Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• Segmentation and Characterization of Chewing Bouts By Monitoring Temporalis Muscle Using Smart Glasses with Piezoelectric Sensor.
• The Role of Perceived Discrimination in Obesity Among African Americans.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: The Real Paleo Diet: Acorns, Clover and Grass Seed.
• Study: "The remains of many food plants and animals testify to an extremely broad spectrum diet that characterized the site’s many archaeological layers."

Contrary or Null Findings

• "Self-reported improvement of dietary habits is not a good reflection of actual changes in dietary behavior among candidates for bariatric surgery..."
• "In conclusion, there are insufficient data either to support or refute the use of nutraceuticals for subjects with NAFLD."
• RCT: No Differential Long-term Effects of a Weight Loss Intervention with or Without Exercise Component in Postmenopausal Women.
• RCT: "The current study does not provide evidence for the role of prebiotics in the treatment of type 2 diabetes."
• RCT: Acute Increases in Serum Colonic Short-chain Fatty Acids Elicited By Inulin do Not Increase GLP-1 or PYY Responses but May Reduce Ghrelin in Lean and Overweight Humans.
• RCT: No Significant Effects of a Program for Enhancing Parent-Child Communication and Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Through Mobile Technology.
• RCT: A 15-week Vitamin D Supplementation and Indoor Cycling Intervention Reduces Exercising Heart Rate, with No Effect on Glycaemic Control in Healthy Adults: A Pilot Investigation.
• RCT: No Effect of Individualized Nutrition on Quality of Life, Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease or Oral Mucositis After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.
• "Contrary to recent literature, this work finds little evidence of a relationship between increased sedentary commuting and higher BMI."
• "Contrary to the recommendations of traditional behavior change research, these results indicate that audience segmentation and message tailoring may not be effective for promoting weight loss."

Basic

• Homeostatic Effects of Exercise and Sleep on Metabolic Processes in Mice with an Overexpressed Skeletal Muscle Clock.
• Effects of Electro-acupuncture on Insulin Resistance and Hypothalamic Agouti Gene-related Protein and Neuropeptide Y in Obesity Rats.
• Growth Differentiation Factor 15 is a Myomitokine Governing Systemic Energy Homeostasis.
• Differential Effects of Mas Receptor Deficiency on Cardiac Function and Blood Pressure in Obese Male and Female Mice.
• CAMP Responsive Element-Binding Protein 3-like 3 (CREB3L3) Controls Fatty Oxidation and Ketogenesis in Synergy with PPAR-alpha.
• The Tumor Suppressor FLCN Mediates an Alternate MTOR Pathway to Regulate Browning of Adipose Tissue.
• Deficiency in Prohormone Convertase PC1 Impairs Prohormone Processing in Prader-Willi Syndrome.
• Epigenetics, Obesity and Early-life Cadmium or Lead Exposure.
• Therapeutic Silencing of Fat Specific Protein 27 Improves Glycemic Control in Mouse Models of Obesity and Insulin Resistance.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Poisoned Arguments and Evidence for Sugar Guidance.
• The Universities of Stellenbosch/Cape Town Low-carbohydrate Diet Review: Mistake or Mischief?
• Letter to the Editor Concerning the Publication: Efficacy of First-Time Intragastric Balloon in Weight Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
• Blood Microbiota as a Potential Non-invasive Diagnostic Biomarker for Liver Fibrosis in Severely Obese Patients: Choose Carefully.
• Comment On: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Occupational Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery.

Clinical

• Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease as a New Diagnostic Term: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American College of Endocrinology Position Statement.
• Pioglitazone on Improves Whole-body Aerobic Capacity and Skeletal Muscle Energy Metabolism in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.

Surgery

• Critical Role for GLP-1 in Symptomatic Post-bariatric Hypoglycaemia.
• Predictors of Inadequate Weight Loss After Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Trends in Consumption of Solid Fats, Added Sugars, Sodium, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, and Fruit From Fast Food Restaurants and By Fast Food Restaurant Type Among US Children, 2003-2010.
• Role of Timing and Dose of Energy Received in Patients with Acute Lung Injury on Mortality in the Intensive Nutrition in Acute Lung Injury Trial: A Post Hoc Analysis.

Caloric Restriction

• Evaluation of Candidate Reference Genes for RT-qPCR Studies in Three Metabolism Related Tissues of Mice After Caloric Restriction.
• Effects of Dietary Restriction on Adipose Mass and Biomarkers of Healthy Aging in Human.
• Fasting-Mimicking Diet Reduces HO-1 to Promote T Cell-Mediated Tumor Cytotoxicity.
• MTORC1 and SIRT1 Cooperate to Foster Expansion of Gut Adult Stem Cells During Calorie Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Quantification of Free-living Activity Patterns Using Accelerometry in Adults with Mental Illness.
• Physical Activity in Pediatric Onset Multiple Sclerosis: Validating a Questionnaire for Clinical Practice and Research.
• Connecting Saving and Food Security: Evidence From an Asset-Building Program for Families in Poverty.
• United States Adolescents' Television, Computer, Videogame, Smartphone, and Tablet Use: Associations with Sugary Drinks, Sleep, Physical Activity, and Obesity.
• Concurrent Aerobic Plus Resistance Exercise Versus Aerobic Exercise Alone to Improve Health Outcomes in Paediatric Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Modifiable Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors: 10-Year Health Outcomes From a Health Promotion Program.

Economics & Sociology

• You are What You Eat... Listen To, Watch, and Read.

Epidemiology

• The Association Between Body Image and Behavioral Misperception (BIBM) and Alcohol Use Among High School Girls: Results From the 2013 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey.
• Trends in Weight-for-Length Among Infants in WIC From 2000 to 2014.
• Diabetes and Insulin Therapy are Associated with Increased Risk of Hospitalization for Infection but Not Mortality: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Psychology

• Outcome Differences Between Individual and Group Formats When Identical and Nonidentical Treatments, Patients, and Doses are Compared: A 25-year Meta-analytic Perspective.
• An Experimental Analysis of the Affect Regulation Model of Binge Eating.
• Exploring Food Reward and Calorie Intake in Self-perceived Food Addicts.
• Green and Lean: Is Neighborhood Park and Playground Availability Associated with Youth Obesity? Variations By Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Race/ethnicity.
• Peer Influence on the Engagement of Fitness Tracker Usage: A Diabetic and Obesity Study.
• Weight Loss Associated with Employee Income in an Incentivized Employee Wellness Program.
• Behavioral Evidence of Emotion Dysregulation in Binge Eaters.
• Calorie Anticipation Alters Food Intake After Low-Caloric but Not High-Caloric Preloads.

