Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• The Data Behind Popular Diets for Weight Loss.
• "Significant ...enhancements of weight gain were observed for exercised tilapia and RD vs static (control) treatments."
• 11β-HSD1 Contributes to Age-Related Metabolic Decline in Male Mice.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: New Research Finds 8,600 Steps a Day Is the Perfect Amount to Keep Weight Off.
• Study: Association of Step Counts over Time with the Risk of Chronic Disease in the All of Us Research Program. No 'Magic Number' Identified.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Obvious Effects on Primary Outcome in Using Personalized Avatars as an Adjunct to an Adult Weight Loss Management Program.
• "Hardly any interaction effects between breed and treatment were found on leg health, tibia characteristics, behavior or performance, suggesting fast- and slower-growing broilers responded to the treatment similarly."
• RCT: "This study aimed to examine whether PA would exert an influence on the QoL of children with ADHD and parenting stress of their parents....No significant improvement in QoL was documented in either group."
• RCT: "In a sample of people over 65 years of age, the combined use of the EVIDENT 3 smartphone app and an activity tracking bracelet for 3-months did not result in lifestyles changes related to the amount and level of physical activity or the eating habits, compared to brief lifestyle advice."
• RCT: "Unexpectedly, loss framing was less effective than gain framing."
• RCT: No Significant Effects on Primary Outcome with Acute Exercise Training on Tumor Outcomes in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer.
• RCT: "We conclude that 4 days of moderate hypercaloric nutrition does not significantly improve orthostatic tolerance in healthy individuals."
• RCT: "Curcumin ...had no effect on body composition, hypertension and glycemic control."

Basic

• Adipose Extracellular Matrix Deposition Is an Indicator of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.
• Disruption of Adipocyte YAP Improves Glucose Homeostasis in Mice and Decreases Adipose Tissue Fibrosis.
• Expansion of the Inguinal Adipose Tissue Depot Correlates with Systemic Insulin Resistance in C57BL/6J Mice.
• Adipose Tissue Aging: An Update on Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Health Literacy and Exercise-Focused Interventions on Clinical Measurements in Chinese Diabetes Patients: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
• Letter:  Corrected analyses from original raw data overturns results from a cluster RCT entitled “health literacy and exercise-focused interventions on clinical measurements in Chinese diabetes patients."
• With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Common Errors in Meta-Analyses and Meta-Regressions in Strength & Conditioning Research.
• Data not available as initially pledged - "Correction to.. Hypnosis reduces food impulsivity in patients with obesity and high levels of disinhibition: HYPNODIET randomized controlled clinical trial".
• "Ignoring Clustering and Nesting in Cluster Randomized Trials Renders Conclusions Unverifiable" - Comment on - "Effectiveness of positive deviance approach to promote exclusive breastfeeding practice: a cluster randomized controlled trial."

Clinical

• Lowering Hemoglobin A1c Level to Less Than 6.0% in People with Type 2 Diabetes May Reduce Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Bayesian’s Narrative.
• RCT: The Impact of Dietary Weight Loss, Aerobic Exercise, and Daylong Movement on Social Cognitive Mediators of Long-Term Weight Loss.
• The Emerging Role of Leptin in Obesity-Associated Cardiac Fibrosis: Evidence and Mechanism.
• Plasma Circulating MicroRNAs Associated with Obesity, Body Fat Distribution, and Fat Mass: The Rotterdam Study.

Children and Adolescents

• Body Composition Trajectories from Birth to 5 Years and Hepatic Fat in Early Childhood.
• Children's Portion Selection Is Predicted by Food Liking and Is Related to Intake in Response to Increased Portions.
• School Health Programs of Physical Education And/or Diet Among Pupils of Primary and Secondary School Levels I and II Linked to BMI: A Systematic Review Protocol Within the Project from Science 2 School.
• Effect of Excess Weight and Insulin Resistance on DNA Methylation in Prepubertal Children.
• DNA Methylation Signature of Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation and Its Role in Cardio-Respiratory Diseases.

Surgery

• Association of Bariatric Surgery with Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adults with Severe Obesity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Review: Gut Microbiome and Microbial Metabolites in NAFLD and After Bariatric Surgery: Correlation and Causality.
• Can Leptin/Ghrelin Ratio and Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Predict Improved Insulin Resistance in Patients with Obesity Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy?
• Remission and Relapse of Dyslipidemia After Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Population.

Drugs

• Helminth and Host Crosstalk: New Insight Into Treatment of Obesity and Its Associated Metabolic Syndromes.
• Weight Loss Outcomes Associated with Semaglutide Treatment for Patients with Overweight or Obesity.
• Celestrol-Loaded Nanoscale Micelles Derived from Dextran Sulfate/PVGLIG/Celestrol with MMP-2 Sensitivity for the Treatment of High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Effects of Glucose-Lowering Agents on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: An Updated Meta-Analysis of RCTs with External Adjudication of Events.
• Semaglutide for Weight Loss: Was It Worth the Weight?

Food & Diet

• RCT: Dietary Intake of Anthocyanins Improves Arterial Stiffness, but Not Endothelial Function, in Volunteers with Excess Weight.
• Relative Fat Mass Assessment Estimates Changes in Adiposity Among Female Older Adults with Obesity After a 12-Month Exercise and Diet Intervention.
• Changes in Circulating Bile Acid Subtypes in Response to Weight-Loss Diets are Associated with Improvements in Glycemic Status and Insulin Resistance.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• SIRT3 Deficiency Decreases Oxidative Metabolism Capacity but Increases Lifespan in Male Mice Under Caloric Restriction.
• Updated Meta-Analysis of Studies from 2011 to 2021 Comparing the Effectiveness of Intermittent Energy Restriction and Continuous Energy Restriction.
• RCT: Time-Restricted Eating and Exercise Training Improve HbA1c and Body Composition in Women with Overweight/obesity.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Single-Cell Dissection of the Obesity-Exercise Axis in Adipose-Muscle Tissues Implies a Critical Role for Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
• Focus on Diet and Exercise.
• Effect of Progressive Resistance Training with Weight Loss Compared with Weight Loss Alone on the Fatty Liver Index in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Secondary Analysis of a 12-Month RCT.

Economics & Sociology

• The Link between Gentrification, Children’s Egocentric Food Environment, and Obesity.
• Low Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Daily Selection of Fewer Healthy Foods and More High-Fat/high Sugar Foods.
• Do Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews Suffer More Than Secular Israeli Jews from Obesity? Gender, Cohort Effect and the Yule–Simpson Paradox.

Epidemiology

• Weight Loss and All-Cause Mortality: A Propensity Score Matching Cohort Study.
• Trends in General and Abdominal Obesity in US Adults: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001–2018).
• Global Impact on Human Obesity – a Robust Non-Linear Panel Data Analysis.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Change in Craving and Frequency of Consuming Palatable Foods for Non-Homeostatic Motives After a Gut-Cued Eating Intervention.
• Developmental or Adult-Onset Deletion of Neurotensin Receptor-1 from Dopamine Neurons Differentially Reduces Body Weight.

Equity and Disparities

• Healthy Dietary Patterns and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in US Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
• Using BMI to Identify and Address Obesity in Asian Americans: One Size Does Not Fit All.
• The Obesity-Breast Cancer Link: A Multidisciplinary Perspective.

Stigma

• We Must Address the Antiobesity Biases We Espouse in Our Operating Rooms.
• Meta-Analysis: Association between Weight Status and Bullying Experiences Among Children and Adolescents in Schools.
• Memorable Messages About Fat Bodies Before, During, and After Pregnancy.

Policy Related

• Systematic Review: The Impact of Primary School Nutrition Policy on the School Food Environment.
• An Examination of Public Support for 35 Nutrition Interventions Across Seven Countries.
• Is Nutrition Labeling Associated with Decreased Obesity? A Quantitative Approach to Nutritional Health Policy in Ecuador.
• Social Determinants of Health and BMI in American Indian/Alaska Native Children.
• An Agent-Based Model of Child Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: Implications for Policies and Practices.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Subsequent Risk of Offspring Overweight or Obesity: Results from Three Prospective Cohort Studies.
• Associations of Maternal Insulin Sensitivity During Pregnancy with Childhood Central Adiposity in the Genetics of Glucose Regulation in Gestation and Growth (Gen3G) Cohort.
• Maternal Cardiovascular Health in Early Pregnancy and Childhood Brain Structure.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Dissertation: The Dietary Behavior of Indigenous North American Canids: A Multi-Method Approach.
• An Observation of a Juvenile Feeding an Injured Adult in Pūkeko (Porphyrio melanotus melanotus). (pdf)

Methods

• A Clustering Approach to Meal-Based Analysis of Dietary Intakes Applied to Population and Individual Data.
• Determination of 12 Anti-Obesity Drugs in Human Plasma by a 96-Well Protein Precipitation Plate Using HPLC-MS.

Commentary

• Healthy “Energy” Bars and Unhealthy Whole Milk.
• Understanding the Effect of Obesity on Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Is There a Need for Tailored Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management?
• Losing Weight Loss at FNCE 2022.
• Multiple Senses Influencing Healthy Food Preference.
• Spotlight on Liver Macrophages for Halting Injury and Progression in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Superfood Word Salad and Research Integrity.
• Paired Editorial: Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Immunosuppressive Medication Utilization in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases.
• The Health and Wealth Toll of Toxic Beauty Standards.

General

• A Synthesis of the Formats for Correcting Erroneous and Fraudulent Academic Literature, and Associated Challenges.
• Dissertation: Effects of Subconcussive Head Impacts on Neural Integrity and Function in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
• Pythons Can Swallow Almost Anything. A New Study Shows How.
• The Cognitive Burden of Poverty: A Mechanism of Socioeconomic Health Disparities.
• How Can Clinical Trials Better Reflect Society’s Diversity?
• Comparison of a Universal (but Complex) Model for Avian Egg Shape with a Simpler Model.
• Behavioural Syndromes Going Wild: Individual Risk-Taking Behaviours of Free-Ranging Wild Boar.
• Partially Randomised, Patient Preference Trials for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
• The Elephant in the Waiting Room: An Urgent Call for Papers to Address the Public Health Crisis of Long COVID.

Announcements

• Webinar: October 26 - Navigating Nutrition Science in the Media: Translating Evidence to the Public.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic 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, Nutrition, or Aging Research Domains.
• IU-Bloomington School of Public Health is recruiting tenure-track faculty members in every department – Come and join us!

Featured

• Sex-Specific Effects of Maternal Metformin Intervention During Glucose-Intolerant Obese Pregnancy on Body Composition and Metabolic Health in Aged Mouse Offspring.
• RCT: Low-Carbohydrate Vegan Diets in Diabetes for Weight Loss and Sustainability.
• Obesity and Acute Stress Modulate Appetite and Neural Responses in Food Word Reactivity Task.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Coffee Lowers Risk of Heart Problems and Early Death, Study Says, Especially Ground and Caffeinated.
• Press-Release: Coffee Drinking Is Associated with Increased Longevity.
• Study: Self-Reported Coffee Consumption in the UK Biobank... Again. Causation Not Established.
• Headline vs Study Déjà Vu: For More Coffee in the UK Biobank Headlines, See Headline vs Study from July 30, 2021.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "a precision nutrition intervention targeting a reduction in postprandial glycemic response did not result in greater weight loss compared with a low-fat diet."
• RCT: In Total Sample, No Evidence for Effectiveness of a Complex, Pre-Conception Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Diabetes by Reducing Adiposity in Young Adults in Malaysia.
• RCT: "The intervention had a significant impact on the knowledge gained by parents about the health effects of juice and SSBs but did not decrease the consumption of sugary drinks or change children’s weight status."
• RCT: "We did not show evidence of the benefit of metformin for children of women with overweight or obesity during pregnancy..."
• RCT: "The primary outcome was change in weight at 5 years follow-up"...in trial "of referral to a commercial open group behavioural weight management programme in adults with overweight and obesity"...and not significant.
• RCT: No significant effects on primary outcomes in "Liraglutide for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents with Prader-Willi Syndrome and Obesity."
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: No Differential Effectiveness of Intermittent Energy Restriction and Continuous Energy Restriction.
• RCT: Null Results in "Effects of low-carbohydrate vs low-fat diets on weight loss and metabolic risk factors in obese/overweight individuals with impaired glucose regulation."

