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• Optimization of Energy and Time Predicts Dynamic Speeds for Human Walking.
• Monitoring Body Composition Change for Intervention Studies with Advancing 3D Optical Imaging Technology in Comparison to Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry.
• Adipocyte Autophagy Limits Gut Inflammation by Controlling Oxylipin and IL-10.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Higher Obesity Levels Linked to Lower Productivity in England, Research Shows.
• Commissioned Report: Mostly Cross Sectional Correlations, Ecological Correlations, and Time Trends. Neither Causal Links nor Directional Links between Obesity and Productivity Established.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No significant "effects of different carbohydrate quantities and quality on plasma palmitate concentrations (primary outcome)..."
• RCT: No Significant Effects in Peer Leadership for Physical Literacy Intervention.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: "Overall, these data suggest that tart cherry juice consumption has no significant effect on BW, BMI, FM, FFM, WC, and percent BF."
• RCT: "Time-to-natural-conception and clinical pregnancy rates within a year were overall similar in women receiving the intervention supplement compared with control."
• RCT: No Significant Effect on Weight Loss Comparing Diabetes Prevention Program Interventions for Marshallese Adults with Overweight and Obesity.
• RCT: "Our household air pollution intervention consisting of a liquefied petroleum gas stove, continuous fuel distribution and behavioral messaging did not affect dietary and sodium intake in rural Peru."
• Weight Loss by Calorie-Restriction Does Not Alter Appetite-Regulating Gut Hormone Responses from Perfused Rat Small Intestine.
• NAFLD Is Not Associated with Impairment in Health-Related Quality of Life in Virally Suppressed Persons with Human Immune Deficiency Virus.

Basic

• Genetics of Sexually Dimorphic Adipose Distribution in Human.
• MSR1 Is Not Required for Obesity-Associated Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Mice.
• Oral Supplementation with Three Vegetable Oils Differing in Fatty Acid Composition Alleviates High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice by Regulating Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism.
• Visualizing Increased Uptake of [18F]FDG and [18F]FTHA in Kidneys from High-Fat Diet Fed C57BL/6J Mice with Obesity Using PET/CT Ex Vivo.
• Lipidomic Analysis of Brain and Hippocampus from Mice Fed with High-Fat Diet and Treated with Fecal Microbiota Transplantation.
• Endogenous Sex Hormones Modulate the Analgesic Effect of Tramadol in Lean and High Fat Diet-Induced Wistar Rats with Obesity.
• Case Report of PLXNA4 Variant Associated with Hyper-Response to Phentermine/topiramate Pharmacotherapy: Potential Genetic Basis for Superior Weight Loss Response?

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua.
• Letter: Incorrectly Labeled Randomized Study and Inappropriate Within-Group Comparisons in: "Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua"
• Errata: Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua.
• Strong Beliefs and Stronger Analyses in Obesity.
• Blog Post: Evidence for What Works in Obesity Prevention.
• Letter: Inappropriate Analysis of a Cluster RCT Due to Not Accounting for Nesting and Clustering: Comment on “A Home-Based Dyadic Music-With-Movement Intervention for People with Dementia and Caregivers”.
• Reply: Inappropriate Analysis of a Cluster RCT Due to Not Accounting for Nesting and Clustering.

Clinical

• Obesity and Weight Management for the Prevention and Treatment of T2D: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023.
• Improvement in Chrono-Nutrition Is Associated with Robust Weight Loss Outcomes.
• "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure": Proposal for a Social Prescribing Strategy for Obesity Prevention and Improvement in Health and Well-Being.
• Understanding Weight Management Experiences from Patient Perspectives.

Children and Adolescents

• Triglyceride Level and Soft Drink Consumption Predict NAFLD in Adolescent Males Without Obesity.
• Time-Specific Intervention Effects on Objectively Measured Physical Activity in School Children.
• Effects of a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Co-Physical Activity and Other Health-Related Outcomes of Fathers and Their Children.
• Evidence for Protein Leverage in a General Population Sample of Children and Adolescents.

Surgery

• Meta-Analysis: Which Nutritional Prognosis Is Better? Comparison of the Three Most Commonly Performed Bariatric Surgeries.
• RCT: Effects of Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass on the Metabolic Profile and Systemic Inflammatory Status of Women with Metabolic Syndrome.
• "...this study would suggest that preoperative smoking cessation in patients prior to primary bariatric surgery might be beneficial."

Drugs

• Review: Liraglutide as an Innovative and Multifunctional Drug for Patients with Obesity.
• Review: Effects of Obesity on the Pharmacology of Proton Pump Inhibitors.
• Sexual and Reproductive Outcomes in Fertile Men with Obesity and Functional Hypogonadism After Treatment with Liraglutide.
• The Combined Effect of Metformin and Mirabegron on Diet-Induced Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Association of Minimally Processed and Ultra-Processed Food Daily Consumption with Obesity in Adults with Overweight.
• Role of Food Matrix in Modulating Dairy Fat Induced Changes in Lipoprotein Particle Size Distribution in a Human Intervention.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Meta-Analysis: Comparing the Effectiveness of Alternate Day Fasting, the 5:2 Diet, and Time-Restricted Eating for Weight Loss.
• RCT: Eight-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Does Not Lower Daily Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Rates.
• Predictors of Weight Loss in Patients with Obesity Treated with a Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet.
• Comparison of the Effects of Six-Week Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss, Body Composition, and Visceral Fat in Overweight Older Men and Women.
• Feasibility and Acceptability of Time-Restricted Eating in a Group of Adults with Multiple Sclerosis.
• Efficacy of Progressive Versus Severe Energy Restriction on Body Composition and Strength in Concurrent Trained Women.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Do Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with CVD and Mortality Differ Across Socioeconomic Groups?
• European Fitness Landscape for Children and Adolescents: Updated Reference Values, Fitness Maps and Country Rankings.
• Fuel Selection in Skeletal Muscle Exercising at Low Intensity; Reliance on Carbohydrate in Very Sedentary Individuals.

