infant Growth and Body Composition in the First 6months of Life.+2009>
• Challenges in Accurately Modeling the Complexity of Human Ingestive Behavior: The Influence of Portion Size and Energy Density of Food on FMRI Food-cue Reactivity. (pdf)
• Administrative Databases Can Yield False Conclusions – an Example of Obesity in Total Joint Arthroplasty.
• RCT: Bariatric Surgery Versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes — 5-Year Outcomes.

Headline vs Study

• Headline (worse): Pregnant Women Drinking From Plastic Bottles May Have Obese Children: Study.
• Headline (better): Prenatal BPA Exposure May Lead to Weight Issues Later in Life: Mice Study.
• Study: Perinatal Exposure to BPA Affects Hypothalamic Feeding Circuitry in Mice. No Children; No Pregnant Women.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Effects of Policy Interventions for Food Vouchers and Training in Health and Nutrition on Consumption in Ecuador.
• RCT: "Isocaloric diets high in animal or plant protein allow similar improvements of metabolism and cardiovascular risk factors in T2DM patients indicating that the differences in amino acid composition do not affect the metabolic responses to the interventions."
• RCT: "We conclude that c9,t11- and t12,c10-CLA administered as a supplement or used to enrich foods does not affect [fasting blood glucose (FBG) and waist circumference (WC)] in humans."
• "Findings suggest that physical activity is not associated with children's psychosocial health ..."
• RCT: Limited to No Effects of Protected Mealtimes in Hospitalised Patients.
• RCT: No Significant Effects of a High Protein Diet And/or Resistance Exercise on the Preservation of Fat Free Mass During Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Older Adults.
• "Results from the present study indicate a lack of association between obesity and densitometry of the crystalline in the adult population group."
• Sensory-specific Satiety is Intact in Rats Made Obese on a High-fat High-sugar Choice Diet.

Basic

• Metagenomics Approach to the Study of the Gut Microbiome Structure and Function in Zebrafish Danio Rerio Fed with Gluten Formulated Diet.
• Ion Channel Necessary for Hormone and Anti-obesity Drug to Suppress Eating Identified.
• Lunasin Attenuates Obesity-Related Inflammation in Macrophages and Adipocytes By Inhibiting Inflammatory Cytokine Production.
• AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Regulates Lipid Accumulation in Skeletal Muscle Cells Through FTO-Dependent Demethylation of N6-Methyladenosine.
• Ghrelin Affects Stopover Decisions and Food Intake in Migratory Birds.
• Meal Distribution of Dietary Protein and Leucine Influences Long-Term Muscle Mass and Body Composition in Adult Rats. (pdf)
• Extracellular RNAs are Associated with Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Phenotypes.
• MiRNAs in Human Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: Effects of Weight Loss Induced By Hypocaloric Diet and Exercise.
• Genetic Association of Waist-to-Hip Ratio with Cardiometabolic Traits, Type 2 Diabetes, and Coronary Heart Disease.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• The Mystery of a Retracted Study that Came Back to Life.
• Using a "Study of [restaurant] Studies" to help statistics students assess research findings.
• “Social Science Isn’t Definitive Like Chemistry:” Embattled Food Researcher Defends His Work.
• Gender Differences in Patients Starting Long-term Home Mechanical Ventilation Due to Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.
• Health Effects of Isoflavones Misrepresented.
• Dietary Guidelines are Not Beyond Criticism – Authors' Reply.

Clinical

• Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Measures of Early Brain Health in Middle-aged Adults.
• RCT: One Session of High-intensity Interval Training Every 5 Days Improves Muscle Power but Not Static Balance in Sedentary Aging Men.
• Pilot RCT: Long-term Pulse Wave Velocity Outcomes with Aerobic and Resistance Training in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
• RCT: Frontostriatal and Behavioral Adaptations to Daily Sugar-sweetened Beverage Intake.
• RCT: Media Literacy Programs Have an Effect on Weight and Shape Concern By Influencing Media Internalization.