Equity and Disparities

• A Comparison of Black and White Racial Differences in Health Lifestyles and Cardiovascular Disease.
• Where’s Wanda: Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics and Agriculture.
• Advancing the Science of Health Disparities Through Research on the Social Determinants of Health.
• Reducing Disparities and Achieving Equity in African American Women’s Health.

Stigma

• Book Chapter: The Development of Body Image and Weight Bias in Childhood.
• Unintended Consequences of Health Promotion in the Workplace.
• Concerns with Variations in Weight Stigma.
• Body Shame and Mindfulness and Their Impact on Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents Who are Overweight and Obese.
• Moderately to Severely Obese Patients - Quality of Life Factors Other than Comorbidities.
• Environmental Scan of Weight Bias Exposure in Primary Health Care Training Programs.
• Book Chapter: Weight-Based Stigma and Body Image in Severe Obesity.

Policy Related

• Point-of-Purchase E Orts to Increase Healthy Food Choice.
• Testing an Integrated Model of Program Implementation: The Food, Health & Choices School-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention Process Evaluation.
• The Unbuilt Environment: Culture Moderates the Built Environment for Physical Activity.
• FDA Issues Interim Final Rule Allowing More Raw Fruits and Vegetables to Bear Health Claims About Relationship Between Dietary Saturated Fat and Cholesterol and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease.
• Soda Down in Mexico, Obesity Not So Much.
• Examining Characteristics of Hospitalizations in Heart Failure Patients: Results From the 2009 All-payer Data.
• Integrating ICTs in Communication Campaigns for Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific.

Intergenerational Effects

• Diet Composition Around the Time of Pregnancy May Influence Whether Offspring Become Obese, According to a New Study Using Animal Models.
• Effects of Paternal Obesity on Growth and Adiposity of Male Rat Offspring.
• Maternal Food Restriction During Pregnancy and Lactation Adversely Affect Hepatic Growth and Lipid Metabolism in Three-Week-Old Rat Offspring.
• Genetic Risk for Obesity Predicts Nucleus Accumbens Size and Responsivity to Real-world Food Cues.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Bumble Bees Regulate Their Intake of Essential Protein and Lipid Pollen Macronutrients.
• Life in the Fat Lane: Seasonal Regulation of Insulin Sensitivity, Food Intake, and Adipose Biology in Brown Bears.
• Digesting or Swimming? Integration of the Postprandial Metabolism, Behavior and Locomotion in a Frequently Foraging Fish.

Methods

• Zebrafish Models for Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis Research.
• "Overweight/obese and/or older individuals were more likely to under-estimate sedentary time than normal weight and/or younger individuals. Measurement errors of 24PAR varied by the level of sedentary time and demographic indicators."
• Inconsistency Between Self-Reported Energy Intake and BMI Among Urban, African-American Children.
• Weight-loss Results Similar for Social Network-based, Group Conference Call Interventions.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• The Role of Food Chain Balance and Common Nutritional Environment in Interspecific Allometric Scaling of Unicellular Organisms.
• Characterizing the Dynamic Interaction Among Gastric Emptying, Glucose Absorption and Glycemic Control in Non-diabetic Obese Adults.

Commentary

• Will Fruits and Veggies Save Us?
• It’s Time to Get Over Our Fear of Dietary Fat.

General

• Google’s Long, Strange Life Span Trip.
• Exploring Gender Disparities in Senior-Level Position Attainment in the Academic Workforce: Does Evidence Suggest a Glass Ceiling?
• The Association Between Protein Intake By Source and Osteoporotic Fracture in Older Men: A Prospective Cohort Study.
• Disease Drivers of Aging.
• Darwinian Selection Induces Lamarckian Adaptation in a Holobiont Model.
• Preview of Sean B. Carroll's the Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters.
• Carcinogenicity of Drinking Coffee, Mate, and Very Hot Beverages.
• Eight Grant-making Foundations on Thursday Announced the Formation of the Open Research Funders Group, an Effort to Promote Sharing of Articles and Data Between Researchers and Organizations.
• Video: Joseph Mazur discusses "Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence".
• Communicating Science Effectively: a Research Agenda (2016).
• The Interaction Between Dietary Fiber and Fat and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the Women's Health Initiative.
• Human–environment Interactions in Population and Ecosystem Health.

Announcements

• UAB Named NIH Clinical Center for Exercise Research.
• Margaret Hamburg Selected to Serve as AAAS President-Elect.
• National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium “Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies”, March 8 - 10, 2017.
• UAB Professor Named to 100 Global Thinkers List By Foreign Policy Magazine.
• UAB’s NORC seeks post-doctoral fellows in obesity research.

Featured

• NIH Charts a Path for Nutrition Science.
• RCT: Percutaneous Gastrostomy Device for the Treatment of Class II and Class III Obesity.
• RCT: Whole-Body Vibration Training Improves Heart Rate Variability and Body Fat Percentage in Obese Hispanic Postmenopausal Women.
• The Atlantic Reviews Gary Taubes's "The Sugar Wars."

Headline vs Study

• Discussion of Headlines: We Say ‘nuts’ to News Release Claiming Nuts Cut Risk of Many Diseases.
• Study: Nut Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Total Cancer, All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-response Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies.
• Headline: Study Shows BMI in Adolescence Influences Cognitive Function.
• Study: Associations Between Adolescent BMI, Height, and Measure of 'Cumulative Life Course Burden' of Obesity with Cognitive Function in Midlife. No Causation.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "There were no differences in EI between volunteers who were fed PDX [Polydextrose] and placebo."
• RCT "Consumption of 2000mg PSO [pomegranate seed oil] per day for 8 weeks had no effect on FBS, insulin resistance and lipid profile in diabetic patients."
• RCT: "Consuming energy primarily as carbohydrate or fat for 3 mo did not differentially influence visceral fat and metabolic syndrome in a low-processed, lower-glycemic dietary context."
• RCT: No Differential Effects of Very Low-carbohydrate and High-carbohydrate Diets on Cognitive Performance in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: No effects of Childhood obesity prevention trial for Hispanic families on z BMI.
• "...obesity was not associated with frequenting fast food restaurants."
• "This study suggests that students gain weight throughout college, which highlights the need for weight control interventions to target more than just freshman college students."

