Featured

• Digital Anthropometric Evaluation of Young Children: Comparison to Results Acquired with Conventional Anthropometry.
• Protein Quality and Quantity Influence the Effect of Dietary Fat on Weight Gain and Tissue Partitioning Via Host-Microbiota Changes [in Mice].
• RCT: Evaluating a Board Game Designed to Promote Young Children's Delay of Gratification.
• RCT: Butter vs. Margarine? "Using Infographics to Improve Trust in Science."

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Forget Diets! Brain Training App's Junk Food Game Can Help You to Eat Less and Lose Weight by Teaching You to Tap on Images of Healthy Foods.
• Press-Release: Junk Food Game Helps People Eat Less and Lose Weight.
• Study: User Engagement and Self-Reported Dietary Intake in an Opportunistic Observational Study of an App-Based Food Go/No-Go Training. "Examining these associations will not establish any causal relationships."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: Acute Consumption of a Shake Containing Cashew and Brazil Nuts Did Not Affect Appetite in Overweight Subjects.
• RCT: Prolonged Glucagon Infusion Does Not Affect Energy Expenditure in Individuals with Overweight/Obesity.
• Intermittent Ambient Cold Exposure Is Not an Effective Obesity Treatment in Mice Housed at Thermoneutrality.
• Arterial Stiffness Is Not Acutely Modified by Consumption of a Caffeinated Soft Drink Sweetened with High Fructose Corn Syrup in Young Healthy Adults.
• Dissertation: N-Acetyl-Cysteine Supplementation Does Not Alter the Erythropoietin Response in Trained Endurance Athletes in Acute Hypoxia.
• Modest Sleep Restriction Does Not Influence Steps, Physical Activity Intensity or Glucose Tolerance in Adults with Obesity.
• RCT: Obesity Does Not Interfere with the Cholesterol-Lowering Effect of Plant Stanol Ester Consumption (as Part of a Heart-Healthy Diet).
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, participants with obesity exhibited a higher clustering coefficient compared to senior participants..."

Basic

• LMO3 Reprograms Visceral Adipocyte Metabolism During Obesity.
• Proto-Oncoprotein Zbtb7c and SIRT1 Repression: Implications in High-Fat Diet-Induced and Age-Dependent Obesity.
• 18F-FDG Uptake in Adipose Tissue Parallels Molecular Markers of the Brown Adipose Tissue Phenotype.
• Melanin-Concentrating Hormone-Producing Neurons in the Hypothalamus Regulate Brown Adipose Tissue and Thus Contribute to Energy Expenditure.
• Obesity Enhances the Recruitment of Mesenchymal Stem Cell to Visceral Adipose Tissue.
• Placental MTOR-Complex1 Regulates Fetal Programming of Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mice.
• Stk24 Protects Against Obesity-Associated Metabolic Disorders by Disrupting the NLRP3 Inflammasome.
• Iron Supplementation Regulates the Progression of High Fat Diet Induced Obesity and Hepatic Steatosis Via Mitochondrial Signaling Pathways.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Correction: The Effects of Low-Calorie Sweeteners on Energy Intake and Body Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Sustained Intervention Studies.
• PubPeer Comment On: Comparative Effects of Vitamin K and Vitamin D Supplementation on Prevention of Osteopenia in Calcium-Deficient Young Rats.

Clinical

• The Impact of Frailty on the Effectiveness and Safety of Intensive Glucose Control and Blood Pressure-Lowering Therapy for People with Type 2 Diabetes.
• European Commission Classifies Obesity as a Chronic Disease.
• Correlation between Thyroid Homeostasis and Obesity in Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Research.
• Immune Spleen Cells Attenuate the Inflammatory Profile of the Mesenteric Perivascular Adipose Tissue in Obese Mice.
• Metabolomic Profiling Identifies Complex Lipid Species and Amino Acid Analogues Associated with Response to Weight Loss Interventions.
• RCT: Intranasal Oxytocin Improves Lean Muscle Mass and Lowers LDL Cholesterol in Older Adults with Sarcopenic Obesity.
• Comparison of the Frequency of Periodontal Pathogenic Species in People with and without Diabetes and Its Relation to Periodontitis Severity, Glycemic Control and BMI.