Children and Adolescents

• RCT: Effectiveness of Computer Automation for the Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Type 2 Diabetes.
• Cholesterol Screening and Treatment Practices and Preferences: A Survey of United States Pediatricians.
• Weight Concerns Among Adolescent Boys.
• ‘Mum's the Word’: Predictors and Outcomes of Weight Concerns in Pre-adolescent and Early Adolescent Girls.
• What Factors Mediate the Relationship Between Global Self-worth and Weight and Shape Concerns?
• Partnering with Adolescents, Parents, Researchers, and Family Medicine Clinics to Address Adolescent Weight and Weight-related Behaviors.

Surgery

• Swirl Sign — Intestinal Volvulus After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
• Acylated and Desacyl Ghrelin are Associated with Hepatic Lipogenesis, ß-oxidation and Autophagy: Role in NAFLD Amelioration After Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• RCT: Prevalence of Anemia in Subjects receiving Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• Metabolic Surgery in the Treatment Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes.
• Unveiling the “Magic” of Diabetes Remission After Weight-Loss Surgery.
• Early Post-operative Psychosocial and Weight Predictors of Later Outcome in Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review.

Food & Diet

• Capsaicinoids Enhance Metabolic Rate Using a Novel Metabolic Tracker Breezing Device: An Open-Label Study.
• Dairy Food Intake is Inversely Associated with Risk of Hypertension in a Chinese Population.

FDA Crack Down on Dietary Supplements

• Platinum Weight Loss Solution – Fat Loss Metabolizer Contains Hidden Drug Ingredients.
• Slimming Plus Advanced Contains Hidden Drug Ingredients.
• Platinum Max Strength Blue Pill Version Contains Hidden Drug Ingredients.
• Ginseng for Reinforcing Kidney Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient.
• Goldreallas Original Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient.

Caloric Restriction

• Metformin: A Metabolic Modulator.
• Neuropeptide Y Resists Excess Loss of Fat By Lipolysis in Calorie-restricted Mice: A Trait Potential for the Life-extending Effect of Calorie Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Potentially Modifiable Factors Associated with Physical Activity in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis.
• Physical Activity and Incident Hypertension in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study.
• The Effect of Exercise on Non-exercise Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Adults.
• RCT: Effects of Aerobic or Resistance Training or Both on Health Related Quality of Life in Youth with Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Understanding Food Inflation in India: A Machine Learning Approach.
• The Neighbourhood Physical Environment and Active Travel in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Weight Concerns and Food Habits of Adolescent Girls in Two Contrasting Ecological Regions: A Comparative Study in India.

Epidemiology

• Visceral Fat is Associated with the Racial Differences in Liver Fat Between Black and White Adolescent Boys with Obesity.
• Adverse Metabolic and Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Shiftwork in a Population-based Study of 277168 Workers in UK Biobank.
• Relationship Between Marital Transitions, Health Behaviors, and Health Indicators of Postmenopausal Women.
• Association of Body Mass Index with the Tuberculosis Infection: A Population-based Study Among 17796 Adults in Rural China.

Psychology

• RCT: Brief Obesity Intervention Based on Habit-formation Theory.
• Improving the Accuracy of Children's Dietary Recall.
• Inhibitory Control Predicts Fruit and Vegetable Consumption.
• Identifying Eating Behavior Phenotypes to Improve Interventions.
• Relative Reinforcing Value of Snack Foods Among Overweight and Non-overweight Preschoolers.
• RCT: Partner-based Monetary Contingency More Effective than Individual Contingency for Weight Loss.
• Weight-related Concerns and Diet Behaviors Among Urban Young Females: A Cross-sectional Study.
• Addiction Vulnerability and Binge Eating in Women.

Equity and Disparities

• Impact of Universal Interventions on Social Inequalities in Physical Activity Among Older Adults: An Equity-focused Systematic Review.
• Weight, Shape, and Muscularity Concerns in Male and Female Adolescents: Predictors of Change and Influences on Eating Concern.

