Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• Optogenetic‐induced Sympathetic Neuromodulation of Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis.
• Cooked Starchy Rhizomes in Africa 170 Thousand Years Ago.
• Comparing the Ability of Two Comprehensive Clinical Staging Systems to Predict Mortality: EOSS and CMDS.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: ‘When We Eat Is Just as Important as How Much We Eat’: Junk Food Fuels Obesity By Disturbing Sleep Patterns, Says Study.
• Study: Dopamine Signaling in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Enables Weight Gain Associated with Hedonic Feeding... In Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Bariatric Surgery Is Associated with Increased Risks After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
• RCT: "This smartphone app providing diabetes self-management education and support had small and clinically not relevant effects."
• No Significant Effect of Tomato on Weight or BMI: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
• RCT: "Saffron capsules were not effective in reducing food craving..."
• RCT: "Four-week PUFA intake did not induce any notable effect on the gut microbiota composition or metabolic risk markers."
• "... we were unable to draw any conclusion on the influence of antenatal interventions on measures of obesity in early childhood." (pdf)
• RCT: "Walnut supplementation for 2 y had no effect on cognition in healthy elders."

Basic

• Dopamine D2 Receptor Overexpression in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Induces Robust Weight Loss During Scheduled Fasting Selectively in Female Mice.
• Lactobacillus Amylovorus KU4 Ameliorates Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice By Promoting Adipose Browning Through PPARγ Signaling.
• RNA-Binding Protein Quaking (QKI) Regulates Adipose Tissue Metabolism By Acting as a Brake on Thermogenesis and Promoting Obesity.
• Interleukin-17 Acts in the Hypothalamus Reducing Food Intake.
• Growth Differentiation Factor 11 (Gdf11) Gene Transfer Prevents High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Improves Metabolic Homeostasis in Obese and STZ-Induced Diabetic Mice.
• Kbtbd11 Contributes to Adipocyte Homeostasis Through the Activation of Upstream Stimulatory Factor 1.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Meta-analysis: Data Anomalies in Acupuncture and Weight Loss in Asians.
• Response: "On behalf of all authors, we apologize for these errors and any inconvenience caused to the readers by these changes."
• “Based on the Current Research… Researchers Should Avoid Drawing Any Definitive Conclusions Regarding the Effects of Blueberries on Cognitive Performance or Mood”.
• 'Common Error' Behind Retractions of Blood Pressure Supplementation Papers.
• Article: Revisiting the Marshmallow Test: A Conceptual Replication Investigating Links between Early Delay of Gratification and Later Outcomes.
• Commentary: Re-Revisiting the Marshmallow Test: A Direct Comparison of Studies By Shoda, Mischel, and Peake (1990) and Watts, Duncan, and Quan (2018).
• Response: Controlling, Confounding, and Construct Clarity: Responding to Criticisms of “Revisiting the Marshmallow Test” By Doebel, Michaelson, and Munakata (2019) and Falk, Kosse, and Pinger (2019).

Clinical

• RCT: Effect of Multi-strain Probiotic (UB0316) in Weight Management in Overweight/obese Adults.
• Impact of Nutrition Interventions and Dietary Nutrient Density on Productivity in the Workplace.
• A Calorie-Restricted DASH Diet Reduces Body Fat and Maintains Muscle Strength in Obese Older Adults.
• Differences in Frequency of Visits to Pediatric Primary Care Practices and Emergency Departments By BMI.
• Project STARLIT: Protocol of a Longitudinal Study of Habitual Sleep Trajectories, Weight Gain, and Obesity Risk Behaviors in College Students.

Children and Adolescents

• Two‐year Treatment Programme Showed That Younger Age and Initial Weight Loss Predicted Better Results in Overweight and Obese Children Aged 2‐16 Years.
• The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Snacking and Weight Among Adolescents: A Scoping Review.
• Childhood Social Preference and Adolescent Insulin Resistance: Accounting for the Indirect Effects of Obesity.
• Meta-analysis: Whole Milk Compared with Reduced-fat Milk and Childhood Overweight.
• Bi-directional Prospective Associations between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Fundamental Motor Skills in Children.
• Nutritional Management in Childhood Obesity.
• Systematic Review: School-Based Interventions Targeting Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Body Weight Status of African Children.

Surgery

• Temporal Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Adipokines, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Subjects with Impaired Glucose Homeostasis at 4 Years of Follow-up.
• Does Colectomy Improve Type 2 Diabetes?
• Nutritional Deficiencies in Patients with Severe Obesity Before Bariatric Surgery: What Should Be the Focus During the Preoperative Assessment?

Drugs

• Comparison of Vancomycin Area-Under-the-Curve Dosing Versus Trough Target–Based Dosing in Obese and Nonobese Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia.
• RCT: "Zoledronate Slows Weight Loss and Maintains Fat Mass in Osteopenic Older Women."
• Type II Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity: Common Links, Existing Therapeutics and Future Developments.
• Role of Edible Mushroom as a Potent Therapeutics for the Diabetes and Obesity.
• RCT: Combination of Linagliptin, Metformin and Lifestyle Modification to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes.

Food & Diet

• Review: Mycoprotein as a Possible Alternative Source of Dietary Protein to Support Muscle and Metabolic Health.
• RCT: Method of Food Preparation Influences Blood Glucose Response to a High-Carbohydrate Meal.
• RCT: Effects of Fish Oil and Curcumin Supplementation on Cerebrovascular Function in Older Adults.
• The Myth of Knowledge Within a Robust Nutrition Online Training Course.
• College Education on Dietary Supplements May Promote Responsible Use in Young Adults.
• RCT: Effect of Coffee Consumption on Insulin Sensitivity and Other Biological Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Differential Recovery Rates of Fitness Following U.S. Army Ranger Training.
• Extension of Cellular Lifespan By Methionine Restriction Involves Alterations in Central Carbon Metabolism and Is Mitophagy-Dependent.
• Time of Feeding Alters Obesity-associated Parameters and Gut Bacterial Communities, but Not Fungal Populations, in C57BL/6 Male Mice.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• RCT: "Endothelial function is not improved consistently after short-term training, despite improvements in glucose and insulin responses to the OGTT in obese adults with prediabetes."
• RCT: Providing Mothers with a Pedometer and Subsequent Effect on the Physical Activity of Their Children - "There was no difference in outcome between groups in intention to treat analysis."
• Injured Runners Do Not Replace Lost Running Time with Other Physical Activity.
• Not All Promotion Is Good Promotion: The Pitfalls of Overexaggerated Claims and Controlling Language in Exercise Messaging.

