Featured

• Cranberry Extract Protects Against Endogenous Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants During Weight Loss in Mice.
• Does Exercise Make Me More Attractive? Exploring the Relations between Exercise and Mate Value.
• Preprint: A Contamination Theory of the Obesity Epidemic.
• Size Variation Does Not Act as Insurance in Bumble Bees; Instead, Workers Add Weight in an Unpredictable Environment.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: An Egg a Day Can Trigger Diabetes Too, Warn Researchers.
• Press Release: Go (over) Easy on the Eggs: ‘Egg-cess’ Consumption Linked to Diabetes.
• Study: Self-reported Egg Consumption Associated with (not Necessarily Causally Related To) Diabetes Diagnosed by Fasting Blood Glucose.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Although thousands of schools currently send BMI reports to parents, the practice alone has no impact on pediatric obesity and may decrease student weight satisfaction; schools should consider dedicating resources to evidence-based approaches to improve student health."
• "Access to unhealthy CF&B [competitive food and beverage] items may influence in-school purchases but does not appear to influence overall dietary behaviors and BMI outcomes."
• Obesity Does Not Adversely Impact the Outcome of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: A Meta-analysis of 80,798 Subjects.
• Obesity Was Not Associated with Overall Short-term Revision After Total Knee Arthroplasty - an Analysis of 121,819 Primary Procedures from the Dutch Arthroplasty Register.
• Constitutive PGC-1α Overexpression in Skeletal Muscle Does Not Contribute to Exercise-Induced Neurogenesis.
• RCT: Wearing Knee Sleeves During Back Squats Does Not Improve Mass Lifted or Affect Knee Biomechanics.
• Short-Term Tea Consumption Is Not Associated with a Reduction in Blood Lipids or Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
• RCT: Isoflavone Supplementation Does Not Potentiate the Effect of Combined Exercise Training on Resting and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Non-Obese Postmenopausal Women.

Basic

• Germ-Free Mice are Not Protected Against Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction.
• Beige Fat Is Dispensable for the Metabolic Benefits Associated with Myostatin Deletion.
• Retinol Binding Protein 4 Primes the NLRP3 Inflammasome by Signaling Through Toll-like Receptors 2 and 4.
• High-Fat Diet-Induced and Genetically Inherited Obesity Differentially Alters DNA Methylation Profile in the Germline of Adult Male Rats.
• Maresin 1 Regulates Insulin Signaling in Human Adipocytes as Well as in Adipose Tissue and Muscle of Lean and Obese Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Intermittent Energy Restriction Attenuates the Loss of Fat Free Mass in Resistance Trained Individuals. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
• Letter: Contrary to the Conclusions Stated in the Paper, Only Dry Fat-Free Mass Was Different between Groups upon Reanalysis. Comment On: “Intermittent Energy Restriction Attenuates the Loss of Fat-Free Mass in Resistance Trained Individuals. A Randomized Controlled Trial”.
• Response: A Reply to Contrary to the Conclusions Stated in the Paper, Only Dry Fat-Free Mass Was Different between Groups upon Reanalysis—Comment On: “Intermittent Energy Restriction Attenuates the Loss of Fat-Free Mass in Resistance Trained Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial”.
• Whether Higher Chocolate Consumption Is Associated with a Reduction in Risk of Coronary Artery Disease? We are Not Sure.
• Video: Science Is Self-Correcting- but the Record Is Not.
• ASN Trust Initiative: Guiding Principles for Managing and Conducting Nutrition Research Funded by Entities at Interest. (pdf)
• ASN Trust Initiative: Guiding Principles for Relationships with Entities at Interest. (pdf)

Clinical

• The Association between BMI Class and Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes.
• The Dark Side of the Spoon - Glucose, Ketones and COVID-19: A Possible Role for Ketogenic Diet?
• Body Fatness Influences Associations of Body Composition and Energy Expenditure with Energy Intake in Healthy Women.
• Attrition Bias in an Observational Study of Very Low-Energy Diet: A Cohort Study.
• Glycemic Control Before Admission Is an Important Determinant of Prognosis in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019.
• Older Age Does Not Influence the Success of Weight Loss Through the Implementation of Lifestyle Modification.

Children and Adolescents

• Barriers and Facilitators to Changes in Adolescent Physical Activity During COVID-19.
• Associations of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Obesity Parameters with Blood Pressure: Fitness and Fatness in Youth Latin-American Ethnic Minority.
• Sweat, Sit, Sleep: A Compositional Analysis of 24-hr Movement Behaviors and BMI Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Surgery

• Impact of Pre-operative Aerobic Exercise on Cardiometabolic Health and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
• Meta-Analysis: Are We Ready for Bariatric Surgery in a Liver Transplant Program?
• Meta-Analysis: Preoperative Binge Eating and Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Research and Prospect of Peptides for Use in Obesity Treatment (Review).
• Efficacy and Safety of Lorcaserin in Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of RCTs.
• Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Abuse and Illicit Drug Use in South Korea by Wastewater-based Epidemiology.

Food & Diet

• Genetic, Lifestyle, and Health-related Characteristics of Adults Without Celiac Disease Who Follow a Gluten-free Diet.
• USDA Shares Easy At-Home Advice for Handling Food Safely This Thanksgiving.
• RCT: The Effect of Green Mediterranean Diet on Cardiometabolic Risk.
• RCT: A Whole-Diet Approach Affects Not Only Fasting but Also Postprandial Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Overweight and Obese Adults.
• Consumption of Dried Fruits Is Associated with Greater Intakes of Underconsumed Nutrients, Higher Total Energy Intakes, and Better Diet Quality in US Adults.
• Mediterranean Diet, Stress Resilience, and Aging in Nonhuman Primates.
• A High-protein Total Diet Replacement Increases Energy Expenditure and Leads to Negative Fat Balance in Healthy, Normal-weight Adults.
• Dietary Pattern Trajectories in Middle Age and Physical Function in Older Age.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Energy and Caloric Restriction, and Fasting and Cancer: A Narrative Review.
• Reasons for and Consequences of Low Energy Availability in Female and Male Athletes: Social Environment, Adaptations, and Prevention.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Frailty and Physical Fitness in Elderly People.
• Meta-analysis: Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage During the Menstrual Cycle.
• Association of Physical Activity Intensity with Mortality a National Cohort Study of 403 681 US Adults.
• Neighbourhood Walkability and Physical Activity: Moderating Role of a Physical Activity Intervention in Overweight and Obese Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome.
• Strength Training Reduces Fat Accumulation and Improves Blood Lipid Profile Even in the Absence of Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Condition.

Economics & Sociology

• Trends in Obesity by Socioeconomic Status Among Non-pregnant Women Aged 15–49 Y: A Cross-sectional, Multi-dimensional Equity Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys in 11 Sub-Saharan Africa Countries, 1994–2015.
• Neighborhood Social Environments, Healthy Resources, and Adult Diabetes: Accounting for Activity Space Exposures.
• Nutritional Analysis of Foods and Beverages Depicted in Top-Grossing US Movies, 1994-2018.
• Metabolic Profiles of Socio-economic Position: A Multi-cohort Analysis.
• America's Obesity Crisis: The Health and Economic Costs of Excess Weight.

Epidemiology

• In Adults with Obesity, Copeptin Is Linked with BMI but Is Not Associated with Long-term Exposure to Cortisol and Cortisone.
• Association of Obesity with Depressive Symptomatology, Eating Habits, Interleukin-8 and Cortisol in a Young Population.
• Sarcopenic Obesity and 10-year Cardiovascular Disease Risk Scores in Cancer Survivors and Non-cancer Participants Using a Nationwide Survey.
• Overweight Improves Long-term Survival in Japanese Patients with Asthma.
• Adiposity Measures and Mortality in an Asian Population.
• BMI and Risk of Dying from a Bloodstream Infection: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
• Early Weight Gain Trajectories and Body Composition in Infancy in Infants Born Very Preterm.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Taste, Sickness, and Learning: Understanding How We Form Aversions to Particular Flavors Has Led to New Ideas About Learning—and Could Have Implications for Treating Obesity and Drug Use.
• Can Visual Cues to Portion Size Reduce the Number of Portions of Consumed? Two RCTs.
• Calories Count: Memory of Eating Is Evolutionarily Special.
• Prisoners of Addictive Cues: Biobehavioral Markers of Overweight and Obese Adults with Food Addiction.
• Food Addiction, Executive Function and Mood in Adolescents with Obesity Seeking Treatment.
• RCT: Acute Sleep Curtailment Increases Sweet Taste Preference, Appetite and Food Intake in Healthy Young Adults.
• Food Addiction and Psychosocial Adversity: Biological Embedding, Contextual Factors, and Public Health Implications.

Equity and Disparities

• Preconception Health Risks Among U.S. Women: Disparities at the Intersection of Disability and Race or Ethnicity.
• Association between Obesity and Education Level Among the Elderly in Taipei, Taiwan between 2013 and 2015: A Cross-sectional Study.
• Trends in Obesity by Socioeconomic Status Among Non-pregnant Women Aged 15–49 Y: A Cross-sectional, Multi-dimensional Equity Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys in 11 Sub-Saharan Africa Countries, 1994–2015.

Stigma

• Weight-Focused Public Health Interventions—No Benefit, Some Harm.
• Perceived and Preferred Social Support in Patients Experiencing Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery.
• Changes in the Prevalence and Correlates of Weight-Control Behaviors and Weight Perception in Adolescents in the UK, 1986-2015.
• Implicit and Explicit Fat Bias Among Adolescents from Two US Populations Varying by Obesity Prevalence.
• Adults’ Attitudes Toward Children, Adolescents, and Adults Who are Obese and Tax-funded Programs to Combat Obesity.
• The Media as a Source of Weight Stigma for Pregnant and Postpartum Women.

Policy Related

• Vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 Infection—evolution of Evidence Supporting Clinical Practice and Policy Development.
• Is Obesity Policy in England Fit for Purpose? Analysis of Government Strategies and Policies, 1992-2020.
• Nutrition Policy and Healthy China 2030 Building.

Intergenerational Effects

• Effects of Maternal Periconceptional Undernutrition in Sheep on Offspring Glucose–insulin Axis Function into Adulthood.
• Maternal-infant Nutrition and Development Programming of Offspring Appetite and Obesity.
• Maternal and Paternal Obesity are Associated with Offspring Obestatin Levels in the Nutritionists’ Health Study.
• Effect of BMI on Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Nulliparous Women: A Prospective Comparative Study.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• The Diapause Lipidomes of Three Closely Related Beetle Species Reveal Mechanisms for Tolerating Energetic and Cold Stress in High-Latitude Seasonal Environments.

Methods

• Comparing Two Analytical Approaches to Evaluate Access to Fresh, Healthy Food: A Case of the Indiana Uplands.
• Perspective: Laboratory Considerations and Clinical Data Management for Human Nutrition RCTs: Guidance for Ensuring Quality and Integrity.
• Perspective: Design and Conduct of Human Nutrition RCTs.
• Perspective: Guidelines Needed for the Conduct of Human Nutrition RCTs.
• A Multi-component Screen for Feeding Behaviour and Nutritional Status in Drosophila to Interrogate Mammalian Appetite-related Genes.

Commentary

• The Science Behind Thanksgiving Dinner.
• Sugar Intake and Cancer Risk: When Epidemiologic Uncertainty Meets Biological Plausibility.
• Today in Shoddy Science: Do Eggs Cause Diabetes?
• Connecting the Dots: Cheesecake, COVID, and Obesity.
• Serving a Hot Dish of Anti-Inflammatory Food.
• Do Not Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water: It Is Too Early to Know Whether School Food Policy Can Shape Dietary Choices and Prevent Obesity.
• Establishing Consensus on Key Public Health Indicators for the Monitoring and Evaluating Childhood Obesity Interventions: A Delphi Panel Study.
• Childhood Obesity Campaigns: All Harm, No Benefit.

General

• A Space-Time Permutation Scan Statistic for Evaluating County-Level Tickborne Disease Clusters in Indiana, 2009-2016.
• The Master Developmental Regulator Jab1/Cops5/Csn5 Is Essential for Proper Bone Growth and Survival in Mice.
• Safety of In-person Courses at Indiana University Supported by New Analysis.
• Air Pollutants and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Administration in Elementary Schools.
• Health, Physical Activity and Musculoskeletal Symptoms Among Stone, Sand, and Gravel Mine Workers: Implications for Enhancing and Sustaining Worker Health and Safety.
• Is Neurodevelopment Related to Exercise Capacity in Single Ventricle Patients Who Have Undergone Fontan Palliation?
• Creating Guardians or Warriors? Examining the Effects of Non-Stress Training on Policing Outcomes.
• Preprint: Optimal Joint Allocation of Efforts in Inclusive Fitness by Related Individuals.

Announcements

• IU Alumnus, Professional Chef Led Diabetic Friendly Food Demo on Nov 20.
• Amid Pandemic and Overall Enrollment Decline, IU Sets Diversity Records.
• 7 Indiana University Faculty Named 2020 AAAS Fellows.
• The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) Invites Applications to Join the Faculty of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.
• IU Bloomington School of Public Health to Offer New Advanced Degrees in Biostatistics in Next Academic Year.
• The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) Invites National Applications for the Position of Associate Dean for Research and Tenured Full Professor.