08/30/19
Obituary
Featured
- Free Trade Agreements and World Obesity.
- Meta-analysis: Effect of Calorie Restriction or Protein Intake on Circulating Levels of Insulin Like Growth Factor I in Humans.
- Adenovirus 36 Improves Glycemic Control and Markers of Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: Outdoor Exercise Better at Reducing Stress, New Study Suggests.
- Study: "Engagement in outdoor exercise did not per se lead to more beneficial changes than engagement in exercise sessions indoors."
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: Kindergarten-based health promotion programme "...shows a significant positive intervention effect [on BMI] (p ≤ 0.04), however, once controlled for migration background, this effect was lost..."
- RCT: "These results do not confirm our previous conclusions that recommended not performing VS [viscosupplementation] in obese patients with severe knee OA."
- "The study also explored gender effects and hypothesised that gender would moderate the relationship between academic burnout and disordered [eating] behaviour. However, this hypothesis was not supported."
- "We found no associations of FM and FFM growth [in infancy] with any of the other studied cardiometabolic markers including glucose, HbA1c, insulin, C-peptide, HOMA-IR, triglycerides, and blood pressure" at 5-year follow up.
- RCT: "Comparing food waste data in the treatment and control groups, we found no statistically significant evidence of either increased selection or consumption of fruits and vegetables in the treatment group."
- RCT: No Significant Effects of Motivational Interviewing as a Supplement to Incentives for Increasing and Maintaining Physical Activity in an Undergraduate Course.
- "Findings did not support the reciprocal effects model of physical self-concept and PA enjoyment as hypothesized."
- "Contrary to the normalization hypothesis, findings indicate that a comparatively high prevalence of obesity like in the US is associated with a higher level of obesity stigma."
- "Evidence suggests that increasing omega-3, omega-6, or total PUFA has little or no effect on prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus."
- RCT: Gluten Does Not Induce Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Healthy Volunteers.
- No Evidence for Association of BMI with Salivary Amylase Gene Copy Number in the UK 1958 Birth Cohort.
Basic
- Response of the Bacterial Community of Propylea Japonica (Thunberg) to Cry2Ab Protein.
- Energy Metabolism and Mitochondrial Superoxide Anion Production in Pre-symptomatic Striatal Neurons Derived From Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Expressing Mutant Huntingtin.
- Human Brown Adipose Tissue is Phenocopied By Classical Brown Adipose Tissue in Physiologically Humanized Mice.
- Dietary Intake Regulates the Circulating Inflammatory Monocyte Pool.
- Myocardial Dysfunction After Severe Food Restriction is Linked to Changes in the Calcium-Handling Properties in Rats.
- Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Receptor-Expressing Cells in the Hypothalamus Regulate Food Intake.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
- "Incorrect use of 'the 3500-kcal rule' to predict a 1.3 kg/year weight loss if gum is chewed while walking ~62 minutes per day."
- Personalized Nutrition Companies’ Claims Overhyped: Scientists.
Clinical
- Guideline No. 386-Gynaecologic Surgery in the Obese Patient.
- Infant and Young Child Feeding Interventions Targeting Overweight and Obesity: A Narrative Review.
- RCT: Development of a Delayed-release Nutrient for Appetite Control in Adults with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes and Initial Clinical Testing in a Single Dose RCT.
- RCT: Amount and Type of Dietary Fat, Postprandial Glycemia, and Insulin Requirements in Type 1 Diabetes.
- Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecular Markers of Aging in Healthy, Non-obese Humans.
Children and Adolescents
- Mother and Father Controlling Feeding Behaviors and Associations with Observed Mealtime Family Functioning.
- Meta-analysis: A Trans-ancestral Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Reveals Loci Associated with Childhood Obesity.
- BMI Trajectories in Early Childhood in Relation to Cardiometabolic Risk Profile and Body Composition at 5 Years of Age.
- Leveraging Omics Profiling to Advance the Treatment of Pediatric Obesity.
Surgery
- Short-Term Diabetes Remission Outcomes in Patients with BMI ≤ 30 Kg/m2 Following Sleeve Gastrectomy.
- Changes in Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes After Different Bariatric Surgery Procedures and the Role of Gastrointestinal Hormones.
Drugs
- RCT: "The current study provides the first evidence that acute aerobic exercise can increase reward for high fat savoury foods and stimulate appetite in MA [meth-amphetamine]-dependent individuals."
- Resveratrol and Metformin Recover Prefrontal Cortex AMPK Activation in Diet-Induced Obese Mice but Reduce BDNF and Synaptophysin Protein Content.
Food & Diet
- How Low do You Need to Go? Exploring the Variability in the Effects of Keto‐induction and Individual Outcomes From Low‐carbohydrate Diets.
- Food Craving in Daily Life: Comparison of Overweight and Normal‐weight Participants with Ecological Momentary Assessment.
- Meta-analysis: Social Facilitation of Eating.
- Fermented Foods: Definitions and Characteristics, Impact on the Gut Microbiota and Effects on Gastrointestinal Health and Disease.
- Meta-analysis: Zinc Supplementation and Body Weight.
Caloric Restriction
- Low 24-hour Core Body Temperature as a Thrifty Metabolic Trait Driving Catch-up Fat During Weight Regain After Caloric Restriction.
- Effects of Long‐term Intermittent Versus Chronic Calorie Restriction on Oxidative Stress in a Mouse Cancer Model.
- Modest Calorie Reduction Can Improve Cardiometabolic Health.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- Readiness to Perform Aerobic Activity in Adults with Obesity: A Thematic Analysis of Online Surveys.
- Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Physical Performance in Mid-Life Women: Findings From SWAN (Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation).