Basic

• Exercise Reverses Peripheral Nerve Dysfunction Induced By a High Fat Diet.
• Stimulation of Brown Adipogenesis By Buttermilk in Cultured Cells.
• High Fibre Diet and Acetate Supplementation Change the Gut Microbiota and Prevent the Development of Hypertension and Heart Failure in DOCA-Salt Hypertensive Mice.
• PPAR MRNA Levels are Modified By Dietary N–3 Fatty Acid Restriction and Energy Restriction in the Brain and Liver of Growing Rats.
• Preventing Diet-induced Obesity in Mice by Adipose Tissue Transformation and Angiogenesis Using Targeted Nanoparticles.
• Cannabinoid 2 Receptor Agonist Improves Systemic Sensitivity to Insulin in High-Fat Diet/Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice.
• Hepatic Activity and Transcription of Betaine-Homocysteine Methyltransferase, Methionine Synthase, and Cystathionine Synthase in Periparturient Dairy Cows are Altered to Different Extents By Supply of Methionine and Choline.
• Whole-Grain Fiber Composition Influences Site of Nutrient Digestion, Standardized Ileal Digestibility of Amino Acids, and Whole-Body Energy Utilization in Grower Pigs.
• The Hypothalamic Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor (GLP-1R) is Sufficient but Not Necessary for the Regulation of Energy Balance and Glucose Homeostasis in Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Potential Selection Effects When Estimating Associations Between the Infancy Peak or Adiposity Rebound and Later BMI in Children.
• Tracking Retractions as a Window Into the Scientific Process “A Sinking Feeling in My Gut:” Diary of a Retraction.
• The Elephant in the Room: Using Nutritional Biomarker Cutoffs to Assess Status.
• Applying Inappropriate Cutoffs Leads to Misinterpretation of Folate Status in the US Population.
• Causal Inference in Obesity Research.
• Comment on Fischer et al. Text Message Support for Weight Loss in Patients with Prediabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
• Response to Comment on Fischer et al. Text Message Support for Weight Loss in Patients with Prediabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Clinical

• Lower Depression Scores Associated with Greater Weight Loss Among Rural Black Women in a Behavioral Weight Loss Program.
• Improvement of the Omega 3 Index of Healthy Subjects Does Not Alter the Effects of Dietary Saturated Fats or N-6PUFA on LDL Profiles.
• Consumption of Probiotic Yogurt Compared with Low-fat Yogurt with Main Meals Showed No Significant Effects on Weight Loss but May Have Positive Effects on Lipid Profiles and Insulin Sensitivity.
• A Quick Guide to Food Insecurity Screening and Referral for Older Patients in Primary Care.
• RCT: Weight Loss-induced Cellular Stress in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue and the Risk for Weight Regain in Overweight and Obese Adults.

Children and Adolescents

• Change in Misperception of Child's Body Weight Among Parents of American Preschool Children.
• Evaluation Overview for the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) Project.
• Obesity in Pediatric Trauma.
• NASPGHAN Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children.
• Macro- and Micronutrient Intakes in Picky Eaters: A Cause for Concern?
• Girls’ Picky Eating in Childhood is Associated with Normal Weight Status From Ages 5 to 15 Years.

Surgery

• Upregulated TNF Expression 1 Year After Bariatric Surgery Reflects a Cachexia-Like State in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue.
• Low-Level Laser Therapy for Reducing the Hip, Waist, and Upper Abdomen Circumference of Individuals with Obesity.
• Investigating Factors Involved in Post Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) Neuropathy.

Drugs

• Population Pharmacokinetics of Cefazolin in Serum and Adipose Tissue From Overweight and Obese Women Undergoing Cesarean Delivery.
• 13-Methylberberine, a Berberine Analogue with Stronger Anti-adipogenic Effects on Mouse 3T3-L1 Cells.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Effects of Eating Frequency on Two Hormonal Biomarkers of Metabolism and Energy Balance.
• RCT: Adding Mealworms to Hospital Meal in Postoperative Patients Increases Fat-Free Mass.
• RCT: Whey Protein Supplementation Promoted Body Weight and FM Loss in Women with Long-term Weight Regain Following RYGB.
• RCT: Adverse Effects on Insulin Secretion of Replacing Saturated Fat with Refined Carbohydrate but Not with Monounsaturated Fat in Centrally Obese Subjects.

Caloric Restriction

• Cutting Back on the Essentials: Can Manipulating Intake of Specific Amino Acids Modulate Health and Lifespan?
• Dietary Restriction Extends the Lifespan of Circadian Mutants Tim and Per.
• Intermittent Fasting Inhibits Cancer Cells in Childhood Leukemia ALL.
• The Role of Caloric Load and Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Regulation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Exertional Dyspnoea in Obesity.
• RCT: Perceived Exertion During Exercise is Associated with Children's Energy Intake.
• Influence of Pokémon Go on Physical Activity: Study and Implications.
• Patterns and Predictors of Change in Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity Over Time in Multiple Sclerosis.
• RCT: Effects of Endurance and Endurance-strength Exercise on Renal Function in Abdominally Obese Women with Renal Hyperfiltration.

Economics & Sociology

• Racial/ethnic and Income Differences in Obesity Among Older Adults: The Role of Leisure-time Physical Activity and Neighborhood Social Cohesion.
• Racial/Ethnic Differences in Associations Between Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines, United States, 2013–2014.

Epidemiology

• (How) Does Obesity Harm Academic Performance? Stratification at the Intersection of Race, Sex, and Body Size in Elementary and High School.
• Risk of All-cause Mortality in Abdominal Obesity Phenotypes: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.
• The Longitudinal [association] of NFL PLAY 60 Programming on Youth Aerobic Capacity and BMI.
• Overweight and Obesity Epidemic in Ghana—a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Psychology

• Association of Parental Social Support with Energy Balance-related Behaviors in Low-income and Ethnically Diverse Children: A Cross-sectional Study.
• Diet Quality is Associated with Mental Health, Social Support, and Neighborhood Factors Among Veterans.
• The Development and Effectiveness of an Ecological Momentary Intervention to Increase Daily Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Low-consuming Young Adults.
• Predictors of Parental Concerns About Child Weight in Parents of Healthy-weight and Overweight 2–6 Year Olds.
• Associations Between TV Viewing at Family Meals and the Emotional Atmosphere of the Meal, Meal Healthfulness, Child Dietary Intake, and Child Weight Status.
• Family PArtners in Lifestyle Support (PALS): Family-based Weight Loss for African American Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Lower Depression Scores Associated with Greater Weight Loss Among Rural Black Women in a Behavioral Weight Loss Program.
• Associations Between Company at Dinner and Daily Diet Quality in Dutch Men and Women From the NQplus Study.
• Psychological Correlates of Habitual Diet in Healthy Adults.
• Psychological Need Satisfaction, Control, and Disordered Eating.

