02/12/16
Featured
- Epigenetic ON/OFF Switches for Obesity.
- The Effect of Smoking on Obesity: Evidence From a Randomized Trial.
- Obesity Weighs Down Memory Via a Mechanism Involving the Neuroepigenetic Dysregulation of Sirt1.
- A Mouse Model for a Partially Inactive Obesity-associated Human MC3R Variant.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: The Benefits of Chocolate During Pregnancy.
- Abstract: No Significant Difference in Preeclampsia, Gestational Hypertension, Placental Weight, or Birthweight (At Bottom of Same Link as Headline).
- Press Release Review: Zero Star Rating of Press Release By HealthNewsReview.
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: "Social norms plus small financial incentives increased employees' healthy food choices over the short-term," but not long term.
- Evidence of a Causal Relationship Between High Serum Adiponectin Levels and Increased Cardiovascular Mortality Rate in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Low-Fat, Low-Carb Diets Make No Weight-Loss Difference in Trial.
- No Beneficial Effects of Omentectomy in Addition to Sleeve Gastrectomy on the Metabolic and Inflammatory Profiles of Obese Rats.
Basic
- The Effect of a Low Iron Diet and Early Life Methylmercury Exposure in Daphnia Pulex.
- Twin Study Reveals Epigenetic 'On/Off' Switch for Obesity.
- Does Fat Make You Forget? Obesity Link to Memory Loss Probed in Study.
- Long-term Glycemic Control Using Polymer-encapsulated Human Stem Cell-derived Beta Cells in Immune-competent Mice.
- Mice Can Be Male Without Y Chromosome.
- Gut Microbes Stimulate Fat Loss in Response to Cold.
- SOCS3 Expression Within Leptin Receptor-expressing Cells Regulates Food Intake and Leptin Sensitivity but Does Not Affect Weight Gain in Pregnant Mice Consuming a High-fat Diet.
- Obesity-induced P53 Activation in Insulin-dependent and -independent Tissues is Inhibited By Beta-adrenergic Agonist in Diet-induced Obese Rats.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
- Lancet Retracts 24-year-old Paper By “father of Nutritional Immunology” After Reopening Inquiry.
- Letter Calls for Retraction of Yoga Weight Loss Paper.
- Can Scientific Journals Fix Their Mistakes?
- Dr. Ludwig Responds to Whole Health Source Article.
- Letter Questions Claims of Metabolic Improvement with Fructose Restriction in Childhood Obesity Paper. (pdf)
- Response to Letter Questioning Claims in Fructose Restriction Paper. (pdf)
- Letter Questions Methods in Paper Using an Ossabaw Pig Model to Study Adipose Tissue Inflammation. (pdf)
- Response to Letter Questioning Methods in Adipose Tissue Inflammation Paper. (pdf)
- Letter Argues Context is Important When Reporting Alcohol Consumption Guidelines.
Clinical
- Obesity Education Beyond Nutrition Education: Thinking Farther Outside the Box.
- The Neurobiological Basis of Binge-Eating Disorder.
- Influence of Adiposity, Physical Activity, Fitness, and Screen Time on Insulin Dynamics Over 2 Years in Children.
- Imbalance in Resting State Functional Connectivity is Associated with Eating Behaviors and Adiposity in Children.
- Uncontrolled Blood Glucose Seems to Increase the Risk of Brain Troubles.
- G Protein-coupled Receptors as Targets for Anti-diabetic Therapeutics.
- The Effect of Rate of Weight Loss on Long-term Weight Regain in Adults with Overweight and Obesity.
Surgery
- Rhabdomyolysis After Bariatric Surgery: A Multicenter, Prospective Study on Incidence, Risk Factors, and Therapeutic Strategy in a Cohort From South Italy.
- Post-Gastric Bypass Hypoglycemia: A Review.
- Characteristics of Adolescents with Poor Mental Health After Bariatric Surgery.
