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• Effects of Diet and Genetics on Growth Performance of Pigs in Response to Repeated Exposure to Heat Stress.
• Generalized Lambda Distribution for Flexibly Testing Differences Beyond the Mean in the Distribution of a Dependent Variable Like BMI.
• RCT: Dose, Content, and Mediators of Family-Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Walking Trails Increase Exercise Among Rural Residents.
• Study: Cross-sectional Association of Self-reported Physical Activity and Trail Use. No Causation, No Measure of Increase.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: No Effect on Fat Mass Index of a Web- and Mobile Phone-based Obesity Prevention Intervention in 4-year-olds.
• The Study Shows No Association Between Exposure to Vehicular Traffic and Exposure to Pollutants on Obesity Related Parameters Such as BMI, Blood Lipids and Abdominal Adiposity During Childhood.
• PUFA Status and Methylmercury Exposure are Not Associated with Leukocyte Telomere Length in Mothers or Their Children in the Seychelles Child Development Study.
• No Effect of High Dose Oral Iron Supplementation on Copper and Zinc Status in Gastric Bypass Patients Undergoing Treatment for Iron Deficiency.
• Adipose Triglyceride Lipase Gene Polymorphisms is Not Associated with Free Fatty Acid Levels in Chinese Han Population.
• Insurance Mandated Medically Supervised Preoperative Weight Management Programs Have No Effect on Postoperative Outcomes in Bariatric Surgical Patients.
• RCT: No Differential Effect of Two Training Modalities on Body Fat and Insulin Resistance in Postmenopausal Women.
• Serum High Mobility Group Box 1 Protein Levels are Not Associated with Either Histological Severity or Treatment Response in Children and Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, HF [high fat fed] cartilage thickness was not statistically different from RD [regular diet]" in obese mice after vibration.
• "Contrary to current guidelines, walking might be the preferred training modality to achieve the combination of weight loss and increased cardiorespiratory fitness in adults with obesity and treated OSA."

Basic

• Activity of the Hypothalamic Melanocortin System Decreases in Middle-aged and Increases in Old Rats.
• Longevity in Drosophila Melanogaster: Effects of Ascorbic Acid, Taurine, and Caffeine.
• T-cell Senescence: A Negative Legacy Effect of Obesity?
• Iron Overload Effect on Serum Levels of Glucose, Insulin and HOMA-IR Was Influenced By the Type of Fat in Female Sprague-Dawley Rats Fed High-Fat-Diets.
• Long Term Effects of Selective Vagal Deafferentation in Diabetic Obese Rodents.
• Obesity-induced Changes in Lipid Mediators Persist After Weight Loss.
• Loss of MicroRNA-22 Prevents Dyslipidemia and Increases Energy Expenditure but Has No Effect on Cardiac Hypertrophy in Mice Fed a High Fat Diet.
• Transplantation of BAT Inhibits Atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- Mice: Contribution of the Activated FGF-21-Adiponectin Axis.
• Uncoupling Exercise Bioenergetics From Systemic Metabolic Homeostasis By Conditional Inactivation of Baf60 in Skeletal Muscle.
• 17β-Estradiol Directly Lowers Mitochondrial Membrane Microviscosity and Improves Bioenergetic Function in Skeletal Muscle.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Surrogate Disease Markers as Substitutes for Chronic Disease Outcomes in Studies of Diet and Chronic Disease Relations.
• Response To: No Seasonal Variation in Physical Activity of Han Chinese Living in Beijing.
• The Lessons Learned From the EAT ICU Study.
• The Forgotten Fundus—Response to - Obesity Treatment with Botulinum Toxin-A is Not Effective: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• The Complex Systems Challenge of Obesity.
• Comment On: A National Effort to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Participant-Level Evaluation of CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program.
• Letter Regarding: The Environmental Impact of Obesity: Longitudinal Evidence From the United States.
• Letter in Reply To: Pharmacokinetics in Morbid Obesity: Influence of Two Bariatric Surgery Techniques on Paracetamol and Caffeine Metabolism.
• Answer to the Letter Concerning: Pharmacokinetics in Morbid Obesity: Influence of Two Bariatric Surgery Techniques on Paracetamol and Caffeine Metabolism.
• Editorial Commentary: Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Health: The Challenges of Complexity.