Basic

• Hepatocyte Adenosine Kinase Promotes Excessive Fat Deposition and Liver Inflammation.
• Tregs in Visceral Adipose Tissue Up-Regulate Circadian-Clock Expression to Promote Fitness and Enforce a Diurnal Rhythm of Lipolysis.
• Review: The Neutral Amino Acid Transporter SLC7A10 in Adipose Tissue, Obesity and Insulin Resistance.
• TonEBP in Myeloid Cells Promotes Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance and Inflammation Through Adipose Tissue Remodeling.
• Anti-Obesity Effects of the Dual-Active Adenosine A2A/A3 Receptor-Ligand LJ-4378.
• Ghrelin Down-Regulates Lipopolysaccharide/Leptin-Induced MUC5AC Expression in Human Nasal Epithelial Cells.
• Obesity- and Sex-Related Metabolism of Arginine and Nitric Oxide in Adults.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: KiwiC for Vitality: Results of a Placebo-Controlled Trial Testing the Effects of Kiwifruit or Vitamin C Tablets on Vitality in Adults with Low Vitamin C Levels.
• Letter: Mixed Random and Nonrandom Allocation, and Group Randomization Have Been Mislabeled and Misanalysed, Necessitating Reanalysis. Comment on Conner et al. "KiwiC for Vitality: Results of a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Testing the Effects of Kiwifruit or Vitamin C Tablets on Vitality in Adults with Low Vitamin C Levels".
• Reply: to Vorland et al. Mixed Random and Nonrandom Allocation, and Group Randomization Have Been Mislabeled and Misanalysed, Necessitating Reanalysis.
• Correction: Conner et al. KiwiC for Vitality: Results of a Placebo-Controlled Trial Testing the Effects of Kiwifruit or Vitamin C Tablets on Vitality in Adults with Low Vitamin C Levels.
• Retractions Can’t Travel at the Speed of Hype.

Clinical

• RCT: Evaluation of the Effects of Capsinoids on Brown Adipose Tissue Recruitment and Activation in Obesity Using PET/MRI.
• Retention, Fasting Patterns, and Weight Loss with an Intermittent Fasting App: Large-Scale, 52-Week Observational Study.
• Determinants and Outcomes of Bloodstream Infections Related to Obesity.
• Interscapular Fat Is Associated with Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Resistance Independent of Visceral Fat Mass.
• RCT: Eating Rate and Bite Size Were Related to Food Intake Across Meals Varying in Portion Size.
• Obesity Is Associated with Altered Tumor Metabolism in Metastatic Melanoma.
• Meta-Analysis: Association of Visceral Adipose Tissue with Postoperative Outcome in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer.
• RCT: Dietary Weight Loss Intervention Provides Improvement of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Symptoms.
• RCT: Promoting Weight-Loss Maintenance Among Black Women Primary Care Patients.
• Molecular and Pro-Inflammatory Aspects of COVID-19: The Impact on Cardiometabolic Health.

Children and Adolescents

• High-Risk Growth Trajectory Related to Childhood Overweight/Obesity and Its Predictive Model at Birth.
• Medical Treatment of Weight Loss in Children and Adolescents with Obesity.
• Systematic Review: Effects of Physical Activity on Body Mass and Composition of School-Age Children and Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity.
• Systematic Review: Fish and Fish-Based Products for Nutrition and Health in the First 1000 Days.

Surgery

• Development and Validation of Dietary Behavior Inventory-Surgery (DBI-S) in the Scope of International Post-Bariatric Surgery Guidelines and Recommendations.
• A 7-Year Study of the Durability of Improvements in Pain, Physical Function, and Work Productivity After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• Trends in Adolescent Bariatric Procedures: A 15-Year Analysis of the National Inpatient Survey.
• Bariatric Surgery in the Management of Childhood and Adolescence Obesity.
• Socioeconomic Disparities and Bariatric Surgery Outcomes: A Qualitative Analysis.
• Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Bariatric Patients in Podlaskie Voivodeship in Poland.

