Featured

• The Leptin Sensitizer Celastrol Reduces Age-associated Obesity and Modulates Behavioral Rhythms.
• Best (but Oft-forgotten) Practices: Missing Data Methods in Randomized Controlled Nutrition Trials.
• The Need for Greater Rigor in Childhood Nutrition and Obesity Research.
• RCT: "Among overweight or obese adults with subsyndromal depressive symptoms, multinutrient supplementation compared with placebo and food-related behavioral activation therapy compared with no therapy did not reduce episodes of major depressive disorder during 1 year."

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Instagram Stars Could Make Kids Fatter. Healthier? Not So Much, Study Says.
• Study: "Influencer marketing of unhealthy foods increased children’s immediate food intake, whereas the equivalent marketing of healthy foods had no effect." Effects on obesity not tested.

Contrary or Null Findings

• No Significant Effect of Participation in Structured Programming to Prevent Unhealthy Weight Gain During the Summer in School-aged Children From Low-income Neighbourhoods on Weight Gain.
• No Benefit with Early GDM Screening in Obese Women.
• RCT: "Empirically treating hospitalized severely malnourished children during the stabilization phase with lactose-free, reduced-carbohydrate milk formula did not improve clinical outcomes."
• RCT: No Effect of Fish Protein Supplementation on Glucose Metabolism in Older Nursing Home Residents.
• RCT: "Intention-to-treat analysis showed that light therapy ...had no effect on insulin sensitivity..."
• RCT: "…no significant time or group × time effect for fish oil versus placebo for liver fat, liver enzymes, anthropometry, or body composition including VAT (p > 0.05 for all), with similar finding for sub-analysis of participants with NAFLD."
• RCT: No Significant Differences Between Treatment and Control Groups in Eight Week Trial of Aerobic Interval-Resistance Training Combined with Chamomile Consumption on Body Composition and Glucose Homeostasis in Overweight and Obese Women.
• RCT: "Offering a multi-component physical activity intervention to 30-49 year-olds with low levels of VO2max had no effect on the change in VO2max from baseline to twelve months compared with routine care."

Basic

• Obesity, Diabetes, and the Gut Microbiome: An Updated Review.
• Protein-coding Variants Implicate Novel Genes Related to Lipid Homeostasis Contributing to Body-fat Distribution.
• Deletion of Robo4 Prevents High Fat Diet Induced Adipose Artery and Systemic Metabolic Dysfunction.
• The Antagonist Effect of Arachidonic Acid on GLUT4 Gene Expression By Nuclear Receptor Type II Regulation.
• Beta 3 Adrenergic Receptor Activation Rescues Metabolic Dysfunction in Female Estrogen Receptor Alpha-Null Mice.
• Parasitic Gut Infection in Libellula Pulchella Causes Functional and Molecular Resemblance of Dragonfly Flight Muscle to Skeletal Muscle of Obese Vertebrates.
• Ablation of Adipocyte Creatine Transport Impairs Thermogenesis and Causes Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Identification of a Natural Beige Adipose Depot in Mice.
• Differential Effects of Diet and Weight on Taste Responses in Diet-induced Obese Mice.
• Housing Temperature Modulates the Impact of Diet-Induced Rise in Fat Mass on Adipose Tissue Before and During Pregnancy in Rats.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Research Supporting Chile's Anti-Obesity Regulations Doesn't Tell Us If the Regulations Work.
• A.I. Gives Cheesecake and Brats an A+ in Nutrition?

Clinical

• 'Just Because I'm Old It Doesn't Mean I Have to Be Fat': A Qualitative Study Exploring Older Adults' Views and Experiences of Weight Management.
• Weight Loss and Weight Gain Among Participants in a Community-based Weight Loss Challenge.
• Infographic. The Effects of Frequency, Intensity, Duration and Volume of Walking Interventions on CVD Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis of RCTs Among Inactive Healthy Adults.
• RCT: Improved Menstrual Function in Obese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome After Behavioural Modification Intervention.
• "One year of a digitally supported [comprehensive continuous care intervention] significantly improved surrogates of NAFLD and advanced fibrosis in patients with T2D."
• RCT: Effect of Integrated Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment and Problem-Solving Therapy on BMI and Depressive Symptoms Among Patients with Obesity and Depression.

Children and Adolescents

• Fat Mass Predicts Food-specific Inhibitory Control in Children.
• Serum Interleukin 15 in Adolescent Girls with Obesity, Normal Weight, and Anorexia Nervosa.
• Obesity Measured as Percent Body Fat, Relationship with BMI, and Percentile Curves for Mexican Pediatric Population.

Surgery

• Change in Gastrointestinal Symptoms Over the First 5 Years After Bariatric Surgery in a Multicenter Cohort of Adolescents.
• Contraceptive Use Among Adolescent Female Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patients.

Drugs

• Weight Loss Medications in the Treatment of Obesity and Hypertension.
• RCT: Adjunctive Telmisartan Treatment on Body Metabolism in Clozapine or Olanzapine Treated Patients with Schizophrenia.
• RCT: Effect of Liraglutide on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Mineralocorticoid Antagonism Enhances Brown Adipose Tissue Function in Humans.

Food & Diet

• Effect of 8-hour Time-restricted Feeding on Sleep Quality and Duration in Adults with Obesity.
• The Effect of Canola Oil on Body Weight and Composition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
• RCT: Effects of Cocoa-rich Chocolate on the Ventricle-arterial Coupling and Vascular Function of Young and Healthy Adults.
• RCT: A Plant-Based Meal Stimulates Incretin and Insulin Secretion More than an Energy- and Macronutrient-Matched Standard Meal in Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Energy Drinks Induce Acute Cardiovascular and Metabolic Changes Pointing to Potential Risks for Young Adults.
• A Systematic Review of the Association of Skipping Breakfast with Weight and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents. What Should We Better Investigate in the Future?
• Fast-Food Offerings in the United States in 1986, 1991, and 2016 Show Large Increases in Food Variety, Portion Size, Dietary Energy, and Selected Micronutrients.
• REVIEW: Dietary Fibers as Emerging Nutritional Factors Against Diabetes: Focus on the Involvement of Gut Microbiota.

Caloric Restriction

• Anti-inflammatory Action of β-hydroxybutyrate Via Modulation of PGC-1α and FoxO1, Mimicking Calorie Restriction.
• Maternal Age Alters Offspring Lifespan, Fitness, and Lifespan Extension Under Caloric Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Ground Reaction Forces in Ballet: Differences Resulting From Footwear and Jump Conditions.
• RCT: "Effect of a multifactorial intervention on the increase in physical activity in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus."
• Motor Competence, Perceived Physical Competence, Physical Fitness, and Physical Activity Within Finnish Children.
• Effect of a Behavioral Intervention Strategy on Sustained Change in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Economics & Sociology

• The Influence of Immigrant Generation on Obesity Among Asian Americans in California From 2013 to 2014.
• Heterogeneity in the Effect of Mid-childhood Height and Weight Gain on Human Capital at Age 14-15 Years.
• Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Feeding Practices in Finnish Preschools.

Epidemiology

• Smoking and Obesity as Risk Factors in Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.
• Impact of Maternal BMI and Gestational Weight Gain on Pregnancy Complications: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐analysis of European, North American and Australian Cohorts.
• Reducing Waste in Nutritional Epidemiology: Review and Perspectives.
• Serum Apolipoprotein B is Associated with Increased Risk of Metabolic Syndrome Among Middle‐aged and Elderly Chinese: A Cross‐sectional and Prospective Cohort Study.
• "The risk of developing an obesity-related cancer seems to be increasing in a stepwise manner in successively younger birth cohorts in the USA."
• Obesity and Bone Health Revisited: A Mendelian Randomization Study for Koreans.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Anxiety Increases Visual Attention to Hedonic Foods: A Preliminary Eye-tracking Study on the Impact of the Interplay Between Integral and Incidental Affect on Foods.
• Overeating and Binge Eating Among Immigrants in the United States: New Terrain for the Healthy Immigrant Hypothesis.
• Potential Moderators of the Portion Size Effect.
• Longitudinal Associations Between Emotion Regulation and Adiposity in Late Adolescence: Indirect Effects Through Eating Behaviors.

