Obesity and Energetics Offerings

Featured

• Glucagon-receptor Signaling Regulates Energy Metabolism Via Hepatic Farnesoid X Receptor and Fibroblast Growth Factor 21.
• RCT: Ten-year Outcomes of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Versus Laparoscopic Gastric Banding.
• Is Birth Weight the Major Confounding Factor in the Study of Gestational Weight Gain?: An Observational Cohort Study.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Poor Gut Health May Trigger Risk of Depression in Obesity: Study.
• Study: Behaviors and Insulin Action in Brains of Mice with High Fat Diet Induced Obesity with and Without Antibiotic Treatment. No Gut Health. No Depression.

Contrary or Null Findings

• No Apparent Effectiveness of the Fresh Rx Program in Food Bank on Obesity.
• RCT: Altering Glucose Variability with Low-or High-Glycemic–Index Diets in Adults with Prediabetes Does Not Affect Beta-Cell Function or Markers of Oxidative Stress.
• RCT: "CHO had no effect on raising the intraoperative core temperature, and no negative impact on the perioperative outcome."
• "Surprisingly, there was no difference in tumour size between NC [normal chow] and HF [high fructose] groups in WT mice."
• High BMI Has No Impact on the Survival of Chinese Patients with Lower Thoracic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Treated with Curative Esophagectomy: A Propensity Score-matched Study.
• Maternal Overweight is Not an Independent Risk Factor for Increased Birth Weight, Leptin and Insulin in Newborns of Gestational Diabetic Women.
• Low-Dose FGF-21 Administration Decreases Obesity-Induced Hepatic Steatosis, but Has No Effect on Inflammation in Mice.
• Dietary Protein Intake is Not Associated with Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy in Patients Without Macroalbuminuria.
• "Saccharin Does Not Affect [is not associated with] Insulin Resistance in 14 Overweight Adults without Diabetes."

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• PubMed Commons Comment: Concerns about "Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of increased vegetable and fruit consumption on body weight and energy intake."
• Erratum 2 years later: Erratum To: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effect of Increased Vegetable and Fruit Consumption on Body Weight and Energy Intake.
• "There is no such thing as a miracle diet, but if there's a miracle meeting, this is it."
• Point: The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: Beyond “Calories In, Calories Out”.
• Counterpoint: The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity is Difficult to Reconcile with Current Evidence.
• Original Viewpoint: Disclosures in Nutrition Research Why It is Different.
• Letter: Conflict of Interest in Nutrition Research.
• Letter: Conflicts of Interest in Nutrition Research.
• Author's Reply: Conflicts of Interest in Nutrition Research.

Basic

• Modulation of HSF1 Activity Through Silencing of Ser303/Ser307 Phosphorylation Exacerbates the Development of Age-Related Obesity and Its Comorbidities in Mice.
• Virus-Induced Interferon-γ Causes Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle and Derails Glycemic Control in Obesity.
• The Flavonoid Compound Quercetin Alleviates Hepatic Steatosis in C57BL/J Mice By Enhancing Frataxin-Mediated PINK1/Parkin-Dependent Mitophagy.
• The Adiponectin Promoter Activator NP-1 Induces High Levels of Circulating TNFα and Weight Loss in Obese (fa/fa) Zucker Rats.

Clinical

• Eating in the Absence of Hunger: Stability Over Time and Associations with Eating Behaviours and Body Composition in Children.
• Real-World Safety and Efficacy of Fluid-Filled Dual Intragastric Balloon for Weight Loss.
• RCT: Physical Activity, Fruit, Vegetable, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Patterns of College Students in Kansas.
• RCT: The Effects of If‐Then Plans on Weight Loss: Results of the McGill CHIP Healthy Weight Program.

Children and Adolescents

• Neurocognitive and Health Correlates of Overweight and Obesity Among Ten-Year-Old Children Born Extremely Preterm.
• An Examination of the Associations Between Pediatric Loss of Control Eating, Anxiety, and Body Composition in Children and Adolescents.
• Patterns of Dietary Supplement Use in Children with Down Syndrome.
• Pre-, Perinatal, and Parental Predictors of BMI Trajectory Milestones.

Surgery

• Thin Bones: Vitamin D and Calcium Handling After Bariatric Surgery.
• Gastric Plication and Sleeve Gastrectomy in an Experimental Model of Obesity: New Insights Into Weight Loss, Intake and Metabolic Results.

Drugs

• Targeting the Incretin/Glucagon System with Triagonists to Treat Diabetes.
• Acute Effect of Empagliflozin on Fractional Excretion of Sodium and EGFR in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Understanding the Impact of Commonly Utilized, Non-insulin, Glucose-lowering Drugs on Body Weight in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Food & Diet

• "Among highly educated persons, aged >45 years, a high consumption of red, total, and red + processed meat was related to increased all-cause mortality, compared with those with low consumption, whereas no significant associations were found for SFA intake. Dietary guidelines should specifically limit meat consumption and not relying only in limiting SFA intake."
• RCT: Effect of Intermittent Versus Continuous Energy Restriction on Weight Loss, Maintenance and Cardiometabolic Risk.
• High Fructose Intake During Pregnancy in Rats Influences the Maternal Microbiome and Gut Development in the Offspring.
• Fermented Soybean Suppresses Visceral Fat Accumulation in Mice.
• Intake of Baked Cod Fillet Resulted in Lower Serum Cholesterol and Higher Long Chain N-3 PUFA Concentrations in Serum and Tissues in Hypercholesterolemic Obese Zucker Fa/fa Rats.
• RCT: Effect of a High-Protein, High-Fiber Beverage Preload on Subjective Appetite Ratings and Subsequent Ad Libitum Energy Intake in Overweight Men and Women.
• RCT: Quinoa Seed Lowers Serum Triglycerides in Overweight and Obese Subjects.

