Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• Nutritional and Lifestyle Supportive Care Recommendations for Management of Obesity with GLP-1 - Based Therapies: An Expert Consensus Statement Using a Modified Delphi Approach.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: "Exercise may be moderately more effective than a control intervention for reducing symptoms of depression. Exercise appears to be no more or less effective than psychological or pharmacological treatments…"
• Evaluation of the Effects of a New Standard Equation for Doubly Labeled Water Studies.
• Fasting as Medicine: Mitochondrial and Endothelial Rejuvenation in Vascular Aging.
• Nucleotide Metabolic Rewiring Enables NLRP3 Inflammasome Hyperactivation in Obesity.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Losing Weight in Midlife May Have a Hidden Brain Cost.
• Press Release: Weight Loss to Treat Midlife Obesity: Protecting the Aging Brain May Be Key.
• Study: Weight Loss Aggravates Obesity-Induced Hypothalamic Inflammation... In Mid-Aged Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "...the kindergarten-based obesity prevention intervention showed no overall effect on BMI z-score or overweight risk at the population level..."
• RCT: No Demonstrated Effectiveness of a Just-In-Time Micro-RCT on the Physical Activity and Sedentary Time of Young Children and Their Parents: The Active Family M-Health Intervention.
• RCT: "In conclusion, twelve 10-minute sessions of short-HIIT performed at the beginning of physical education classes over six weeks did not alter executive function or inhibitory control in adolescents..."
• RCT: Lesser Effects from Low-Load Blood-Flow Restriction Training Versus High-Load Resistance Training on Neuromuscular Performance and Neuromuscular Activation.
• RCT: "We observed no changes in markers of insulinemia, inflammation, or PSA from a 16-week at-home walking intervention vs. control in individuals with low-risk [prostate cancer]."
• RCT: "In this ... trial of diabetes-free individuals with obesity and MASLD, a 6-month berberine treatment at a daily dose of 1 g had an excellent safety profile but did not reduce VAT area or liver fat content."
• RCT: "In this relatively small study, providing a modified, low-protein infant formula during the first months of life did not affect hormonal and metabolic markers during early childhood."
• RCT: No apparent "efficacy of a phase III cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program, based on counseling in the maintenance of physical exercise, on the time spent on physical exercise per week in patients with ischemic heart disease who had completed a phase II CR program."

Basic

• Genetic Variation Shapes the Chromatin Accessibility Landscape and Transcriptional Responses in Mouse Adipose Tissue.
• High-Dose Neonatal Riboflavin Remodels Energy Metabolism and Brain Mitochondrial Ultrastructure in Rats Exposed to Maternal High-Fat Diet.
• Mechanistic Insights Into the Anti-Obesity Effects of Gondoic Acid: Regulation of AMPK Signalling and Obesity Related Gene Expression in Obese Mice.
• α1-Acid Glycoprotein Mitigates MASLD Progression by Modulating Liver and Adipose Tissue Function.
• Metabolic Beneficial Effects of Targeting a Long Non-Coding RNA, Lnc-Megacluster, in Obesity.
• Epoxy-Oxylipins Direct Monocyte Fate in Inflammatory Resolution in Humans.
• MiR-874-3p Suppresses TNF-α-Induced Inflammation in Adipocytes by Targeting Nucleolin.
• Cajanolactone a Alleviates High-Fat Diet-Induced MAFLD by Modulating Liver De Novo Lipogenesis, Inflammatory Signaling, and Bile Acid Composition in the Gut-Liver Axis.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Retraction: Effect of Combined GLP-1 Analogue and Bupropion/Naltrexone on Weight Loss: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
• Conclusions are Not Supported by the Published Statistical Analysis. Comment on López-Toledo et al. Flaxseed Improves Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Mexican Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial. Nutrients 2025, 17, 709.
• Article: Effect of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption on Male Reproductive and Metabolic Health.
• Letter: Confusion About Energy and Energy Density in a 3-Week Trial of Ultra-Processed Food.
• Letter: Disentangling the Effects of Food Processing from Those of Diet Quality.
• Reply: On the Mechanisms of Ultra-Processed Diet Effects.
• Article: Ketone Ester Ingestion Impairs Exercise Performance Without Impacting Cognitive Function or Circulating EPO During Acute Hypoxic Exposure.
• Letter: Individual Responses: Transparency Is Welcome, but Inference Needs Replication and Modeling.
• Editorial Expression of Concern: High Triglyceride‑Glucose Index and Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio as Predictors of Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients with Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion: A Large‑scale Prospective Cohort Study.

Clinical

• Navigating the Benefits and Harms of GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP Agonists in Obesity.
• What to Know About the Wegovy Pill for Obesity.
• One Year of Exercise After Weight Loss Increases Postprandial GLP-1 Secretion in Contrast to Usual Activity or GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Treatment.
• Exome-Wide Analysis Identifies a Rare EXD3 Missense Variant Associated with Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Children and Adolescents

• Circulating Spexin and Adiponectin as Early Biomarkers of Insulin Resistance in Pediatric Obesity.
• Review: Understanding How Childhood Obesity Influences Educational Outcomes.
• Body Composition Changes and Their Associations with Physical Activity and Screen Time in a Sample of Italian Early Adolescents over a 3-Year Period.
• Association between Fundamental Movement Skills and Weekday/Weekend Physical Activity Among Preschool Children in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Surgery

• Surgical Intervention for Adolescent Obesity: Evolution of the Scientific Agenda from 1980 to the Present.
• Bariatric Surgery and Renal Function: A Mid-Term Prospective Analysis of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Dynamics in Adults with and without Diabetes Mellitus.
• Long-Term Mortality After Bariatric Surgery Versus Matched Controls: A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-Based Study.
• Personalizing Bariatric Metabolic Surgery: Predictors of Weight-Loss Success and Risk of Weight Recurrence.

Drugs

• ENT1 Inhibition Enhances Weight Control and Metabolic Health in Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Medicines and Cancer.
• Glucagon-Like Receptor Agonists and Next-Generation Incretin-Based Medications: Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Renal Benefits.
• Cryo-EM Structures of GPR75 Reveal an Occluded Orthosteric Pocket Challenging Conventional Drug Discovery Paradigms for an Anti-Obesity Target.
• Longitudinal Trends in Non-Insulin Pharmacotherapy for Type 2 Diabetes in Australian Women of Reproductive Age: Implications for Planned and Unplanned Pregnancies.