Drugs

• Negative Allosteric Modulation of CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Signaling Suppresses Opioid-Mediated Reward.
• RCT: The Use of Virtual Visits for Obesity Pharmacotherapy in Patients with Overweight or Obesity Compared with In-Person Encounters.
• Insight Into the Interaction of Human Pancreatic Lipase with Potential Anti-Obesity Drug, Cetilistat, Using a Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. (pdf)
• Factors Associated with Successful Weight Loss After Liraglutide Treatment for Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis: The Placebo Response Rate and Nocebo Events in Obesity Pharmacological Trials.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Effect of a Personalized Diet to Reduce Postprandial Glycemic Response vs a Low-Fat Diet on Weight Loss in Adults with Abnormal Glucose Metabolism and Obesity.
• Evaluation of the Nutritional Quality of Ultra-Processed Foods (Ready to Eat + Fast Food): Fatty Acids, Sugar, and Sodium.
• Review: The Role of Dietary Fibers in Regulating Appetite, an Overview of Mechanisms and Weight Consequences.
• Meta-Analysis: Metabolic Efficacy of Time-Restricted Eating in Adults.
• RCT: The Effect of Intermittent Fasting Diets on Body Weight and Composition.
• Brazilian Green Propolis Improves Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Protects Against Sarcopenic Obesity.
• Long Term Weight Cycling Affects Fecal Microbiota of Mice.
• Novel Lipid Emulsion for Total Parenteral Nutrition Based on 18-Carbon N-3 Fatty Acids Elicits a Superior Immunometabolic Phenotype in the Murine Model Compared to Standard Lipid Emulsions.
• Infant Consumption of MicroRNA MiR-375 in Human Milk Lipids Is Associated with Protection from Atopy.
• RCT: Effects of Beverage Sodium Concentration on Plasma Sodium Concentration and Plasma Volume During Prolonged Exercise in the Heat.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Differential Effects of Calorie Restriction and Rapamycin on Age-Related Molecular and Functional Changes in Skeletal Muscle.
• Effects of 10-Day Complete Fasting on Physiological Homeostasis, Nutrition and Health Markers in Male Adults.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Effects and Dose-Response Relationship of Exercise Training on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children with Obesity.
• Association of Neighborhood Walk Score with Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Varies by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Older Women.
• "Feeling Good" After Exercise During a Weight Loss Program: Subjective Well-Being in Support of a Hedonic Paradigm.

Economics & Sociology

• ‘Fat Boys Make You Feel Thinner!’: Fat GBQ Men’s Comfort and Stigma in UK Bear Spaces.
• Does the Neighborhood Built Environment Moderate the Effectiveness of a Weight-Loss Intervention for Mothers with Overweight or Obesity?
• Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in Russia.
• RCT: Effect of Yearly Exercise on Medication Expense and Benefit-Cost Ratio in Individuals with Metabolic Syndrome.

Epidemiology

• Underweight, Overweight or Obesity, Diabetes, and Hypertension in Bangladesh, 2004 to 2018.
• Modifiable Risk Factors and Long Term Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Individuals with a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Country-Level Variations in Overweight and Obesity Among Reproductive-Aged Women in Sub-Saharan Countries.
• Correlation of Obesity and Overweight with Cervical Vascular Function Among Healthy Populations.
• Cytokines Profile and Lung Function in Children with Obesity and Asthma: A Case Control Study.
• Diabetes and Obesity in Down Syndrome Across the Lifespan: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using U.K. Electronic Health Records.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Process Analyses of Impulsive Behavior in Binge Eating Disorder During RCT.
• Prevalence of Disordered Eating and Associations with Sex, Pubertal Maturation, and Weight in Children in the US.
• Relationship between Psychological Stress and Ghrelin Concentrations in Pregnant Women with Overweight or Obesity.
• The Relationship between Serum Fatty Acids and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Metabolism and Memory: α-Synuclein Level in Children with Obesity and Children with Type 1 Diabetes; Relation to Glucotoxicity, Lipotoxicity and Executive Functions.

Equity and Disparities

• Socioeconomic Inequalities in Intergenerational Overweight and Obesity Transmission from Mothers to Offspring in South Africa.
• The Role of Gender Inequality in the Obesity Epidemic: A Case Study from India.
• Assessing the Income-Related Inequality in Obesity Among the Elderly in China: A Decomposition Analysis.

Stigma

• How Conceptualizing Obesity as a Disease Affects Beliefs About Weight, and Associated Weight Stigma and Clinical Decision-Making in Health Care.
• Association of "physical attractiveness, body size, and race on individual income."

Policy Related

• RCT: Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Referral to a Commercial Open Group Behavioural Weight Management Programme in Adults with Overweight and Obesity: 5-Year Follow-Up of Trial.
• State Implementation of SNAP Waivers and Flexibilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from State Agency Leaders.
• Making Healthy, Sustainable Diets Accessible and Achievable: A New Framework for Assessing the Nutrition, Environmental, and Equity Impacts of Packaged Foods.
• Improving Nutrition in the First 1000Days in the United States: A Federal Perspective.

Intergenerational Effects

• Scoping Review: Maternal Weight Status and the Composition of the Human Milk Microbiome.
• High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Lowers Fetal Weight and Has a Long-Lasting Adverse Effect on Brown Adipose Tissue in the Offspring.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• PUFA Changes in White Adipose Tissue During Hibernation in Common Hamsters.
• The Role of Estrogen in Determining Sexual Dimorphism in Energy Balance.

Methods

• Perspective: Precision Nutrition Research in Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases and Sleep Disorders.
• Animal-Free Strategies in Food Safety and Nutrition.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Indirect Calculation of LDL Using Thirteen Equations in Pakistani Population.
• Systematic Review: Maternal Body Weight and Estimated Circulating Blood Volume: A Non-Linear Approach.

Commentary

• Tackling Dyslipidemia in Obesity from a Nanotechnology Perspective.
• Could Alcohol Abuse and Dependence on Junk Foods Inducing Obesity And/or Illicit Drug Use Represent Danger to Liver in Young People with Altered Psychological/Relational Spheres or Emotional Problems?
• Are Spanish Surveys Ready to Detect the Social Factors of Obesity?
• Finding Value in the White House Nutrition Show.
• Incredible Study Images Babies Responding to Taste of Kale in the Womb.
• A New Roadmap for Marketing Healthy-Ish Food.
• Combining Weight Training with Another Activity Could Lower Your Risk of Early Death, Study Finds.
• Anniversary Editorial.
• What About That 2022 ICER Report on Anti-Obesity Medications?
• Government Must Proceed with Landmark Anti-Obesity Regulations in England.