Economics & Sociology

• Association between the Price of Ultra-processed Foods and Obesity in Brazil.
• Economic Crisis and Obesity in the Canary Islands: An Exploratory Study Through the Relationship between BMI and Educational Level.
• "So This Is a Big Preventive Guilt Trip": Neo-Naturalism and the Politics of Obesity in Lionel Shriver's Big Brother.
• Economic and Clinical Burden of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the U.S.

Epidemiology

• "Analysis from Nationwide Inpatient Sample database demonstrated higher mortality rates for obese patients nationally, both after motor vehicle collisions and mechanical falls (P < 0.05)."
• Prospective Study of Long‐Term Interrelationships Among Adiposity‐Associated Biomarkers in Women.
• Polygenic Risk, Fitness, and Obesity in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
• Body Composition During Pregnancy Differs By Obesity Class.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Visual Attention to Palatable Food Cues on TV and Subsequent Unhealthy Food Intake in Unsuccessful Restrained Eaters.
• Changes in Food Cravings and Eating Behavior After a Dietary Carbohydrate Restriction Intervention Trial.
• Cost-Effectiveness of Three Doses of a Behavioral Intervention to Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Areas.
• Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy on Weight Loss, Improvement of Hypertension and Attentional Bias to Eating Cues in Overweight People.
• Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Overweight and Obesity.

Equity and Disparities

• Association of Social Network Factors with Weight Status and Weight Loss Intentions Among Hispanic Adults.
• Understanding the Impact of Five Major Determinants of Health (genetics, Biology, Behavior, Psychology, Society/environment) on Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Hispanic/Latino Families: Mil Familias - a Cohort Study.
• Maternal Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Glycemic Threshold for Pharmacotherapy Initiation for Gestational Diabetes.

Stigma

• Association of Depression and Obesity Is Mediated By Weight Perception.
• Family Weight Teasing, LGBTQ Attitudes, and Well-being Among LGBTQ Adolescents.

Policy Related

• Keep an Open Mind When Reporting on Policies to Curb Sugary Drinks.
• Removing Competitive Foods V. Nudging and Marketing School Meals: A Pilot Study in High-school Cafeterias.
• FDA Releases New Guidance on Serving Sizes and Dual-Column Labeling.

Intergenerational Effects

• A 3-year Longitudinal Study of Effects of Parental Perception of Children's Ideal Body Image on Child Weight Change.
• Maternal Weight Gain and Infant Birth Weight in Women with Class III Obesity.
• Associations between Breastfeeding Duration and Overweight/obese Among Children Aged 5–10.
• The Current Understanding of Gestational Weight Gain Among Women with Obesity and the Need for Future Research.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Opportunities and Challenges in the Therapeutic Activation of Human Energy Expenditure and Thermogenesis to Manage Obesity.
• Morphological and Physiological Consequences of a Dietary Restriction During Early Life in Bats.

Methods

• Development and Validation of Hepamet Fibrosis Scoring System-A Simple, Noninvasive Test to Identify Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Advanced Fibrosis.
• Clinical Validation of the FLIP Algorithm and the SAF Score in Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Commentary

• Court Ruling: Diet Doesn’t Mean Much.
• Going Vegan for January? Find Out How Much Difference It Really Makes.
• Exercise Has Many Health Benefits. Weight Loss Isn't Really One of Them.
• The Sirtfood Diet: What You Need to Know & Is It Science-Backed?
• Does Best Diet Mean Anything Anymore?
• Study: Resistance Exercise May Protect Bones in Overweight Elderly Adults.
• Is Holiday Overeating Slowly Killing Us?
• The Top 20 Nutrition Myths of 2020.
• Data Check: Whole-Fat or Low-Fat Milk?

General

• Do We Want to Be Credible or Incredible?
• A New Way to Establish Cause and Effect in Epidemiology?
• At Age 100, the Father of Preventive Medicine Is Still Going Strong — as Living Proof That He Was Right All Along.
• Wartime Health Shocks and the Postwar Socioeconomic Status and Mortality of Union Army Veterans and Their Children.
• Birdsong as a Window Into Language Origins and Evolutionary Neuroscience.
• Musical Pleasure Lies in Surprise.
• Why Authors Don't Visualize Uncertainty.
• Psychosocial Stressors and Telomere Length: A Current Review of the Science.
• Preprint: Estimating the Prevalence of Transparency and Reproducibility-related Research Practices in Psychology (2014-2017).
• Russian Journals Retract More Than 800 Papers After ‘bombshell’ Investigation.
• US News Rankings: Best Diets Overall.
• Macroeconomic Feedback Effects of Medicaid Expansion: Evidence From Michigan.

Video & Audio

• Podcast: Could the Laws of Physics Ever Change?
• The Diet Soda Myth and Barriers to Good Research.
• Webinar: The What, Why, and How of Preregistration [Jan 21].
• Podcast: Rick Johnson, M.D.: Fructose—The Common Link in High Blood Pressure, Insulin Resistance, T2D, & Obesity?

Announcements

• Competition: Understanding Nutritional Science Video Competition Due February 28, 2020.
• The Murals of Bloomington — Photos and Trail Map.
• Event Information: State of Obesity 2019: Better Policies for a Healthier America.
• Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation: Exploring New Evidence National Academy of Sciences.
• IU Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow with Strong Statistical and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency And/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity and Nutrition Research Domain.
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Applications Still Being Accepted: Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.