Children and Adolescents

• Underdiagnosis of Obesity in Pediatric Clinical Care Settings Among Children Born Preterm: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
• Microbiome Dysbiosis in Adolescents with Obesity: A Potential Contributor to Inflammation.
• Associations of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Stress Physiology and Insulin Resistance in Adolescents at Risk for Adult Obesity.
• Annual Incidence and Prevalence of Obesity in Childhood and Young Adulthood Based on a 30-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Korea.
• Sex Differences in Postnatal Weight Gain Trajectories of Extremely Preterm Newborns.
• Endothelial Microparticles in Pediatric Obesity.
• RCT: Guided Imagery Lifestyle Intervention to Improve Obesity-Related Lifestyle Behaviors in Predominantly Latinx Adolescents.
• Sleep Duration and Overweight: Is There a Relationship in Adolescence?

Surgery

• Review: Individualized Treatment Options for Patients with Non-Cirrhotic and Cirrhotic Liver Disease.
• Review: Analgesic and Antidepressant Effects of the Clinical Glutamate Modulators Acetyl-L-Carnitine and Ketamine.
• Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Among Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
• Genetic Markers of Abdominal Obesity and Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Surgery.
• Bariatric Surgery Is Expensive but Improves Co‐morbidity: 5‐year Assessment of Patients with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
• RCT: Gut Microbiota Changes After Metabolic Surgery in Adult Patients with Diabetes and Mild Obesity.
• The Impact of Obesity and Severe Obesity on Postoperative Outcomes After Pancreatoduodenectomy.

Drugs

• Emodin Improves Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Disorders in Obese Mice Via Activating Brown Adipose Tissue and Inducing Browning of White Adipose Tissue.
• Meta-Analysis: Cardiovascular Safety of Long-Term Anti-Obesity Drugs in Subjects with Overweight or Obesity.
• RCT: Effects of Cotadutide on Metabolic and Hepatic Parameters in Adults with Overweight or Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
• Meta-Analysis.: Efficacy and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Venous Thromboembolism Compared to Traditional Anticoagulants in Patients with Morbid Obesity.

Food & Diet

• RCT: The Effects of the Form of Sugar (Solid Vs. Beverage) on Body Weight and FMRI Activation.
• Intestinal Phosphorus Absorption: Recent Findings in Translational and Clinical Research.
• Depletion of the Gut Microbiota Differentially Affects the Impact of Whey Protein on High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Intestinal Permeability.
• Preprint RCT: Exploring the Dose-Response Effect of Carbohydrate Restriction on Glycaemia in People with Type 2 Diabetes (D-ROC2).
• Effects of a 3-Week In-Hospital Multidisciplinary Body Weight Reduction Program in Females with Obesity: Is Measured Resting Energy Expenditure Essential for Tailoring Adequately the Amount of Energy Intake?
• Meal Intervals and Weight Trajectories in Adults Using the Daily24 Mobile Application: A Prospective Cohort Study.
• Meal Timing of Subtypes of Macronutrients Consumption with Cardiovascular Diseases: NHANES, 2003 to 2016.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Intermittent Fasting Ameliorates Di-(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate-Induced Precocious Puberty in Female Rats: A Study of the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Gonadal Axis.
• Systematic Review: Comparisons of Calorie Restriction and Structured Exercise on Reductions in Visceral and Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue.
• Antihypertensive Medication Needs and Blood Pressure Control with Weight Loss in the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT).