General

• Systematic Review: Effect of Communal Dining and Dining Room Enhancement Interventions on Nutritional, Clinical and Functional Outcomes of Patients in Acute and Sub-Acute Hospital, Rehabilitation and Aged-Care Settings.
• Quantifying Heterogeneity, Heteroscedasticity and Publication Bias Effects on Technical Efficiency Estimates of Rice Farming: A Meta-Regression Analysis.
• Dynamic Change, Influencing Factors, and Clinical Impact of Cellular Components in Human Breast Milk.
• Bumblebees Retrieve Only the Ordinal Ranking of Foraging Options When Comparing Memories Obtained in Distinct Settings.
• "A herd of Göttingen minipigs that could help to advance Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research and potentially unlock future treatment strategies."
• Dissertation: Fluid Regulation in Women During Physical Work in the Heat.
• Athlete Experiences of Communication Strategies in Applied Sports Nutrition and Future Considerations for Mobile App Supportive Solutions.
• Video: Studying Bacteria to Protect Honeybees.
• Time Availability as a Mediator between Socioeconomic Status and Health.
• What the Neuroscience and Psychology of Magic Reveal About Misinformation.

Announcements

• Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, Indiana) Makes List of Most Beautiful Campuses.
• Free Webinar: The Use of Adversarial Collaboration to Advance Nutrition & Obesity Research.
• Webinar: Hot Topics in Nutrition & Cancer: Diet and Breast Cancer Survivorship.
• Webinar: Ultra-Processed Foods in the Shift to Plant-Based Diets: How Do We Reconcile the Two Paradigms? October 19.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic 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, Nutrition, or Aging Research Domains.

Featured

• Gut-Brain Circuits for Fat Preference.
• Podcast: Dr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving.
• RCT: Effects of a Novel Weight-Loss Combination Product Containing Orlistat and Acarbose on Obesity.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Not So Sweet: Study Shows Artificial Sweeteners’ Health Harms.
• Press Release: Study Suggests Possible Link between Artificial Sweeteners and Heart Disease.
• Study: Associations between self-reported sweetener intake and cardiovascular diseases. "Residual confounding cannot be totally excluded and no causal relation can be established with results from a unique observational study."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: Diets Differing in Carbohydrate Cellularity and Amount Did Not Differentially Affect Visceral Fat in People with Obesity.
• "...I was unable to confirm the effectiveness of self-persuasion (M = 96.42), direct persuasion (M = 96.12), or no persuasion (M = 96.18) on intentions to reduce food waste."
• "Contrary to our predictions, we found no link between harvest-induced changes in demographic and life history traits [in trout]."
• RCT: No Effect on Circulating Bile Acids with High-Fiber, High-Fruit and -Vegetable, and Low-Fat Dietary Intervention.
• RCT: "...arginine and leucine supplementation failed to improve MetS in patients with obesity, as did the supervised adapted physical activity program and the combination of both."
• RCT: "Supplementation with DGCE [decaffeinated green coffee extract] in breast cancer survivors with obesity had no significant effect on anthropometric indices and blood glucose, leptin, adiponectin, and NPY levels."
• RCT: A Week of Sleep Restriction Does Not Affect Nighttime Glucose Concentration in Healthy Adult Males When Slow-Wave Sleep Is Maintained.
• Nova1 or Bim Deficiency in Pancreatic β-Cells Does Not Alter Multiple Low-Dose Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes and Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice.

Basic

• Interferon Gamma Mediates the Reduction of Adipose Tissue Regulatory T Cells in Human Obesity.
• Chronic Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation Improves Metabolic Plasticity in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Aged Obese Female Mice.
• FAM96A Is Essential for Maintaining Organismal Energy Balance and Adipose Tissue Homeostasis in Mice.
• Enoxacin Ameliorates Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Promoting the Browning of White Adipose Tissue and Restoring Gut Dysbiosis.
• MiR204 Potentially Promotes Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Inhibition of Cpt1a in Mouse Hepatocytes.
• Exenatide Increases CTRP3 Gene Expression in Adipose Cells by Inhibiting Adipogenesis and Induces Apoptosis.

Melatonin

• Melatonin and the Anguish of the Marrow. (pdf)
• Adrenal MT1 Melatonin Receptor Expression Is Linked with Seasonal Variation in Social Behavior in Male Siberian Hamsters.
• Dose-Dependent Effect of Melatonin on BAT Thermogenesis in Zücker Diabetic Fatty Rat: Future Clinical Implications for Obesity.
• Melatonin Relieves Hepatic Lipid Dysmetabolism Caused by Aging Via Modifying the Secondary Bile Acid Pattern of Gut Microbes.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Standardized Method for Estimating Intakes of Processed Red Meat and Processed Poultry.
• Letter: Concerns in a Systematic Review on Pacifier Use and Breastfeeding in Infants.
• Reply: To 'Concerns in a Systematic Review on Pacifier Use and Breastfeeding in Infants'.
• Expression of Concern On: A Review on Role of Microbiome in Obesity and Antiobesity Properties of Probiotic Supplements.
• PubPeer Comment On: Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data.
• PubPeer Comment On: Can Vitamin D Protect Against Covid-19?

Clinical

• Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing in Managing Overweight and Obesity.
• Meta-analysis: The Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease in Metabolically Healthy Patients with Obesity.
• Meta-analysis: The Acute Effect of Glucagon on Components of Energy Balance and Glucose Homoeostasis in Adults Without Diabetes.
• Meta-analysis: Effects of Prenatal Nutritional Supplements on Gestational Weight Gain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
• Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africans.

Children and Adolescents

• Meta-analysis: Famine Exposure in Adolescence Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Overweight/obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Adulthood.
• Mechanistic Insights Into the Heterogeneity of Glucose Response Classes in Youths with Obesity: A Latent Class Trajectory Approach.

