Featured

• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Dietary Nitrate on Human Muscle Power.
• Stimulated Insulin Secretion Predicts Changes in Body Composition Following Weight Loss in Adults with High BMI.
• Review: The Potential Role of Appetite in Mediating the Relationship of Whole Grains and Body Weight.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Habitual Whole Grain Consumption Benefits Health.
• Study: Longitudinal Associations between Self-Reported Whole- and Refined-Grain Consumption and Longitudinal Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors. Causal Benefits Not Demonstrated.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Significant Differences in Outcomes Among Randomized Groups in Study of Effects of Caloric Restriction and Rope-Skipping Exercise on Cardiometabolic Health in Young Adults.
• RCT: "There were no significant effects of the nutrition or physical activity intervention on child BMI scores or child quality of life, and no significant synergistic effects of the two interventions combined."
• RCT: "Parent mentors were not effective in changing the adiposity indices in this study overall..."
• RCT: Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation Did Not Diminish the Adverse Effect of Weight Loss on Bone Health.
• "Contrary to our expectation, tolerance did not prevent rats from shifting their preference to cocaine when choosing under the influence...[in contrast to our hypothesis] that this preference shift is mainly due to a direct suppression of responding for sweet reward by cocaine pharmacological effects."
• "Contrary to the initial hypothesis, our findings suggest an inverse association between dAGEs and colorectal cancer risk."
• "Contrary to the findings of others, we found an increased number of newly generated tdTomato+ adipocytes in the iWAT of male mice, which was smaller than that observed in the gWAT."
• "Contrary to the assumed progressive elevation in strain, but in agreement with recent literature, a gradual reduction in heat storage in subsequent exercise bouts prevented a cumulative increase in heat strain in the conditions tested."

Basic

• Low Production of 12α-Hydroxylated Bile Acids Prevents Hepatic Steatosis in Cyp2c70-/- Mice by Reducing Fat Absorption.
• Effects of IL-33 on 3T3-L1 Cells and Obese Mice Models Induced by a High-Fat Diet.
• Increased Energy Expenditure and Protection from Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice Lacking the CGMP-Specific Phosphodiesterase PDE9.
• Fetuin-B, a Potential Link of Liver-Adipose Tissue Cross Talk During Diet-Induced Weight Loss–Weight Maintenance.
• Maternal Transmission of Human OGG1 Protects Mice Against Genetically- and Diet-Induced Obesity Through Increased Tissue Mitochondrial Content.
• Impact of Dietary Sodium Reduction on the Development of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in db/db Mice.
• Cytokine Induced Natural Killer Cell Training Is Dependent on Cellular Metabolism and Is Defective in Obesity.
• Wheel Running Leads to Sex-Specific Effects on Western Diet-Associated Glucose Homeostasis and Brain Insulin Signaling Without Altering Food-Related Impulsive Choice.
• Review: A Tale of Three Systems: Toward a Neuroimmunoendocrine Model of Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• RetractionWatch: Retraction of Review of Broccoli’s Health Benefits.
• Study Says Sweeteners Prompt Food Cravings? Nope.
• "The Paper Database": A collection of scientific papers on weight and weight-related outcomes organized by topic.

Clinical

• RCT: Growing Healthy Together...Using Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity in Low-Income, Latino Families.
• The Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Adults. A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
• Systematic Review: Interventions for Preventing Weight Gain After Smoking Cessation.
• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Weight Loss on Erectile Function in Men with Overweight or Obesity.

Children and Adolescents

• Childhood Obesity Issue: Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration 3.0: Study Designs for Scaling Effective Pediatric Weight Management Interventions for High-Risk Children Through Packaging and Implementation.
• RCT: Term Infant Formula Supplemented with Milk-Derived Oligosaccharides Shifts the Gut Microbiota Closer to That of Human Milk-Fed Infants and Improves Intestinal Immune Defense.
• "The association between obesity and autism spectrum disorder in this study highlights the need for greater attention to nutrition, physical activity, and co-occurring conditions among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder."
• "Children with metabolically healthy obesity were younger, weighed less, and had lower BMI z-scores than their peers with metabolically unhealthy obesity."