Exercise & Physical Activity

• cRCT: Healthy Eating and Lifestyle in Pregnancy (HELP): Effectiveness of a Weight Management Intervention for Pregnant Women with Obesity on Weight at 12 Months Postpartum.
• The Positive Impact of Resistance Training on Muscle Mass and Serum Leptin Levels in Patients 2–7 Years Post-Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: A Controlled Clinical Trial.
• Time-Restricted Eating and Concurrent Exercise Training Reduces Fat Mass and Increases Lean Mass in Adults with Overweight and Obesity.
• The Impact of Weight Loss on Physical Function and Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors with Overweight or Obesity: Results from POWER-Remote.
• Review: Efficacious Lifestyle Interventions for Appropriate Gestational Weight Gain in Women with Overweight or Obesity Set in the Health Care System.
• RCT: Effect of Exercise Training on Skeletal Muscle Protein Expression in Relation to Insulin Sensitivity.
• Physical Activity as a Critical Component of First-Line Treatment for Elevated Blood Pressure or Cholesterol: Who, What, and How?: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association.

Economics & Sociology

• Race, Subjective Social Status and Metabolic Syndrome in Women with Breast Cancer.
• Systematic Review: Counseling and Behavioral Interventions for Healthy Weight and Weight Gain in Pregnancy Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.
• Comparing Competing Geospatial Measures to Capture the Relationship between the Neighborhood Food Environment and Diet.
• Dissertation: How Race Is Made in Everyday Life: Food, Eating, and Dietary Acculturation Among Black and White Migrants in Florida, U.S.
• An Exploratory Study on the Sociocultural Consequences of Food Consumption Patterns Among African American Girls.
• A Qualitative Analysis of the Perceived Socio-Cultural Contexts and Health Concerns of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Among Adults Studying or Working at a Post-Secondary Institution in Dharwad, India.

Epidemiology

• C-Reactive Protein as a Moderator and Insulin Resistance as a Mediator for the Association between Endothelin-1 and Type 2 Diabetes Progression Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study.
• Are Adipokines the Missing Link between Obesity, Immune Response, and Outcomes in Severe COVID-19?
• Insomnia and Short Sleep Uniquely Predict Obesity, Hypertension, and Diabetes.
• Does the Increasing Prevalence of Obesity Explain the Decrease in Blood Pressure Control Among Us Adults with Hypertension?
• Association of Obesity and Cigarette Smoking with Markers of Inflammation and Thrombosis.
• Metabolically Healthy Obesity in a Young Adult Population Provided by a Primary Healthcare Center in Brazil (LAPARC Study).
• Central Obesity Is a Contributor to Systemic Inflammation and Monocyte Activation in Virally Suppressed Adults with Chronic HIV in Kenya.
• BMI, Blood Pressure, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Mortality in Cuba: Prospective Study of 146,556 Participants.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Hippocampal Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferases 4 and BDNF in the Progress of Obesity-Induced Depression.
• RCT: Effects of Very Low-Carbohydrate Vs. High-Carbohydrate Weight Loss Diets on Psychological Health in Adults with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
• A Hindbrain Dopaminergic Neural Circuit Prevents Weight Gain by Reinforcing Food Satiation.

Equity and Disparities

• Explaining Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Behaviours: A Review of Biopsychological Pathways Involving Stress and Inflammation.
• Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Racial Disparities in 30-Day Outcomes Using the MBSAQIP from 2015 to 2018.
• Access to Potable Water, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, and Central Obesity in Puerto Rico.

Stigma

• International Comparisons of Weight Stigma: Addressing a Void in the Field.
• Commentary: Distressing Levels of Weight Stigma in Six Countries.
• The Roles of Experienced and Internalized Weight Stigma in Healthcare Experiences: Perspectives of Adults Engaged in Weight Management Across Six Countries.
• Ending Weight-Related Stigma as the Lynchpin for Tackling Obesity: A Comment on the Contribution of the UK’s Policy Response to Obesity in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Policy Related

• Taxed and Untaxed Beverage Intake by South African Young Adults After a National Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: A Before-And-After Study.
• Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies in Iran: A Policy Analysis of Agenda-Setting Using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams.
• Childhood Obesity Prevention Across Borders: A National Institutes of Health Commentary.
• Media Representations of Opposition to the ‘Junk Food Advertising Ban’ on the Transport for London (TfL) Network: A Thematic Content Analysis of UK News and Trade Press.
• How Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Revenues are Being Used in the United States.

Intergenerational Effects

• Do Genetic Risk Scores for Childhood Adiposity Operate Independent of BMI of Their Mothers?
• Prenatal Exposures to Mixtures of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Children’s Weight Trajectory Up to Age 5.5 in the SELMA Study.
• Disruption of Paternal Circadian Rhythm Affects Metabolic Health in Male Offspring Via Nongerm Cell Factors.
• Effect of Maternal Prepregnancy/Early‐Pregnancy BMI and Pregnancy Smoking and Alcohol on Congenital Heart Diseases: A Parental Negative Control Study.
• Association between Mode of Delivery and BMI at 4-5 Years in White British and Pakistani Children.
• The Consumption of Low-Calorie Sweetener Containing Foods During Pregnancy.
• Systematic Review: Maternal Obesity and Metabolic Disorders Associate with Congenital Heart Defects in the Offspring.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Food Insecurity Increases Energetic Efficiency, Not Food Consumption: An Exploratory Study in European Starlings.

Methods

• Prospective Association of Novel Metabolic Indices with Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese.
• Prediction Model for the Risk of Osteoporosis Incorporating Factors of Disease History and Living Habits in Physical Examination of Population in Chongqing, Southwest China: Based on Artificial Neural Network.
• The Impact of Hypothetical Interventions on Adiposity in Adolescence.
• Causality Inference of Obesity and Cancer Risk by Mendelian Randomization Analysis: Are We There Yet?
• The Role of Mendelian Randomization Studies in Deciphering the Effect of Obesity on Cancer.
• Systematic Review: Context-Aware Digital Behavior Change Interventions to Improve Health.

Commentary

• Episode 4: Consumers Don’t Want to Change, So Why are They.
• Challenges in Tackling Energy Expenditure as Obesity Therapy: From Preclinical Models to Clinical Application.
• Social & Health Research Center and Quest Diagnostics Team Up to Address Childhood Hunger and Obesity Exacerbated by COVID-19 in Underserved Communities.
• Could a Distaste for Broccoli Indicate Greater Resistance to COVID-19?
• Insects on the Menu: Characterization of Protein Quality to Evaluate Potential as an Alternative Protein Source for Human Consumption.
• Fellows’ Forum: Benefits of Living Without Growth Hormone.
• Let’s Take Weight Bias Out of Healthcare.
• Green Tea for Weight Loss: Does It Really Work?
• Rejecting Delayed Care for Teens with Severe Obesity.
• Evidence of Cherry Picking Data on Sweeteners.
• Documenting a Dramatic Stillness in the Pandemic.

General

• Psilocybin for Depression?
• Virgin-Births May Compromise Species Lifespan in the Long Term: A Tale from Lizards and Snakes.
• The Relationships between Misinformation and Outrage Trolling Tactics on Two Yahoo! Answers Categories.
• Opioid Use, Motivation to Quit, and Treatment Status Related to COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Peripheral Plasmodium Falciparum Infection in Early Pregnancy Is Associated with Increased Maternal Microchimerism in the Offspring.
• Consistency of Causal Claims in Observational Studies: A Review of Papers Published in a General Medical Journal.
• Decoding Science! How Does Science Know What It Knows?
• Evolution of Large Males Is Associated with Female-Skewed Adult Sex Ratios in Amniotes.
• Scientific Image Sleuth Faces Legal Action for Criticizing Research Papers.
• Factors Associated with Reported Likelihood to Get Vaccinated for COVID-19 in a Nationally Representative US Survey.

Announcements

• Short Course: The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Research: Friday, July 23rd to Friday, August 13th, 2021. Priority Application for Scholarships: June 6th.
• Short Course: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research: Friday, September 10th to Friday, October 1st, 2021. Priority Application for Scholarships: July 2nd.
• Virtual Meeting: NUTRITION 2021 LIVE ONLINE, June 7-10.
• Kathleen Keller Studying the Effects of Food Ads on Childhood Obesity.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Nutrition Science Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Search.