Featured

• Toward Healthier Cookie Habits: Assessing the Role of Packaging Visual Appearance in the Expectations for Dietary Cookies in Digital Environments.
• Systematic Review: Evaluation of Dietary Patterns and All-Cause Mortality.
• Neonatal Exposure to a Wild-Derived Microbiome Protects Mice Against Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Targeting the Dietary Na:K Ratio—Considerations for Design of an Intervention Study to Impact Blood Pressure.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: High Fat Diets Break the Body Clock – This May Be the Underlying Cause of Obesity.
• Study: Rhythmic Neuronal Activities of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract are Impaired by a Diet with 70% of Energy from Fat in Rats.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Meta-analysis: "We found that [school gardening activity] has no obvious effect on improving children's” BMI, BMI z-score, or WC.
• Warm-Up Intensity Does Not Affect the Ergogenic Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate in Adult Men.
• Bold Behavior Is Associated with Genes That Regulate Energy Use but Does Not Covary with Body Condition in Food-Restricted Snails.
• No Effect of Acute Eccentric Resistance Exercise on Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults.
• RCT: Carbohydrate and Protein Co-Ingestion Postexercise Does Not Improve Next-Day Performance in Trained Cyclists.
• Self-Reported Interoceptive Sensibility Does Not Moderate the Relationship between Eating Disorder Symptoms and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors.
• Consuming a Low-Calorie Amount of Routine Food and Drink Does Not Affect Bioimpedance Body Fat Percentage in Healthy Individuals.
• RCT: "results showed that playing a serious health game did not have an effect on attitude toward fruits or energy-dense snacks or on the intake of fruits or less energy-dense snacks."

Basic

• Upregulation of Thioesterase Superfamily Member 2 in Skeletal Muscle Promotes Hepatic Steatosis and Insulin Resistance.
• Hyperglycemia Alters Mitochondrial Respiration Efficiency and Mitophagy in Human Podocytes.
• Acetylcholine-Synthesizing Macrophages in Subcutaneous Fat are Regulated by β2-Adrenergic Signaling.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Announcement: 2021 Recognizing Excellence in Advancing Health Literacy Award.
• Word Selection and Weight Bias.

Clinical

• Effects of Social Distancing on Diabetes Management in Older Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Meta-analysis: Association between BMI and Survival Outcomes in Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Children and Adolescents

• Changes in BMI Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Mendelian Randomization Analyses Suggest Childhood Body Size Indirectly Influences End Points from Across the Cardiovascular Disease Spectrum Through Adult Body Size.
• Higher BMI Predicts Liver Fibrosis Among Children and Adolescents with Obesity and NAFLD - an Interventional Pilot Study.
• Limitations of the Protective Measure Theory in Explaining the Role of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Obesity: An Updated Model with Emphasis on Biological Embedding.

Surgery

• Nocturnal Oximetry in Bariatric Surgery Patients Referred to Overnight In-Lab Polysomnography.
• RCT: Preoperative Dexamethasone for Airway-Related "Calibration Tube" Complications After Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• Network Meta-analysis: Metabolic Surgery Procedures for the Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes.

Drugs

• Levels of Circulating Semaglutide Determine Reductions in HbA1c and Body Weight in People with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Worth the Weight? Olanzapine Prescribing in Schizophrenia. A Review of Weight Gain and Other Cardiometabolic Side Effects of Olanzapine.

Food & Diet

• Low-Fat, Lactose-Free and Leucine-Enriched Chocolate Cow Milk Prototype: A Preliminary Study on Sensorial Acceptability and Gastrointestinal Complaints Following Exhaustive Exercise.
• Meta-analyses: Trends in Junk Food Consumption Among US Children and Adults, 2001–2018.
• RCT: Effect of Fenugreek Use on Fasting Blood Glucose, Glycosylated Hemoglobin, BMI, Waist Circumference, Blood Pressure and Quality of Life in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Caloric Restriction Mimetics in Nutrition and Clinical Trials.
• Hypoglycemic and Lipid Lowering Effects of Theaflavins in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
• Selenium Intake and Glycemic Control in Young Adults with Normal-Weight Obesity Syndrome.
• RCT: Safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius L.) Oil Could Improve Abdominal Obesity, Blood Pressure, and Insulin Resistance in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.
• Potato Consumption Is Not Associated with Elevated Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescent Girls.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• The Metabolomic Effects of Tripeptide Gut Hormone Infusion Compared to Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass and Caloric Restriction.
• Caloric Restriction Per Se Rather Than Dietary Macronutrient Distribution Plays a Primary Role in Metabolic Health and Body Composition Improvements in Obese Mice.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• High-Volume Intermittent Maximal Intensity Isometric Exercise Caused Great Stress, Although Central Motor Fatigue Did Not Occur.
• Physical Activity, Sports Participation and Exercise-Related Constraints in Adult Women with Primary Hypothyroidism Treated with Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy.
• Attenuation of Stress-Induced Cardiovascular Reactivity Following High-Intensity Interval Exercise in Untrained Males.
• Hypertension Among South African Children in Disadvantaged Areas and Associations with Physical Activity, Fitness, and Cardiovascular Risk Markers: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• Cross-Fostering Selectively Bred High Runner Mice Affects Adult Body Mass but Not Voluntary Exercise.
• The Effects of Exercise on Lipid Biomarkers.
• Physical Activity and Fat-Free Mass During Growth and in Later Life.

