Featured

• An Exercise-Inducible Metabolite That Suppresses Feeding and Obesity.
• The Evolution of Offspring Size: A Metabolic Scaling Perspective.
• Following Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery, Serum Ceramides Demarcate Patients That Will Fail to Achieve Normoglycemia and Diabetes Remission.
• U.S. Medical Students Personal Health Behaviors, Attitudes and Perceived Skills Towards Weight Management Counseling.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Your Taste Genes Might Determine What You Like to Eat and Your Health.
• Meeting Abstract: Association of Taste-Related Genes with Diet Quality and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors. Genes Might Determine... Or Might Not.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Ultraprocessed Foods: "The effect of food processing on GI (p < 0.001) and GL (p < 0.001) was contrary to the hypothesis as the mean GI and GL were highest for MPF [minimally processed foods]."
• RCT: "there was no evidence that body weight changed differently from baseline to 12 months …in the almond group and …the biscuit group…."
• RCT: Restricting Sugar or Carbohydrate Intake Does Not Impact Physical Activity Level or Energy Intake over 24 Hours Despite Changes in Substrate Use.
• RCT: "Among patients with obesity, a regimen of time-restricted eating was not more beneficial with regard to reduction in body weight, body fat, or metabolic risk factors than daily calorie restriction."
• RCT: "Muscle protein synthesis rates following the ingestion of 30 g potato protein do not differ from rates observed after ingesting an equivalent amount of milk protein."
• Asymmetric Density-Dependent Competition Does Not Contribute to the Maintenance of Sex in a Mixed Population of Sexual and Asexual Potamopyrgus antipodarum.
• 17α-Estradiol Does Not Adversely Affect Sperm Parameters or Fertility in Male Mice: Implications for Reproduction-Longevity Trade-Offs.
• "Contrary to our expectations, the children did not express experiences of weight bias or obesity stigma around meals, nor did they speak negatively about parental control of their food intake."
• In eating disorders treatment, "Contrary to our hypothesis, change being retrospectively identified as important or possible by the participant did not have a high degree of relation."
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, high cognitive restraint was the predominant behavior associated with diet quality, not disinhibition."

Basic

• Angiotensin II Inhibits Insulin Receptor Signaling in Adipose Cells.
• Whey Protein and Xylitol Complex Alleviate Type 2 Diabetes in C57BL/6 Mice by Regulating the Intestinal Microbiota.
• Estrogen Receptor α Activation Modulates the Gut Microbiome and Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors.
• Triiodothyronine (T3) Promotes Brown Fat Hyperplasia Via Thyroid Hormone Receptor α Mediated Adipocyte Progenitor Cell Proliferation.
• Androgen Signaling in Adipose Tissue, but Less Likely Skeletal Muscle, Mediates Development of Metabolic Traits in a PCOS Mouse Model.
• Chickpea Protein Hydrolysate Ameliorates the Impact of Feeding a High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice by Modulating Inflammation.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Fructooligosaccharides: From Breast Milk Components to Potential Supplements. A Systematic Review.
• Letter: Fructooligosaccharides are Not the Same as Fucosylated Human Milk Oligosaccharides.
• Response: Reply to L Bode and SM Donovan.
• Examining the State, Quality and Strength of the Evidence in the Research on Built Environments and Physical Activity Among Children and Youth: An Overview of Reviews from High Income Countries.
• Bunk, Junk, and Food: On Defending a Line.

Clinical

• Adipocyte Size, Adipose Tissue Fibrosis, Macrophage Infiltration and Disease Risk are Different in Younger and Older Individuals with Childhood and Adulthood Onset Obesity.
• RCT: Effects of Combined Physical Exercise on Plasma Lipid Variables, Paraoxonase 1 Activity, and Inflammation Parameters in Adults with Obesity.
• Abdominal Adipose Tissue and Liver Fat Imaging in Very Low Birth Weight Adults Born Preterm: Birth Cohort with Sibling-Controls.

Children and Adolescents

• Systematic Review: Food Insecurity and Childhood Obesity.
• Health and Academic Performance with Happy Children: A Controlled Longitudinal Study Based on the HOPP Project.
• Association of Insufficient Sleep and Skipping Breakfast with Overweight/Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Provincial Surveillance Project in Jiangsu.

Surgery

• Anti-Obesity Effects of Polymethoxyflavone-Rich Fraction from Jinkyool (Citrus sunki hort. ex Tanaka) Leaf on Obese Mice Induced by High-Fat Diet.
• Association of Bariatric Surgery with Cancer Risk and Mortality in Adults with Obesity.
• Prevalence of Sarcopenia in Women at Stable Weight Phase After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass.
• The Benefit of Bariatric Surgery on Histological Features of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease Assessed Through Noninvasive Methods.

Drugs

• Recent Evidence in Support of Traditional Chinese Medicine to Restore Normal Leptin Function in Simple Obesity.
• Cinnamomum verum-Derived Bioactives-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles for Prevention of Obesity Through Gut Microbiota Reshaping.
• Prevalence of General and Abdominal Obesity and Its Relationship with Opium, Total Opiate Drugs, and Chronic Smoking: Fasa Cohort Study.
• NLA Scientific Statement on Statin Intolerance: A New Definition and Key Considerations for ASCVD Risk Reduction in the Statin Intolerant Patient.