Food & Diet

• Systematic Review: Bamboo Consumption and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Call to Action.
• Choline Adequacy and Health Outcomes in Vegetarian and Vegan Diets.
• Global Food Policies and Obesity: Lessons from Selected Country Experiences.
• Fish Oil Ameliorates Glycolipid Metabolism Disorders Induced by Long-Term Potato Chip Diet Through Gut-Liver Axis [in Mice].

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Review: Fasting as a Multisystem Health Modulator: A Narrative Review of Metabolic, Cardiovascular, Immune, Neurocognitive, and Psychospiritual Effects.
• Calorie Restriction Suppresses Premature Ageing in Pro-Apoptotic Yeast Mutants Through an Autophagy-Independent Mechanism.
• Structure of the Lysosomal KICSTOR-GATOR1-SAMTOR Nutrient-Sensing Supercomplex.
• Meta-Analysis: Effects of Caloric Restriction Combined with Exercise on Lipid Metabolism and Blood Pressure.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Step Accumulation Patterns and Risk for Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Among Suboptimally Active Adults.
• Meta-Analysis: Does Physical Activity Really Improve Anxiety and Depression in Children or Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity?
• Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Association of Chronic Disease Risk and Physical Activity Measured by Wearable Devices in the All of Us Program.

Economics & Sociology

• Trends in Adults BMI Related to Changes in Socioeconomic Status of 201 Large Latin American Cities.
• Modification of the Association between Obesity Phenotypes and Cardiovascular Disease by Social Determinants of Health.
• Nationwide Real-World Assessment of the Economic Impact of Obesity in Spanish Healthcare Settings (ECC-OS).
• Low Socioeconomic Status as a Major Risk Factor for Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes with Limited Lifestyle Mediation: Cross-Sectional Evidence from US and South Korean Populations.

Epidemiology

• Linear Inverse Association between Triglyceride Glucose-BMI and Osteoporosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Review: Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms, Epidemiological Evidence, and Potential Risk Reduction.
• Review: Comprehensive Review of Carbonated Soft Drink Consumption Rates and Their Public Health Importance.
• Circulating Branched-Chain Amino Acids are Associated with Higher Odds of Obesity: Findings from the FiLWHEL Study.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Cognitive Flexibility Versus Stability Via Activation-Based and Weight-Based Adaptations.
• Nutrition Patterns, Metabolic and Psychological State Among High-Weight Young Adults: A Network Approach.
• Endurance Training Mitigates Obesity-Induced Hippocampal Impairment by Enhancing Neurotrophin Signalling, Synaptic Plasticity, and Cellular Responses in a Female Rat Model.
• Commentary: Ultra-Processed Food Addiction: A Growing International Concern.

Differential Population Circumstances, Exposures, Outcomes, and Effects

• Impact of Telemedicine on Improving Access to Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Care in Minority and Other Underserved Patients with Obesity.
• Socioeconomic and Structural Barriers to Addressing Obesity in Communities: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association.
• Same Diagnosis but Different Outcomes: The Gender Gap in Heart Failure Persevered Ejection Fraction with Obesity.
• Sex Matters in HFrEF: Unraveling Gender Disparities in In-Hospital Outcomes.

Stigma

• The Association between Higher Body Weight and Stigmatizing Language Documented in Hospital Birth Admission Notes.
• Exploring How Weight Stigma Relates to Psychological Distress, Physical Activity, and Eating Behaviors over Time.
• Gender Disparities in Outcomes of Hospitalized Adults with Obesity and Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Insights from a National Analysis.

Policy Related

• Commentary: Identifying Ultra-Processed Foods for Policy.
• Equal School Meals for All - Differentiation of School Meals According to School Social Index.
• Commentary: Beyond Fresh: Implications of Produce Prescription Policy for Food Systems Transformation.
• Exploring Sociodemographic and Nutrition-Related Correlates of Meal-Kit Use Across Five Countries: Findings from the International Food Policy Study.
• Review: Integration of Lifestyle Medicine Into Primary Care: A Comprehensive Review.

Intergenerational Effects

• Preprint: Maternal Cardiometabolic Dysfunction and Fetal Sex-Specific Alterations to Uterine Vascular Reactivity in an Ovine Model of Diet-Induced Obesity During Pregnancy.
• Investigating the Influence of Maternal Prenatal BMI and Perinatal Depressive Symptoms on Neonatal Brain Network Dynamics.
• Interaction between Maternal Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction in Gestational Hypertension and Preeclampsia: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study.
• Risk Factors and Pregnancy Outcomes of Twin Pregnancies with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Comparison Based on Chorionicity.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Paternal Microplastic Exposure Alters Sperm Small Non-Coding RNAs and Affects Offspring Metabolic Health in Mice.
• Sex-Based Differences in the Enteroendocrine System and Food Intake Regulation Due to Dietary Protein Replacement by Alphitobius diaperinus in Rats.

Methods

• Perspective: Guiding Principles for Science-Based Food Classification Systems Focused on Processing and Formulation.
• Aggregated Data, Hidden Realities: Challenges in the Analysis of Obesogenic Environments.
• Standardizing the Analysis and Visualization of Human Energy Expenditure Data.
• Machine Learning Insights Into Age-Related Sex Differences in Blood Pressure: Influence of Diabetes and BMI.
• Feasibility of Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling for Capturing Micro-Level Temporal Dynamics in Adolescent Physical Activity.

Commentary

• Study Explores the Relationship between Universal School Meal Policies and Student Stigma.
• A Window Into Activation of Inflammation in Obesity.
• Senotoxins Target Senescence Via Lipid Binding Specificity, Ion Imbalance and Lipidome Remodeling.
• The Growing Public Health Problem of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Promising Strategies to Reduce Its Burden.
• How Fit Do We Really Need to Be?
• Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for Obesity: Growing Popularity Met with Growing Questions over Safety.
• Calorie Restriction Slows Brain Aging in Primates.
• The New Food Pyramid: the Good, the Bad, and the Ignored.
• Podcast: Why Your Brain Won't Stop Thinking About Food with Emily Dhurandhar.
• Podcast: Ultra-Processed Food and Nutrition Policy: What We're Getting Wrong | Dr. David Ludwig | the Metabolic Link Ep. 85.
• Podcast: EP 69: UPFs and the Queston of Hyper-Palatability, Revisiting Reusable Packaging with Richard Mattes.
• Podcast: Is the Nutrient Density of Crops Declining? – Edward Joy, PhD.

