Featured

• Toward More Rigorous and Informative Nutritional Epidemiology: The Rational Space between Dismissal and Defense of the Status Quo.
• Short-Term High-Fat Feeding Exacerbates Degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa by Promoting Retinal Oxidative Stress and Inflammation.
• Systematic Review: Conduct and Reporting of Formula Milk Trials.
• Mifepristone Increases Life Span of Virgin Female Drosophila on Regular and High-Fat Diet Without Reducing Food Intake.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Ergothioneine-Rich Mushrooms May Fight Depression, Finds US Study.
• Press Release: Mushroom Consumption May Lower Risk of Depression.
• Study: Cross-Sectional Associations of Self-Reported Mushroom Intake and Depression. No Dose Response Relationship and No Information on Type of Mushrooms Consumed.
• General Headline Commentary: More Mice, Fewer Breakthroughs: How to Avoid Bad Headlines on Stories About Health and Medical Research.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: In primary analysis, "Parent mentors were not effective in changing the adiposity indices ..."
• Physical Activity Does Not Affect Birth Outcomes in Women with Obesity.
• Conceptual Replication Study and Meta-Analysis Suggest Simulated Nature Does Not Reliably Restore Pure Executive Attention Measured by the Attention Network Task.
• Elevated BMI Does Not Affect Adverse Events Associated with Oliceridine, an Intravenous Opioid Agonist.
• Acute Hyperglycemia Does Not Affect Central Respiratory Chemoreflex Responsiveness to CO2 in Healthy Humans.
• Preprint: Short-Term Aerobic Exercise Did Not Change Telomere Length While It Reduces Testosterone Levels and Obesity Indexes in PCOS.
• "This study did not observe an association between BMI and injury" among military cadets.
• "Our data clearly demonstrate that chronic fructose supplementation, as the sole dietary intervention, does not cause HCC [hepatocellular carcinoma] development in rats."

Basic

• Dpp4 + Interstitial Progenitor Cells Contribute to Basal and High Fat Diet-Induced Adipogenesis.
• Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Skeletal Muscle and Modify Whole-Body Metabolism in Healthy Mice.
• A Systems Approach Dissociates Fructose-Induced Liver Triglyceride from Hypertriglyceridemia and Hyperinsulinemia in Male Mice.
• Disrupted Circadian Oscillations in Type 2 Diabetes are Linked to Altered Rhythmic Mitochondrial Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle.
• REV-ERB Nuclear Receptors in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Control Circadian Period and Restrict Diet-Induced Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Does Skipping Breakfast Increase the Risk of an Early Death? Part I.
• Book: Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science.
• Book Review: Replication Crisis.
• Article: Effects of Low-Carbohydrate Versus Mediterranean Diets on Weight Loss, Glucose Metabolism, Insulin Kinetics and β-Cell Function in Individuals with Extreme Obesity.
• Letter: Findings from Diet Comparison Difficult to Interpret in the Absence of Adherence Assessment. Comment on Tricò et al. Effects of Low-Carbohydrate Versus Mediterranean Diets on Weight Loss, Glucose Metabolism, Insulin Kinetics and β-Cell Function in Individuals with Extreme Obesity. Nutrients 2021, 13, 1345.
• Reply: to Landry Et Al.

Clinical

• Meta-Analysis: Protein Interventions Augment the Effect of Resistance Exercise on Appendicular Lean Mass and Handgrip Strength in Older Adults.
• RCT: Insights into the Role of Diet and Dietary Flavanols in Cognitive Aging.

Children and Adolescents

• Meta-Analysis: Estimating Global Prevalence of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis: Weight Gain Associated with COVID-19 Lockdown in Children and Adolescents.
• Systematic Review: Relation between Attachment and Obesity in Preschool Years.

Surgery

• A SIMPLE Performance Assessment of Bariatric Procedures and Post-Operative Weight Regain.
• Evaluation of Intensive Telephonic Nutritional and Lifestyle Counseling to Enhance Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery.
• Type 2 Diabetes Modifies Skeletal Muscle Gene Expression Response to Gastric Bypass Surgery.
• Consistent Gut Bacterial and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Signatures in Hypoabsorptive Bariatric Surgeries Correlate with Metabolic Benefits in Rats.

Drugs

• Tirzepatide Shows Good Weight Outcomes in Diabetes.
• Effects of Estradiol Supplementation on the Brain Transcriptome of Old Rhesus Macaques Maintained on an Obesogenic Diet.
• Podcast: All Things Testosterone and Testosterone Replacement Therapy.
• Pharmacopeial Standards for the Quality Control of Botanical Dietary Supplements in the United States.

Food & Diet

• Meta-Analysis: Effect of Portion Size and Ingestive Frequency on Energy Intake and Body Weight Among Adults.
• Review: Are Processed Tomato Products as Nutritious as Fresh Tomatoes?

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Low Glycaemic Diets Alter Lipid Metabolism to Influence Tumour Growth.
• Fasting Drives the Metabolic, Molecular and Geroprotective Effects of a Calorie-Restricted Diet in Mice.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Benefits Outweigh the Risks: A Consensus Statement on the Risks of Physical Activity for People Living with Long-Term Conditions.
• RCT: Effectiveness of a School-Based Intervention on Physical Activity and Screen Time Among Adolescents.
• Recreational Physical Activity Improves Adherence and Dropout in a Non-Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Adolescents with Obesity.

Economics & Sociology

• Quantifying the Overall Impact of an Early Childhood Multi-Behavioural Lifestyle Intervention.
• Different Risks and Benefits Leading to Similar Costs After Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass.

Epidemiology

• In press: Social Support at Work Carries Weight: Relations between Social Support, Employees’ Diurnal Cortisol Patterns, and BMI. (pdf)
• Time-Varying Association between BMI and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Hypertension.
• The Visceral Adiposity Index and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China: A National Cohort Analysis.
• Longitudinal Plasma Lipidome and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in a Large Sample of American Indians with Normal Fasting Glucose.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Does Hedonic Hunger Predict Eating Behavior and Body Mass in Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity?
• Examining the Moderating Role of a Mediterranean Diet in the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Cognitive Function in Older Adults.

Equity and Disparities

• Racial and Ethnic Representation Among a Sample of Nutrition- and Obesity-Focused Professional Organizations in the United States.
• Systematic Review: Social Disparities in Obesity Treatment for Children Age 3–10 Years.
• Obesity and Cancer Death in White and Black Adults.

Stigma

• Editorial: Sexual Minority Status: An Overlooked Stigma That Affects Food Insecurity.
• Endoscopy in Individuals with Extreme Obesity: A Case Highlighting Healthcare Inequities.

Policy Related

• The Neurobiology of Binge-Eating Disorder Compared with Obesity: Implications for Differential Therapeutics.
• Current Considerations for Clinical Management and Care of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Insights from the 1st International Workshop of the Canadian NASH Network.

Intergenerational Effects

• Breastfeeding Associations with Childhood Obesity and Body Composition: Findings from a Racially Diverse Maternal–Child Cohort.
• The Associations between Maternal BMI and Gestational Weight Gain and Health Outcomes in Offspring at Age 1 and 7 Years.
• Pregnancy Is Enough to Provoke Deleterious Effects in Descendants of Fructose-Fed Rats and Their Fetuses.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• In press: A Mesocosm Experiment in Ecological Physiology: The Modulation of Energy Budget in a Hibernating Marsupial Under Chronic Caloric Restriction.
• Immune and Hormonal Modulation in the Postprandial Period of Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus).

Methods

• Anthropometric Indices of Obesity as Predictors of High Blood Pressure Among School Children.
• Machine Learning-Based Prediction for 4-Year Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
• Review: Methodological Aspects of Microsimulation Modelling in Food Policy.

Commentary

• 3 New Studies Show Weight Loss Isn't All About Diet and Exercise.
• Report on Childhood Obesity Proposes Policies Aimed at Systemic Change.
• COVID Worsens Obesity, Obesity Returns the "Favor"​.
• Perspective: Unpacking the Wicked Challenges for Alternative Proteins in the United States: Can Highly Processed Plant-Based and Cell-Cultured Food and Beverage Products Support Healthy and Sustainable Diets and Food Systems?
• Endurance Exercise More Beneficial to Your Health Than Resistance Exercise.
• For Teens with Obesity, COVID Vaccines Save Lives.
• "Workplace health promotion programs thus far show marginal gains, as the effectiveness and implementation of traditional universal preventative workplace health promotion interventions are still disappointing."
• Rurality, Gender, and Obesity: An Intersectionality Perspective on Rural Men’s Health.

General

• Pornography Vs. Sexual Science: The Role of Pornography Use and Dependency in U.S. Teenagers’ Sexual Illiteracy.
• The Impact of Active Learning Instructional Techniques on Recreational Therapy Undergraduate Students.
• RNA Viruses: What Leads to Parallel Evolution?
• What Makes a Replication Successful? An Investigation of Frequentist and Bayesian Criteria to Assess Replication Success. 
• "I don't care about the candy; I care about the game" exploring the impact of food rewards in youth recreation ice hockey.
• Transposable Elements as New Players in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
• Visible Blue Light Inhibits Infection and Replication of SARS-CoV-2 at Doses That are Well-Tolerated by Human Respiratory Tissue.
• Ivermectin Shows That Not All Science Is Worth Following.

Announcements

• Conference: Advanced Therapies for Pediatric Obesity.
• New Book: Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America.
• Students from Afghanistan Get Support from Indiana Universities.
• 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.
• The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University Bloomington Invites Applications for Up to Two CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowships.