08/14/20
Featured
- "Most subseafloor cells subsist at energy fluxes lower than have previously been shown to support life, calling into question the power limit to life."
- Precision Nutrition—the Answer to “What to Eat to Stay Healthy”.
- Imprecision Nutrition? Different Simultaneous Continuous Glucose Monitors Provide Discordant Meal Rankings for Incremental Postprandial Glucose in Subjects Without Diabetes.
- Elucidating the Mechanisms by Which Disulfiram Protects Against Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: In Vino Veritas? Wine Can Mitigate the Symptoms of Coronavirus, Scientists Suggest.
- Perspective article: Biological Plausibility for Interactions between Dietary Fat, Resveratrol, ACE2, and SARS-CoV Illness Severity.
- Critique: Wine, Resveratrol and COVID-19: This Is How “Stupid Science” Gets Unleashed.
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: "This combination of herbal extracts likely does not acutely influence performance fatigability during high-intensity, repeated muscle actions."
- "Contrary to the common assumption, our results indicate that plant intake has little effect on hair evacuation in felid species."
- Sweet Taste Does Not Modulate Pain Perception in Adult Humans.
- "Nuclear pSTAT3 levels in this experimental paradigm were negatively correlated with satiety levels, contrary to the generally described transcriptional regulation for long-term satiety via leptin receptors."
- RCT: "There was no evidence for effect on zBMI, waist circumference z-score or physical activity...[in] Long-term outcomes (2 and 3.5 years post-intervention) of the INFANT early childhood intervention to improve health behaviors and reduce obesity."
- RCT: "the comprehensive obesity intervention didn’t improve the overall dietary diversity per day..."
- RCT: "Results indicate no significant differences between intervention and control groups for any stress measure at any time point... a pilot randomized control trial of a home-based obesity prevention intervention. Four measures of stress were investigated..."
Basic
- Effects of Dietary Macronutrients and Body Composition on Glucose Homeostasis in Mice.
- Estrogen Receptor α Controls Metabolism in White and Brown Adipocytes by Regulating Polg1 and Mitochondrial Remodeling.
- Methionine Restriction Alleviates High-Fat Diet-induced Obesity: Involvement of Diurnal Metabolism of Lipids and Bile Acids.
- Obesity-Related Hypoxia Via MiR-128 Decreases Insulin-Receptor Expression in Human and Mouse Adipose Tissue Promoting Systemic Insulin Resistance.
- PPARδ Attenuates Alcohol-Mediated Insulin Resistance by Enhancing Fatty Acid-Induced Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Antioxidant Defense in Skeletal Muscle.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
- Article: Changes in Weight and Substrate Oxidation in Overweight Adults Following Isomaltulose Intake During a 12-Week Weight Loss Intervention: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial.
- Letter: Within-Group Instead of Between-Group Comparisons Affect the Conclusions. Comment On: “Changes in Weight and Substrate Oxidation in Overweight Adults Following Isomaltulose Intake During a 12-Week Weight Loss Intervention: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial”. Nutrients 2019, 11(10), 2367.
- Response: Reply to “Comparisons of Within-Group Instead of Between-Group Affect the Conclusions. Comment On: Changes in Weight and Substrate Oxidation in Overweight Adults Following Isomaltulose Intake During a 12-Week Weight Loss Intervention: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial. Nutrients 2019, 11(10), 2367”.
- PubPeer Comment On: Changes in Weight and Substrate Oxidation in Overweight Adults Following Isomaltulose Intake During a 12-Week Weight Loss Intervention: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial.
- A Retraction and a Retraction Request as Twitter Users Call Out Sexism, Fat-shaming, and Racism.
- Eliminating Scientific Error by Banning the Word.
Clinical
Children and Adolescents
- Adolescent Sleep Characteristics and Body-mass Index in the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study.
- Editorial: Obesity and Hunger: Two Faces of a Nation.
- Is There Any Association between Age at Menarche and Anthropometric Indices? A 15-year Follow-up Population-based Cohort Study.
Surgery
- RCT: Bariatric Surgery in the Elderly: Comparing Safety of Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (BASE Trial).
- Severe Nutritional Complications After Bariatric Surgery in Ontario Adults: A Population-based Descriptive Study.
- Reversal of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Fails to Facilitate the Management of Recalcitrant Hypocalcaemia Caused by Primary Hypoparathyroidism.
Drugs
- Discovery of a Promising Agent IQZ23 for the Treatment of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders.
- Identification of Isotschimgine as a Novel Farnesoid X Receptor Agonist with Potency for the Treatment of Obesity in Mice.
Food & Diet
- Review: Low-carbohydrate Diets and Cardiometabolic Health: The Importance of Carbohydrate Quality over Quantity.
- RCT: The Effects of Spinach-derived Thylakoid Supplementation in Combination with Calorie Restriction on Anthropometric Parameters and Metabolic Profiles in Women with Obesity and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
- Review: Anti-Obesity Effects of Polyphenol Intake: Current Status and Future Possibilities.
- Ultra-processed Foods and the Nutrition Transition: Global, Regional and National Trends, Food Systems Transformations and Political Economy Drivers.
Caloric and Dietary Restriction
- Ghrelin/GHS-R1a Signaling Plays Different Roles in Anxiety-related Behaviors After Acute and Chronic Caloric Restriction.
- Life Span Extension by Glucose Restriction Is Abrogated by Methionine Supplementation: Cross-talk between Glucose and Methionine and Implication of Methionine as a Key Regulator of Life Span.
- Book Chapter: Caloric Restriction, Longevity and Coenzyme Q.