Surgery

• Long-Term Outcomes After Adolescent Bariatric Surgery.
• Meta-analysis: Bariatric Surgery and the Risk of Cerebrovascular Events.
• The Role of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in the Development, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Endometrial Cancer.
• Adipose Tissue, Bile Acids, and Gut Microbiome Species Associated with Gallstones After Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Meta-analysis: Comparison of Weight Loss and Adverse Events of Obesity Drugs in Children and Adolescents.
• Conference Abstract: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Liraglutide for the Treatment of Obesity in Mexico.
• Setmelanotide: A Novel Targeted Treatment for Monogenic Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Red and Processed Meat Intakes and Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Umbrella Systematic Review and Assessment of Causal Relations Using Bradford Hill’s Criteria.
• RCT: Replacing Saturated Fatty Acids with Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Increases the Abundance of Lachnospiraceae and Is Associated with Reduced Total Cholesterol Levels.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Weight Strategy in Older Adults with Obesity: Calorie Restriction or Not?
• Timing of Daily Calorie Loading Affects Appetite and Hunger Responses Without Changes in Energy Metabolism in Healthy Subjects with Obesity.
• Perspective: Aligning Mealtimes to Live Longer.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Association between Patient Factors and the Effectiveness of Wearable Trackers at Increasing the Number of Steps Per Day Among Adults with Cardiometabolic Conditions.
• RCT: Effects of an Exercise Program on Brain Health Outcomes for Children with Overweight or Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• The Longitudinal Effect of Area Socioeconomic Changes on Obesity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in the USA from 2003 to 2017.
• Economic Impacts of Overweight and Obesity: Current and Future Estimates for 161 Countries.
• Significantly Different Roles of Economic Affluence in Sex-Specific Obesity Prevalence Rates: Understanding More Modifications Within Female Body Weight Management.

Epidemiology

• Association of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acid Intake with Leukocyte Telomere Length in US Males.
• Maternal Glycaemic and Insulinemic Status and Newborn DNA Methylation: Findings in Women with Overweight and Obesity.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Increment in the Consummatory Response Induced by Reward Delay: An Animal Model of Binge-Like Eating Episodes.
• Lifestyle Changes, Emotional Eating, Gender, and Stress During COVID-19 Lockdown. (pdf)
• The Role of Inhibitory Control in the Relationship between Prefrontal Cortex Hemodynamics and Endurance Performance in Adults with Overweight and Obesity.
• The Interplay between Emotion Dysregulation, Psychological Distress, Emotional Eating, and Weight Status: A Path Model.
• Romantic Partner Undermining of Weight Loss: Links between Overweight Individuals’ Weight Management Efforts and Perceptions of Their Partner’s Undermining Motivations and Behaviors.
• Diet Triggers Specific Responses of Hypothalamic Astrocytes in Time and Region Dependent Manner.
• Systematic Review: Obesity and Its Association with Mental Health Among Mexican Children and Adolescents.

Equity and Disparities

• Race/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity.
• A Call for Theory to Guide Equity-Focused Federal Child Nutrition Program Policy Responses and Recovery Efforts in Times of Public Health Crisis.
• Collecting, Using, and Reporting Race and Ethnicity Information: Implications for Research in Nutrition Education, Practice, and Policy to Promote Health Equity.

Stigma

• How Conceptualizing Obesity as a Disease Affects Beliefs About Weight, and Associated Weight Stigma and Clinical Decision-Making in Health Care.
• Obesity and Critical Care Nutrition: Current Practice Gaps and Directions for Future Research.
• Observing Weight Stigma in the Editing of UK Factual Welfare Programming.

Policy Related

• Shifting the Social Determinants of Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Australian Experience.
• Providing School Meals to All Students Free of Charge During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Challenges and Benefits Reported by School Foodservice Professionals in California.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Offspring with Overweight/obesity at Preschool Age: The Possible Role of Epigenome-Wide DNA Methylation Changes in Cord Blood.
• Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Increased Infant BMI Induced by Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Effect of Excessive Gestational Weight Gain on Insulin Sensitivity and Insulin Kinetics in Women with Overweight/Obesity.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Conflict of Energies: Spatially Modeling Mule Deer Caloric Expenditure in Response to Oil and Gas Development.
• Female and Male C57BL/6J Offspring Exposed to Maternal Obesogenic Diet Develop Altered Hypothalamic Energy Metabolism in Adulthood.

Methods

• Studies Within a Trial Priorities to Improve the Evidence to Inform Recruitment and Retention Practice in Clinical Trials.
• Strengthening Causal Inference from RCTs of Complex Interventions.
• Improving the Accuracy of Self-Reported Height and Weight in Surveys: An Experimental Study.

Commentary

• Editorial: Treatment with Dual Incretin Receptor Agonists to Maintain Normal Glucose Levels May Also Maintain Normal Weight and Control Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease.
• The Intersection of Health Messaging and Truth.
• Childhood Obesity: Position Statement of Polish Society of Pediatrics, Polish Society for Pediatric Obesity, Polish Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, the College of Family Physicians in Poland and Polish Association for Study on Obesity.
• Feeding Your Microbiome Dietary Pixie Dust.
• Are Current Guidelines Perpetuating Weight Stigma? A Weight-Skeptical Approach to the Care of Patients with Obesity.
• She Saw the Obesity Epidemic Coming. Then Came Controversy.
• A Brighter View for Obesity Surgery in Teens.
• Ultra-Processed Food: Quantity, Quality, Diets.
• Stuck on a Partial Understanding of Obesity.

