Featured

• Exercise Plasma Metabolomics and Xenometabolomics in Obese, Sedentary, Insulin-resistant Women: Impact of a Fitness and Weight Loss Intervention.
• PGRMC2 is an Intracellular Haem Chaperone Critical for Adipocyte Function.
• Not Only in My Genes: The Effects of Peers' Genotype on Obesity.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Teens with Obesity May Have Brain Damage that Produces Poor Eating Habits.
• Press release: MRI Analysis Reveals Obesity May Cause Brain Damage in Teens.
• Meeting abstract yet to be presented: Cross-sectional Association of White Matter Integrity with Obesity in Adolescents Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). Differences Do Not Necessarily Indicate Causation or Brain Damage.

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "We found no effect of supervised exercise during pregnancy on psychological well-being among women with high BMI."
• Aspirin Benefit is Not Affected By Body Weight in Healthy Older Persons.
• RCT: "This study gives no support for any beneficial effect of vitamin D supplementation on lipid profile and SIRT-1 in obese subjects with vitamin D deficiency."
• Meta-analysis: "Evidence demonstrated little effects of dietary interventions on overall mortality and secondary cancers. For comorbidities, no evidence was identified. For nutritional outcomes..."
• Consumption of Meat and Dairy Products is Not Associated with the Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
• Obesity is Not Associated with Postoperative Complications After Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery in a Large Single Institution Series.
• No Evidence of Attenuation of Placental Insulin-stimulated Akt Phosphorylation and Amino Acid Transport in Maternal Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
• Acute Glutamine Supplementation Does Not Improve 20-km Self-paced Cycling Performance in the Heat.

Basic

• Knockout of the Non-Essential Gene SUGCT Creates Diet-Linked, Age-Related Microbiome Disbalance with a Diabetes-Like Metabolic Syndrome Phenotype.
• Glucometabolic Consequences of Acute and Prolonged Inhibition of Fatty Acid Oxidation in Mice.
• Inhibition of Mitochondrial Calcium Overload By SIRT3 Prevents Obesity or Age-Related Whitening of Brown Adipose Tissue.
• MiR-495 Regulates Macrophage M1/M2 Polarization and Insulin Resistance in High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice Via Targeting FTO.
• Beneficial Effects of Tea Water Extracts on Body Weight and Gut Microbiota in C57BL/6J Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet.
• Glucagon-like Peptide 1 (GLP-1). (pdf)
• Dietary Nitrate Attenuates High-fat Diet-induced Obesity Via Mechanisms Involving Higher Adipocyte Respiration and Alterations in Inflammatory Status.
• Deletion of Intestinal Hdac3 Remodels the Lipidome of Enterocytes and Protects Mice From Diet-induced Obesity.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Neglecting Regression to the Mean Continues to Lead to Unwarranted Conclusions: Letter Regarding “The Magnitude of Weight Loss Induced By Metformin is Independently Associated with BMI at Baseline in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Post-hoc Analysis From Data of a Phase IV Open-labeled Trial”. (pdf)
• "I think that [Doug Altman] would have been pleased that his last work would be the childhood obesity paper, which is another attempt to improve the quality of medical research: his passion and his great contribution to making the world a better place."
• Systematic Review: Methodological Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nutrition and Weight Gain During Pregnancy.

Clinical

• RCT: Effect of Electronic Health Record–Based Coaching on Weight Maintenance.
• RCT: Engagement and Weight Loss in a Web and Mobile Program for Low-Income Postpartum Women: Fit Moms/Mamás Activas.
• Meta-analysis: The Role of Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Adults with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.
• Who Succeeds with Weight Loss By Changing Beverage Intake? An Examination of Predictors of Weight Loss Within RCT to Reduce Caloric Beverage Intake.
• RCT: Phase II Trial of Exercise, Metformin, or Both on Metabolic Biomarkers in Colorectal and Breast Cancer Survivors.

Children and Adolescents

• Fitness and Fatness are Both Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Preadolescents.
• Food Insecurity and the Extremes of Childhood Weight: Defining Windows of Vulnerability.
• More Precise Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity.
• Tackling the Triple Threats of Childhood Malnutrition.

Surgery

• Meta-analysis: RCTs Comparing Long-Term Outcomes of Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy.
• RCT: Comparison of Weight Loss in Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients with and Without Antrectomy.
• Female-to-Male Gender Confirming Drainless Mastectomy May Be Safe in Obese Males.
• Genetic Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Outcome in 1014 Patients with Morbid Obesity.
• Musculoskeletal Pain, Physical Function, and Quality of Life After Bariatric Surgery.
• Low Overall Mortality During 10 Years of Bariatric Surgery: Nationwide Study on 63,469 Procedures From the Scandinavian Obesity Registry.

Drugs

• Meta-analyses and Approach of the Real Impact of Anorexigenic Drugs in the Obesity in Humans: The Last Five Years of the Randomized Studies.
• Pharmacodynamics of Metformin in Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Nonpregnant Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• Investigational Drug Reduces Body Fat in Obese Patients with Diabetes.
• Regulation of Alternative Splicing in Obesity-Induced Hypertension.
• Obesity and Addiction: Neurobiological Overlaps.

Food & Diet

• Served Portion Sizes Affect Later Food Intake Through Social Consumption Norms.
• RCT: Effect of a Snack Bar Optimized to Reduce Alcohol Bioavailability.
• Review: Low Calorie Sweeteners Differ in Their Physiological Effects in Humans.

Exercise

• Exercise Training Reduces Reward For High-Fat Food In People With Overweight/Obesity.
• RCT: Aerobic Exercise Induces Cardiac Fat Loss and Alters Cardiac Muscle Mass Through an Interleukin-6 Receptor-Dependent Mechanism in Abdominally Obese Humans.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Improved Healthspan and Lifespan with Late Onset Pharmacological or Dietary Interventions in Mice.
• Weight Loss Efficacy of Alternate Day Fasting Versus Daily Calorie Restriction in Subjects with Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Secondary Analysis.

