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• Weight Cycling Increases Longevity Compared with Sustained Obesity in Mice.
• Varying Effects of BMI and Mortality in Different Risk Groups.
• RCT: "…donkey milk-derived fortifiers improve feeding tolerance when compared with standard bovine-derived fortifiers, with a similar auxological outcome."
• Resistance Training Reduces Skeletal Muscle Work Efficiency in Weight‐Reduced and Non–Weight‐Reduced Subjects.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: MUMS to Blame for Childhood Obesity, Shock Study Claims.
• Study: Association Between Some Maternal Characteristics and Lifestyle Practices and Risk of Obesity in Offspring. Blame on Mums (Causation, Particularly Isolating Mothers as the Cause) Not Established.
• Headline: Study Says Working on Your 'Dad Bod' Before Fatherhood Can Help Your Future Kids' Health.
• Study: Paternal Exercise Improves Glucose Metabolism in Adult Offspring... In Mice. You, Your Kids, and Your Dad Bod Not Studied.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: Regular Intake of a Usual Serving Size of Flavanol-Rich Cocoa Powder Does Not Affect Cardiometabolic Parameters in Stably Treated Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension.
• "We found insufficient evidence to support a causal relationship between elective CS [Cesarean Section] and childhood obesity. An increased risk of obesity in children born by emergency CS, but not elective, suggests that there is no causal effect due to vaginal microflora."
• cRCT: “One year of free school fruit did not have an effect on weight status on the participants or birth weight of their offspring, 14 years after the intervention period."
• "The use of IV fish oil did not negatively affect weight gain in a cohort of preterm infants."
• RCT: "No significant difference emerged for change in school day MVPA between the groups from pre- to post- intervention (p=.52) or follow-up (p=.09)."
• RCT: No Significant Differences in Weight or BMI Change Among Obese Children and Adolescents Receiving Usual Care Group vs an Intensive Care Group that Followed a Moderate Hypocaloric Mediterranean Diet.
• RCT: "Fucoidan taken twice daily for a period of 90 days did not markedly affect insulin resistance or other measured parameters of cardiometabolic health in an obese, nondiabetic cohort."
• RCT: "In a sedentary work environment, treadmill workstations result in a statistically significant but smaller-than-expected increase in daily walking time."
• "Obesity did not confer an increased risk of ESRD in patients with moderate to advanced CKD."

Basic

• Exendin-4, a GLP-1 Analogue, Antagonizes the Metabolic Action of Acylated Ghrelinergic Signaling Within the Hypothalamic PVN in Adult Male Sprague Dawley Rats.
• ERβ Activation in Obesity Improves Whole Body Metabolism Via Adipose Tissue Function and Enhanced Mitochondria Biogenesis in Non-Ovariectomized Mice.
• Purinergic Receptor Y2 (P2Y2)- Dependent VCAM-1 Expression Promotes Immune Cell Infiltration in Metabolic Syndrome.
• Invalidation of Microsomal Prostaglandin E Synthase-1 (mPGES-1) Reduces Diet-Induced Low-Grade Inflammation and Adiposity.
• Sepsis Induces Adipose Tissue Browning in Nonobese Mice but Not in Obese Mice.
• Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor (PAI-1) Exacerbates White Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and Metabolic Dysregulation in High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity.
• The Physiologic and Phenotypic Significance of Variation in Human Amylase Gene Copy Number.
• Glucose Intolerance in Monosodium Glutamate Obesity is Linked to Hyperglucagonemia and Insulin Resistance in α Cells.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Letter Regarding: The Responsibility of Veterinarians to Address Companion Animal Obesity.
• Puffery and Promise for Intermittent Fasting.
• Scientific Misconduct and Medical Journals.
• Maternal Employment in Low- and Middle-income Countries is Associated with Improved Infant and Young Child Feeding.
• Comment on “Maternal Employment in Low- and Middle-income Countries is Associated with Improved Infant and Young Child Feeding”.

Clinical

• RCT: Effects of Short-term Cash and Food Incentives on Food Insecurity and Nutrition Among HIV-infected Adults in Tanzania.
• Cultural Adaptation of a Children's Weight Management Programme: The CHANGE Intervention Development and Feasibility Study.
• RCT: Trial to Reduce Obesity Among Appalachian Church Members: The Walk By Faith Study.
• Real-Time Patient–Provider Video Telemedicine Integrated with Clinical Care.
• An Internet-based Approach for Lifestyle Changes in Patients with NAFLD: Two-year Effects on Weight Loss and Surrogate Markers.
• Profound Perturbation of the Metabolome in Obesity is Associated with Health Risk.

Children and Adolescents

• The Persistent Signal From Television Viewing in Childhood on Overweight and Obesity Throughout the Life Course.
• Substance Use and Obesity Trajectories in African Americans Entering Adulthood.
• Childhood Obesity Research at the NIH: Efforts, Gaps, and Opportunities.
• Association of Youth Triponderal Mass Index vs BMI with Obesity-Related Outcomes in Adulthood.
• Psychological Factors and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors as Mediators of the Relationship Between Overweight/Obesity and Cognitive Function.
• Vitamin D Supplementation May Improve Metabolic Syndrome Parameters in Children with Obesity.

Surgery

• Complete Resolution of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease After Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
• National Trends in the Use of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Among Pediatric Patients with Severe Obesity.
• RCT: Resistance Training and Protein Supplementation Increase Strength After Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• RCT: "High-Dose, Diazoxide-Mediated Insulin Suppression Boosts Weight Loss Induced by Lifestyle Intervention."
• Body Composition, Biochemical, Behavioral and Molecular Alterations in Overfed Rats After Chronic Exposure to SSRI.
• Unapproved Pharmaceutical Ingredients Included in Dietary Supplements Associated with US Food and Drug Administration Warnings.

Food & Diet

• Dietary Restriction of Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Decreases HDL ApoA-I Secretion.
• Unscrambling the Relations of Egg and Meat Consumption with Type 2 Diabetes Risk.
• Relationship Between Mediterranean Dietary Polyphenol Intake and Obesity.
• Ketogenic Diets Attenuate Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Gene Expression in Multiple Sclerosis.
• Dietary Intervention Modifies DNA Methylation Age Assessed By the Epigenetic Clock.
• Anti-obesity and Hypolipidemic Effects of Garlic Oil and Onion Oil in Rats Fed a High-fat Diet.
• Association of Frequency of Organic Food Consumption with Cancer Risk: Findings From the NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort Study.

Caloric Restriction

• Fat Versus Carbohydrate-Based Energy-Restricted Diets for Weight Loss in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
• 90th Anniversary Commentary: Caloric Restriction Effects on Aging.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• "Cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with long-term mortality with no observed upper limit of benefit."
• NPR Audio: A New Prescription For Depression: Join A Team And Get Sweaty.
• "The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that single-mode aerobic training does not promote the same skeletal muscle hypertrophy as resistance training."
• Associations of Friendship and Children’s Physical Activity During and Outside of School: A Social Network Study.

Economics & Sociology

• Gender empowerment, inequalities and the prevalence of adult female obesity: An empirical analysis using new data, 1990-2013.
• Neighborhood effects on body mass: Temporal and spatial dimensions.

Epidemiology

• Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥20 Years Who Tried to Lose Weight During the Past 12 Months,* By Sex — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2008 to 2015–2016.
• Genome-wide Copy Number Variation Analysis Identifies Novel Candidate Loci Associated with Pediatric Obesity.
• The Prevalence of Obesity in Children and Young People with Down Syndrome.
• Relationship Between Visceral Obesity and Postoperative Inflammatory Response Following Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.
• The Impact [association] of BMI on the Outcome of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Adults.
• Relationship Between Obesity and Lumbar Spine Degeneration: A Cross-Sectional Study From the Fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2010–2012.
• Associations of Cumulative Exposure to Heavy Metal Mixtures with Obesity and Its Comorbidities Among U.S. Adults in NHANES 2003–2014.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Volumetric Gray Matter Measures of Amygdala and Accumbens in Childhood Overweight/obesity.
• Episodic Future Thinking and Grocery Shopping Online.
• Smartphones are More Reinforcing than Food for Students.

