Featured

• A Call to Action to Inform Patient-centred Approaches to Obesity Management: Development of a Disease-illness Model.
• Transgenerational Obesity and Healthy Ageing in Drosophila.
• Physical Activity is Associated with Improved Lipid and Weight-Loss Outcomes After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with Severe Obesity.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Yo-Yo Dieting Can Make You Weaker - Here’s How Much Weight Change Can Be a Problem.
• Study: Weight Cycling is Associated with [not Necessarily the Cause of] Lower Muscle Mass and Strength and a Greater Likelihood of Developing Sarcopenic Obesity.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Exploring the Myth of the Chubby Gamer: A Meta-analysis of Studies on Sedentary Video Gaming and Body Mass.
• "Consuming above a commonly recommended intake of 0.5 servings of total red meat per day, or about three 3 oz. servings per week, does not negatively influence markers of glycemic control or inflammation in groups of adults without diagnosed cardiometabolic disease."
• Metabolic Adaptation is Not Observed After 8 Weeks of Overfeeding but Energy Expenditure Variability is Associated with Weight Recovery.
• "A U.K. study that measured diet and cognitive decline over an almost 25-year period did not show an association between a healthier diet in midlife and a lower risk for dementia later in life."
• RCT: Tart Cherry Juice: No Effect on Muscle Function Loss or Muscle Soreness in Professional Soccer Players After a Match.
• RCT: No Significant Effect of Dietary Self-monitoring Through a Digital Photography App vs Calorie Tracking on Weight Loss.
• RCT: No Additional Long‐term Effect of Group Versus Individual Family Intervention in the Treatment of Childhood Obesity.
• RCT: No Significant Effect of a Family Physical Activity Planning Program on BMI.

Basic

• The Host Response to Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Scaffolds Protects Mice From Diet Induced Obesity and Glucose Intolerance.
• The Dualistic Effect of COX-2-Mediated Signaling in Obesity and Insulin Resistance.
• Adipose Tissue-Derived Autotaxin Causes Cardiomyopathy in Obese Mice.
• Electroacupuncture Reduces Body Weight By Regulating Fat Browning-Related Proteins of Adipose Tissue in HFD-Induced Obese Mice.
• NTCP Deficiency in Mice Protects Against Obesity and Hepatosteatosis.
• Obesity After Neonatal Overfeeding is Independent of Hypothalamic Microgliosisuscle Mass and Strength in a Population of Males and Females with Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Fighting Obesity with Coffee and Headlines.
• A Source of Systematic Bias in Self-reported Physical Activity: The Cutpoint Bias Hypothesis.
• Letter: Ultra-Processed Food and Obesity: The Pitfalls of Extrapolation From Short Studies.
• Reply: Challenges Interpreting Inpatient and Outpatient Human Nutrition Studies.
• Reply to Reply.
• Identifying and Clarifying Arguments in a Recent Debate Regarding Measures Based on Memory-based Methods.

Clinical

• Public Notification: Detoxi Slim Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient.
• Safety and Efficiency of Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Obese Patients: A Case-Matched Comparative Analysis.
• Obesity and Health Care Experiences Among Women and Men Veterans.
• Association Between Regional Body Fat and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Postmenopausal Women with Normal BMI.

Children and Adolescents

• Adolescent Sugar-sweetened Beverage Consumption: An Extended Health Action Process Approach.
• A Look Back at Healthy Lifestyle Behavioral Patterns Among School-Age Children: Are We Neglecting Healthy Weight for Overweight Kids?

Surgery

• Meta-analysis: Banded Versus Nonbanded Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
• Changes in Gut Microbiome After Bariatric Surgery Versus Medical Weight Loss.
• Changes in Body Composition, Comorbidities, and Nutritional Status Associated with Lower Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery in Older Subjects.
• Overvaluation of Weight or Shape and Loss‐of‐Control Eating Following Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Meta-analysis: Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Obesity Among Adults.
• Certain Medtronic MiniMed Insulin Pumps Have Potential Cybersecurity Risks: FDA Safety Communication.

Food & Diet

• Meta-analysis: Coffee Intake and Obesity.
• RCT: Protein Supplementation Elicits Greater Gains in Maximal Oxygen Uptake Capacity and Stimulates Lean Mass Accretion During Prolonged Endurance Training.
• Habitual Breakfast Patterns do Not Influence Appetite and Satiety Responses in Normal Vs. High-Protein Breakfasts in Overweight Adolescent Girls.
• The Case for Eating Jellyfish.
• Feeding the World with Data: Visions of Data-Driven Farming.
• Commentary: What Really Matters: Ultra-Processed or Calorie-Dense?

Caloric Restriction

• PGC-1a integrates a metabolism and growth network linked to caloric restriction.
• Sulfate assimilation regulates hydrogen sulfide production independent of lifespan and reactive oxygen species under methionine restriction condition in yeast.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Does Beef Protein Supplementation Improve Body Composition and Exercise Performance?
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness Modulates the Proportions of Monocytes and T Helper Subsets in Lean and Obese Men.
• Cannabis Use in Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects.
• Types of Sedentary Behavior and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study.