Caloric Restriction

• Food Restriction Promotes Damage Reduction in Rat Models of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Effects of Weight Loss on Adipose Visceral and Subcutaneous Tissue in Overweight Adults.
• Age, Calorie Restriction, and Age of Calorie Restriction Onset Reduce Maturation of Natural Killer Cells in C57Bl/6 Mice.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• A Home‐based Mentored Vegetable Gardening Intervention Demonstrates Feasibility and Improvements in Physical Activity and Performance Among Breast Cancer Survivors.
• RCT: Applying Natural Language Processing to Understand Motivational Profiles for Maintaining Physical Activity After a Mobile App and Accelerometer-Based Intervention.
• The TreadWheel: Interval Training Protocol for Gently Induced Exercise in Drosophila Melanogaster.
• Inequality in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep Duration and Risk of Obesity in Children.

Economics & Sociology

• Cultural Features Influencing Eating, Overweight, and Obesity in the Roma People of South Bohemia.
• Examining Longitudinal Associations Between the Recreational Physical Activity Environment, Change in BMI, and Obesity By Age.

Epidemiology

• Effect of Maternal Obesity on Labor Induction in Postdate Pregnancy.
• A 25-year Retrospective Analysis of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification: Did We “up-code” Young Obese Patients When Obesity Was Not Yet Considered a Disease?
• Associations of Multiple Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors with Overweight/obesity and Abdominal Obesity Among Brazilian Adolescents.
• Impact of Obesity and Ozone on the Association Between Particulate Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Mortality Among US Adults.
• Food Insecurity in Older Adults: Results From the Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases Cohort Study 3.
• Men Who Were Thin During Early Adulthood Exhibited Greater Weight Gain‐associated Visceral Fat Accumulation in a Study of Middle‐aged Japanese Men.
• The Influence of Obesity and Weight Gain on Quality of Life According to the SF-36 for Individuals of the Dynamic Follow-up Cohort of the University of Navarra.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Decision Making Deficits in Relation to Food Cues Influence Obesity: A Triadic Neural Model of Problematic Eating.
• Less is More: Negative Income Shock Increases Immediate Preference in Cross Commodity Discounting and Food Demand.
• Is Obesity Associated with Depression in Children? Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Equity and Disparities

• Evaluating the Contribution of Differences in Lean Mass Compartments for Resting Energy Expenditure in African American and Caucasian American Children.
• Sex Differences in Fitness Outcomes Among Minority Youth After Participation in a Park-based After-school Program.
• Similar Weight Loss and Maintenance in African American and White Women in the Improving Weight Loss (ImWeL) Trial.
• Society and Social Institutions: The Racial, Spatial, and Intergenerational Contours of Food Inequality in America—Origins, Implications, and Conditions of Possibility (book Chapter).

Stigma

• BMI as a Moderator of the Association Between Weight Status Misperception and Disordered Eating Behaviors.
• Weight Perception, Weight Stigma Concerns, and Overeating.
• Weight Stigma in Anti‐Obesity Campaigns: The Role of Images.
• Weight and Shape Concern Impacts Weight Gain Prevention in the SNAP Trial: Implications for Tailoring Intervention Delivery.

Policy Related

• A Comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Household Food Choices. (pdf)
• California Bans Local Taxes on Groceries for 12 Years.
• Potential Policy Approaches to Address Diet-Related Diseases.

Intergenerational Effects

• Transgelin Induces Dysfunction of Fetal Endothelial Colony Forming Cells From Gestational Diabetic Pregnancies.
• Maternal Exercise in Rats Upregulates the Placental IGF‐system with Diet and Sex‐specific Responses: Minimal Effects in Mothers Born Growth Restricted.
• The Influence of Maternal Obesity and Breastfeeding on Infant Appetite- and Growth-Related Hormone Concentrations: The SKOT Cohort Studies.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Editorial: Comparative Studies of Energy Homeostasis in Vertebrates.
• The Pace-of-life Syndrome Revisited: The Role of Ecological Conditions and Natural History on the Slow-fast Continuum.

Methods

• Differences in Energy Expenditure Between Respiratory Chamber and Metabolic Ward in Inpatient Men and Women.
• Accuracy of Total Energy Expenditure Predictive Equations After a Massive Weight Loss Induced By Bariatric Surgery.
• Near-Infrared Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy as an Indirect Technique to Assess Brown Adipose Tissue in Young Women.
• Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in the Assessment of Sarcopenia.
• Photographic Methods for Measuring Packaged Food and Beverage Products in Supermarkets.

Commentary

• Is Air Pollution Adding Giving Us More Diabetes?
• Factors that Can Affect Ingestive Behaviour: Psychological or Hedonic Factors.
• Big Data and Empirical Approaches to Understanding Diseases Provide a Limited Picture of Pathogenesis.
• Do Slimmer, Younger Women Have More Breast Cancer?
• Meet the Scientific Sleuths: A Dozen Who’ve Had an Impact on the Scientific Literature.
• Point of Order: Nutritional Prescriptions and Food Sequence.
• A Hot Debate About Insulin and Sugar and Obesity.
• Are More People Exercising Even as Obesity Rates Climb?

General

• Ensuring Food Integrity By Metrology and FAIR Data Principles.
• Optogenetic Dissection of Descending Behavioral Control in Drosophila.
• The Class II Histone Deacetylase Hypothesis of Addiction.
• Separated Triplets Offer a Glimpse Into 'The Wild West of Psychology'.
• Dissecting the Basis of Novel Trait Evolution in a Radiation with Widespread Phylogenetic Discordance.
• Multigenerational Attainments, Race, and Mortality Risk Among Silent Generation Women.
• Analysis of Shared Heritability in Common Disorders of the Brain.
• Mapping Hot Spots of Breast Cancer Mortality in the United States: Place Matters for Blacks and Hispanics.
• Lack of Group-to-individual Generalizability is a Threat to Human Subjects Research.
• Odds Ratios—Current Best Practice and Use.

