Featured

• Chronic Exposure to Liquid Sucrose and Dry Sucrose Diet Have Differential Effects on Peripheral Taste Responses in Female Rats.
• Shifting the Focus: Food Choice, Paternalism, and State Regulation.

Headline vs Study

• Headline (2020): People are Dipping Their Testicles in Soy Sauce, So Here's Some Science.
• Headline (2013): Testicles Have Taste Buds That Can Detect Sweet Flavours - and They're Vital for Fertility.
• Study: Genetic Loss or Pharmacological Blockade of Testes-expressed Taste Genes Causes Male Sterility... In Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• "Breakfast consumption increased total trial energy intake compared with breakfast omission in hypoxia ....and normoxia..."
• "Results show that, contrary to self-determination theory hypotheses, intrinsic motivation is not necessarily adversely impacted if financial incentives are embedded in a complex intervention."
• "Short-term inorganic nitrate supplementation had no effect on exercise tolerance..." (pdf)
• "Exercise timing in the morning had no effect on taste and smell perceptions, appetite sensations, or energy intakes."
• No Association between Early Maternal HbA1c and Offspring Birthweight Among Women Without Pre-Existing Diabetes in Greenland.
• No Association between BMI and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis.
• Type 2 Diabetes Does Not Account for Ethnic Differences in Exercise Capacity or Skeletal Muscle Function in Older Adults.
• RCT: "No significant differences in the mean number of food groups compliant with dietary guidelines and the proportion of service menus compliant with recommendations for all food groups, or for individual food groups, were found at 3- or 12-month follow-up between the intervention and control groups."

Basic

• Adipose Tissue and Brain Metabolic Responses to Western Diet—Is There a Similarity between the Two?
• The Tight Junction Protein TJP1 Regulates the Feeding-Modulated Hepatic Circadian Clock.
• Intermittent Fasting Benefits on Alpha- and Beta-Cell Arrangement in Diet-Induced Obese Mice Pancreatic Islet.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• "We do request a statistical review for all clustered randomized controlled trials ..."
• Article: Systematic Review of the Effects of Blueberry on Cognitive Performance as We Age.
• Letter: Errors or Irreproducibility in Effect Size Calculations and Incomplete Reporting of Results in “Systematic Review of the Effects of Blueberry on Cognitive Performance as We Age”.
• Letter: Blueberries and Cognitive Ability: A Test of Publication Bias and Questionable Research Practices.
• Moving Sport and Exercise Science Forward: A Call for the Adoption of More Transparent Research Practices.
• Article: Effects of Physical Activity, Exercise, and Fitness on Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality.
• Letter to the Editor.
• Response to Letter to the Editor.
• Article: The Carbohydrate-insulin Model Does Not Explain the Impact of Varying Dietary Macronutrients on the Body Weight and Adiposity of Mice.
• Commentary: Testing the Carbohydrate-Insulin Model in Mice: The Importance of Distinguishing Primary Hyperinsulinemia From Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Dysfunction.
• Response: Testing the Carbohydrate Insulin Model in Mice: Erroneous Critique Does Not Alter Previous Conclusion.

Clinical

• Forever-Fit Summer Camp: The Impact of a 6-Week Summer Healthy Lifestyle Day Camp on Anthropometric, Cardiovascular, and Physical Fitness Measures in Youth with Obesity.
• RCT: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of a Multidisciplinary Intervention in Childhood Obesity From Primary Care: Nutrition, Physical Activity, Emotional Regulation, and Family.
• Systematic Review: UK‐based Long‐term Nonsurgical Interventions for People with Severe Obesity (BMI ≥35 Kg M−2).
• Pretreatment Prevotella-to-Bacteroides Ratio and Salivary Amylase Gene Copy Number as Prognostic Markers for Dietary Weight Loss.

Food & Diet

• Transition to a More even Distribution of Daily Protein Intake is Associated with Enhanced Fat Loss during a Hypocaloric & Physical Activity Intervention in Obese Older Adults.
• Quality of Meals Consumed by US Adults at Full-Service and Fast-Food Restaurants, 2003–2016: Persistent Low Quality and Widening Disparities.

