Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• Trends in Obesity Among Participants Aged 2-4 Years in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - United States, 2000-2014.
• Role of Hypothalamic Creb-Binding Protein in Obesity and Molecular Reprogramming of Metabolic Substrates.
• Peri-muscular Adipose Tissue May Play a Unique Role in Determining Insulin Sensitivity/resistance in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Skipping Breakfast and Insufficient Sleep are Responsible for Increasing Obesity Among Children.
• Press Release: Skipping Breakfast and Not Enough Sleep Can Make Children Overweight.
• Study: Longitudinal Association Between 46 Variables and Four BMI Trajectories in Children; Skipping Breakfast Was Also Associated with Decreasing BMI Trajectory.
• Headline Vs. Study: A Battle Where Readers Often Lose.

Contrary or Null Findings

• "Permanent play facility provision was not associated with sedentary time or PA among nine- and 15-year-olds. Associations found between outdoor play area size, physical activity and sedentary time were negligible."
• In Contrast to High Fat Diet, the High Fructose Diet “reduced Epididymal Adipose Tissue and Increased Brown Adipose Tissue” in Mice.
• RCT: In Obesity-prone Adolescent Girls, IPT [Interpersonal Psychotherapy] Was Not Superior to HE [health Education] in Preventing Excess Weight Gain at 3 Years.
• RCT: "1000 IU vitamin D supplementation for 3 ...has no significant effect on body fat mass percentage."
• RCT: Among VLBW Infants, Use of Supplemental Donor Milk Compared with Formula Did Not Improve Neurodevelopment at 18 Months' Corrected Age.
• RCT: "The combination of dexamethasone and ondansetron was not effective in preventing PONV [postoperative nausea and vomiting] or severe PONV in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy after TIVA [total intravenous anesthesia]."
• RCT: No Significant Effect of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Counseling on Estimated 10-year Cardiovascular Risk Among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Grade 1 Hypertension.
• "None of the conventional neighborhood [built environment] metrics were associated either with diet quality, or with meeting PA guidelines."
• Chronic Activation of Hepatic Nrf2 Has No Major Effect on Fatty Acid and Glucose Metabolism in Adult Mice.

Basic

• The Effects of a High Fat Diet on Musculoskeletal Health in Aged Male C57BL/6J Mice.
• A New Leptin-mediated Mechanism for Stimulating Fatty Acid Oxidation: A Pivotal Role for Sarcolemmal FAT/CD36.
• The Effect of Body Mass and Diet Composition on Torpor Patterns in a Malagasy Primate (Microcebus Murinus).
• Invited Review: Nutrient-sensing Receptors for Free Fatty Acids and Hydroxycarboxylic Acids in Farm Animals.
• A Novel Selective Inhibitor of Delta-5 Desaturase Lowers Insulin Resistance and Reduces Body Weight in Diet-Induced Obese C57BL/6J Mice.
• The Effects of Dietary Macronutrient Balance on Skin Structure in Aging Male and Female Mice.
• The Noncaloric Sweetener Rebaudioside a Stimulates Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Release and Increases Enteroendocrine Cell Numbers in 2-Dimensional Mouse Organoids Derived From Different Locations of the Intestine.
• Downregulation of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 2 Reduces Cardiac Lipid Accumulation in Adult Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet.
• A Novel Amino Acid and Metabolomics Signature in Transgenic Mice Over Expressing Muscle Uncoupling Protein 3.
• Obesity-induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Suppresses Nuclear Factor-Y Expression in Ob/Ob Mice.
• Shift in Food Intake and Changes in Metabolic Regulation and Gene Expression During Simulated Night-Shift Work: A Rat Model.
• Time-restricted Feeding Improves Insulin Resistance and Hepatic Steatosis in a Mouse Model of Postmenopausal Obesity.
• Adipocyte Ceramides Regulate Subcutaneous Adipose Browning, Inflammation, and Metabolism.
• Leptin as a Cardiovascular Risk Marker in Metabolically Healthy Obese: Hyperleptinemia in Metabolically Healthy Obese.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Study: Dairy Fat and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in 3 Cohorts of US Adults.
• Commentary: Dairy Fat: Does It Increase or Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease?
• Authors Pull Two Papers About Faulty Glucose Meters After Industry Prompts.
• Reply: Healthy Behaviors Potentially Due to Calorie Restriction.

Clinical

• RCT: A Nationally Available Weight Control Program Tailored for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Normal Patterns of Appetite Stimulation in the Brain are Effectively Reversed in Those with Eating Disorders.
• Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Energy Intake in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Pilot Sham-controlled Study.
• Establishment of the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry: A National Research Collaborative for Identifying the Optimal Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Obesity.
• The Influence of Weight-Loss Expectations on Weight Loss and of Weight-Loss Satisfaction on Weight Maintenance in Severe Obesity.
• The Use of Technology for Estimating Body Composition.
• Wernicke Encephalopathy in Adolescents After Bariatric Surgery: Case Report and Review.

Children and Adolescents

• From Kindergarten Through Second Grade, U.S. Children's Obesity Prevalence Grows Only During Summer Vacations.
• Hispanic Maternal Influences on Daughters' Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors: The Role of Maternal Acculturation, Adiposity, and Body Image Disturbances.
• Depression, Its Comorbidities and Treatment, and Childhood BMI Trajectories.
• Pediatric Loss of Control Eating and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Concentrations.
• Infant Eating Behaviors and Risk for Overweight.
• RCT: Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Metformin on Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Children.
• A Novel Weight-Loss Tool Designed for Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities.
• A Healthy Weight for Toddlers? Two-Year Follow-up of an RCT of Group Well-Child Care.

Surgery

• Impact of Obesity on Robotic Assisted Sacrocolpopexy.
• Bile Acids Increase Independently From Hypocaloric Restriction After Bariatric Surgery.
• Ranking Factors Involved in Diabetes Remission After Bariatric Surgery Using Machine-learning Integrating Clinical and Genomic Biomarkers.
• RCT: Vitamin D3 Loading is Superior to Conventional Supplementation After Weight Loss Surgery in Vitamin D-Deficient Morbidly Obese Patients.
• Evolution of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Fibrosis After Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Depression, Antidepressants, and Weight Gain in Children.
• Rhythm Presents Positive Initial Data for Setmelanotide in LepR Deficiency Obesity.
• Administration of Gelesis200 Increases Fullness and Satiety in People Who are Overweight or Have Obesity.
• Liraglutide 3.0mg for Weight Management: Weight-loss Dependent and Independent Effects.
• Changes in HbA1c, Body Weight, and Systolic Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Initiating Dapagliflozin Therapy: A Primary Care Database Study.
• Statins for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.

Food & Diet

• The Energy Content and Composition of Meals Consumed After an Overnight Fast and Their Effects on Diet Induced Thermogenesis: A Systematic Review, Meta-analyses and Meta-regressions.
• Relationship Between Added Sugars Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk Factors: Current Understanding.
• RCT: Effect of 24-h Severe Energy Restriction on Appetite Regulation and Ad Libitum Energy Intake in Lean Men and Women.
• High-fructose Diet is as Detrimental as High-fat Diet in the Induction of Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Mediated By Hepatic/pancreatic Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress [in Rats].
• Time-Restricted Feeding Increases Fat Oxidation and Reduces Swings in Appetite Levels in Humans.
• Inulin Oligofructose Attenuates Metabolic Syndrome in High-carbohydrate, High-fat Diet-fed Rats.
• Alignment of Healthy Dietary Patterns and Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Review.

Caloric Restriction

• Extreme Calorie Restriction in Yeast Retentostats Induces Uniform Non-quiescent Growth Arrest.
• Peripheral Circadian Clocks Mediate Dietary Restriction-Dependent Changes in Lifespan and Fat Metabolism in Drosophila.
• RCT: Comparing Zero-calorie Alternate-day Fasting to Daily Caloric Restriction in Adults with Obesity.
• Lower Versus Higher Dose of Enteral Caloric Intake in Adult Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Association of the Magnitude of Weight Loss and Changes in Physical Fitness with Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Overweight or Obese People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Post-hoc Analysis of the Look AHEAD RCT.
• The Effects of Age, Adiposity, and Physical Activity on the Risk of Seven Site-Specific Fractures in Postmenopausal Women.
• Measuring Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Age-related Patterns of Vigorous-intensity Physical Activity in Youth: The International Children's Accelerometry Database.
• Motor Control Exercises of the Lumbar-pelvic Region Improve Respiratory Function in Obese Men. A Pilot Study.
• Parent-child Associations for Changes in Diet, Screen Time, and Physical Activity Across Two Decades in Modernizing China: China Health and Nutrition Survey 1991-2009.
• CBPR: Occupational Physical Activity and Weight-Related Outcomes in Immigrant Mothers.
• Serum Adiponectin Levels and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Non-Overweight and Overweight Portuguese Adolescents: The LabMed Physical Activity Study.

Economics & Sociology

• Obesity, Diet Quality, Physical Activity, and the Built Environment: The Need for Behavioral Pathways.
• Disentangling Overlapping Influences of Neighborhoods and Schools on Adolescent BMI.
• School Context Matters: The Impacts of Concentrated Poverty and Racial Segregation on Childhood Obesity.

Epidemiology

• Dynamic Modeling of Health and Its Application to the Large Scale Analysis of BMI, Using Data From Consecutive Set of Surveys.
• Successful Weight Reduction and Maintenance By Using a Smartphone Application in Those with Overweight and Obesity.
• Lifetime BMI Trajectory Classes and Obesity-related Cancer Risk in a US Retrospective Cohort Study.
• Socio-demographic Trends in Overweight and Obesity Among Parous and Nulliparous Women in Ghana.
• Anthropometric Indicators as Predictors of Total Body Fat and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Chilean Children at 4, 7 and 10 Years of Age.
• Measurement of Overweight and Obesity an Urban Slum Setting in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparison of Four Anthropometric Indices.
• Prevalence of Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity Among Reproductive-Age Women and Adolescent Girls in Rural China.

Psychology

• Impulsivity Toward Food Reward is Related to BMI: Evidence From Intertemporal Choice in Obese and Normal-weight Individuals.
• A Commentary on the Associations Among 'Food Addiction', Binge Eating Disorder, and Obesity: Overlapping Conditions with Idiosyncratic Clinical Features.
• The Effect of Age on the Prevalence of Obesity Among US Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Dietary Energy Density and Obesity: How Consumption Patterns Differ By Body Weight Status.
• Challenging the “jolly Fat” Hypothesis Among Older Adults: High BMI Predicts Increases in Depressive Symptoms Over a 5-year Period.
• Wanting and Liking: Separable Components in Problematic Eating Behavior?
• Influence of BMI and Dietary Restraint on Self-selected Portions of Prepared Meals in US Women.

Equity and Disparities

• Food Insecurity and Social Work: A Comprehensive Literature Review.
• Economic Inequality, Food Insecurity, and the Erosion of Equality of Capabilities in the United States.

Stigma

• What's in a Word? On Weight Stigma and Terminology.
• Weight Bias: A Call to Action.

Policy Related

• All Four Soda Tax Proposals Approved on Election Day.
• Food Advertising: Informative, Misleading or Deceptive?
• The Effect of State Competitive Food and Beverage Regulations on Childhood Overweight and Obesity.

Intergenerational Effects

• Dad's Preconception Exercise May Increase Obesity, Insulin Resistance Risk in Offspring.
• Kids Less Likely to Be Obese When Dad is Active Parent.
• Multigenerational Cardiometabolic Risk as a Predictor of Birth Outcomes: The Bogalusa Heart Study.
• Transgenerational Cardiology: One Way to a Baby's Heart is Through the Mother.
• Developmental Programming: Insulin Sensitizer Prevents the GnRH-stimulated LH Hypersecretion in a Sheep Model of PCOS.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• The Core Gut Microbiome of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana, is Stable and Resilient to Dietary Shifts.
• The Highly Variable Microbiota Associated to Intestinal Mucosa Correlates with Growth and Hypoxia Resistance of Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus Labrax, Submitted to Different Nutritional Histories.
• Energetics of Communal Roosting in Chestnut-crowned Babblers: Implications for Group Dynamics and Breeding Phenology.
• Transforming Life: A Broad View of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Concept From an Ecological Justice Perspective.
• Individual Variation in Energy-saving Heterothermy Affects Survival and Reproductive Success.

Methods

• Application of the Marginal Structural Model to Account for Suboptimal Adherence in an RCT.
• Deep Convolutional Neural Networks on a Diet: Sampling Strategies for Reducing the Training Set Size.
• Neck Circumference as an Effective Measure for Identifying Cardio-metabolic Syndrome: A Comparison with Waist Circumference.
• Stratification and Variation of the Human Gut Microbiota.
• Perspective: NutriGrade: A Scoring System to Assess and Judge the Meta-Evidence of RCTs and Cohort Studies in Nutrition Research.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Mathematical Framework for Abdominal Electrical Impedance Tomography to Assess Fatness.
• Can a Convolutional Neural Network Recognize Catalan Diet?

Commentary

• Putting Sugary Soda Out of Reach.
• Skipping Dinner May Boost Metabolism.
• Depression Linked to Higher BMI in Kids.
• Obesity and Energy Balance: What is the Role of Physical Activity?
• Behavioral Medicine: Nutrition, Medication Management, and Exercise.
• Of Plate, State and the Calculus of Hope.
• Family Obesity Extends to Our Beloved Critters.
• Opinion: Improving the Undergraduate Research Experience.