Clinical

• Effect of Weight Gain and Weight Loss on in Vivo Colonocyte Proliferation Rate in People with Obesity.
• The Effects of Multi-component Weight Management Interventions on Weight Loss in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of RCTs.

Surgery

• Occupational Outcomes of Obesity Surgery—Do the Employed Return to Work, and do the Unemployed Find Work?
• Medium- to Long-Term Outcomes of Gastric Banding in Adolescents.

Drugs

• The Addition of Anti-Obesity Medications to Transoral Outlet Reduction for the Treatment of Weight Regain After Bypass Surgery.
• Role of Impulsivity and Reward in the Anti-obesity Actions of 5-HT2C Receptor Agonists.

Food & Diet

• Effects of Dairy Products Consumption on Body Weight and Body Composition Among Adults: An Updated Meta-Analysis of 37 RCTs.
• Reducing Food Waste.
• A High-Carbohydrate, High-Fiber, Low-Fat Diet Results in [i.e., Was Associated With] Weight Loss Among Adults at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
• Addition of Rye Bran and Pea Fiber to Pork Meatballs Enhances Subjective Satiety in Healthy Men, but Does Not Change Glycemic or Hormonal Responses: A Randomized Crossover Meal Test Study.
• DHA-rich N–3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Decreases DNA Methylation in Blood Leukocytes: The OmegAD Study.
• Effect of Soy and Soy Isoflavones on Obesity-Related Anthropometric Measures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials.
• Pomegranate Juice, but Not an Extract, Confers a Lower Glycemic Response on a High–glycemic Index Food: Randomized, Crossover, Controlled Trials in Healthy Subjects.
• Effect of Prior Meal Macronutrient Composition on Postprandial Glycemic Responses and Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Value Determinations.
• Increased Protein Consumption During the Day From an Energy-Restricted Diet Augments Satiety but Does Not Reduce Daily Fat or Carbohydrate Intake on a Free-Living Test Day in Overweight Women.

Caloric Restriction

• System-wide Benefits of Intermeal Fasting By Autophagy.
• Obesity and Cancer Metabolism: A Perspective on Interacting Tumor–Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors.
• Short-term Intermittent Energy Restriction Interventions for Weight Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Physical Activity and Frailty Among Older Adults in the U.S. Based on Hourly Accelerometry Data.
• Failed Recovery of Glycemic Control and Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis with Two Weeks of Physical Inactivity in Overweight, Pre-diabetic Older Adults.
• Increased Physical Activity Associated with Less Weight Regain Six Years After “The Biggest Loser” Competition.
• Spontaneous Physical Activity Defends Against Obesity.
• Effects of High-Intensity Intermittent Training on Vascular Function in Obese Preadolescent Boys.

Economics & Sociology

• Obesity and Socioeconomic Disadvantage in Midlife Female Public Sector Employees: A Cohort Study.
• Interplay of Socioeconomic Status and Supermarket Distance is Associated with Excess Obesity Risk: A UK Cross-Sectional Study.
• Type 2 Diabetes, Socioeconomic Status and Life Expectancy in Scotland (2012–2014): A Population-based Observational Study.
• The Impact of Maternal Flood-related Stress and Social Support on Offspring Weight in Early Childhood.

Epidemiology

• "Stronger leptogenic effects of housing density were observed among younger, female and participants doing higher physical activity."
• Impact of Obesity on Trends in Life Expectancy Among Different European Countries, 1975-2012.
• Report: Obesity Rates By Country 2017.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Targeting Self-regulation to Promote Health Behaviors in Children: Study Proposal.
• Emotional Eating Mediates the Relationship Between Psychological Distress and BMI.
• Long Term Effect of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Cerebral Blood Flow.
• No Weight Loss From Motivational Interviewing Compared to Nutrition Psychoeducation at One-Year Follow-Up.

Stigma

• A Sympathetic Nervous System Evaluation of Obesity Stigma.
• Qualitative Comparison of Portuguese Dietitians’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices About Obesity in Public and Private Settings.
• Poor Health and Experiences of Being Bullied in Adolescents: Self-Perceived Overweight and Frustration with Appearance Matter.
• Does Sensational Blame for Obesity in Britain Matter?

Policy Related

• Obesity-related Health Impacts of Active Transport Policies in Australia – a Policy Review and Health Impact Modelling Study.
• The Language of ‘Nudge’ in Health Policy: Pre-empting Working Class Obesity Through ‘Biopedagogy’.
• Should Europe Follow the US and Declare Obesity a Disease?: A Discussion of the So-called Utilitarian Argument.
• Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention.
• Influencing Evidence-Based Policy as a Graduate Student.
• Policies to Prevent Obesity and Promote Healthier Diets: A Critical Selective Review.

Intergenerational Effects

• Prenatal Traffic-related Air Pollution Exposures, Cord Blood Adipokines and Infant Weight.
• DNA Methylation Profiles in Sibling Pairs Discordant for Intrauterine Exposure to Maternal Gestational Diabetes.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• How Unpredictable Access to Food Increases the Body Fat of Small Passerines: A Mechanistic Approach.
• Review: Energy Metabolism of Bone.
• Cold-hearted Bats: Uncoupling of Heart Rate and Metabolism During Torpor at Subzero Temperatures.
• Seasonal Energetics and Torpor Use in North American Flying Squirrels.

Methods

• Continuous Outcome Logistic Regression for Analyzing Body Mass Index Distributions [version 1; Referees: Awaiting Peer Review].
• Systems Biology of Personalized Nutrition.
• SmartNecklace: Designing a Wearable Multi-sensor System for Smart Eating Detection.
• Novel Methods and Data Sources for Surveillance of State-Level Diabetes and Prediabetes Prevalence.
• Urinary Excretion of Sodium, Nitrogen, and Sugar Amounts are Valid Biomarkers of Dietary Sodium, Protein, and High Sugar Intake in Nonobese Adolescents.
• Evaluation of the Wrist-worn ActiGraph WGT3x-BT for Estimating Activity Energy Expenditure in Preschool Children.
• The Eating Motivation Survey: Results From the USA, India and Germany.

Commentary

• Cannabis in Fat: High Hopes to Treat Obesity.
• Got a Bad Ticker? Bacterial Fats Could Be to Blame.
• Time Present and Time Past: Obesity and Chronobiology - Setting Limits and Confronting Our Chronically Fed State in a 24/7 Environment.
• Does a Gastric Sleeve Affect Teen Brain Function?
• Harnessing Sugar Fear to Sell More Food.
• Trump Signs Into Law Shaheen, Collins Measure on Diabetes.

General

• "In this episode we travel to a world without bees. And not just honey bees, all bees."
• Will Big Data Close the Missing Heritability Gap?
• AdmixPower: Statistical Power and Sample Size Estimation for Mapping Genetic Loci in Admixed Populations.
• How to Tell If You’re a Supertaster.
• It's Mathematically Impossible to Beat Aging, Scientists Say.
• Heavy Metal Exposure and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (Regards) Trace Element Study.
• Reforming Animal Regulations: Workshop Recommendations to Reduce Regulatory Burden.
• Implicit Statistical Learning in Real-World Environments Leads to Ecologically Rational Decision Making.
• Language Patterns Reveal Body's Hidden Response to Stress.

Announcements

• American Society for Nutrition Welcomes YOU to Nutrition 2018.
• IU & City of Bloomington Announce Bike-sharing Program.
• Dr. Eric Ravussin Was Named the 2017 Friends of Albert (Mickey) Stunkard Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient at the 2017 Obesity Week Conference.
• David B. Allison Presented with Award From the Obesity Society.
• IU & City of Bloomington Announce Bike-sharing Program.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB’s NORC seeks post-doctoral fellows in obesity research.
• Research Position at Boston Children’s Hospital – Collaborate with Researchers at IU and UAB.