Featured

• RCT: Effects of Sucralose Ingestion Versus Sucralose Taste on Metabolic Responses to an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Participants with Normal Weight and Obesity.
• Gut Peptide Agonism in the Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes.
• Influence of Macronutrient Composition of Commercial Diets on Circulating Leptin and Adiponectin Concentrations in Overweight Dogs.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: How to Live Longer: The Best Diet to Increase Life Expectancy According to New Study.
• Study: Narrative Review of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease. Not a 'New Study'.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Compared with a standard behavioral weight loss intervention, the spousal support-enhanced behavioral weight loss program produced greater negative effects on aspects of family functioning such as family communication, cohesion, and emotional involvement …."
• RCT: No Significant Effect of Yacon Syrup on Blood Lipid, Glucose and Metabolic Endotoxemia in Healthy Subjects.
• Community‐level Obesity Prevention is Not Associated with Dieting Behaviours and Weight Dissatisfaction in Children: The Healthy Communities Study.
• Exercise Volume and Timing Does Not Affect Body Composition of Elderly in Singapore.
• Meat Consumption Does Not Explain Differences in Household Food Carbon Footprints in Japan.
• Chicoric Acid Does Not Restore Palmitate-induced Decrease in Irisin Levels in PBMCs of Newly Diagnosed Patients with T2D and Healthy Subjects.
• "...breakfast consumption was not associated with children's overweight/obesity may lead to a deeper investigation of the foods consumed during breakfast. Bread or rusks and chocolate milk seemed to have a protective effect..."
• RCT: Soy Milk Ingestion Did Not Affect Running Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST) Performance.
• RCT: No Effect of ‘Maths on the Move’ Physically-active Lessons for Learning Maths and Increasing Physical Activity on BMI in Primary School Students.
• Results Indicated that There Was No Main Effect of [subjective Socioeconomic Status, SSES] and Participants in the Low SSES Conditions Did Not Significantly Differ From Participants in the High SSES Condition in Terms of Selecting Healthier Choice Options.

Basic

• Transcriptional Study of Appetite Regulating Genes in the Brain of Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) with Impaired Leptin Signalling.
• Differential Effects of Diet and Weight on Taste Responses in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Glutamine Links Obesity to Inflammation in Human White Adipose Tissue.
• The Regulation of Triglyceride Storage By Ornithine Decarboxylase (Odc1) in Drosophila.
• Asodilatory Actions of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 are Preserved in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Microvasculature but Not in Conduit Artery in Obese Humans with Vascular Insulin Resistance.
• Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Characterization of Pure Adipocyte Fractions From Obese Pigs Identifies Candidate Pathways Controlling Metabolism.
• Why do Men Accumulate Abdominal Visceral Fat?

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• "This careful study of scientific practice reveals important limitations of experimental studies of microbiomes, supporting the conclusion that many causal claims about these complex entities are at best premature."
• Healthy Diet and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults.
• Article: Engaging Fathers to Increase Physical Activity in Girls: The “Dads and Daughters Exercising and Empowered” (DADEE) Randomized Controlled Trial.
• Letter: Randomization By Cluster, but Analysis By Individual Without Accommodating Clustering in the Analysis is Incorrect: Comment.
• Reply: "We appreciate the opportunity to clarify that the analyses presented in our article were indeed adjusted for clustering and it was an error on our part to report this was not the case."
• Behold: Authors Acknowledge an Error, and Thank Those Who Brought It to Their Attention, Without Any Drama. A Rare Occurrence.
• PubPeer Comment on: "Intervention effects of a kindergarten-based health promotion programme on obesity related behavioural outcomes and BMI percentiles."

Clinical

• RCT: Weight Gain Over 6 Years in Young Adults: The Study of Novel Approaches to Weight Gain Prevention.
• The Association Between DXA‐derived Body Fat Measures and Breast Cancer Risk Among Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative.
• RCT: Contrasting Short-term Temperature Effects on the Profiling of Metabolic and Stress Hormones in Non-obese Healthy Adults.
• Impact of Adiposity on Staging and Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer.
• Factors Associated with Failure of Dog's Weight Loss Programmes.
• RCT: Changes in Body Composition with a Hypocaloric Diet Combined with Sedentary, Moderate and High-intense Physical Activity.

Children and Adolescents

• Adolescent Obesity: Diet Quality, Psychosocial Health, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.
• Meta-analysis: The Link Between Breakfast Skipping and Overweight/Obesity in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.
• Adolescent Stress: A Predictor of Dieting Behaviors in Youth with Overweight/obesity.

Surgery

• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Carries a Lower Perioperative Mortality Including Sudden Cardiac Death Over Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Patients with a Prior Cardiac History.
• Laparoscopic Conversion of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass to Sleeve Gastrectomy for Postprandial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia.
• Interplay Between the Adaptive Immune System and Insulin Resistance in Weight Loss Induced By Bariatric Surgery.
• Meta-analysis: Impact of Elevated BMI on Surgical Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Cervical Fusion Procedures.
• Association of Metabolic Syndrome with Morbidity and Mortality in Emergency General Surgery.

Drugs

• RCT: Metformin on Myocardial Efficiency in Insulin‐resistant Chronic Heart Failure Patients Without Diabetes.
• Liraglutide Improved Inflammation Via Mediating IL-23/Th-17 Pathway in Obese Diabetic Mice with Psoriasiform Skin.

Food & Diet

• Gluten Analysis in Beef Samples Collected Using a Rigorous, Nationally Representative Sampling Protocol Confirms that Grain-Finished Beef is Naturally Gluten-Free.
• RCT: Effect of a 6-week “Mediterranean” Dietary Intervention on in Vitro Human Embryo Development: The Preconception Dietary Supplements in Assisted Reproduction.
• Retinol, Retinoic Acid, and Retinol-Binding Protein 4 are Differentially Associated with Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and Obesity: An Overview of Human Studies.
• High-fat Diet-induced Metabolic Syndrome and Oxidative Stress in Obese Rats are Ameliorated By Yogurt Supplementation.
• Whey Protein and Its Components Lactalbumin and Lactoferrin Affect Energy Balance and Protect Against Stroke Onset and Renal Damage in Salt-Loaded, High-Fat Fed Male Spontaneously Hypertensive Stroke-Prone Rats.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Rapamycin is Not Protective Against Ischemic and Cisplatin-Induced Kidney Injury.
• Modulation of Liver Glucose Output By Free or Restricted Feeding in the Adult Rat is Independent of Litter Size.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Interventions Promoting Physical Activity Among Older Adults.
• The Placebo Effect on Aerobic Fitness Test Results is Preserved Following a Multidisciplinary Intervention Program for Treating Childhood Obesity.
• Simple Prediction of Metabolic Equivalents of Daily Activities Using Heart Rate Monitor Without Calibration of Individuals.
• Development of WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep for Children Less than 5 Years of Age.
• Shoe Cushioning Influences the Running Injury Risk According to Body Mass.