Equity and Disparities

• Commentary: Research on Health Equity in the SDG Era: The Urgent Need for Greater Focus on Implementation.
• "Stroke’s No Joke": Race and the Cultural Coding of Stroke Risk.
• Exploring Gender Differences in a Randomized Trial of Weight Loss Maintenance.

Ethics

• Cognitive Debiasing Strategies for the Emergency Department.
• Public Health, Historical and Moral Lessons for the Preparation of School Health Educators: The Case of Childhood Obesity and the Need for Social Responsibility.
• Moral Concerns and the Attribution of Responsibility in Pre-Adolescent Girls’ Understanding of Obesity.
• Childhood and Adolescent Obesity is a Political, Ethical and Morally Weighty Issue.

Stigma

• Barriers in Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle: Insight From College Youth.
• Qualitative Study: Young Adult Males’ Motivators and Perceived Barriers Towards Eating Healthily and Being Active.
• Mental Health Stigma: Treatment Attitudes and Physical Health.
• Psychological Consequences of Childhood Obesity.
• Weight Bias Internalization Scale: Psychometric Properties Using Alternative Weight Status Classification Approaches.
• Six Ways to End Weight Bias.
• Weight Bias Awareness is Still Not Being Taught to Health Professionals.
• Canadian Human Rights Petitions Against Sizeism.

Policy Related

• New School Meal Regulations Increase Fruit Consumption and do Not Increase Total Plate Waste.
• It Takes a Village: Promoting Parent and Family Education on Healthy Lifestyles for Minnesota Secondary Students.
• Not Enough Time in the Day: A Qualitative Assessment of In-School Physical Activity Policy as Viewed By Administrators, Teachers, and Students.
• Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Policy Analysis.
• RCT: CAFÉ: A Multicomponent Audit and Feedback Intervention to Improve Implementation of Healthy Food Policy in Primary School Canteens.
• School Wellness Programs: Magnitude and Distribution in New York City Public Schools.
• Genetically Modified Food Labeling: A “Right to Know”?
• The Health Promoting Schools Framework: Known Unknowns and an Agenda for Future Research.

Intergenerational Effects

• Gestational Chronodisruption Impairs Circadian Physiology in Rat Male Offspring, Increasing the Risk of Chronic Disease.
• Maternal Western Diet Increases Adiposity Even in Male Offspring of Obesity-resistant Rat Dams: Early Endocrine Risk Markers.
• Stress Transgenerationally Programs Metabolic Pathways Linked to Altered Mental Health.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Calorespirometry Reveals that Goldfish Prioritize Aerobic Metabolism Over Metabolic Rate Depression in All but Near-anoxic Environments.
• Modular Control During Incline and Level Walking in Humans.

Methods

• Home Visitation Programs: An Untapped Opportunity for the Delivery of Early Childhood Obesity Prevention.
• Development and Validation of a Deep Learning Algorithm for Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy in Retinal Fundus Photographs.
• Assessment of Regression Models for Adjustment of Iron Status Biomarkers for Inflammation in Children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Burkina Faso.
• Absolute Quantitation of Human Milk Oligosaccharides Reveals Phenotypic Variations During Lactation.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Diet2Vec: Multi-scale Analysis of Massive Dietary Data.
• Analyzing Breathing Signals and Swallow Sequence Locality for Solid Food Intake Monitoring.

Commentary

• Fresh Study Suggests Saturated Fat Could Be Good for You.
• The Science of Why You Might Want to Kick Your Diet Soda Habit.
• Europe's Obesity Battle, a Haphazard Reality.
• Obesity, Fatty Foods, Death, and Science.
• Scott Douglas: “Everybody May Not Be Able Eat Steak, but They Should Be Able to Eat”.
• A Real Celebrity Weight Loss Secret: Evidence-Based Care.
• A Tale of Fats, Fish, Dolphins, and Dairy.
• U.S. Life Expectancy Down: Can We Blame Obesity?
• What We KNOW About Diet; Why Time is of the Essence.

General

• Hawthorne's 'The Birthmark:' a Failure to Find a Perfect Future in an Imperfect Present.
• Reproducibility Crisis Timeline—milestones in Tackling Research Reliability.
• Tracking Retractions as a Window Into the Scientific Process High-profile Science Paper Retracted for Misconduct.
• Enhancing the Scientific Integrity and Safety of Clinical Trials Recommendations for Data Monitoring Committees.
• Aging: Somatic Mutations, Epigenetic Drift and Gene Dosage Imbalance.
• Conducting Meta-Analyses Based on P Values.
• Optimizing Research Payoff.
• Ranking Major and Minor Research Misbehaviors: Results From a Survey Among Participants of Four World Conferences on Research Integrity.
• ‘Common Statistical Pitfalls’ Found in Basic Science Research.
• Why Articles are Retracted: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study of Retraction Notices at BioMed Central.
• Carbon Monoxide Antidote.
• Obama Signs $6.3 Billion Law for Cancer Research, Drug Treatment.
• New Frontiers of Medical Illustration.
• NIH Researchers to Build a Wearable Device that Can Measure Blood Alcohol in Real-time.
• A Vision and Pathway for NIH Recommendations for the New Administration.
• Fear Erasure Facilitated By Immature Inhibitory Neuron Transplantation.

Announcements

• Special Issue: Perspectives in Aging: Mechanisms Nutritional Interventions.
• UPDATED LINK: Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies: Colloquium at National Academy of Sciences, March 8-10, 2017.
• UAB Seeks Post-Doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.

Featured

• Weight Loss is Associated with Improvements in Cognitive Function Among Overweight and Obese People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Friends and Social Contexts as Unshared Environments: A Discordant Sibling Analysis of Obesity- and Health-related Behaviors in Young Adolescents.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Jet Lag Increases Obesity-related Liver Disease and Cancer.
• Study: Chronic Circadian Disruption Induces Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Cancer... In Mice. No Jets.

