11/24/17
Featured
- Childhood obesity: can the scale weigh popularity?
- Structure Function Relationship of Myo-Inositol Oxygenase in Model Drosophilids and Its Role in Obesity.
- Food Processing Does Not Affect Energy Intake in the Nectar-feeding Bat Anoura Geoffroyi.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: How Cinnamon Can Help You to Burn Holiday Fat.
- Study: Cinnamaldehyde (a compound in cinnamon) Affects Thermogenic and Metabolic Gene Expression... In Mouse Adipocytes and Human Adipose Stem Cells in Cell Culture.
Contrary or Null Findings
- "Our results indicate that unhealthy dietary pattern consumed at home is associated to BMI z-score, while away-from-home food consumption is not associated."
- "There was no significant change in Total Physical Activity Score or any EPAO subscale over the intervention period."
- "Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea are not associated with worse outcomes in bronchoscopy patients."
- "these data do not support a contribution of obesity trends to asthma prevalence trends."
- "The absence of negative physical and psychological effects [associations] of weight cycling indicates that the risk of weight regain should not be a barrier to encouraging weight loss efforts in patients with severe obesity."
- "HFSC [high fat high sucrose] diet improved biomechanical properties only in LETO rats."
- RCT: "A single exposure to structured education programme did not increase physical activity or improve biochemical markers in overweight and obese women with PCOS."
- RCT: No Effect of Sleep Curtailment on Energy Intake.
- "There were no differences between milk, SSSD, NCSD, and water on insulin sensitivity."
Basic
- Lack of Mitochondrial MutS Homolog 1 in Toxoplasma Gondii Disrupts Maintenance and Fidelity of Mitochondrial DNA and Reveals Metabolic Plasticity.
- Diversity of Thermogenic Capacity Predicts Divergent Obesity Susceptibility in a Wild Rodent.
- Cold Acclimation Causes Fiber Type-Specific Responses in Glucose and Fat Metabolism in Rat Skeletal Muscles.
- Brown Fat AKT2 is a Cold-Induced Kinase that Stimulates ChREBP-Mediated De Novo Lipogenesis to Optimize Fuel Storage and Thermogenesis in Male Mice.
- Diet-resistant Obesity is Characterized By a Distinct Plasma Proteomic Signature and Impaired Muscle Fiber Metabolism.
Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue
Clinical
- Effects of Weight Loss Interventions for Adults Who are Obese on Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
- Maturation of CGM and Glycemic Measurements Beyond HbA1c—A Turning Point in Research and Clinical Decisions.
- Standardizing Clinically Meaningful Outcome Measures Beyond HbA1c for Type 1 Diabetes: A Consensus Report.
- International Consensus on Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring.
- The Use of Language in Diabetes Care and Education.
- Genetic Risk Scores for Body Fat Distribution Attenuate Weight Loss in Women During Dietary Intervention.
- The Role of Behavioral Medicine in the Treatment of Obesity in Primary Care.
- Maintenance of Lost Weight and Long-Term Management of Obesity.
Children and Adolescents
- Pediatric Cardiovascular Morbidity of the Early Term Newborn.
- Characterization of the Stool Microbiome in Hispanic Preschool Children By Weight Status and Time.
- The Dose of Behavioral Interventions to Prevent and Treat Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-regression.
Surgery
- Position Statement: Response to Decision By Joint Committee of the Hertfordshire Valleys and the East and North Hertfordshire CCGs to Restrict Access to Elective Surgery on the Basis of BMI.
- BPS Endorses ASO Statement on Restricting Elective Surgery Based on BMI.
- The Effect of Helicobacter Pylori on Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
- Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of RCTs.
Drugs
- RCT: Glucocorticoids Suppress Brown Adipose Tissue Function in Humans.
- RCT: The Efficacy and Safety of Monotherapy with the Once-weekly Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor Omarigliptin in People with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Metformin Effects are Augmented By Chronic Intermittent Cold Stress in High Fat Diet Fed Male Wistar Rats.
- Obesity and Altered Aspirin Pharmacology.
Food & Diet
- Undervalued and Ignored: Are Humans Poorly Adapted to Energy-dense Foods?
- RCT: Effects of 3-week Total Meal Replacement Vs. Typical Food-based Diet on Human Brain Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Food-cue Reactivity and Functional Connectivity in People with Obesity.
- RCT: Effects of a Mixed Berry Beverage on Cognitive Functions and Cardiometabolic Risk Markers.
- Shifts in Patterns and Consumption of Beverages Between 1965 and 2002.
Caloric Restriction
- Metformin Potentiates the Benefits of Dietary Restraint: A Metabolomic Study.
- Ketone Body 3-hydroxybutyrate Mimics Calorie Restriction Via the Nrf2 Activator, Fumarate, in the Retina.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- Optimal Timing of Exercise for Influencing Energy Intake in Children During School Lunch.
- Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time are Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults with Prediabetes.
Economics & Sociology
- How People Came to Believe Blueberries are the Healthiest Fruit.
- The Use of Family Rituals in Eating Behaviors in Hispanic Mothers.