Economics & Sociology

• Fat Indigenous Bodies and Body Sovereignty: An Exploration of Re-presentations.
• Fast Food, Beverage, and Snack Brands on Social Media in the United States: An Examination of Marketing Techniques Utilized in 2000 Brand Posts.

Epidemiology

• Association of Change in the Neighborhood Obesogenic Environment with Colorectal Cancer Risk.
• BMI is Associated with Smaller Medial Temporal Lobe Volume in Those at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease.
• Combined Effects of HIV and Obesity on the Gastrointestinal Microbiome of Young Men Who Have Sex with Men.
• The Obesity Epidemic and the Metropolitan-scale Built Environment: Examining the Health Effects of Polycentric Development.
• Intermittent Fasting, Paleolithic, or Mediterranean Diets in the Real World: Exploratory Secondary Analyses of a Weight-loss Trial that Included Choice of Diet and Exercise.
• Race Affects the Association of Obesity Measures with Insulin Sensitivity.
• Patient Phenotypes Help Explain Variation in Response to a Social Gamification Weight Loss Intervention.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Adherence as a Predictor of Dropout in Internet-based Guided Self-help for Adults with Binge-eating Disorder and Overweight or Obesity.
• Childhood Social Preference and Adolescent Insulin Resistance: Accounting for the Indirect Effects of Obesity.

Equity and Disparities

• New Research Directions on Disparities in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
• Ethnic Differences in the Trajectories of Physical Growth in Contemporary Children in the United Kingdom: Development and Early Life Influences.
• Understanding Local Ethnic Inequalities in Childhood BMI Through Cross-sectional Analysis of Routinely Collected Local Data.
• Relationship Between Maternal and Children BMI in Four Educational Systems in Hidalgo, México.
• Trends in Tract-Level Prevalence of Obesity in Philadelphia By Race-Ethnicity, Space, and Time.
• Health is Political: Advocacy and Mobilization for Latinx Health.

Stigma

• Discrimination and Stigma Among People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Workplace.
• Is Obesity Treated Like a Contagious Disease?
• Anti-obesity Attitudes, Food Symptomatology and Meanings Associated with Obesity in Students Linked to the Health Area.

Policy Related

• The Societal Value of Broader Access to Antiobesity Medications.
• Policy Position on [non-human Animal] Obesity Approved.
• Redesigning Primary Care to Improve Diabetes Outcomes (The UNITED Study).
• Reducing Children's Sugar Intake Through Food Reformulation: Methods for Estimating Sugar Reduction Program Targets, Using New Zealand as a Case Study.

Intergenerational Effects

• Mothers' Eating Styles Influence on Their Feeding Practices and on Their Children's Appetite Traits.
• Association of Periconception Paternal BMI with Persistent Changes in DNA Methylation of Offspring in Childhood.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Metabolic Partitioning of Sucrose and Seasonal Changes in Fat Turnover Rate in Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus Colubris).
• Frogs Seek Hypoxic Microhabitats that Accentuate Metabolic Depression During Dormancy.
• The Metabolic Response to Ozone.

Methods

• Resolving the Rigor Versus Respect Dilemma in Community-Based Research.
• A New Aerobic Fitness Score Based on Lactate Sensing During Sub-maximal Exercise.
• Sustained Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet and Physical Activity on All-cause Mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study: Application of the G-formula.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Qatar By Reducing Obesity, Smoking, and Physical Inactivity: Mathematical Modeling Analyses.
• The Homeostatic Dynamics of Feeding Behaviour Identify Novel Mechanisms of Anorectic Agents.

Commentary

• Why Fasting for 16 Hours a Day May Benefit the Brain and Body.
• The Story of the Year for 2019: Seeking Personalization.
• Theodore B. Van Itallie, Doctor of Medicine (1919–2019).
• Taming the Diseases of Aging.
• Food for Thought About Manipulating Gut Bacteria.
• Seasonality: A Missing Link in Preventing Undernutrition.
• Dining Out, Dessert and Booze May Be Worse for Climate Change than Meat.
• Hope: Our Mind in Suspense the Human Need for an 'optimal Margin of Illusion' During Illness.
• 'Fathers and Daughters, Exercise, and Scientific Rigor'.
• Ten Big Stories to Watch in 2020 [in Obesity, Nutrition, and Health].

General

• "A family-based comparison could not rule out at least some causal role for prescription opioid analgesic receipt in risk of substance abuse among young people."
• "Gratitude exercise was found to induce a higher positive-social emodiversity than the kindness exercise."
• Identifying the ‘incredible’! Part 2: Spot the Difference - a Rigorous Risk of Bias Assessment Can Alter the Main Findings of a Systematic Review.
• Reproducibility in Cancer Biology: Rethinking Research Into Metastasis.
• Kin and Group Selection are Both Flawed but Useful Data Analysis Tools.
• Equity in Access to Outdoor Recreation—Informing a Sustainable Future.
• Mathematical Model for the Study of the Diffusion of Zika: Computational Experimentation in Paramaribo and Santa Ana.
• Assessing the Psychological Priorities for Optimising Captive Asian Elephant (Elephas Maximus) Welfare.
• Weekly Talks By Leaders in Research Transparency.
• A Toast to the Error Detectors.

Announcements

• IU Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow with Strong Statistical and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency And/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity and Nutrition Research Domain.
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Applications Still Being Accepted:  Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.

Featured

• Deuterium-Depleted Water as Adjuvant Therapeutic Agent for Treatment of Diet-Induced Obesity in Rats.
• The Environmental Foodprint of Obesity.
• The CSF1 Receptor Inhibitor Pexidartinib (PLX3397) Reduces Tissue Macrophage Levels Without Affecting Glucose Homeostasis in Mice.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Study: Four Cups of Coffee Every Day Can Reduce Weight Gain From Diet High in Fats, Sugar.
• Study: Caffeine, but Not Other Phytochemicals, in Mate Tea Attenuates High-fat-high-sucrose-diet-driven Lipogenesis and Body Fat Accumulation... In 3T3-L1 Adipocytes and Rats.
• News Critique: Can Caffeine, Coffee Prevent Holiday Weight Gain? Here is What This Study Really Says.

