09/08/23
Featured
- Association of Later-Life Weight Changes with Survival to Ages 90, 95, and 100: The Women’s Health Initiative.
- Unanswered Questions About the Causes of Obesity.
- Review: Sexual Function and Satisfaction in the Context of Obesity.
- Causal Models and Causal Modelling in Obesity: Foundations, Methods and Evidence.
- Application of a Stoichiometric Bioenergetic Approach and Whole-Body Protein Synthesis to the Nutritional Assessment of Juvenile Thenus australiensis.
- Design, Analysis, and Interpretation of Treatment Response Heterogeneity in Personalized Nutrition and Obesity Treatment Research.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: Breakthrough Obesity Research Lets You Eat and Lose Fat.
- Press Release: Study Demonstrates Weight Loss in Mice Without Resorting to Dietary Restrictions.
- Study: Hypothalamic GABRA5-Positive Neurons Control Obesity Via Astrocytic GABA... In Mice. Obesity Research Itself Can Neither Let nor Stop You from Eating.
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: "Contrary to expectations, children in the control group demonstrated higher perceptions of intention (F(2, 84) = 4.838, p = 0.010) and effort (F(2, 80) = 3.473, p = 0.036) towards leisure-time physical activity at follow-up."
- "Contrary to prevailing hypotheses, weight changes in childhood is probably not a major explanatory mechanism linking early childhood adversity with later-life morbidity."
- "...contrary to our hypothesis, the study suggests that weight loss among overweight individuals did not result in higher life satisfaction."
- "Contrary to our hypotheses, higher greenness exposure was associated non-linearly with lower mean steps per minute after adjusting for confounders. We found higher levels of greenness were inversely associated with steps per minute."
- "With a limited number of studies, our data indicate that LCn-3 PUFA supplementation has no effect on muscle strength or functional abilities in older adults but may increase muscle mass..."
- "Contrary to our hypothesis, we find that the myoglobin gene from the minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, shows a low level of expression, only about 8% that of humans", that has implications for "Hypotheses regarding the mechanisms leading to these high myoglobin levels often invoke the induction of gene expression by exercise, hypoxia...".
- "Contrary to our hypothesis, we found almost no pattern in pore placement between clades, dietary groups or venom toxicity."
- "Contrary to our expectations, a 4-hr fast during the light photoperiod promotes a paradoxical increase in inter-animal variation in metabolic rate, physical activity, body temperature, glycemia, and glucose tolerance."
Basic
- Deletion of Complement Factor 5 Amplifies Glucose Intolerance in Male but Not Female Mice with Obesity.
- Dissertation: Environmental Pollutants Alter Estrogen and Thyroid Hormone Response and Appetite Control in Zebrafish.
- Identification of an Alternative Triglyceride Biosynthesis Pathway.
- At Any Level of Adiposity, Relatively Elevated Leptin Concentrations are Associated with Decreased Insulin Sensitivity.
- Myogenically Differentiated Mesenchymal Stem Cell Insulin Sensitivity Is Associated with Infant Adiposity at 1 and 6 months of Age.
- The Dual Hypothesis of Homeostatic Body Weight Regulation, Including Gravity-Dependent and Leptin-Dependent Actions.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
- Can Inadequate Corrections [For Papers on Vitamin D] Turn Misinformation Into Disinformation?
- Article: The Effect of Different Physical Exercise Programs on Physical Fitness Among Preschool Children: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Letter: One Cluster Per Condition Is Not a Valid Design in Cluster-Randomized Trials. Comment on Wang et al.
Clinical
- RCT: Diet-Induced Weight Loss and Phenotypic Flexibility Among Healthy Adults with Overweight.
- RCT: Effect of Semaglutide 2.4 Mg Once Weekly on 10-Year Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
- RCT: Circadian Misalignment Increases 24-Hour Acylated Ghrelin in Chronic Shift Workers.