Stigma

• Weight, Gender, and Depressive Symptoms in South Korea.
• Body Size Ideals and Dissatisfaction in Ghanaian Adolescents: Role of Media, Lifestyle and Well-being.
• Perceived Weight Discrimination Doubles 10-Year Risk of Allostatic Load Among US Adults.
• Youth Experiences with Multiple Types of Prejudice-based Harassment.

Policy Related

• House Committee on Agriculture Public Hearing on Pros and Cons of Restricting SNAP Purchases.
• Strategic Science for Eating Disorders Research and Policy Impact.
• Obesity Policies: Punishment, Care, or Neglect?

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Consumption of a Cafeteria Diet During Lactation in Rats Leads the Offspring to a Thin-outside-fat-inside Phenotype.
• Obesity and Pregnancy: Mechanisms of Short Term and Long Term Adverse Consequences for Mother and Child.
• Associations of Maternal Macronutrient Intake During Pregnancy with Infant BMI Peak Characteristics and Childhood BMI.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Review: Role of Sleep and Circadian Disruption on Energy Expenditure and in Metabolic Predisposition to Human Obesity and Metabolic Disease.
• Review: Isometric Thermogenesis at Rest and During Movement: A Neglected Variable in Energy Expenditure and Obesity Predisposition.
• Genetic Signature of Natural Selection in First Americans.

Methods

• The Accuracy of Self-reported Pregnancy-related Weight: A Systematic Review.
• Quality in Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry Scans.
• Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data and Methods in Obesity-related Research.
• Validation of Two Portable Bioelectrical Impedance Analyses for the Assessment of Body Composition in School Age Children.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Concept of Association Rule of Data Mining Assists Mitigating the Increasing Obesity.
• Using Data Mining to Predict Success in a Weight Loss Trial.

Commentary

• Ready to Move Past Little Fibs in Eating Patterns.
• Sugar Paper Tussle at a Reunion.
• Book Review: Building a Case on the Harm of Sugar.
• Book Review/Commentary: "The theory supporting low-carb dieting lacks evidence, but it can help people stay on track with healthy eating."
• Feb 14: Another Day for Schools to Junk Your Kids.
• The Sweet Psychology Behind the Office Candy Jar, Including Why No One Wants to Be Caught Taking the Last Piece.
• Surgery: Six Times Better for Controlling Type 2 Diabetes.
• Trash Talk About Causality, Personality, and Obesity.

General

• Measurement Error and the Replication Crisis.
• Measurement Error Can Create Spurious Findings.
• Scientists are Pushed to Make Exciting Claims of Novelty to Get Funding.
• Mitochondrial DNA Mutations and Cardiovascular Disease.
• Resveratrol Induces Mitochondria-mediated, Caspase-independent Apoptosis in Murine Prostate Cancer Cells.
• Science is Not Constantly Being Proved Right.
• Book: Handbook of Community-Based Participatory Research.
• Advancing Meta-research Through Data Sharing and Transparency.
• Ultra-sensitive Accelerometers Used to Monitor Vibrational Communication Pulses of Honeybees.
• Evaluation of Evidence of Statistical Support and Corroboration of Subgroup Claims in RCTs.

Video & Audio

• Video: Water, Food & Energy.
• Video: Do the Benefits of California's Proposition 65 Law Outweigh Its Costs?
• Video: TED Talk: 4 Ways to Make a City More Walkable.

Announcements

• Birmingham One of 10 Finalists for 'Smart Cities' Grant.
• Pennington Biomedical Research Center is Seeking Two Postdoctoral Research Fellows in the Area of Pediatric Physical Activity and Obesity.
• FDA Announcing Public Meeting to Discuss Use of the Term “Healthy” in Food Labeling.
• UAB's Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) invites you to join us at our NIH-funded short course on “The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity;" Applications due March 3rd.
• UAB Invites You to Join Us at Our NIH-funded Short Course on “Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research;” Applications Due March 31st.
• National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium “Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies”, March 8 - 10, 2017.
• UAB’s NORC seeks post-doctoral fellows in obesity research.