Surgery

• Short-Term Effect of Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery on Intraocular Pressure, Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness, and the Optic Nerve Head Blood Flow Measured by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.
• Iron Deficiency and Anemia 10 Years After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass for Severe Obesity.
• "The significant weight loss after bariatric surgery (Roux-en-Y gastric bypass) improves the heart rate variability and hence cardiac autonomic modulation."
• Review: Obesity and Bariatric Surgery in Kidney Transplantation.

Drugs

• RCT: Acute Effects of High Doses of Caffeine on Bar Velocity During the Bench Press Throw in Athletes Habituated to Caffeine.
• RCT: Effects of Exenatide on Urinary Albumin in Patients with Overweight or Obesity and T2DM.
• Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Population of Children with Obesity for Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling.

Food & Diet

• Association between Soft-Drink Intake and Obesity, Depression, and Subjective Health Status of Male and Female Adults.
• Diet-Induced Fasting Ghrelin Elevation Reflects the Recovery of Insulin Sensitivity and Visceral Adiposity Regression.
• Interplay between Adipose Tissue Secreted Proteins, Eating Behavior and Obesity.
• Dietary Energy Levels Affect Carbohydrate Metabolism-Related Bacteria and Improve Meat Quality in the Longissimus Thoracis Muscle of Yak (Bos grunniens).
• A Posteriori Dietary Patterns Better Explain Variations of the Gut Microbiome Than Individual Markers in the American Gut Project.
• Prepregnancy Adherence to Plant-Based Diet Indices and Exploratory Dietary Patterns in Relation to Fecundability.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• A Genetic Model of Methionine Restriction Extends Drosophila Health- and Lifespan.
• Qualitative Exploration of Dimensions of Restrictive Feeding with Australian Mothers of 6-Year-Olds.
• Review: Ketones – Potential to Achieve Brain Energy Rescue and Sustain Cognitive Health During Aging.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• "Parental and child preferences and priorities, as well as parental rules for activity at home, were associated with children’s home-based sitting and physical activity, especially on weekdays."
• Beneficial Effects of High Intensity Interval Training And/or Linseed Oil Supplementation to Limit Obesity-Induced Oxidative Stress in High Fat Diet-Fed Rats.
• Rapid Escalation of High-Volume Exercise During Caloric Restriction; Change in Visceral Adipose Tissue and Adipocytokines in Sedentary Breast Cancer Survivors with Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis: Energy Deficiency Impairs Resistance Training Gains in Lean Mass but Not Strength.

Economics & Sociology

• The Role of Sociodemographic Factors on Goal Achievement in a Community-Based Diabetes Prevention Program Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention.
• Relationship between Obesity and School Absenteeism in Australian Children: Implications for Carer Productivity.
• "Participation in a pediatric weight management interventions was associated with decrease in parental stress."
• Examination of Elective Bariatric Surgery Rates Before and After US Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion.
• Overweight and Obesity by School Socioeconomic Composition and Adolescent Socioeconomic Status.

Epidemiology

• Trends in Cardiovascular Risk Factors in US Adults by Race and Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status, 1999-2018.
• Lead, Mercury, and Cadmium Exposures are Associated with Obesity but Not with Diabetes Mellitus.
• Comparison of the Incidence of Cardiovascular Diseases in Weight Groups with Healthy and Unhealthy Metabolism.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Association of Body Image Dissatisfaction, Behavioral Responses for Healthy Eating, and Cardiovascular Health in African-American Women with Overweight or Obesity.
• Sexual Victimization and Disordered Eating Among Community Individuals: The Influence of Negative and Positive Emotion Dysregulation.
• Sleep Health Mediates the Relationship between Physical Activity and Depression Symptoms.
• Review: Oxytocin and Food Intake Control: Neural, Behavioral, and Signaling Mechanisms.

Equity and Disparities

• Ethnic Differences in Family Childcare Providers’ Nutrition- and Activity-Related Attitudes and Barriers.
• Marked and Widening Socioeconomic Inequalities in Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence in Scotland.
• Diabetes and Obesity Bias: Are We Intensifying the Pharmacological Treatment in Patients with and Without Obesity with Equity?
• Review: The Elusive Link between Income and Obesity.