General

• Visual Communication in Social Play of a Hierarchical Carnivore Species: The Case of Wild Spotted Hyenas.
• Preprint: Publication Bias Impacts on Effect Size, Statistical Power, and Magnitude (Type M) and Sign (Type S) Errors in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
• Case Study in Research Integrity: You Can Disagree, Without Being Disagreeable.
• Examining Adherence to Oral Anticancer Medications Through a Human Factors Engineering Framework: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
• Protective Efficacy of Dark Chocolate in Letrozole-Induced Ovary Toxicity Model Rats: Hormonal, Biochemical, and Histopathological Investigation.
• Repeat Sequences Limit the Effectiveness of Lateral Gene Transfer and Favored the Evolution of Meiotic Sex in Early Eukaryotes.
• Mammalian Genome Innovation Through Transposon Domestication.
• "We conclude that [principal component analysis] may have a biasing role in genetic investigations and that 32,000-216,000 genetic studies should be reevaluated."

Announcements

• IU Bloomington Recognized as “Best of the Best LGBTQ+ Friendly Colleges and Universities”.
• New Book: Methuselah’s Zoo: What Nature Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Healthier Lives.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic 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, Nutrition, or Aging Research Domains.

Featured

• RCT: Effects of a Diabetes Prevention Program on Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors and Quality of Life Among Latino Youths with Prediabetes.
• E4orf1 Prevents Progression of Fatty Liver Disease in Mice on High Fat Diet.
• Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitor Initiation and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prognosis.
• Variability in Energy Expenditure Is Much Greater in Males Than Females.

Headline vs Study

• Study: Timing of Daily Calorie Loading Affects Appetite and Hunger Responses Without Changes in Energy Metabolism in Healthy Subjects with Obesity.
• Headlines: PlumX Metrics Show Mostly Reasonable Headlines!

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: Front-Loading Calories Early in the Day Reduces Hunger but Does Not Affect Weight Loss.
• RCT: Seven-Month Wintertime Supplementation of 1200 IU Vitamin D Has No Effect on Hand Grip Strength in Young, Physically Active Males.
• RCT: One-Week L-Arginine Supplementation Had No Effect on 200m Freestyle Swimming Time Trial in Moderately-Trained Male Swimmers.
• RCT: No Evidence of Brown Adipose Tissue Activation After 24 Weeks of Supervised Exercise Training in Young Sedentary Adults.
• RCT: No Differential Effect of DASH Diet vs. DASH Diet Plus Physical Activity in Older Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and High Blood Pressure.
• "These findings, surprisingly, indicate that during substantial weight gain, an increase in small adipocytes (suggesting hyperplastic expansion) is associated with impaired (not improved) metabolic health outcomes, specifically visceral and ectopic fat accumulation."
• "Contrary to the belief that adult adipocytes are relatively static, we show that adipocytes are very dynamic, relying on actin-driven mechanical forces to execute LD extrusion and intercellular LD transfer processes."
• Calorie Restriction Has No Effect on Bone Marrow Tumour Burden in a Vk*MYC Transplant Model of Multiple Myeloma [in Mice].

Basic

• Obesity Aggravated Hippocampal-Dependent Cognitive Impairment After Sleeve Gastrectomy in C57/BL6J Mice Via SIRT1/CREB/BDNF Pathway.
• Fish Oil Supplementation of Rats Fed a High Fat Diet During Pregnancy Improves Offspring Insulin Sensitivity.
• Malnourishment Affects Gene Expression Along the Length of the Small Intestine.
• Exercise and Metformin Intervention Prevents Lipotoxicity-Induced Hepatocyte Apoptosis by Alleviating Oxidative and ER Stress and Activating the AMPK/Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling Pathway in db/db Mice.
• Influences of the Interactions of Genetic Variations of Seven Core Circadian Clock Genes with Lifestyle Factors on Metabolic Parameters.
• Excess Dietary Zinc Drives a Cushing's-Like Syndrome in Ovariectomized Mice – Implications for Postmenopausal Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Registering Incredulity.
• Strengthening Causal Inference from RCTs of Complex Interventions.

Clinical

• Scoping Review: Peripartum Care of Persons with Obesity.
• Effect of a Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiometabolic Health Among Emerging Adults.
• Effectiveness of a Nurse-Led mHealth App to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Among Women with Overweight and Obesity.
• Fat-To-Muscle Ratio as a Predictor for Dyslipidaemia in Transitional-Age Youth.

Children and Adolescents

• Prospective Cohort Study: Association between Key Family and Individual Factors and Obesity Status Among Youth.
• "The First Step to Changing Something": Addressing Latinx Childhood Obesity through Photovoice.
• Metabolic Impact of Infant Formulas in Young Infants. An Outlook from the Urine Metabolome.
• Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days in the United States: A Federal Perspective.
• Developmental Pathways Linking Obesity Risk and Early Puberty: The Thrifty Phenotype and Fetal Overnutrition Hypotheses.

Surgery

• Meta-Analysis: New Insights on the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery.
• Can Serum Basal Cortisol Values Predict Successful Operations for Bariatric Surgery Patients?
• Trends in Adolescent Bariatric Procedures: A 15-Year Analysis of the National Inpatient Survey.

Drugs

• RCT: 8-Week Intranasal Oxytocin Administration in Adults with Obesity: Rationale, Study Design, and Methods.
• Anti-Obesity Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors: Challenges and Opportunities.

Food & Diet

• RCT: The Effect of Steamed Potato-Wheat Bread Intake on Weight, Lipids, Glucose, and Urinary Na +/K +.
• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Flavonoid Intake on Circulating Levels of Adiponectin and Leptin.
• Association of Nut Consumption with CVD Risk Factors in Young to Middle-Aged Adults.
• "Increase in dietary choline or betaine intake were longitudinally related to improvements in cardiometabolic parameters".