Featured

• Optimizing the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans: The Selection Process.
• Historical Perspective on the Rise and Fall and Rise of Antibiotics and Human Weight Gain.
• Ectopic Fat Deposition Contributes to Age-associated Pathology in Caenorhabditis Elegans.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Study: Body Shaming Can Literally Make People Sick.
• Study: Weight Bias Internalization Scale Cross-sectionally Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Some Analyses.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Menu labeling may decrease the calories ordered among individuals with AN or BN and increase calories ordered among individuals with BED."
• RCT: Acute Low-intensity Cycling with Blood-flow Restriction Has No Effect on Metabolic Signaling in Human Skeletal Muscle Compared to Traditional Exercise.
• RCT: No Significant Effects of Effects of Interpretive Nutrition Labels on Consumer Food Purchases.
• RCT: NO Significant Effects of a Mediterranean Diet on Risk of Heart Failure: Results From PREDIMED.
• RCT: Incorporating Freeze-dried Strawberry Powder Into a High-fat Meal Does Not Alter Postprandial Vascular Function or Blood Markers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
• Intake of Different Types of Fatty Acids in Infancy is Not Associated with Growth, Adiposity, or Cardiometabolic Health Up to 6 Years of Age.
• Habitual Physical Activity is Not Associated with Lower Cardiovascular Risk Profile or Higher Aerobic Fitness.
• RCT: "These results suggest that modest financial incentives delivered consistent with behavioral economics and behavior change theories do not undermine intrinsic motivation for weight management during obesity treatment; in fact, they yield higher levels of both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation."
• A Diet Enriched with Red Sorghum Flaked Biscuits, Compared to a Diet Containing White Wheat Flaked Biscuits, Does Not Enhance the Effectiveness of an Energy-Restricted Meal Plan in Overweight and Mildly Obese Adults.

Basic

• A Cafeteria Diet Triggers Intestinal Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Obese Rats.
• Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Underestimates in Vivo Lumbar Spine Bone Mineral Density in Overweight Rats.
• Administration of Chitosan-Starch Complexes Has Anti-Obesity Effects on Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet.
• Intermittent Feeding Alters Sensitivity to Changes in Reward Value.
• The Effects of Short-term High-fat Feeding on Exercise Capacity: Multi-tissue Transcriptome Changes By RNA Sequencing Analysis.
• Interleukin-17A Exacerbates High-fat Diet-induced Hepatic Steatosis By Inhibiting Fatty Acid ß-oxidation.
• Ghrelin Induces Clock Gene Expression in the Liver of Goldfish in Vitro Via Protein Kinase C and Protein Kinase a Pathways.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Commentary: Improvements in Cycling Time Trial Performance are Not Sustained Following the Acute Provision of Challenging and Deceptive Feedback.
• Backlash Prompts Prominent Nutrition Researcher to Reanalyze Multiple Papers.
• Original Post Prompting Backlash/Dialogue on Deep Data Dives Etc.

Clinical

• Surrogates of Insulin Sensitivity and Indices of Cardiometabolic Profile in Obesity.
• The Influence of Age, Sex and BMI on the Effectiveness of Brisk Walking for Obesity Management in Adults. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Children and Adolescents

• POSITION STATEMENT: Curbing Summertime Weight Gain Among America’s Youth. (pdf)
• Effects of Enhancing School-Based BMI Screening Reports with Parent Education on Report Utility and Parental Intent to Modify Obesity Risk Factors.
• Modifying Provider Practice to Improve Assessment of Unhealthy Weight and Lifestyle in Young Children: Translating Evidence in a Quality Improvement Initiative for At-Risk Children.

