06/10/22
Featured
- Dietary Restriction and the Transcription Factor Clock Delay Eye Aging to Extend Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster.
- The Effects of Graded Levels of Calorie Restriction XVIII: Tissue Specific Changes in Cell Size and Number in Response to Calorie Restriction.
- Does Maternal Nutrition Have Any Impact on Sex Ratio at Birth in Animal and Human Studies?
- A Fat-Promoting Botanical Extract from Artemisia scoparia Exerts Geroprotective Effects on Caenorhabditis elegans Life Span and Stress Resistance.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: Brain’s Wiring, Not Lack of Willpower, May Drive Obesity: Study.
- Study: Grant Award. No Study (yet).
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: Null Effects in Full Sample in Low vs Moderate Dose of Recreational Football on Cardiovascular Risk Factors.
- RCT: "There were no differences in excessive gestational weight gain observed between groups when analyzing participants in aggregate."
- RCT: The Role of Physical Activity in Long-Term Weight Loss: Null 36-Month Results.
- RCT: Limited to No Effects of Response Inhibition Training Following Binge Memory Retrieval in Young Adults Binge Eaters.
- RCT: "Pasture versus Grain origins of the beef had little influence on participants' responses."
- RCT: "Among Latino men with overweight and obesity, HOMBRE was not more effective for clinically significant weight loss than a minimal-intensity intervention at 18 months."
- Low-Dose Gallic Acid Administration Does Not Improve Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders and Atherosclerosis in ApoE Knockout Mice.
- New Measures, Old Conclusions: Obesity Does Not Worsen Outcomes After Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
Basic
- Severe Muscle Deconditioning Triggers Early Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Resident Stem Cell Differentiation Into Adipocytes in Healthy Me.
- Exercise Protects Intestinal Epithelial Barrier from High Fat Diet-Induced Permeabilization Through SESN2/AMPKα1/HIF-1α Signaling.
- Downregulation of Peripheral Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein Impacts on Perigonadal Adipose Tissue Only in Female Mice.
- β-Elemene Regulates M1-M2 Macrophage Balance Through the ERK/JNK/P38 MAPK Signaling Pathway.
- The Effects of Brewers’ Spent Grain on High-Fat Diet-Induced Fatty Liver.
- The Impact of High Fat Consumption on Neurological Functions Following a Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats.
- IDF21-0176 Spatial Memory Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Rats Is Associated with Adiposity and Altered Glucose Metabolism.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
- "Clarification on our critique of the Energy Balance Hypothesis of Obesity”.
- Controversial Supplements Researcher Not Guilty of Misconduct, Canadian University Concludes.
- Retraction: Caloric Restriction Reverses Obesity-Induced Mammary Gland Inflammation in Mice.
- Preprint: Replication Concerns in Sports Science: A Narrative Review of Selected Methodological Issues in the Field.
Clinical
- Changes in Adiponectin:Leptin Ratio Among Older Adults with Obesity Following a 12-Month Exercise and Diet Intervention.
- Obesity Subtyping: The Etiology, Prevention, and Management of Acquired Versus Inherited Obese Phenotypes.
- Meta-Analysis of RCTs: Effects of Self-Care Programs on the Incidence of Diabetes Among Adults with Prediabetes.
Children and Adolescents
- Childhood Obesity: A Review of Current and Future Management Options.
- Effect of an Interactive Mobile Health Support System and Daily Weight Measurements for Pediatric Obesity Treatment.
- Measuring Change in Adolescent Physical Activity: Responsiveness of a Single Item.
- What Do Health Professionals and Parents Want as Part of an Online Childhood Obesity Prevention Program?
- The Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: Where We are and the Road Ahead.
- Review: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder —Strategies for Dietary Management in Children.
- Meta-Analysis of RCTs: Effects of Physical Exercise on Cardiometabolic Biomarkers and Inflammatory Markers in Children.
- Review: The Effects of Nutrition on Linear Growth.
Surgery
- Comparison of Weight Loss Outcomes between Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Racially Mixed Urban Patient Population.
- The Cost-Effectiveness of Surgical Weight Loss Interventions for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis and Class III Obesity.
- Changes of Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Their Receptors in an Obese Rat Model After Sleeve Gastrectomy.
- Body Composition, Mitochondrial Oxygen Metabolism and Metabolome of Patients with Obesity Before and After Bariatric Surgery.
- Review: Regulation of Body Weight: Lessons Learned from Bariatric Surgery.
- Meta-Analysis: Sex Difference in the Safety and Efficacy of Bariatric Procedures.
Drugs
- Long-Term Impact of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Drug Costs of Japanese Patients with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
- A National Survey on Current Clinical Practice Pattern of Korean Medicine Doctors for Treating Obesity.
- Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity.
- Once-Weekly Dulaglutide for the Treatment of Youths with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Evaluating Anti-Obesity Potential, Active Components, and Antioxidant Mechanisms of Moringa peregrina Seeds Extract on High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity.
Food & Diet
- Women with Obesity Have a High Carbohydrate Intake Without Changes in the Resting Metabolic Rate in the Luteal Phase.
- Multiple Metrics of Carbohydrate Quality Place Starchy Vegetables Alongside Non-Starchy Vegetables, Legumes, and Whole Fruit.
- Secondary Analysis of RCT: The Effect of Nigella sativa on Total Antioxidant Capacity and Malondialdehyde in Women with Overweight and Obesity.
- Perspective: Vegan Diets for Older Adults? Potential Impact on Muscle Mass and Strength.
Caloric and Dietary Restriction
- Modulation of Nigral Dopamine Signaling Mitigates Parkinsonian Signs of Aging: Evidence from Intervention with Calorie Restriction or Inhibition of Dopamine Uptake.
