Featured

• RCT: Intermittent Fasting and Protein Pacing are Superior to Caloric Restriction for Weight and Visceral Fat Loss.
• Parvalbumin Basket Cell Myelination Accumulates Axonal Mitochondria to Internodes.
• The Competitive Interaction between Food Cravings and Unhealthy Snacking: An Application of the Predator-Prey Model in Psychology.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Beef Burger or Fish Sandwich? These Menu Labels Encourage People to Eat Less Red Meat, Study Shows.
• Study: "The online experiment measured one-time, hypothetical selections rather than actual food purchases and consumption from an in-person fast food restaurant setting."
• Commentary: Saving the Planet with Fast Food Menu Labels.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Children were not less physically active when mildly sleep deprived. ...These findings suggest that decreased physical activity seems unlikely to explain the association between short sleep and obesity in children."
• Mirabegron-Induced Brown Fat Activation Does Not Exacerbate Atherosclerosis in Mice with a Functional Hepatic ApoE-LDLR Pathway.
• Adding High-Intensity Interval Training to Classical Resistance Training Does Not Impede the Recovery from Inactivity-Induced Leg Muscle Weakness.
• Thesis: "Surprisingly, maternal intake of iron supplements during pregnancy was negatively associated with infant FM, %FM and FMI at 3 months and FM/FFMp at 6 months..."
• RCT: No Significantly Differential Effects of a 12-Week Intervention Comparing the Healthy US, Mediterranean, and Vegetarian Dietary Patterns of the US Dietary Guidelines for Changes in Body Weight, Hemoglobin A1c, Blood Pressure, and Dietary Quality Among African American Adults.
• RCT: "...liposomal bupivacaine did not significantly decrease postoperative opioid use either before implementation of ERAS or as part of an enhanced recovery after surgery program for minimally invasive bariatric surgery procedures."
• Dissertation: "Contrary to expectations, the highest activity of GPDH [glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase] was detectable in cells grown at a low physiological insulin concentration of 25 pM and in those cultured at the highest magnesium concentration of 3 mM" in cattle.
• RCT: "No statistically significant changes were observed in the immune markers examined in ....a diet based on the dietary guidelines for Americans on inflammation markers in women at risk for cardiometabolic disease."

Basic

• DNA Methylation and Gene Expression Analysis in Adipose Tissue to Identify New Loci Associated with T2D Development in Obesity.
• Obesity Triggers Tumoral Senescence and Renders Poorly Immunogenic Malignancies Amenable to Senolysis.
• Combined Effects of High Fat Diet and Exercise on Autophagy in White Adipose Tissue of Mice.
• CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Inactivation of the Phosphatase Activity of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Prevents Obesity and Cardiac Ischemic Injury.
• The Tetraspanin Transmembrane Protein CD53 Mediates Dyslipidemia and Integrates Inflammatory and Metabolic Signaling in Hepatocytes.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Retraction Watch: That [Sport Science] Paper with the ‘T’ Error Bars Was Just Retracted.
• Protocol: Meta-Research Study of Protocols for Diet or Nutrition-Related Trials Published in Indexed Journals: General Aspects of Study Design, Rationale and Reporting Limitations.
• Blog Post: Challenge of Expressing Uncertainty in Scientific Claims (Exercise and Lifespan Edition).
• THE Gene That Causes Obesity? Nope!

Clinical

• The Antioxidant Potential of the Mediterranean Diet as a Predictor of Weight Loss After a Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD) in Women with Overweight and Obesity.
• RCT: Impact of Early Time-Restricted Eating on Diet Quality, Meal Frequency, Appetite, and Eating Behaviors.
• RCT: The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Body Composition in Nursing Mothers with Overweight or Obesity.
• Relationship between Diet-Related Inflammation and Bone Health Under Different Levels of BMI.