Surgery

• Omentectomy in Addition to Bariatric Surgery—a 5-Year Follow-up.
• Recent Trends in Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies.

Drugs

• Central Nervous Insulin Administration Before Nocturnal Sleep Decreases Breakfast Intake in Healthy Young and Elderly Subjects.
• Ghrelin Agonist Capromorelin Oral Solution (ENTYCE®) Increases Food Consumption and Body Weight When Administered for 4 Consecutive Days to Healthy Adult Beagle Dogs in a Randomized, Masked, Placebo Controlled Study.
• Technology: RCT: Comparison of Exenatide and Acarbose on Intra-abdominal Fat Content in Patients with Obesity and Type-2 Diabetes.

Food & Diet

• High-disinhibition Restrained Eaters are Disinhibited By Self-regulatory Depletion in the Food-related Inhibitory Control.
• Breakfast: The Most Important Meal of the Day?
• Four-Week Consumption of Malaysian Honey Reduces Excess Weight Gain and Improves Obesity-Related Parameters in High Fat Diet Induced Obese Rats.
• Meal Timing and Frequency: Implications for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Caloric Restriction

• Glycation Inhibitors Extend Yeast Chronological Lifespan By Reducing Advanced Glycation End Products and By Back Regulation of Proteins Involved in Mitochondrial Respiration.
• Intestinal Invalidation of the Glucose Transporter GLUT2 Delays Tissue Distribution of Glucose and Reveals an Unexpected Role in Gut Homeostasis.
• Aging and Caloric Restriction Impact Adipose Tissue, Adiponectin, and Circulating Lipids.
• Alleviation of Senescence and Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition in Aging Kidney By Short-term Caloric Restriction and Caloric Restriction Mimetics.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Calorie Restriction-induced Weight Loss and Exercise Have Differential Effects on Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria Despite Similar Effects on Insulin Sensitivity.
• Effect of a 5-Month Worksite Physical Activity Program on Tertiary Employees Overall Health and Fitness.
• Sex Differences in the Response of Total PYY and GLP-1 to Moderate-intensity Continuous and Sprint Interval Cycling Exercise.
• Economic Analysis of Primary Care-Based Physical Activity Counseling in Older Men: The VA-LIFE Trial.
• RCT: Exercise During Pregnancy to Prevent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Improve Pregnancy Outcome in Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women.

Economics & Sociology

• What Explains the Socioeconomic Status Gap in Activity? Educational Differences in Determinants of Physical Activity and Screentime.
• Before the Obesity Epidemic: The BMI of Canadians in the First and Second World Wars.

Epidemiology

• Metabolic Risk Factors and Mechanisms of Disease in Epithelial Ovarian. (pdf)
• Low Social Rank Bigger Health Risk than Obesity: Study.
• Trends in Obesity, Overweight, and Malnutrition Among Children and Adolescents in Shenyang, China in 2010 and 2014: A Multiple Cross-sectional Study.
• Deaths Attributable to Diabetes in the United States: Comparison of Data Sources and Estimation Approaches.

Psychology

• Fathers' Engagement in Pediatric Obesity Programs: A Systematic Review.
• Neuropsychological Function in Morbid Obesity.
• Stepped-care Approach to Weight Loss.
• Can Health “halos” Extend to Food Packaging? An Investigation Into Food Healthfulness Perceptions and Serving Sizes on Consumption Decisions.
• Self-reported Overeating and Attributions for Food Intake.
• Body Dissatisfaction in Individuals with Obesity Compared to Normal-Weight Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
• Trajectories of Weight Change and Predictors Over 18-Month Weight Loss Treatment.

Equity and Disparities

• Physicians' Counseling on Exercise Increased Moderately...Some Disparities Narrowed and Even Reversed.
• International Comparisons in Underserved Health: Issues, Policies, Needs and Projection.
• Primary Care of the Medically Underserved.
• Commentary: Advancing Access and Equity: The Vision of a New Generation in Cancer Control.

