Featured

• Reimagining Obesity in 2018-A JAMA Theme Issue on Obesity.
• Subcellular Localization of MC4R with ADCY3 at Neuronal Primary Cilia Underlies a Common Pathway for Genetic Predisposition to Obesity.
• Loss-of-function Mutations in ADCY3 Cause Monogenic Severe Obesity.
• Bias in Hazard Ratios Arising From Misclassification According to Self-Reported Weight and Height in Observational Studies of BMI and Mortality.
• "Teaching reverence for the truth must be an essential part of any college education." Op-Ed by Michael A. McRobbie, President of Indiana University.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Bile Acids: A New Therapy Against Obesity.
• Press-release: Bile Acids Fire Up Fat-burning.
• Study: TGR5 signalling promotes mitochondrial fission and beige remodelling of white adipose tissue... in response to a "bile acid mimetic" in cells and mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No effect on BMI or waist circumference of a "School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention Using Social Cognitive Theory for Overweight and Obese Iranian Adolescent Girls."
• RCT: "the preliminary findings suggest that the [cognitive] training tasks used were ineffective in this group of obese children."
• "No significant changes in child BMI, hours of physical activity, or parental feeding practices" Camp-Based Intervention for Overweight Children with Developmental Disabilities.
• "No significant effect of treatment conditions compared with the control group" in study of effects of an app depicting a popular children's media character.
• "These findings suggest that 1000 IU/day cholecalciferol supplementation during mid and late pregnancy in women with baseline 25(OH)D 25-100 nmol/l does not improve offspring body composition or muscle strength despite an increase in maternal 25(OH)D status."
• "The quality of life of the patients did not improve 6 months after bariatric surgery."
• Lack of Clear Evidence that Cannabinoids are an Alternative for Cachexia-anorexia Syndrome in Patients with Advanced Cancer.
• RCT: "Despite increased treatment contact, a group-CBT programme for long-term weight maintenance after an initial ≥5% weight loss from dieting in obese individuals with type 2 diabetes was not superior to usual care alone."

Basic

• Sucrose Non-Fermenting Related Kinase Regulates Both Adipose Inflammation and Energy Homeostasis in Mice and Humans.
• Changing Dogma in Taste Science.
• Pyruvate Induces Torpor in Obese Mice.
• Dietary Fatty Acids Sex-Specifically Modulate Guinea Pig Postnatal Development Via Cortisol Concentrations.
• Leptin and the Maintenance of Elevated Body Weight.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Three Letters and Reply: Weight and Metabolic Outcomes 12 Years After Gastric Bypass.
• Letter: Comparing Apples to Apples. Is It Fair to Compare Suboptimal Doses of Medications to Surgery?
• Letter: Does Obesity Reduce Risk for Osteoporosis and Fractures in Older Adults?
• Impact of Obesity on Biomarkers of Iron and Vitamin D Status in Children and Adolescents: The Risk of Misinterpretation.
• Regulation of Microvascular Function By Voltage-gated Potassium Channels: New Tricks for an “ancient” Dog.
• Comment On: Qualifying for Bariatric Surgery: Is Preoperative Weight Loss a Reliable Predictor of Postoperative Weight Loss?

Clinical

• RCT: A Whole-Grain Diet Reduces Peripheral Insulin Resistance and Improves Glucose Kinetics in Obese Adults.
• RCT: The Effects of Bright Light Exposure at Night on Circadian Rhythms and Energy Metabolism.
• RCT: The Effectiveness of a Web 2.0 Physical Activity Intervention in Older Adults.
• A Longitudinal Study of Interactions Between Health Professionals and People with Newly Diagnosed Diabetes.
• RCT: (pilot) Sleep Extension is a Feasible Lifestyle Intervention in Free-living Adults Who are Habitually Short Sleepers: A Potential Strategy for Decreasing Intake of Free Sugars?
• Counting Calories as an Approach to Achieve Weight Control.
• The Introduction of Simple Cardiorespiratory Fitness Testing in Overweight/obese Type 2 Diabetics: A Pilot Study.
• Feasibility and Acceptability of Delivering a Postpartum Weight Loss Intervention Via Facebook: A Pilot Stud.
• RCT: Face-to-Face Versus Mobile Versus Blended Weight Loss Program.
• RCT: Changes in Energy Intake and Diet Quality During an 18-Month Weight-Management Trial in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Children and Adolescents

• The Intention to Be Physically Active in Sedentary Obese Children: A Longitudinal Study.
• CRCT: Effects of a Peer-led Walking in ScHools Intervention (the WISH Study) on Physical Activity Levels of Adolescent Girls.
• Summer Weight Gain and Fitness Loss: Causes and Potential Solutions.

Surgery

• Safety and Utility of the Drainless Abdominoplasty in the Post-Bariatric Surgery Patient.
• Oral Vitamin B12 Supplementation After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Systematic Review.
• Long-term Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Idalopirdine, a Selective 5-HT6 Receptor Antagonist, Reduces Food Intake and Body Weight in a Model of Excessive Eating.
• Obesity: Pathophysiology and Management.
• Zafgen Tries Again with Obesity, Rare Disease Drugs After Setback.
• Effects of Weight Loss Medications on Cardiometabolic Risk Profiles.

Food & Diet

• Time-course and Dynamics of Obesity-related Behavioral Changes Induced By Energy-dense Foods in Mice.
• Obesogenic Diets Alter Metabolism in Mice.
• Do Nutrition Labels Influence Healthier Food Choices? Analysis of Label Viewing Behaviour and Subsequent Food Purchases in a Labeling Intervention Trial.
• Effect of Curcumin on Anthropometric Measures: A Systematic Review on RCTs.
• Interest in the Ketogenic Diet Grows For Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes.

Caloric Restriction

• Effects of Alternate-day Fasting or Daily Calorie Restriction on Body Composition, Fat Distribution, and Circulating Adipokines: Secondary Analysis of an RCT.
• Caloric Restriction Lowers Endocannabinoid Tonus and Improves Cardiac Function in Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Comparison of Calorie-Restricted Diet and Resveratrol Supplementation on Anthropometric Indices, Metabolic Parameters, and Serum Sirtuin-1 Levels in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Effects of Physical Activity on Colorectal Cancer Risk Among Family History and BMI Subgroups: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• RCT: Effect of 10% Weight Loss on Simulated Taekwondo Match Performance.

Economics & Sociology

• Sex-specific Role of Education on the Associations of Socioeconomic Status Indicators with Obesity Risk.
• Income and Obesity: What is the Direction of the Relationship? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Intersecting Social Inequalities and BMI Trajectories From Adolescence to Early Adulthood.
• Fast-Food Value Chains and Childhood Obesity: A Global Perspective.
• Trends and Correlates of Overweight/obesity in Czech Adolescents in Relation to Family Socioeconomic Status Over a 12-year Study Period.
• RCT: Low Subjective Socioeconomic Status Stimulates Orexigenic Hormone Ghrelin.
• Social Determinants of Health, Disaster Vulnerability, Severe and Morbid Obesity in Adults: Triple Jeopardy?
• The Contribution of Differences in Adiposity to Educational Disparities in Mortality in the United States.

Epidemiology

• Risk of Suicide and Non-fatal Self-harm After Bariatric Surgery: Results From Two Matched Cohort Studies.
• Edmonton Obesity Staging System Among Pediatric Patients: A Validation and Obesogenic Risk Factor Analysis.
• Perceived and Observed Food Environments, Eating Behaviors, and BMI.
• Ethnicity, Length of Residence, and Prospective Trends in BMI in a National Sample of Australian Adults.
• Insulin Resistance is Associated with Cognitive Decline Among Older Koreans with Normal Baseline Cognitive Function.
• Unstable Housing and Diabetes-Related Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalization.
• Risk of Infection in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Compared with the General Population: A Matched Cohort Study.
• The Obesity Epidemic and Rising Diabetes Incidence in a Low-income Racially Diverse Southern US Cohort.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Eating in the Absence of Hunger is Related to Loss-of-control Eating, Hedonic Hunger, and Short-term Weight Gain in Normal-weight Women.
• Understanding and Predicting Weight Loss with Mobile Social Networking Data. (pdf)
• RCT: The Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Eating Behaviors and Body Weight in Obesity.
• Preference and Perception of Fat in Salty and Sweet Foods.