- Relationship Between Individual Categories of Adverse Childhood Experience and Diabetes in Adulthood in a Sample of US Adults: Does It Differ By Gender?
- The Relationship of Socioeconomic Status with BMI Depends on the Socioeconomic Measure Used.
- Tempo-rarily Fat: A Queer Exploration of Fat Time.
Epidemiology
- Neighborhood Resources to Support Healthy Diets and Physical Activity Among US Military Veterans.
- Quality of Food Choices of Brazilian Adolescents According to Individual Earnings.
- Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better than Food Deserts in the United States.
- Psoriasis and the Risk of Diabetes: A Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study. (pdf)
Psychology & Neuroscience
- Emotional Eating and Instructed Food-cue Processing in Adolescents.
- Genetic Association of Major Depression with Atypical Features and Obesity-Related Immunometabolic Dysregulations.
- “Memory Bias” for Recall of Experiences During Initial Weight Loss is Affected By Subsequent Weight Loss Outcome.
- Correlation Between Brain Circuit Segregation and Obesity.
- Association Between Previous Success with Weight Loss Through Dietary Change and Success in a Lifestyle Modification Program.
Equity and Disparities
- Disparities in State-Specific Adult Fruit and Vegetable Consumption — United States, 2015.
- Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better than Food Deserts in the United States.
Stigma
- Abstract: Obese Teen Girls Have Lower Trust of Healthcare Providers than Healthy Weight Teen Girls.
- Policy Statement: ‘Words Can Heal or do Harm’: Policy Addresses Ways to Reduce Weight Stigma. American Association of Pediatrics.
- Policy Statement: Stigma Experienced By Children and Adolescents with Obesity.
- Obesogenic Behavior and Weight-Based Stigma in Popular Children’s Movies.
Policy Related
- The Cultural Competence of Health Journalists: Obesity Coverage in Four Urban News Organizations.
- Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Position Statement: SBM Supports Curbing Summertime Weight Gain Among America's Youth.
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Related School Environment/policy Factors and Child Obesity in China: A Nationally Representative Study of 8573 Students in 110 Middle Schools.
- Potato Chips, Cookies, and Candy Oh My! Public Commentary on Proposed Rules Regulating Competitive Foods.
- Mandatory Calorie Disclosure: A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Effect on Consumers and Retailers.
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Menu Labeling Supplemental Guidance.
- An Overview of Links Between Obesity and Food Systems (pdf). (pdf)
- A Systematic Review of the Long-term Effectiveness of Work-based Lifestyle Interventions to Tackle Overweight and Obesity.
- US Health Policy and Prescription Drug Coverage of FDA-approved Medications for the Treatment of Obesity.
Intergenerational Effects
- Maternal Obesity and Cardiac Development in the Offspring: Study in Human Neonates and Minipigs.
- Pre-pregnancy Overweight or Obesity and Gestational Diabetes as Predictors of Body Composition in Offspring Twenty Years Later-evidence From Two Birth Cohort Studies.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Tall Young Females Get Ahead: Size-specific Fecundity in Wild Kangaroos Suggests a Steep Trade-off with Growth.
- Eco-energetic Consequences of Evolutionary Shifts in Body Size.
- Energy Expenditure and Intake During Special Operations Forces Field Training in a Jungle and Glacial Environment.
- Diversity of Thermogenic Capacity Predicts Divergent Obesity Susceptibility in a Wild Rodent.
Methods
- Suitability of Random Forest Analysis for Epidemiological Research: Exploring Sociodemographic and Lifestyle-related Risk Factors of Overweight in a Cross-sectional Design.
- Statistical and Integrative System-level Analysis of DNA Methylation Data.
- Exploring the Impact of Using Measured or Estimated Values for Height and Weight on the Relationship Between BMI and Acute Hospital Mortality.
Commentary
- Dietary Fat: Friend or Foe?
- The Stomach and Obesity: The Missing Link, at Last?
- The Important Role of Food Composition in Policies and Programmes for Better Public Health: A South African Case Study.
- How to Host Thanksgiving Dinner When Everyone Has a Dietary Restriction.
- Weight Discrimination in the Workplace: The Troubling Lack of Plus-Sized CEOs.
General
- Scientists Gave Beetle an Extra, Functional Eye.
- A Troubling Look at the Human Toll of Mountaintop Removal Mining.
- Humans as a Model Species for Sexual Selection Research.
- Scientific Trials—In the Laboratories, Not the Courts.
- How Racism and Microaggressions Lead to Worse Health.
- …But It Was the Very Best Butter! How Tests Can Be Reliable, Valid, and Worthless.
- If You Don't Measure It, You Won't Improve It: The Advancement of Recreational Therapy Through Collaborative Research.
Announcements
- IU Bloomington’s School of Public Health seeks to hire two grant administrators and grant promotion personnel to work as part of growing team.
- Post-Doc Opportunity: University of Kansas Medical Center – Cardiovascular Research Institute – Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management.
- ObesityWeek — NOW OPEN TOS 2018 Call for Symposia Submissions.
- 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.