03/30/18
Featured
- Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in US Youth and Adults By Sex and Age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016.
- Weight Stigma Goes Viral on the Internet: Systematic Assessment of YouTube Comments Attacking Overweight Men and Women.
- From Fat Cells Through an Obesity Theory.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: TV, Online Ads During Sports Events May Help Make Kids Fat.
- Study: "Sports sponsorships are commonly used to market unhealthy food and nonalcoholic beverages." No measurement of making 'kids fat'.
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: No Apparent Influence of a Consumer-wearable Activity Tracker on Sedentary Time and Prolonged Sedentary Bouts: Secondary Analysis.
- "Living in ...[food desert] was not associated with a difference in HbA1c..."
- RCT: "Intensive nutritional intervention after hip fracture improved nutritional intake and status, but not LOS or clinical outcomes."
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Does Not Directly Influence Skeletal Muscle Cell Proliferation and Differentiation or Ex Vivo Muscle Contractility.
- Meta-analysis: No Significant Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Body Fat Mass.
- Consumption of Soy-based Infant Formula is Not Associated with Early Onset of Puberty.
- RCT: No Effect of Vitamin D on Weight Change in Obesity.
- RCT: No Significant Effect of the NU-AGE Diet on Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults.
Basic
- Impaired Mitochondrial Energetics Characterize Poor Early Recovery of Muscle Mass Following Hind Limb Unloading in Old Mice.
- Targeted Deletion of Adipocyte Abca1 (ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter A1) Impairs Diet-Induced Obesity.
- Inflammation Arising From Obesity Reduces Taste Bud Abundance and Inhibits Renewal.
- Glucagon Contributes to Liver Zonation.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
- Can You Criticize Science (or do Science) Without Looking Like an Obsessive? Maybe Not.
- The Obesity Paradox: A Misleading Term that Should Be Abandoned.
- Journal Retracts Study Linking “gut Makeover” to Weight Loss, Improved Health.
- Letter: Steps Per Day and Its Relationship to Energy Expenditures.
- Response: To Steps Per Day and Its Relationship to Energy Expenditures.
Clinical
- RCT: Intermittent V. Continuous Energy Restriction.
- Percutaneous CT Guided Cryovagotomy for the Management of Mild - Moderate Obesity: A Pilot Trial.
- ADOPT: Obesity Treatment Reaches Level of Maturity with Its Own Collaborative Initiative and Resource.
- Commentary: A Failing Grade on Knowledge of Obesity Care.
- Article: Current Knowledge of Obesity Treatment Guidelines By Health Care Professionals.
Children and Adolescents
- RCT: The Application of Optimal Defaults to Improve Elementary School Lunch Selections: Proof of Concept.
- Efficacy of an Exercise Intervention Among Children with Comorbid Asthma and Obesity.
- Denying Care to Teens with Severe Obesity.
Surgery
- Meta-analysis: One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass Versus Roux‐en‐Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity.
- Variation in Exhaled Acetone and Other Ketones in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Prospective Cross-sectional Study.
- Anemia and Bariatric Surgery: Results of a National French Survey on Administrative Data of 306,298 Consecutive Patients Between 2008 and 2016.
- Emotional Eating Behavior Hinders Body Weight Loss in Women After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
- Freeze a Nerve for Weight Loss? Not So Fast!
Drugs
- RCT: Native Oxyntomodulin Has Significant Glucoregulatory Effects Independent of Weight Loss in Obese Humans with and Without Type 2 Diabetes.
- Cost of Achieving HbA1c Treatment Targets and Weight Loss Responses with Once-Weekly Semaglutide Versus Dulaglutide in the United States.
- Hepatocyte-secreted DPP4 in Obesity Promotes Adipose Inflammation and Insulin Resistance.
- Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors and Incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Population Based Cohort Study.
- Semaglutide Injection Phase 2 Data Presented at ENDO Demonstrated Significant Weight Loss in Adults with Obesity.
Food & Diet
- Review: Nonnutritive Sweeteners in Weight Management and Chronic Disease.
- Estimated 24-Hour Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in US Adults.
- Systematic review: Source of Bias in Sugar-sweetened Beverage Research.
- Dietary Carbohydrates Impair the Protective Effect of Protein Restriction Against Diabetes in NZO Mice Used as a Model of Type 2 Diabetes.
- Malnutrition, Poor Food Intake, and Adverse Healthcare Outcomes in Non-critically Ill Obese Acute Care Hospital Patients.
Caloric Restriction
- Sirtuins as Mediator of the Anti-Ageing Effects of Calorie Restriction in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle.
- Global Remodeling of the Mouse DNA Methylome During Aging and in Response to Calorie Restriction.