Contrary or Null Findings

• In Clinical Trials Registration, the primary outcome was "Child standardized body mass index (BMI) [Time Frame: Change from baseline child BMI at 10 weeks ]" - In Article "Simple Suppers led to improvements in children’s weight status, food preparation skills, and TV viewing during meals, but not diet or z-scores for BMI, waist circumference, or BP." (pdf)
• RCT: "The KA [keto acid] supplement (0.1 g/kg/day) did not improve the essential amino acid/non-essential amino acid ratio, nor did it change the patients' mineral metabolism, inflammatory parameters, or body compositions."
• Meta-Analysis: Observational Research Suggests that Higher Cow-milk Fat Intake is Associated with LOWER Childhood Adiposity.
• RCT: "Contrary to previous reports, the present data do not support an intensity-dependent effect on motor learning, when exercise is performed prior to task practice."
• "Contrary to expectations, greater BMI was not associated with higher postoperative pain."
• "contrary to anticipated therapeutic response, blood glucose in this sib-pair did not respond to sulphonylureas (both low and high dose), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4 inhibitors), and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), also known as incretin mimetics."
• "We predicted that fathers [mice] would have lower relative body fat and lower performance abilities compared with control groups and that these effects would become more pronounced with increasing parity," but predictions were not met.
• RCT: "There were no significant differences observed in primary outcomes for adolescents randomized to the standard and enhanced versions of the JOIN for ME program."

Basic

• Modulation of the Leptin Receptors Expression in Breast Cancer Cell Lines Exposed to Leptin and Tamoxifen.
• Anti-Obesity Effects of Microalgae.
• Metabolism: A Burning Opioid Issue in Obesity Therapeutics.
• Estrogens and Glucocorticoids in Mammary Adipose Tissue: Relationships with BMI and Breast Cancer Features.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: A Method to Stop Analyzing Random Error and Start Analyzing Differential Responders to Exercise.
• Letter: "However, the DL method itself has unintended, undesirable statistical properties."
• Reply: Authors’ Reply to Tenan Et Al.: “A Method to Stop Analyzing Random Error and Start Analyzing Differential Responders to Exercise”.
• Editorial Expression of Concern: Effects of a Paleolithic Diet on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
• Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief: Advancing Effective Obesity Communications.
• Can’t Get Enough of Those Correlations.

Clinical

• Systematic Review: Effect of the Herbal Medicines in Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.
• Weight History in Clinical Practice: The State of the Science and Future Directions.
• The Obesity Paradox for Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation: Evidence From an Exposure‐effect Analysis of Prospective Studies.

Children and Adolescents

• Community-Level Obesity Prevention is Not Associated with Dieting Behaviours and Weight Dissatisfaction in Children: The Healthy Communities Study.
• Pediatric Obesity and the Immune System.
• RCT: Competency-Based Approaches to Community Health: Reduce Childhood Obesity Among Latino Preschool-Aged Children.
• Impact of Year-Round and Traditional School Schedules on Summer Weight Gain and Fitness Loss.
• Targeting Sleep Duration and Timing for Prevention of Adolescent Obesity.

Surgery

• Meta-Analysis: Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Cancer Risk.
• RCT: Effect of Intraoperative Intravenous Lidocaine on the Opioid Consumption and Criteria for Hospital Discharge After Bariatric Surgery.
• RCT: The Effects of Doxapram on Time to Tracheal Extubation and Early Recovery in Young Morbidly Obese Patients Scheduled for Bariatric Surgery.
• Bariatric Surgery in Brazilian Public Health System.

Drugs

• Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Applications of Anti-obesity Drugs Currently Available in Korea.
• Obesity Medications in Development.
• Nanotechnology Advances Towards Development of Targeted Treatment for Obesity.
• An Evaluation of Liraglutide Including Its Efficacy and Safety for the Treatment of Obesity.

Food & Diet

• The Ongoing Quest for Pure Foods.
• Systematic Review: Organic Versus Conventional Food Consumption: Is There a Measurable Benefit on Human Health?
• RCT: The Effect of a Priest-Led Intervention on the Choice and Preference of Soda Beverages.
• A Pilot Study: Effects of Kombu Intake on Lifestyle-related Diseases -Possibility that Kombu Intake is Effective in Individuals with Abnormally High Serum Triglyceride Levels.
• RCT: Evaluating the Acceptability and Feasibility of Providing Egg or Cereal Breakfast During a Family-Based Treatment for Children with Overweight/Obesity.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• New Zealand Bitter Hops Extract Reduces Hunger During a 24 H Water Only Fast.
• Exercise Mitigates the Loss of Muscle Mass By Attenuating the Activation of Autophagy During Severe Energy Deficit.
• Maf1‐dependent Transcriptional Regulation of TRNAs Prevents Genomic Instability and is Associated with Extended Lifespan.
• Islamic Fasting Leads to an Increased Abundance of Akkermansia Muciniphila and Bacteroides Fragilis Group. (pdf)

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Exercise Prescription for Weight Management in Obese Adults at Risk for Osteoarthritis: Synthesis From a Systematic Review.
• Associations of Accelerometer-measured Sedentary Time, Sedentary Bouts, and Physical Activity with Adiposity and Fitness in Children.
• Systematic Review: Home-Based Physical Activity Programs for People with Dementia.
• RCT: Comparison Between Multicomponent Exercise and Walking Interventions in Long-Term Nursing Homes.
• Aerobic Exercise Training-induced Irisin Secretion is Associated with the Reduction of Arterial Stiffness Via Nitric Oxide Production in Adults with Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• The Shift of Obesity Burden By Socioeconomic Status Between 1998 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Cross-sectional Series Study.
• Assessing the Role of Health Behaviors, Socioeconomic Status, and Cumulative Stress for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity.
• Gender Norms and Weight Control Behaviors in U.S. Adolescents: A Prospective Cohort Study (1994–2002).

Epidemiology

• Sustained Weight Loss and Risk of Breast Cancer in Women ≥50 Years.
• Does Lean Body Mass Equal Health Despite BMI?
• Midlife Obesity, Related Behavioral Factors, and the Risk of Dementia in Later Life.
• Age of Obesity Onset, Cumulative Obesity Exposure Over Early Adulthood and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
• Does Global Warming Contribute to the Obesity Epidemic?
• BMI and All-cause Readmissions Following Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization.
• Weight Gain of Service Members After Basic Military Training.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• How Youth Cognitive and Sociodemographic Factors Relate to the Development of Overweight and Obesity in the UK and the USA.
• Food Restriction in Adolescence Increases Emotional Disorder-like Behaviors in Adult Rats.
• Activating Dopamine D2 Receptors Reduces Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis Induced By Psychological Stress and By Activation of the Lateral Habenula.
• The Associations Among BMI, Cortical Thickness, and Executive Functioning in Children.