Stigma

• The Ruling of Weight: An Institutional Ethnography Investigating Young People's Body Weight Surveillance Work.
• Qualitative Analysis: Public Understanding of Childhood Obesity...News Articles and Comments on Facebook.
• Systematic Review: Internalised Weight Stigma as a Mediator of the Relationship between Experienced / Perceived Weight Stigma and Biopsychosocial Outcomes.

Policy Related

• Community Perceptions in New York City: Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Policies and Programs in the First 1000 Days.
• Systematic Review: Implementing Food Environment Policies at Scale: What Helps? What Hinders?
• Review: The Nutrition Transition to a Stage of High Obesity and Noncommunicable Disease Prevalence Dominated by Ultra-Processed Foods Is Not Inevitable.

Intergenerational Effects

• "...prepregnancy BMI may partly explain the association between birth by cesarean delivery and adiposity in adolescence."
• Maternal Adaptations to Food Intake Across Pregnancy: Central and Peripheral Mechanisms.
• Prospective Study: Maternal Iodine Deficiency: A Newborns’ Overweight Risk Factor?
• Meta-Analysis: Transgenerational Effects of Obesogenic Diets in Rodents.
• Review: Maternal Obesity, Gestational Diabetes, and Fetal Macrosomia an Incidental or a Mechanistic Relationship?
• Thesis: Investigating the Impact of Maternal Diet on Offspring Immune Function.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Feeding Effects on Liver Mitochondrial Bioenergetics of Boa constrictor (Serpentes: Boidae).
• Functional Loss of Ketogenesis in Odontocete Cetaceans.

Methods

• Concerns and Recommendations for Using Amazon MTurk for Eating Disorder Research.
• A Toolkit for Evaluating Childhood Healthy Weight Programs.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• A Modular Mathematical Model of Exercise-Induced Changes in Metabolism, Signaling, and Gene Expression in Human Skeletal Muscle.
• Review: Dynamic Changes in Energy Expenditure in Response to Underfeeding.

Commentary

• Morning vs Evening Exercise.
• Saturated Fats and Cardiovascular Health: Current Evidence and Controversies.
• Is Alternate-Day Fasting Superior to Calorie Restriction for Fat Loss in Lean Adults?
• Essential Advice to Prevent Food Allergies.
• Diabetes Expert Recommends Paradigm Shift in Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes to Focus on Weight Loss.
• Statin Use Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Progression.
• Taking the Mic to Destigmatize Obesity.
• Do Color-Coded Food Labels Improve Dietary Choices?

General

• Meta-Analysis: Meat and Mental Health...Meat Consumption, Depression, and Anxiety.
• Non-Fatal Strangulation/Choking During Sex and Its Associations with Mental Health: Findings from an Undergraduate Probability Survey.
• Indigenous Knowledge and the Persistence of the ‘Wilderness’ Myth.
• Ivermectin: How False Science Created a Covid 'miracle' Drug.
• Genome-Wide Analysis of Cadmium-Induced, Germline Mutations in a Long-Term Daphnia pulex Mutation-Accumulation Experiment.
• Effects of Typical and Binge Drinking on Sexual Consent Perceptions and Communication.
• New Insights Into the 'Second Brain' in the Gut Could Inspire Treatments for Intestinal Diseases.
• Thesis: The Evolution of Sex-Ratio Reaction Norms in Turtles According to 50 Years of Research.

Video & Audio

• Podcast: Energy Adjustment Strategies in Nutritional Epidemiology.

Announcements

• Creation of the Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust.
• Honors Accumulate for Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington's Professor Arthur Owora.
• NAS Creates Council to Address Research Integrity and Trust.
• Webinar: Physical and Mental Causes and Consequences of Restricted Diets: The Good, the Bad and the Struggling.
• IU Bloomington School of Public Health Is Recruiting Tenure Track Faculty in Every Department! A Sampling of Opportunities Is Here, but Even Departments Not Yet Listed are Recruiting.
• Non-Tenure-Track: Clinical Full/Associate/Assistant Professor; Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Search.
• Nutrition Science Tenure-Track/Tenure: Full/Associate/Assistant Professor Search.
• Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health- Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington.
• The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University Bloomington Invites Applications for Up to Two CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowships.