Featured

• The Energy Balance Model of Obesity - Beyond Calories In, Calories Out.
• Circadian Alignment of Early Onset Caloric Restriction Promotes Longevity in Male C57BL/6J Mice.
• Meta-analysis: Red Meat Consumption and Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: People's Intended Serving Behaviour at Social Vs. Non-Social Meals.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Better School Lunches Blunt U.S. Kids' Weight Gain.
• Study: Associations between the Free or Reduced-Price National School Lunch Program and BMI-Related Outcome Before Versus After Implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Causation Not Established.
• Headline: Study Highlights Need for Tailored Weight Loss Plans to Treat Obesity.
• Meeting Abstract: Survey of Obesity-Related Complications and Healthcare Resource Use in Six European Countries. Need for Tailoring Neither Assessed nor Defined.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Significant Effects of Cognitively Engaging Physical Activity on Preschool Children's Cognitive Outcomes.
• "In our sample of overweight and obese adults, no beneficial effect of adding exercise to an energy-restricted diet was found in terms of HRQOL and Depression."
• No Evidence That Long Runs of Homozygosity Tend to Harbor Risk Variants for Polygenic Obesity in Labrador Retriever Dogs.
• "Evidence of clinically meaningful differences in growth or biochemical measures of nutrition for children with vegetarian diet was not found."
• Exercise Training Does Not Affect Heat Tolerance in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
• Gestational Purple Grape Juice Consumption Does Not Change Fetal Ductus Arteriosus Constriction in Wistar Rats.
• RCT: Caffeine ... Does Not Modify Substrate Oxidation During 1 H of Self-Paced Cycling.
• RCT: Sodium Citrate Supplementation...has No Influence on HRV Responsiveness in Endurance- Trained Men.

Basic

• Whole-Genome Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing Reveals Distinct Gut Microbiome Signatures of Obese Cats.
• Metformin Combats Obesity by Targeting FTO in an M6A-YTHDF2-Dependent Manner.
• HIF-2α Preserves Mitochondrial Activity and Glucose Sensing in Compensating Beta Cells in Obesity.
• Aerobic Exercise Improves Adipogenesis in Diet-Induced Obese Mice Via the LncSRA/p38/JNK/PPARγ Pathway.
• The Effect of α-Lipoic Acid on Oxidative Stress in Adipose Tissue of Rats with Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Why are We Basing Food Policy on Black Box Data?
• Article: Feasibility, Safety, and Beneficial Effects of MCT-Based Ketogenic Diet for Breast Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study.
• Letter: Critical Remarks to the Article by Khodabakhshi and Colleagues Reporting Results from a Randomized Study on Ketogenic Diet.
• Critics Challenge Data Showing Key Lipids Can Curb Inflammation.

Clinical

• Proposal of an Obesity Classification Based on Weight History: An Official Document by the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM) and the Brazilian Society for the Study of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (ABESO).
• Induction of Labour at 39 Weeks Versus Expectant Management in Low-Risk Women with Obesity.

Children and Adolescents

• Association between Postterm Pregnancy and Adverse Growth Outcomes in Preschool-Aged Children.
• Impaired Brain Satiety Responses After Weight Loss in Children with Obesity.
• ECO2022: A Massive Global Survey of Teen Obesity.
• Birth Anthropometry Predicts Neonatal and Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh: A Focus on Circumferential Measurements.
• Role of Diet Quality in the Association between Excess Weight and Psychosocial Problems in a Large Sample of Children in Spain.

Surgery

• Remission of Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Risk in Patients After 5 Years of Bariatric Surgery: A Case-Control Study.
• Robotic Vs. Laparoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Outcomes over 5 Years in Nearly 800,000 Patients.
• Five-Year Changes in Weight and Diabetes Status After Bariatric Surgery for Craniopharyngioma-Related Hypothalamic Obesity: A Case-Control Study.
• RCT: Intraperitoneal Instillation of Local Anesthetic (IPILA) in Bariatric Surgery and the Effect on Post-Operative Pain Scores.