General

• Restricted Mean Survival Time in Cluster RCTs with a Small Number of Clusters: Improving Variance Estimation of the Intervention Effect from the Pseudo-Values Regression.
• Podcast: Can Marty Makary Fix the F.D.A.?
• Is the Human Mind Massively Modular? Good and Bad Faith Debates around Evolutionary Psychology.
• Minimum Combined Sleep, Physical Activity, and Nutrition Variations Associated with LifeSPAN and HealthSPAN Improvements: A Population Cohort Study.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: Oral and Topical Peptides as Anti-Aging Agents.
• A GDF-15 - GFRAL Axis Controls Autoimmune T Cell Responses During Neuroinflammation.
• Stratification of Viral Shedding Patterns in Saliva of COVID-19 Patients.
• Association between Cagemate Number and Risk of Death in Mice - a Time-Varying Covariate Analysis Using Cox Frailty Models.
• Enhancing Trust in Science: Current Challenges and Recommendations for Policymakers, the Scientific Community, Media, and Public.

Announcements

• Baylor College of Medicine Names Minnesota Med School Dean as New President, CEO.
• Webinar: DkNET - “Precision Diabetes: Understanding and Managing Glucose Dysregulation Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring” on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026.
• WE ARE RECRUITING! Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Nutrition Research at Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Nutrition Research Center.
• Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 9am - 3pm Event Location Live Webinar on Zoom - Annual Research Ethics Day Conference 2026: The Future of Research Ethics: Threats & Opportunities.
• Call for Abstracts: 12th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference.
• Registration Open: 43rd International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition. Tarragona, Spain; 15-18 June, 2026.

Featured

• Professor Richard DiMarchi and Professor Matthias Tschöp Receives the Rolf Luft Award 2026.
• Higher Protein Intakes Predict Leaner Body Composition in Weight-Loss Participants - Findings from the International Weight Control Registry.
• Uncoupling Insulin Sensitivity from Longevity: A Sex-Dependent Effect of Hepatic Glucagon Signaling.
• Grandmaternal Exercise Improves the Metabolic Health of Second-Generation Offspring Generated from F1 Females.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Home-Delivered Food Boxes Improve Diabetes Control, Experts Say.
• Press Release: Home-Delivered Groceries Improve Blood Sugar Control for People with Diabetes Facing Food Insecurity.
• Study: A Single-Arm Prepost Study of Delivering Food Boxes with American Diabetes Association Create Your Plate Method. No Control; Causation Not Established.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "The intervention effectively reduced UPF consumption", yet "No significant differences were found for BMI or BMI/Age z-score (p>0.05)."
• RCT: No significant treatment assignment effects in "exploratory randomized controlled trial of a physical activity intervention for individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) involving telephone-delivered coaching, activity self-monitoring, and connection with resources to support activity (Osteoarthritis Physical Activity Care Pathway; OA-PCP)."
• RCT: No significant differences "of perioperative immunonutrition (IN) versus standard enteral nutrition (EN) on short-term postoperative outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC)."
• RCT: Mobile Instant Messaging "MIM-supported brief physical exercise intervention did not significantly increase smoking abstinence or physical activity compared with brief cessation advice alone."
• Caloric Restriction Attenuates Oxidative and Inflammatory Markers of Aging, While Compromising Germinative Epithelium Homeostasis in the Rat Aged Testis.
• RCT: "Acute whey protein supplementation did not induce a different bone or inflammatory response following exhaustive running exercise in young endurance runners compared to the control."
• No Indication of Histological Changes in Embryonic Somatosensory Cortex Development upon Maternal Aspartame Consumption in Mice.
• RCT: No Significant Differential Effects of Aspartame, Sucrose, and Water on Short-Term Cognitive Performance.
• RCT: "These findings suggest that 15 weeks of recreational football may not be sufficient to produce significant improvements in glycaemic control in inactive premenopausal women with mild hypertension..."

A Tiny Fraction of The Manifold Opinions on the Dietary Guidelines

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030. (pdf)
• The Scientific Foundation for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030. (pdf)
• The Scientific Foundation for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Appendices. (pdf)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030: Progress on added sugar, protein hype, saturated fat contradictions.
• Commentary: Ambiguous DGAs & the Rancher's Pyramid.
• Statement from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on the Release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030.
• Commentary: Protein, Finally: From Minimums to Meaningful.
• Commentary: Dietary Guidelines, 2025 (Well, 6): The Blur, Where Baby Meets BATHWATER.
• Commentary: Kennedy Is Telling Americans How to Eat. It’s Not Crazy Advice.
• Commentary: The MAHA 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines Have Arrived: Cheerful, Muddled, Contradictory, Ideological, Retro.
• American Society for Nutrition Calls for Strong Science in National Nutrition Guidance.
• Commentary: Dietary Guidelines in America: Misguided, or Guided Missiles?

Basic

• Gpx4 Deletion-Mediated Macrophage Ferroptosis Alleviates Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance.
• COP9 Signalosome Is Required for Adipose Tissue Maintenance and Metabolic Health.
• Brown Adipose Tissue-Derived Exosomes Ameliorate Obesity-Related Hypertension Via HuR-Mediated Restoration of Endothelial Function.
• Endothelial IRE1α Promotes Thrombospondin-1 MRNA Decay and Supports Metabolic Stress Adaptation of Pancreatic Islets.
• Dietary Fat Disrupts a Commensal-Host Lipid Network That Promotes Metabolic Health.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Letter: Concerns over Conclusions in an Ultra-Processed Food Trial.
• Letter: Concerns around Evidence That Food Processing Should Be Included in Dietary Guidance.
• Letter: Concerns About Attributing Weight Change to Processing in a Crossover Feeding Trial.
• Response: Reply to Ludwig, D. S. et al.; Robinson, E. & Forde, C. G.; Wang, Z. & Peng, C.
• PubPeer Comments On: The Effects of Omega-3 Supplementation on Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Sleep Quality, and Everyday Memory in Individuals with Psychological Distress: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
• Author Correction: The Cold-Induced Lipokine 12,13-DiHOME Promotes Fatty Acid Transport Into Brown Adipose Tissue.
• Association between Cagemate Number and Risk of Death in Mice: A Time-Varying Covariate Analysis Using Cox Frailty Models.

