Featured

• Perspective: Key Causes and Contributors of Obesity.
• Relationship between Food Security Status in a Caregiver's Family of Origin and Current Feeding Practices Among Low-Income, Single, Female Primary Caregivers.
• Effects of Ambient Temperatures between 5 and 35 °C on Energy Balance, Body Mass and Body Composition in Mice.
• Transmissible Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Mediated by Extracellular Vesicles from Adipocyte Promoting the Senescence of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Hypertrophic Obesity.
• RCT: Effectiveness of Early Time-Restricted Eating for Weight Loss, Fat Loss, and Cardiometabolic Health in Adults with Obesity.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Your Child's Weight Problems Could Be Caused by Inadequate Sleep.
• Press-Release: Insufficient Sleep in Teenagers Is Associated with Overweight and Obesity.
• Meeting Abstract: Sleep Duration and Its Association with (Not Necessarily Cause Of) Cardiometabolic Outcomes Among Adolescents Enrolled in the SI Program in Spain.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Meta-Analysis: "Tart cherry juice had no effect on total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), insulin, BMI, fat mass, systolic and diastolic blood pressure."
• Meta-Analysis: Probiotics in Bariatric Surgery Ensure Greater Lipids and Glycemic Profile with No Effect on Anthropometric Measurements and Inflammatory Markers.
• High Intakes of Iodine Among Women During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period Has No Adverse Effect [association] on Thyroid Function.
• Meta-Analysis: "Coffee consumption has no effect on circulating markers of liver function but increases adiponectin concentrations."
• Meta-Analysis: "Sea buckthorn had no effect on blood sugar, blood pressure, and BMI of the overall subjects."
• No Statistically Significant Evidence for an Association between Ultraprocessed Food Intake and Overweight, Obesity, and Malnutrition Among Children in Tehran, Iran.
• RCT: "...in adults with pre-diabetes, this study examines the effect of six months of supplementation with probiotic and prebiotic interventions on the primary outcome of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) at six months...This study found no evidence of clinical benefit from the supplementation with either HN001 and/or OBG cereal on HbA1c or any secondary outcomes and does not support the clinical use of these interventions in populations with pre-diabetes."
• "Although lean NASH is considered to be more benign than obese NASH, our study suggests a paradoxical correlation of lean NASH with waitlist outcomes, and graft and patient survival post-LT."

Basic

• Contribution of the Co-Chaperone FKBP51 in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus to Metabolic Homeostasis in Male and Female Mice.
• MiR-130b/301b Is a Negative Regulator of Beige Adipogenesis and Energy Metabolism in Vitro and in Vivo.
• Rapamycin/metformin Co-Treatment Normalizes Insulin Sensitivity and Reduces Complications of Metabolic Syndrome in Type 2 Diabetic Mice.
• Alternate-Day Fasting Prevents Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Working Memory Impairment in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Exon 2-Mediated Deletion of Trem2 Does Not Worsen Metabolic Function in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Recommendations by the USDA Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review Team to Improve Research.
• Strengthening Research That Answers Nutrition Questions of Public Health Importance: Leveraging the Experience of the USDA Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review Team.

Clinical

• Thirty Obesity Myths, Misunderstandings, And/or Oversimplifications: An Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement (CPS) 2022.
• RCT: The Effects of Chitosan Supplementation on Anthropometric Indicators of Obesity, Lipid and Glycemic Profiles, and Appetite-Regulated Hormones in Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity.
• The Triglyceride Glucose-BMI: A Non-Invasive Index That Identifies Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the General Japanese Population.
• Facilitators and Barriers Influencing Weight Management Behaviours During Pregnancy.
• RCT: Effect of a Comprehensive Telehealth Intervention vs Telemonitoring and Care Coordination in Patients with Persistently Poor Type 2 Diabetes Control.

Children and Adolescents

• Review: Breakfast and School-Related Outcomes in Children and Adolescents in the US: A Literature Review and Its Implications for School Nutrition Policy.
• Lack of Evidence for a Causal Role of Hyperinsulinemia in the Progression of Obesity in Children and Adolescents.

Surgery

• RCT: A Smartphone Application to Improve Adherence to Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation After Bariatric Surgery.
• Investigating Relationships between Post-Prandial Gut Hormone Responses and Taste Liking Ratings Prior to and Following Bariatric Surgery.
• Comparative Safety and Effectiveness of Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy for Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes Across Race and Ethnicity in the PCORnet Bariatric Study Cohort.
• Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Alters Intestinal Glucose Transport in the Obese Zucker Rat.
• RCT: A Smartphone Application to Improve Adherence to Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation After Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• The Related Metabolic Diseases and Treatments of Obesity.
• Liraglutide and Exercise: A Possible Treatment for Obesity?
• Anti-Obesity Weight Loss Medications: Short-Term and Long-Term Use.
• Gastrointestinal Adverse Events of Semaglutide in Patients with Overweight or Obesity.

Food & Diet

• Scoping Review and Evidence Map on the Relationship between Exposure to Dietary Sweetness and Body Weight-Related Outcomes in Adults.
• Gut Microbiota and Host Genetics Modulate the Effect of Diverse Diet Patterns on Metabolic Health.
• RCT: Effects of Inulin Supplementation on Inflammatory Biomarkers and Clinical Symptoms of Women with Obesity and Depression on a Calorie-Restricted Diet.
• Review: The Effect of the Meat Factor in Animal-Source Foods on Micronutrient Absorption.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• 3-Bromopyruvate, a Caloric Restriction Mimetic, Exerts a Mitohormetic Effect to Provide Neuroprotection Through Activation of Autophagy in Rats During Aging.
• Systemic Lipolysis Promotes Physiological Fitness in Drosophila Melanogaster.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Predicting Decisional Determinants of Physical Activity Among Older Adults: An Integrated Behavior Approach.
• Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Mental Health.

