Featured

• An Analysis of the Recent U.S. Dietary Guidelines Process in Light of Its Federal Mandate and a National Academies Report.
• Age and Diet Shape the Genetic Architecture of Body Weight in Diversity Outbred Mice.
• Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity.
• Review: Bioactive Compounds in Mothers Milk Affecting Offspring Outcomes.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Common Migraine Prescription Could Treat Obesity: Study.
• Press Release: UTSW Researchers Show Effectiveness of Migraine Drug in Weight Loss.
• Study: Delineating a Serotonin 1B Receptor Circuit for Appetite Suppression ... In Mice.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "No statistically significant differences were observed between low and high avocado allotment groups in liver enzymes, GGT, hsCRP or NAFLD fibrosis score."
• RCT: "The [Small Change Approach] did not prevent weight gain compared with monitoring alone at 2 or 3 years in adults with overweight or obesity".
• "Together, contrary to our hypothesis, heat-killed probiotics did not improve neutrophil function and survival outcome in a murine severe burn injury model."
• "Contrary to affect regulation theory and laboratory data, but consistent with prior ecological momentary assessment data in children and adolescents, pre-meal NA was not linked to subsequent LOC-eating."
• Antibiotic Therapy Does Not Alter Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Lymphocytes of Patients with Septic Shock – a Prospective Cohort Study.
• RCT: Blood Flow Restriction Therapy for Two Weeks Prior to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Did Not Impact Quadriceps Strength Compared to Standard Therapy.
• No Association between Infant Growth and Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet in Lactating Women.
• RCT: "...daily consumption of 24 ml concentrated BJ [beetroot juice] did not affect the levels of glycemic measures, blood pressure, and lipid profile."
• RCT: "Findings indicated that the intervention did not produce take-home effects on children's home availability of fruit (p = 0.52) and vegetables (p = 0.67) or parental modelling of fruit (p = 0.26) and vegetable consumption (p = 0.78)..."

Basic

• The Gene Knockout of Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor Improves High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Rat Via Promoting Adipose Lipolysis.
• Macrophage-Specific Connexin 43 Knockout Protects Mice from Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Metabolic Dysfunction.
• Adipose Tissue Myeloid-Lineage Neuroimmune Cells Express Genes Important for Neural Plasticity and Regulate Adipose Innervation.
• A Signature of Exaggerated Adipose Tissue Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Is Linked to Low Plasma Adiponectin and Increased Transcriptional Activation of Proteasomal Degradation in Muscle.
• Multiomics Reveals Persistence of Obesity-associated Immune Cell Phenotypes in Adipose Tissue During Weight Loss and Weight Regain in Mice.
• Preprint: Plasma Level of ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1 (IF1) Is Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Humans: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Preprint: Limitations of the Food Compass Nutrient Profiling System.
• Avoiding the Effects of Translocation on the Estimates of the Metabolic Rates Across an Elevational Gradient.

Clinical

• Untargeted Lipidomic Analysis of Plasma from Women with Obesity Submitted to Combined Physical Exercise.
• Do Lifestyle Factors and Quality of Life Differ in People with Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity?

Children and Adolescents

• Making Every Bite Count: Best Practices for Introducing Foods During the Complementary Feeding Period.
• The 100 Top-Cited Articles on Childhood Obesity: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Surgery

• T and B Cell Composition and Cytokine Producing Capacity Before and After Bariatric Surgery.
• Changes in the Expression of Meteorin-Like (METRNL), Irisin (FNDC5), and Uncoupling Proteins (UCPs) After Bariatric Surgery.
• De Novo Glycine Synthesis Is Reduced in Adults with Morbid Obesity and Increases Following Bariatric Surgery.
• RCT: Weight Loss and β-Cell Responses Following Gastric Banding or Pharmacotherapy in Adults with Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Type 2 Diabetes.
• Desire to Lose Weight Was Associated with the Adoption of Weight Control Strategies but Not Healthier Lifestyle Behaviours Among Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients: NHANES 2013–2018.

Drugs

• Hypoglycemia Risk with SGLT2 Inhibitors or Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist Versus Sulfonylureas Among Medicare Insured Adults with CKD in the United States.
• Melanocortin-4 Receptor Complexity in Energy Homeostasis, Obesity and Drug Development Strategies.
• Dysosmobacter welbionis Is a Newly Isolated Human Commensal Bacterium Preventing Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in Mice.
• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists on Body Weight in Adults with Obesity Without Diabetes Mellitus.
• RCT: Semaglutide Once a Week in Adults with Overweight or Obesity, with or Without Type 2 Diabetes in an East Asian Population (STEP 6).

Food & Diet

• Body Weight Index Indicates the Responses of the Fecal Microbiota, Metabolome and Proteome to Beef/Chicken-Based Diet Alterations in Chinese Volunteers.
• The Relationship between Dietary Phytochemical Index and Resting Metabolic Rate Mediated by Inflammatory Factors in Women with Overweight and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• RCT: Apnoea Occurring in Females Who are Overweight After Menopause.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• RCT: Dietary Protein Restriction Improves Metabolic Dysfunction in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.
• Modestly Increased Incidence of Ketosis in Caloric Restriction Does Not Significantly Alter the Effects of Caloric Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• School and Non-School Day Screen Time Profiles and Their Differences in Health and Educational Indicators in Adolescents.
• Genome-Wide Association Study of Liking for Several Types of Physical Activity in the UK Biobank and Two Replication Cohorts.