General

• The Spike-and-Slab Lasso Generalized Linear Models for Prediction and Associated Genes Detection.
• The Quiet Rise of the NIH's Hot New Metric.
• Quantifying the Evolution of Individual Scientific Impact.
• What We Can Learn About Evolution From Species Who Thrive Without Sexual Reproduction.
• Video: American Museum of Natural History: "Human Population Through Time."
• Protein Mobs Kill Cells that Most Need Those Proteins to Survive.
• How Dogs Sniff Out Invasive Species of Mussel in Montana.
• Specialized Grants Allow Ex-scientists to Restart Careers.
• Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Monkeys to Walk.
• Researchers Have Learned that Social Relationships Can Mean Life or Death for Young Primates.
• How Much Longer Can Antarctica's Hostile Ocean Delay Global Warming?

Announcements

• Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies.
• New Book: Food Cults: How Fads, Dogma, and Doctrine Influence Diet.
• European Congress on Obesity Abstract Submission.

Featured

• "Scientists and the public need to act boldly, speaking out against abuse and ad hominem attacks in science."
• The Effects [Association] of the Graduated Driver Licensing Restrictions on Teenage Obesity.
• RCT: "Diets high in MUFA [Canola Oil] (compared with PUFA) reduced central obesity with an accompanying improvement in MetS risk factors."
• Total Western Diet Alters Mechanical and Thermal Sensitivity and Prolongs Hypersensitivity Following Complete Freund's Adjuvant in Mice.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Diet and Exercise Can Reduce Protein Build-ups Linked to Alzheimer's, UCLA Study Shows.
• Study: Cross-sectional Associations Between Alzheimer's Disease-related Brain Scans and BMI, Self-Reported Diet, and Self-Reported Physical Activity in People with Cognitive or Memory Impairment.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "In this study, although breakfast consumption increased feelings of fullness and decreased feelings of hunger, there was no effect of breakfast consumption or breakfast composition on 24-h energy intake."
• Infection, but Not Antibiotic Use, During Infancy is Associated with Risk of Childhood Obesity.
• RCT: "A 2-year family camp-based obesity treatment programme had no significant effect on BMI SDS in children with severe obesity compared with an outpatient family-based treatment programme."
• In Rats, Maternal High Fat Diet (using Dairy Fat) Did Not Adversely Affect Pregnancy Outcome.
• "Accelerometer-assessed sedentary behavior was generally not associated with all-cause or CVD mortality in fully adjusted models."
• RCT: "Online MI chat sessions were not a viable strategy to enhance Web-based weight control treatment outcomes."
• "Ranitidine at doses of 150 and 300 mg day-1 when combined with olanzapine was ineffective in attenuating olanzapine-induced weight gain."

Basic

• Dynamic DNA Methylation Landscape Defines Brown and White Cell Specificity During Adipogenesis.
• Influence of a High-fat Diet on Cardiac INOS in Female Rats.
• The Prothrombotic State Associated with Obesity-induced Hypertension is Reduced By Cocoa and Its Main Flavanols.
• Sphingolipids in Obesity and Related Complications.
• Genomic Variants Associated with Resistance to High Fat Diet Induced Obesity in a Primate Model.
• "In the current study, we show that regular exercise slowed AHL [age-related hearing loss] and cochlear degeneration significantly in a well established murine model."
• Cross-phenotype Association Tests Uncover Genes Mediating Nutrient Response in Drosophila.
• Systemic Corazonin Signalling Modulates Stress Responses and Metabolism in Drosophila.
• Sperm MicroRNA Content is Altered in a Mouse Model of Male Obesity, but the Same Suite of MicroRNAs are Not Altered in Offspring's Sperm.
• Obesity Accelerates T Cell Senescence in Murine Visceral Adipose Tissue.
• PPARγ Isoforms Have Distinct Functions in Regulating Adipocyte Plasticity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Ad Hominem Argument in the Form of Commentary on the Body Size of Obesity Researchers.
• Dissident Dietary Credibility - the Power of Discontent.
• Is Sharing Caring? Social Media and Discourses of Healthful Eating.
• "Although industry-sponsored studies were more likely to have conclusions favorable to industry than non–industry-sponsored studies, the difference was not significant."
• Data on Bias that Defies an Investigator's Bias.

Clinical

• Setting Limits in Uneasy Times – Healthy Diets in Underprivileged Families.
• RCT: Daily Texting Feedback Effective for Weight Loss.
• RCT: Trial of a Nationally Available Weight Control Program Tailored for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Leptin in Cancer: Epidemiology and Mechanisms.
• The Obesity Paradox: Is It Really a Paradox? Hypertension.

Children and Adolescents

• Fat and Lean Tissue Accretion in Relation to Reward Motivation in Children. (pdf)
• Weight Gain and Height Growth During Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence as Predictors of Adult Cardiovascular Risk.
• The Effect of Early Feeding on Initial Glucose Concentrations in Term Newborns.
• Early Life Fructose Exposure and Its Implications for Long-Term Cardiometabolic Health in Offspring.
• Perspectives on Stress, Parenting, and Children’s Obesity-Related Behaviors in Black Families.
• Associations of Eating Two Breakfasts NOT Associated with Childhood Overweight Status Among Preschoolers.
• Growing Up in Portugal: Cape Verdean Ancestry Children Exhibit Low Overweight and Obesity Compared to Portuguese in Urban Lisbon.

Surgery

• Obesity and Outcome of Crohn's Associated Perianal Fistula Surgery: A Case-Control Study.
• Patient Selection and Surgical Management of High-Risk Patients with Morbid Obesity.
• A Novel Endoscopic Bariatric Procedure: Results of an Experimental Study.
• Enhanced Recovery After Bariatric Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Drugs

• Early Weight Loss with Liraglutide 3.0 Mg Predicts 1-Year Weight Loss and is Associated with Improvements in Clinical Markers.
• Long-term Treatment with the Beta-3 Adrenoceptor Agonist, Mirabegron Ameliorates Detrusor Overactivity and Restores Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate (cAMP) Levels in Obese Mice.
• Infection and Antibiotic Use in Infancy and Risk of Childhood Obesity: A Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study.
• Herbal Formula HT048 Attenuates Diet-Induced Obesity By Improving Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Obese Rats.
• Promotion of Drugs for Off-label Uses - The US Food and Drug Administration at a Crossroads.
• Estimating National Trends in Inpatient Antibiotic Use Among US Hospitals From 2006 to 2012.
• RCT: Meal Replacements Followed By Topiramate for the Treatment of Adolescent Severe Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Lower Doses of Fructose Extend Lifespan in Caenorhabditis Elegans.
• Perspectives on Learning to Cook and Public Support for Cooking Education Policies in the United States: A Mixed Methods Study.
• State-Level Farmers Market Activities: A Review of CDC-Funded State Public Health Actions that Support Farmers Markets.
• RCT: Comparing Zero-calorie Alternate-day Fasting to Daily Caloric Restriction in Adults with Obesity.
• Minimizing the Negative Flavor Attributes and Evaluating Consumer Acceptance of Chocolate Fortified with Peanut Skin Extracts.
• RCT: Effects of Subsidies and Prohibitions on Nutrition in a Food Benefit Program.

Caloric Restriction

• Effect of Feed Restriction in a Rabbit Line Selected for Growth Rate on Reproductive Performance: Ovulation Induction, Oocyte Quality, Embryonary and Fetal Losses.
• Impact of Intermittent Fasting on Health and Disease Processes.
• Intermittent Fasting is Neuroprotective in Focal Cerebral Ischemia By Minimizing Autophagic Flux Disturbance and Inhibiting Apoptosis.
• Loss of Nat4 and Its Associated Histone H4 N‐terminal Acetylation Mediates Calorie Restriction‐induced Longevity.
• Caloric Restriction Leads to Browning of White Adipose Tissue Through Type 2 Immune Signaling.
• RCT: Long-term Moderate Calorie Restriction Inhibits Inflammation Without Impairing Cell-mediated Immunity.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Effects of High-intensity Interval Training on Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Intervention Studies.
• RCT: Effect of Weekly Physical Activity Frequency on Weight Loss in Healthy Overweight and Obese Women Attending a Weight Loss Program.
• Exercise Intensity During Power Wheelchair Soccer.
• A Systematic Review of Review Articles Addressing Factors Related to Physical Activity Participation Among Children and Adults with Physical Disabilities.
• Personalized Activity Intelligence (PAI) for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Promotion of Physical Activity.
• Physical Activity Mediates the Relationship Between Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Cognitive Functioning: A Cross-sectional Analysis.
• The Effect of Vigorous- Versus Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Exercise on Insulin Action.
• Self-regulation of Eating and Physical Activity is Lower in Obese Female College Students as Compared to Their Normal Weight Counterparts.

Economics & Sociology

• Taxation of the Fat Content of Foods for Reducing Their Consumption and Preventing Obesity or Other Adverse Health Outcomes.
• The Impact of Medicare Part D on the Proportion of Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs Among Older Adults with Diabetes.
• BMI, Height, and Socioeconomic Position in Adolescence, Their Trajectories Into Adulthood, and Cognitive Function in Midlife.

Epidemiology

• Age–period–cohort Analyses of Obesity Prevalence in US Adults.
• Methylation Loci Associated with BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-to-hip Ratio in Chinese Adults: An Epigenome-wide Analysis.
• Lifestyle Correlates of Overweight in Adults: A Hierarchical Approach (the SPOTLIGHT Project).
• Black Gains in Life Expectancy.

Psychology

• Brain Regions Implicated in Inhibitory Control and Appetite Regulation are Activated in Response to Food Portion Size and Energy Density in Children.
• What Does It Mean to Eat an Appropriate Amount of Food?
• Pleasure as an Ally of Healthy Eating? Contrasting Visceral and Epicurean Eating Pleasure and Their Association with Portion Size Preferences and Wellbeing.
• Not Merely a Question of Self-control: The Longitudinal Effects of Overeating Behaviors, Diet Quality and Physical Activity on Dieters' Perceived Diet Success.
• Overeat Today, Skip the Scale Tomorrow: An Examination of Caloric Intake Predicting Nonadherence to Daily Self-weighing.
• Altered Structural and Effective Connectivity in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa in Circuits that Regulate Energy and Reward Homeostasis.

Equity and Disparities

• Racial Discrimination and Stigma Consciousness are Associated with Higher Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Minority Men.
• The Global Burden of Women’s Cancers: A Grand Challenge in Global Health.
• Participation of African Americans in E-Health and M-Health Studies: A Systematic Review.
• Leading By Success: Impact of a Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Program to Address Health Inequities.
• Disparities in the Context of Opportunities for Cancer Prevention in Early Life.
• Income Disparities in Cardiovascular Health Across the Lifespan.

Stigma

• Sizeism is a Health Hazard.
• Group Cognitive-behavioral Treatment for Internalized Weight Stigma: A Pilot Study.
• Obese and Overweight Women and Public Health Issues in Hillah City, Iraq.
• Stop Insulting Your Employees! : Legal - Discrimination.
• An Attentional Bias for Thin Bodies and Its Relation to Body Dissatisfaction.

Policy Related

• Assessing Feasibility and Readiness to Address Obesity Through Policy in American Indian Reservations.
• Putting Soda Taxes to the Test.
• Relationship Between Children’s BMI and Parents’ Preferences for Kids’ Yogurts with and Without Front of Package Health Signals.

Intergenerational Effects

• Paradoxical Leanness in the Imprinting Centre Deletion Mouse Model for Prader-Willi Syndrome.
• Maternal High-fat Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation Had Gender Difference Effect on Adiponectin in Rat Offspring. (pdf)
• Breastfeeding, Overweight Status, and Inflammation.
• Maternal Obesity and Gestational Weight Gain as Determinants of Long-Term Health.
• Mechanisms Linking Maternal Obesity to Offspring Metabolic Health.
• Donor Human Milk for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Faunal Acquisition, Maintenance, and Consumption: How the Teotihuacanos Got Their Meat.
• Feeding Through Your Gills and Turning a Toxicant Into a Resource: How the Dogfish Shark Scavenges Ammonia From Its Environment.
• Comparative Locomotor Costs of Domestic Dogs Reveal Energetic Economy of Wolf-like Breeds.
• Merging Elemental and Macronutrient Approaches for a Comprehensive Study of Energy and Nutrient Flows.

Methods

• A Method for the Measurement of Lactate, Glycerol and Fatty Acids Production From 14 C-glucose in Primary Cultures of Rat Epididymal Adipocytes.
• Physical Activity Patterns of Latina Immigrants Living in Alabama.
• Say Goodbye to Painful Jabs! You May Soon Be Able to Monitor Glucose Levels with Contact Lenses.
• Applying Concept Mapping Methodology to Identify the Perceptions of Risk and Protective Factors for Childhood Obesity Among Southeast Asian Refugees.
• Projected Impact of Mexico’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Policy on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Modeling Study.
• Which Cuff Should I Use? Indirect Blood Pressure Measurement for the Diagnosis of Hypertension in Patients with Obesity: A Diagnostic Accuracy Review.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• The Statistical Mechanics of Human Weight Change.
• On the Combination of Omics Data for Prediction of Binary Outcomes (including Obesity).

Commentary

• Fecal Metabolomics in Pediatric Spondyloarthritis Implicate Decreased Metabolic Diversity and Altered Tryptophan Metabolism as Pathogenic Factors.
• Animal Obesity: Causes, Consequences and Comparative Aspects.
• Knowing When and How to Use Medical Products: A Shared Responsibility for the FDA and CMS.
• Proposed Tax on Sweetened Drinks Leaves Sour Taste in Citizens’ Mouths.
• Association of a Genetic Risk Score with BMI.
• Healthy Behaviors Potentially Due to Calorie Restriction.

General

• Heritable DNA Methylation in CD4+ Cells Among Complex Families Displays Genetic and Non-Genetic Effects.
• "Our study examined the effective use of the social media site ...as an information source for the Zika ...misleading posts were far more popular than the posts dispersing accurate, relevant public health information about the disease."
• Best Practices for Biostatistical Consultation and Collaboration in Academic Health Centers.
• Effects of 6-month Supplementation with β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate, Glutamine and Arginine on Vascular Endothelial Function of Older Adults.
• Too Much Public Shaming is Bad, but That’s Not the Real Problem in Science.
• Diabetes Mellitus with Chronic Complications in Relation to Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Artery Stenting Outcomes.
• The Limitations of Opportunistic Epidemiology, Pseudopod Epidemiology.

Video & Audio

• Videos From 2016 National Academy of Medicine Meeting - Obesity Theme.
• WATCH: How Sugar Affects the Brain.
• CDC: Most US Youths Exceed Recommended Daily Salt Intake.

Announcements

• 6TH Short Course On Next-Generation Sequencing: Technology and Statistical Methods:12/12/16 – 12/15/16.
• National Academy of Sciences President Emeritus Ralph J. Cicerone Dies at 73.

Featured

• RCT: Impact of Imposed Exercise on Energy Intake in Children at Risk for Overweight.
• From Kindergarten Through Second Grade, U.S. Children's Obesity Prevalence Grows Only During Summer Vacations.
• "Spatial Energetics": Integrating Data From GPS, Accelerometry, and GIS to Address Obesity and Inactivity.
• Short-term Dietary Restriction in Old Zebrafish Changes Cell Senescence Mechanisms.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Less Carbs, More Fat: Ketogenic Diet Makes Migraine Patients’ Headaches Disappear.
• Study: Uncontrolled Pre-post Study of 18 Migraineurs Had a Lower, but Not 'disappeared' Frequency.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "These findings do not support the role of background music on energy" intake.
• Systematic Literature Review Shows that Appetite Rating Does Not Predict Energy Intake.
• Systematic Review: Interventions Via TV, DVD or Video-based Interventions May Increase Physical Activity When Offered as an Incentive, However, Effects on Weight Status Were Not Observed.
• RCT: "An individually-adapted nutritional counselling did not improve body mass among elderly patients 3 months after discharge from a rehabilitation institution."
• RCT: No Significant Difference in Weight Loss with High Carbohydrate vs High Protein Diets.
• RCT: "In the context of healthy non-obese humans, CR has no effect on muscle mitochondrial function..."
• RCT: No Difference in Acute Effects of Supplemental V. Dietary Calcium on Blood Pressure and Microvascular Function in Obese Women Challenged with a High-fat Meal.
• Contrary to Our Hypothesis, Neuroticism Was Positively Associated with Weight Restoration.
• Energy Density is Not a Consistent Correlate of Adiposity in Women During the Menopausal Transition.

Basic

• The Methyl Donor S-adenosylmethionine Prevents Liver Hypoxia and Dysregulation of Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Function in a Rat Model of Alcohol-induced Fatty Liver Disease.
• Activation of the Central Melanocortin System Chronically Reduces Body Weight Without the Necessity of Long-term Caloric Restriction.
• Activation of β3-adrenoceptors Increases in Vivo Free Fatty Acid Uptake and Utilization in Brown but Not White Fat Depots in High-fat Fed Rats.
• Adipose Tissue Hyperplasia with Enhanced Adipocyte-derived Stem Cell Activity in Tc1(C8orf4)-deleted Mice.
• Differential Effects of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers on Pancreatic Islet Remodelling and Glucose Homeostasis in Diet-induced Obese Mice.
• Lead (Pb) Exposure Promotes Diabetes in Obese Rodents.
• Adipose Tissue at the Nexus of Systemic and Cellular Immunometabolism.
• Collagen and Fibronectin: Threads Linking Obesity and Breast Cancer.
• A Glucocorticoid- and Diet-responsive Pathway Toggles Adipocyte Precursor Cell Activity in Vivo.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Diet for a Hungry, Fat, Dry, Wet, Hot, Sick Planet.
• Commentary and Reply On: A Thrifty Variant in CREBRF Strongly Influences BMI in Samoans [see Comments at Bottom of PubMed Entry].
• Do Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Cause Obesity and Diabetes? Industry and the Manufacture of Scientific Controversy.
• Associations Between Study Funding and Outcomes: Social scientists should not suspend their skepticism and choose as a default hypothesis that bias is always or typically the cause.

Clinical

• Effect of Head Position and Weight Loss on Intraocular Pressure in Obese Subjects.
• RCT: Effect of Oral Theaflavin Administration on Body Weight, Fat, and Muscle in Healthy Subjects.
• Back to the Future. Metabolic Effects of a 4-Day Outdoor Trip Under Simulated Paleolithic Conditions – New Insights From the Eifel Study.
• Masked Hypertension in Obesity: Potential Predictors and Arterial Damage.

Children and Adolescents

• The Child Obesity Epidemic in Saudi Arabia.
• Early Life Characteristics Associated with Appetite-Related Eating Behaviors in 7-Year-Old Children.
• The Health Impact of Air Pollution and Outdoor Physical Activity on Children and Adolescents in Mainland China.
• For Schoolchildren, Weights Rise Along with Summer Temperatures.

Surgery

• Family Factors that Characterize Adolescents with Severe Obesity and Their Role in Weight Loss Surgery Outcomes.
• Fasting and Post-prandial Peptide YY Levels in Obese Patients Before and After Two Types of the Bariatric Surgery: Mini Gastric Bypass and Roux En Y Gastric Bypass.
• If Health Plans Limit Bariatric Surgery, are Lives at Risk?
• Cost-effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with Obesity.

Drugs

• Thiazolidinediones for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Meta-analysis of RCTs.
• RCT: Head-to-Head of Metformin Versus Topiramate in Obese People with Schizophrenia.
• Obesity: Current and Potential Pharmacotherapeutics and Targets.
• Harnessing Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for the Pharmacological Treatment of Overweight and Obesity.
• Anti-obesogenic and Antidiabetic Effects of Plants and Mushrooms.

Food & Diet

• Dietary Sugars Versus Glucose Tablets for First-aid Treatment of Symptomatic Hypoglycaemia in Awake Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• RCT: Meals Based on Vegetable Protein Sources (beans and Peas) are More Satiating than Meals Based on Animal Protein Sources (veal and Pork).
• Glucose and Lipid Profile of Obese Dogs Fed with Different Starchy Sources.
• Nutritional Interventions or Exposures in Infants and Children Aged Up to 3 Years and Their Effects on Subsequent Risk of Overweight, Obesity and Body Fat: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.
• Epigenome-wide Association Study of Triglyceride Postprandial Responses to a High-fat Dietary Challenge.
• Effects of Free Access to Sugar Solutions on the Control of Energy Intake.

Caloric Restriction

• Caloric Restriction and Type 2 Immunity.
• A Novel Caloric Restriction-Like Mimetic Affects Longevity in Yeast By Reprogramming Core Metabolic Pathways.
• Effects of 12 Months of Caloric Restriction on Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Healthy Individuals.
• The Effect of Dietary Restriction on Reproduction: A Meta-analytic Perspective.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• RCT: Impact of Commonly Prescribed Exercise Interventions on Platelet Activation in Physically Inactive and Overweight Men.
• RCT: Effect of Resistance Training and Caloric Restriction on the Metabolic Syndrome.
• Physical Activity Maintenance Among Spanish-speaking Latinas in a RCT of an Internet-based Intervention.
• The Effect of Fasted vs Fed High-Intensity Interval Exercise on Metabolism and Diet.
• Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association.
• Mortality and Heart Disease: You Don’t Have to Be an Athlete to Reduce the Risk Factors.

Economics & Sociology

• Childhood Socioeconomic Status in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome and Glucose Abnormalities in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
• Brain reward system's alterations in response to food and monetary stimuli in overweight and obese individuals.

Epidemiology

• Does One Size Fit All? The Role of BMI and Waist Circumference in Systemic Inflammation in Midlife By Race and Gender.
• A U-Shaped Association of BMI and All-cause Mortality in Heart Failure Patients: A Dose-response Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.
• Being Overweight in Early Adulthood is Associated with Increased Mortality in Middle Age.
• Fat Accumulation in the Tongue is Associated with Male Gender, Abnormal Upper Airway Patency and Whole-body Adiposity.
• Validating a Summary Measure of Weight History for Modeling the Health Consequences of Obesity.
• Trends in the Prevalence of Self-reported Diabetes in Brazilian Capital Cities and the Federal District, 2006–2014.
• Impact of Dietary and Metabolic Risk Factors on Cardiovascular and Diabetes Mortality in South Asia: Analysis From the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study.
• Body Composition-derived BMI Cut-offs for Overweight and Obesity in Indians and Creoles of Mauritius: Comparison with Caucasians.
• Getting to Grips with the Obesity Epidemic in Europe.
• The Growing Problems of Dental Caries and Obesity: An Australian Perspective.
• Population Attributable Risks and Costs of Diabetogenic Chemical Exposures in the Elderly.
• Use of Statins Offsets Insulin-related Cancer Risk.
• Urban–rural and Geographic Differences in Overweight and Obesity in Four Sub-Saharan African Adult Populations: A Multi-country Cross-sectional Study.
• Interaction of Sex Steroid Hormones and Obesity on Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes in Men: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Psychology

• The Substitutability of Cigarettes and Food: A Behavioral Economic Comparison in Normal Weight and Overweight or Obese Smokers.
• Bariatric Surgery Candidates' Peer and Romantic Relationships and Associations with Health Behaviors.
• Are Overeating and Food Addiction Related to Distress Tolerance? An Examination of Residents with Obesity From a U.S. Metropolitan Area.
• The Audience Eats More If a Movie Character Keeps Eating: An Unconscious Mechanism for Media Influence on Eating Behaviors.

Stigma

• Weight Matters: Health Educators' Knowledge of Obesity and Attitudes Toward People Who are Obese.
• The Experience of Weight Stigma Among Gym Members with Overweight and Obesity.
• Weight Shaming Falls as Medical View of Obesity Grows.

Policy Related

• RCT: "Health-related warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages improved adolescents' recognition of the sugar content of such beverages and reduced hypothetical choices to buy sugar-sweetened beverages."
• The Pass-Through of Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Retail Prices: The Case of Berkeley, California.
• Morbid Obesity in Disasters: Bringing the “Conspicuously Invisible” Into Focus.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Chromium Restriction Leads to Glucose Metabolism Imbalance in Mice Offspring Through Insulin Signaling and Wnt Signaling Pathways.
• A Maternal Low-Fiber Diet Predisposes Offspring to Improved Metabolic Phenotypes in Adulthood in an Herbivorous Rodent.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Integrating Intraspecific Variation in Community Ecology Unifies Theories on Body Size Shifts Along Climatic Gradients.
• Seasonal Variation of Metabolism in Lizard Phrynocephalus Vlangalii at High Altitude.
• A General Relationship Links Gait Mechanics and Running Ground Reaction Forces.

Methods

• Food Image Segmentation for Dietary Assessment.
• a Mobile Food Record for Integrated Dietary Assessment.
• A Systematic Review of Methods for Handling Missing Variance Data in Meta-Analyses of Interventions in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Smartphone Apps Could Provide Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• A Mathematical Model of the Liver Circadian Clock Linking Feeding and Fasting Cycles to Clock Function.
• Quantifying a Systems Map: Network Analysis of a Childhood Obesity Causal Loop Diagram.

Commentary

• Some Studies Have Argued that a Meat-free Diet Will Increase Longevity, but the Answer is More Complex.
• Perspectives in Aging: Nutritional and Energetic Interventions.
• The Importance of a Balanced ω-6 to ω-3 Ratio in the Prevention and Management of Obesity.

General

• Update on Importance of Diet in Gout.
• Advice To Early Career Researchers.
• Habitat- and Season-specific Temperatures Affect Phenotypic Development of Hatchling Lizards.
• Cranberry for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection? Time to Move On.
• Audio: What is Energy? Alan Alda—and a Bunch of Kids—Want to Know.
• Aging Dysregulates D- and E-series Resolvins to Modulate Cardiosplenic and Cardiorenal Network Following Myocardial Infarction.
• Urbanized South Asians' Susceptibility to Coronary Heart Disease: The High-heat Food Preparation Hypothesis.
• Rare Genetic Obesity May Be Less Rare Thank We Think.

Video & Audio

• Videos: Driving Action and Progress on Obesity Prevention and Treatment – a Workshop.

Announcements

• New Book: The Case Against Sugar.

Featured

• Reporting Error in Weight and Height Among Older Adults Causes Bias in Estimation of Healthcare Costs.
• Brown Adipose Tissue Function is Enhanced in Long-Lived, Male Ames Dwarf Mice.
• "Ignoring the competing mortality risk among men with weight loss substantially overestimates their longterm fracture probability and relative fracture risk."
• The TreadWheel: A Novel Apparatus to Measure Genetic Variation in Response to Gently Induced Exercise for Drosophila.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: New ‘Designer’ Rice Could Prevent Diabetes, Cancer and Obesity: Australian Study. “A study …discovered a method to increase the resistant starch content in rice, making it more digestible and leading to lower rates of diabetes and obesity.”
• Study: A study of molecular genetics of rice leading to altered starch content – No humans or animals eating the rice were studied nor were diabetes, cancer, or obesity studied. 
• Headline: Restoring Evolutionary Fatty Acid Balance May Curb Obesity.
• Editorial: Narrative Review with Little Evidence of What Constitutes an 'Evolutionary Fatty Acid Balance' or Causal Evidence that It Would Affect Obesity.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Significant Effects of Elaeagnus Angustifolia L. On Lipid Profile and Atherogenic Indices in Obese Females.
• "Our results do not support the association between CVDs and saturated fat, which is still contained in official dietary guidelines."
• "...the results suggest that residents who engage in physical activity and have higher levels of greenspace in their local area suffer a wellbeing burden where the resident perceives higher levels of incivility in the neighbourhood."
• Hypothesis that Parenting Styles and Parenting Behaviors Mediated the Relations Between Maternal Depression, Maternal Temperament, and Child BMI Not Supported.
• No Compelling Evidence of BMI Effect in Outcome Evaluation of a Policy-Mandated Lifestyle and Environmental Modification Program in a National Job Training Center.
• The Goal of Restricting Junk Food Was Not Associated with the Mother Restricting Junk Food.
• Serum Bioavailable 25-hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations are Not Associated with Bone Mass Loss After Bariatric Surgery in Women.
• RCT: No Effect on BMI of Supervised Exercise Training in Addition to Interdisciplinary Lifestyle Management in Subjects Awaiting Bariatric Surgery.
• Advanced Age (≥60 Years) is Not a Significant Predictor of a Worse Outcome for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass.
• RCT: No Significant Effect of a Fermented Milk Product Containing the Lactobacillus Casei National Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (CNCM) I-1518 Strain on Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Common Infectious Diseases (CIDs) in Children Attending Day-care Centers in Russia.

Basic

• Circadian-Controlled Thirst.
• Binge-like Intake of HFD Attenuates Alcohol Intake in Rats.
• Supplementation of a Fermented Soybean Extract Reduces Body Mass and Prevents Obesity in High Fat Diet-Induced C57BL/6J Obese Mice.
• Transcriptome Profile Reveals that Pu-Erh Tea Represses the Expression of Vitellogenin Family to Reduce Fat Accumulation in Caenorhabditis Elegans.
• Chronic Sleep Disruption Alters Gut Microbiota, Induces Systemic and Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Mice.
• The Effects of High-fat-diet Combined with Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress on Depression-like Behavior and Leptin/LepRb in Male Rats.
• Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1 Deficiency Reduces Lipid Accumulation in the Heart By Activating Lipolysis Independently of Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α.
• Key Role for FGF21 in GLP1-mediated Weight Loss.
• Is Cleaved Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Really Inactive? Effects of GLP-1(9-36) on Human Adipose Stem Cells.
• Depleting Dietary Valine Permits Nonmyeloablative Mouse Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
• Complementary Roles of Estrogen-Related Receptors in Brown Adipocyte Thermogenic Function.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Did the Evidence Really Not Support the Introduction of Low Fat Dietary Guidance Before 1983?
• U.S. Obesity Crisis: Is the Wrong Omega-X Mix Responsible?
• Reviews on One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass.
• Hypoabsorption Not Malabsorption, Hypoabsorptive Surgery and Not Malabsorptive Surgery.
• The Clinical Dilemma of Calcium Supplementation After Bariatric Surgery: Calcium Citrate or Calcium Carbonate that is the Question?

Clinical

• Outcomes of Obese Patients on Dexmedetomidine in the Critical Care.
• RCT: A 6-Month Swallowable Balloon System Results in Sustainable Weight Loss at 1 Year.
• Integrating Behavioral Economics Into Nutrition Education Research and Practice.
• RCT: Screening and Brief Intervention for Obesity in Primary Care.
• Feasibility of a Friendship Network-Based Pediatric Obesity Intervention.
• RCT: Activation of Heat Shock Response to Treat Obese Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) Pilot Study Protocol: A Gender-sensitized Weight Loss and Healthy Lifestyle Program for Overweight and Obese Male Hockey Fans.

Children and Adolescents

• Breast-Feeding and Infant Obesity.
• Social Networks and Childhood Obesity.
• Mapping of Reviews on Breastfeeding and Obesity Risk in Children.
• Does Fitness Make the Grade? The Relationship Between Elementary Students’ Physical Fitness and Academic Grades.
• Associations Between Exclusive Breastfeeding and Physical Fitness During Childhood.

Surgery

• Longitudinal Evaluation of Work Status and Productivity After Bariatric Surgery.
• Medical Weight Management Before Bariatric Surgery: Is It an Evidence-based Intervention or a Rationing Tool?

Drugs

• Pharmacologic Activation of Estrogen Receptor β Increases Mitochondrial Function, Energy Expenditure, and Brown Adipose Tissue.
• RCT: Adding the DPP-4 Inhibitor Sitagliptin to Ongoing Therapy with Liraglutide (GLP-1 Receptor Agonist): Increases in Intact GLP-1 and GIP, but No Change in Insulin, Glucagon or Plasma Glucose Following a Mixed Meal in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• SGLT2 Inhibitors: β Blockers for the Kidney?

Food & Diet

• Metabolism: Keeping Tabs on Fructose.
• RCT: Hormonal Responses to Non-nutritive Sweeteners in Water and Diet Soda.
• Differential Effects of Hyper Caloric Choice Diets on Insulin Sensitivity in Rats.
• RCT: Whole-Grain Diet Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight and Obese Adults.
• Lack of Evidence Linking Calcium with or Without Vitamin D Supplementation to Cardiovascular Disease in Generally Healthy Adults: A Clinical Guideline From the National Osteoporosis Foundation and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology.
• Trimethylamine N‐Oxide and Mortality Risk in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease.
• Sugars and Health: A Review of Current Evidence and Future Policy. (pdf)
• The Effect of Vegan Protein-Based Diets on Metabolic Parameters, Expressions of Adiponectin and Its Receptors in Wistar Rats.
• The Influence of Energy Standardisation on the Alternate Mediterranean Diet Score and Its Association with Mortality in the Multiethnic Cohort.

