11/15/19
Featured
- Discrepancies in the Registries of Diet vs Drug Trials.
- Causal Effect of Sleep Duration on Body Weight in Adolescents a Population-based Study Using a Natural Experiment.
- Blue Light at Night Acutely Impairs Glucose Tolerance and Increases Sugar Intake in the Diurnal Rodent Arvicanthis Ansorgei in a Sex-dependent Manner.
- "...a stark lesson on the chasm between association and causation."
Headline vs Study
- Headline: Study: Lingonberries Can Fight Obesity. [Could Not Find Study, but It's Lingonberry Powder... In Mice].
- Headline: A New Study Finds Air Pollution Can Make You Fat [Cannot Find Published Study but a Press Release that Seems Related Is... In Mice].
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: No Significant Effects of a Caffeine-like Supplement, TeaCrine®, on Muscular Strength, Endurance and Power Performance in Resistance-trained Men.
- RCT: "In this small, pilot randomized controlled trial, there was little evidence that lycopene or green tea interventions influenced serum levels of IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBBP-3 and IGFBP-2."
- RCT: No Significant Effects of an App-based EC Intervention Targeting Body Image.
- "The main outcome from predictive modelling of spending on fresh fruit and vegetables is that contrary to expectations, neural networks failed to outperform a linear regression model."
- Lower Carbohydrate and Higher Fat Intakes are Associated with Higher Hemoglobin A1c.
- RCT: "These findings suggest that daily repeated consumption of pure sucralose or aspartame for 2 weeks had no effect on glucose metabolism among normoglycaemic adults."
- RCT: "A multimodal web-based intervention facilitating nurses to address lifestyle changes in SMI patients did not improve patient cardiometabolic health."
- RCT: No Significant Impact of a Large Bolus Dose of L-leucine and L-isoleucine on Enteroendocrine and Pancreatic Hormones, and Glycemia in Healthy, Inactive Adults.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
- Trends in Obesity Among Low-Income Young Children.
- Trends in Obesity Among Low-Income Young Children—Reply.
- Comments On: Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for All-Cause Mortality and Cardiometabolic Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies [Note: click 'Comments' link at site].
- Letter to the Editor: Concerns Regarding “Meta‐analysis on Pediatric Obesity Treatments and Eating Disorder Risk” of Jebeile et al.
- Commentary: Why Diet Research is So Spectacularly Thin.
Basic
- Adaptation of the Gut Microbiota to Modern Dietary Sugars and Sweeteners.
- Carvedilol Improves Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Sensitivity in Treatment of Adrenergic Overdrive in High Fat Diet-induced Obesity in Mice.
- Estradiol Regulates Daily Rhythms Underlying Diet-induced Obesity in Female Mice.
- Myeloid HMG-CoA (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A) Reductase Determines Adipose Tissue Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Hepatic Steatosis in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.
- MTOR Signaling in Brown and Beige Adipocytes: Implications for Thermogenesis and Obesity.
- MiR-129-5p Inhibits Adipogenesis Through Autophagy and May Be a Potential Biomarker for Obesity.
- Ghrelin-Mediated Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Implications for Health and Disease.
- Leptin, Obesity, and Leptin Resistance: Where are We 25 Years Later?
Clinical
- RCT: Comparison of Group Medical Visits Combined with Intensive Weight Management vs Group Medical Visits Alone for Glycemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Benefit-to-Risk Balance of Weight Loss Interventions in Older Adults with Obesity.
- Remotely Delivered Interventions for Obesity Treatment.
- RCT: Physical Activity Intentions and Behavior Mediate Treatment Response in an Acceptance-Based Weight Loss Intervention.
Children and Adolescents
- RCT: Influence of Physical Activity on Blood Pressure in Children with Overweight/obesity.
- Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: Diagnostic Criteria, Therapeutic Options and Perspectives.
- Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention in Children and Adolescents.
- No Differential Reward Responsivity and Drive, Punishment Sensitivity or Attention for Cues Signaling Reward or Punishment in Adolescents in with Obesity.
- Characterizing Obesity Interventions and Treatment for Children and Youths During 1991-2018.
- Early‐life Determinants of Excess Weight in Children Born Heavy.
- Microbiome‐immune‐metabolic Axis in the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity: Evidence and Opportunities.
Surgery
- Cancer Risk Drops in Half with Over 20% Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery.
- A Longitudinal Analysis of Wait Times for Bariatric Surgery in a Publicly Funded, Regionalized Bariatric Care System.
- Factors Mediating Type 2 Diabetes Remission and Relapse After Gastric Bypass Surgery.
Drugs
- Systems Pharmacology- Based Method to Assess the Mechanism of Action of Weight- Loss Herbal Intervention Therapy for Obesity.
- Role of Angiotensin Type 2 Receptor in Improving Lipid Metabolism and Preventing Adiposity.
Food & Diet
- The in Vivo Net Energy Content of Resistant Starch and Its Effect on Macronutrient Oxidation in Healthy Adults.
- Tea Consumption Patterns in Relation to Diet Quality Among Children and Adults in the United States.
- Age- and Sex-Specific Analyses of Diet Quality and 4-Year Weight Change in Nonobese Adults Show Stronger Associations in Young Adulthood.
- RCT: Effect of a Protein Vs. Carbohydrate Preload on Energy Balance in Ad Libitum Settings.
- Heterogeneity in Metabolic Responses to Dietary Fructose.
- Maternal Intake of N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids During Pregnancy is Associated with Differential Methylation Profiles in Cord Blood White Cells.
- Avocatin B Protects Against Lipotoxicity and Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Diet‐Induced Obesity.
- Leptin and Adiponectin Signaling Pathways are Involved in the Antiobesity Effects of Peanut Skin Extract.
Exercise and Physical Activity
- Comparison of an Acute Bout of Exercise to a Sugary Snack on Energy, Mood and Cognitive Performance.
- The Effects of Macronutrient and Energy Availability on Metabolic Responses to Exercise: Implications for Training Adaptation.
Caloric and Dietary Restriction
- A Discovery Platform for the Identification of Caloric Restriction Mimetics with Broad Health-improving Effects.
- Age-dependent Effects of Caloric Restriction on MTOR and Ubiquitin-proteasome Pathways in Skeletal Muscles.
Economics & Sociology
- The Moderating Role of Race/ethnicity and Nativity in the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Overweight and Obesity.
- The Shift of Obesity Burden By Socioeconomic Status Between 1998 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Socioeconomic Status and Education Level are Associated with Dyslipidemia in Adults Not Taking Lipid-lowering Medication.
- Education and Lifestyle Predict Change in Dietary Patterns and Diet Quality of Adults 55 years and Over.
- The Impact of Neighbourhood Deprivation on Embryonic Growth Trajectories: Rotterdam Periconception Cohort.
- The Relative Caloric Prices of Healthy and Unhealthy Foods Differ Systematically Across Income Levels and Continents.
Epidemiology
- Impact of Changes in the Food, Built, and Socioeconomic Environment on BMI in US Counties.
- Is There a Link Between Progranulin, Obesity, and Parameters of the Metabolic Syndrome in Children? Findings From a Longitudinal Intervention Study.
- The Association of Sleep Disturbances with Glycemia and Obesity in Youth at Risk for or with Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes.
- Association of Serum Sclerostin Levels with Low Skeletal Muscle Mass.
- Obesity and Tooth Wear Among American Adults: The Role of Sugar-sweetened Acidic Drinks.
- Causal Relationships Between Obesity and the Leading Causes of Death in Women and Men.
- Geographic Variation in Prevalence of Adult Obesity in China: Results From the 2013–2014 National Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance.
Psychology & Neuroscience
- Vulnerability to Diet-induced Obesity is Associated with Greater Food Priming-induced Reinstatement of Palatable Food Seeking.
- Deficits in Executive Function and Suppression of Default Mode Network in Obesity.
- An Experientially Derived Model of Flexible and Intentional Actions for Weight Loss Maintenance After Severe Obesity.
- Toward Isolating Reward Changes in Diet-Induced Obesity: A Demand Analysis.
- Obesity Has Limited Behavioural Overlap with Addiction and Psychiatric Phenotypes.
- Excess Body Weight and Abdominal Obesity in Relation to Selected Psychosocial Characteristics in Primary School Children.
- Childhood Obesity, Cortical Structure, and Executive Function in Healthy Children.
Equity and Disparities
- The Moderating Role of Race/ethnicity and Nativity in the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Overweight and Obesity: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
- Trends in Tract-Level Prevalence of Obesity in Philadelphia By Race-Ethnicity, Space, and Time.
- Preoperative Bariatric Surgery Programme Barriers Facing Pacific Patients in Auckland, New Zealand as Perceived By Health Sector Professionals: A Qualitative Study.
Stigma
- Body Dissatisfaction Enhances Awareness and Facilitates the Consolidation of Body-Related Words During Rapid Serial Visual Presentation.
- A Qualitative Investigation of Body Weight and Weight Loss-related Attitudes of Mothers and Fathers in the Context of Food Insecurity.
- Weight Stigma Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A New Context of Stigmatization.
- Examining Weight Bias Among Practicing Canadian Family Physicians.
Policy Related
- Cost-Effectiveness of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in Mexico.
- “Turning mirrors into windows”: A study of participatory dynamic simulation modelling to inform health policy decisions.
Intergenerational Effects
- Do Physical Activity and Screen Time Mediate the Association Between European Fathers’ and Their Children’s Weight Status?
- Sex‐specific Effects of Leptin Administration to Pregnant Mice on the Placentae and the Metabolic Phenotypes of Offspring.
- Effects of Nutrient Intake During Pregnancy and Lactation on the Endocrine Pancreas of the Offspring. (pdf)
- Maternal Reproductive History and Premenopausal Risk of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease: A Danish Cohort Study.
- Programming Effects of Maternal and Gestational Obesity on Offspring Metabolism and Metabolic Inflammation.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Honeybee Caste Lipidomics in Relation to Life-history Stages and the Long Life of the Queen.
- The Advantages of Diving Deep: Fin Whales Quadruple Their Energy Intake When Targeting Deep Krill Patches.
- Review: The Gut–Liver Axis in the Control of Energy Metabolism and Food Intake in Animals.
- MicroRNA 16-5p is Upregulated in Calorie-restricted Mice and Modulates Inflammatory Cytokines of Macrophages.
Methods
- Calculator to Estimate 10-Year Risk of Diabetes Complications.
- The Nitrogen Isotope Ratio is a Biomarker of Yup'ik Traditional Food Intake and Reflects Dietary Seasonality in Segmental Hair Analyses.
- Methods and Risks of Bias in Natural Experiments in Obesity: Opportunities for the Future Informed By a Systematic Review.
- CAPS on the Move: Crafting an Approach to Recruitment for a RCT of Community Gardening.
- The Rate of Glucose Appearance is Related to Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Stable Isotope Studies.
Commentary
- Unexpected Clues Emerge About Why Diets Fail.
- ObesityWeek: Intermittent Fasting and Circadian Rhythms.
- The Buddy Clubs of Obesity, Nutrition, and Fitness.
- Singletons More Likely to Be Obese than Kids with Siblings: Study.
- The Case for Getting Fitter — Not Slimmer: Why Our Obsession with Weight Could Be a Mistake.
- Establishing What Constitutes a Healthy Human Gut Microbiome: State of the Science, Regulatory Considerations, and Future Directions.
- Prized and Proscribed: Our Ambivalent Feelings About Meat.
- What Exactly are Hyper-Palatable Foods.
- ObesityWeek: Ten Top Take-Home Messages.
General
- Genomic and Epidemiological Evidence of Bacterial Transmission From Probiotic Capsule to Blood in ICU Patients.
- Impact of Nutrition on Telomere Health: Systematic Review of Observational Cohort Studies and RCTs.
- Is It Really that Bad to Skip Breakfast?
- City Sicker? A Meta‐analysis of Wildlife Health and Urbanization.
- Meeting the Sexual Health Needs of Bisexual Men in the Age of Biomedical HIV Prevention: Gaps and Priorities.
- National Lipid Association Scientific Statement on the Use of Icosapent Ethyl in Statin-treated Patients with Elevated Triglycerides and High- or Very-high ASCVD Risk.
- Video: David Sloan Wilson discussed "This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Hadza Hunter-Gatherers and the Evolution of Human Cooperation: Evidence Against Partner Choice Models.
- Trapping Atoms in a Laser Beam Offers a New Way to Measure Gravity.
- Rural Americans are Dying More Frequently From Preventable Causes than Their Urban Counterparts.
- Rae Case Offers Clues to Staving Off Alzheimer's.
Video & Audio
- Video: Daniel Stone discussed "The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Video: David Allison and Others Testify Before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
Announcements
- NIA Mourns the Loss of Dr. Huber Warner.
- JNEB Sustainability (via Reductions in Food Waste and Loss) Call for Papers.
- AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
- UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
- Executive Director of Development: The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington is Searching for an Energetic and Successful Development Professional to Join Our Team.
- The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.
- The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Indiana University School of Public Health‐Bloomington Invites Applications for the Position of Chair and Tenured Full Professor.