Posted 12/23/11

Policy-Related

• Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes raise demand for substitutes and could even raise caloric intake. Click Here 
• Invited Commentary: Why soft drink taxes will not work. Click Here 
• Patterns and trends of beverage consumption among children and adults in Great Britain, 1986-2009. Click Here 
• Using Stats to Scare Up Support. Click Here 

Translational, Clinical, and Behavioral

• Obesity Rate Falls for New York Schoolchildren. Click Here 
• Built environment, physical activity, and obesity: What have we learned from reviewing the literature? Click Here 
• Greater weight loss and hormonal changes after 6 months diet with carbohydrates eaten mostly at dinner. Click Here 
• Intergenerational change and familial aggregation of body mass index. Click Here 
• Exploring the Factors Contributing to Sibling Correlations in BMI: A Study Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Click Here 
• Emerging Applications of Metabolomic and Genomic Profiling in Diabetic Clinical Medicine. Click Here 
• Lifecourse infectious origins of sexual inequalities in central adiposity. Click Here 
• Human metabolic profiles are stably controlled by genetic and environmental variation. Click Here 
• Genetic Predictors of Weight Loss and Weight Regain After Intensive Lifestyle Modification, Metformin Treatment, or Standard Care in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Click Here 

Basic Science

• Effects of the Consumption of Caffeinated and Decaffeinated Instant Coffee Beverages on Oxidative Stress Induced by Strenuous Exercise in Rats. Click Here 
• Effects of high-fructose corn syrup and sucrose on the pharmacokinetics of fructose and acute metabolic and hemodynamic responses in healthy subjects. Click Here 
• Gut Microbiota Modulate the Metabolism of Brown Adipose Tissue in Mice. Click Here 

General Science

• Detecting novel associations in large data sets. Click Here 
• Bornean orangutans on the brink of protein bankruptcy. Click Here