- Interrupting Sitting Time with Simple Resistance Activities Lowers Postprandial Insulinemia in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
Economics & Sociology
- Diabetes and Obesity Associated with Poor Food Environments in American Indian Communities.
- Untreated Obesity Means More Cancer Costs.
- The Effects of Student, School and Neighborhood Poverty on the Association Between Fitness and Absenteeism in New York City Middle School Youth.
Epidemiology
- Cadmium, Obesity, and Education, and the 10‐year Incidence of Hearing Impairment: The Beaver Dam Offspring Study.
- Variation of All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality with BMI in One Million Swedish Parent-son Pairs: An Instrumental Variable Analysis.
- Associations of Dairy Product Consumption with Mortality in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)–Italy Cohort.
- Nutrient Patterns, Cognitive Function, and Decline in Older Persons: Results From the Three-City and NuAge Studies.
- Predicting Overweight and Obesity in Young Adulthood From Childhood BMI: Comparison of Cutoffs Derived From Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Data.
- Self-weighing Frequency and Its Relationship with Health Measures.
Psychology & Neuroscience
- Exposure to Nature May Induce Lower Discounting and Lead to Healthier Dietary Choices.
- Effectiveness of a Community‐Based Weight Management Program for Patients Taking Antidepressants And/or Antipsychotics.
- Effects of Overweight or Obesity on Brain Resting State Functional Connectivity of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Equity and Disparities
- Decolonizing Nutrition Science.
- Associations Between Food Consumption Patterns and Chronic Diseases and Self-Reported Morbidities in 6 American Indian Communities.
- Genome-wide Association Study on Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain in Europeans and African-Americans.
Ethics
Stigma
- Attitudinal and Perceptual Body Image are Independent of One Another.
- Evaluative Implications of Intersecting Body Weight and Other Social Categories.
- Weight Stigma and Discrimination: Time for Change!
Policy Related
- The Distributional Impact of Taxing Sugar-sweetened Beverages: Findings From an Extended Cost-effectiveness Analysis in South Africa.
- Evidence Collection and Evaluation for the Development of Dietary Guidelines and Public Policy on Nutrition.
Intergenerational Effects
- Maternal Overfeeding During Lactation, Rather than Overweight Per Se, Impairs the Metabolic Response to Fed/Fasting Changing Conditions in the Post-Weaning Offspring.
- An Association Between Maternal Weight Change in the Year Before Pregnancy and Infant Birth Weight: ELFE, a French National Birth Cohort Study.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Ecophysiological Determinants of Sexual Size Dimorphism: Integrating Growth Trajectories, Environmental Conditions, and Metabolic Rates.
- Low Ambient Temperature Reduces the Time for Fuel Switching in the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus Colubris).
Methods
- Effects of Physical Activity on the Performance of 24-h Urinary Sucrose and Fructose as a Biomarker of Total Sugars Intake.
- Maximizing Precision and Accuracy of the Doubly Labeled Water Method Via Optimal Sampling Protocol, Calculation Choices, and Incorporation of 17O Measurements.
- Assess Accurate Quantitative Biomarkers of Added Sugar Intake in Adults.
Mathematical and Quantitative
- Dynamic Empirically Based Model for Understanding Future Trends in US Obesity Prevalence in the Context of Social Influences.
- The Future Burden of Obesity in Canada: A Modelling Study.
- Errors in Estimating Usual Sodium Intake By the Kawasaki Formula Alter Its Relationship with Mortality: Implications for Public Health.
- Activating a Community: An Agent‐Based Model of Romp & Chomp, a Whole‐of‐Community Childhood Obesity Intervention.
Commentary
- Eating Under the Microscope.
- Keto, Balance, and the Weight of the World.
- Good News! No Need to Eat Your Placenta.
- Young Innovators: Dietary Restrictions May Benefit Children with Premature Aging Disease.
- The (mild) Health Risks of Energy Drinks.
- Church Feeds the Soul, but What About the Waist?
- Helping Children Learn to Eat Well.
- Let's Not Just Dismiss the Weight Watchers Kurbo App.
- Our Food is Killing Too Many of Us.
- How Your Body’s Heater – Brown Fat – Works.
- Nutrition Education in Medical Training.
General
- Meta-analysis: Dropout Rates of In‐person Psychosocial Treatment Programs for Substance Use Disorders.
- Renal and Segmental Artery Hemodynamics During Whole-Body Passive Heating and Cooling Recovery.
- Stats Experts Plead: Just Say No to P-Hacking.
- How Research on Female Vertebrates Contributes to an Expanded Challenge Hypothesis.
- Sharing Data.
- Smiling Enemies: Young Children Better Recall Mean Individuals Who Smile.
- Survival of the Friendliest.
- When It Comes to Data and Resources, to Share is Divine (and Now Required).
- America's Colleges and Universities are Aggressively Addressing Foreign Threats.
- No Crisis but No Time for Complacency: Coming to Consensus on Reproducibility.
- RCT: Gluten Does Not Induce Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Healthy Volunteers.
- Editorial: Will Science Sway Beliefs About Gluten? (pdf)
- 7 Easy Steps to Open Science: An Annotated Reading List.
Announcements
- The British Academy's President Honours Academics Who Stand Up to Falsehood and Fake News.
- Video: Promises Fulfilled: Five Indiana University Graduates. Five Paths to Success.
- Exciting Opportunity at FTC: Scientific Review Analyst.
- Advancing Effective Obesity Communications: A Workshop @ Washington, DC (Sep 16).
- Big Data, Data Science and Deep Learning for Statisticians @ Indianapolis, IN (Sep 14).
- Training Program: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
- Training Program: AHA Strategically Focused Research Center– Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.