Video & Audio

• Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler: Obesity Problem 'is Worse than We Think'.
• Videos from two-day meeting "Food for thought: The science and politics of nutrition."

Announcements

• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.

Featured

• A Stromal Cell Population that Inhibits Adipogenesis in Mammalian Fat Depots.
• Trial Characteristics and Appropriateness of Statistical Methods Applied for Design and Analysis of Randomized School-Based Studies Addressing Weight-Related Issues: A Literature Review.
• Does Weight Stigma Reduce Working Memory? Evidence of Stereotype Threat Susceptibility in Adults with Obesity.
• Effects of 8-hour Time Restricted Feeding on Body Weight and Metabolic Disease Risk Factors in Obese Adults: A Pilot Study.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Tuberculosis Vaccine Could Reverse Type 1 Diabetes, Study Shows.
• Headline: Has Dr. Denise Faustman Found a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes?
• Study: The 3 Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes that Received the Vaccine Still Had Elevated HbA1c and Required Insulin Therapy. No Demonstration of Cure.
• Study critique: Statement From JDRF and American Diabetes Association.

Contrary or Null Findings

• "Most of the explanatory variables including provision of schools meals were not significantly associated with the nutritional status indicators." (pdf)
• Statin Therapy Does Not Reduce Liver Fat Scores in Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection. (pdf)
• RCT: "Preventing the winter decline in serum 25(OH)D with daily vitamin D3 supplementation of 10 or 20 µg had no cardiometabolic effects in healthy 4- to 8-y-old Danish children."
• "In the present meta‐analysis, no effect on markers of renal function was found after provision of a low carbohydrate diet compared with a control diet in patients with T2DM."
• Obesity is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Cirrhotic Patients.
• Temporal Distribution of Carbohydrate and Calorie Intake is Not Associated with Hemoglobin A1C in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• "Contrary to non-obese ARDS patients, driving pressure was not associated with mortality in obese ARDS patients."
• RCT: No Effect of Resveratrol on VLDL‐TG Kinetics and Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Men with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Basic

• Altered Exocrine Function Can Drive Adipose Wasting in Early Pancreatic Cancer.
• The Lupin Seed Protein γ‐Conglutin Suppresses Differentiation of 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes Into Mature Adipocytes.
• Downregulation of the Hypothalamic Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF) Complex Exacerbates Diet-Induced Obesity in Male Mice.
• Glucagon Receptor Signaling Regulates Energy Metabolism Through the Hepatic Farnesoid X Receptor and Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in Mice.
• Circulating MiR-374a-5p is a Potential Modulator of the Inflammatory Process in Obesity.
• Quercetin Lowers Plasma Triglycerides Accompanied By White Adipose Tissue Browning in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Innate Immune Cells in the Adipose Tissue.
• Effects of SCFA on the DNA Methylation Pattern of Adiponectin and Resistin in High-fat-diet-induced Obese Male Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Regression to the Mean Continues to Confuse People and Lead to Errors in Published Research.
• Letter: Incorrect Analyses Were Used in “Different Enteral Nutrition Formulas Have No Effect on Glucose Homeostasis but on Diet-induced Thermogenesis in Critically Ill Medical Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial” and Corrected Analyses are Requested.
• Food Addiction: Not All Individuals Attempting to Lose Weight are Addicts Nor are All Athletes Either.
• The Mediterranean Diet: Where are We Now?
• Retraction Watch: A journal decided to correct, rather than retract, a paper that contained "potentially contentious advice." Do you agree with their call?
• Ignorance of Causality Meets Fear of Body Positivity.

Clinical

• Effect of Vegetarian Dietary Patterns on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of RCTs.
• Family TXT: Feasibility and Acceptability of a MHealth Obesity Prevention Program for Parents of Pre-Adolescent African American Girls.
• Short-term Weight Loss Reverses Obesity-induced Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction.
• OAC Steps Up to Help People Find Obesity Care Providers.
• Global Diabetes Prevention Interventions: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of the Real-World Impact on Incidence, Weight, and Glucose.

Children and Adolescents

• Cardiorespiratory Fitness Attenuates the Obesity Risk in Chinese Children Who Have Parents with Overweight/Obesity.
• Trends in Weight Loss Efforts Among US Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity.
• Tracking and Variability in Childhood Levels of BMI: The Bogalusa Heart Study.
• Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use in US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2014.
• Childhood Self-Control and Adolescent Obesity: Evidence From Longitudinal Data on a National Cohort.
• Prevalence and Correlates of Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Young Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
• Association of Exposure to Formula in the Hospital and Subsequent Infant Feeding Practices with Gut Microbiota and Risk of Overweight in the First Year of Life.
• Methods for Measuring Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT).

Surgery

• Liver Blood Dynamics After Bariatric Surgery: The Effects of Mixed-meal Test and Incretin Infusions.
• GLP-2 Receptor Signaling Controls Circulating Bile Acid Levels but Not Glucose Homeostasis in Gcgr−/− Mice and is Dispensable for the Metabolic Benefits Ensuing After Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• Intestinal Glucose Absorption Was Reduced By Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Via Decreased Gastric Leptin Secretion.
• Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Healthcare Resource Utilization and All-Cause Inpatient Mortality in Morbid Obesity.