Clinical

• RCT: Ectopic Fat Distribution and Its Correlation with Insulin Resistance Indices in Individuals without Obesity and with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Adults.
• The Public Health Burden of Diabetes Mellitus and Thyroid Disease: Twin Epidemics.

Children and Adolescents

• Meta-Analysis: Association of Childhood Obesity Phenotypes with Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Adulthood.
• Challenges and Management of Obesity in Young Adults: Perspectives from Low and Middle-Income Countries.
• Family Perceptions of Pediatric Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in a Safety-Net Obesity Clinic.

Surgery

• "Bariatric surgery was associated with increased skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration despite unchanged morphology and reduced mtDNA amount, whereas lifestyle-induced weight loss showed a transient downregulation of OXPHOS-related proteins with other mitochondrial markers remaining stable."
• Review: Prurigo Pigmentosa Following Bariatric Surgery.
• Prospective Evaluation of Surgical Site Infection Rates and Predictors Following Elective Abdominal Surgeries. (pdf)
• Midterm Outcomes of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Patients with Obesity.

Drugs

• Commentary: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Obesity: Eligibility Across 99 Countries.
• Review: Nutrition Strategies for Next-Generation Incretin Therapies: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Current Evidence.
• Meta-Analysis: Weight Regain After Cessation of Medication for Weight Management.

Food & Diet

• Bioactive Oriented Discovery of Diterpenoids in Coffea Arabica Basing on 1D NMR and LC-MS/MS Molecular Network.
• Associations between Preservative Food Additives and Type 2 Diabetes Incidence in the NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Diet Quality and Nutritional Adequacy During a 2-Year Calorie Restriction Intervention: The CALERIE 2 Trial.
• Methionine Restriction, Not Cysteine Restriction, Is a Cancer-Specific Vulnerability.
• Integration of 12-H Time-Restricted Feeding with Exercise Training Potentiates Weight Loss and Attenuates MASLD in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Cross-Sectional Associations between Overweight, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: Differences Depending on Socio-Economic Status.
• Associations between Physical Activity and Nutrition Self-Efficacy and Self-Reported Physical Activity in Residents of Resource-Limited Neighborhoods.
• RCT: Once and Thrice Weekly Interval Training in Adults with Central Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Social Mobility of the Father and Relative Body Weight of Offspring: A Three-Generation Study.
• Dietary Patterns in Children: Associations with Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, BMI and Body Composition.
• Social Determinants of Health Influence Maternal Health Behaviors and Engagement in an Obesity Prevention Intervention.

Epidemiology

• Trends in Obesity-Related Cardiovascular and Cancer Mortality in Switzerland 1995-2019: An Analysis of Multiple Causes of Death.
• Investigating Multidimensional Associations between Obesity-Related Traits and Brain Health, and Identifying Potential Mechanisms.
• Prevalence and Trends of Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Among Adults in the United States.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Comparative Analysis of Hypothalamic Responses to Stress and Glutamine Supplementation in Diet-Induced Obese Mice: A Study of Sex Differences.
• Review: The Addicted Brain: How Processed Foods Hijack Reward Pathways.

Differential Population Circumstances, Exposures, Outcomes, and Effects

• Municipal Deprivation and Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Mexican Adults: Findings from ENSANUT 2021-2023.
• Comment: Impact and Scope of Mexican Clinical Practice Guideline for Adult Overweight and Obesity on Weight Stigma.
• Domain-Specific Physical Activity and Obesity Risk Among Black Men in the United States: Evidence of a Physical Activity Paradox.

Stigma

• Changes to Weight Bias Internalization and Eating Behaviors in Adults Aged 50+ with Overweight or Obesity During a Structured 12-Week Behavioral Weight Management Intervention.
• Developing a Novel Weight Stigma Curriculum for Pediatric Residents Using Transformative Learning Theory.
• Structural Fatphobia in the Training and Practice of Primary Health Care Professionals in Brazil: A Mixed-Methods Study Grounded in Fat Studies.

Policy Related

• Identifying Synergistic Mechanisms of Community-Led Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change for Childhood Obesity Prevention in the Multi-Site Catalyzing Communities Initiative.
• The Estimated Impact of Mandatory Front-Of-Pack Nutrition Labelling Policies on Adult Obesity Prevalence and Obesity-Related Mortality in England: A Modelling Study.

Intergenerational Effects

• How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA.
• Protocol: Nutrition and Obesity in Under-Represented Population (NOURISH): Study Protocol to Examine the Effect of Restricted and Unrestricted Financial Benefits on Infant Food Insecurity, Growth, and Nutrition.
• RCT: Effect of a Pragmatic eHealth Behavioral Gestational Weight Gain Intervention on Household Chaos in Pregnant People of Lower Socioeconomic Status.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Did Increasing Brain Size Place Early Humans at Risk of Extinction?
• Primate Gut Microbiota Induce Evolutionarily Salient Changes in Mouse Neurodevelopment.

Methods

• Unraveling the Genetic Association between Obesity-Related Anthropometric Indices and Foot Deformities in the European Population: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.
• Distinct Genetic Profiles of Obesity Have Different Effects on Breast Cancer Risk: Leveraging Mendelian Randomisation to Interrogate Causal Pathways and Identify Mediating Proteins.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) to Understand How Obesity Risk Varies According to Multiple Lifestyle Behavior Recommendations.

Commentary

• Transdermal "Natural GLP-1" Dietary Supplements Violate Law and Place Patients at Risk.
• Podcast: Protein Amount, Quality and Timing | Dr Luc Van Loon.
• RFK Jr.'s New Dietary Guidelines Go All in on Meat and Dairy.
• 4:3 Intermittent Fasting Shows Modestly Greater Weight Loss Than Daily Caloric Restriction.
• Physical Activity and Telomere Length in Early Childhood: Implications for Chronic Disease Prevention.
• Strength Training Boosts Brain Health, According to New Study.
• What Happens to Your Body When You Strength Train While Fasting.
• The Dumbest Headline of the Year About Obesity.
• Weight Loss Drugs are Effective, but Can Healthcare Systems Afford Them?

General

• Baylor College of Medicine Publishes Promising Safety and Efficacy Results of Multi-Antigen Targeted T Cells in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.
• Spatial Reorganization of Chromatin Architecture Shapes the Expression Phenotype of Therapy-Induced Senescent Cells.
• Sequentially Constrained Randomization in Preclinical Animal Studies.
• Self-Report of 24-Hour Urine Completeness Compared to PABA Recovery Does Not Bias Estimates of Dietary Salt Intake in the UK.
• Why Academics Should Do More Consulting - and How to Make It Work.
• Assessing the Evidence Transparency of Policies.
• What If the Idea of the Autism Spectrum Is Completely Wrong?
• Will Mpox Go Global Again? Research Shows It’s Evolving in Curious Ways.

Announcements

• Webinar: The Gut-Brain Axis and Psychosis - Jan 20.
• Joel Habener, Whose Research Led to Weight-Loss Drugs, Dies at 88.
• Indiana Academy of Sciences - Abstracts Due Feb 28^th.

Featured

• Maximizing the Value of Pre-Clinical and Translational Animal Research Models Via Next Generation Standardized Reference Diets: A White Paper from the Laboratory Animal Nutrition Taskforce for an Education and Research Network (LANTERN).
• Differences between Glycemia Estimates from Hemoglobin A1c and Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Their Association with Complete Blood Counts.
• The Role of Transmembrane Proton Transport Rates in Mild Mitochondrial Uncoupling by Arylamide Substituted Fatty Acids.
• Podcast: Causal Inference in Nutrition Science – Daniel Ibsen, PhD.
• Administering Senolytics to Obese Mice Selectively Decreased the Abundance of the Subset of SCs That Is Pro-Inflammatory.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Can Eating High Fat Cheese and Cream Reduce Dementia Risk, as a New Study Suggests?
• Press Release: Study Links Full-Fat Cheese to Lower Dementia Risk: Full-Fat Cheese and Cream May Have an Unexpected Link to Better Brain Health.
• Study: Self-reported diet and dementia: "owing to the observational nature of the study, potential residual or unmeasured confounding precludes the determination of causation."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "In the current trial, altering exposure to sweet-tasting foods did not change sweet taste liking, nor other outcomes. These results do not support public health advice to reduce exposure to sweet-tasting foods, independent of other relevant factors such as energy density and food form".
• “We … observed striking effects of different macronutrients on fetal development… Strikingly, metabolic effects were reversed after lactation…”.
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, family resilience failed to emerge as a significant protective factor for OW/OB..."
• RCT: No Significant Effects of Green Tea Extract Supplementation on Inflammatory Cytokines Among Postmenopausal Women with Overweight or Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: "Vitamin D supplementation combined with exercise increases 25(OH)D levels but does not improve body composition more than exercise alone."
• RCT: "There was no difference in energy intake between the two interventions (p=0.65) and no change in bodyweight during either intervention (p>0.40)."
• RCT: "In conclusion, fibers combined with a high-protein diet reduced (peripheral) [insulin sensitivity] and decreased metabolic flexibility compared to placebo. ... Additionally, coadministration of fiber and protein may compromise gut barrier function and inflammatory responses."
• RCT: "Leucine-rich high protein supplementation did not produce significant changes in body composition or muscle function in older adults with sarcopenia."

Basic

• Diet and Temperature Interactively Impact Brown Adipose Tissue Gene Regulation Controlled by DNA Methylation.
• Diet-Induced Steatohepatitis Does Not Cause Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Male Middle-Aged C57BL/6N Mice.
• Pharmacological Inhibition of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 4 Enhances Insulin Sensitivity in Mouse Models of Diabetes and Obesity.
• Myeloid Monoamine Oxidase A Protects Against Glucose Intolerance, Insulin Resistance and Weight Gain in High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice by Preventing the Hyperactivation of Macrophages.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Landmark Glyphosate Paper Retracted Due to Integrity Issues.
• Article: Flaxseed Improves Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Mexican Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial.
• Letter: Conclusions are Not Supported by the Published Statistical Analysis. Comment on López-Toledo et al. Flaxseed Improves Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Mexican Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial.
• Response: Reply to Spitz et al. Conclusions are Not Supported by the Published Statistical Analysis. Comment on “López-Toledo Et Al. Flaxseed Improves Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Mexican Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial.”

Clinical

• RCT: An Overnight, 8-Hour Low Oxygen Exposure Increases Energy Expenditure with No Effect on Energy Intake.
• The Effect of Obesity and Aging on NAD+/Sirtuin Metabolism Transcription and DNA Methylation in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for BMI.
• Capturing Metabolic Syndrome: New Thresholds for Insulin Resistance and Novel Body Composition Indices.

Children and Adolescents

• Sex-Specific Longitudinal Associations between Repeatedly Measured Movement Behaviours and Adiposity Measures in School-Aged Children: A Compositional Data Analysis Approach.
• Sweetness Exposure Modulates Brain Networks in Children Responding to Sucrose Solutions: A Functional MRI Study.

Surgery

• RCT: Greater Early Postprandial GLP-1 Increase After Roux-En-Y Than One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass, with Unchanged Secretin.
• Distinct Fasting and Postprandial Bile Acid Responses Following Roux-En-Y and One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass.

Drugs

• Weight Loss with SGLT2 Inhibitors, Semaglutide, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: The Effect of Olanzapine on Lipid Profiles in Humans.

Food & Diet

• "How GLP-1 Medication Adoption is Changing Consumer Food Demand" - Study linking reported medication adoption and food transaction data.
• Dietary Magnesium and Calcium Intake in Relation to Metabolic Health Status in Iranian Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity.
• Associations of Fructose Consumption with Prevalence and Incidence of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD).
• Benefits of Increased Dietary Diversity Depend on Food Group and Diversity Dimension: A Microsimulation Modeling Study.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Influence of Caloric Restriction History, Intermittent Exposure to Palatable Food and Sex in a Binge Eating Model in C57BL/6J Mice.
• Comparative Effects of Intermittent Fasting and Calorie Restriction on Cardiovascular Health in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
• Nitric Oxide Required for Transition to Slower Hepatic Protein Synthesis Rates During Long-Term Caloric Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in the Relationship of Obesity and Physical Activity Among Adult Females.
• RCT: Muscle Recovery and Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Following Damaging Exercise with Recombinant Bovine β-Lactoglobulin, Dairy-Derived Whey or Carbohydrate Supplementation in Young Healthy Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• Effects of Education Level on Hypertension, Diabetes, and Dyslipidemia Among Residents in Hezhang County.
• Early Life Socioeconomic Status and Risk of Overweight and Obesity Across Childhood and Adolescence in Four Low and Middle Income Countries.
• Spatial Divergence between Self-Rated Health and BMI in China: Exploring the Role of Economic Status Using China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) 2016 and 2020.
• Experiences of Recent Weight-Management Attempts: Insights from a Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Epidemiology

• Increasing Obesity Rates Worldwide from 1976 to 2016: The Obesity Epidemic.
• Age-Specific Effects of Screen Time on Overweight/Obesity: A Structural Equation Model of Children and Adolescents in Western Maharashtra, India.
• Food and Physical Activity Environments and Their Impacts on Diabesity in South India Adults.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Nutritional Status, Emotional Eating Status and Metabolic Control According to Food Addiction in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Eating Behaviours, Stress, and Memory Consolidation in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Stress in Abdominal Obesity.
• ‘It Shows Me Mental Health Things … and Keeps Spamming Diets’: A Qualitative, Spatial Perspective on How People with Eating Disorders Experience Algorithms Shaping Their Movement Across Social Media.

Differential Population Circumstances, Exposures, Outcomes, and Effects

• Modern Diets, Metabolic Inequity, and Race-Ethnic Disparities: Unraveling the Associations with MASLD and Cancer Risk.
• RCT: Impact of Free Summer Day Camp on Physical Activity Behaviors and Screentime of Elementary-Age Children from Low-Income Households.
• Self-Efficacy Is Associated with Health Behaviors Related to Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among Hispanic/Latinx and Somali Immigrants to the United States.
• Intersectional Inequality in General and Central Obesity.

Stigma

• Framing Obesity: The Role of the Research System in Perpetuating or Challenging Weight Stigma.
• Relationship between Patient Activation, Experienced Stigma, and Internalised Weight Stigma in People with Type 2 Diabetes.

Policy Related

• Commentary: From Policy to Plate: Implications of 2025 U.S. Federal Policy Changes on School Meals.
• Commentary: The Design and Impact of Teaching Kitchens and Hands-On Cooking Strategies on Diverse Populations: Increasing Evidence of Positive Effects and Proposed Future Directions.
• The Lancet Commission on Improving Population Health Post-COVID-19.
• RCT: Food Compass Score vs FDA Healthy Labeling and Consumer Purchases.
• Universal School Meal Policies and Perceived Stigma: Quantitative Evidence from Eight US States.
• Examining the Role of School Food Gardens, Food Waste Systems and Cooking Facilities in Experiential Education: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Primary School Teachers’ Practices.
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in India: Price Elasticity, Affordability, and Taxation.

Intergenerational Effects

• Lipid Pathways Connecting Maternal BMI with Infant Obesity Risk.
• Maternal Nutrition, Toxicants, and Epigenetic Programming of Obesity Across Generations.
• Parental Sodium Benzoate Diet Induces Fat Accumulation in Offspring Via Histone H3K9me3 and SKN-1/Nrf2.
• Monogenic Obesity Due to MC4R Deficiency: Lessons from a Multigenerational Case.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Interspecific Competition Reduces Energy Expenditure by Decreasing Intragroup Conflict in a Social Burying Beetle.
• Honey Bee Food Resources Under Threat from Climate Change.

Methods

• A Prediction Model for Childhood Obesity Risk Based on Maternal Thyroid Status and Related Parameters Using Machine Learning: A Mother-Newborn-Offspring Study in a Mild-To-Moderate Iodine Deficiency Area.
• A Machine Learning-Derived Polygenic Risk Score Reveals That Healthy Lifestyle Counteracts Obesity-Related Mortality.
• Body Composition Measures Assessed by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in a Sample of Brazilian Adults and Older Adults.
• Dietary Protein Source Shapes Gut Microbial Structure and Predicted Functional Potential: A Systematic Integrative Re-Analysis Using Machine Learning.
• Cluster Minimal Sufficient Balance (CMSB): An Efficient Covariate Balancing Randomization Method for Cluster Randomized Trials.

Commentary

• Eliminate the in Vivo Digestibility Requirement for Protein Content Claims in North America to Align Consumer Purchasing Behavior with Dietary Guidelines.
• Depression Links to Chronic Headaches Through Weight and Diet, Not Physical Activity Alone.
• Podcast: "Is Protein's Appetite-Suppressing Power Overstated?"
• “Researchers Discover Enzyme That Could Lead to New Obesity Treatment …an Enzyme Called SCoR2 That Removes Nitric Oxide from Proteins That Control Fat Buildup in the Body.”.
• Maternal Caffeine Consumption and Pregnancy Outcomes.
• A Natural Experiment Restricting Non-Nutritious Foods in SNAP.
• Podcast: Are We Sure About Fluoride?
• BMI and Anthropometric Criteria to Assess Obesity.

General

• Efficacy of Antioxidant Supplementation in Alleviating Endometriosis-Related Pain: Insights from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
• Responses of Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) to Deceased Infants.
• A Mathematical Solution for Precise Control of Cellular “Noise”.
• The Validity of Blue Zones Demography: A Response to Critiques.
• Blood Stem Cell Mutations May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease.
• Some of Your Cells are Not Genetically Yours - What Can They Tell Us About Life and Death?
• Mitochondria May Be Missing Link between Mental Health and Brain Function.
• A National Institute on Aging Workshop on the Long-Term Effects of Pregnancy on Aging.

Announcements

• 2026 NIH Obesity Research Task Force Virtual Symposium: Present and Future of Obesity Medical Education in the United States - March 4, 2026, 1:00-3:30 EST.
• Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Training Program USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
• "Todd Rosengart, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine ... named a Fellow of the NAI."
• Webinar: Dynamic Metabolic Testing Insights in Elite Athletes and Tactical Performance January 21, 2026 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Featured

• Graded Calorie Restriction Causes Graded Slowing of Epigenetic Ageing in Mice.
• Gut-To-Brain Signaling Restricts Dietary Protein Intake During Recovery from Catabolic States.
• Reconciling Conflicting Evidence on Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners and Cardiometabolic Outcomes: An Umbrella Review Using Naïve and Bias-Adjusted Methods.
• Senescent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Differentially Alter Adipogenesis in Adipose Tissue, Skeletal Muscle, and Bone Marrow.
• Habits at Home: How the Home Food Environment Shapes Caregivers' Eating Habits.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: A New Trial Investigates Whether the MIND Diet Can Be Scaled for Obesity Management.
• Study: Exploring the Interplay between Diet, Obesity, Mental Health, and the Gut Microbiota: The MIND-GUT Intervention Study... A Study Protocol. No Results Yet.

Contrary or Null Findings

• "Multimodal health behaviour-changing interventions may improve objectively-assessed physical activity at 12 months when delivered in healthcare settings and may slightly improve HRQoL at 24 months when delivered in the community, but they may have little to no effect on the other pre-defined critical outcomes, including physical and mental well-being, and anthropometry (BMI z-score)."
• Meta-Analysis: "LCD + EX [low-carbohydrate diet with exercise] did not demonstrate significant overall improvements in glycemic control or body composition compared to NRD + EX [non-carbohydrate-restricted diet with exercise] in adults with T2DM" in “Efficacy of a low-carbohydrate diet combined with exercise on glycemic control and metabolic health in type 2 diabetes mellitus.”
• Meta-Analysis: "Biotic supplementation has not been shown to consistently improve metabolic syndrome risk factors in overweight and obese children, except for a modest beneficial effect of prebiotics on weight and BMI (with very-low certainly of evidence)..."
• RCT: "Recreational soccer, whether in SSG [Small-Sided Soccer Games] or TSG [Traditional Soccer Group] formats, was insufficient to elicit significant improvements in physical literacy among adolescents with high cardiometabolic risk."
• Protein supplementation in pediatric oncology: a systematic review revealing a lack of evidence and insights from other chronically and critically ill children - "Evidence on the potential of protein supplementation is scarce and not available in children with cancer."
• RCT: "The findings of this trial did not indicate a clinically significant reduction in lipid profiles attributable to COS [Chitosan Oligosaccharide Supplementation]."
• "Higher BMI was associated with reduced in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19, with the BMI-based predictive model demonstrating strong predictive capabilities."
• "This study is the first to assess the causal effects of population-based BMI screening on long-term health outcomes in a Southeast Asian population. The findings suggest that merely informing individuals of their overweight or obese status and implementing light-touch interventions are insufficient to significantly reduce BMI or drive sustained behavior change."

Basic

• Essential Amino Acids Preserve Intestinal Barrier Integrity Via Mitochondrial Protection in Obesity and Gut Inflammation.
• The Role of Transmembrane Proton Transport Rates in Mild Mitochondrial Uncoupling by Arylamide Substituted Fatty Acids.
• Left Ventricular Myocardial Molecular Profile of Human Diabetic Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy.
• Inhibition of IRAK4 [interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4] by Microbial Trimethylamine Blunts Metabolic Inflammation and Ameliorates Glycemic Control.
• Review: The Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle-Adipose Crosstalk: Myokines, Adipokines, Lipokines and the Mediating Role of Exosomes.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Commentary: "the data do not justify eating large amounts of cheese or cream as protective foods against dementia or heart disease."
• Fraud Detection and Prevention in Online Research: Lessons Learned and Recommendations.
• Comment On: “Most Methodological Characteristics Do Not Exaggerate Effect Estimates in Nutrition RCTs: Findings from a Meta-Epidemiological Study”.
• Response to Letter On: “Most Methodological Characteristics Do Not Exaggerate Effect Estimates in Nutrition RCTs: Findings from a Meta-Epidemiological Study”.

Clinical

• Access to Kidney Transplantation in Adults with Severe Obesity: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.
• Omega-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation Did Not Reduce Inflammation to Improve Iron Absorption in South African Women Living with Overweight or Obesity.
• RCT: Daily Almond Supplementation Improves Blood Pressure and Lipid Profile in Pregnant Women with Hypertension and Dyslipidemia.
• Review: Multimodal (Bio)Markers and Risk of Obesity.
• Obesity-Associated Gut Microbiome Influences Diet-Induced Metabolic and Cognitive Outcomes in Older Adults.
• RCT: Gut Microbiome Predicts Personalized Responses to Dietary Fiber in Prediabetes.

Children and Adolescents

• Association between Wearable Device Usage and Obesity Transition in Children and Adolescents.
• Systematic Review: The Association between Affect and Adiposity in Childhood and Adolescence.
• Pre-print: Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Children and Adolescents with Obesity and Association with Anthropometrics as Well as Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.
• "Stimulant therapy for ADHD is associated with significant shifts in BMI classification among pediatric patients. While many children, especially younger with higher baseline BMI, experienced improvements in weight status, a notable minority exhibited weight gain."

Surgery

• Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Depression in US Adults.
• Meta-Analysis: Minimally Invasive Hypoabsorptive Bariatric Surgery.
• ADHD, Self-Reported Mental Health and Weight Loss 10 Years After Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery During Adolescence. (pdf)

Drugs

• Beyond the Prescription: Global Observations on the Social Implications of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Weight Loss.
• Meta-Analysis: The Efficacy and Safety of Danuglipron and Orforglipron in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity.
• RCT: Combining Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Analogues with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors to Treat Patients with Type 1 Diabetes, BMI > 25 kg/m², and Chronic Kidney Disease.
• Meta-Analysis: Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate Treatment Compared with Placebo in Adults with Binge-Eating Disorder.
• Meta-Analysis: Semaglutide Beyond Diabetes and Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Tempeh, a Fermented Soybean, Extends Lifespan Via MAPK Pathway and Improves Healthy Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans.
• Effect of Replacing Added Sugars with Sucralose on Gut Microbiome Composition Among Asian Indian Adults.
• Longitudinal Study on the Association between Salty Food Preference and Obesity Prevalence.
• Commentary: Can Ultraprocessed Foods Be Addictive? A Neuroscientist Weighs In.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Dietary Methionine Depletion and Hydrogen Sulfide-Producing Genes in Perivascular Adipose Tissue of Male Wistar Rats.
• Dissertation: Intermittent Fasting vs Daily Caloric Restriction: Dietary Flexibility, Eating Behaviors, and Models of Energy Intake.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-Analysis: Comparative Efficacy of Exercise Interventions for Cognitive Health in Older Adults.
• Genetic Risk Scores for Obesity and the Effectiveness of a Diet and Exercise Intervention Program.
• Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training and Pre-Meal Water Consumption on Lipid Profile in Students with Overweight or Obesity.
• Review: Exercise Attenuates the Hallmarks of Aging.
• Systematic Review: Comparison of the Impact of Exercise Training Combined with Dietary Intervention Vs. Dietary Intervention Alone in Patients with Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.
• Excessive Vigorous Exercise Impairs Cognitive Function Through a Muscle-Derived Mitochondrial Pretender.

Economics & Sociology

• Economic Evaluation of NHS England’s Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Pilot Scheme: Evidence from Real-World Data and Patient Simulation Modelling.
• Prevalence and Economic Burden of Obesity-Related Comorbidities in the Gulf Region: Results from the POEM-Gulf Study.
• Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Determinants of Obesity Among Turkish Women.
• Prevalence and Correlates of Dumping Syndrome After Bariatric Surgery in Saudi Adults: The Role of Social Determinants and Nutrition Knowledge.

Epidemiology

• Pre-print: "Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy was inversely associated with the incidence of HDP [hypertensive disorders of pregnancy]."
• BMI, Waist Circumference and Cognition over Time.
• Quantifying the Dementia Burden Attributable to Excess Weight in the United States.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Rethinking the Obesity Paradox: BMI and Longitudinal Cognitive Decline in Older Adults.
• Systematic Review: Obesity, Olfaction and Cognition.
• Association between BMI and Depression/Anxiety.

Differential Population Circumstances, Exposures, Outcomes, and Effects

• Why Do Black Women Have a Higher Obesity Prevalence Than White Women in the United States?
• Trends and Disparities in Obesity and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in a 25-Year Retrospective Analysis.
• Sex Disparities in Adult Obesity Prevalence Across 47 African Countries.
• Meta-Analysis: Racial Disparities, Comorbidities, and Low BMI Reduce Survival After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
• Dyadic Associations of Physical Activity, Diet Quality, and BMI in Black Prostate Cancer Survivors and Their Spouses.

Stigma

• Sex Differences in the Influence of Weight Bias Internalization on Preferences for Telehealth Utilization Among People with Obesity.
• Dissertation: Assessing Healthcare Provider Perspectives and Experiences with Weight Management and Weight-Inclusive Care.
• Systematic Review: What Is the Felt Experience of Weight Stigma in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Policy Related

• A Scoping Review of Microsimulation Models on Obesity-Related Policy Evaluation.
• Review: Integrating Obesity Care Into Chronic Disease Management: Progress and Challenges in Health System Approaches.
• Review: Evaluating Policy and Industry-Based Interventions for Healthier Online Food-Away-From-Home Choices.
• Policies to Halt and Reverse the Rise in Ultra-Processed Food Production, Marketing, and Consumption.
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policies and Food Insecurity.
• RCT: Creating Healthy Habits for Maryland Preschoolers (CHAMP).

Intergenerational Effects

• Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing of the Leptin-Melanocortin Pathway in Severe Obesity.
• Associations between Parental Mental Wellbeing and Adolescents’ Physical Activity, Sedentary Digital Media Use, and BMI.
• Maternal Obesity in Pregnancy: Risk Factor for Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Offspring.
• Association between Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation in Different Pregnancy and Infant Neurobehavioral Development at 6 and 18 Months.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Five Hundred Million Years of Hunger: How Animals Evolved to Survive Essential Amino Acid Scarcity.
• Transfer to a Naturalistic Setting Restructures Fear Responses in Laboratory Mice.
• Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Sustainable Nutrition: The Role of Nutrition Literacy Across Generations.
• Review: Aquatic Plants for Blue Protein Innovation: Bridging Nutrition, Sustainability, and Food Security.

Methods

• Spatial Molecular Imaging of the Glycome Using Mass Spectrometry.
• Systematic Review: Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Obesity Prediction.
• Psychometric Validation of the Eating Behavior and Appetite Questionnaire (EBAQ) for Individuals with Obesity or Overweight.
• Review of Advanced Algorithms and Imaging Techniques in Food Analysis: A Path to the Future.

Commentary

• Can Aripiprazole Offer a Metabolic Advantage over Risperidone in Schizophrenia?
• Ozempic for Everyone? Pharmacological Dystopia, Inequality of Access and the Eternal Promise of Healing.
• Future Medical Doctors are Not Learning About Overweight and Obesity in Children.
• Ozempic Is Shrinking More Than Waistlines, It’s Slashing Americans’ Food Bills.
• A Gut-To-Brain Pathway That Limits Protein Intake.
• Plant-Based Protein for Older Adults with Obesity.
• How Much Protein Do You Need to Build Muscles? Here’s What You Need in Daily Diet.
• Single Exercise Session Shown to Slow Cancer Growth.
• Postbiotics: Emerging Regulatory Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications in Obesity and Its Complications.
• Obesity Accelerates Aging: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications.

General

• Detecting Inconsistencies and Fraud in Research Data: Time for Authors to Share the Data Underlying Their Summary Statistics as a Matter of Course.
• Recent False Claims Act Settlement Highlights the Importance of Vetting Federal Grant Applications.
• Pig Study Could Improve Health of Premature Babies.
• The Yin and Yang of Cellular Senescence in Ischemia-Induced Myocardial Injury.
• Repurposing Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders.
• Using Drone-Based Infrared Thermography for Monitoring Vital Signs in Dolphins.
• Pharmacologic Reversal of Advanced Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice and Identification of Potential Therapeutic Nodes in Human Brain.
• Aging-Induced Dysfunction of Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle and Its Link to Insulin Resistance.
• How Can You Maintain Your Muscles and Health During Long Holidays When You Can't Go to the Gym?
• RFK Jr. Says He'll Work with Federal Agencies to Wind Down Animal Testing.

Video & Audio

• Podcast: Why Do Nutrition Studies Keep Contradicting Each Other?

Announcements

• Welcome to the ASMBS Annual Meeting Registration Site.