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• RCT: Effects of Inulin Supplementation on Inflammatory Biomarkers and Clinical Symptoms of Women with Obesity and Depression on a Calorie-Restricted Diet.
• RCT: Effect of Mediterranean Diet and Mediterranean Diet Plus Calorie Restriction on Cognition, Lifestyle, and Cardiometabolic Health.
• Obesity-Associated Anxiety Is Prevalent Among College Students and Alleviated by Calorie Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Hypoxic High-Intensity Interval Training in Individuals with Overweight and Obesity.
• Late Afternoon Vigorous Exercise Increases Post-Meal but Not Overnight Hypoglycemia in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Managed with Automated Insulin Delivery.
• Effects of Weight-Bearing Vs. Non-Weight-Bearing Endurance Exercise on Reducing Body Fat and Inflammatory Markers in Females with Obesity.
• Myokines in Adolescents with Obesity During Aerobic Exercise.

Economics & Sociology

• Systematic Review: Cost-Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Compared to Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Type 1 Diabetes.
• Longitudinal Exposure to Neighborhood Poverty and Obesity Risk in Emerging Adulthood.

Epidemiology

• Long-Term Trends in Obesity Prevalence by Socio-Economic Group in Five European Countries and the USA.
• Body Composition of the Upper Limb Associated with Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, and Diabetes.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Systematic Review: Effects of Mirror Exposure on Behaviour in Individuals with Obesity.
• Investigating Psychological Variables for Technologies Promoting Physical Activity.

Equity and Disparities

• Review: Care of Gender Diverse Youth with Obesity.
• Black New Yorkers with Type 2 Diabetes: Afro-Caribbean Immigrants Have Lower BMI and Lower Waist Circumference Than African Americans.

Stigma

• Cross-Sectional: Internalised Weight Stigma Mediates Relationships between Perceived Weight Stigma And Psychosocial Correlates In Individuals Seeking Bariatric Surgery.
• Cross-Sectional & Mixed Methods: “Thin and Muscular”.
• Fat Stigma and Body Objectification: A Text Analysis Approach Using Social Media Content.
• How Is Physicians' Implicit Prejudice Against People with Obesity or Mental Illness Moderated by Specialty and Experience?

Policy Related

• Cluster RCT: The Efficacy of a Multi-Strategy Choice Architecture Intervention on Improving the Nutritional Quality of High School Students' Lunch Purchases from Online Canteens (Click & Crunch High Schools).
• Review: Food Governance for Better Access to Sustainable Diets.
• Time Preference and Nutrition Label Use: Evidence from China.
• An Evaluation of the 'Bottom-Up' Implementation of the Active at School! Programme in Quebec, Canada.
• Case Study Implementing Nutrition and Sustainability Policy Into Government Food Procurement.
• Obesity Disparities and Evaluation of Public Policy Interventions at the Local Level.

Intergenerational Effects

• Meta-Analysis: Associations of Timing of Maternal Smoking Cessation Before and During Pregnancy with Childhood Overweight and Obesity.
• Longitudinal Characterization of Determinants Associated with Obesogenic Growth Patterns in Early Childhood.
• Prenatal Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and BMI Z-Scores from 5 to 14 years.
• Protective Effect of Prenatal Social Support on the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity in Low-Income Hispanic Families.
• Human Placental Lipid Content and Lipid Metabolic Enzyme Abundance in Obesity and Across Gestation.
• Associations between Maternal Metabolic Parameters During Pregnancy and Fetal and Child Growth Trajectories from 20 Weeks' Gestation to 5 years of Age.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Scoping Review: Evaluating the Human Capacity of Carrying Loads Without Costs.
• Review: Neuroendocrine MicroRNAs Linked to Energy Homeostasis: Future Therapeutic Potential.
• Novel Host Unmasks Heritable Variation in Plant Preference Within an Insect Population.
• The Evolving View of Thermogenic Fat and Its Implications in Cancer and Metabolic Diseases.

Methods

• Personalized Energy Expenditure Estimation: Visual Sensing Approach with Deep Learning.
• Issues Related to the Assessment of Energy Balance During Short-Term Over-, Under- and Refeeding in Normal Weight Men.
• Anthropometric Equations to Predict Visceral Adipose Tissue in European and American Youth.

Commentary

• Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity in Chronic Kidney Disease: Update on Prevalence, Outcomes, Risk Factors and Nutrition Treatment.
• Food Texture Trumps Food Processing in the Regulation of Energy Intake.
• Looking for Real Plants in a Plant-Based Diet.
• Can the White House Fix Food?
• Locked Into the Wrong Debate About Obesity.
• Off-Label Drugs for Obesity.
• Treating Obesity to Prevent Diabetes.
• Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa or Atypical Anorexia Nervosa with Premorbid Overweight/Obesity: What Should We Do About Their Weight Loss?

General

• Pilot Study: Effect of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) on Platelet Function Testing Profiles in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
• That’s a Lot to Process! Pitfalls of Popular Path Models.
• Does Constructing a Belief Distribution Truly Reduce Overconfidence?
• No Evidence That Mandatory Open Data Policies Increase Error Correction.
• An Empirical Bayes Approach to Improving Population-Specific Genetic Association Estimation by Leveraging Cross-Population Data.
• Sex-Specific Endocrine Regulation of Seasonal Aggression in Siberian Hamsters.
• Body Image and Health-Related Behaviors Among Fitspirit Participants.
• On the Importance of the Dynamics of Humour and Comedy for Constructionism and Reflexivity in Social Science Research Methodology.

Video & Audio

• Greater male variability in energy expenditure (accompanies "Featured" article "Variability in Energy Expenditure Is Much Greater in Males Than Females."

Announcements

• "IU Bloomington and Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI) received the only national award that honors individual institutions for being outstanding examples of universities committed to making diversity and inclusion a top priority across their campuses."
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic 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, Nutrition, or Aging Research Domains.
• Scientific Meeting: Causes of Obesity: Theories, Conjectures and Evidence.
• USDA Funds IU-Led Research Team to Develop Disease-Resistant Wheat.