Children and Adolescents

• Impact of Ambulatory SBP and Overweight on Executive Function Performance in Children and Adolescents.
• Meta-analysis: Interventions Commenced By Early Infancy to Prevent Childhood Obesity: An Individual Participant Data Prospective Meta‐analysis of Four RCTs.
• Strategies to Improve the Implementation of Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention Policies, Practices or Programmes Within Childcare Services.
• The New Child Food Package Is Associated with Reduced Obesity Risk Among Formula Fed Infants Participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in Los Angeles County, California, 2003-2016.
• An Overview on the Associations between Health Behaviors and Brain Health in Children and Adolescents with Special Reference to Diet Quality.

Surgery

• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, but Not Sleeve Gastrectomy, Decreases Plasma PCSK9 Levels in Morbidly Obese Patients.
• Long-term Impact of Mini-Gastric Bypass on Inflammatory Cytokines in Cohort of Morbidly Obese Patients: A Prospective Study.
• Continuous Glucose Monitoring Reveals Glycemic Variability and Hypoglycemia After Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Rats.

Drugs

• Biological Properties and Bioactive Components of Mentha Spicata L. Essential Oil: Focus on Potential Benefits in the Treatment of Obesity, Alzheimer's Disease, Dermatophytosis, and Drug-Resistant Infections.
• New Therapeutic Strategies in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Focus on Promising Drugs for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
• Modern Pharmacological Treatment of Obese Patients.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Sexually Dimorphic Effects of Dietary Methionine Restriction are Dependent on Age When the Diet Is Introduced.
• Active Turnover of Heme in Hibernation Period in Mammals.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Association of Sedentary Time and Physical Activity with the 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2014-2017.
• Estimated Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Childhood and Cardiometabolic Health in Adulthood: 1970 British Cohort Study.
• Systematic Review of Reviews: Consequences of Physical Inactivity in Older Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• (Re)producing "Indian Food": Race, Value, and Development in Peru's Quinoa Boom-Bust.
• How Google Got Its Employees to Eat Their Vegetables.
• Associations between Socioeconomic Resources and Adiposity Traits in Adults: Evidence From Samoa.
• Nudging Healthy College Dining Hall Choices Using Behavioral Economics.

Epidemiology

• The Role of Underweight in Active Life Expectancy Among Older Adults in Japan.
• How Polluted Is Your Fat? What the Study of Adipose Tissue Can Contribute to Environmental Epidemiology.
• Rising Prevalence of BMI ≥40 Kg/m2: A High‐demand Epidemic Needing Better Documentation.
• Unraveling the Role of Salt-sensitivity Genes in Obesity with Integrated Network Biology and Co-expression Analysis.
• Behavioral & Psychosocial Factors Associated with Five‐Year Weight Trajectories Within the PORTAL Overweight/Obesity Cohort.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Ambient Odor Exposure Affects Food Intake and Sensory Specific Appetite in Obese Women. (pdf)
• Intuitive Eating Longitudinally Predicts Better Psychological Health and Lower Use of Disordered Eating Behaviors.
• Interoceptive Reliance as a Major Determinant of Emotional Eating in Adult Obesity.
• Different Instruments Yield Different Associations between Body Weight and Alexithymia. (pdf)
• Sensitivity to Sweetness Correlates to Elevated Reward Brain Responses to Sweet and High-Fat Food Odors in Young Healthy Volunteers.
• The Influence of Social Relationships on Men's Weight.
• An Experimental Analysis of Emotion Induction Prior to Reading a Health Narrative on Personal Risk Perception [Including Obesity], Health Intentions, and Behavior. (pdf)

Equity and Disparities

• Systematic Review: The Nutritional Status of Children Living Within Institutionalized Care.
• Diabetes Prevalence and Its Relationship with Education, Wealth, and BMI in Twenty-Nine Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
• Frequency of Seeing People Walk and Aerobic Physical Activity Among Latino Adults.

Stigma

• Dieting, Body Weight Concerns and Health: Trends and Associations in Swedish Schoolchildren.
• Meta-analysis: Pediatric Obesity Treatment, Self‐esteem, and Body Image.

Policy Related

• The Macroeconomic Impacts of Diet-related Fiscal Policy for NCD Prevention: A Systematic Review.
• Global Implementation of Soda Taxes: Is There a Better Solution for Combatting Obesity?
• Fighting Obesity at the Local Level? An Analysis of Predictors of Local Health Departments' Policy Involvement.
• Recommendations for Cardiovascular Health and Disease Surveillance for 2030 and Beyond: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association.