Economics & Sociology

• Does Weight-Cycling Influence Illness Beliefs in Obesity? A Gender-Sensitive Approach.
• Examining Gender and the Longitudinal Effect of Weight Conscious Drinking Dimensions on BMI Among a College Freshman Cohort.

Epidemiology

• Associations of Weight Loss with Obesity-Related Comorbidities in a Large Integrated Health System.
• Understanding the Link between Obesity and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Causal Mediation by Systemic Inflammatory Response.
• Long-Term BMI Variability, Weight Change Slope, and Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes: 7-Year Prospective Study in Chinese Hypertensive Subjects.
• Meta-analysis: Central Obesity Accelerates Leukocyte Telomere Length (LTL) Shortening in Apparently Healthy Adults.
• RCT: Adiposity and Cancer: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis in the UK Biobank.
• Association of Adiposity with Incident Diabetes Among Black Adults in the Jackson Heart Study.
• Higher Levels of C-Reactive Protein and Ferritin in Patients with Overweight and Obesity and SARS-CoV-2-Related Pneumonia.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Chocolate Culture: Preferences, Emotional Implications and Awareness of Italian Consumers.
• Group Cognitive Remediation Therapy Prior to Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment for Adults with Severe Obesity.
• Adult Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder Among Alcohol Use Disorder Inpatients Is Associated with Food Addiction and Binge Eating, but Not BMI.
• Adverse Childhood Experiences in Relation to Mood-, Weight-, and Eating-Related Outcomes in Emerging Adulthood: Does Self-Compassion Play a Buffering Role?
• No Addiction Transfer from Preoperative Food Addiction to Other Addictive Behaviors During the First Year After Bariatric Surgery.
• Review: Arcuate Nucleus-Dependent Regulation of Metabolism - Pathways to Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus.

Equity and Disparities

• Socioeconomic Inequities in 5-Year Weight Trajectories in Association with Baseline Weight-Related Perceptions: A Longitudinal Study.
• Socioeconomic Inequities in Diet Quality Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults Living in Canada: An Analysis of Trends between 2004 and 2015.
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obesity Prevalence Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Receiving Inpatient Care in Hawai‘i, 2015–2016.
• Widening Socioeconomic Disparities in Pain and Physical Function Among Americans are Linked with Growing Obesity.
• Age at Diagnosis of Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity in the United States from 2011 to 2018.

Stigma

• Weight Bias Internalization: Relationships with Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior.
• “He’s Not Fat, He Just Has Asthma”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Weight Management in Families Living with Pediatric Asthma.

Policy Related

• Influence of the San Francisco, CA, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Health Warning on Consumer Reactions.
• Association of Obesity with Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Events.
• Identifying Adults at High-Risk for Change in Weight and BMI in England: A Longitudinal, Large-Scale, Population-Based Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records.

Intergenerational Effects

• Childhood Obesity and Maternal Personality Traits: A New Point of View on Obesity Behavioural Aspects.
• C-Section Birth Increases Offspring Obesity Risk Dependent on Maternal Diet and Obesity Status in Rats.
• Plasma Lipidomics in Early Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Nested Case–control Study in Chinese Women.
• Association of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Breastfeeding with NAFLD in Young Adults: A Parental Negative Control Study.

Methods

• Misreporting of Dietary Energy Intake Obtained by 24 h Recalls in Older Adults: A Comparison of Five Previous Methods Using Doubly Labeled Water.
• Revisiting Energy Expenditure: How to Correct Mouse Metabolic Rate for Body Mass.
• Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Obesity Research: A Scoping Review.

Commentary

• Machine Learning Reveals How Glucose Helps the SARS-CoV-2 Virus.
• Can Increasing Physical Activity Prevent Aging-Related Loss of Skeletal Muscle?
• Should Lab-Grown Meat Be Labeled as Meat? USDA Seeks Public Input.
• Blame and Shame for Suffering: Obesity and COVID.
• Waistline to the Gumline: Relationship between Obesity and Periodontal Disease-Biological and Management Considerations.
• Microbiomes and Childhood Malnutrition: What Is the Evidence?
• Whetting Your Appetite for Food Advocacy.
• Death by Discord.
• Fat Camps: A Sad Artifact of Obesity Misunderstood.

General

• Simple Carbohydrate Intake and Higher Risk for Physical Frailty over 15 Years in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
• New Scans of Tyrannosaur Skulls Reveal Echoes of Dino Brains.
• Exercise-Induced Orgasm and Its Association with Sleep Orgasms and Orgasms During Partnered Sex: Findings from a U.S. Probability Survey.
• Female Hummingbirds Avoid Harassment by Looking Like Males.
• Neither Sick nor Healthy: Patients-In-Waiting.
• "Without a proper control group, issues of regression to the mean and selection bias render results difficult to interpret."
• Returning a Favor Via Social Media Could Drive Healthier Habits, Study Shows.
• Bias of Calf Sex on Milk Yield and Fat Yield in Holstein Crossbreed Cows.

Announcements

• The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University, Bloomington, Invites Applications for Up to Two CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowships.
• Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health — Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington.
• Nutrition Science Tenure/Tenure-Track: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Search.