11/25/16
Featured
- How Strongly Does Appetite Counter Weight Loss? Quantification of the Feedback Control of Human Energy Intake.
- Oxidative Costs of Reproduction in Mouse Strains Selected for Different Levels of Food Intake and Which Differ in Reproductive Performance.
- Evolution Under Dietary Restriction Increases Male Reproductive Performance Without Survival Cost.
Headline vs Study
- Headline: Scientists Uncover Genetic Evidence that 'We are What We Eat'.
- Study: Nitrogen Content of 'food' is Associated with DNA Content of Nitrogen-containing Nucleotides... In Parasites.
Contrary or Null Findings
- RCT: No Significant Effect of a School-Based Active Videogame Intervention on Chinese Children's BMI Despite Increasing Physical Activity Level.
- RCT: Ingesting Bitter Tastants Did Not Influence Energy Intake in Overweight Females.
- In a Mendelian randomization study, "contrary to observational findings, coffee may not have beneficial effects on T2DM, depression or Alzheimer's disease" or adiposity.
- No Significant Effects of Grapefruits (Citrus Paradisi) on Body Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of RCTs.
- MRI Central Obesity Measures Were Not Correlated with Estimated Liver Iron Content.
- RCT: Improvements in Coronary Microvascular Function Following Exercise and Dietary Changes Not Observed at One-Year Follow-Up.
- RCT: Reducing Carbohydrate Intake Decreased GA and Fructosamine, and Lowered Glycemia in Adults at Risk for Diabetes Regardless of Glycemic Index.
- Associations Between Maternal Obesity and Child Cerebral Palsy or Death Was Not Observed.
- School and Neighborhood Demographic Factors Were Associated with BMI Among Adolescent Males but Not Females.
Basic
- Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) Links Glucose Utilization to Fatty Acid Oxidation in the Brown Adipocytes.
- Epigenetic Regulation of Macrophage Polarization and Inflammation By DNA Methylation Influence Insulin Resistance in Obesity.
- High Fat Diet Induces Brain Insulin Resistance and Cognitive Impairment in Mice.
- The Transient Receptor Potential Protein TRPV1 Modulates Clock Gene Oscillations in Brown Adipose Tissue.
- Novel Epigenetic Biomarkers Mediating BPA Exposure and Metabolic Phenotypes in Female Mice.
- Administration of 3,5-diiodo-L-thyronine (T2) Increases B-Oxidation of Fatty Acids in Rat Liver Mitochondria.
- The Transcription Cofactor CRTC1 Protects Against Excessive Hepatic Lipid Accumulation.
- Genome-wide DNA Promoter Methylation and Transcriptome Analysis in Human Adipose Tissue Unravels Novel Candidate Genes for Obesity.
- Hypoxic Living and Exercise Training Alter Adipose Tissue Leptin/Leptin Receptor in Rats.
Clinical
- High-Protein Intake During Weight Loss Therapy Eliminates the Weight-Loss-Induced Improvement in Insulin Action in Obese Postmenopausal Women.
- RCT: Text Message Support Can Lead to Clinically Significant Weight Loss in Patients with Prediabetes.
- RCT: Metabolic Factors and Remission of Pre-Diabetes Significantly Improved Following High Protein Diet Compared with High Carbohydrate Diet.
- Genetic Variations of Circulating Adiponectin Levels Modulate Changes in Appetite in Response to Weight-loss Diets.
- Muscle-Enriched MicroRNAs Isolated From Whole Blood are Regulated By Exercise and are Potential Biomarkers of Cardiorespiratory Fitness.
- Pleiotropic Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies Discover Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Diseases.
- Gut Peptides in the Control of Food Intake.
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Weight Loss Treatment Outcome Among Adults with Metabolic Syndrome.
Children and Adolescents
- Relative Abundance in Bacterial and Fungal Gut Microbes in Obese Children: A Case Control Study.
- Socioeconomic Disparities in Childhood Obesity Risk Were Associated with Oxytocin Receptor Polymorphism.
- Family Structure Associated with Consumption and Exercise Patterns Among Adolescent Youth.
- Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity: WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity.
- Ordering Patterns Following the Implementation of a Healthier Children's Restaurant Menu: A Latent Class Analysis.
Surgery
- Postprandial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: An Update.
- Does Gastric Bypass Surgery Change Body Weight Set Point?
- A Vertically Placed Clip for Weight Loss: A 39-Month Pilot Study.
- Bariatric Surgery and Obesity: Influence on the Incretins.
Food & Diet
- RCT: Whey Protein Consumption After Resistance Exercise Reduces Energy Intake at a Post-exercise Meal.
- Dietary Fat Drives Whole-body Insulin Resistance and Promotes Intestinal Inflammation Independent of Body Weight Gain in Mice.
- Evaluating the Evidence on the Relationship Between Plant-Based Diets and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
- A High-Fat High-Sucrose Diet Rapidly Alters Muscle Integrity, Inflammation and Gut Microbiota in Male Rats.
- Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Inhibited By the Aspartame Metabolite Phenylalanine May Explain Lack of Weight Loss Following Consumption of Diet Drinks.
- The Effect of Green Tea Polyphenols on Gut Microbial Diversity and Fat Deposition in C57BL/6J HFA Mice.
- Relation Between Milk-fat Percentage, Vitamin D, and BMI Z Score in Early Childhood.
Caloric Restriction
- Evaluation of CSF and Plasma Biomarkers of Brain Melanocortin Activity in Response to Caloric Restriction in Humans.
- RCT: Effect of Calorie Restriction on Mood, Quality of Life, Sleep, and Sexual Function in Healthy Nonobese Adults.
- Intestinal Epithelium PPARγ Responsible for Sympathetic Nervous System Activity Following Caloric Restriction.
- The Impact of Caloric Restriction on Muscle Mitochondria Function Differ in Healthy Individuals.
Exercise & Physical Activity
- A Systematic Review of the Effects of Non-Conscious Regulatory Processes in Physical Activity.
- Interactive Effects of Aerobic Fitness, Strength, and Obesity on Mortality in Men.
- Exercise May Curb Appetite After Cognitive Work.
- Pokémon GO May Increase Physical Activity and Decrease Sedentary Behaviors.
- Mouth Rinsing with a Sweet Solution Increases Energy Expenditure and Decreases Appetite During 60 Min of Self-Regulated Walking Exercise.
- Achieving Equity in Physical Activity Participation: ACSM Experience and Next Steps.
- Influences of Resistance Training on Physical Function in Older, Obese Men and Women with Sarcopenia.
Economics & Sociology
- A Systematic Examination of Food Intake and Adaptation to the Food Environment By Refugees Settled in the United States.
- Changes Over Time in the Relationship of Obesity to Education Accumulation.
- The Role of Financial Strain and Self-Control in Explaining Income Inequalities in Health Behaviors.
- Evaluating How Mexican American WIC Mothers Obtain Information About Behaviors Associated with Childhood Obesity Risk.
- Comparison of Obesity Rates in Early Childhood (4-80 Months) By Parental Socioeconomic Status Using National Cohort Dataset in Korea.
- Social Support and Physical Activity Change in Latinas: Results From the Seamos Saludables Trial.
Epidemiology
- Fatty Acid Consumption and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: An 18-year Follow-up in the Female E3N (Etude Epidémiologique auprès des femmes de la Mutuelle Générale de l’Education Nationale) Prospective Cohort Study.
- Programming of Adiposity in Childhood and Adolescence: Associations with Birth Weight and Cord Blood Adipokines.
- Higher Prevalence of Chronic Diseases Associated with Geographic Location and Economic Status Using BRFSS Data.
- 30-year Trends in Overweight, Obesity and Waist-to-height Ratio By Socioeconomic Status in Australian Children, 1985 to 2015.
- How Obesity Impacts Outcomes of Infectious Diseases.
- Changes in Weight and Weight Distribution Across the Lifespan Among HIV-infected and -uninfected Men and Women.
Psychology
- Stress-induced Eating in Women with Binge-eating Disorder and Obesity.
- Attentional Bias to Unhealthy Food in Individuals with Severe Obesity and Binge Eating.
- Training Response Inhibition to Reduce Food Consumption: Mechanisms, Stimulus Specificity and Appropriate Training Protocols.
- Parent-Reported Bullying and Child Weight Gain Between Ages 6 and 15.
- A Behavioral Economics Approach to Understand Weight Cycling in Overweight and Obesity.
- Adapting the Eating Disorder Examination for Use During Pregnancy: Preliminary Results From a Community Sample of Women with Overweight and Obesity.
- Epigenome-wide Association Analysis Revealed that SOCS3 Methylation Influences the Effect of Cumulative Stress on Obesity.
- Perceived Weight Status and Weight Change Among a U.S. Adult Sample.
Equity and Disparities
- Review: Investments Made in Social Development, Education, and Health Programs Positively Improved the Health of U.S. African Americans.
