Featured

• Special Issue Dedicated to Dr. Timothy J Bartness.
• How Much Variation in Outcomes is Too Much in a Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery?
• Fish Reproductive-energy Output Increases Disproportionately with Body Size.

Headline vs Study

• Headline, No Study: Heating Food in Microwave Can Cause Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer, Infertility.
• Headline: Low-energy Diets ‘Beat Calorie Counting and Small Portions’ for Weight Loss.
• Study: Non-randomized, Self-selected Intervention of Structured Commercial Weight-loss Plan Versus Self-led Standard Care Plan.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "The addition of three behavior change tools to an informational placebo control did not result in a difference in the proportion of women with excessive total GWG compared to the placebo control in this effectiveness trial of an online, self-directed intervention."
• Degree of Obesity is Not Associated with More than One Intubation Attempt: A Large Centre Experience.
• Dietary Yeast-derived Mannan Oligosaccharides Have Immune-modulatory Properties but do Not Improve High Fat Diet-induced Obesity and Glucose Intolerance in Mice.
• "Contrary to this hypothesis, male and female Malat1-deficient mice gained as much weight, and developed insulin resistance to a similar extent as their Malat1+/+ littermates..."
• Contrary to Predictions of POLS Hypothesis, Fish Weaning Earlier and Thus Growing Faster Were Less Bold and Had Higher HPI Axis Responsiveness than Fish Accepting the Pellets Later or Never.
• "Contrary to hypotheses, chronic stress was not associated with physical activity with the exception of financial stress, which predicted greater likelihood of being highly physically active."
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, adults with high BP displayed greater muscle strength than adults with normal BP."
• RCT: No Significant Differences in Weight Change Among Adolescents Consuming Low Added Sugar Adequate Fiber Diet vs Isocaloric and Eucaloric High Added Sugar Low Fiber Diet Short-term Feeding Pilot Trial.

Basic

• An Exclusive Metabolic Niche Enables Strain Engraftment in the Gut Microbiota.
• Effect of Metabolic Syndrome and Aging on Ca2+ Dysfunction in Coronary Smooth Muscle and Coronary Artery Disease Severity in Ossabaw Miniature Swine.
• Comparison Between Male and Female Rats in a Model of Self-administration of a Chocolate-flavored Beverage: Behavioral and Neurochemical Studies.
• Inflammatory Response in Fatty Liver Disease is Reduced By Two Tryptophan Metabolites From Gut Bacteria.
• Nighttime Exposure to Artificial Light Enhances Rev-erbα-Targeting MicroRNAs and Contributes to Hepatic Steatosis in C3H/HePas Mice.
• In Mice, Time-Controlled Fasting Prevents Aging-Like Mitochondrial Changes Induced By Persistent Dietary Fat Overload in Skeletal Muscle.
• The Autism-Related Protein CHD8 Cooperates with C/EBPβ to Regulate Adipogenesis.
• Resistin Regulates Fatty Acid Β Oxidation By Suppressing Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator Activator Receptor Gamma-Coactivator 1α (PGC-1α).

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Letter: Unaccounted for Regression to the Mean Renders Conclusion of Article Titled “Uric Acid Lowering in Relation to HbA1c Reductions with the SGLT2 Inhibitor Tofogliflozin” Unsubstantiated.
• This is in Reply to Letter By Dr. Chanaka N. Kahathuduwa, Et Al. Titled: Unaccounted for Regression to the Mean Renders Conclusion of Article Titled “Uric Acid Lowering in Relation to HbA1c Reductions with the SGLT2 Inhibitor Tofogliflozin” Unsubstantiated.
• Expression of Concern: Wansink B, Cheney MM. Super Bowls: Serving Bowl Size and Food Consumption.
• Is Ad Hominem Logic Creeping Into Scholarly Discourse?
• When Authors Lie, Readers Cry and Editors Sigh.
• Commentary: Almost 40% of Peer-reviewed Dietary Research Turns Out to Be Wrong. Here’s Why.
• Commentary: Academic's Meat-only Diet Ruffles Feathers.