Contrary or Null Findings

• "...'unrealistic' targets increase the effect in a large community-based commercial weight management group."
• No Causal Impact of Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Level on Temporal Changes in BMI in Japanese Male Workers: A Five-year Longitudinal Study.
• RCT: No effect of a culturally targeted, family-based weight gain prevention intervention for Hispanic immigrant families with children ages 5–7 years on zBMI.
• "Contrary to the prediction, skinks attained higher Tp [temperature] than geckos but in the long term showed a trend for higher EWL [evaporative water loss] as predicted.
• "...participation in FunLIFE camp did not influence children’s weight controllability beliefs, level of body satisfaction, their self-assessments of their weight, or their desire to alter or maintain their weight."
• No Effect of Pre-Exercise Sucralose Ingestion on Gastric Emptying Rate of a Carbohydrate-Electrolyte Solution.
• "Not only was eating two breakfast not associated with obesity, the association was in the opposite of the expected direction and significant for Hispanic participants."
• RCT: "At 12 months, the activity tracker with or without charity incentives were effective at stemming the reduction in MVPA bout min per week seen in the control group, but we identified no evidence of improvements in health outcomes, either with or without incentives, calling into question the value of these devices for health promotion."
• RCT: "In this study, we did not observe short-term changes in behavior associated with the communication of an estimate of genetic or phenotypic risk of type 2 diabetes. We also did not observe changes in worry or anxiety in the study population."
• Systematic Review: "Our findings suggest that physical activity-based interventions may lead to little or no difference in objectively measured physical activity levels of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain compared with no/minimal interventions."
• "A personalized lifestyle programme based on a WB and an APP was not superior to a standard lifestyle programme at promoting weight loss in obese children."

Basic

• Diet-Induced Obesity Increases the Frequency of Pig-A Mutant Erythrocytes in Male C57bl/6j Mice.
• Endogenous Central Amygdala Mu-opioid Receptor Signaling Promotes Sodium Appetite in Mice.
• Interactions Between Diet and Gut Microbiota Mediate Global Epigenetic Programming in Multiple Host Tissues in Mice.
• Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)-Mediated Increases in TH Influences Lipid Metabolism in Fasting Elephant Seal Pups.
• Hypervulnerability of the Adolescent Prefrontal Cortex to Nutritional Stress Via Reelin Deficiency.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Independent Experts Find No Grounds for Retraction of the BMJ Article on Dietary Guidelines. (pdf)
• BMJ Won’t Retract Controversial Dietary Guidelines Article; Issues Lengthy Correction.
• The Never-back-down Syndrome and the Fundamental Attribution Error.
• Erratum: The Impact of Obesity on US Mortality Levels: The Importance of Age and Cohort Factors in Population Estimates.

Clinical

• RCT: Genetic Risk Information for Obesity May Add Value to Lifestyle Risk Information Depending on the Context in Which It is Presented.
• RCT: An Acceptance-based Behavioral Intervention May Be Helpful for Improving the Maintenance of Weight Loss for Individuals with High Internal Disinhibition.
• Establishing Waist-to-Height Ratio Standards From Criterion-Referenced BMI Using ROC Curves in Low-Income Children.
• Disability, Physical Inactivity, and Impaired Health-Related Quality of Life are Not Different in Metabolically Healthy Vs. Unhealthy Obese Subjects.
• Improvement in Liver Histology Due to Lifestyle Modification is Independently Associated with Improved Kidney Function in Patients with Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis.
• RCT: Dismantling Prevention: Comparison of Outcomes Following Media Literacy and Appearance Comparison Modules in an RCT.

Children and Adolescents

• RCT: Brief EHealth Tool Delivered in Primary Care to Help Parents Prevent Childhood Obesity.
• Shapecoder: A New Method for Visual Quantification of BMI in Young Children.
• 4-Health: A Programmatic Evaluation of a Parent-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program.
• Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Multisector Collaborations: Evaluation of a National Quality Improvement Effort.
• Improving Access and Systems of Care for Evidence-based Childhood Obesity Treatment: Conference Key Findings and Next Steps.

Surgery

• A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project.
• Changes in Non-Diabetic Comorbid Disease Status Following Laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Procedures: A Systematic Review of RCTs.
• Bariatric Surgery and the Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Swedish Obese Subjects.

Drugs

• Effects of Lorcaserin on Pre-existing Valvulopathy: A Pooled Analysis of Phase 3 Trials.
• Fractal Geometry-Based Decrease in Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Concentrations in Overweight and Obese People.
• Pharmacological Modulation of LMNA SRSF1-dependent Splicing Abrogates Diet-induced Obesity in Mice.

Food & Diet

• The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil on Weight Gain and Insulin Sensitivity is Dependent on APOE Genotype in Humanized Targeted Replacement Mice.
• RCT: Pre- and Within Meal Effects of Fluid Dairy Products on Appetite, Food Intake, Glycemia and Regulatory Hormones in Children.
• Review: Impact of Dietary Glycemic Challenge on Fuel Partitioning.
• Intake of Individual Saturated Fatty Acids and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in US Men and Women: Two Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Studies.
• Almond Consumption During Energy Restriction Lowers Truncal Fat and Blood Pressure in Compliant Overweight or Obese Adults.
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverage but Not Diet Soda Consumption is Positively Associated with Progression of Insulin Resistance and Prediabetes.

Caloric Restriction

• Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Lifespan and Age-related Effects of Dietary Restriction and the Ketogenic Diet.
• Regulation of Metabolic Health and Aging By Nutrient-sensitive Signaling Pathways.
• Intestinal PPAR Signalling is Required for Sympathetic Nervous System Activation in Response to Caloric Restriction.
• RCT: The Effect of Alternate-day Caloric Restriction on the Metabolic Consequences of Eight Days' Bed Rest in Healthy Lean Men. (pdf)

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Active Individuals Have High Mitochondrial Content and Oxidative Markers in Their Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue.
• Physical Activity: Absolute Intensity Vs. Relative-to-Fitness-Level Volumes.
• Role of Physical Activity in Regulating Appetite and Body Fat.
• Nutritional Compensation to Exercise- Vs. Diet-induced Acute Energy Deficit in Adolescents with Obesity.
• RCT: Engineering Online and In-Person Social Networks for Physical Activity.