Drugs
- Big Changes in Drugs for Diabetes and Obesity.
- A Novel Combined Glucocorticoid-mineralocorticoid Receptor Selective Modulator Markedly Prevents Weight Gain and Fat Mass Expansion in Mice Fed a High-fat Diet.
- Metformin Versus Placebo in Obese Pregnant Women Without Diabetes Mellitus.
Food & Diet
- Sex-specific Effects of Daily Exposure to Sucrose on Spatial Memory Performance in Male and Female Rats, and Implications for Estrous Cycle Stage.
- Pass the Protein? Effect of Protein vs Carbohydrate Breakfast.
- Losing Our Taste for Diversity.
- Nutrition Education Effective in Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Overweight and Obese Adults.
- Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Responses Induced in the Livers of Pigs By the Long-term Intake of Resistant Starch.
- Do Low-calorie Sweeteners Promote Weight Gain in Rodents?
- Egg Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies1.
Caloric Restriction
- Metabolic Benefit of Chronic Caloric Restriction and Activation of Hypothalamic AGRP/NPY Neurons in Male Mice is Independent of Ghrelin.
- Effect of L-carnitine and Hoodia Gordonii Supplementation on Metabolic Markers and Physical Performance Under Short Term Calorie Restriction in Rats.
- Caloric Restriction in Older Adults—Differential Effects of Weight Loss and Reduced Weight on Brain Structure and Function.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- The Mysterious Case of the Public Health Guideline that is (almost) Entirely Ignored: Call for a Research Agenda on the Causes of the Extreme Avoidance of Physical Activity in Obesity.
- RCT: Effects of Additional Exercise Training on Epicardial, Intra-abdominal and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in Major Depressive Disorder.
- Benefits of Aerobic or Resistance Training During Pregnancy on Maternal Health and Perinatal Outcomes: A Systematic Review.
- Cognitive Function at Rest and During Exercise Following Breakfast Omission.
Economics & Sociology
- The Impact of Home, Work, and Church Environments on Fat Intake Over Time Among Rural Residents: A Longitudinal Observational Study.
- Genetic Differential Susceptibility to Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Obesogenic Behavior.
Epidemiology
- Polygenic Risk, Appetite Traits, and Weight Gain in Middle Childhood.
- Associations of Total Amount and Patterns of Sedentary Behaviour with Type 2 Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome: The Maastricht Study.
- New Loci for Body Fat Percentage Reveal Link Between Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk.
- Management By Primary Care Providers with Behavioral Nutrition Facilitates Weight Loss Maintenance in Patients with Overweight and Obesity: An Observational Study.
- Trends in Metabolic Syndrome Severity and Lifestyle Factors Among Adolescents.
Psychology
- Obesity, Metabolic Profile, and Inhibition Failure: Young Women Under Scrutiny.
- Infant Emotional Distress, Maternal Restriction at a Home Meal, and Child BMI Gain Through Age 6 Years in the Colorado Adoption Project.
- "Large and systematic distortions of body representation are a normal part of healthy cognition."
- Aversion Learning Can Reduce Meal Size Without Taste Avoidance in Rats.
- Association of Adiposity and Mental Health Functioning Across the Lifespan: Findings From Understanding Society (The UK Household Longitudinal Study).
Equity and Disparities
- Relative Deprivation and Risk Factors for Obesity in Canadian Adolescents.
- Neighborhood Disadvantage and Obesity Across Childhood and Adolescence: Evidence From the NLSY Children and Young Adults Cohort (1986 – 2010).
- Change in Obesity Prevalence Across the United States is Influenced By Recreational and Healthcare Contexts, Food Environments, and Hispanic Populations.
- Higher Motivation for Weight Loss in African American than Caucasian Rural Patients with Hypertension And/or Diabetes.
- Deconstructing Race and Gender Differences in Adolescent Obesity: Oaxaca-blinder Decomposition.
Stigma
- Obesity Stigmatisation From Obesity Researchers.
