Featured

• Implicit and Explicit Evaluations of a Mass Media Physical Activity Campaign: Does Everything Get Better?
• Bone Marrow Adipose Cells – Cellular Interactions and Changes with Obesity.
• Dietitians of Canada: Advice for the General Public About COVID-19.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Starting Early Is the Key to Easing the Trajectory of Childhood Obesity, New Study Finds.
• Study: Meta-analysis: "Parent‐focused intervention programmes that commence by early infancy ... produced a modest but statistically significant reduction in BMI z score" compared to no intervention by 18 to 24 months. No comparison of timing; no long-term trajectory.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Contrary to our expectations, intentional weight loss increased SUA [serum uric acid] in the short-term. These results question weight loss as a strategy for SUA reduction."
• RCT: No Significant Effect in Overall Sample with Interrupting Sitting Time on Affect and State Anxiety in Children of Healthy Weight and Overweight.
• RCT: A Breakfast in the Classroom "initiative led to improvements in the types of foods and drinks students consumed in the morning. However, the program did not reduce breakfast skipping and increased the number of locations where students ate."
• RCT: No Significant Effects of Vicarious Experience to Affect Physical Activity in Women.
• "Contrary to previous reports CRF [cardiorespiratory fitness] did not moderate PPG responses for either sedentary or exercise conditions in healthy men and women."
• RCT: No Evidence of Flavour-nutrient Learning in a Two-week 'home Exposure' Study in Humans.
• No Association between Binge Eating Disorder and Severity of Non‐alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Severely Obese Patients.
• Peroxiredoxin 2 Deficiency Does Not Affect Insulin Resistance and Oxidative Stress in High-fat Diet-fed Obese Mice.

Basic

• Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) Ameliorates Fertility in Obese Male Mice Via PKA/CREB Pathway‐Dependent Sirt1 Activation and P53 Deacetylation.
• Anti-Adipogenic Signals at the Onset of Obesity-Related Inflammation in White Adipose Tissue of C57B16/J Male Mice.
• CREBH Improves Diet-Induced Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Metabolic Disturbances By FGF21-Dependent and FGF21-Independent Mechanisms.
• Leptin Mediates Postprandial Increases in Body Temperature Through Hypothalamus–Adrenal Medulla–Adipose Tissue Crosstalk.
• Glucagon Stimulates Gluconeogenesis By INSP3R1-Mediated Hepatic Lipolysis.
• The Parasitic Worm Product ES-62 Promotes Health- and Life-span in a High Calorie Diet-accelerated Mouse Model of Ageing.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Perspective: Challenges of Human Nutrition Research.
• Comment: Dissenting Opinions in Nutrition Research.
• Response: Dissenting Opinions in Nutrition Research—Reply.
• Article: Consumption of Alcoholic and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is Associated with Increased Liver Fat Content in Middle-Aged Men and Women.
• Letter: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages are Not Associated with Increased Liver Fat Content in Middle-Aged Men and Women.
• Response: Reply to a Wittekind.

Clinical

• RCT: Effectiveness of Photobiomodulation Therapy and Non‐Contact Selective‐Field Radiofrequency on Abdominal Adiposity in Adolescents with Obesity.
• RCT: Hypocaloric vs Full-Energy Enteral Feeding During the First Week of Hospitalization in Neurosurgical Patients at the Intensive Care Unit.

Children and Adolescents

• Physical Activity and Adiposity in a Racially Diverse Cohort of US Infants.
• Children but Not Adolescents with Disabilities Had Significantly Lower Odds of Being Sufficiently Active Compared with Peers Without Disabilities.
• “Food” and “non-food” Self-regulation in Childhood: A Review and Reciprocal Analysis.
• Sex Differences in the Association between Household Chaos and BMI Z-Score in Low-Income Toddlers.
• A Multidisciplinary Intervention in Childhood Obesity Acutely Improves Insulin Resistance and Inflammatory Markers Independent From Body Composition.
• Evidence-Based Updates on the First Week of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Infants ≥35 Weeks.
• Systematic review: Evidence for Enhancing Childhood Obesity Treatment From a Dual-Process Perspective.
• Adolescent Obesity and Dietary Decision Making-a Brain-Health Perspective.
• Childhood Obesity and the Associated Rise in Cardiometabolic Complications.

Surgery

• Shifts in the Intestinal Microbiota After Gastric Bypass.
• Post-Transplant Obesity Impacts Long-Term Survival After Liver Transplantation.
• SERPINE-1 Gene Methylation and Protein as Molecular Predictors of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Outcome.

Drugs

• Meta-analysis: Effects of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors on Risk of Dyslipidemia Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of a Fixed-dose Combination of Phentermine/topiramate in Adolescents with Obesity.
• Detection and Quantification of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients as Adulterants in Garcinia Cambogia Slimming Preparations Using NIR Spectroscopy Combined with Chemometrics.
• Liraglutide for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Safety in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Liraglutide and Diabetic Kidney Disease.
• Opipramol Inhibits Lipolysis in Human Adipocytes Without Altering Glucose Uptake and Differently From Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Drugs with Adverse Effects on Body Weight Control.
• Treatment of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Current Perspectives.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Stevia Beverage Consumption Prior to Lunch Reduces Appetite and Total Energy Intake Without Affecting Glycemia or Attentional Bias to Food Cues.
• RCT: A Food‐based, Low‐energy, Low‐carbohydrate Diet for People with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care.
• What Makes a Beverage Healthy? A Qualitative Study of Young Adults’ Conceptualisation of Sugar-containing Beverage Healthfulness.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Costs of Exploratory Behavior: The Energy Trade-off Hypothesis and the Allocation Model Tested Under Caloric Restriction.
• Strain-specificity in the Hydrogen Sulphide Signalling Network Following Dietary Restriction in Recombinant Inbred Mice.
• Reduced Caloric Intake and Periodic Fasting Independently Contribute to Metabolic Effects of Caloric Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Physical Activity Intervention for Non-diabetic Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• Sedentary Behavior and Health Outcomes in Older Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• Couple BMI Trajectory Patterns During Mid-later Years: Socioeconomic Stratification and Later-life Physical Health Outcomes.
• BMI Trajectories Among the Canadian Workforce and Their Association with Work Environment Trajectories over 17 Years.
• Obesity and Obesogenic Behaviors in Asian American Children with Immigrant and US-Born Mothers.
• Examining the Role of Weight Status and Individual Attributes on Adolescent Social Relations.
• Association of Exposure to Communities with High Obesity with Body Type Norms and Obesity Risk Among Teenagers.