- Chrono-nutrition for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: from Mice to Men.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- Assessment of Acute Aerobic Exercise in the Morning Versus Evening on Asprosin, Spexin, Lipocalin-2, and Insulin Level in Adult Men with Overweight/Obesity Versus Normal Weight.
- Mapping Behavior Change Techniques to Characterize a Social Cognitive Theory Informed Physical Activity Intervention for Adults at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
- Compensatory Eating Behaviors in Male and Female Rats in Response to Exercise Training.
- Review: Exercising Your Fat (metabolism) Into Shape: A Muscle-centred View.
Economics & Sociology
- Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Consumption of Confectionery Among Adults with and without Obesity.
- Estimating Neighbourhood-level Prevalence of Adult Obesity by Socio-economic, Behavioral and Built Environment Factors in New York City.
Epidemiology
- Associations of Health Behaviors, Food Preferences, and Obesity Patterns with the Incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Middle-aged and Elderly Population: An 18-year Cohort Study.
- Land Use Mix in the Neighbourhood and Childhood Obesity.
- Moderating Effect of Obesity on Clinical Outcomes in NOAC-treated Atrial Fibrillation Patients or Just an Effect of Obesity?
- Obesity and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Children with CKD: Does Sex Matter?
Psychology & Neuroscience
- Why Did I Eat That? Contributions of Individual Differences in Incentive Motivation and Nucleus Accumbens Plasticity to Obesity.
- Chronic Gq Signaling in AgRP Neurons Does Not Cause Obesity.
- Preprint: RCT: Problem Solving Therapy-induced Amygdala Engagement Mediates Weight Loss and Lifestyle Behavior Change in Patients with Obesity and Depression. (pdf)
Equity and Disparities
- Race, Obesity and Mental Health Among Older Adults in the United States: A Literature Review.
- Understanding African American COVID-19 Severity and Mortality: Is Obesity the Key?
- a Faith-based Mind–body Intervention to Improve Psychosocial Well-being Among Rural Adults.
- Physical Activity Opportunities of Low-Income Elementary School-Aged Children During the Segmented School Day.
Stigma
- Weight-Based Discrimination in the Italian Labor Market: An Analysis of the Interaction with Gender and Ethnicity.
- Influence of BMI and Gender on Stigmatization of Obesity.
Policy Related
- Mexican Households’ Food Shopping Patterns in 2015: Analysis Following Nonessential Food and Sugary Beverage Taxes.
- Food Swamps Surrounding Schools in Three Areas of Guatemala. (pdf)
- PTSD and Obesity in U.S. Military Veterans: Prevalence, Health Burden, and Suicidality.
Intergenerational Effects
- Parents, Products, and the Development of Preferences: Child Palate and Food Choice in an Obesogenic Environment.
- Influence of Weight Gain on Risk for Cesarean Delivery in Pregnant Women with Obesity by Class of Obesity: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS).
- Relationships between Antenatal Corticosteroids and Catecholamine Blood Pressure Support in Neonates: Considering of Maternal Stress-related Diseases.
- Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: The Role of Early Life Exposures.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Ecologically Relevant Thermal Fluctuations Enhance Offspring Fitness: Biological and Methodological Implications for Studies of Thermal Developmental Plasticity.
- Systematic Review: Validity of Accelerometers for the Evaluation of Energy Expenditure in Individuals with Overweight or Obesity.
Methods
- Standardisation of Diet and Exercise in Clinical Trials of NAFLD-NASH: Recommendations from the Liver Forum.
- Personalized Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases.
- The “Virtual Digital Twins” Concept in Precision Nutrition.
- Validation of a Virtual Reality Buffet Environment to Assess Food Selection Processes Among Emerging Adults.
Mathematical and Quantitative
- A Comparison of the Indirect Calorimetry and Different Energy Equations for the Determination of Resting Energy Expenditure of Patients with Renal Transplantation.
- Mathematical Modeling of Adulthood Obesity Epidemic in Spain Using Deterministic, Frequentist and Bayesian Approaches.
Commentary
- The Hard Problem of Breakfast.
- True, False, and Shades of Gray.
- Influencing Up: Children's Sway on Parents’ Food Choices.
- From Genetics to Bariatric Surgery and Soda Taxes: Using All the Tools to Curb the Rising Tide of Obesity.
- Addressing Socioeconomic Inequalities in Obesity: Democratising Access to Resources for Achieving and Maintaining a Healthy Weight.
- Pediatric Obesity: Prevention Is Better Than Care.
- Emerging Concepts in Metabolically Healthy Obesity.
- Assessment of Energy Expenditure: Are Calories Measured Differently for Different Diets?
- Facing the Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19.
General
- State Medical Marijuana Laws and Associated Marijuana Use, Attitudes, and Perceived Social Norms Among Adolescents in the U.S.
- Reanalysis of Tweeting Study Yields No Citation Benefit.
- How the Pandemic Defeated America.
- How to Think Like an Epidemiologist.
- How Scientists Can Stop Fooling Themselves over Statistics.
- Preprint: Competitive Effects of Federal and State Opioid Restrictions: Evidence from the Controlled Substance Laws.
- Extra DNA May Make Unlikely Hybrid Fish Possible.
- Grooming Behavior Reveals Social Networks Among Dairy Cows.
Announcements
- $2M Federal Grant Awarded to Chemical Risk Assessment Startup Founded by IU Professor.
- The Statistics Wars and Their Casualties.
- The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) Invites Applications for the Position of Chair & Tenured Full Professor.
- IU Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow with Strong Statistical & Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, & Transparency And/or Statistical & Data Analytic Research in the Obesity & Nutrition Research Domain.
- The Indiana University School of Public Health–Bloomington (SPH-B) invites applications for the position of Chair for a newly conceived department, Health & Wellness Design
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