Drugs

• RCT: Dapagliflozin Plus Once-Weekly Exenatide Versus Placebo in Individuals with Obesity and Without Diabetes: Metabolic Effects and Markers Associated with Bodyweight Loss.
• RCT: Effects of Liraglutide on Gallbladder Emptying in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
• Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Announces New Topline Clinical Data From Ongoing Phase 2 Basket Studies Evaluating Setmelanotide in Rare Genetic Disorders of Obesity.
• Effects of the SGLT2 Inhibitor Ipragliflozin on Food Intake, Appetite-regulating Hormones, and Arteriovenous Differences in Postprandial Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetic Rats.
• Metreleptin Aids in Weight Reduction Among Adults with Obesity Plus Very Low Leptin Levels.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Comparison of Two Low-fat Diets, Differing in Protein and Carbohydrate, on Psychological Wellbeing in Adults with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Very High Intact-protein Formula Successfully Provides Protein Intake According to Nutritional Recommendations in Overweight Critically Ill Patients.
• Chocolate Intake and Heart Disease and Stroke in the Women's Health Initiative: A Prospective Analysis.
• How Non-nutritive Sweeteners Influence Hormones and Health.

Caloric Restriction

• Effects of Postweaning Calorie Restriction on Accelerated Growth and Adiponectin in Nutritionally Programmed Microswine Offspring.
• Age, Calorie Restriction, and Age of Calorie Restriction Onset Reduce Maturation of Natural Killer Cells in C57Bl/6 Mice.
• RCT: Effect of an Energy Restricted, Nutritionally Complete, Higher Protein Meal Plan on Body Composition and Mobility in Older Adults with Obesity.
• Carnitine Acetyltransferase (Crat) in Hunger-sensing AgRP Neurons Permits Adaptation to Calorie Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Hypoxic Training Improves Normoxic Glucose Tolerance in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Anthropometric and Body Composition Changes in Smokers vs Abstainers Following an Exercise-aided Pharmacotherapy Smoking Cessation Trial for Women.
• An 8-Week Ketogenic Low Carbohydrate, High Fat Diet Enhanced Exhaustive Exercise Capacity in Mice.

Economics & Sociology

• Contribution of socioeconomic factors to the variation in body-mass index in 58 low-income and middle-income countries: an econometric analysis of multilevel data.
• The Social and Cultural Role of Food for Myanmar Refugees in Regional Australia: Making Place and Building Networks.
• Relationships of Obesity-Related Behavior Patterns with Socioeconomic Status and Acculturation in Korean American Women.
• Do Environmental Factors Drive Obesity? Evidence From International Graduate Students.

Epidemiology

• Longitudinal Study of BMI, Dyslipidemia, Hyperglycemia, and Hypertension in 60,000 Men and Women in Sweden and Austria.
• A Positive Association Between Dietary Sodium Intake and Obesity and Central Obesity: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2006.
• Lower BMI Z-score Trajectory During Early Childhood Following the Birth of a Younger Sibling.
• Association of BMI and Age with Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women.
• Self-Reported Weight-Loss Methods and Weight Change: Ten-Year Analysis in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study Control Group.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• BMI and Risk of Suicide: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Dopaminergic Pathways in Obesity-associated Immuno-metabolic Depression.

Equity and Disparities

• Differences in Childhood BMI Between Lesbian/gay and Bisexual and Heterosexual Female Adolescents: A Follow-back Study.
• The Potential Cost-Effectiveness and Equity Impacts of Restricting Television Advertising of Unhealthy Food and Beverages to Australian Children.

Stigma

• Does Weight Stigma Reduce Working Memory? Evidence of Stereotype Threat Susceptibility in Adults with Obesity.
• Investigating the Self-Stigma and Quality of Life for Overweight/Obese Children in Hong Kong: A Preliminary Study.

Policy Related

• The Impact of Menu Labeling on Food Choices of Consumers.
• Potential Policy Approaches to Address Diet-Related Diseases.
• RCT: The Effect of Graphic Warnings on Sugary-Drink Purchasing.
• UK Obesity Plan: Will It Be Enough?

Intergenerational Effects

• A Retrospective Study of Gestational Weight Gain in Relation to the Institute of Medicine’s Recommendations By Maternal BMI in Rural Pennsylvania From 2006 to 2015.
• Maternal Eating Behavior is a Major Synchronizer of Fetal and Postnatal Peripheral Clocks in Mice.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Nickel Toxicity in Wood Frog Tadpoles: Bioaccumulation and Sublethal Effects on Body Condition, Food Consumption, Activity, and Chemosensory Function.
• Orcas Slap, Kill, but Don't Eat Their Prey.
• Anteater Diet.

The Restoring Insulin Secretion (RISE) Consortium

• Can We RISE to the Challenge of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes?
• Impact of Insulin and Metformin Versus Metformin Alone on β-Cell Function in Youth with Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes.
• Metabolic Contrasts Between Youth and Adults with Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: I. Observations Using the Hyperglycemic Clamp.
• Metabolic Contrasts Between Youth and Adults with Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: II. Observations Using the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.

Commentary

• Innovation at the Intersection of Consumers, Health, and Wellness.
• Sick countries and sick individuals: reassessing the inferential targets in global health research.
• Making Progress on the Global Crisis of Obesity and Weight Management.
• NIH Kills Alcohol Trial, Starts Hunt for Other Suspect Studies.
• FDA Turns Around on Added Sugar in Maple Syrup.
• Techniques for Winning an Argument and Losing a Voice.
• What’s the Best Way to Treat Normal-Weight People with Metabolic Abnormalities?

General

• Return of Research Results to Study Participants: Uncharted and Untested.
• The Treatment of Incomplete Data: Reporting, Analysis, Reproducibility, and Replicability.
• The Neonatal Microbiome and Its Partial Role in Mediating the Association Between Birth By Cesarean Section and Adverse Pediatric Outcomes.
• Associations Between Race, Perceived Psychological Stress, and the Gut Microbiota in a Sample of Generally Healthy Black and White Women: A Pilot Study on the Role of Race and Perceived Psychological Stress.
• Does the Trolley Problem Have a Problem?
• Some Science Journals that Claim to Peer Review Papers do Not do So.

