Featured

• Physical Activity and Metabolic Rates in Humans.
• A Functionally Integrated Cross-Tissue Alternative Splicing Program During Short-Term Calorie Restriction.
• Preprint: Thermodynamic Scaling of Canine Aging and Reversible Clock Deceleration by a Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor. (pdf)
• The (ab)use of Food Frequency Questionnaire Data in Substitution Modelling in Nutritional Epidemiology: A Critique.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Moderate Physical Activity Lowers Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in Seniors.
• Study: Associations between Accelerometer-Determined Physical Activity and Sarcopenia Obesity in Older European Men and Women. Cross-Sectional Study, So Future Risk Not Determined.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Supplementation with Mixed Nuts Does Not Improve Inflammatory Biomarkers or Dietary Inflammatory Potential in Post-Myocardial Infarction: A Secondary Analysis of the DICA-NUTS Trial.
• "Contrary to prediction of the aerobic model for endothermy evolution, we found near zero BMR-VO2max correlation on the between-individual level, suggesting null genetic co-variance, or its cancellation by among-individual maintenance-to-capacity trade-off."
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, %LML plateaus with greater weight loss. Moreover, men experience greater %LML than women."
• "Contrary to expectations, placing larvae in hypoxia a day before they reached the critical weight delayed the molt significantly, suggesting that hypoxia is not a trigger for the initiation of metamorphosis."
• "The results showed that, contrary to widespread concerns, FCR was no higher in more active flocks and that on average more active flocks tended to have lower (i.e. more efficient) FCR (p = 0.060)."
• "Bergmann's rule posits that animals tend to have larger body sizes at higher latitudes with colder climates,...Contrary to expectation, however, Bergmann's rule is not stronger at the population level (21% of species) than at the species level (24% of families or orders). Bergmann's rule is likely moderated by thermoregulatory strategy, as body size was negatively correlated with temperature along latitudinal clines in endotherms but not in ectotherms."
• RCT: Foods Fortified with Soybean or Palm Oil Show No Effect on Inflammation or Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
• RCT: "In summary, 30 days of greens-based supplementation led to selective changes in epigenetic aging markers and individual gut microbial taxa, without significant effects on overall microbiome diversity, metabolic health markers, or body composition."

Basic

• GPR75 in Glutamatergic Neurons Regulates Body Weight.
• High Fat Diet and Obesity Each Increase Tumor Cell Proliferation and Muscle Wasting in Experimental Cancer Cachexia.
• Angiotensin-(1-9) Attenuates Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Improving Insulin Resistance.
• A Sensitive Reporter Mouse Model to Study Adipocyte-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Vivo.
• Deletion of Mfn2 in Endothelial Cells Triggers a Mitohormetic Response That Improves Systemic Metabolism and Healthspan in Mice.
• S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase GSNOR Drives Age-Related Obesity by Promoting Adipose Tissue Whitening Through De-Nitrosation of Beclin-1.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Concerns Regarding the Standard Deviation of Individual Responses for Assessing Treatment Response Heterogeneity.
• Letter: Misconceptions About Variance Comparisons for Exploring the Presence of Treatment Response Heterogeneity in Randomized Controlled Trials.
• Sample Size Reporting in Human Cancer Microbiome Research Is Inconsistent and Unstandardized.

Clinical

• Genetic Determinants of BMI, Diet, and Fitness Interact to Partially Explain Anthropometric Obesity Traits but Not the Metabolic Consequences of Obesity in Men and Women.
• Preclinical and Clinical Obesity: Prevalence, Associations to Cardiometabolic Risk and Response to Lifestyle Intervention in NHANES and the EPIC-Potsdam and TULIP Studies.
• RCT: Effectiveness of Automatically-Adjusted Vs. Manually-Adjusted Noninvasive Ventilation in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.
• RCT: Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Enhances Weight Loss and Adherence in Women with Obesity.

Children and Adolescents

• Review: Obesity in Children and Adolescents.
• The Prevalence of Obesity and Hypertension in Paediatric Cardiology Patients Before and After COVID-19 Lockdown Measures.
• Identifying and Managing Eating Disorders in Pediatric Obesity Treatment: Current Practices in Weight Management Programs Throughout the United States.

Surgery

• Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Cancer Risk: Nutritional Perspectives and Long-Term Clinical Implications.
• Impact of Obesity on Outcomes of Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.
• Retrospective Study: Exploring the Benefits of Robotic Surgery in Endometrial Cancer Patients with Severe Obesity.
• Cancer in the Excluded Stomach After Gastric Bypass Surgery for Obesity.
• Systematic Review: Elevated Body Mass Index and Clinical Outcomes After Surgical Stabilization for Shoulder Instability.
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea Following Bariatric Surgery: 20 Year Outcomes from the Swedish Obese Subjects Study.

Drugs

• Commentary: Prioritising Nutrition Alongside Paediatric Obesity Management Medications.
• Reduced-Frequency GLP1 Therapy Maintains Weight, Body Composition, and Metabolic Syndrome Improvements: A Case Series.
• Efficacy of GLP-1 Analog Peptides, Semaglutide, Tirzepatide, and Retatrutide on MC4R Deficient Obesity and Their Comparison.
• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Bariatric Surgery and Pharmacological Treatments on Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Adults with Overweight and Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis: Long-Term Effects of Orlistat on Lipid Metabolism and Anthropometric Indices.

Food & Diet

• Diet-Based Weight Loss Intervention Is Not Associated with Meaningful Change in Lean Soft Tissue.
• A Ketogenic Diet Enhances Aerobic Exercise Adaptation and Promotes Muscle Mitochondrial Remodeling in Hyperglycemic Male Mice.
• Preprint: A Regionally Inspired West Virginia Obesogenic Diet Induces Fat Accretion and Metabolic Dysfunction While Identifying Sex Disparity. (pdf)
• RCT: Oleoylethanolamide Supplementation Enriches Akkermansia muciniphila and Modulates Intestinal Barrier Function in Adults with Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: Effects of Different Vitamin D Supplements on Body Fat Distribution and Glucolipid Metabolism in Patients with Obesity-Associated Metabolic Syndrome.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Pilot Study: Calorie Restricted Diet Versus Liraglutide on Intrapancreatic Fat Deposition in People with Obesity.
• RCT: Effects of Intensive Lifestyle Modification Incorporating Calorie Restricted Feeding on Eating Disorder Psychopathology and Diabetes-Related Distress in Type 2 Diabetes.
• Impact of Short-Term Dietary Restriction Combined with Amaranth and Canola Oil Supplementation on Salivary Adipokines in Adults with Obesity.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• RCT: The Effect of an Exercise Program on Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes in Sedentary Pregnant Participants with Obesity.
• An Early-Stage Digital Therapeutic Intervention to Enhance Affective Response During Physical Activity Among Adults with Overweight or Obesity: Benchmark-Driven Formative Testing Study.
• Dyadic Planning as a Complementary Process to Individual Planning: Physical Activity in Daily Diaries of Persons with Pre-Obesity or Obesity.
• Physical Activity Patterns and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Age-Friendly Cities and the Incidence of Diagnosed Diabetes in China.
• Parental Country of Birth and Socioeconomic Disadvantage in Childhood Overweight and Obesity.

Epidemiology

• Review: Obesity in the United States: A Public Health Perspective.
• Prospective Associations of Obesity and Obesity Severity with 9 Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Cross-Cohort Collaboration.
• Normal Weight Obesity and Grip Strength.
• Meta-Analysis: The Relationship between Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Four Community-Based Cohorts.
• Non-Linear Association of Visceral Adiposity Index with Incident Diabetes: Insights from a Retrospective Japanese Cohort Study.
• Quantifying the U.S. Obesogenic Environment and Its Quasi-Causal Association with Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Twin Study.
• Greater Visceral Fat Mass Accumulation with High Alcohol Consumption.
• Beyond BMI: The Impact of the New Lancet Commission Diagnostic Criteria on Prevalence of Obesity in the United States.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Associations between Restrained, Emotional, and External Eating Behaviors and Obesity Among Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• The Link between Weight Gain and Hippocampal Atrophy in Bipolar Disorder.
• Linking Obesity with White Matter Microstructure Highlights the Importance of Brainstem Tracts and Sex Differences.
• Food Preference and Behavioural Choice Across the Eating Disorder and Body Weight Spectrum.

Differential Population Circumstances, Exposures, Outcomes, and Effects

• Disparities in Obesity-Related Cardiovascular-Induced Mortality Trends in the U.S. Of America over Two Decades.
• Trends in the Prevalence of Clinical and Preclinical Obesity Among US Adults by Social Determinants of Health.
• Differential Pathophysiological Drivers of Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Dysfunction - Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Ethnic Differences.
• Maternal Screen-Related Behaviors, Toddler Screen Use, and Toddler BMI in Mexican American Families: Cross-Sectional Study.

Stigma

• Beyond Weight Loss: Quality of Life and Internalized Weight Bias in Endoscopic Bariatric Revision.
• Exploring Correlates of Weight Bias Among University Students in Diverse Programs.
• Systematic Review: Social Justice for Adults with High Body Weight.
• Review: Weight Stigma in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Policy Related

• Combo Deals, Junk Meals: A Systematic Review Examining the Healthiness of Foods Promoted on Meal Delivery Apps.
• In-Store Beverage Pricing and Marketing Before and After a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Health Systems Approaches for Advancing Implementation and Policy for Food Is Medicine.

Intergenerational Effects

• Joint and Independent Associations of Gestational Diabetes and Depression with Childhood Obesity.
• Weighing Down the Future: Long-Term Effects of Childhood Obesity on Intergenerational Mobility.

Methods

• Predicting Adult Overweight and Obesity Prevalences Using the Food Nutritive Value Supplies of the FAO's Food Balance Sheet Data: Case Study of Trends in Spain.
• Exploring the Association between Hedonic Hunger and Obesogenic Eating Behaviors in Females with Overweight/Obesity Using Machine Learning Methods.
• Exploring the Impact of Physical Activity Metrics on Calorie Consumption: A Machine Learning Approach Combined with SHAP Analysis.

Commentary

• Podcast: The Science of Muscle Building with James Krieger.
• Podcast: The Resilience Round Up Podcast, Episode 38: Fueling for Readiness and Resilience.
• Podcast: The Good and the Bad of the New US Dietary Guidelines | Dr David Katz.
• Podcast: What Post-GLP-1 Eating Means for Food Innovation | SciDish February 2026.
• Podcast: Dr. Nina Teicholz | America's Metabolic Decline: The High-Cost of Low Fat | the Metabolic Link Ep 80.
• Is a Reduction in Food Noise Good for Restaurants?
• Obesity & Energetics Offerings Featured in "Media Sites Recommended by Health Promotion Experts."

General

• Two Genetic “Hits” Required to Trigger Parkinson’s Neurodegeneration.
• Preprint: Randomized controlled trials claiming "personalized", "individualized" and" precision" interventions: characteristics, transparency and bias. (pdf)
• Understanding Mitochondria | Ask Me About My Research with Dr. Michael Bround.
• Adipose Tissue-Derived MFG-E8 Promotes Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrosis Through Macrophage Activation in a Mouse MASH Model.
• Regulating Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising in the United States.
• A Critical Appraisal of Systematic Reviews Assessing the Effect of Chronic Velocity-Based Resistance Training on Health and Athletic Performance Outcomes: A Systematic Review.
• Why Do Little Dogs Shiver So Much?
• Implementation of Early Peanut Introduction Among Providers in a Southern U.S. State.

Announcements

• Abstract Submission Open Through March 9, 2026 for the American Society for Nutrition's NUTRITION 2026.
• The Division of Nutrition, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC), in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital Seeks Applicants for an Appointment at the Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Associate Professor (Tenured) Level, or Professor (Tenured) Level Who Will Also Serve as Director of the Body Composition Unit.