Caloric Restriction

• Prolonged Calorie Restriction Downregulates Skeletal Muscle MTORC1 Signaling Independent of Dietary Protein Intake and Associated MicroRNA Expression.
• Vitamin E and Caloric Restriction Promote Hepatic Homeostasis Through Expression of Connexin 26, N-cad, E-cad, and Cholesterol Metabolism Genes.
• Effects of Moderate Food Deprivation on Plasma Corticosterone and Blood Metabolites in Common Watersnakes (Nerodia Sipedon).

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Harnessing Technology and Citizen Science to Support Neighborhoods that Promote Active Living in Mexico.
• RCT: Physical Activity Maintenance Among Spanish-speaking Latinas with an Internet-based Intervention.
• The Influence [association] of Parental Modelling on Children’s Physical Activity and Screen Time: Does It Differ By Gender?
• Wheel Lets Researchers Measure Fruit Fly Exercise.
• Step Counts on Weekdays, Weekends, and During Physical Education of Navajo High School Students.
• The Interaction Between Physical Activity and Obesity Gene Variants in Association with BMI: Does the Obesogenic Environment Matter?

Economics & Sociology

• Effects of a 12-Month Pedometer-Based Walking Intervention in Women of Low Socioeconomic Status.
• Neighborhood Factors and Six-month Weight Change Among Overweight Individuals in a Weight Loss Intervention.
• Modifying Effects of Education on the Association Between Lifestyle Behaviors and the Risk of Obesity: Evidence From South Korea.

Epidemiology

• Transitions in Metabolic Risk and Long-Term Cardiovascular Health: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
• Dietary Inflammatory Index and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in African American Women.
• Age–period–cohort Analyses of Obesity Prevalence in US Adults.
• Associations of Neighborhood Safety and Neighborhood Support with Overweight and Obesity in US Children and Adolescent.
• Does Weight Cycling Promote Obesity and Metabolic Risk Factors?
• Changes in BMI and Waist Circumference and Concurrent Mortality Among Swedish Women.

Psychology

• Calorie Intake and Gambling: Is Fat and Sugar Consumption ‘Impulsive’?
• Fat and Lean Tissue Accretion in Relation to Reward Motivation in Children.

Equity and Disparities

• Mr. Fertility Authority, Tear Down that Weight Wall!
• Epigenetic Mediators Between Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Mid-Life BMI: The New England Family Study.
• Unconditional Quantile Regressions to Determine the Social Gradient of Obesity in Spain 1993–2014.

Stigma

• Perceived Weight Discrimination and Chronic Biochemical Stress: A Population-based Study Using Cortisol in Scalp Hair.
• Bariatric Surgery Patients' Perceptions of Weight-Related Stigma in Healthcare Settings Impair Post-surgery Dietary Adherence.
• An Empirical Investigation of Gender, Sexual Attitudes, Weight Bias and Body Image. (pdf)
• Perceived Weight Discrimination Mediates the Prospective Relation Between Obesity and Depressive Symptoms in U.S. And U.K. Adults.

Policy Related

• Science and Public Health on Trial: Warning Notices on Advertisements for Sugary Drinks.
• Using Cost-effectiveness Analysis to Prioritize Policy and Programmatic Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion and Obesity Prevention in Childhood.
• Soda Wars: Effect of a Soda Tax Election on Soda Purchases.
• Tax on Sugary Foods and Drinks Backed By World Health Organisation.
• Strategic Approaches to Food Security in Developing Countries (book).
• The Efficacy of Calorie Labelling Formats on Pre-packaged Foods: An Experimental Study Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Canada.

Intergenerational Effects

• A Narrative Review of the Associations Between Six Bioactive Components in Breast Milk and Infant Adiposity.
• Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI and Newborn Telomere Length.
• Biological Features of Placental Programming.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• UV-associated Decline in Systemic Folate: Implications for Human Nutrigenetics, Health, and Evolutionary Processes.
• Review: Current Versus Future Reproduction and Longevity: A Re-evaluation of Predictions and Mechanisms.
• Meta Analysis: Metabolic Rates, and Not Hormone Levels, are a Likely Mediator of Between-individual Differences in Behaviour.

Methods

• The Repeatability of the Abbreviated (4-h) Oral Fat Tolerance Test and Influence of Prior Acute Aerobic Exercise.
• Innovative Technology and Dietary Assessment in Low-Income Countries.
• On the Combination of Omics Data for Prediction of Binary Outcomes. (pdf)
• Body Composition Changes After Very Low-calorie Ketogenic Diet in Obesity Evaluated By Three Standardized Methods.
• What are They Really Eating? A Review on New Approaches to Dietary Intake Assessment and Validation.
• Use of Dietary Assessment Tools in Randomized Trials Evaluating Diet-based Interventions in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Literature.
• A Comparison Between Skinfold Calipers and Ultrasound Imaging for Assessing Body Composition in Recreationally Active Students.
• Hand-to-Hand Model for Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Estimate Fat Free Mass in a Healthy Population.
• Algorithm to Improve Accuracy of Energy Expended in a Room Calorimeter.
• A Systematic Review of Methods to Assess Intake of Sugar-sweetened Beverages Among Healthy European Adults and Children: A DEDIPAC (DEterminants of DIet and Physical Activity) Study.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Adopting Epidemic Model to Optimize Medication and Surgical Intervention of Excess Weight.
• Modelling Body Weight, Dieting and Obesity Traps.
• The Validity of US Nutritional Surveillance: USDA Loss-Adjusted Food Availability Data Series 1971–2010.
• Incorrect Statistical Method in Parallel-groups RCT Led to Unsubstantiated Conclusions.

Commentary

• How Dietitians Can Change (Save?) the World.
• Don’t Game the System — Be the System.
• Dietary Fat Guidelines Have No Evidence Base: Where Next for Public Health Nutritional Advice?
• Only 1 in 3 People Have Evolved Tolerance to Lactose.
• Unacceptable Liver Toxicity From Dietary Supplements.
• My (Arya Sharma) Critical Review of Critical Fat Studies: Obesity in Canada.
• Scientists Busted a Myth About Sex and Weight Loss.
• Glowing Rectangles and Obesity in the South Pacific.
• Where’s the Outrage Over Screen Time?

General

• The Grey Zone: How Questionable Research Practices are Blurring the Boundary Between Science and Misconduct.
• CONSORT 2010 Statement: Extension to Randomised Pilot and Feasibility Trials.
• Message Framing and Physical Activity Promotion in Colorectal Cancer Survivors.
• Social Cognitive Constructs Did Not Mediate the BEAT Cancer Intervention Effects on Objective Physical Activity Behavior Based on Multivariable Path Analysis.

Video & Audio

• How to Get the Most Out of Scientific Meetings.

Announcements

• International Prize in Statistics Awarded to Sir David Cox for Survival Analysis Model Applied in Medicine, Science, and Engineering.