Food & Diet

• Levels of Abdominal Adipose Tissue and Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) in Middle Age According to Average Fast-Food Intake over the Preceding 25 Years: The CARDIA Study.
• RCT: A Precision Nutrition Intervention Targeting a Reduction in Postprandial Glycemic Response to Meals with a Low-Fat Diet for Weight Loss.
• RCT: Acute Effects of Prior Dietary Fat Ingestion on Postprandial Metabolic Responses to Protein and Carbohydrate Co-Ingestion in Men with Overweight and Obesity.
• Consumption of Cricket (Acheta domesticus) Flour Decreases Insulin Resistance and Fat Accumulation in Rats Fed with High-Fat and -Fructose Diet.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Abstract: Premenopausal Vs. Postmenopausal Women: Effect of Time-Restricted Eating on Body Weight and Metabolic Health Markers.
• Effects of Short-Term Fasting on Ghrelin/GH/IGF-1 Axis in Healthy Humans: The Role of Ghrelin in the Thrifty Phenotype.
• Alternate Day Fasting Improves Endothelial Function in Type 2 Diabetic Mice: Role of Adipose-Derived Hormones.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Abstract: Acute Aerobic Exercise Unveils Serum Metabolomics Markers That Distinguish Overweight and Healthy Weight Individuals.
• Breaking Sitting Time with Physical Activity Increases Energy Expenditure but Does Not Alter Postprandial Metabolism in Girls.

Economics & Sociology

• Understanding Sociocultural Influences on Physical Activity in Relation to Overweight and Obesity in a Rural Indigenous Community of Fiji Islands.
• The Financial Correlates of Midlife Obesity.
• Theoretical Approaches to Research on the Social Determinants of Obesity.
• Evaluation of Obesity Trends Among US Adolescents by Socioeconomic Status, 1999-2018.

Epidemiology

• Obesity-Related Health Lifestyles of Late-Middle Age Black Americans: The Jackson Heart Study.
• Dissertation: Examining Sex and Race Differences in Obesity Risk Factors in Older Americans Using Genetic and Lifestyle Data in REGARDS.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Social Facilitation of Energy Intake in Adult Women Is Sustained over Three Days in a Crossover Laboratory Experiment and Is Not Compensated for Under Free-Living Conditions.
• RCT: Neuroendocrine Response and State Anxiety Due to Psychosocial Stress Decrease After a Training with Subject’s Own (but Not Another) Virtual Body.

Equity and Disparities

• Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among Mexican Adults.
• The Association between Metabolic Syndrome and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Diagnosis Varies by Race.

Stigma

• “It's Not the Stereotypical 80s Movie Bullying”: A Qualitative Study on the High School Environment, Body Image, and Weight Stigma.
• Addressing Weight Stigma and Obesity Based Discrimination in Children: Preparing Pediatricians to Meet the Challenge.
• Children’s Experiences of Meals After Obesity Treatment: A Qualitative Follow-Up Four Years After an RCT.

Policy Related

• How Do Local Authority Plans to Tackle Obesity Reflect Systems Thinking?
• Examining the Policy Process of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation in Ireland.
• No New Fast-Food Outlets Allowed! Evaluating the Effect of Planning Policy on the Local Food Environment in the North East of England.

Intergenerational Effects

• Developmental Programming in Animal Models: Critical Evidence of Current Environmental Negative Changes.
• Maternal Obesity Induces Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex-Specific Myocardial Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Alterations.
• Maternal Chronic Perceived Stress, but Not Acute Stress Exposure, Is Associated with Ghrelin Levels Among Hispanic Pregnant Women with Overweight or Obesity.
• Impact of Maternal High-Fat Induced Obesity on Offspring's Liver Transcriptome.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• The Faecal Metabolome of Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) Varies in Response to Seasonal Dietary Changes.
• The Time Course of Metabolic Plasticity and Its Consequences for Growth Performance Under Variable Food Supply in the Northern Pike.
• Accelerating Animal Energetics: High Dive Costs in a Small Seabird Disrupt the Dynamic Body Acceleration–Energy Expenditure Relationship.

Methods

• The Universal Eating Monitor (UEM): Objective Assessment of Food Intake Behavior in the Laboratory Setting.
• Metabolic Risk Assessment in Children and Adolescents Using the Tri-Ponderal Mass Index.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Weight Loss Trajectory Patterns and Short-Term Prediction in a Weight Management Program.
• Equations Based on Anthropometric Measurements for Adipose Tissue, Body Fat, or Body Density Prediction in Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.

Commentary

• What Is the Best Time of Day to Work Out?
• Why Do We Lose Muscle Strength with Age?
• Mediterranean Diet Associated with Lifespan and Healthspan.
• "New article demonstrates reproducibility and rigor of epidemiologic research."
• Commentary on Assessing Stability of Research Results.
• The Puzzle of Food Insecurity, Diet Quality, and Obesity.
• The Less We Eat, the Longer We Live: Can Caloric Restriction Help Us Become Centenarians?
• Is Calorie Labelling on Menus the Solution to Obesity?
• Obesity: My Model’s Better Than Your Model.

General

• Multiple Paternity in Superfetatious Live-Bearing Fishes.
• Thesis: First Foods, Intestinal Ecology, and Early Life Health and Growth Outcomes.
• Monarch Butterflies May Be Doing Better Than Thought, Controversial Study Suggests.
• Videos of NINDS Workshop: Catalyzing Communities of Research Rigor Champions.
• "The Giraffe Neck Evolved for Sexual Combat."
• Valid research begins with valid premises: ipse dixit and the giraffe.
• Sperm Epigenetic Clock Sheds Light on Fertility Timetable.

Announcements

• 8th Annual Diabetes Symposium - August 5, 2022.
• Webinar: Live Better Longer: The Circadian Diabetes Code - Jun 29, 2022 03:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada).
• Applications Open: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research Short Course 2022.