Featured

• Let Them Eat Kale: The Misplaced Narrative of Food Access.
• The Therapeutic Effects of Bee Venom on Some Metabolic and Antioxidant Parameters Associated with HFD-induced Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver in Rats.
• The Transcriptomic and Proteomic Responses of Daphnia Pulex to Changes in Temperature and Food Supply Comprise Environment-specific and Clone-specific Elements.
• Social Capital and Obesity Among Adults: Longitudinal Findings From the Montreal Neighborhood Networks and Healthy Aging Panel.

Headline vs Study

• Press-release: You are What Your Mother Eats: Researchers Define Molecular Basis to Explain Link Between a Pregnant Mother's Nutrition and Infant Growth.
• Study: Two Transcription Factors Coordinate Two Functionally Related Neurons in the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus... In Animals. No Mothers; No Nutrition; No Infants.

Contrary or Null Findings

• "Cocoa/DC supplementation does not reduce anthropometric measures significantly."
• "Although preliminary, these first in men findings argue against oral butyrate supplementation as treatment for glucose regulation in human subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus."
• RCT: At 12-month Follow-up, No Effect of a Mobile-based (mHealth) Obesity Prevention Intervention in Pre-school Children.
• No Effect of Postural Alterations on Metabolic Cost in Running on Incline Slopes.
• No Effect of Administration of Unacylated Ghrelin on Subcutaneous PC3 Xenograft Growth in a Rag1-/- Mouse Model of Metabolic Dysfunction.
• Oxidative Stress in Obese Children and Adolescents with and Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is Not Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
• Contrary to Previous Studies, Prepregnancy BMI and GWG Were Not Correlated with A. Diagnosis of Metabolic Dysfunction.
• RCT: "Compared with the active control of daily texting based on daily home weighing, lottery-based and direct monetary incentives provided no additional benefit for weight loss maintenance."
• Watching Television or Listening to Music While Exercising Failed to Affect Post-exercise Food Intake or Energy Expenditure in Male Adolescents.

Basic

• Is Leptin Resistance the Cause or the Consequence of Diet-induced Obesity?
• Breeding Selection of Rainbow Trout for Muscle Adiposity Content Differentially Affects Lipogenic Capacity and Lipid Mobilization Strategies to Cope with Food Deprivation.
• Remodeling of Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Proteome with High-Fat Diet Involves Larger Changes to β-oxidation than Electron Transfer Proteins in Mice.
• Maternal Overnutrition Programs Epigenetic Changes in the Regulatory Regions of Hypothalamic Pomc in the Offspring of Rats.
• Repeated Weight Cycling in Obese Mice Causes Increased Appetite and Glucose Intolerance.
• Effects of Frozen Storage on Phospholipid Content in Atlantic Cod Fillets and the Influence on Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Fat and Happy and Fuzzy About Causality.
• Commentary: Curious Cook - the Strange Story of Gluten, Part 2.
• Commentary: Diet, and Delusions of Evidence.
• Identifying the Best Methods to Assess Adiposity and Metabolic Risk in Children.

Clinical

• Evaluations of Lifestyle, Dietary, and Pharmacologic Treatments for Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease—a Systematic Review.
• RCT: Effect of Small Doses of Fructose and Allulose on Postprandial Glucose Metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes.
• Optimal Cut-off Points of Fasting and Post-Glucose Stimulus Surrogates of Insulin Resistance as Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents According to Several Definitions.
• One-Hour Plasma Glucose Compared with Two-Hour Plasma Glucose in Relation to Diabetic Retinopathy in American Indians.
• Feasibility and Effectiveness of Nutritional Telemonitoring for Home Care Clients: A Pilot Study.
• What to do When Doctors Disagree on Diets for Women with Gestational Diabetes.

Children and Adolescents

• The ENCOURAGE Healthy Families Study: A Comparative Effectiveness Trial to Reduce Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Mothers and Children.
• The Application of MHealth to Monitor Implementation of Best Practices to Support Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Afterschool Programs.

Surgery

• Metabotypes of Response to Bariatric Surgery Independent of the Magnitude of Weight Loss.
• First Right Lobe Living-donor Hepatectomy After Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Drugs

• Tyrphostin AG17 Inhibits Adipocyte Differentiation in Vivo and in Vitro.
• Visceral Fat is Associated with Mucosal Healing of Infliximab Treatment in Crohn's Disease.
• Effects of Pentoxifylline on Soluble Klotho Concentrations and Renal Tubular Cell Expression in Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Food & Diet

• Effects of Raw Potato Starch on Body Weight with Controlled Glucose Delivery.
• Systematic Review: "There is mixed evidence to draw firm conclusions of the effect of habitual breakfast on academic performance..."
• Limitations of the Evidence Base Used to Set Recommended Nutrient Intakes for Infants and Lactating Women.
• Introduction to Current Knowledge on Micronutrients in Human Milk: Adequacy, Analysis, and Need for Research.
• Yerba Mate Stimulates Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Thermogenesis in High Fat Diet‐Induced Obese Mice.