- Adult and Childhood Weight Influence Body Image and Depression Through Weight Stigmatization.
- Weight Bias Internalization Scale Discriminates Obese and Overweight Patients with Different Severity Levels of Depression: The Italian Version of the WBIS.
Policy Related
- Making the Business Case for Coverage of Family-Based Behavioral Group Interventions for Pediatric Obesity.
- What Happens When the Definition of Disability Changes? The Case of Obesity.
- School District Wellness Policy Quality and Weight-related Outcomes Among High School Students in Minnesota.
Intergenerational Effects
- Paternal Long-term Exercise Programs Offspring for Low Energy Expenditure and Increased Risk for Obesity Among Mice.
- Maternal High-fat Feeding in Pregnancy Programs Atherosclerotic Lesion Size in the ApoE*3 Leiden Mouse.
- RCT: Antenatal Dietary and Lifestyle Advice for Women Who are Overweight or Obese and the Effect on Fetal Growth and Adiposity.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Energetic and Ecological Constraints on Population Density of Reef Fishes.
- Developmental Accumulation of Inorganic Polyphosphate Affects Germination and Energetic Metabolism in Dictyostelium Discoideum.
- Control of Grazing By Light Availability Via Light-dependent, Wound-induced Metabolites: The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species.
- Male Competition Fitness Landscapes Predict Both Forward and Reverse Speciation.
Methods
- Utility of Respondent Driven Sampling to Reach Disadvantaged Emerging Adults for Assessment of Substance Use, Weight, and Sexual Behaviors.
- Reliability and Day-to-day Variability of Peak Fat Oxidation During Treadmill Ergometry.
- Quantifying the Proportion of Deaths Due to BMI- and Waist Circumference-defined Obesity.
- Misclassification of Cardiometabolic Health When Using BMI Categories in NHANES 2005–2012.
Mathematical and Quantitative
- Body Fatness Charts Based on BMI and Waist Circumference.
- Semi-mechanistic Models of Glucose Homeostasis and Disease Progression in Type 2 Diabetes.
Commentary
- Carrying a Heavier Weight is Healthy: Obesity-reinforced Fitness Hypothesis in Metabolically Healthy Obesity.
- Gender Norms and Obesity: Incorporating Gender Norms Change Into Clinical Interventions.
- Mental Health Issues in Patients Seeking Bariatric Surgery.
- What This Scathing Exchange Between Top Scientists Reveals About What Nutritionists Actually Know.
- Harnessing Consumer Choice to Cut Soda Consumption.
- Missing the Real Changes in Dietary Guidelines.
- Obesogens: An Emerging Threat to Public Health.
- Yes, I’m Fat. It’s O.K. I Said It.
- Is “Fat” Losing Its Sting?
General
- Want to Correct the Scientific Literature? Good Luck.
- Should There be "Data Authors?" Q&A with NEJM Editor Jeffrey Drazen.
- Do Scientists Need Audits?
- Twitter Nerd Fight Reveals a Long Bizarre Scientific Feud.
- NSF Breaks New Ground in Reprimanding Authors of Flawed Science Paper.
- Destroying Worn-Out Cells Makes Mice Live Longer.
- Ageing: A Stretch in Time.
- New Estimate Boosts the Human Brain's Memory Capacity 10-Fold.
- CDC’s 6|18 Initiative: Accelerating Evidence Into Action. (pdf)
- Budget Proposal Would Boost Science Funding, with a Catch.
- Proving Zika Link to Birth Defects Poses Huge Challenge.
Video & Audio
Announcements
- Symposium: Precision Medicine in Type 2 Diabetes.
- Call for Papers: 4th Annual Obesity Journal Symposium at ObesityWeek 2016.
- ASN Develops Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee Focused on Ensuring Trust in Nutrition Science. (pdf)
- Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) 14th Annual Workshop, Bethesda, MD, April 20-22, 2016.