Equity and Disparities

• From Sit-In to Drive-Thru: Black America in the Age of Fast Food.
• State Court Asked to ‘Weigh In’ on Whether Obesity Constitutes an Impairment Under Anti-Discrimination Law.
• Sociodemographic Disparities in the Consumption of Ultra-processed Food and Drink Products in Southern Brazil: A Population-based Study.
• Gut Microbiota and Body Weight in School‐Aged Children: The KOALA Birth Cohort Study.

Ethics

• Enacting Knowledge, Power, and Equity: Understanding the Public Appetite for Preventive Obesity Regulations.
• Childhood Obesity and Positive Obligations: A Child Rights-Based Approach.

Stigma

• Letter: Internet Memes and Apathy are Increasing Obesity Rates, Doctors Warn Lawmakers.
• Distribution and Disavowal: Managing the Parental Stigma of Children's Weight and Weight Loss.
• Weight Stigma is Discrimination - It's Time We Stop Blaming People with Obesity.

Policy Related

• The Healthy Communities Study Supplemental Issue: Eleven Articles on Examining Community Programs, Policies and Other Characteristics in Relation to Child Weight, Diet, and Physical Activity.
• Supplemental Issue Editorial: What the Healthy Communities Study is Telling Us About Childhood Obesity Prevention in U.S. Communities.
• Leveraging Restaurant Menus to Combat Obesity.

Intergenerational Effects

• RCT: Does Exercise During Pregnancy Impact on Maternal Weight Gain and Fetal Cardiac Function?
• Cold-induced Epigenetic Programming of the Sperm Enhances Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in the Offspring.
• Antecedents of Obesity Among Children Born Extremely Preterm.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Home Range Size, Vegetation Density, and Season Influences Prey Use By Coyotes (Canis Latrans).
• Maternal and Paternal Nutrition in a Mosquito Influences Offspring Life Histories but Not Infection with an Arbovirus.
• Diet and Ambient Temperature Interact to Shape Plasma Fatty Acid Composition, Basal Metabolic Rate, and Oxidative Stress in Great Tits.
• Food Dissemination in Ants: Robustness of the Trophallactic Network Against Resource Quality.
• Obesity Genes Evolved 450 Million Years Ago, Shark Study Reveals.

Methods

• The Athletes’ Relationships with Training Scale (ART): A Self-report Measure of Unhealthy Training Behaviors Associated with Eating Disorders.
• Validation of a Standardized MRI Method for Liver Fat and T2* Quantification.
• The Remote Food Photography Method and SmartIntake App for the Assessment of Alcohol Use in Young Adults: Feasibility Study and Comparison to Standard Assessment Methodology.

Commentary

• The Perfectly Natural Bias for a White Hat.
• Audio: YO-YO DIETING.
• Obesity is Getting Worse, Let’s Stay the Course.
• Understanding Obesity: The Glass is 64% Full.
• No! Your Fast Food Burger Isn't Contaminated with Antibiotics.
• Fasting Power: Can Going Without Food Really Make You Healthier?
• Margarine Once Contained a Whole Lot More Whale.
• Dangers and Long-Term Outcomes in Metabolically Healthy Obesity: The Impact of the Missing Fitness Component.

General

• Live Imaging of MRNA Transcription in Drosophila Embryos.
• Combining Multiple Imputation and Bootstrap in the Analysis of Cost‐effectiveness Trial Data.
• Hail the Lizard King. T. Rex's Puny Arms Were Useful After All.
• More Doctor Visits, More Money: Obese Soldiers May Be Too Expensive to Keep, Army Study Suggests.
• Pre-eclampsia Could Triple the Risk of Some Forms of Dementia.
• A Pledge for Better Health and Obesity Care.
• Unhealthy and Unprepared: National Security Depends on Promoting Healthy Lifestyles From an Early Age.

Announcements

• 2019 European Congress on Obesity.
• IU Recruiting Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Vice President of Behavioral Health Collaborative.
• UAB Seeks Postdoctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Postdoctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• IU Bloomington School of Public Health Initiates Major Wave of Faculty Recruitment – Tenure-track Positions Available in Every Department and Two Department Chairs Open: See Multiple Listings Posted Here.
• The Obesity Society: ObesityWeek Pre-Conference Early Career Academic Workshop, Nov. 12.