- Commentary: The Ethics of Compromise: Third Party, Public Health and Environmental Perspectives.
- Identifying Contextual and Emotional Factors to Explore Weight Disparities Between Obese Black and White Women.
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Screening Between Asian Americans and Other Adults: BRFSS 2012-2014.
Ethics
- Weighing Posthumanism: Fatness and Contested Humanity.
- An Incomplete Discussion on the Costs of Obesity. (pdf)
- Tolerant Paternalism: Pro-ethical Design as a Resolution of the Dilemma of Toleration.
Stigma
- Weight Stigma and Eating Behaviors on a College Campus.
- Internalized Weight Stigma Scales in Prebariatric Surgery Patients.
- Weight Stigma Reduction and Genetic Determinism.
- Why do Obese Patients Get Worse Care? Many Doctors Don't See Past the Fat.
- RCT: Effects of Wearing a Fat Suit on Eating, Well-being, and Cortisol.
Policy Related
- Child Rights as a Basis for the Regulation of Food Marketing: The Role of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Obesity and Tobacco Cessation Toolkits: Practical Tips and Tools to Save Lives.
- Chronic Pain and Obesity Within a Pediatric Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic Setting: A Preliminary Examination of Current Relationships and Future Directions.
- Direct Health Care Costs Associated with Obesity in Chinese Population in 2011.
- Beyond Supermarkets: Food Outlet Location Selection in Four U.S. Cities Over Time.
- Kid's Menu Portion Sizes: How Much Should Children Be Served?
- Child Care Centers in South Carolina Displayed Improvements in Efforts to Increase Children's Physical Activity After Adopting New Physical Activity State Policy.
Intergenerational Effects
- Obese Children are Thin in Parents' Eyes: A Psychologically, Socially, or Culturally Driven Bias?
- Effects of Maternal Obesity on Placental Function and Fetal Development.
- Intergenerational Transmission of Overweight and Obesity From Parents to Their Adolescent Offspring - the HUNT Study.
- Energy-related Influences on Variation in Breastfeeding Duration Among Indigenous Maya Women From Guatemala.
- Maternal High Fat Diet Exposure and Offspring Metabolism: A Meta-Regression Analysis of Animal Models.
- Sex-specific Associations of Low Birth Weight with Adult-onset Diabetes and Measures of Glucose Homeostasis: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health.
Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics
- Thermal Sensitivity and Phenotypic Plasticity of Cardiac Mitochondrial Metabolism in European Perch, Perca Fluviatilis.
- Energy Storage and Fecundity Explain Deviations From Ecological Stoichiometry Predictions Under Global Warming and Size-selective Predation.
- Testing Dietary Hypotheses of East African Hominines Using Buccal Dental Microwear Data.
Methods
- Use of Dietary Assessment Tools in Randomized Trials Evaluating Diet-based Interventions in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Literature.
- Accounting for Bias in Longitudinal Associations Between the Food Environment with Diet and BMI in the CARDIA Study.
- "A long-standing debate in counterfactual theory relates to whether sex, race, and biological characteristics, including obesity, should be evaluated as causes, given that these variables do not directly correspond to clearly defined interventions."
- Advanced Analysis Techniques Improve Infant Bone and Body Composition Measures By Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry.
- Indirect Calorimetry: An Indispensable Tool to Understand and Predict Obesity.
- Accelerating MRI Fat Quantification Using a Signal Model-based Dictionary to Assess Gastric Fat Volume and Distribution of Fat Fraction.
Mathematical and Quantitative
- The Dynamics of Starvation and Recovery.
- DeepFood: Deep Learning-Based Food Image Recognition for Computer-Aided Dietary Assessment.
Commentary
General
- Prediction of Cardiovascular Mortality By Estimated Cardiorespiratory Fitness Independent of Traditional Risk Factors: The HUNT Study.
- Steven Johnson: How Play Leads to Great Inventions.
- Can Horses Read Emotional Cues From Human Faces? Re-analysis of Smith Et Al. (2016).
- Lifelong Quercetin Enrichment and Cardioprotection in Mdx/Utrn+/-ice.
- Radiocarbon Dating of Seized Ivory Confirms Rapid Decline in African Elephant Populations and Provides Insight Into Illegal Trade.
Video & Audio
- Video: Obesity Prevention Policies in the United States: Which Approaches Make the Most Ethical Sense?
- Audio: Food Failures - Add a Dash of Science to Your Thanksgiving Recipes.
- Audio: Cesarean Section Birth & Obesity.
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