Children and Adolescents

• Protocol: The Effect of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Risperidone and Aripiprazole on Weight Gain in Children and Adolescents.
• Twenty-Four-Hour Movement Guidelines During Adolescence and Its Association with Obesity at Adulthood: Results from a Nationally Representative Study.
• Semaglutide Treatment for Obesity in Teenagers: A Plain Language Summary of the STEP TEENS Research Study.
• Association of Socioeconomic Position and Childhood Obesity in Finland: A Registry-Based Study.

Surgery

• Dynamics of Adipose Tissue Macrophage Populations After Gastric Bypass Surgery.
• Gastrointestinal Hormones and Appetite Ratings After Weight Loss Induced by Diet or Bariatric Surgery.
• Systematic Review: The Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Cognition in Patients with Obesity.

Drugs

• Marked Weight Loss on Liraglutide 3.0 Mg: Real-Life Experience of a Swiss Cohort with Obesity.
• Systematic Review: Ibuprofen Efficacy, Tolerability and Safety in Children with Obesity.
• Endocannabinoid Metabolism and Transport as Drug Targets.
• Glimepiride Use Is Associated with Reduced Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Heart Failure: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Food & Diet

• U.S. FDA Weighs Regulating Cannabis Compound CBD in Food, Supplements.
• RCT: Effects of a Grocery Shopping Intervention Designed to Improve Diet Adherence in Diabetes.
• Systematic Review: "The evidence for the efficacy of behavioral weight loss interventions for improving diet quality among adults with overweight and obesity is limited."

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Plasma FGF21 Levels are Not Associated with Weight Loss or Improvements in Metabolic Health Markers upon 12 Weeks of Energy Restriction: Secondary Analysis of an RCT.
• The Effects of Dietary Interventions on Brain Aging and Neurological Diseases.
• Manipulation of Amino Acid Levels with Artificial Diets Induces a Marked Anticancer Activity in Mice with Renal Cell Carcinoma.
• Synergetic Effects of Concurrent Chronic Exposure to a Mixture of OCPs and High-Fat Diets on Type 2 Diabetes and Beneficial Effects of Caloric Restriction in Female Zebrafish.
• Impact of Calorie-Restricted Cafeteria Diet and Treadmill Exercise on Sweet Taste in Diet-Induced Obese Female and Male Rats.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• RCT: Resistance Exercise in Already Active Individuals with Diabetes.
• Dietary- but Not Exercise-Induced Acute Iso-Energetic Deficit Result in Short-Term Appetitive Compensatory Responses in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Breaking Up Sitting with Short Frequent or Long Infrequent Physical Activity Breaks Does Not Lead to Compensatory Changes in Appetite, Appetite-Regulating Hormones or Energy Intake.

Economics & Sociology

• Neighborhood Socioeconomic Differences in BMI: The Role of Fast-Food Outlets and Physical Activity Facilities.
• Disparities in Childhood Obesity Prevalence and Spatial Clustering Related to Socioeconomic Factors in Isaan, Thailand.

Epidemiology

• Smoking Cessation and Obesity-Related Morbidities and Mortality in a 20-Year Follow-Up Study.
• Body Fat Distribution, Fasting Insulin Levels and Insulin Secretion: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study.
• Trends and Disparities in Diabetes and Prediabetes Among Adults in the United States, 1999–2018.
• An Empirically Derived “Prudent” Dietary Pattern Is Associated with Lower Obesity Occurrence: Modeling and Mapping from a National Nutrition Survey.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• RCT: Impact of Early Time-Restricted Eating on Diet Quality, Meal Frequency, Appetite, and Eating Behaviors.
• Body Weight Regulation Via MT1-MMP-Mediated Cleavage of GFRAL.

Equity and Disparities

• Systematic Review: Participant Diversity in Clinical Trials—Have We Made Progress for the Management of Obesity and Its Metabolic Sequelae in Diet, Drug, and Surgical Trials.
• Is the Cost-Effectiveness of an Early-Childhood Sleep Intervention to Prevent Obesity Affected by Socioeconomic Position?

