01/19/18
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.