Equity & Disparities

• The Impact of Educational Attainment on Black Women's Obesity Rate in the United States.
• Food environment near schools and body weight-A systematic review of associations by race/ethnicity, gender, grade, and socio-economic factors.

Epidemiology

• Shift Work: Weight Change and Lifestyle Factors.
• BMI and Weight Change are Associated with Adult Lung Function Trajectories: The Prospective ECRHS Study.
• Causal Relationships between NAFLD, T2D and Obesity Have Implications for Disease Subphenotyping.
• A Mathematical Model of Adiponectin Resistance.
• Obesity and Younger Versus Older Onset Colorectal Cancer in the United States, 1998–2017.
• Food Insecurity Was Associated with Lower Fruits and Vegetables Consumption but Not with Overweight and Obesity in Children From Mexican Fishing Communities.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• How Food Brings Us Together: The Ties between Attachment and Food Behaviors.
• Disentangling Ingestive Behavior-related Phenotypes in Prader-Willi Syndrome: Integrating Information From Nonclinical Studies and Clinical Trials to Better Understand the Pathophysiology of Hyperphagia and Obesity.
• Exploring the Influences on Men's Engagement with Weight Loss Services: A Qualitative Study.
• Obesity and the Brain: Another Brain-body Vs. Body-brain Conundrum.

Stigma

• Primary Care Patient and Practitioner Views of Weight and Weight-related Discussion: A Mixed-methods Study.
• Commentary: COVID-19, Stigma, Obesity, and Rationing Care.

Policy Related

• Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation: Safety Alert - Risk of Serious Adverse Events Likely Due to Transmission of Pathogenic Organisms.
• Projected Impact of the Portuguese Sugar-sweetened Beverage Tax on Obesity Incidence Across Different Age Groups: A Modelling Study.
• The Effect of California's Paid Family Leave Policy on Parent Health: A Quasi-experimental Study.
• A ‘Common Food Policy’ for Europe: How Governance Reforms Can Spark a Shift to Healthy Diets and Sustainable Food Systems.
• The Subsidiarity Principle in Innovation Policy for Societal Challenges.

Intergenerational Effects

• Glycaemic Status During Pregnancy and Longitudinal Measures of Fetal Growth in a Multi-racial US Population: A Prospective Cohort Study.
• Self-reported Periconception Weight Loss Attempts Do Not Alter Infant Body Composition.
• Investigating the Momentary Association between Maternal Support and Children's Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Using Ecological Momentary Assessment.
• Non-responsive Feeding Practices Mediate the Relationship between Maternal and Child Obesogenic Eating Behaviours.
• Obesogenic Toxicants in Breast Milk of Lactating Women: Investigation of a Risk Factor for Childhood Obesity.
• Intrauterine Exposure to Perfluorinated Compounds and Overweight at Age 4.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Change in Diet Sent Snakes Looking for New Chemical Defense Against Predators.
• Contribution of Males to Brood Care Can Compensate for Their Food Consumption From a Shared Resource.

Methods

• Towards More Credible Shams for Physical Interventions: A Delphi Survey.
• Test-Retest Reliability of Vibration Perception Threshold Test in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Commentary

• The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Dietary Interventions for Depression and Anxiety.
• Alternatives to Dealing with the Truth in Health.
• Telemedicine for Obesity: Get Used to It.
• Cardiac Metabolic Implications of Fat Depot Imaging.
• The Importance of Distinguishing Science From Ideology.
• Embracing Failure in Behavioral Obesity Care.
• Combining the Risks of Coronavirus with Obesity.
• Pseudoscience in the Midst of a Pandemic.

General

• The Sex with the Reduced Sex Chromosome Dies Earlier: A Comparison Across the Tree of Life.
• Multiple Problems with a Study Linking Proximity to Major Roads to Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, and MS.
• A 90 Day Oral Toxicity Study of Blueberry Polyphenols in Ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley Rats.
• "students in the traditional [statistics] classroom did better than students in the inverted classroom in projects average, overall classwork and midterm grade."
• Renowned AIDS Expert: Alabama Not Prepared for 'major Storm’ of COVID-19.
• Food Industry Donations to Academic Programs: A Cross-Sectional Examination of the Extent of Publicly Available Data.
• Estimating the Distribution of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects From Treatment Responses and From a Predictive Biomarker in a Parallel-group RCT: A Structural Model Approach.
• EPA Expands Controversial ‘Transparency’ Plan.

Announcements

• Webinar: WaSH (water) Inequalities Persist in Vulnerable Minority Groups in Wealthy Countries.
• UAB's NORC Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• 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.