- Roux‐en‐Y Gastric Bypass Compared to Equivalent Diet Restriction: Mechanistic Insights Into Diabetes Remission.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- RCT: Can a Lifestyle Intervention Increase Active Transportation in Women Aged 55-70 Years?
- RCT: Collision Activity During Training Increases Total Energy Expenditure Measured Via Doubly Labelled Water.
- RCT: Supervised Physical Training Improves Weight Loss After Roux‐en‐Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
- "Despite the popularity of PA [physical activity] apps available on the commercial market, there were substantial shortcomings in the areas of data safety and likelihood of effectiveness of the apps assessed."
- 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report. (pdf)
Economics & Sociology
- Gender, Time Use and Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Results of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health.
- The Power of Social Networks and Social Support in Promotion of Physical Activity and BMI Among African American Adults.
- Neighborhood Social and Economic Change and Retail Food Environment Change in Madrid (Spain): The Heart Healthy Hoods Study.
Epidemiology
- Fat Mass and Obesity-associated (FTO) Rs9939609 Polymorphism Modifies the Relationship Between BMI and Affective Symptoms Through the Life Course: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study.
- Is Food Insecurity Associated with Maternal Health Among UK Ethnic Groups?
- Prevalence and Trends of Overweight and Obesity in Older Adults From 10 European Countries From 2005 to 2013.
Psychology & Neuroscience
- RCT: Lottery-Based Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Adults.
- Personal Network Characteristics and BMI: The Role of Education Among Black Americans.
- Leveraging Delay Discounting for Health: Can Time Delays Influence Food Choice?
- The Portion Size Effect: Women Demonstrate an Awareness of Eating More than Intended When Served Larger than Normal Portions.
- Binge Eating Disorder and Morbid Obesity are Associated with Lowered Mu-opioid Receptor Availability in the Brain.
Equity and Disparities
- Socio-Economic Disparities in Attitude and Preference for Menu Labels Among Vietnamese Restaurant Customers.
- Socioeconomic Inequalities in Childhood and Adolescent Body-mass Index, Weight, and Height From 1953 to 2015.
Ethics
Stigma
- Adolescent Preferences for Weight Terminology Used By Health Care Providers.
- Weight Status and Healthcare Avoidance in Women: A Study of Weight Stigma, Body-related Shame and Guilt, and Healthcare Stress.
- Exploring Nursing Students Change in Attitude Towards Those Who are Obese and Following a Simulated Activity.
Policy Related
- Economic Analysis of Three Interventions of Different Intensity in Improving School Implementation of a Government Healthy Canteen Policy in Australia: Costs, Incremental and Relative Cost Effectiveness.
- Trends in Childhood Height and Weight, and Socioeconomic Inequalities.
- The Childhood Obesity Declines Project: A Review of Enacted Policies.
- Front-of-package Nutrition Labeling Policy: Global Progress and Future Directions.
Intergenerational Effects
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Energetic Trade-offs and Feedbacks Between Behavior and Metabolism Influence Correlations Between Pace-of-life Attributes.
- Social Status Affects Lipid Metabolism in Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus Mykiss.
Methods
- Systematic review: Using Electronic Health Record Data for Environmental and Place Based Population Health Research.
- Functional, RF‐Trilayer Sensors for Tooth‐Mounted, Wireless Monitoring of the Oral Cavity and Food Consumption.
- A New Resting Metabolic Rate Equation for Women with Class III Obesity.
Commentary
- Diets to (Live And) Die For.
- Just Say No to Obesity.
- The Heterogeneity of Obesity.
- The Obesity Paradox: A Misleading Term that Should Be Abandoned.
- Obesity as a Threat to National Security: The Need for Precision Engagement.
General
- Neural Androgen Synthesis and Aggression: Insights From a Seasonally-breeding Rodent.
- The New Threat of 'Leak-Flavored' Propaganda.
- Outcome-dependent Associations Between Short Interpregnancy Interval and Offspring Psychological and Educational Problems: A Population-based Quasi-experimental Study.
- Social Motivation and Health in College Club Swimming.
- Predicting Pharmacy Syringe Sales to People Who Inject Drugs: Policy, Practice and Perceptions.
- Patterns of Divergence in the Morphology of Ceratopsian Dinosaurs: Sympatry is Not a Driver of Ornament Evolution.
- Did a Sugar Called Trehalose Contribute to the Clostridium Difficile Epidemic?
- The E.P.A. Says It Wants Research Transparency. Scientists See an Attack on Science.
- Structure and Distribution of an Unrecognized Interstitium in Human Tissues.
Video & Audio
Announcements
- IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Faculty Member to Serve on NSCA Foundation Investment Committee.
- FASEB Science Research Conference: Immunological Aspects of Metabolic Syndrome.
- UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
- UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.