Stigma

• Characterizing the Prevalence of Obesity Misinformation, Factual Content, Stigma, and Positivity on the Social Media Platform Reddit between 2011 and 2019: Infodemiology Study.
• Women's Perceptions of Weight Stigma and Experiences of Weight-Neutral Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder: A Qualitative Study.

Policy Related

• Thesis: The Makings of Health in Small Island Developing States: Exploring the Persistence of Obesity in the Bahamas.
• The Neglected Potential of Red and Processed Meat Replacement with Alternative Protein Sources: Simulation Modelling and Systematic Review.
• Caregivers’ Perceived Impact of WIC’s Temporary Cash-Value Benefit (CVB) Increases on Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing, Consumption, and Access in Massachusetts.
• Review: Encouraging Healthier Food and Beverage Purchasing and Consumption: A Review of Interventions Within Grocery Retail Settings.
• Factors That “Nudge People Towards the Healthier” Snacks—A Qualitative Study with Student, Faculty, and Staff Leaders and Decision Makers.
• Nurturing Children's Development Through Healthy Eating and Active Living: Time for Policies to Support Effective Interventions in the Context of Responsive Emotional Support and Early Learning.
• Systematic Review: Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) in Community Food Environmental Research.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Circadian Disruption Before Pregnancy Impairs the Ovarian Function of Female Offspring in Mice.
• Re-Examination of the Estimated Average Requirement for Carbohydrate Intake During Pregnancy: Addition of Placental Glucose Consumption.
• Independent and Joint Associations of Age, Pre-Pregnancy BMI, and Gestational Weight Gain with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Mechanisms Mediating the Impact of Maternal Obesity on Offspring Hypothalamic Development and Later Function.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• The Effect of Temperature on Haemoglobin-Oxygen Binding Affinity in Regionally Endothermic and Ectothermic Sharks.
• Phenotypic Plasticity in Desiccation Physiology of Closely Related, Range Restricted and Broadly Distributed Fruit Fly Species.

Methods

• A Multi-Scale in Silico Mouse Model for Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance.
• Deriving Neighborhood-Level Diet and Physical Activity Measurements from Anonymized Mobile Phone Location Data for Enhancing Obesity Estimation.
• Bi-Objective Goal Programming for Balancing Costs Vs. Nutritional Adequacy.

Commentary

• How Even Super-Short Workouts Can Improve Your Health.
• Throwing People with Obesity Under the Bus.
• Scientists Find Key Reason Why Loss of Smell Occurs in Long COVID-19.
• Market Paternalism: Do People Really Want to Be Nudged Towards Consumption?
• The Health Benefits of Resistance Exercise: Beyond Hypertrophy and Big Weights.
• Five Trends to Define 2023 in Obesity and Health.
• Stealth FDA Approval: Semaglutide for Teens.
• 60 Minutes: Obesity Care in a Broken System.

General

• The Truth Behind Melatonin and Why It May Not Help You Sleep.
• Self-Esteem Trajectories over Three Decades Predict Opposition to Social Equality in Midlife.
• ‘I Know the Tiger by His Paw’: A Non-Invasive Footprint Identification Technique for Monitoring Individual Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) in Snow.
• RCT: Effect of Chocolate Milk Consumption on Muscle Damage Enzymes of Men Professional Football Players.
• Thesis: Snacking Interventions Differentially Influence Saliva, Salivary Alpha Amylase Activity, and Sensation.
• Improving the Rigor of Mechanistic Behavioral Science: The Introduction of the Checklist for Investigating Mechanisms in Behavior-Change Research (CLIMBR).
• Thesis: Establishing Methods for the Detection of Fetal Microchimerism.
• Subjective Vs. Objective Memory Predictors of AD Biomarkers and Future Cognitive, Clinical, and Functional Decline.

Announcements

• IU Bloomington’s Department of Kinesiology Ranked #3 in Nation.
• Register: CEI Perspectives presents "Food Insecurity: A Community Perspective"
• IU Bloomington School of Public Health Seeks Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency and/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research Domains.
• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Is Recruiting for Tenure-Track Faculty in Every Department!