Equity and Disparities

• Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Prevalence of Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity Among Women Aged 20–49 in Low- and Middle-income Countries.
• The Disparities in Childhood Obesity in Low Socioeconomic Status and Racial/Ethnic Populations.
• Prevalence of Diabetes By Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2011-2016.

Stigma

• Elucidating Knowledge and Beliefs About Obesity and Eating Disorders Among Key Stakeholders: Paving the Way for an Integrated Approach to Health Promotion.
• Understanding Classroom Bullying Climates: The Role of Student Body Composition, Relationships, and Teaching Quality.
• Body Image Experiences in the Context of Chronic Pain: An Examination of Associations Among Perceptions of Pain, Body Dissatisfaction, and Positive Body Image.
• Commentary: Did Lizzo Just Prove 2019 Was the Year of Body Positivity?

Policy Related

• Ultra-processed Food Advertisements Dominate the Food Advertising Landscape in Two Stockholm Areas with Low vs High Socioeconomic Status. Is It Time for Regulatory Action?
• Cardiometabolic disease costs [$50.4 billion] associated with suboptimal diet in the United States: "that the cost burden often falls upon the government illustrates the need for community and policy strategies"
• Proceedings of a Workshop: A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts.
• Science and Health Policies to Tackle Chronic Diseases in Chile.
• The Double Burden of Malnutrition: Aetiological Pathways and Consequences for Health.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Steroid hormones, energetic state, and immunocompetence vary across reproductive contexts in a parthenogenetic lizard.
• Monarch butterflies reared under autumn‐like conditions have more efficient flight and lower post‐flight metabolism.

Intergenerational Effects

• Pre-conceptional Maternal Metabolic Status Influences Hepatic Metabolome in Male Offspring.
• Prenatal Exposure to Di-(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate and Decreased Skeletal Muscle Mass in 6-year-old Children: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study.
• Prepregnancy Obesity is Associated with Cognitive Outcomes in Boys in a Low-income, Multiethnic Birth Cohort.

Methods

• Comparison of 4 Methods to Assess the Prevalence of Use and Estimates of Nutrient Intakes From Dietary Supplements Among US Adults.
• Preprint: Different Continuous Glucose Monitors Provide Different Personalized Meal Recommendations to Minimize Postprandial Glucose in Subjects Without Diabetes.
• Using the 6‐min Walk Test for Accurate Assessment of the Level of Fitness in Breast Clinic Outpatients.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Body Height and Waist Circumference of Young Swiss Men as Assessed By 3D Laser-based Photonic Scans and By Manual Anthropometric Measurements.
• Projected U.S. State-Level Prevalence of Adult Obesity and Severe Obesity.
• Effect Size Guidelines, Sample Size Calculations, and Statistical Power in Gerontology.

Commentary

• Measuring Cardiovascular Disease Risk and the Importance of ApoB.
• Opinion: Is Linked to Food Insecurity. SNAP Cuts May Make Both Worse.
• What If You Knew a Cookie Would Take 20 Minutes to Run Off?
• A Rough Patch for Nutrition Education in Colorado.
• The Massive, Expansive Importance of Diet.
• News Flash: Obesity is Rising, Dig Faster.

General

• Indiana Pharmacies Substantially Increase Their Stocking and Dispensing of Naloxone.
• The Top Ten Most Read Stories of 2019.
• How to Be a Statistical Detective.
• Genetic and Epigenetic Muller’s Ratchet as a Mechanism of Frailty and Morbidity During Aging: A Demographic Genetic Model.
• Penguin Study Reveals Southern Ocean's Ice Age History.
• Is N-Hacking Ever OK? A Simulation-based Study.
• Study: Yes, Even Wild Tigers Struggle with Work/life Balance.
• Optimal Search Strategies for Identifying Moderators and Predictors of Treatment Effects in PubMed.

Video & Audio

• Is Meat Bad for Us or Not? [How is It that Experts See Different Things in the Same Nutritional Data?].
• PodCast: Mitochondria, Exercise, and Metabolic Health.
• Videos Available From Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research 2019.
• Video and Slides: Advancing Effective Obesity Communications: A Workshop.

Announcements

• IU Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow with Strong Statistical and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency And/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity and Nutrition Research Domain.
• Kelley School of Business Dean Idie Kesner Named Dean of the Year.
• Webinar: Panel on H Index / Impact Factor - Cornerstone of Your Career.
• Community Food Systems Mentorship Program: Applications Open Through January 5.
• 80th Anniversary of the Food and Nutrition Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Advancing Nutrition and Food Science (February 28, 2020, Washington DC).
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Applications Still Being Accepted:  Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.

Featured

• Effects of BMI on Relationship Status, Social Contact and Socio-economic Position: Mendelian Randomization and Within-sibling Study in UK Biobank.
• Oral Ionic Liquid for the Treatment of Diet-induced Obesity.
• Meta-analysis: Protein Intake Greater than the RDA Differentially Influences Whole-Body Lean Mass Responses to Purposeful Catabolic and Anabolic Stressors.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Labels Showing the Exercise Needed to Burn Off the Calories Can Help Curb Obesity: Study.
• Study: Meta-analysis of Effects of Physical Activity Calorie Equivalent Food Labelling to Reduce Food Selection and Consumption. No Obesity.
• Headline critique: Hypothetical Food Labeling, Hypothetical Effects.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Significant Influence of a Combined Gluten-Free and Casein-Free Diet on Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• RCT: "Contrary to expectations, we found that instead of ameliorating performance under the high cognitive load condition, tyrosine worsened cognitive flexibility."
• Matched Weight Loss Through Intermittent or Continuous Energy Restriction Does Not Lead to Compensatory Increases in Appetite and Eating Behavior in a RCT in Women with Overweight and Obesity.
• RCT: High-intensity Exercise in the Evening Does Not Disrupt Sleep in Endurance Runners.
• The Ergogenic Impact of the Glucocorticoid Prednisolone Does Not Translate Into Increased Running Motivation in Mice.
• Habitual Foot Strike Pattern Does Not Affect Simulated Triceps Surae Muscle Metabolic Energy Consumption During Running.
• Exercise Does Not Ameliorate Cardiac Dysfunction in Obese Mice Exposed to Fine Particulate Matter.
• RCT: Increasing Oat β-glucan Viscosity in a Breakfast Meal Slows Gastric Emptying and Reduces Glycemic and Insulinemic Responses but Has No Effect on Appetite, Food Intake, or Plasma Ghrelin and PYY Responses in Healthy Humans.
• Dietary Aronia Melanocarpa Extract Enhances MTORC1 Signaling, but Has No Effect on Protein Synthesis and Protein Breakdown-related Signaling, in Response to Resistance Exercise in Rat Skeletal Muscle.
• RCT: "Enhancing motivational interviewing with additional behaviour change techniques was not effective in reducing weight or increasing physical activity in those at high CVD risk."
• RCT: "The integration of "Movie Models" within the Feel4Diabetes-study was effective in improving some parenting-related factors regarding children's health behaviours, however most parenting-related factors could not be improved."

