Featured

• Total Energy Expenditure Measured Using Doubly Labeled Water Compared with Estimated Energy Requirements in Older Adults (≥65 Y): Analysis of Primary Data.
• A Perspective on the Transition to Plant-Based Diets: A Diet Change May Attenuate Climate Change, but Can It Also Attenuate Obesity and Chronic Disease Risk?
• A Poll Too Far? A Study of the Moderating Effects of Obesity and Poor Health on the Distance to the Ballot Station and Probability to Vote Relationship.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Teen's Junk Food Diet Caused Him to Go Blind, Study Reveals.
• Case study: Single Case Study of Teen with Picky Eating Habits. Cause Not Established; Not a Study.
• News critique: Blind to the Limitations of a Single Case Report of Teen’s “Blindness Caused By Junk Food Diet”.

Contrary or Null Findings

• Overweight Kids Actually Eat Less Right After Stressful Events.
• RCT: "Contrary to our hypothesis, the age-specific [weight loss] intervention was not superior to the age-unspecific CBT-approach."
• "Our data do not support the hypothesis that progranulin is an important link between obesity, insulin resistance, and MetS in childhood."
• "These studies do not support the hypothesis that estrogen derived from total body fat or local (mammary) fat contributes to breast development in OB girls."
• Systematic Review: "The scarce available literature indicates little and mixed evidence of a longitudinal association between exposure to non-parental childcare before age six years and diet or activity behaviours."
• "...no meaningful association between these neighborhood factors and odds of obesity or overweight was found in this cross-sectional analysis..."
• Systematic Review: "..... a rather mixed relationship between access to supermarkets and weight‐related behaviours/outcomes among children and adolescents. Half of the included articles indicated a negative relationship between supermarket access and children's BMI."
• "Food intake following the induction of positive, negative and emotionally confusing mood states [did not differ] compared to a control condition..."

Basic

• Regulation of Triglyceride Synthesis By Estradiol in the Livers of Hybrid Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus ♀ × O. Aureus ♂).
• Conjugated Linoleic Acid Isomers Affect Profile of Lipid Compounds and Intensity of Their Oxidation in Heart of Rats with Chemically-Induced Mammary Tumors—Preliminary Study.
• Mitochondrial Damage and Activation of the STING Pathway Leads to Renal Inflammation and Fibrosis in Mice.
• Mice Lacking Adenosine 2A Receptor Reveal Increased Severity of MCD-Induced NASH.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Article: Association Between Vitamin D Supplementation and Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Comment: Concerns Regarding the Systematic Review of Vitamin D and Mortality By Zhang and Colleagues.
• Response: Re: Association Between Vitamin D Supplementation and Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
• Hundreds of Peer Reviewers are Under Investigation for Manipulating Citations.

Clinical

• A Toolbox Approach to Obesity Treatment in Urban Safety-Net Primary Care Clinics: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial.
• Meta-analysis: Early Outcomes and Complications of Obese Patients Undergoing Shoulder Arthroplasty.
• RCT: Weight Loss in Primary Breast Cancer: Impact on Body Composition, Circulating Biomarkers and Tumor Characteristics.
• Heat Therapy Reduces Sympathetic Activity and Improves Cardiovascular Risk Profile in Obese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Children and Adolescents

• Longitudinal Associations Between Overweight/obesity and Stress Biology in Low-income Children.
• Systematic Review: The Effectiveness of Health Professional‐delivered Interventions During the First 1000 Days to Prevent Overweight/obesity in Children.
• A Review of Acute Physical Activity Effects on Brain and Cognition in Children.
• Longitudinal Changes in Weight Status From Childhood and Adolescence to Adulthood.
• Characteristics Associated with Successful Weight Management in Youth with Obesity.
• RCT: Exploring Physical Activity and the Acute Effects on Executive Function and Academic Performance in Primary School Children.

Surgery

• Association of Metabolic Surgery with Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Childbearing Female Candidates for Bariatric Surgery, Pregnancy, and Post-Partum Management After Bariatric Surgery.

Drugs

• Effect of High-fat Diet-induced Obesity on Thyroid Gland Structure in Female Rats and the Possible Ameliorating Effect of Metformin Therapy.
• Metabolic Complications Affecting Adipose Tissue, Lipid and Glucose Metabolism Associated with HIV Antiretroviral Treatment.

Food & Diet

• Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries.
• Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality.
• Risks of Ischaemic Heart Disease and Stroke in Meat Eaters, Fish Eaters, and Vegetarians Over 18 Years of Follow-up.
• Is There a Soft Drink Vs. Alcohol Seesaw? A Cross-sectional Analysis of Dietary Data in the Australian Health Survey 2011–12.
• Virgin Olive Oil and Health: Summary of the III International Conference on Virgin Olive Oil and Health Consensus Report.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Impaired Glucose Metabolism and Altered Gut Microbiome Despite Calorie Restriction of Ob/ob Mice.
• The Effect of Short-term Methionine Restriction on Glutathione Synthetic Capacity and Antioxidant Responses at the Whole Tissue and Mitochondrial Level in the Rat Liver.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Meta-analysis: Sex Dimorphism of VO2max Trainability.
• Meta-analysis: Effects of Physical Exercise Training in the Workplace on Physical Fitness.
• Meta-analysis: The Acute Effect of High-Intensity Exercise on Executive Function.
• RCT: Effectiveness of Behaviorally Designed Gamification Interventions with Social Incentives for Increasing Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Adults Across the United States.

Economics & Sociology

• Associations Between Food Environment Typologies and BMI: Evidence From Yorkshire, England.
• Effect of National Culture on BMI: A Multilevel Analysis of 53 Countries.
• The Association Between the Neighborhood Social Environment and Obesity in Brazil: A Cross-sectional Analysis.

Epidemiology

• Weight Gain Trajectory and Pain Interference in Young Adulthood: Evidence From a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study.
• Meta-analysis: The Association Between Body Composition Using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry and Type-2 Diabetes.
• "...on average, historically long-term oriented countries exhibit significantly lower obesity rates today."
• Associations of Short Stature and Components of Height with Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes.
• Longitudinal Association Between Adiposity and Inter‐arm Blood Pressure Difference.
• Associations Between Childhood Disadvantage and Adult BMI Trajectories Among Midlife Finnish Municipal Employees.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Effects of Alexithymia and Emotional Regulation on Overweight and Obesity.
• Is Social Exposure to Obesity Associated with Weight Status Misperception? Assessing Australians Ability to Identify Overweight and Obesity.
• Consumption Stereotypes and Impression Management: Food Intake.
• Social Anxiety Symptoms Moderate the Link Between Obesity and Metabolic Function.
• The Influence of Sitting Posture on Purchases of Rewarding Food.
• Obesity and Psychosocial Well‐being Among Cancer Patients and Survivors.
• Adipocyte Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Deficiency Alleviates High Fat Diet-induced Memory Deficit, Depressive-like Behavior, Neuroinflammation and Impairment in Adult Neurogenesis.

Equity and Disparities

• Ranked Importance of Childhood Obesity Determinants: Parents' Views Across Ethnicities in New Zealand.
• The Role of Biocultural Approaches in Assessing Interventions for Maternal Weight and Gestational Weight Gain.
• Evaluation of the Cascade of Diabetes Care in the United States, 2005-2016.
• Food Insecurity, Health, and Development in Children Under Age Four Years.

Ethics

• New Book: Thickening Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social Justice.
• New Book: Morality, Aesthetics, and Fatness: Review of Sabrina Strings’ Fearing the Black Body.
• Ethics in the Setting of Clinical Equipoise: Achilles Tendon Rupture in a Patient with Obesity.
• Ethical Considerations in Assessment and Behavioral Treatment of Obesity: Issues and Practice Implications for Clinical Health Psychologists.

Stigma

• Weight Bias Towards Individuals and Groups in Young Children.
• RCT: Obesity Stigma: Is the ‘Food Addiction’ Label Feeding the Problem?
• Overweight and Lonely? A Representative Study on Loneliness in People with Obesity and Its Determinants.

Policy Related

• Financial Incentives Increase Purchases of Fruit and Vegetables Among Lower-Income Households with Children.
• Systematic Review: Farm to School Activities and Student Outcomes.
• Essential Nutrition Actions: Mainstreaming Nutrition Throughout the Life-course.
• Addressing Food Insecurity in the United States: The Role of Policy, Systems Changes, and Environmental Supports.

Intergenerational Effects

• Systematic Review: Different Types of Parental Stress and Childhood Obesity.
• Developmental Overnutrition and Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Offspring.
• An Exploratory Study on the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity and Dieting Proneness.
• Mother or Father: Who is in the Front Line? Mechanisms Underlying the Non-Genomic Transmission of Obesity/Diabetes Via the Maternal or the Paternal Line.
• Multigenerational Effects of Chronic Maternal Exposure to a High Sugar/fat Diet and Physical Training.
• The Effect of Maternal Obesity on Breast Milk Fatty Acids and Its Association with Infant Growth and Cognition.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Meta-analysis: The Water Footprint of Diets.
• The Composition of a Neandertal Social Group Revealed By the Hominin Footprints at Le Rozel (Normandy, France).
• Photoperiodic Changes in Adiposity Increase Sensitivity of Female Siberian Hamsters to Systemic VGF Derived Peptide TLQP-21.
• How People Initiate Energy Optimization and Converge on Their Optimal Gaits.

Methods

• Estimating Children's Weight in the Emergency Department Using a Length-based, Habitus-modified System to Increase the Accuracy of Total Body Weight Estimation: The Utility of the PAWPER Tape in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
• Systematic Review: Methodology Used to Study Weight Change Among Young Adults Attending College.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• High Performance Data Driven Agent-based Modeling Framework for Simulation of Commute Mode Choices in Metropolitan Area.
• A Mathematical Model of Calcium Dynamics: Obesity and Mitochondria-associated ER Membranes.

Commentary

• Heart Attacks, Strokes, Vegetarians, Vegans and Headlines: A Few Comments.
• Obesity Solution: Don’t Let Them Eat Cake.
• Heart Disease, Stroke, and Vegetarian Diets.
• What is True? The Evidence Base for “evidence-based”.
• Carbohydrate Quality and Health: Distilling Simple Truths From Complexity.
• Ketogenic Diet.
• Familiarity Bias to Fuel the Soft Drink Panic Machine.
• Opinion: Should We Fight Obesity or Accept It? Both.

General

• Personality Traits and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease or Stroke in Women with Diabetes.
• Zika Knowledge and Prevention Practices Among U.S. Travelers: A Large Cross-sectional Survey Study.
• Evidence Lights the Way.
• Exposure to Juvenile Males During Development Suppresses Female Capacity for Parthenogenesis in a Stick Insect.
• Bringing Scientific Rigor to Survey Design in Health Care Research.
• Animal Registries Aim to Reduce Bias.
• Mortality Patterns Between Five States with Highest Death Rates and Five States with Lowest Death Rates: United States, 2017.
• Reversal of Epigenetic Aging and Immunosenescent Trends in Humans.

Announcements

• Fellowship: AHA's Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• Fellowship: UAB Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Webinars: National Diabetes Prevention Program at ADA, September 2019.
• Roundtable: Advancing Effective Obesity Communications.
• Webinar: Use of Digital Food Photography Methodology to Examine Family Dinnertime.