Economics & Sociology

• Association and Interaction of Genetics and Area-Level Socioeconomic Factors on the Prevalence of T2D and Obesity.
• The Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on the Body Characteristics, Proportion, and Health Behavior of Children Aged 6–12 Years.

Epidemiology

• Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Product as Effective Markers of Different Obesity Phenotypes in Korean Adults.
• Is Early or Late Biological Maturation Trigger Obesity?

Psychology & Neuroscience

• RCT: Effects of Wearable Fitness Trackers and Activity Adequacy Mindsets on Affect, Behavior, and Health.
• Testing a Biobehavioral Model of Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease in Hispanic Older Adolescents.
• Group Differences in Binge Eating, Impulsivity, and Intuitive and Mindful Eating Among Intermittent Fasters and Non-Fasters.

Equity and Disparities

• Trends in the Intra-Individual Double Burden of Overweight/Obesity and Anemia Among Adult Women Living in 33 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
• Understanding Drivers of Micro-Level Disparities in Childhood BMI, Overweight, and Obesity Within Low-Income, Minority Communities.
• Violent Crime, Physical Inactivity, and Obesity: Examining Spatial Relationships by Racial/Ethnic Composition of Community Residents.

Stigma

• Review: Obesity Stigma: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions.
• Exploring Body Dissatisfaction in Pregnancy and the Association with Gestational Weight Gain, Obesity, and Weight Stigma.

Policy Related

• Meta-Analysis: Socioeconomic Position and the Effect of Energy Labeling on Consumer Behavior.
• Meta-Analysis: Integrating Family Farming Into School Feeding.
• Spatial Analysis of Community Service Availability in Rural Kentucky, United States.
• Perceived Barriers to Vegetable Intake Among Urban Adolescents from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Backgrounds.
• Differences in Cost-Effectiveness of Adherence to Nutritional Recommendations: Why, Where, and What?
• Contemporary Approaches for Monitoring Food Marketing to Children to Progress Policy Actions.

Intergenerational Effects

• Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI Is Associated with Newborn Offspring Hypothalamic Mean Diffusivity.
• Prepregnancy Obesity and Breastfeeding in the First Month of Life.
• Characterization of Maternal Circulating MicroRNAs in Pregnancies of Women with Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Preprint: Maternal Diabetes and Overweight as Risk Factors for Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Review: Integrated Redox-Metabolic Orchestration Sustains Life in Hibernating Ground Squirrels.
• Changing Perspectives on Early Hominin Diets.
• Increased Adiposity Is Associated with Altered Skeletal Muscle Energetics.
• Seasonal Acclimatization and Temperature Acclimation in Small Passerine Birds Is Achieved Via Metabolic Adjustments.

Methods

• Results and Experiences from a Large Program to Evaluate the Routine Embedding of Recruitment and Retention Strategies Within RCT.
• Contextual Specificity of (Un)Healthy Food/Drink Intake in Everyday Life.
• Rapid, Digital Dietary Assessment in Association with Cardiometabolic Biomarkers.

Commentary

• Expert Reaction to Study Looking at Long-Term Caloric Restriction on DNA Methylation Measures of Biological Aging in Healthy Adults.
• A Fresh Look at Fuel Selection in Working Muscle.
• The Essential Value of Exercise in NAFLD.
• Putting the Stress on Fatty Liver Disease.
• Does Time-Restricted Eating Impair Muscle Protein Synthesis?
• Is Better School Nutrition Helping with Obesity?
• Scientists Reveal Genetic Mechanism Linked to High-Calorie Food-Fueled Obesity.
• Remote Dietary Intervention Feasible, May Reduce Chronic Fatigue for Lymphoma Survivors.

General

• One of Last Century’s Most Influential Social Science Studies Is Pretty Bad.
• AI Predicts Research Reproducibility.
• The Promises and Limitations of Codes of Medical Ethics as Instruments of Policy Change.
• Stressed Out? New Study Will Use App to Measure Midlife Adults’ Stress in Real Time.
• NASEM Report: Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations.
• Nightly Sleep Duration Predicts Grade Point Average in the First Year of College.
• RCT: Alternate Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Strategies for Prevention of Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease in Neonates Requiring Abdominal Surgery.
• From Alpaca to Pygmy Hippopotamus: Breast Milk Oligosaccharides Contain Immunomodulatory Glucuronic Acid and LacdiNAc.

Video & Audio

• NASEM: Defining Progress in Obesity Solutions Through Structural Changes: A Third Workshop in the Series.

Announcements

• Hoosier Family Gifts Fund to IU's School of Public Health for Gun Violence Research.
• Jacobs School Faculty, Students Address Food Insecurity Through Music.
• 9th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference.
• Nobel Prize Summit on Countering Misinformation and Building Trust in Science to Be Held May 24-26.
• Register for the 2023 Annual Symposium on Risks and Opportunities of AI in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Which Is Jointly Sponsored by Pfizer Inc., the Roux Institute at Northeastern University and the American Statistical Association.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Research Associate with Strong Collaborative Skills to Join an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Focused on Design, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting of Clinical Trials, Epidemiologic Analyses, Model Organism Studies, and Meta-Research, All in the Context of Obesity, Nutrition, or Aging Research, with an Emphasis on Promotion of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency.