Featured

• Diabetes and Diet: Purchasing Behavior Change in Response to Health Information.
• Does Effectiveness of Weight Management Programs Depend on the Food Environment?
• The Translation of Age-related Body Composition Findings From Rodents to Humans.
• Longitudinal Analysis of Biomarker Data From a Personalized Nutrition Platform in Healthy Subjects.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Community Efforts to Combat Childhood Obesity Can Be Effective, Study Finds.
• Study: The Prevalence of Community Programmes and Policies to Prevent Childhood Obesity in a Diverse Sample of US Communities. Associations, not necessarily causation. (updated) 

Contrary or Null Findings

• “Our Original Hypothesis Was that Diet Composition Would Affect Longevity; However…diet Composition Had No Impact on Survival” or Metabolic Factors in Mice.
• "After adjusting for covariates, origin-based discrimination was ...not associated with either the intercept or slope of BMI."
• No Significant Associations of BMI with Outcome Measures of the Patients with Penetrating Injuries.
• "Although other advantages might exist for breakfasts based on low-GI/low-GL foods, our findings support the hypothesis that minor differences in nutritional and perceived characteristics of breakfast are of limited importance regarding medium-term energy intake in healthy men."
• High-Sugar, High-Saturated-Fat Dietary Patterns are Not Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged Adults in a Prospective Study.
• High-dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids Have No Effect on Platelet Aggregation or Coagulation Measured with Static and Flow-based Aggregation Instruments and Sonoclot; An Observational Study in Healthy Volunteers.
• No Evidence for Multimodal Body Mass Distributions and Body Mass-related Capture Order in Wild-caught Damaraland Mole-rats.
• "...higher BMI, and particularly higher fat mass, at pre-school age predicted more food approaching and less food avoidant eating behaviors at the age of 10 years, rather than the hypothesized reverse direction."
• "While teacher training is hypothesized to contribute to the development of physical literacy among elementary school students, the observed effects in this study were either small or null."
• CDC Childhood Physical Activity Strategies Fail to Show Sustained Fitness Impact in Middle School Children.

Basic

• Effect of Food Predictability on Lifespan in Male Mice.
• Glucagon Receptor Signaling Regulates Energy Metabolism Via Hepatic Farnesoid X Receptor and Fibroblast Growth Factor 21.
• The DNA Repair Protein OGG1 Protects Against Obesity By Altering Mitochondrial Energetics in White Adipose Tissue.
• Metabolic Dynamics of Human Sertoli Cells are Differentially Modulated By Physiological and Pharmacological Concentrations of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1.
• Asthma Alleviates Obesity in Males Through Regulating Metabolism and Energy Expenditure.
• Decrease in αβ/γδ T-cell Ratio is Accompanied By a Reduction in High-Fat Diet–Induced Weight Gain, Insulin Resistance, and Inflammation.
• Targeting Nuclear Receptor NR4A1-dependent Adipocyte Progenitor Quiescence Promotes Metabolic Adaptation to Obesity.
• Fluorescent Blood–brain Barrier Tracing Shows Intact Leptin Transport in Obese Mice.
• Adipose Tissue Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Human Obesity is Linked to a Specific DNA Methylation Signature in Adipose-derived Stem Cells.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Influential Errors | the Diet Heart Tale.
• The Complicated Connection Between Supermarkets and Obesity.
• Newsweek Overlooks Key Limitation of Study on Vitamin D and Childhood Obesity.
• Comment on “The Plateau of Human Mortality: Demography of Longevity Pioneers”.

Clinical

• Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss.
• Obesity and Endocrine Management of the Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
• RCT: Dissemination of the Look AHEAD Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in the United States Military.
• Influence of Obesity on the Response to Influenza Infection and Vaccination.

Children and Adolescents

• Acceleration of BMI in Early Childhood and Risk of Sustained Obesity.
• Taq1a Polymorphism (rs1800497) is Associated with Obesity-related Outcomes and Dietary Intake in a Multi-ethnic Sample of Children.
• RCT: Type of Infant Formula Increases Early Weight Gain and Impacts Energy Balance.

Surgery

• Long-Term Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Weight Loss at 10 or More Years for All Bariatric Procedures.
• Weight Loss Surgery Utilization in Patients Aged 14–25 with Severe Obesity.

Drugs

• "...the results suggest that the use of methylphenidate in patients who have ADHD and obesity is relevant not only for controlling ADHD symptoms but also for improving the nutritional status of these individuals."
• Effects of Immediate or Delayed Estradiol on Behavior in Old Menopausal Macaques on Obesogenic Diet.
• More Options & Better Outcomes for Obesity Medicine?
• Efficacy and Safety of LY3298176, a Novel Dual GIP and GLP-1 Receptor Agonist, in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Food & Diet

• Urinary Tract Infection: Should Cranberry and Probiotics Be Considered?
• RCT: Potential Metabolic Effect of Sucralose Following an Oral Glucose Load in Subjects with Obesity and Normal-weight Subjects.
• Consumption of Mediterranean Versus Western Diet Leads to Distinct Mammary Gland Microbiome Populations.
• "The Taxonomic Composition of the Gut Microbiome Associates With Patient Ethnicity and Geographic Location"
• Combating Excessive Eating: A Role for Four Evidence‐Based Remedies.

Caloric Restriction

• Effects of Acute Exercise Combined with Calorie Restriction Initiated Late-in-Life on Insulin Signaling, Lipids and Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle From Old Rats.
• Calorie Restriction Prevents Diet-induced Insulin Resistance Independently of PGC-1-driven Mitochondrial Biogenesis in White Adipose Tissue.
• Caloric Restriction Promotes Functional Changes Involving Short-chain Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in the Rat Gut Microbiota.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Community-based Physical Activity Programs, What are the Health Benefits for Older Adults?
• Systematic Review Of Physical Activity Questionnaires For Young People Finds None With "Conclusive Evidence For Both Acceptable Validity And Reliability"
• Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Older Adults with and Without Diabetes.
• RCT: Investigating the Holistic Benefits of Father–daughter Co-physical Activity with Mediation Analyses.
• Structural and Functional Body Components in Athletic Health and Performance Phenotypes.

Economics & Sociology

• Education Can Reduce Health Differences Related to Genetic Risk of Obesity.
• Adverse Childhood Experiences and Weight Status Among Adolescents.
• Shirts or Skins?: Tattoos as Costly Honest Signals of Fitness and Affiliation Among US Intercollegiate Athletes and Other Undergraduates.
• Early Life Disadvantage and Adult Adiposity: Tests of Sensitive Periods During Childhood and Behavioural Mediation in Adulthood.

Epidemiology

• Is Recovery From Ankle Sprains Negatively Affected By Obesity?
• Life Course Effects of Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors on Metabolic Syndrome and 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan Adults.
• Sources and Pattern of Protein Intake and Risk of Overweight or Obesity in Young UK Twins.
• Obesity and Metabolic Features Associated with Long-term Developing Diastolic Dysfunction in an Initially Healthy Population-based Cohort.
• Preliminary Analysis to Investigate Accuracy of Data Mining for Childhood Obesity and Overweight Predictions.
• Association of BMI and Age with Incident Diabetes in Chinese Adults.
• Association of Clinical and Social Factors with Excess Hypertension Risk in Black Compared with White US Adults.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Social Influence Shifts Valuation of Appetitive Cues in Early Adolescence and Adulthood.
• Why some obese people become depressed whilst others do not: exploring links between cognitive reactivity, depression and obesity.

Equity and Disparities

• Recent Trends in the Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes and the Association with Abdominal Obesity Lead to Growing Health Disparities in the USA: An Analysis of the NHANES Surveys From 1999 to 2014.
• Trends in Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in Cardiovascular Health Among Adults Without Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in the United States, 1988 to 2014.
• Early Life Disadvantage and Adult Adiposity: Tests of Sensitive Periods During Childhood and Behavioural Mediation in Adulthood.
• "…among both blacks and whites, the distance-weighted poverty rate of extralocal neighborhoods is significantly and inversely related to BMI, suggesting that relative affluence in nearby neighborhoods engenders relative deprivation among residents of the focal neighborhood, leading to increased BMI."
• Blood Sugar: Racial Pharmacology and Food Justice in Black America.
• It Weigh(t)s on You: Everyday Discrimination and Adiposity Among Latinos.