Economics & Sociology

• Four Decades of Obesity Trends Among Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks in the United States: Analyzing the Influences of Educational Inequalities in Obesity and Population Improvements in Education.
• Standing in the Shadows of Obesity: The Local Food Environment and Obesity in Detroit.
• Immigration Status, Visa Types, and Body Weight Among New Immigrants in the United States.

Epidemiology

• Is Famine Exposure During Developmental Life in Rural Bangladesh Associated with a Metabolic and Epigenetic Signature in Young Adulthood? A Historical Cohort Study.
• Consuming Meals Prepared at Home More Frequently ...[is Associated With] the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Weight Gain and Obesity.
• Geography of Adolescent Obesity in the U.S., 2007-2011.
• Rate of Eating in Early Life is Positively Associated with Current and Later BMI Among Young Japanese Children.
• Association Between Prediabetes and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All Cause Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Psychology

• Psychosocial Determinants of Weight Loss Among Young Adults with Overweight and Obesity: How Does Drive for Thinness Affect Weight Loss?
• Self-control Mediates the Relationship Between Time Perspective and BMI.
• The Effect of Parental Rejection on the Emotional Eating Behaviour of Youngsters: A Laboratory-based Study.
• Social Appearance Anxiety and Dietary Restraint as Mediators Between Perfectionism and Binge Eating: A Six Month Three Wave Longitudinal Study.
• Application of the Multiphase Optimization Strategy to a Pilot Study: An Empirical Example Targeting Obesity Among Children of Low-income Mothers.
• A Nudge in a Healthier Direction: How Environmental Cues Help Restrained Eaters Pursue Their Weight-control Goal.
• Parasympathetic Cardio-regulation During Social Interactions in Individuals with Obesity—The Influence of Negative Body Image.
• Consumption Simulations Induce Salivation to Food Cues.
• Body Weight Dissatisfaction and Communication with Parents Among Adolescents in 24 Countries: International Cross-sectional Survey.
• Male Body Image: The Roles of Sexual Orientation and BMI Across Five National U.S. Studies.

Equity and Disparities

• Disease and Outcome Disparities in Multiple Myeloma (MM): Exploring the Role of Race/Ethnicity and Obesity in Cooperative Group Clinical Trials.
• The associations between neighborhood constructs, physical activity, and childhood obesity: Understanding race and income disparities.

Stigma

• Ethnic Identity and Implicit Anti-fat Bias.
• Racial and Ethnic Minority Patients Weight-related Care Experiences.
• Health Educators' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward People Who are Obese.
• Stigma Plays a Role in Recommendation and Referral Behavior of Physicians.
• Weight Stigmatization Moderates the Effects of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage-Related PSAs Among U.S. Parents.
• I’m Your Patient, Not a Problem.

Policy Related

• Childhood Obesity as a Global Concern. (pdf)
• Emerging Social Policy, Housing Support and the Role of the Community Housing Sector.
• Constructing Nudges: Understanding the Public Policy Phenomenon.
• The Cost-effectiveness of Interventions Targeting Lifestyle Change for the Prevention of Diabetes in a Swedish Primary Care and Community Based Prevention Program.

Intergenerational Effects

• RCT: Dietary Patterns in Obese Pregnant Women; Influence of a Behavioral Intervention of Diet and Physical Activity.
• Home Visitation Programs: An Untapped Opportunity for the Delivery of Early Childhood Obesity Prevention.
• Early Infant Adipose Deposition is Positively Associated with the N-6 to N-3 Fatty Acid Ratio in Human Milk Independent of Maternal BMI.
• Cortisol in Human Milk Predicts Child BMI.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Acute Partial Sleep Deprivation Due to Environmental Noise Increases Weight Gain By Reducing Energy Expenditure in Rodents.
• Review: From the Past to Future: From Energy Expenditure to Energy Intake to Energy Expenditure.
• Review: Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of the Responses of Large Terrestrial Mammals to Heat and Aridity Associated with Climate Change.
• Sharks Swim Side-stroke to Save Energy.

Methods

• Body-mass Index Adjustments to Increase the Validity of Body Fatness Assessment in UK Black African and South Asian Children: A Cross-sectional Calibration Study.
• DXA Body Composition Assessment in 10-11 Year Healthy Children.
• The Use of Digital Images in 24-Hour Recalls May Lead to Less Misestimation of Portion Size Compared with Traditional Interviewer-Administered Recalls.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• A Social Contagious Model of the Obesity Epidemic.
• Glucose Oscillations Can Activate an Endogenous Oscillator in Pancreatic Islets.
• Cliff-edge Model of Obstetric Selection in Humans.

Commentary

• New Clues About How the Brain Knows When We’re Full and Should Stop Eating.
• An Interview with Dr. Adam Drewnowski, Obesity and Health Disparities Researcher.
• Obesity Awareness: Public Service or Public Nuisance?
• Health Plans Neglecting Children with Obesity.
• Watching Costs Pile Up for Untreated Obesity.
• Muscle Development and Aging in the NY Times.

General

• The Brittle World of Peanut Allergy.
• Scientific Integrity Resource Guide: Efforts By Federal Agencies, Foundations, Nonprofit Organizations, Professional Societies, and Academia in the United States.
• Low Social Status Leads to Off-kilter Immune System in Monkeys.
• Finding a Path to Safety in Food Allergy: Assessment of the Global Burden, Causes, Prevention, Management, and Public Policy.
• Inhibition of Autophagy with Bafilomycin and Chloroquine Decreases Mitochondrial Quality and Bioenergetic Function in Primary Neurons.
• Transforming Water: Social Influence Moderates Psychological, Physiological, and Functional Response to a Placebo Product.
• The Role of Psychological Science in Studying Research Misconduct.
• E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Major Public Health Concern.

Video & Audio

• Video: Scorpions, Centipedes & Other Invertebrates with Entomologist Stephanie Loria.
• Audio: Encore: Scientists Discover Centuries-Long Lifespan of Greenland Shark.
• Video: Evidence Matters.

Announcements

• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Honors Alan Alda with Double Helix Medal.
• Late-Breaking Abstracts Now Being Accepted for Presentation at ASN's Scientific Sessions at EB 2017.
• Course: Complex Trait Analysis of Next Generation Sequence Data.
• Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies: Colloquium at National Academy of Sciences, March 8-10, 2017.
• World Obesity Stock Conference on Intermittent and Periodic Energy Restriction – Applications Close Sun 11th December 2016.