Basic

• Red Raspberry Polyphenols Attenuate High Fat Diet‐Driven Activation of NLRP3 Inflammasome and Its Paracrine Suppression of Adipogenesis Via Histone Modifications.
• Possible Role of L‐Carnitine in Improvement of Metabolic and Hepatic Health in Hyperuricemic Male Rats.
• Review: White Adipose Tissue Mitochondrial Metabolism in Health and in Obesity.
• Impaired Peroxisomal Fitness in Obese Mice, a Vicious Cycle Exacerbating Adipocyte Dysfunction Via Oxidative Stress.
• Hepatocyte P53 Ablation Induces Metabolic Dysregulation that is Corrected By Food Restriction and Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Intervention Effects of a Kindergarten-based Health Promotion Programme on Obesity Related Behavioural Outcomes and BMI Percentiles.
• Letter: Questions on ‘Intervention Effects of a Kindergarten-based Health Promotion Programme on Obesity Related Behavioural Outcomes and BMI Percentiles’.
• Reply: Response to “Questions on “Intervention Effects of a Kindergarten-based Health Promotion Programme on Obesity Related Behavioural Outcomes and BMI Percentiles”” By Vorland et al.
• Commentary: Obesity Prevention: Proving a Point or Seeking the Facts?
• Doing More with Null Age Effects: Introduction to the Special Section.
• Research: Gender Differences in How Scientists Present the Importance of Their Research: Observational Study.
• Editorial: Gender Differences in Research Reporting.

Clinical

• ‘Not to Be Harsh but Try Less to Relate to ‘the Teens’ and You’ll Relate to Them More’: Co-Designing Obesity Prevention Text Messages with Adolescents.
• Daily-running Exercise May Induce Incomplete Energy Intake Compensation: A 7-day Crossover Trial.
• A School-Based Intervention Using Health Mentors to Address Childhood Obesity By Strengthening School Wellness Policy.
• RCT: Lactobacillus Gasseri BNR17 Supplementation Reduces the Visceral Fat Accumulation and Waist Circumference in Obese Adults.
• Plasma Lipidome and Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes in the Population-Based Malmö Diet and Cancer Cohort.
• Effect of an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components Among Overweight and Obese Adults.

Children and Adolescents

• Unraveling Complexity About Childhood Obesity and Nutritional Interventions: Modeling Interactions Among Psychological Factors.
• The Association Between Mental Rotation Capacity and Motor Impairment in Children with Obesity—an Exploratory Study.
• Do Bedroom Screens and the Mealtime Environment Shape Different Trajectories of Child Overweight and Obesity? Research Using the Growing Up in Scotland Study.
• Associations of Telomere Length with Anthropometric and Glucose Changes After a Lifestyle Intervention in Children with Abdominal Obesity.
• Meta-analysis: Unravelling the Association Between Accelerometer‐derived Physical Activity and Adiposity Among Preschool Children.
• Marked Influence of Adiposity on Laboratory Biomarkers in a Healthy Cohort of Children and Adolescents.
• Systematic Review: Using Nudges to Promote Healthy Food Choices in the School Dining Room.
• Meta-analysis: Whole Milk Compared with Reduced-fat Milk and Childhood Overweight.
• A Proposed Standardized Approach to Studying Attrition in Pediatric Weight Management.

Surgery

• Meta-analysis: The Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Type 2 Diabetes in Asian Populations.
• Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty in 109 Consecutive Children and Adolescents with Obesity.
• Weight-Loss Surgery a Boon for the Heart.

Drugs

• Administration of Metformin Alleviates Atherosclerosis By Promoting H2S Production Via Regulating CSE Expression [in Mice].
• Update on Drug Safety Evaluation of Naltrexone/Bupropion for the Treatment of Obesity.
• Pharmacologic Therapy of Obesity: Mechanisms of Action and Cardiometabolic Effects.
• Life-span Extension Drug Interventions Affect Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Aging.

Food & Diet

• Defining Food Education Standards Through Consensus: The Pilot Light Food Education Summit.
• RCT: A Carbohydrate Beverage Reduces Monocytes Expressing TLR4 in Children with Overweight or Obesity.
• The Ketogenic Diet: Evidence for Optimism but High-Quality Research Needed.
• Fighting About Eggs: Bias All Around.
• Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Participants of the NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort.
• Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles Into Tea.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• RCT: Effects of Using High-intensity Interval Training and Calorie Restriction in Different Orders on Metabolic Syndrome.
• Dietary Nutrient Balance Shapes Phenotypic Traits of Drosophila Melanogaster in Interaction with Gut Microbiota.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Use It or Lose It: A Qualitative Study of the Maintenance of Physical Activity in Older Adults.
• RCT: Effect of Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Metabolism in Obese Older Adults While Dieting.

Economics & Sociology

• Socioeconomic and Behavioural Determinants of Overweight/obesity Among Adults in Botswana: A Cross-sectional Study.
• Meta-analysis: The Neighborhood Social Environment and Physical Activity.
• Associations Between Obesity and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status: Variations By Gender and Family Income Status.
• Economic Effects of the Double Burden of Malnutrition.