- Perspective: Time-Restricted Eating—Integrating the What with the When.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- Concurrent Training Promotes Greater Gains on Body Composition and Components of Physical Fitness Than Single-Mode Training (Endurance or Resistance) in Youth with Obesity.
- Determinants of Dropout from and Variation in Adherence to an Exercise Intervention.
- Meta-Analysis of RCTs: Effects of Exercise Training on Glycaemic Control in Youths with Type 1 Diabetes.
- Review: Influence of Nutritional Status and Physical Exercise on Immune Response in Metabolic Syndrome.
Economics & Sociology
- Comorbid Depression and Obesity Among Adults in Germany: Effects of Age, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status.
- How Socioeconomic Status and Acculturation Relate to Dietary Behaviors Within Latino Populations.
Epidemiology
- Changes in Obesity Prevalence Attributable to Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Brazil between 2002 and 2009.
- Genetic Determinants of BMI and Fasting Glucose are Mediators of Grade 1 Diastolic Dysfunction.
- Lifetime BMI and Grip Strength at Age 46 Years.
Psychology & Neuroscience
- Supplementing a Widely Available Weight Loss Program with Gamified Inhibitory Control Training.
- Circulating FGF21 Vs. Stress Markers in Girls During Childhood and Adolescence, and in Their Caregivers: Intriguing Inter-Relations between Overweight/Obesity, Emotions, Behavior, and the Cared-Caregiver Relationship.
- Altered Intrinsic Regional Spontaneous Brain Activity in Patients with Severe Obesity and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.
- Early Childhood Dietary Intake and Subsequent Socioemotional and Cognitive School Readiness Among Australian Children.
- Review: A Neuroeconomics Approach to Obesity.
Equity and Disparities
- "Future work should evaluate African Americans' experience with nutrition-focused policy, systems, and environmental changes...which may be better able to address racial disparities in obesity and food insecurity."
- Determinants and Consequences of Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Justice-Impacted Populations.
- Impact of Trends and Gender Disparity in Obesity on Future Type 2 Diabetes in Turkey.
Stigma
- Weight Stigma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Individuals Seeking Bariatric Surgery.
- Development and Validation of the Fat Attitudes Assessment Toolkit (FAAT): A Multidimensional Nonstigmatizing Measure of Contemporary Attitudes Toward Fatness and Fat People.
- Describing the Views of Canadian Post-Secondary Students in Health-Related Disciplines on the Recognition of Obesity as a Chronic Disease.
Policy Related
- Identifying Strategies for Facilitating Physical Activity Among Older Adults.
- Are Front-Of-Pack Labels a Health Policy Tool?
- Comment on Muzzioli et al. Are Front-Of-Pack Labels a Health Policy Tool? Nutrients 2022, 14, 771.
- Review: Front-Of-Pack Labelling Systems to Improve the Quality of Nutrition Information to Prevent Obesity.
Intergenerational Effects
- The Prenatal Neighborhood Environment and Geographic Hotspots of Infants with At-Risk Birthweights in New York City.
- Underreporting of Energy Intake Increases over Pregnancy.
- Pregnancy Homocysteine and Cobalamin Status Predict Childhood Metabolic Health in the Offspring.
- Influence of Parental Weight Change on the Incidence of Overweight and Obesity in Offspring.
- Parenting Styles in Relation to Childhood Obesity, Smoking and Drinking.
- Maternal Glycemic Spectrum and Adverse Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes in a Multiracial US Cohort.
- Meta-Analysis: The Effect of Dietary Patterns on Clinical Pregnancy and Live Birth Outcomes in Men and Women Receiving Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Let’s Play at Digging. How Vigorous Is This Energetic Task for a Young Forager?
- Racing Time: Physiological Rates and Metabolic Scaling in Marine Mammals.
Methods
- Characteristics of Body Composition Estimated by Air-Displacement Plethysmography in Chinese Preschool Children.
- Learning from Missing Data: Examining Nonreporting Patterns of Height, Weight, and BMI Among Canadian Youth.
- Update on Analytical Methods and Research Gaps in the Use of Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey Data to Inform the Design of Food-Fortification Programs.
- Implementation of Physical Activity on Prescription for Children with Obesity in Paediatric Health Care: Protocol for a Feasibility and Evaluation Study Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.
- Assessment of Inequity in Bicyclist Crashes Using Bivariate Bayesian Copulas.
Commentary
- The Avocado-Cancer Link: Is This Fruit Cancer-Protective?
- The Effects of Phosphorus in Cardiovascular and Renal Health.
- The Immune Response in Adipocytes and Their Susceptibility to Infection: A Possible Relationship with Infectobesity.
- Evaluating the Evidence on Beverage Taxes: Implications for Public Health and Health Equity.
- Climate Change Is Coming for Your Pizza Sauce.
- Fatty Acids Activate All but One Member of the KV7 Family of Ion Channels.
- Salmonella Vaccine for Poultry Contributed to Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Researchers Report.
- Bias of Obesity Professionals: A Fork in the Road?
General
- The Organizational Evolution of Small Food Buying Clubs.
- Fetal-Placental Antigens and the Maternal Immune System: Reproductive Immunology Comes of Age.
- A Meiotic Driver Alters Sperm Form and Function in House Mice: A Possible Example of Spite.
- Food: Nourishment, Poverty, Love, and Hope in Gods of Green County.
- Short-Necked Giraffe Relative Discovered in China. It Used Its Helmet Head to Bash Rivals.
- Focus on the ‘Why’ and You Will Work with Great Passion and Focus.
- How Science Fuels a Culture of Misinformation.
- The Good Science Project Interview with David Allison.