Featured

• Bridging the Gap: Parkour Athletes Provide New Insights Into Locomotion Energetics of Arboreal Apes.
• High Energy Expenditure is Not Protective Against Increased Adiposity in Children.

Headline vs Study

• Is Factual Reporting on Sweeteners No Longer a Possibility?
• Headline: Celeb Cooking Shows an Answer to Obesity?
• Thesis: Individuals Who Watched Cooking Show Clip Had Higher Intentions of Using Vegetables; No Difference in Consumption, No Mention of Weight (As Reported in News Article).

Contrary or Null Findings

• Total Red Meat Intake of ≥0.5 Servings/d Does Not Negatively Influence Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Systemically Searched Meta-analysis of RCTs.
• RCT: Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Childbearing Age Women at Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Had No Effect on Weight or Waist.
• RCT: "In contrast to our hypothesis, the metabolic impairment induced by eight days of bed rest was not counteracted by ADCR [alternate-day caloric restriction] with overall energy balance."
• RCT: No Effects of Antiseptic Mouthwash on Resting Metabolic Rate.
• Contrary to Previous Studies, CRF (Cardiorespiratory Fitness) Was Not Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in This Group.
• RCT: an Increase in Protein Intake By 0.6 G/kg/d to a Mean Intake of 4.3 G/kg/d Did Not Further Enhance Growth of Very Preterm Infants with a Median Birth Weight of 1200 G, Who Achieved Near-fetal Growth Rates.
• Body Weight Was Not Associated with Women's Characteristics, Physical Activity Score, and Diet Within 1 Year After Childbirth.
• Contrary to Some Studies, Higher Parental Feeding Control at Age 42 to 65 Months Was Associated with Lower BMI at Ages 7 and 15 Years and Fat Mass at Age 15 Years.
• No Compelling Evidence of an Influence of Dietary Protein and Its Amino Acid Composition on Postoperative Outcomes After Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Systematic Review.
• "There were no significant differences in level of concern for developing an eating disorder, eating subscales, or food addiction among academic majors."
• "Our research did not demonstrate the usefulness of suPAR [Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor] as an inflammatory biomarker and a predictive value for future atherosclerosis in obese children."

Basic

• Diet-Induced Fatty Liver is Associated with Modified MiRNAs and Expression of Lipid Metabolism Genes in Grass Carp.
• The Metabolic Response to Energy Restriction is Altered in Melanocortin 4 Receptor-Deficient Male Rats.
• Glycaemic Control By Monoamine Oxidase Inhibition in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes.
• Chronotherapy Versus Conventional Statins Therapy for the Treatment of Hyperlipidaemia.
• Adipose Tissue Gene Expression is Differentially Regulated with Different Rates of Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Humans.
• Increased VLDL-TG Fatty Acid Storage in Skeletal Muscle in Men with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Modified Atkins Diet Induces Subacute Selective ragged-red-fiber Lysis in Mitochondrial myopathy Patients.
• The Cytoskeletal Protein Septin 11 is Associated with Human Obesity and is Involved in Adipocyte Lipid Storage and Metabolism.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Commentary: Bullying in Science and Health Promotion.
• Commentary: Journalists Need to Prune the Overgrowth in the Jungle of Supplement News.
• Response to Letter to the Editor: Intragastric Balloon for Management of Severe Obesity: A Systematic Review.
• Qualities of Robust Systematic Reviews and Theoretical Frameworks: A Response to Backholer and Peeters.
• Letter: The Yield and Validity of Preoperative Gastroscopy in Bariatric Surgery.
• Reply To: The Yield and Validity of Preoperative Gastroscopy in Bariatric Surgery.

Clinical

• RCT: A Brief EHealth Tool Delivered in Primary Care to Help Parents Prevent Childhood Obesity.
• RCT: Effect of Six-Month Diet Intervention on Sleep Among Overweight and Obese Men with Chronic Insomnia Symptoms.
• The Thin Gene.
• What Strategies do Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Use to Assess a Patient's/Client's Weight Loss Readiness?

Children and Adolescents

• Dietary Quality of the US Child and Adolescent Population: Trends From 1999 to 2012 and Associations with the Use of Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs.
• Embodied Resocialization at a Children's Weight Loss Camp.
• Correlates of Resource Empowerment Among Parents of Children with Overweight or Obesity.
• Child Care Exposure Influences Childhood Adiposity at 2 Years: Analysis From the ROLO Study.
• RCT: Parental Reactions to Weight Screening in Young Children.
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders are Highly Over-represented in Children with Obesity: A Cross-sectional Study.

Surgery

• Ablation of the Duodenal Mucosa as a Strategy for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: Role of Nutrient Signaling or Simple Weight Loss.
• Safety Analysis of Bariatric Patients Undergoing Outpatient Upper Endoscopy with Non-Anesthesia Administered Propofol Sedation.
• Preserved Fat-Free Mass After Gastric Bypass and Duodenal Switch.
• The Impact of Impulsivity on Weight Loss Four Years After Bariatric Surgery.
• Indications for Surgery for Obesity and Weight-Related Diseases: Position Statements From the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO).
• Laparoscopic Stomach Intestinal Pylorus Sparing Surgery in a Patient with Morbid Obesity and Situs Inversus: First Video Case Report.

Drugs

• Combination Varenicline and Lorcaserin for Tobacco Dependence Treatment and Weight Gain Prevention in Overweight and Obese Smokers: A Pilot Study.
• RCT: Liraglutide as Adjunct to Insulin Treatment in Type 1 Diabetes Does Not Interfere with Glycaemic Recovery or Gastric Emptying Rate During Hypoglycaemia.
• Drug Interventions for the Treatment of Obesity in Children and Adolescents.
• Post-marketing Withdrawal of Anti-obesity Medicinal Products Because of Adverse Drug Reactions: A Systematic Review.

Food & Diet

• Milk and Dairy Products: Good or Bad for Human Health? An Assessment of the Totality of Scientific Evidence.
• License to Eat: Information on Energy Expended During Exercise Affects Subsequent Energy Intake.
• Fast or Slow-foods? Describing Natural Variations in Oral Processing Characteristics Across a Wide Range of Asian Foods.