Economics & Sociology

• Changes in Neighborhood Environments and the Increasing Socioeconomic Gap in Child Obesity Risks: Evidence from Singapore.
• The Role of Health-Based Food Choice Motives in Explaining the Relationship between Lower Socioeconomic Position and Higher BMI in UK and US Adults.
• Estimating the Benefits of Obesity Prevention on Productivity: An Australian Perspective.
• Changes in the Local Food-At-Home Environment, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation, and Dietary Quality.

Epidemiology

• BMI Moderates the Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and COPD.
• Obesity Fact Sheet in Korea, 2021: Trends in Obesity Prevalence and Obesity-Related Comorbidity Incidence Stratified by Age from 2009 to 2019.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• More Complex Than You Might Think: Neural Representations of Food Reward Value in Obesity.
• “You are Always at War with Yourself” the Perceptions and Beliefs of People with Obesity Regarding Obesity as a Disease.
• Review: Acts of Appetite: Neural Circuits Governing the Appetitive, Consummatory, and Terminating Phases of Feeding.
• More Complex Than You Might Think: Neural Representations of Food Reward Value in Obesity.
• Objective Physical Activity Accumulation and Brain Volume in Older Adults: An MRI and Whole Brain Volume Study.

Equity and Disparities

• Inequalities in Overweight and Obesity Among Reproductive Age Group Women in India: Evidence from National Family Health Survey (2015–16).
• Income Disparities in Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults: An Analysis of the 2011–2014 California Health Interview Survey.
• Income-Related Health Inequality in Urban China (1991–2015): The Role of Homeownership and Housing Conditions.

Stigma

• A Public Health Framework for Reducing Stigma: The Example of Weight Stigma.
• Preprint: Mediators of the Association between Childhood BMI and Educational Attainment: Analysis of a UK Prospective Cohort Study.

Policy Related

• The Relationship between Volume of Newspaper Coverage and Policy Action for Nutrition Issues in Australia: A Content Analysis.
• Integrating Nutrition and Food Safety in Food Systems Policy and Programming.
• Intergovernmental Policy Opportunities for Childhood Obesity Prevention in Australia.

Intergenerational Effects

• In-Utero Co-Exposure to Toxic Metals and Micronutrients on Childhood Risk of Overweight or Obesity: New Insight on Micronutrients Counteracting Toxic Metals.
• Associations between Family Functioning During Early to Mid-Childhood and Weight Status in Childhood and Adolescence.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Parents Exposed to Warming Produce Offspring Lower in Weight and Condition.
• Genomic Insights Into the Secondary Aquatic Transition of Penguins.
• Diet and Ontogeny Drastically Alter the Larval Microbiome of the Invertebrate Model Galleria mellonella.
• Circulating and Skeletal Muscle MicroRNA Profiles are More Sensitive to Sustained Aerobic Exercise Than Energy Balance in Males.

Methods

• Systematic Review: The Use of Mobile-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment (mEMA) Methodology to Assess Dietary Intake, Food Consumption Behaviours and Context in Young People.
• Dietary Assessment -- Pattern Recognition Rather Than Recall.
• Comparison of Weight Loss Data Collected by Research Technicians Versus Electronic Medical Records: The PROPEL Trial.
• Next Generation Smartwatches to Estimate Whole Body Composition Using Bioimpedance Analysis: Accuracy and Precision in a Diverse Multiethnic Sample.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Predictive Equations for Energy Expenditure in Adult Humans: From Resting to Free-Living Conditions.
• Obesity and Labour Market Outcomes in Italy: A Dynamic Panel Data Evidence with Correlated Random Effects.
• The Health, Cost and Equity Impacts of Restrictions on the Advertisement of High Fat, Salt and Sugar Products Across the Transport for London Network: A Health Economic Modelling Study.

Commentary

• Genetic Effects: Accounting for Diet and Age.
• Why Don’t Most Foods Cause Allergies?
• Improving Health Through Food Engineering.
• As Diabetes During Pregnancy Grows More Common, Experts Point to a Need for Preventive Care.
• What are the Health Benefits of Watermelon?
• Dietary Assessment: Do We Really Know What People are Eating?
• Is Air Conditioning Causing Obesity?
• Overly Restrictive Salt Intake May Worsen Outcomes for Common Form of Heart Failure.

General

• Remote Video Analysis of an Unusual Fish Life-History Combination: Nest-Building, Paternal Care, and Protogyny in a Seabream.
• Dietary Bacillus licheniformis Improves the Effect of Astragalus membranaceus Extract on Blood Glucose by Regulating Antioxidation Activity and Intestinal Microbiota in InR[E19]/TM2 Drosophila melanogaster.
• Contrary to Popular Belief, Woodpeckers Don’t Protect Their Brains When Headbanging Trees.
• Fact-Value Framework for Adjudicating Public Health Policy Debates.
• A Neuroscience Image Sleuth Finds Signs of Fabrication in Scores of Alzheimer’s Articles, Threatening a Reigning Theory of the Disease.
• Prolonged Administration of Melatonin Ameliorates Liver Phenotypes in Cholestatic Murine Model.
• What Can We Learn from Selfish Loci That Break Mendel’s Law?
• Food Waste Is a Complex Problem That Requires Creative Solutions.
• Food Expiration Dates Don’t Have Much Science Behind Them.

Announcements

• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency and/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity, Nutrition or Aging Research Domains.
• Nine IU Faculty Members Named Fulbright US Scholar Award Winners for 2022-23 .
• Webinar: Spreading Effective Interventions to Support Healthy Child Growth: CDC’s Data Modernization and Implementation Science Efforts.