Featured

• Hangry in the Field: An Experience Sampling Study on the Impact [Association] of Hunger on Anger, Irritability, and Affect.
• Food-Seeking Behavior Is Triggered by Skin Ultraviolet Exposure in Males.
• The Impact of Different Dark Chocolate Dietary Patterns on Synaptic Potency and Plasticity in the Hippocampal CA1 Area of the Rats Under Chronic Isolation Stress.
• Higher Than Predicted Resting Energy Expenditure and Lower Physical Activity in Healthy Underweight Chinese Adults.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: The Largest Study Ever on Avocados Has Some Good News for Your High Cholesterol.
• Press Release: Daily Avocados Improve Diet Quality, Help Lower Cholesterol Levels.
• Study: "The primary outcome, change in visceral adipose tissue volume ... was not significantly different" though "modest but nominally significant reductions in total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [secondary outcomes] were observed in the Avocado Supplemented compared with the Habitual Diet Group."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "...contrary to expectations, across all motivational levels (low and high autonomous), the challenge-focused intervention resulted in a greater increase in total daily PA (primary outcome)..."
• RCT: "Acute dietary nitrate supplementation does not change venous volume and compliance in healthy young adults."
• Meta-Analysis: No Compelling Evidence for the Effects of Thiamine Supplementation on Patients with Heart Failure.
• "There was no evidence found that zBMI was associated with school readiness."
• Meta-Analysis: "The pooled effect sizes suggested ... [no] significant effect of androstenedione supplementation on ...body weight … [or] BMI…"
• "We provide novel information on seasonal changes in foraging of humpback whales and suggest that these animals, contrary to nearly all other animals that seasonally fast, exhibit high feeding rates soon after exiting the fasting period."
• Modestly Increased Incidence of Ketosis in Caloric Restriction Does Not Significantly Alter Effects of Caloric Restriction.
• Rapamycin Did Not Prevent the Excessive Exercise-Induced Hepatic Fat Accumulation [in Mice].

Basic

• Retinoic Acid Promotes Tissue Vitamin a Status and Modulates Adipose Tissue Metabolism of Neonatal Rats Exposed to Maternal High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity.
• Adipocyte Lysoplasmalogenase TMEM86A Regulates Plasmalogen Homeostasis and Protein Kinase A-Dependent Energy Metabolism.
• A Cardiac Amino-Terminal GRK2 Peptide Inhibits Maladaptive Adipocyte Hypertrophy and Insulin Resistance During Diet-Induced Obesity.
• BAF60a Deficiency in Macrophage Promotes Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Inflammation.
• Sex-Specific Changes in Metabolism During the Transition from Chow to High-Fat Diet Feeding are Abolished in Response to Dieting in C57BL/6J Mice.
• Fecal Microbiota Transplantation During Lactation Programs the Metabolism of Adult Wistar Rats in a Sex-Specific Way.
• The Effect of Low Doses of Radon on Ghrelin and Glucose Levels in Rats with Multiple Low-Dose Streptozotoccin-Induced Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Overexpressing Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Receptor 1 in Mouse Brown Adipose Tissue Restores Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Sensitivity in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Enhancing the Trustworthiness of the Endocrine Society’s Clinical Practice Guidelines.
• Poor Reporting Quality in Basic Nutrition Research: Recent Folate Research in Mouse Models.
• Advancing Nutritional Epidemiology by Linking Datasets and Addressing Data Quality.

Clinical

• Systematic Review: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity.
• Preprint: Effectiveness of EHealth Weight Management Interventions in Adults with Overweight and Obesity from Low Socioeconomic Groups.
• Obesity and “Obesity-Related” Cancers: Are There BMI Cut-Points?

Children and Adolescents

• "Shorter sleep duration and later meal timing are associated with adiposity gain in preschoolers."
• Trends in Metabolic Syndrome Among US Youth, from 1999 to 2018.
• The Impact of Adiposity Indices on Lung Function in Children with Respiratory Allergic Diseases.

Surgery

• Review: Bariatric Surgery Practice Patterns Among Pediatric Surgeons in the United States.
• Psycho-Behavioral Factors Related to Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery.
• Altered Insulin Clearance After Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy in the Fasting and Prandial Conditions.
• Effect of Exercise Training After Bariatric Surgery: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study.
• "These findings suggest that the detrimental impact of prolonged organ ischemic time may be attenuated by donor obesity."

Drugs

• Review: Tirzepatide, a New Era of Dual-Targeted Treatment for Diabetes and Obesity.
• Review: Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Obesity and Overweight.
• GLP-1RAs for the Treatment of Obesity in Women After Menopause.
• Network Pharmacology Research Indicates That Wu-Mei-Wan Treats Obesity by Inhibiting Th17 Cell Differentiation and Alleviating Metabolic Inflammation.
• Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Obesity-Associated Cancers in the Women's Health Initiative.
• Synergism between Obesity and HFpEF on Neutrophils Phenotype and Its Regulation by Adipose Tissue-Molecules and SGLT2i Dapagliflozin.

Food & Diet

• RCT: Prunes Preserve Hip Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women.
• RCT: "This study suggests potential benefits of n–3-PUFA supplementation to lipoprotein profiles in healthy older adults without dyslipidemia..."
• RCT: Cinnamon Infusion Reduces Satiety and Increases Energy Intake.
• Review: The Effect of Prebiotics on Human Iron Absorption.
• Immune Tolerance of Food Is Mediated by Layers of CD4+ T Cell Dysfunction.
• The Potential Mechanisms of Bergamot-Derived Dietary Fiber Alleviating High-Fat Diet-Induced Hyperlipidemia and Obesity in Rats.
• Effects of Red Rice Bran Extract on High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mice.
• Chlorella Unsaturated Fatty Acids Suppress High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in C57/BL6J Mice.
• Unripe Banana Flour (Musa cavendishii) Promotes Increased Hypothalamic Antioxidant Activity, Reduced Caloric Intake, and Abdominal Fat Accumulation in Rats on a High-Fat Diet.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• RCT: Effectiveness and Tolerability of a Two-Week Hypocaloric Protein-Rich Diet Prior to Obesity Surgery with Two Different Diet Interventions.
• The Role of GCN2 Kinase in Mediating the Effects of Amino Acids on Longevity and Feeding Behaviour in Drosophila.
• Intermittent Calorie Restriction Alters T Cell Subsets and Metabolic Markers in People with Multiple Sclerosis.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Mixed-Method Follow Up : Maintenance of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Composition, and a Physically Active Lifestyle After Structured Exercise Interventions in Individuals with Overweight and Obesity.
• Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility by Substrate Oxidation Responses and Blood Lactate in Women Expressing Varying Levels of Aerobic Fitness and Body Fat.
• The Effects of Exercise and Diet on Mental Status, Insulin Signaling Pathway, and Microbiome in Obese Mice.

Economics & Sociology

• Dissertation: Psychosocial Complexities of American Black Women’s Experiences with Weight Loss or Obesity.
• Household Income and Maternal Education in Early Childhood and Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Late Childhood.
• Do We Get Fat Because of Air Pollution? A New Socio-Economic Approach.
• Exploring the Economics of Public Health Intervention Scale-Up.

Epidemiology

• "Our results indicate that the mean weight gain among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic may be small."
• Association of N,N-Diethyl-M-Toluamide (DEET) with Obesity Among Adult Participants.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• "Contrary to affect regulation theory and laboratory data, but consistent with prior ecological momentary assessment data in children and adolescents, pre-meal negative affect was not linked to subsequent loss of control eating."
• Task-Dependent Effective Connectivity of the Reward Network During Food Cue-Reactivity.
• Brain Responses to Food Choices and Decisions Depend on Individual Hedonic Profiles and Eating Habits in Healthy Young Women.

Equity and Disparities

• The Socio-Economic Inequality in BMI.
• Direct and Indirect Determinants of BMI in Both Major Ethnic Groups Experiencing the Nutritional Transition in Cameroon.

Stigma

• Review: The Consequences of a Weight-Centric Approach to Healthcare: A Case for a Paradigm Shift in How Clinicians Address Body Weight.
• Examining Weight Bias Attitudes and Obesity Beliefs Among Undergraduate Students.

Policy Related

• Scoping Review: School-Based Obesity Prevention Programs in Rural Communities.
• Thesis: Association of Media and Messaging on the Impact of the Seattle Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax.
• A Proposal to Unify the Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents.
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-Authorized Retailers Received a Low Score Using the Business Impact Assessment for Obesity and Population-Level Nutrition (BIA-Obesity) Tool.

Intergenerational Effects

• Periconceptional and First Trimester Ultraprocessed Food Intake and Maternal Cardiometabolic Outcomes.
• Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Offspring Hyperactivity–inattention Trajectories from 3 to 8 Years.
• From Pregnancy to Breastfeeding: Adequate Maternal BMI Is Essential to Prevent a High BMI in Your Children.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Avoiding the Effects of Translocation on the Estimates of the Metabolic Rates Across an Elevational Gradient.
• Predictive Simulations to Replicate Human Gait Adaptations and Energetics with Exoskeletons.
• Obligatory Homeothermy of Mesic Habitat-Adapted African Striped Mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, Is Governed by Seasonal Basal Metabolism and Year-Round ‘Thermogenic Readiness’ of Brown Adipose Tissue.

Methods

• Measuring the Reliability of a Frequency Method for Assessing Vegetable Intake Using Photos: A Smart Phone Approach.
• Using Self-Monitoring Technology for Nutritional Counseling and Weight Management.
• Differing Associations with Childhood Outcomes Using Behavioural Patterns Derived from Three Data Reduction Techniques.

Commentary

• How Strong Is the Evidence Base for Carbohydrate Restriction in the Management of T2D?
• Food Texture Trumps Food Processing in the Regulation of Energy Intake.
• Does Excessive Fast-Food Consumption Impair Our Health?
• Study Shows Grocery Shoppers are Coping with Inflation.
• Seeking Value in Obesity Medicine.
• This Diet vs That Diet, and the Winner Is….
• Indicators of Stress Rising in Parallel with Obesity.
• Appetite Control in Obesity.

General

• Methane Much More Sensitive to Global Heating Than Previously Thought, According to Study.
• "..mechanistic insights on a life-threatening mammalian meat allergy brought on by tick bites.."
• A Writer in Pain: As an Unwelcome, Cruel Guest, Pain Infiltrates the Body.
• Can Algae Unlock the Secrets of Photosynthesis?
• Divergent Cis-Regulatory Evolution Underlies the Convergent Loss of Sodium Channel Expression in Electric Fish.
• Longitudinal Analysis: Relationships Among Travel, Social and Occupational Participation, and Life Satisfaction for People with Mobility Disability.
• Thesis: The Effect of Reading Direction and History of Multiple Concussions on the King-Devick Test.
• Wonder of Wonders, Miracle of Miracles: The Unprecedented Speed of COVID-19 Science.

Video & Audio

• Webinar : Virtual Care for Patients with Obesity [July 28th].

Announcements

• New Book: Energy and Evolutionary Conflict: The Metabolic Roots of Cooperation.
• IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Strong Data Analytic and Collaborative Skills to Join a Team of Researchers Focused on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency And/or Statistical and Data Analytic Research in the Obesity, Nutrition or Aging Research Domains.