Epidemiology

• Meta-analysis: Are Long Working Hours Associated with Weight‐related Outcomes?
• The Impact of Violent Crime on Obesity.
• Spatial and Temporal Changes in Prevalence of Obesity Among Chinese Children and Adolescents, 1985–2005.
• Association Between Residential Greenness and Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Adults.
• Diet Patterns and the Incidence of Age-related Macular Degeneration in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
• High Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Diets as Risk Factors for Insomnia: Analyses From the Women's Health Initiative.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Misperception of Healthy Weight: Associations Among Weight, Body Size Satisfaction and Body Appreciation in Older Adults.
• How Does Bridging Social Capital Relate to Health-behavior, Overweight and Obesity Among Low and High Educated Groups?
• Eating Jet Lag: A Marker of the Variability in Meal Timing and Its Association with BMI.
• Predicting Weight Loss Using Psychological and Behavioral Factors.

Equity and Disparities

• A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts: Proceedings of a Workshop.
• The Roles of Body Composition and Specific Strength in the Relationship Between Race and Physical Performance in Older Adults.
• A Fortified Food Can Be Replaced By Micronutrient Supplements for Distribution in a Mexican Social Protection Program Based on Results of a Cluster-RCT and Costing Analysis.
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in US Adolescents’ Dietary Quality and Its Modification By Weight-Related Factors and Physical Activity.
• Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality.
• Disparities in Food Consumption Between Economically Segregated Urban Neighbourhoods.

Stigma

• Body Image and Emotional Eating as Predictors of Psychological Distress Following Bariatric Surgery.
• Background Information on Weight Stigma.

Policy Related

• Dietary Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Risk: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association.
• Food Democracy, Health Disparities and the New York City Trans Fat Policy.
• Can Traffic Light Nutritional Labels Induce Healthier Consumer Choices? Experimental Evidence From a Developing Country.
• Final Rule: SNAP Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents.

Intergenerational Effects

• Preterm Birth and Risk of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: A National Cohort Study.
• Intergenerational Exchange of Healthful Eating Encouragement: Consideration of Family Ancestry and Disease History.
• Impact of Maternal Prepregnancy BMI on Cognitive and Metabolic Profiles of Singletons Born After in Vitro Fertilization/intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection.
• Maternal Dietary Inflammatory Potential and Quality are Associated with Offspring Asthma Risk Over 10-year Follow-up: The Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study.
• Maternal MTNR1B Genotype, Maternal Gestational Weight Gain, and Childhood Obesity.
• Elective and Nonelective Cesarean Section and Obesity Among Young Adult Male Offspring: A Swedish Population–based Cohort Study.
• Intergenerational Associations of Dietary Inflammatory Index with Birth Outcomes and Weight Status at Age 5 and 9.
• The Relationship Between Maternal and Obese Children's Daily Physical Activity.
• Preconception Leptin Levels and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Brown Adipose Tissue Volume and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake are Not Associated with Energy Intake in Young Human Adults.
• An Evolutionary Perspective on Sedentary Behavior.
• Hypomorphic Expression of Pitx3 Disrupts Circadian Clocks and Prevents Metabolic Entrainment of Energy Expenditure.
• Profiling Torpor-responsive MicroRNAs in Muscles of the Hibernating Primate Microcebus Murinus.

Methods

• Extending Functional Principal Component Analysis to Model Weight Gain During Pregnancy. (PDF)
• Can a Contemporary Dietary Assessment Tool or Wearable Technology Accurately Assess the Energy Intake of Professional Young Rugby League Players? A Doubly Labelled Water Validation Study.
• Ideal Body Weight in the Precision Era: Recommendations for Prescribing in Obesity Require Thought for Computer-assisted Methods.
• Pharmacometabonomics: The Prediction of Drug Effects Using Metabolic Profiling.
• Co-designing Obesity Prevention Interventions Together with Children: Intervention Mapping Meets Youth-led Participatory Action Research.

Commentary

• Yo-yo Dieting Might Actually Be Good for People Even If They End Up Gaining Weight Back, Expert Says.
• Invited Discussion On: Correction of High-Grade Pseudogynecomastia After Massive Weight Loss: Modified Inferior Dermoglandular Pedicled Transverse Scar Reduction.
• 'We Should Classify Pet Obesity as a Disease'.
• Surveillance of Physical Activity: Actions Needed to Support New Federal Guidelines.
• Researchers Question Whether American Diets Actually Work.
• The Pros and Cons of Keto Cycling, According to Health and Medical Experts.
• Christmas Fare: A Brief History.
• Headlines Won’t Help You Lose Weight. Try These Experiments Instead.
• Heritage Diets and Culturally Appropriate Dietary Advice May Help Combat Chronic Diseases.
• A Broken Global Food Supply: Fault and Solutions.

General

• Re-assessing the Effectiveness of Wire-marking to Mitigate Bird Collisions with Power Lines: A Meta-analysis and Guidelines for Field Studies.
• The Gut Microbiome as a Therapeutic Target for Cognitive Impairment.
• RCT: No Significant Effect of Kava for Generalised Anxiety Disorder.
• Experimental Proof that an IRS Letter Can Save Lives.
• Hypoallergen Peanut Lines Identified Through Large-Scale Phenotyping of Global Diversity Panel: Providing Hope Toward Addressing One of the Major Global Food Safety Concerns.
• Video: How is Health in Mining Communities Affected By Mountaintop Removal?
• Living Museums in the Sea: The Past, Present and Future of Underwater Cultural Heritage Preservation. (PDF)
• Stress Hypothesis Overload: 131 Hypotheses Exploring the Role of Stress in Tradeoffs, Transitions, and Health.
• Stepped-wedge Trials Should Be Classified as Research for the Purpose of Ethical Review.
• Predatory Journals: No Definition, No Defense.
• Do Butterflies Challenge the Meaning of Species?
• It’s Time These Ancient Women Scientists Get Their Due.

Video & Audio

• Podcast: Low Testosterone, Hypothyroidism, Building Muscle (and Preserving It While Fasting).

Announcements

• Help Fund Research to Unlock Answers About Elephant Life Cycles So We Can Save These Wonderful Creatures & Learn Something About Ourselves Too.
• IFT Seeks Candidates for Editor in Chief of Scientific Journals.
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Applications Still Being Accepted:  Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.