Intergenerational Effects

• Increased Susceptibility to Obesity and Glucose Intolerance in Adult Female Rats Programmed By High-Protein Diet During Gestation, but Not During Lactation.
• Meta-analysis: Maternal Gestational Diabetes and Infant Feeding, Nutrition and Growth.
• Maternal Birth Weight and BMI Mediate the Transgenerational Effect of Grandmaternal BMI on Grandchild’s Birth Weight.
• Systematic review: Maternal Stress in the First 1000 Days and Risk of Childhood Obesity.
• The New Child Food Package Is Associated with Reduced Obesity Risk Among Formula Fed Infants Participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in Los Angeles County, California, 2003–2016.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Effects of Temperature Increase on the Physiology and Behavior of Fiddler Crabs.
• Mitochondrial Behaviour, Morphology, and Animal Performance.
• Life History Theory in Psychology and Evolutionary Biology: One Research Programme or Two? (pdf)

Methods

• Model of Goal Directed Behavior for Limiting Latino Preschoolers’ Television Viewing: Validity and Reliability.
• Analysis of Trajectories of Care After Bariatric Surgery Using Data Mining Method and Health Administrative Information Systems.
• Comparison of Methods Used to Correct Self-Reported Protein Intake for Systematic Variation in Reported Energy Intake Using Quantitative Biomarkers of Dietary Intake.
• Development and Validation of Objective, Passive Dietary Assessment Method for Estimating Food and Nutrient Intake in Households in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Study Protocol.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Metabolism Plays a Central Role in the Cortical Spreading Depression: Evidence From a Mathematical Model.
• Seminar: Intergenerational & Environmental Drivers of Obesity: An Agent Based Model Approach.

Commentary

• Do Consumers Care About What’s in Fake Meat?
• "A Privileged Way of Knowing:" Science and Aging Gracefully Part 2: Attempts to increase our health span and ward off the effects of age.
• Low Sulfur Diet for Longer Life: Does It Work?
• Semaglutide Coming on Strong.
• How Data Science Is Being Used to Tackle Childhood Obesity.
• Why Has Progress in Reducing Obesity Been So Elusive?
• Getting Corporate Sponsorship Right—Worth the Effort.
• "you ARE at risk, but don't worry!"
• Confusion at the Milk Cooler: Opportunity to Bolster the Evidence Base for Preventive Nutrition.
• Questions About Obesity, Surgery, and Colorectal Cancer.
• Childhood Obesity Care and Psychological Health.
• False Dichotomy: Obesity Care vs Body Positivity.
• Sloppily Sensationalizing Slothfulness.

General

• Being Honest with Causal Language in Writing for Publication.
• Turning Chutes Into Ladders for Women Faculty: A Review and Roadmap for Equity in Academia.
• High Prevalence of Sexual Assault Victimization Experiences Among University Fraternity Men.
• How to Create Scientific Myths Without Really Trying.
• Evolutionary Processes From the Perspective of Flowering Time Diversity.
• Forgiveness: Moving on Can Be Healthy.
• Diversity of Blastocysts Subtypes in Wild Mammals From a Zoo and Two Conservation Units in Southeastern Brazil.
• Precipitous Declines in Northern Gulf of Mexico Invasive Lionfish Populations Following the Emergence of an Ulcerative Skin Disease.
• Metformin Improves Lipid Metabolism and Reverses the Warburg Effect in a Canine Model of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation.
• Commentary: Establishing Scientific Rigor and Excellence in Implementation Science Training to Improve the Deployment of Evidence-Based Mental Health Services.
• New Measure Rates Quality of Research Journals’ Policies to Promote Transparency and Reproducibility.
• Science Communication: Worried About That New Medical Study? Read This First.
• Satire: Resigned Nutritionists Now Recommend Eating 3 Servings a Day of Mice or Bark or Whatever.

Announcements

• Request for Information (RFI) on Improved Understanding of Risk and Mechanisms for Developing Obesity in Infants and Young Children.
• Registration and Abstract Submission Open for the 4th Annual UAB Nathan Shock Center Symposium.
• IU Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow with Strong Statistical 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 and Nutrition Research Domain.
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Applications Still Being Accepted:  Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.