Caloric Restriction

• Switching From High-fat Diet to Foods Containing Resveratrol as a Calorie Restriction Mimetic Changes the Architecture of Arcuate Nucleus to Produce More Newborn Anorexigenic Neurons.
• Caloric Restriction Mitigates Age-associated Hippocampal Differential CG and Non-CG Methylation.
• Effects of 2-day Calorie Restriction on Cardiovascular Autonomic Response, Mood, and Cognitive and Motor Functions in Obese Young Adult Women.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Levels of Nature and Stress Response.
• RCT: Using Financial Incentives to Promote Physical Activity in American Indian Adolescents.

Economics & Sociology

• Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Position and Risks of Major Chronic Diseases [including Diabetes] and All-cause Mortality: A Quasi-experimental Study.
• Association Between Food, Physical Activity, and Social Assistance Environments and the BMI of Schoolchildren From Different Socioeconomic Strata.
• You Can’t “nudge” Nuggets: An Investigation of College Late-night Dining with Behavioral Economics Interventions.
• Strong Coexistence for a Model with Endogenous Evolution of Heterogeneous Agents.

Epidemiology

• Association Between Thyroid Hormones and the Components of Metabolic Syndrome.
• Characterization of Adult Obesity in Florida Using the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium.
• The Association Between Obesity and Restless Legs Syndrome: A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies.
• An Assessment of the Relationship Between Abdominal Obesity and the Severity of Upper Extremity Lymphedema.
• Time to Deliver: Report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases.
• USDA/ERS Releases State Fact Sheets.
• Lifetime Prevalence and Prognosis of Prediabetes Without Progression to Diabetes.
• Diabetes Risk Scores for Hispanics Living in the United States: A Systematic Review.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Experimental Scarcity Increases the Relative Reinforcing Value of Food in Food Insecure Adults.
• Adherence to the French Eating Model is Inversely Associated with Overweight and Obesity: Results From a Large Sample of French Adults.
• A Qualitative Analysis of the Role of Emotions in Different Patterns of Long-term Weight Loss.
• Why do Dieters Regain Weight? Calorie Deprivation Alters Body and Mind, Overwhelming Willpower.
• Neuroanatomy of the VmPFC and DlPFC Predicts Individual Differences in Cognitive Regulation During Dietary Self-control Across Regulation Strategies.
• Hunger, Food Cravings, and Diet Satisfaction are Related to Changes in Body Weight During a 6-Month Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention: The Beef WISE Study.

Stigma

• Understanding Paediatric Patients’ Attitudes Toward Obesity and Expectations Prior to Entering a Weight Management Program.
• Do Exerciser Weight Status and Perceived Motivation Predict Instructors’ Motivation and Beliefs About the Exerciser? A Test of Motivation Contagion Effects.
• Thin Idealization and Causal Attributions Mediate the Association Between Culture and Obesity Stereotypes.
• The Pain of Weight-related Stigma Among Women with Overweight or Obesity.

Policy Related

• A Tax on Sugar Sweetened Beverages in Colombia: Estimating the Impact on Overweight and Obesity Prevalence Across Socio Economic Levels.
• School Accreditation Scheme Reduces Childhood Obesity in Hong Kong.
• Women's Health Policy in the United States: An American College of Physicians Position Paper.
• Why Weight? An Analytic Review of Obesity Management, Diabetes Prevention, and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction.
• Organic Labeling Policy.

Intergenerational Effects

• Exploring the Impact of Maternal Obesity on Offspring Renal Morphology and Later Life Health.
• Intergenerational Influence of Paternal Obesity on Metabolic and Reproductive Health Parameters of the Offspring: Male-Preferential Impact and Involvement of Kiss1-Mediated Pathways.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Male Nutritional History Affects Female Fecundity in a Male-dimorphic Mite: Evidence for a Nuptial Gift?
• Nutrient‐specific Compensation for Seasonal Cold Stress in a Free‐ranging Temperate Colobine Monkey.

Methods

• Micronutrients in Human Milk: Analytical Methods.
• Reliability and validity of the new VikingSlice software for computed tomography body composition analysis.

Commentary

• Link Between Social Stress and Shortened Lifespan: Mouse Study.
• Loud Restaurant Music Favors Burgers?
• Sustaining Health-Protective Behaviors Such as Physical Activity and Healthy Eating.
• Experts Split on the Magic of Taxing Sugar.
• Most Who Avoid Gluten Lack Symptoms of Intolerance, Sensitivity.

General

• Odor Alters Color Preference in a Foraging Jumping Spider.
• Randomization to Randomization Probability: Estimating Treatment Effects Under Actual Conditions of Use.
• TEDMED Talk: Addressing the Public Health Impact of Mountaintop Removal Mining.
• New Analysis Supports Benefits of HIEs.
• Big Data and Predictive Analytics: Recalibrating Expectations.
• Audio: Green-Blooded Lizards.
• Social Stress Shortens Lifespan in Mice.
• Podcast: Ingestible Medical Sensors.
• Podcast: What Can Scientists Bring to Congress?
• Days on Earth are Getting Longer, Thanks to the Moon.
• New Synthetic Nerve System Could Enable Prosthetic Limbs to Have a Sense of Touch.
• Reliable Funding for Biomedical Research Pays Off.
• Podcast: Low-Impact Eating.

Announcements

• School of Public Health Researchers Help Reveal Social Stress is Associated with Shortened Lifespan in Mice.
• ObesityWeek Registration Opens June 15th.
• 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.
• In Memoriam: Doug Altman.