Drugs

• Apixaban and Rivaroxaban Use for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Obesity and BMI ≥50 Kg/m2.
• Clinical Review of Subcutaneous Semaglutide for Obesity.
• Long-Acting Amylin Analogues for the Management of Obesity.
• Association of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Use with Risk of Gallbladder and Biliary Diseases.
• RCT: Phentermine/Topiramate for the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Meta-Analysis: Association between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
• β-Hydroxybutyrate Suppresses Colorectal Cancer.
• Identification of Sex and Aging Differences in C57BL/6-NClr Mice on the Ketogenic Diet.
• Effects of Siraitia grosvenorii Extracts on High Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice: A Comparison with Artificial Sweetener Aspartame.
• RCT: Effects of Nigella sativa Supplementation on Blood Concentration and MRNA Expression of TNF-α, PPAR-γ and Adiponectin, as Major Adipogenesis-Related Markers, in Women with Overweight and Obesity.
• The Association between Dietary Polyphenol Intake and Cardiometabolic Factors in Women with Overweight and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Intuitive Eating and Biomarkers Related to Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults.
• The Effect of a High-Polyphenol Mediterranean Diet (Green-MED) Combined with Physical Activity on Age-Related Brain Atrophy.
• Systematic Review: The Effects of Zinc and Selenium Supplementation on Body Composition and Thyroid Function in Individuals with Overweight or Obesity.
• Plasmalogens Eliminate Aging-Associated Synaptic Defects and Microglia-Mediated Neuroinflammation in Mice.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Time-Restricted Feeding Improved Vascular Endothelial Function in a High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity Rat Model.
• Distinct and Additive Effects of Calorie Restriction and Rapamycin in Aging Skeletal Muscle.
• Individual Evaluation of Aging- and Caloric Restriction-Related Changes to Distinct Multimeric Complexes of Circulating Adiponectin by Immunoblotting.
• Effects of Dietary Energy Density and Supplemental Rumen Undegradable Protein on Intake, Viscera, and Carcass Composition of Lambs Recovering from Nutritional Restriction.
• Higher Protein Intake During Caloric Restriction Improves Diet Quality and Attenuates Loss of Lean Body Mass.
• Effects of Caloric Restriction on the Gut Microbiome are Linked with Immune Senescence.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Relative Fat Mass Assessment Estimates Changes in Adiposity Among Female Older Adults with Obesity After a 12-Month Exercise and Diet Intervention.
• Consensus Statement: Asia-Pacific Consensus Statement on Integrated 24-Hour Activity Guidelines for Children and Adolescents.
• Effect of Severe Compared with Moderate Energy Restriction on Physical Activity Among Postmenopausal Female Adults with Obesity.
• RCT: Effects of Reduced Sedentary Time on Cardiometabolic Health in Adults with Metabolic Syndrome.

Economics & Sociology

• Public Health in the Making: Dietary Innovators and Their On-The-Job Sociology.
• Dissertation: Salient Beliefs of Individuals with Obesity: A Qualitative Study Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior.
• Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in US Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Retrospective Database Study (OFFSET).

Epidemiology

• Elements Behind Sedentary Lifestyles and Unhealthy Eating Habits in Individuals with Severe Obesity.
• Association of BMI and Abdominal Obesity with the Risk of Airflow Obstruction: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2012.
• Body Composition in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Subjects and Its Effect on Disease Progression and Survival.
• Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Increases by Almost 40% During COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Dose–response Association of the Dietary Inflammatory Potential with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Altered Neural Correlates of Episodic Memory for Food and Non-Food Cues in Females with Overweight/Obesity.
• Commentary: Maternal Proinflammatory Processes and Fetal Neurodevelopment: Integrating Clinical and Preclinical Research Approaches and Identifying Knowledge Gaps That Warrant Future Collaboration.
• Need of Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring in a Population with Acquired Brain Injury: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.
• Systematic review and meta-analysis: Effects of Dietary Restriction on Cognitive Function.

Equity and Disparities

• Diabetes Screening by Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Equivalent BMI and Age Thresholds.
• What Factors Drive Gender Differences in the BMI? Evidence from Turkish Adults.
• Disparity in Obesity and Hypertension Risks Observed between Pacific Islander and Asian American Health Fair Attendees in Los Angeles, 2011–2019.

Stigma

• Development of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Internalized Weight Stigma.
• Stepping Up to Shut Down Harmful Health Stigma.
• Weight Stigma Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Individuals: Dating and Hiring Preferences.
• Concept Mapping of Weight Bias Among Canadian Young Adults.
• Stigma Toward Bariatric Surgery in the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom: Protocol for a Cross-Cultural Mixed Methods Study.

Policy Related

• The Impact of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in México: A Censored QUAI Demand System Approach.
• Obesity: No European Country Is on Track to Halt Rising Levels by 2025, WHO Warns.
• Using Systems Science for Strategic Planning of Obesity Prevention and Treatment: The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions Experience.

Intergenerational Effects

• Impact of Earlier Gestational Diabetes Screening for Pregnant People with Obesity on Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes.
• RCT: Relationship between Chrono-Nutrition, Sleep and Glycemic Control in Women with Gestational Diabetes.
• The Relationship between Obesity and Pre-Eclampsia: Incidental Risks and Identification of Potential Biomarkers for Pre-Eclampsia.
• Can Adult Polygenic Scores Improve Prediction of BMI in Childhood?

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Systematic Review: Weight Loss and Fat Metabolism During Multi-Day High-Altitude Sojourns: A Hypothesis Based on Adipocyte Signaling.
• Obesity: An Evolutionary Context.
• Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Their Impact on Increased Occurrence of Cardiometabolic Syndrome.

Methods

• RCT: Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope Ratios Respond to Fish and Meat Intake in a 12-Week Inpatient Feeding Study of Adult Men.
• Construction of Regression Equation for Maximum Oxygen Uptake Recognition of Respiration and Heart Rate in Exercise Training.
• Concurrent Outcomes from Multiple Approaches of Epistasis Analysis for Human BMI Associated Loci Provide Insights Into Obesity Biology.
• The Food Recognition Benchmark: Using Deep Learning to Recognize Food in Images.

Commentary

• Audio: NPR - TASTE BUDDIES: Y U Salty?
• The Wonky Overlap in Federal Food Regulation.
• ECO2022: Obesity Hype, Hope, and Progress.
• Communicating Your Findings Through Graphical Abstracts.
• For Mice, Fasting at the Right Time Extended Lifespans — but Can It Work for Humans?
• With New Diabetes Drug Data, Eli Lilly Is Taking Aim at Obesity.
• Using Systems Science for Strategic Planning of Obesity Prevention and Treatment: The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions Experience.
• Are Nitrates the Next Big Thing for Athletic Performance?

General

• Podcast: Centenarians, Metformin, and Longevity with Nir Barzilai, M.D.
• GRATIFOOD.
• I Was Thinking to Help but Then I Changed My Mind! The Influence of Injunctive and Descriptive Norms on the Donation Intention-Behavior Link.
• Does cognitive control affect successful "sandbagging" of concussion symptoms?
• To Tailor or Not to Tailor: An Investigation of Narrative Tailoring for Health Communication.
• It's Not a Lie If You Believe the Norm Does Not Apply: Conditional Norm-Following and Belief Distortion.
• The Evidence Does Not Support Long-Term Oxygenation as a Functional Explanation for the Evolution of Yawning.
• RandoMice, a Novel, User-Friendly Randomization Tool in Animal Research.
• Thesis: Predictors of Perceived Scarcity: The Impact of Demographic Factors, Objective Socioeconomic Status, and Subjective Social Status.

Video & Audio

• Video: NIH Obesity Research Task Force - Moving Beyond BMI: Exploring the Heterogeneity of Obesity.

Announcements

• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Faculty Member to Be Named President of National Lipid Association.
• ASN Foundation Announces More Registration Award & Grant Opportunities to Increase Accessibility of Nutrition 2022 Live Online.
• Applications Open: 2022 Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Research Short Course. Priority Application by May 17.
• Applications Open: 2022 Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research Short Course. Priority Application by June 17.