Stigma

• Body Image and Adolescence: A Behavioral Impairment Model.
• Meta-Analysis: Body Dissatisfaction in Individuals with Obesity Compared to Normal-Weight Individuals.
• Body Size Attitudes and Body Image Perception Among Preschool Children and Their Parents. (pdf)
• Rigid Dietary Control, Flexible Dietary Control, and Intuitive Eating: Evidence for Their Differential Relationship to Disordered Eating and Body Image Concerns.
• Book Review: Fat-Talk Nation - the Human Costs of America’s War on Fat.
• Internalized Weight Stigma Mediates and Moderates Physical Activity Outcomes.

Policy Related

• Advocacy Coalitions Involved in California's Menu Labeling Policy Debate: Exploring Coalition Structure, Policy Beliefs, Resources, and Strategies.
• Piece of Cake? A Q-study on Public, Private and Non-governmental Obesity Frames.
• Regulations Under International Human Rights Law and Under EU Law - Two Different Regimes that Could Be Better Harmonized?: The Case of Food and Health.
• HIV / AIDS, Obesity and Stigma: A New Era for Non-discrimination Law?'
• Optimizing the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans: The Selection Process (2017).
• Revenge of the Lunch Lady.

Intergenerational Effects

• Predictors of Infant Body Composition at 5 Months of Age.
• Associations Between Human Breast Milk Hormones and Adipocytokines and Infant Growth and Body Composition in the First 6months of Life.+2009>

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Total Energy Expenditure in Captive Capuchins (Sapajus Apella).
• Practice Makes Perfect: Performance Optimisation in ‘arboreal’ Parkour Athletes Illuminates the Evolutionary Ecology of Great Ape Anatomy.
• Usefulness of Motion Sensors to Estimate Energy Expenditure in Children and Adults: A Narrative Review of Studies Using DLW.
• Does the Membrane Pacemaker Theory of Metabolism Explain the Size Dependence of Metabolic Rate in Marine Mussels?

Methods

• Accuracy of BMI Cutoff Points for Obesity According to DXA Body Fat Estimates in Brazilian Adolescents.
• The Effect of Random Error on Diagnostic Accuracy Illustrated with the Anthropometric Diagnosis of Malnutrition.
• Estimation of Post-Mortem Interval Using Decomposition Scales for Hanging Bodies.
• Researchers Develop Wearable, Low-cost Sensor to Measure Skin Hydration.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Comparing Methods of Targeting Obesity Interventions in Populations: An Agent-based Simulation.
• Using reduced rank regression methods to identify dietary patterns associated with obesity: a cross-country study among European and Australian adolescents.

Commentary

• Neglecting Social Rank in Obesity Prevention Strategies.
• A Diet of Alternative Facts.
• Willpower is a Dangerous, Old Idea that Needs to Be Scrapped.
• Females No Longer Neglected in Obesity Research.
• Two Authors State "Sugar isn't that different to smoking for pregnant women."
• Propelling the Paradigm Shift from Reductionism to Systems Nutrition.
• Sensible Public Health or Sugar Shaming?
• The Case for Sugar.
• Window of Light the Way, the Truth, and the Perfect Diet.

General

• You Ought to Have a Look: On Fixing Science.
• Behind the Smoke-Screen of Vaping: E-Cigarettes.
• Slides From Presentations at DOJ on Scientific Rigor By David Allison, Eric Lander, and Others.
• Fake Science & Health News: The Harm It Causes & How You Can Protect Yourself.
• Informing Policy with Science.

Announcements

• 5TH ANNUAL WEIGHT STIGMA CONFERENCE.
• UAB's Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) invites you to join us at our NIH-funded short course on “The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity;" Applications due March 3rd.
• UAB Invites You to Join Us at Our NIH-funded Short Course on “Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research;” Applications Due March 31st.
• National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium “Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies”, March 8 - 10, 2017.
• UAB’s NORC seeks post-doctoral fellows in obesity research.