Stigma

• Mismatch in Children’s Weight Assessment, Ideal Body Image, and Rapidly Increased Obesity Prevalence in China.
• An Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Through Creation of Body-Size Inclusive Spaces. (pdf)

Policy Related

• Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Child Health: Implications for Policy.
• Expected Changes in Obesity After Reformulation to Reduce Added Sugars in Beverages: A Modeling Study.
• Associations Between BMI and Urban “Green” Streetscape in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Intergenerational Effects

• Genome-wide Profiling of Histone H3K27 Acetylation Featured Fatty Acid Signalling in Pancreatic Beta Cells in Diet-induced Obesity in Mice.
• Transgenerational effects of egg nutrients on the early development of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) across a thermal gradient.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Energy (Im-)Balance in Frugivorous Lemurs in Southern Madagascar: A Preliminary Study in Lemur Catta and Eulemur Rufifrons × Collaris.
• The Mechanism Enabling Hibernation in Mammals.
• Body Condition and Adrenal Glucocorticoid Activity Affects Metabolic Marker and Lipid Profiles in Captive Female Elephants in Thailand.
• Genetic Variants in SGLT1, Glucose Tolerance, and Cardiometabolic Risk.

Methods

• Association Between Residential Self-selection and Non-residential Built Environment Exposures.
• The Glucose Control Resistance Scale (GCRS). (pdf)
• Tutorial for Using SliceOmatic to Calculate Thigh Area and Composition From Computed Tomography Images From Older Adults.
• Introductory Overview of Statistical Analysis of Microbiome Data.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Type 2 Diabetes: When Does It Start...for Japanese (mostly) Men?

Commentary

• How Health Nonsense Prevails- and What We Can do About It.
• Registering a Grievance About Grievance Studies.
• Which Matters Most: Calories, Carbs, or Consumption Patterns?
• Determinants of Risk for Childhood Obesity.
• "Sloppy science bears substantial blame for Americans' bad eating habits."

General

• Effects of TDCS-like Electrical Stimulation on Retinal Ganglion Cells.
• Mamu -B*17+ Rhesus Macaques Vaccinated with Env, Vif, and Nef Manifest Early 2 Control of SIVmac239 Replication. (pdf)
• Males Increase Their Fitness By Choosing Large Females in the Common Bedbug Cimex Lectularius.
• How Researchers Can Find Different Results Using the Same Data.
• Post-hoc Power Using Observed Estimate of Effect Size is Too Noisy to Be Useful. (pdf)
• Aging as a Biological Target for Prevention and Therapy.
• Sleep Deprivation and Obesity in Adults: A Brief Narrative Review.
• Researcher Requests for Inappropriate Analysis and Reporting: A U.S. Survey of Consulting Biostatisticians.
• “Daniel Lambert, a Protagonist of Real Life with Monstrous Obesity in Eighteenth Century in England.”

Announcements

• IUPUI Biologist Will Use a $1.75 Million National Institutes of Health Grant to Look Into the Link Between Obesity and Brain Cell Components Called Cilia.
• “…Birmingham’s Discovery BioMed Inc. And Philadelphia Based Monell Chemical Senses Center …[partner] to Advance Human Health By Improving the Taste and Acceptability of Nutritious Plant-based Foods and Increasing Patient Willingness to Take Life-saving Oral Medicines.”.
• IU Bloomington School of Public Health Initiates Major Wave of Faculty Recruitment – Tenure-track positions available in every department and two department chairs open – see multiple listings posted here.
• UAB’s NORC Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows in Obesity Research.
• UAB Seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for Its AHA Strategically Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.