Epidemiology

• Associations Between Boys’ Early Childhood Exposure to Family and Neighborhood Poverty and BMI in Early Adolescence.
• Weight Cycling as a Risk Factor for Low Muscle Mass and Strength in a Population of Males and Females with Obesity.
• The Duration of the Interpregnancy Interval in Multiparous Women and Maternal Weight Gain Between Pregnancies: Findings From a UK Population-based Cohort.
• The Impact of Obesity and Insulin Resistance on Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review.
• An International Survey of Obesity and Underweight in Youth and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• RCT: Cognitive Effects of Adding Caloric Restriction to Aerobic Exercise Training in Older Adults with Obesity.
• Giving Pork the Chop: Response Inhibition Training to Reduce Meat Intake.

Economics & Sociology

• The indelible weight of place: Childhood neighborhood disadvantage, timing of exposure, and obesity across adulthood.
• Causation or Assortative Mating - The Social Dynamics in Couples With Both Partners Suffering from the Same Lifestyle Disease : A Case Series Study From a German Cohort Study of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in a Disease Management Programme.

Equity and Disparities

• Plus Size and Obese Workers: Anthropometry Estimates to Promote Inclusive Design.
• A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief.
• Socio-Economic, Psychosocial, Lifestyle and Community Factors do Not Explain Ethnic Inequalities in Obesity in Disadvantaged Israeli Mothers.

Stigma

• Regarding Obesity as a Disease is Associated with Lower Weight Bias Among Physicians.
• Commentary: Five Things to Know About Bullying and Weight Bias.

Policy Related

• How do Age and Major Risk Factors for Mortality Interact Over the Life-course? Implications for Health Disparities Research and Public Health Policy.
• Eat, Play, Live: RCT Within a Natural Experiment Examining the Role of Nutrition Policy and Capacity Building in Improving Food Environments in Recreation and Sport Facilities.
• Protocol of a Research Project ‘Projections of the Burden of Disease and Disability in Finland – Health Policy Prospects’ Using Cross-sectional Health Surveys and Register-based Follow-up. (pdf)
• Does the Ban on Trans-fats Improve Public Health? In Search of the Optimal Policy Response.
• ‘Market Failure’ Arguments are a Poor Guide to Policy.

Intergenerational Effects

• Meta-analysis: The Association Between Maternal BMI and Child Obesity.
• Fathers’ Obesity Might Impact Offspring’s Health.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• In Search of an Undersea Kelp Forest's Missing Nitrogen.
• De Novo Design of Symmetric Ferredoxins that Shuttle Electrons in Vivo.
• Measuring Phenotypic Flexibility By Transcriptome Time-course Analyses During Challenge Tests Before and After Energy Restriction.
• Farm Animals for Studying Muscle Development and Metabolism: Dual Purposes for Animal Production and Human Health.

Methods

• Obesity Perception Survey Among Youth in Turkey: Instrument Development and Test-retest Reliability (pdf).
• Validation of NoSAS (Neck, Obesity, Snoring, Age, Sex) Score as a Screening Tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Analysis in a Sleep Clinic.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Identifying Pre-disease Signals Before Metabolic Syndrome in Mice By Dynamical Network Biomarkers.
• Real-Time Model Predictive Control of Human Bodyweight Based on Energy Intake.

Commentary

• Obesity: A Disease and a Debate for Pets, Too.
• Nutrition Experts Reveal the Biggest Misconception We All Have About Sugar.
• Clinician Roundtable: Can Dietary Interventions Prevent Asthma, Atopy in Children?
• Metabolically Healthy Obesity: What's in a Name?
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans: An Introduction.
• Does Our Poor Remembrance of Things Past Doom Much Nutrition Research?
• Obesity Takes the Brakes Off Neurological Mechanism that Stops Overeating.
• How Much Caffeine is Too Much?
• The Urgent Need for Fresh Thinking on Childhood Obesity.
• Healthy Diets and Sustainable Food Systems.
• Interpreting Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Young Clinical Populations—Folklore and Fallacy.

General

• RCT: Effectiveness of Polypill for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases.
• Puppy Love: Choosing the Perfect Pooch Poses Challenges Similar to Dating.
• Stabilizing Food Production Through Crop Diversity.
• "Heartspeakers" -- The Discovery Files.
• Ordered Quantile Normalization: A Semiparametric Transformation Built for the Cross-validation Era.
• Taste of Life: Science Outreach Made Delicious.
• Impact of Diabetes on the Symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors.
• The Unique Neurology of the Sports Fan’s Brain.
• A General Framework for Comparing Predictions and Marginal Effects Across Models.
• Isaac Asimov Asks, “How do People Get New Ideas?”: A 1959 Essay By Isaac Asimov on Creativity.
• Fear-Based Medical Misinformation and Disease Prevention: From Vaccines to Statins.
• How Americans Decided Dogs Can’t Eat Grains.
• Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’.

Announcements

• Reproducibility and Replicability in Science: Next Steps - Sept 24.
• Training Program: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Training Program: AHA Strategically Focused Research Center– Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• Short Course: Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research, Indiana University Bloomington (July 29-August 2, 2019).