Economics & Sociology

• The Relationship Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and Telomere Length.
• Socioeconomic Status and Changes in Appetite From Toddlerhood to Early Childhood.
• Systematic Review: Socioeconomic Inequalities and Type 2 Diabetes Complications.

Epidemiology

• Obesity Risk Among Young Australian Women: A Prospective Latent Class Analysis.
• Wealth and Obesity Among US Adults Entering Midlife.
• Meta-analysis: Is Obesity Associated with Increased Risk and Severity of Falls in People Aged 60 Years and Older?
• Obesity Risk Among Young Australian Women: A Prospective Latent Class Analysis.
• State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Children Aged 2–4 Years Enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — United States, 2010–2016.
• Diet Pill and Laxative Use for Weight Control and Subsequent Incident Eating Disorder in US Young Women: 2001–2016.
• Excess Weight Can Weaken the Flu Shot.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Association Between Procrastination, White-collar Work and Obesity in Japanese Male Workers: A Cross-sectional Study.
• Do Stress Eating or Compulsive Eating Influence Metabolic Health in a Mindfulness-based Weight Loss Intervention?
• Reward-related Brain Activity and Behavior are Associated with Peripheral Ghrelin Levels in Obesity.
• Body Image in Older Women: A Mediator of BMI and Wellness Behaviors.

Stigma

• Systematic Review: Does Weight-related Stigmatisation and Discrimination Depend on Educational Attainment and Level of Income?
• Opinion: The War on Childhood Obesity Needs a War on Blame.

Policy Related

• You Mad? Using Anger Appeals to Promote Activism Intentions and Policy Support in the Context of Sugary Drink Marketing to Kids.
• Commentary: Norwegian Sugar Tax Sends Sweet-lovers Over Border to Sweden.

Intergenerational Effects

• Long-term Effects of a Maternal High-fat: High-fructose Diet on Offspring Growth and Metabolism and Impact of Maternal Taurine Supplementation.
• An Observational Analysis of Meal Patterns in Overweight and Obese Pregnancy: Exploring Meal Pattern Behaviours and the Association with Maternal and Fotal Health Measures.
• Sex Differences in Metabolic Regulation and Diabetes Susceptibility.
• Meta-analysis: Influence of Increased Paternal BMI on Pregnancy and Child Health Outcomes Independent of Maternal Effects.

Methods

• Evaluation of Visceral Fat Mass in Dogs By Computed Tomography.
• Strategies to Address Misestimation of Energy Intake Based on Self-Report Dietary Consumption in Examining Associations Between Dietary Patterns and Cancer Risk.
• Modeling of an Integrative Prototype Based on Genetic, Phenotypic, and Environmental Information for Personalized Prescription of Energy-restricted Diets in Overweight/obese Subjects.
• Accounting for Missing Data in Statistical Analyses: Multiple Imputation is Not Always the Answer.

Commentary

• Pannus Retraction Device Market Size to Expand Significantly By the End of 2025.
• Sleep More, Weigh Less? Actually, Probably, Yes.
• Diet Science, Weaponized.
• The Blame Game: Nature, Nurture, and Obesity.
• Better Life and Health for Teens After Bariatric Surgery.
• The Week that Wasn't: ...Only-Child Obesity....
• Obesity Study Exposes Heavy Toll of Work-life Balance.
• RYGB and Flavor-consequence Learning.
• Elusive Obesity Culprits: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
• Why I Love and Respect Dietitians.
• Is Public Health Only for Thin People?
• Obesity is Not a Four-Letter Word.
• Obesity, Despair, and Mortality in the U.S.

General

• Using Susceptibility Measures to Prospectively Predict Ever Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among Adolescents.
• Characteristics of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients in a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — United States, November 2019.
• Sex Hormones and Arthritis in a Long-lived Animal Model, the Elephant.
• Moving Toward Evidence-Based Policy: The Value of Randomization for Program and Policy Implementation.
• Why Researchers Should Share Their Analytic Code.
• The Inherited Bacterial Symbiont Hamiltonella Influences the Sex Ratio of an Insect Host.
• Audio: "Novelist Marilynne Robinson and physicist Marcelo Gleiser are both passionate about the majesty of science..."
• Unless Warming is Slowed, Emperor Penguins Will March Toward Extinction.
• Screen of Traditional Soup Broths with Reported Antipyretic Activity Towards the Discovery of Potential Antimalarials.
• After 20 Years, Golden Rice Nears Approval.
• New APHA Public Health Code of Ethics.
• Association of the Work Schedules of Hospitalists with Patient Outcomes of Hospitalization.
• Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Rises By One Cent, Reports U.S. Farm Bureau.
• Heroes of Science and Research Integrity.
• "US life expectancy increased for most of the past 60 years, but the rate of increase slowed over time and life expectancy decreased after 2014."
• Editorial: Confronting the Rise and Fall of US Life Expectancy.

Announcements

• IU Bloomington Ranks 6th Nationally in Number of Students Who Study Abroad.
• New Book: Early Modern English Noblewomen and Self-Starvation: The Skull Beneath the Skin.
• Renowned Diabetes Researcher Jesse Roth Honored for Lifetime Achievement.
• AHA's Strategically-Focused Research Center – Obesity Network: Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.
• UAB's Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research.
• Executive Director of Development: The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington is Searching for an Energetic and Successful Development Professional to Join Our Team.
• The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Invites Applications for Multiple Tenured, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions.
• The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Indiana University School of Public Health‐Bloomington Invites Applications for the Position of Chair and Tenured Full Professor.