Economics & Sociology

• Multiple Family Member Deaths and Cardiometabolic Health Among Black and White Older Adults.
• The “Jolly Fat” for the Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China, Was Education Level Considered?
• Gender Differentials in Prevalence and Distribution of BMI Categories Among Older Adults in Various Strata of Society in India.

Epidemiology

• The Neighbourhood Environment and Profiles of the Metabolic Syndrome.
• Sex Differences in the Association between Short Sleep Duration and Obesity Among US Adults.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Silencing of Hypothalamic FGF11 Prevents Diet-Induced Obesity.
• RCT: Efficacy of a Food Response and Attention Training Treatment for Obesity.
• Changes in Hedonic Hunger and Food Reward After a Similar Weight Loss Induced by a Very Low-Energy Diet or Bariatric Surgery.
• RCT: Improved Food Go/No-Go Scores After Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Prefrontal Cortex.
• Functional Relationship between Inhibitory Control, Cognitive Flexibility, Psychomotor Speed and Obesity.
• Insufficient Sleep and Obesity: Cause or Consequence.
• Systematic Review: Association between Total Diet Replacement Programs and Mental Well-Being.

Equity and Disparities

• Analysis and Exploration on the Integration of Mental Health Education Into College Physical Education Practice.
• Potential Applications of Thyroid Hormone Derivatives in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Focus on 3,5-Diiodothyronine (3,5-T2) in Psammomys obesus (Fat Sand Rat) Model.
• The Socio-Economic Inequality in BMI: A PERSIAN Cohort-Based Cross-Sectional Study on 20,000 Iranian Adults.

Stigma

• Examining How Framing Obesity as Disease Vs. Food Addiction Influences Stigma Among Fitness Practitioners.
• Adolescents with Overweight and School Health Nurses in Norway on Weight Stigma and Physical Activity.
• Systematic Review: Examining Weight Bias Before And/or After Bariatric Surgery.

Policy Related

• Integrating Framework Analysis, Scenario Design, and Decision Support System for Sustainable Healthy Food System Analysis.
• Systematic Review: Partnerships and Community Engagement Key to Policy, Systems, and Environmental Achievements for Healthy Eating and Active Living.
• Assessment of Calories Purchased After Calorie Labeling of Prepared Foods in a Large Supermarket Chain.

Intergenerational Effects

• Sex-Specific Effects of Maternal Weight Loss on Offspring Cardiometabolic Outcomes in the Obese Preeclamptic-Like Mouse Model, BPH/5.
• Prenatal Metabolomic Profiles Mediate the Effect of Maternal Obesity on Early Childhood Growth Trajectories and Obesity Risk.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Reproduction, Postnatal Development and Resting Metabolic Rate of a Poorly Studied Subterranean Rodent, the Long-Clawed Vole (Prometheomys schaposchnikowi).
• Energy Consumption III—Performance Output.

Methods

• Perspective: A Rational Definition for Functional Foods.
• Use of Deep Neural Networks to Classify Images of Common Edible Nuts.
• Validation of Energy Expenditure and Macronutrient Oxidation Measured by Two New Whole-Room Indirect Calorimeters.
• Review: Outcomes Addressed in Lifestyle RCTs in Community-Dwelling Older People with (Sarcopenic) Obesity.
• Systematic Review: Examining Contributors to Misestimation of Food and Beverage Intake Based on Short-Term Self-Report Dietary Assessment Instruments Administered to Adults.

Commentary

• Everyday Foods and Cosmetics That Use Wild Plants May Be Harming the Environment.
• Gastrophysics: The Science of Dining by Charles Spence - and Commentary on Replicability of Some Behavioral Science.
• How About a Pumpkin Spice Tax to Fight Obesity?
• Hedonic Food Technology.
• Replacing Sugar: How, Now?
• Recommendations for RCTs on Bariatric Surgery.
• Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Metabolic Disorders: Opposite Roles of Phytochemicals and Food Contaminants.
• Experimental Studies on Androgen Administration in Animal Models: Current and Future Perspectives.
• Preventing Obesity—It Is Time for Multiple Policy Strategies.

General

• Psychological Inoculation Improves Resilience Against Misinformation on Social Media.
• Male Social Niche Conformance? Effects of Manipulated Opportunity for Extra-Pair Mating on Behavior and Hormones of Male Zebra Finches.
• Interplay of Plastic Pollution with Algae and Plants: Hidden Danger or a Blessing?
• Occam’s Razor Gets a New Edge: The Use of Symmetries in Model Selection.
• Immortal Jellyfish Genes Identified That May Explain Their Long Lives.
• The Proportion of RCTs That Inform Clinical Practice.
• Artificially Stimulating Retrotransposon Activity Increases Mortality and Accelerates a Subset of Aging Phenotypes in Drosophila.
• Researchers Challenge Claim of Historic Human Brain ‘shrinking’.

Announcements

• Call for Candidates: Editors-In-Chief for Advances in Nutrition and the Journal of Nutrition. Deadline for Applications: October 28, 2022.
• Indiana Partners with IU to Offer Telehealth Counseling in Rural Areas.
• 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.
• Scientific Meeting: Causes of Obesity: Theories, Conjectures and Evidence.