Clinical

• Health Care Provider Counseling for Weight Loss Among Adults with Arthritis and Overweight or Obesity — United States, 2002–2014.
• A Taboo Topic? How General Practitioners Talk About Overweight and Obesity in New Zealand.
• Effect of Carbohydrate Restriction-induced Weight Loss on Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Overweight Men and Women.

Children and Adolescents

• Child Mortality in England Compared with Sweden: A Birth Cohort Study.
• Associations of Prenatal and Early Life Dietary Inflammatory Potential with Childhood Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Project Viva.
• How Food Rules at Home Influence Independent Adolescent Food Choices.

Surgery

• Obesity Management Task Force of the European Association for the Study of Obesity Released “Practical Recommendations for the Post-Bariatric Surgery Medical Management.” (PDF)
• Impact of Weight Regain on the Evolution of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
• 12-year Trajectory of Health-Related Quality of Life in Gastric Bypass Patients Vs. Comparison Groups.

Drugs

• RCT: Effect of Glyburide vs Subcutaneous Insulin on Perinatal Complications Among Women with Gestational Diabetes.
• More Progress with a Super Targeted Obesity Drug.
• MC4R Agonism Promotes Durable Weight Loss in Patients with Leptin Receptor Deficiency.

Food & Diet

• Management of Type 1 Diabetes with a Very Low-Carbohydrate Diet.
• RCT: Effect of a High-egg Diet on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in People with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Early Time-Restricted Feeding Improves Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Pressure, and Oxidative Stress Even Without Weight Loss in Men with Prediabetes.
• Effectiveness of a Carbohydrate Restricted Diet to Treat Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adolescents with Obesity: Trial Design and Methodology.
• The Mediterranean Diet’s Fight Against Frailty.
• WHO Calls for Elimination of Trans Fat in Foods By 2023.
• When Fed Foods with Similar Palatability, Healthy Adult Dogs and Cats Choose Different Macronutrient Compositions.

Caloric Restriction

• Tissue-specific Transcriptome Profiling of Drosophila Reveals Roles for GATA Transcription Factors in Longevity By Dietary Restriction.
• Necroptosis Increases with Age and is Reduced By Dietary Restriction.
• Overexpression of CYB5R3 and NQO1, Two NAD+‐producing Enzymes, Mimics Aspects of Caloric Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-Analysis: "The available empirical evidence supports resistance exercise training as an alternative and/or adjuvant therapy for depressive symptoms."
• RCT: Single- and Dual-Hormone Closed-Loop Systems that Adapt to Exercise Using Wearable Sensors.
• Do Highly Physically Active Workers Die Early? A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis of Data From 193 696 Participants.
• RCT: Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training and Essential Amino Acid Supplementation for 24 Weeks on Physical Function, Body Composition and Muscle Metabolism in Healthy, Independent Older Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• Laugh and Grow Fat: Happiness Affects BMI Among Urban Chinese Adults.
• The Nutrition Transition in Mexico 1988–2016: The Role of Wealth in the Social Patterning of Obesity By Education.

Epidemiology

• Famine Exposure in Early Life is Associated with Visceral Adipose Dysfunction in Adult Females.
• Alexithymic Traits, Independent of Depression and Anxiety, are Associated with Reduced Sleep Quality.
• Persistence of Elevated Blood Pressure During Childhood and Adolescence: A School-based Multiple Cohorts Study.
• Is Overweight/obesity a Risk Factor for Periodontitis in Young Adults and Adolescents?: A Systematic Review.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• A Multisite 2-Year Follow Up of Psychopathology Prevalence, Predictors, and Correlates Among Adolescents Who Did or Did Not Undergo Weight Loss Surgery.
• Weight Bias as a Social Justice Issue: A Call for Dialogue.

Equity and Disparities

• Trends in Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity Prevalence Among Low-Income Children Aged 2-4 Years in Los Angeles County, 2003-2014.
• Targeting Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes in American Indian Youth: The Tribal Turning Point Pilot Study.

Stigma

• Weight Shame, Social Connection, and Depressive Symptoms in Late Adolescence.
• A Qualitative Exploration of Weight Bias and Quality of Health Care Among Health Care Professionals Using Hypothetical Patient Scenarios.
• Weight Stigma Affects Men Too.

Policy Related

• Reps. Young, Pingree Launch Bipartisan Food Waste Caucus.
• Will Posting Nutritional Information on Menus Prod Diners to Make Healthier Choices?

Intergenerational Effects

• Elevated Prenatal Anti-Müllerian Hormone Reprograms the Fetus and Induces Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adulthood.
• Childhood Central Adiposity at Ages 5 and 9 Shows Consistent Relationship with that of the Maternal Grandmother but Not Other Grandparents.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Review: Multifaceted Roles of Beige Fat in Energy Homeostasis Beyond UCP1.
• Review: Potential Effects of Fat Mass and Fat-free Mass on Energy Intake in Different States of Energy Balance.
• Nutrients Excretion By Zooplankton in Two Brackish Water Bodies.
• High Resting Metabolic Rates with Low Thermal Dependence Induce Active Dives in Overwintering Pacific Juvenile Loggerhead Turtles.

Methods

• Automated Assessment of Steatosis in Murine Fatty Liver.
• Modeling the Natural History of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Impact of Reduction in BMI And/or Cholesterol on the Prevalence of NAFLD. (PDF)

Commentary

• Fasting During Ramzan Doesn’t Lead to Eating Disorders.
• Bariatric Surgery is Out of Reach Where People Need It the Most.
• Breast-Feeding Has No Impact on I.Q. By Age 16.
• Ode to Olive Oil.
• A Thousand Little Cuts From Weight Bias and Discrimination.
• From NPR: From Collards to Maple Syrup, How Your Identity Impacts the Food You Like.
• Eating Dinner in the Mid-Afternoon and Fasting for the Rest of the Day Improves Blood Sugar Control and Blood Pressure, Pilot Study Says.
• The Science Against Sugar, Alone, is Insufficient in Tackling the Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Crises – We Must Also Overcome Opposition From Vested Interests.

General

• How Will Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Change Science?
• Accumulating Evidence Suggests that Men do Not Find Body Odours of Human Leucocyte Antigen-dissimilar Women More Attractive.
• Whose Values? Whose Risk? Exploring Decision Making About Trial of Labor After Cesarean.
• Revealing the Microbiota of Marketed Edible Insects Through PCR-DGGE, Metagenomic Sequencing and Real-time PCR.
• The Influence of Climatic Variability on Morphological Integration, Evolutionary Rates, and Disparity in the Carnivora.
• Detecting the Contagion Effect in Mass Killings; A Constructive Example of the Statistical Advantages of Unbinned Likelihood Methods.
• Origami-inspired Medical Implants.
• 'Memory Transplant' Achieved in Snails.
• At the Zoo, Harvard Medical Students Get a Different Kind of Training.
• Mini-antibodies Discovered in Sharks and Camels Could Lead to Drugs for Cancer and Other Diseases.
• Lawmaker Introduces KITTEN Act Bill to Bar Use of Kittens, Cats in Painful Experiments.
• Trump Assails High Drug Prices, Avoids Direct Hit on Industry.

Video & Audio

• Video: UAB's Dr. Garvey: In Obesity Management, Patient, Provider Must Set Realistic Goals.

Announcements

• New WTIU Documentary Explores the Beauty of IU's Campus.
• The Current Understanding of Pre-Pregnancy Weight, Gestational Weight Gain, and the Impacts on Maternal and Child Health Among Women with Obesity: A Virtual Workshop (Webinar), June 13.
• Sustainable Diets, Food, and Nutrition: A Workshop By NASEM Health and Medicine, August 1-2.
• Eli Lilly and IUPUI Launch Diabetes Impact Project Targeting Three Indianapolis Neighborhoods.
• Call for Nominations for the Seventeenth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement By a Woman in the Statistical Sciences.
• Crawfordsville Startup CorVus Fattens Pigs for Science.
• Nominations Call: AAAS Award for Public Engagement with Science.
• 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.