Equity and Disparities

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experience, Perceived Discrimination and BMI.
• RCT: Effect of a Breakfast in the Classroom Initiative on Obesity in Urban School-aged Children.

Stigma

• An Exploratory Study of the Public Dining Experience of Obese People.
• The Effects of Parental and Peer Factors on Psychiatric Symptoms in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Systematic Review: Weight Bias in Educational Setting.

Policy Related

• The Effect of Randomly Providing Nutri-Score Information on Actual Purchases in Colombia.
• Hunger or Deportation: Implications of the Trump Administration’s Proposed Public Charge Rule.
• Two Year Follow-up of Schools in Randomised Trial to Assess the Sustainability of an Intervention to Improve the Implementation of a School-based Nutrition Policy.
• Communicating Risk Regarding Food Consumption: The Case of Processed Meat.
• Sodium and Potassium Dietary Reference Intake Values Updated in New Report; Introduces New Category for Sodium Based on Chronic Disease Risk Reduction.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Predation Decreases Cohort Foraging Activity and Growth, Yet Increases Individual Size Variation in Prey.
• Brown Adipose Tissue Plays Thermoregulatory Role Within the Thermoneutral Zone in Mongolian Gerbils (Meriones Unguiculatus).

Methods

• RCT: Measurement of Health and Social Behaviors in Schoolchildren: Comparing Paper Versus Electronic Mode.
• Comparison of Psychometric Properties Between Recall Methods of Interview-based Physical Activity Questionnaires: A Systematic Review.
• Comparing Physical Activity Estimates in Children From Hip-worn Actigraph GT3X+ Accelerometers Using Raw and Counts Based Processing Methods.
• Congruent Validity of Resting Energy Expenditure Predictive Equations in Young Adults.
• Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Western Countries: Discrepancies in Published Estimates.

Commentary

• Stop the Patient Blame Game: What Actually Causes Obesity?
• Fat Cell Genes Punch the Clock to Carry Out Key Metabolic Functions.
• Addressing Medicine’s Bias Against Patients Who are Overweight.
• A National Institute of Nutrition: Of Science, Sense, and Sisyphus.
• Myths, Presumptions, and Denying Access to Obesity Care.

General

• Introducing ELife’s First Computationally Reproducible Article.
• Social Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life: A Recreation Setting Analysis.
• Too Much Academic Science is Bad Science.
• Fighting Fake Science: Barriers and Solutions.
• Scientific Integrity Principles and Best Practices: Recommendations From a Scientific Integrity Consortium.
• Treatment Effects in Multicenter RCTs.
• The Case for Being Skeptical of Moral Outrage.
• Will Scientific Error Checkers Become as Ubiquitous as Spell-checkers?
• The Real Cost of Knowledge.
• Senators Tell FDA to Speed Up Approvals of Generic Insulin.
• "This study found sex differences in the size of NIH funds awarded to comparable first-time female and male PIs, even at top research institutions."

Video & Audio

• Audio: Sara Bleich on Menu Labeling, Marketing and Public Health.
• Audio: Cheryl Queen on Corporate Responsibility and Power in the Food Industry.

Announcements

• July at Cornell: 2019 WHO/Cochrane/Cornell Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making.
• 7th Annual Weight Stigma Conference 27th – 28th June 2019, London, Ontario, Canada.
• 6th Canadian Obesity Summit, April 23-26, 2019, the Westin, Ottawa, Ont.
• From the Desk: Provost Robel Reflects on Campus Progress and Looks Forward.
• 3 Hoosier Cities Land on '100 Best Places to Live' List.
• Call for Papers: 7th Annual Obesity Journal Symposium.
• Body Composition Measurements From Birth Through 5 Years: Challenges, Gaps, and Existing & Emerging Technologies; May 30-31, 2019.
• NORC of UAB Seeks Postdoctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Postdoctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center– Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• IU School of Public Health Bloomington Continues Faculty Recruitment – Tenure-track Positions Available in Every Department: Multiple Listings Posted.
• Short Courses on Obesity, Mathematics, and Causal Inference Recommence in Summer 2019!