Announcements

• 2018 EASO New Investigators United Autumn School - Open to Early Career Researcher/practitioners in Palma, Mallorca From 1-3 October 2018.
• Advanced Therapies for Pediatric Obesity: Friday, October 5, 2018.
• BMJ to Launch New Nutrition Journal.
• Request for Information on Strategies for Enhancing Postdoctoral Career Transitions to Promote Faculty Diversity (Grant Announcement).
• The Food and Drug Administration's Comprehensive, Multi-Year Nutrition Innovation Strategy; Public Meeting; Request for Comments.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.

Featured

• RCT: A Mediterranean-style Eating Pattern with Lean, Unprocessed Red Meat Has Cardiometabolic Benefits for Adults Who are Overweight or Obese.
• RCT: Acute Modulation in Dietary Behavior Following Glycogen Depletion and Post-exercise Supplementation in Trained Cyclists.
• Late-life Targeting of the IGF-1 Receptor Improves Healthspan and Lifespan in Female Mice.

Headline vs Study

• Press-release: Frequently Enjoying Kimchi Decreases Body Fat and Suppresses Obesity-Related Complications.
• Study: Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated From Kimchi to Evaluate Anti-obesity Effect in High Fat Diet-induced Obese Mice – Enjoyment Not Assessed.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: Minimal Effects of a Modified Version of Baby-Led Weaning on Infant Food and Nutrient Intakes.
• Advanced Glycation End Products and Their Receptors Did Not Show Any Association with Body Mass Parameters in Metabolically Healthy Adolescents.
• Metformin Does Not Reduce Inflammation in Diabetics with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm or at High Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation.
• RCT: "Supervised physical training following RYGB improved VO2 max, hip MS and physical function, but the positive effects were not maintained at follow-up."
• No Association Between Fat Tissue and Height in 5019 Children and Adolescents, Measured Between 1982 and 2011 in Kolkata/India.
• Mercury, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and Seafood Intake are Not Associated with Heart Rate Variability or QT Interval.
• Behavioral Weight Management for Underserved Postpartum African American Women: "The intervention was not feasible because of these low rates of attendance and high rates of attrition after randomization."
• Meta-analysis: No Significant Effect of Programmed Exercise on Perceived Stress in Middle-aged and Old Women.

Basic

• FGF21 Decreases Body Weight Without Reducing Food Intake or Bone Mineral Density in High-fat Fed Obese Rhesus Macaque Monkeys.
• Inulin Fiber Dose-dependently Modulates Energy Balance, Glucose Tolerance, Gut Microbiota, Hormones and Diet Preference in High-fat Fed Male Rats.
• The Role of Time of Food Intake on Upcoming Liver Disease in Male Wistar Rat.
• Macrophage Phenotype and Bioenergetics are Controlled By Oxidized Phospholipids Identified in Lean and Obese Murine Adipose Tissue.
• Aldolase Promotes the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy By Targeting AMPK Signaling in Adult Male Mice.
• Bisphenol S Exposure Alters Expression of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides and the Hypothalamic Apelin Receptor in Male Mice.
• Weighing in on Weight Loss in Pancreatic Cancer.
• Unexpected Cell Population Gives Fat a Brake.
• Flightless-I Controls Fat Storage in Drosophila.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• What Does the PREDIMED Trial Retraction & Re-Boot Mean for the Mediterranean Diet?
• Discovering Anew the Flaws in Self-Reports.
• Fecal Microbial Transplant in Children with Ulcerative Colitis: A Randomized, Double Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study Retraction.
• Commentary on NuSI.
• This Mediterranean Diet Study Was Hugely Impactful. The Science Just Fell Apart.

Clinical

• RCT: Loss-framed Financial Incentives with Personalized Goal Setting Significantly Increased Physical Activity Among Ischemic Heart Disease Patients Using Wearable Devices During the 16-week Intervention, and Effects Were Sustained During the 8-week Follow-up.
• RCT: Effects of 8-hour Time Restricted Feeding on Body Weight and Metabolic Disease Risk Factors in Obese Adults: A Pilot Study.
• Clinical Consequences of Chemotherapy Dose Reduction in Obese Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis From the PETACC 3 Study.
• Dietary and Nutritional Approaches for Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes.
• Obesity: Care in Rural Communities.

Children and Adolescents

• Helping with Meal Preparation and Children’s Dietary Intake: A Literature Review.
• Methods for Measuring Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT).

Surgery

• Meta-analysis: The Effectiveness of Endoscopic Gastroplasty for Obesity Treatment According to FDA Thresholds.
• Does Bariatric Surgery Influence Plasma Levels of Fetuin-A and Leukocyte Cell-derived Chemotaxin-2 in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?

Drugs

• RCT: Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotics on Adiposity and Insulin Sensitivity in Youths.
• Therapeutic Luminal Coating of the Intestine.
• Weight Loss Surgery 'in a Pill' Could Address Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
• The Urgent Need for Optimal Monitoring of Metabolic Adverse Effects in Children and Youngsters Who Take On-label or Off-label Antipsychotic Medication.
• Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Completes Pivotal Enrollment in Two Ongoing Phase 3 Clinical Trials Evaluating Setmelanotide in Rare Genetic Disorders of Obesity.
• Drug Extends Lifespan and Healthspan in Mice.

Food & Diet

• Series: Food for Thought: The Science and Politics of Nutrition.
• Oral Hydroxysafflor Yellow A Reduces Obesity in Mice By Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Serum Metabolism.
• An Appetite for Health: Americans Over 50 Strive for Heart and Muscle Health.
• Hypothalamic Integration of the Endocrine Signaling Related to Food Intake.
• Review of the Scientific Evidence on the Physiological Effects of Certain Non-Digestible Carbohydrates.
• Harmonization of Approaches to Nutrient Reference Values: Applications to Young Children and Women of Reproductive Age (2018).

Caloric Restriction

• Short-Term Fasting Reveals Amino Acid Metabolism as a Major Sex-Discriminating Factor in the Liver.
• Food restriction promotes damage reduction in rat models of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Physical Wellness Among Gaming Adults: Cross-Sectional Study.
• Predictors of Long-Term Exercise Capacity in Patients Who Have Had Lung Transplantation.
• Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Associates with Myocardial Oxygen Demand and Exercise Tolerance in Postmenopausal Women.

Economics & Sociology

• Opposite Associations of Household Income with Adolescent BMI According to Migrant Status: Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” Birth Cohort.
• Associations of Subjective Social Status with Accelerometer-based Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Among Adolescents.
• Contribution of Socioeconomic Factors to the Variation in Body-mass Index in 58 Low-income and Middle-income Countries.
• Sex-specific Epigenetic Mediators Between Early Life Social Disadvantage and Adulthood BMI.
• Workshop Proceedings: Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment.

Epidemiology

• Pilot Data on the Association Between Social Jetlag and Obesity-related Characteristics in Dutch Adolescents Over One Year.
• Abdominal Obesity, Sarcopenia, and Osteoporosis are Associated with Frailty in Men Living with and Without HIV.
• The Effect of Obesity on the Rate of Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia.
• Association of Obesity, Sleep Apnea and Hypothalamic Inflammation: Novel Possibilities of Research.
• Epigenomics and Metabolomics Reveal the Mechanism of the APOA2 -saturated Fat Intake Interaction Affecting Obesity.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Self-regulation and Obesity: The Role of Executive Function and Delay Discounting in the Prediction of Weight Loss.
• Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Indices of Obesity in Adults with Prediabetes and Normal Blood Glucose Levels.
• Sexual (dys)functioning is Related to Drive for Thinness, Not Drive for Muscularity.
• Misleading Health Consumers Through Violations of Communicative Norms: A Case Study of Online Diabetes Education.
• Commentary: Myth-Busting, Confusion, and Deception.

Equity and Disparities

• Ethnic Disparities in Childhood BMI Trajectories and Obesity and Potential Causes Among 29,250 US Children: Findings From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts.
• Trends and Disparities in Diet Quality Among US Adults By Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Status.
• Obesity Prevalence Among Adults Living in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties United States, 2016.
• Differences in Obesity Prevalence By Demographic Characteristics and Urbanization Level Among Adults in the United States, 2013-2016.
• Differences in Obesity Prevalence By Demographics and Urbanization in US Children and Adolescents, 2013-2016.
• Commentary: Urbanization Causes Obesity? Not Exactly.

Stigma

• Development and Pilot Validation of a Video Instrument Stimulating Weight Stigma on Future Physical Activity Experimental Designs.
• Book Chapter: Weight Stigma and Related Social Factors in Psychological Care.
• Body Weight Perception, Disordered Weight Control Behaviors, and Depressive Symptoms Among Korean Adults.
• Weight Stigma and Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenocortical Axis Reactivity in Individuals Who are Overweight.

Policy Related

• Evaluating the Effect of SNAP-Ed on Household Food Security Status and Dietary Intake of SNAP-Ed-eligible Participants in Indiana.
• The Effect of Graphic Warnings on Sugary-Drink Purchasing.

Intergenerational Effects and Associations

• Intrauterine exposure to metformin: Evaluation of endothelial and perivascular adipose tissue function in abdominal aorta of adult offspring.
• Intrauterine growth restriction combined with a maternal high-fat diet increased adiposity and serum corticosterone levels in adult rat offspring.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Claw Morphometrics in Monitor Lizards: Variable Substrate and Habitat Use Correlate to Shape Diversity Within a Predator Guild.
• Comparative Feeding Strategies and Kinematics in Phocid Seals: Suction Without Specialized Skull Morphology.
• Repeated Freezing Induces a Trade-off Between Cryoprotection and Egg Production in the Goldenrod Gall Fly, Eurosta Solidaginis.

Methods

• Amperometric Immunoassay for the Obesity Biomarker Amylin Using a Screen Printed Carbon Electrode Functionalized with an Electropolymerized Carboxylated Polypyrrole.
• Recommendations for Characterization and Reporting of Dietary Fibers in Nutrition Research.

Commentary

• The Brain’s Control Center for Diabetes and Obesity.
• A Double Dose of Discrimination.
• Humans, Made to Move It.
• The Truth About Spices: Is It Time to Ditch the Turmeric Latte?
• Why the Medical Research Grant System Could Be Costing Us Great Ideas.
• Linking Nutrition and Health Part 2: Obesity and Overeating.

General

• Handling Missing Data in Single-Case Studies.
• The Moderating Role of Kindness on the Relation Between Trust and Happiness.
• Scientists Watch Bacteria 'harpoon' DNA to Speed Their Evolution.
• Does an Uneven Sample Size Distribution Across Settings Matter in Cross-classified Multilevel Modeling? Results of a Simulation Study.
• Doubt and Truth Take Center Stage in Dean Allison’s Remarks to IUSPH Graduating Students.
• IgE to the Mammalian Oligosaccharide Galactose-α-1,3-Galactose is Associated with Increased Atheroma Volume and Plaques with Unstable Characteristics.
• Gene Therapy Reverses Rat's Paralysis.

Announcements

• FDA Public Meeting: Foods Produced Using Animal Cell Culture Technology.
• NIDDK Body Weight Planner: New Website.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.

Featured

• The Behaviour of Overweight Dogs Shows Similarity with Personality Traits of Overweight Humans.
• What is the Effect of Diet And/or Exercise Interventions on Behavioural Compensation in Non-exercise Physical Activity and Related Energy Expenditure of Free-living Adults? A Systematic Review.
• Early Adipogenesis Contributes to Excess Fat Accumulation in Cave Populations of Astyanax Mexicanus [cavefish].

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Low Social Rank is More Harmful to Health than Obesity: Study.
• Press-release: The Lancet: Low Socioeconomic Status Reduces Life Expectancy and Should Be Counted as a Major Risk Factor in Health Policy, Study Says.
• Study: Associations Between Occupational Position, Obesity, and Other Factors with Mortality in Individual-level Data Meta-analysis of 48 Cohorts.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "...rate [of weight loss] does not seem to have a significant impact on body composition or on compensatory mechanisms, once EB is reestablished."
• RCT: "No significant effect of an approach–avoidance training intervention for children and adolescents with obesity."
• Depression and Anxiety: Lack of Associations with an Inadequate Diet in a Sample of Pregnant Women with a History of Bariatric Surgery-a Multicenter Prospective Controlled Cohort Study.
• RCT: A Nutritive Dose of Pure (–)-epicatechin Does Not Beneficially Affect Increased Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Overweight-to-obese Adults.
• Long-limb Length Difference Had No Effect on Outcomes of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery for Obese Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, the further participants were from office destinations the less they walked, suggesting that changing the relative distance between workstations and other destinations on the same floor may not be the most fruitful target for promoting walking and reducing sitting in the workplace."
• "Contrary to expectation VFs [vertebral fractures] were associated with BMI and FBM but not with BMD."
• RCT: "...this study failed to show that adding celecoxib (200 mg/day) to megestrol (320 mg/day) could enhance anti-cachexic effects of megestrol."

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Commentary: Errors Trigger Retraction of Study on Mediterranean Diet's Heart Benefits.
• Commentary: That Huge Mediterranean Diet Study Was Flawed. But Was It Wrong?
• Somebody took the randomized out of our favorite randomized controlled trial.
• Ketogenic Diets and Evolution.
• Papers on Fatty Acids in Meat Science Show Wide Variation in Methods and Data Presentation.
• "We find a large disparity between the strength of language as presented to the research consumer and the underlying strength of causal inference among the studies most widely shared on social media."

Basic

• Differential Carbohydrate Utilization and Organic Acid Production By Honey Bee Symbionts.
• Deficient Ganglioside Synthesis Restores Responsiveness to Leptin and Melanocortin Signaling in Obese KKAy Mice.
• The Effects of Volume Versus Intensity of Long-term Voluntary Exercise on Physiology and Behavior in C57/Bl6 Mice.
• Cardiac Metabolic Effects of KNa1.2 Channel Deletion and Evidence for Its Mitochondrial Localization in Wild-Type Mice.

Clinical

• Mastication of Nuts Under Realistic Eating Conditions: Implications for Energy Balance.
• Using Virtual Human Technology to Examine Weight Bias and the Role of Patient Weight on Student Assessment of Pediatric Pain.
• Overcoming Obesity-induced Immunotherapeutic Failure.
• Screening For Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Selectively in a University Maternity Hospital.

Children and Adolescents

• Early Excessive Growth with Distinct Seasonality in Preschool Obesity.
• Childhood Obesity / Overweight Steadily Rose From 1999 to 2014.
• Adolescents at High Risk of Obesity Show Greater Striatal Response to Increased Sugar Content in Milkshakes.
• Harmonization of Approaches to Nutrient Reference Values: Applications to Young Children and Women of Reproductive Age.
• The Scope of Sleep Problems in Canadian Children and Adolescents with Obesity.

Surgery

• Insomnia and Depressive Symptoms in Relation to Unhealthy Eating Behaviors in Bariatric Surgery Candidates.
• Treatment of Obesity in Young People—a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Calcium Absorption May Be Affected After Either Sleeve Gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Premenopausal Women: A 2-y Prospective Study.
• Bariatric Surgery Today: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
• Perioperative Patient Care Involved with Robotic-assisted Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Patients with Obesity Caused By Melanocortin-4 Receptor Mutations Can Be Treated with a Glucagon-like-peptide-1 Receptor Agonist, Iepsen EW.
• Inactivating Hepatic Follistatin Alleviates Hyperglycemia in Mice.
• Dapsone Protects Brain Microvascular Integrity From High-fat Diet Induced LDL Oxidation.

Food & Diet

• Mary Poppins Was Right: Adding Small Amounts of Sugar or Salt Reduces the Bitterness of Vegetables.
• RCT: Nutrient Enrichment of Human Milk with Human and Bovine Milk–based Fortifiers for Infants Born Weighing Less than 1250 G.
• Grocery Store Interventions to Change Food Purchasing Behaviors: A Systematic Review of RCTs.
• Dietary Fiber Intervention on Gut Microbiota Composition in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Caloric Restriction

• Modulation of Intestinal Microbiota and IMMUNO-metabolic Parameters By Caloric Restriction and Lactic Acid Bacteria.
• Intermittent Fasting Confers Protection in CNS Autoimmunity By Altering the Gut Microbiota.
• Calorie Restriction-Induced Increase in Skeletal Muscle Insulin Sensitivity is Not Prevented By Overexpression of the P55α Subunit of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase.
• Reducing Calories to Lose Weight.
• Reducing Calories to Lose Weight—Reply.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Keep Moving Without Hurting: The Interaction Between Physical Activity and Pain in Determining Cognitive Function at the Population Level.
• Influence of an Adapted Physical Activity Program on Self-Esteem and Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients After Mastectomy.
• Investigating the Effects of Behavioral Change, Social Support, and Self-efficacy in Physical Activity in a Collectivistic Culture: Application of Stages of Motivational Readiness for Change in Korean Young Adults.
• Outdoor Time and Metabolically Healthy Obesity in Children: Results From the Canadian Health Measures Survey.
• The Contributions of ‘Diet’, ‘Genes’, and Physical Activity to the Etiology of Obesity: Contrary Evidence and Consilience.
• Physical Activity and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Is the Relation Modified by Level of Global Cardiovascular Risk?

Economics & Sociology

• BMI and Wealth Index: Positively Correlated Indicators of Health and Wealth Inequalities in Nairobi Slums.
• Childhood Poverty Dynamics and Adulthood Overweight/obesity: Unpacking the Black Box of Childhood.
• Food Environments and Dietary Intakes Among Adults: Does the Type of Spatial Exposure Measurement Matter? A Systematic Review.

Epidemiology

• The Importance of Waist Circumference and BMI in Cross-sectional Relationships with Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Vietnam.
• Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2018 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.
• Association Between Stress Fracture Incidence and Predicted Body Fat in United States Army Basic Combat Training Recruits.
• Family Lifestyle Dynamics and Childhood Obesity: Evidence From the Millennium Cohort Study.
• Daily Associations Between Objective Sleep and Consumption of Highly Palatable Food in Free‐Living Conditions.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Effects of 2-day Calorie Restriction on Cardiovascular Autonomic Response, Mood, and Cognitive and Motor Functions in Obese Young Adult Women.
• Executive and Reward-Related Function in Pediatric Obesity: A Meta-Analysis.
• Food Deprivation Reduces the Illusory Bias for Food-related but Not for Neutral Stimuli.
• Antidepressant Utilisation and Incidence of Weight Gain During 10 Years’ Follow-up: Population Based Cohort Study.
• Obesity in Aging Exacerbates Neuroinflammation, Dysregulating Synaptic Function-related Genes and Altering Eicosanoid Synthesis in the Mouse Hippocampus: Potential Role in Impaired Synaptic Plasticity and Cognitive Decline.

Equity and Disparities

• The Sheer Stress of Living in a Poor Neighborhood Can Contribute to Obesity and Diabetes.
• Anthropometric and Physiologic Characteristics in White and British Indian Vegetarians and Nonvegetarians in the UK Biobank.
• Association of Physical Activity with Income, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States: Findings From NHANES, 2007-2016.

Stigma

• Using Virtual Human Technology to Examine Weight Bias and the Role of Patient Weight on Student Assessment of Pediatric Pain.
• Dispositional Mindfulness Promotes Public Health of the Obesity Population By Reducing Perceived Discrimination and Weight Stigma Concerns.
• Body Size, Body Norms and Some Unintended Consequences of Obesity Intervention in the Pacific Islands.
• How Can Primary Care Help to Reduce Weight Stigma?
• Implicit Preference Towards Slim Bodies and Weight-stigma Modulate the Understanding of Observed Familiar Actions.
• Weight Bias Internalization and Health: A Systematic Review.

Policy Related

• Economic Evaluations of System-based Obesity Interventions - the Case for a New Approach.
• Pros and Cons of Restricting SNAP Purchases.

Intergenerational Effects

• Generation of Maternal Obesity Models in Studies of Developmental Programming in Rodents.
• Pregnancy Loss of Control Over Eating: A Longitudinal Study of Maternal and Child Outcomes.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Female Nursery Web Spiders (Pisaurina Mira) Benefit From Consuming Their Mate.
• Nutrient Intake and Balancing Among Female Colobus Angolensis Palliatus Inhabiting Structurally Distinct Forest Areas: Effects of Group, Season, and Reproductive State.

Methods

• A Non-invasive Assessment of Skin Carotenoid Status Through Reflection Spectroscopy is a Feasible, Reliable and Potentially Valid Measure of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Diverse Community Sample.
• Recommendations on the Most Suitable Quality‐of‐life Measurement Instruments for Bariatric and Body Contouring Surgery: A Systematic Review.
• Feasibility of an Estimated Method Using Graduated Utensils to Estimate Food Portion Size in Infants Aged 4 to 18 Months.
• Measurement of Protein Digestibility in Humans By a Dual-tracer Method.
• Extending Methods in Dietary Patterns Research.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Stratified Probabilistic Bias Analysis for BMI-related Exposure Misclassification in Postmenopausal Women.
• The Spatial Distribution of Adult Obesity Prevalence in Denver County, Colorado: An Empirical Bayes Approach to Adjust EHR-Derived Small Area Estimates.
• Application of Machine Learning to Predict Dietary Lapses During Weight Loss.

Commentary

• British Nutritionists Want Jamie Oliver to Stop Fat Shaming Children.
• Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus: Why and How We Eat.

Cancer

• Obesity and Cancer: Existing and New Hypotheses for a Causal Connection.
• A Reversible Epigenetic Link Between Obesity and Cancer Risk.
• The Influence of Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction on the Increased Colon Cancer Incidence in Obesity.
• Obesity-induced Changes in Baseline Immune Responses to Pre-clinical Breast Cancer.
• Obesity is Associated with Larger Soft‐tissue Sarcomas, More Surgical Complications, and More Complex Wound Closures.

General

• The Oddity Effect Drives Prey Choice but Not Necessarily Attack Time.
• Female-biased Sex Ratios are Associated with Higher Maternal Testosterone Levels in Nutria (Myocastor Coypus).
• Mamu-B*17+ Rhesus Macaques Vaccinated with Env, Vif, and Nef Manifest Early Control of SIVmac239 Replication.
• Unexpected Reversal of C3 Versus C4 Grass Response to Elevated CO2 During a 20-year Field Experiment.
• Smarter Metrics Will Help Fix Our Food System.
• Clinical Trial Participants’ Views of the Risks and Benefits of Data Sharing.

Video & Audio

• Minority Opinion Persuasion: How Many Voices Does It Take to Effect Change?

Announcements

• Medical Statistician Doug Altman Dies.
• David Allison Selected to Receive the Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate of the Year Award.
• 11th Annual Course on Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research: Principles and Practice of Kinetic Analysis.
• ObesityWeek Registration Opens Friday, June 15.
• Royal Society of Medicine (Event): The Impact of Diet and Weight on Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing.
• CDC Launches Infant and Toddler Nutrition Website.
• Webinar: June 21 - Obesity Isn't Simple: Identifying Complex, Evidence-based Strategies to Treat Obesity Seriously.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.