- RCT: Effects of 12-Week Intermittent Calorie Restriction on Liver Steatosis in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
- RCT: The Effect of High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation and an Exercise Program to Lose Weight on Some Biochemical Variables of Women with Overweight.
- RCT: Adding Executive Function Training to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder.
Children and Adolescents
- Childhood Obesity in India: A Two-Decade Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates.
- Meta-Analysis: Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Serum Adiponectin Concentrations in Children and Adolescents with Obesity.
- Reevaluating First-Line Therapies in Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes.
- The Effects of COVID-19 Virtual Learning on Body Fat and Insulin Resistance in Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity.
- Relationship between the Multidimensional 8-5-2-1-0 Health Guideline and Adolescent Obesity. (pdf)
- RCT: Investigating the Use of Donor Milk in Late Preterm and Term Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Surgery
- Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism and Liver and Kidney Function in Food-Induced Obesity and Diabetes in Rats.
- Short-Term Cardiovascular Events After Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.
- Development and Validation of an Interpretable Machine Learning-Based Calculator for Predicting 5-Year Weight Trajectories After Bariatric Surgery.
- Evaluation of the White Matter Integrity Before and After Bariatric Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients.
Drugs
- Meta-Analysis: The Weight-Loss Effect of GLP-1RAs Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in Individuals with Overweight or Obesity and Without Diabetes.
- Interpreting Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Anti-Obesity Medications for the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity-Reading the Tea Leaves.
Food & Diet
- RCT: High- and Normal-Protein Diets Improve Body Composition and Glucose Control in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Adherence to the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Compared with the Mediterranean Diet in Relation to Risk of Prediabetes Using National Data from 2007-2016.
- Diet Composition and Energy Intake in Humans.
- Protein Appetite as an Integrator in the Obesity System: The Protein Leverage Hypothesis.
- Carbohydrate-Insulin Model: Does the Conventional View of Obesity Reverse Cause and Effect?
- Brown Adipose Tissue: Can It Keep Us Slim? A Discussion of the Evidence for and Against the Existence of Diet-Induced Thermogenesis in Mice and Men.
Caloric and Dietary Restriction
- Proteomic Changes Induced by Longevity-Promoting Interventions in Mice.
- Calorie Restriction Impairs Anti-Tumor Immune Responses in an Immunogenic Preclinical Cancer Model.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- Weekday and Weekend Physical Activity Patterns and Their Correlates Among Young Adults.
- Exercise Prevents Fatal Stress-Induced Myocardial Injury in Mice with Obesity.
- Prevalence and Trends of Weakness Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States.
Economics & Sociology
- Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmacotherapy for the Treatment of Obesity in Adolescents.
- Cardiometabolic Risk Profile Among Children with Migrant Parents and Role of Parental Education.
Epidemiology
- Review: Obesity and Recurrent Miscarriage: The Interconnections between Adipose Tissue and the Immune System.
- Controlled Attenuation Parameters to Assess Liver Steatosis in Obese Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
- Abstract: Epidemiology of Severe Obesity in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement in the Kingdom of Fife over the Last 20 Years.
- A Possible Genetic Association between Obesity and Colon Cancer in Females.
- The Influence of Immigrant Background and Parental Education on Overweight and Obesity in 8-Year-Old Children in Norway.
- Birth Weight, Childhood Obesity, Adulthood Obesity and Body Composition, and Gastrointestinal Diseases.
Psychology & Neuroscience
- Latent Profile Analysis of Physical Activity Motivation During Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment.
- Microtemporal Dynamics of Dietary Intake, Physical Activity, and Impulsivity in Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Within Nutritional Psychiatry.
- Delayed Mid-Sleep Time Associated with Weight Gain While Controlling for Eating Behaviors and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Equity and Disparities
- Experiencing Food Insecurity in Childhood: Influences on Eating Habits and Body Weight in Young Adulthood.
- Overweight and Obesity in Finnish Children by Parents’ Socioeconomic Position.
- An Examination of the Relationships between the Neighborhood Social Environment, Adiposity, and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk in Adolescence.