Caloric Restriction

• Nutrient Restriction of Glucose or Serum Results in Similar Proteomic Expression Changes in 3D Colon Cancer Cell Cultures.
• Anti-aging Effect of Metformin on Brain in Naturally Aged and Accelerated Senescence Model of Rat.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Whey Protein Consumption After Resistance Exercise Reduces Energy Intake at a Post-exercise Meal.
• Exercise Mimetics: Impact on Health and Performance.
• Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Sedentary, Obese Humans is Mediated by NADPH Oxidase.
• Effect of Exercise Training on Non-Exercise Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
• Physical Activity in Community-dwelling Older People: A Review of Systematic Reviews of Interventions and Context.

Economics & Sociology

• One Size May Not Fit All: How Obesity Among Mexican-Origin Youth Varies By Generation, Gender, and Age.
• Family Income and BMI – What Have We Learned From China.
• Does Your Body Know Who You Know? Multiple Roles of Network Members' Socioeconomic Status for Body Weight Ratings.

Epidemiology

• Prediction of Early Weight Gain During Psychotropic Treatment Using a Combinatorial Model with Clinical and Genetic Markers.
• Insulin Resistance and Its Association with Catch-up Growth in Chinese Children Born Small for Gestational Age.
• A Principal Component Meta-analysis on Multiple Anthropometric Traits Identifies Novel Loci for Body Shape.
• Generalization and Fine Mapping of European Ancestry-based Central Adiposity Variants in African Ancestry Populations.
• Cpt1a Methylation is Associated with Plasma Adiponectin.

Psychology

• 'Emotional' Does Not Even Start to Cover It: Generalization of Overeating in Emotional Eaters.
• Alcohol's Acute Effect on Food Intake is Mediated By Inhibitory Control Impairments.
• Family Influence on Portion Size? Sibling Number and Birth Position are Inversely Related to Maximum Portions Chosen Across a Range of Foods.
• Eating in the Absence of Hunger During Childhood Predicts Self-reported Binge Eating in Adolescence.
• Longitudinal Associations of Parental and Peer in Influences with Physical Activity During Adolescence: Findings From the COMPASS Study. (pdf)
• Social Norms Shift Preferences for Healthy and Unhealthy Foods.
• Reorganization of Brain Connectivity in Obesity.
• Muscle Dysmorphia Symptomatology and Associated Psychological Features in Bodybuilders and Non-Bodybuilder Resistance Trainers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Stigma

• Community-based Lifestyle Programmes Among Families of Overweight and Obese Children.
• Elective Surgery to Save My Life: Rethinking the “choice” in Bariatric Surgery.
• How Formerly Overweight and Obese Individuals Negotiate Disclosure of Their Weight Loss.
• Promoting Health, Well-Being, and Quality of Life for Children Who are Overweight or Obese and Their Families.
• Body Weight Can Change How Emotions are Perceived.

Policy Related

• Impact of Incentives on Healthcare Costs for Obese Enrollees.
• School-Based Obesity-Prevention Policies and Weight-Control Behaviors Among Adolescents.
• The Effect of Sugar-sweetened Beverage Consumption on Childhood Obesity -- Causal Evidence.
• Effect of Access to a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Authorized Store Location on Childhood Weight Outcomes. (pdf)
• School-Based Obesity-Prevention Policies and Practices and Weight-Control Behaviors Among Adolescents.
• Achieving the 2025 WHO Global Health Body-mass Index Targets: A Modelling Study on Progress of the 53 Countries in the WHO European Region.

Intergenerational Effects

• Dietary Intake Influences Adult Fertility and Offspring Fitness in Zebrafish.
• Assessment of Growth and Metabolism Characteristics in Offspring of Dehydroepiandrosterone-induced Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Adults.
• Ancestry Trumps Experience: Transgenerational but Not Early Life Stress Affects the Adult Physiological Stress Response.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Correlations of Metabolic Rate and Body Acceleration in Three Species of Coastal Sharks Under Contrasting Temperature Regimes.
• Review: Neural Signaling Metabolites May Modulate Energy Use in Hibernation.

Methods

• Three-dimensional Label-free Imaging and Quantification of Lipid Droplets in Live Hepatocytes.
• Application of Structural Equation Mixture Modeling to Characterize the Latent Structure of Eating Pathology.
• Are Early First Trimester Weights Valid Proxies for Preconception Weight?
• Comparative Analysis of Three Human Adipocyte Size Measurement Methods and Their Relevance for Cardiometabolic Risk.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• A Control Engineering Approach for Optimizing Physical Activity Behavioral Interventions.
• Integration of Metabolomics, Lipidomics and Clinical Data Using a Machine Learning Method.

Commentary

• Oxidative Priority, Meal Frequency, and the Energy Economy of Food and Activity: Implications for Longevity, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Disease.
• Editorial: An Oxidative Stress Paradox: Time for a Conceptual Change?
• Why Revolutionaries Love Spicy Food.
• "Randomized controlled trials and other forms of probative research are essential."
• Red Meats: Time for a Paradigm Shift in Dietary Advice.
• Too Much Food to Tempt Us in Too Many Places (some Quite Surprising).
• Why Reducing Our Wellness to a BMI Number is Hurting Our Health.
• Commentary: Microbes Might Explain Why Many Diets Backfire.
• Article: Persistent Microbiome Alterations Modulate the Rate of Post-dieting Weight Regain.

General

• Generation of Mitochondrial-nuclear EXchange Mice Via Pronuclear Transfer.
• Stat-checking Software Stirs Up Psychology.
• The Resveratrol Derivatives Trans-3,5-dimethoxy-4-fluoro-4'-hydroxystilbene and Trans-2,4',5-trihydroxystilbene Decrease Oxidative Stress and Prolong Lifespan in Caenorhabditis Elegans.
• Pairing Down the Placebo Response.
• The Headwinds/Tailwinds Asymmetry: An Availability Bias in Assessments of Barriers and Blessings.
• Multiple Morbidities in Companion Dogs: A Novel Model for Investigating Age-related Disease.
• Irreproducibility of Published Bioscience Research: Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Therapy.
• The Biologists Who Want to Overhaul Evolution.

Video & Audio

• Audio: The Price of a Wine Arbitrarily Influences How Pleasurable It is to Drink.
• Video: Interview - Ingenious: Leonard Hayflick.

Announcements

• Karolinska Institute's Peter Arner Wins Naomi Berrie Award for Studies on the Cellular Processes that Create and Maintain Fat Tissue in Humans.
• World Obesity Stock Conference on Intermittent and Periodic Energy Restriction – Applications Close Sun 11th December 2016.
• Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies: Colloquium at National Academy of Sciences, March 8-10, 2017.