Equity and Disparities

• Prevalence of Obesity, Prediabetes, and Diabetes in Sexual Minority Men: Results From the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
• International Trends in ‘bottom-end’ Inequality in Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition: HBSC Study 2002–2014.

Ethics

• Recommendations From Two Citizens’ Juries on the Surgical Management of Obesity.
• Introduction: Four Views on Healthism.
• A Safe Glimpse Within the “black Box”? Ethical and Legal Principles When Assessing Digital Marketing of Food and Drink to Children.

Stigma

• Layered Stigma? Co-occurring Depression and Obesity in the Public Eye.
• Law, Stigma, and Meaning: Implications for Obesity and HIV Prevention.
• Borderline: The Ethics of Fat Stigma in Public Health.
• On Stigma & Health.
• A Qualitative Study to Explore the Impact of Simulating Extreme Obesity on Health Care Professionals’ Attitudes and Perceptions.

Policy Related

• Public Responses to Proposals for a Tax on Sugar-sweetened Beverages: A Thematic Analysis of Online Reader Comments Posted on Major UK News Websites.
• Why We Need Local, State, and National Policy-Based Approaches to Improve Children’s Nutrition in the United States.
• School- and Community-Based Interventions for Childhood Obesity.
• Public and Opinion Leader Willingness to Fund Obesity-Focused Policies in Kansas.
• Obesity in the Workplace: Impact, Outcomes, and Recommendations.
• New Supermarket in Low-Income Neighborhood May Trigger Economic and Health Improvements.
• Can the Government Require Health Warnings on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Advertisements?
• Taxes and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages.

Intergenerational Effects

• The Effect of Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy on Body Fat and Adipogenesis in Rat Offspring.
• Lactation Duration and Progression to Diabetes in Women Across the Childbearing Years.
• Obesity and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance in Offspring of Diabetic Mothers.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• RCT: Fasting and Glucose Induced Thermogenesis in Response to Three Ambient Temperatures.
• Emerging Nonmetabolic Functions of Skin Fat.
• Lower Limb Articular Scaling and Body Mass Estimation in Pliocene and Pleistocene Hominins.

Methods

• New Pill Tracks Gases Through Your Gut.
• Results of the Clinician Apps Survey, How Clinicians Working with Patients with Diabetes and Obesity Use Mobile Health Apps.
• Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Personalized Blood Glucose Prediction System for Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Home Alone: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Effects of Individual Housing on Body Weight, Food Intake and Visceral Fat Mass in Rodents.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• A Review of the Methods and Associated Mathematical Models Used in the Measurement of Fat-Free Mass.
• Mathematical Investigation of Aetiology and Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis in Human Arteries.

Commentary

• Puritanism Makes Faulty Health Policy.
• "Unhealthy Diet Triggers Epigenetic Changes in Innate Immune System."
• Is Genetic Risk of Obesity Really So Hard to Grasp?
• Self-Advocacy Tools for People Living with Obesity.
• No Sweat: The Smart Guide to Exercise.
• Weight-Loss Surgery Myths Dispelled with Animal Research.
• Evolving Societal Norms of Obesity What is the Appropriate Response?
• Toward Precision Approaches for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity.

General

• Research Institutions Step Up Reporting of Clinical Trial Results.
• Frozen Vs. Fresh Embryos for IVF? Study Finds Little Impact on Fertility.
• Potatoes Could Help Athletic Performance.
• Study: Rollback of Medicaid Expansion Would Increase Rural Hospital Closures.
• Savvier Shoppers See Through Misleading Food Labels. Here’s How.
• Designing Difference in Difference Studies: Best Practices for Public Health Policy Research (pdf).
• Dynamics of Co-authorship and Productivity Across Different Fields of Scientific Research.

Announcements

• Save the Date - Public Session on Reproducibility and Replicability in Science.
• FDA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rule to Revoke Authorized Health Claim Regarding Soy Protein and Coronary Heart Disease.
• The Challenge of Treating Obesity and Overweight: Proceedings of a National Academies Workshop.
• 6th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference, 18th – 19th June, 2018, Leeds, UK.
• A conversation with IU's Aaron Carroll about his new book, "The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully."
• Nutrition2018 Abstract Site Open Through Monday, January 22.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB’s NORC seeks post-doctoral fellows in obesity research.