Stigma
- RCT: Compassion-Focused Therapy to Reduce Body Weight Shame for Individuals with Obesity.
- Obesity and Psychological Distress.
- An Examination of Parental Weight Stigma and Weight Talk Among Socioeconomically and Racially/Ethnically Diverse Parents.
Policy Related
- The Estimated Dietary and Health Impact of Implementing the Recently Approved ‘High In’ Front-Of-Package Nutrition Symbol in Canada: A Food Substitution Scenario Modeling Study.
- Healthy Food Policies Documented in University Food Service Contracts.
- Promoting Health in the Digital Environment: Health Policy Experts’ Responses to On-Demand Delivery in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing the Effectiveness of Food Reformulation and Fortification to Improve Dietary and Nutrition Outcomes.
- RCT: Trips4health: Incentivizing Adult Public Transport Use for Physical Activity Gain.
- Understanding the Pathway between Work and Health Outcomes for Women During the Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Periods Through the Framing of Maternal Obesity.
- Commentary: Interpreting Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Anti-Obesity Medications for the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity—Reading the Tea Leaves.
Intergenerational Effects
- Paternal and Maternal Birthweight and Offspring Risk of Macrosomia at Term Gestations.
- Gestational Diabetes and Long-Term Cardiometabolic Health.
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Genetic Factors, Epigenetic Alterations, and Microbial Composition.
- Leptin Receptor Expression in Blood Mononuclear Cells of Lactating Women Is Associated with Infant Body Weight: Potential Role as a Molecular Biomarker.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Associations of Residential Greenness and Ambient Air Pollution with Overweight and Obesity in Older Adults.
- Models of Body Weight and Fatness Regulation.
- Food Insecurity as a Cause of Adiposity: Evolutionary and Mechanistic Hypotheses.
- The Provisioned Primate: Patterns of Obesity Across Lemurs, Monkeys, Apes and Humans.
Methods
- Quality Measurement Gaps and Future Directions in the Assessment of Obesity.
- Comparison of Imputation Methods for Missing Production Data of Dairy Cattle.
- Ectopic Lipid Deposition in Muscle and Liver, Quantified by Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
Mathematical and Quantitative
Commentary
- Carmella Evans-Molina: Being of Service.
- The Gory History of Europe’s Mummy-Eating Fad.
- Does It Matter Why the Population Has So Much Obesity?
- Sugar Substitutes: Deep Dive Into the Pros, Cons, Available Options, and Impact on Metabolic Health.
- What Is on the Horizon for Metabolic Surgery?
- Fight Against Food Waste: Combating Contamination and Spoilage.
- Obesity and Cancer: Update on Etiology, Molecular Biomarkers and Biotargets, Clinical Strategies, and Epidemiology.
- The Second Edition of Motivations Associated with Food Choices and Eating Practices.
General
- Editorial: Reproducibility in Neuroscience.
- Commentary: “Enhancing Trust in Science and Democracy in an Age of Misinformation”.
- Genomic Inference of a Severe Human Bottleneck During the Early to Middle Pleistocene Transition.
- Estimating the False Discovery Risk of (Randomized) Clinical Trials in Medical Journals Based on Published P-Values.
- Influence of the Physical Effort of Reminder-Setting on Strategic Offloading of Delayed Intentions.
- Are the Effects of Catch-And-Release Angling Evident in Changes to mRNA Abundances Related to Metabolism, Acid–Base Regulation and Stress in Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Gills?
- Novel Insights Into Symbiont Population Structure: Globe-Trotting Avian Feather Mites Contradict the Specialist–Generalist Variation Hypothesis.
- Effects of Acute Maternal Stress Induced by Predator Cues on Spatial Learning and Memory of Offspring in the Subterranean Rodent Ctenomys talarum.
- Conversations in Health Equity: Practicing Cultural Humility in Latino Populations.
- Early Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk Factors Preserves Brain Metabolism.
- Do Consumers Support Beginning and Female Farmers?
- Climate Change May Force More Farmers and Ranchers to Consider Irrigation.