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• RCT: "Results provide evidence for an affect-regulating function of sugar consumption following social rejection."
• Estimation of Sparse Functional Quantile Regression with Measurement Error Applied to National Health and Examination Survey Data to Assess the Relationship between Physical Activity and BMI Among Adults in the United States: A SIMEX Approach.
• Patient and Family Perspectives on Terms for Obesity.
• Variation in Human Water Turnover Associated with Environmental and Lifestyle Factors.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Snacking on Almonds Can Help People Reduce Calorie Intake: Study.
• Press Release: Believe It or 'Nut', Almonds Can Help You Cut Calories, Study Finds.
• Study: "There was no significant difference in total energy intake ([…] p = 0.286) or energy from core ([…] p = 0.860) or discretionary foods ([…] p = 0.158) between [almonds and an isocaloric carbohydrate-rich snack bar]."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "Short-term home meal delivery with provision of cooking/serving resources improved dietary quality among preschool-aged children but did not change ... BMIz."
• "Low HDL-C was associated with increased CHD risk in White but not Black adults, and high HDL-C was not protective in either group."
• High-Fat [lower Carb] Diet Causes Mechanical Allodynia in the Absence of Injury or Diabetic Pathology [in Mice].
• Metabolic Dysfunctions Promoted by AIN-93G Standard Diet Compared with Three Obesity-Inducing Diets in C57BL/6J Mice.
• "They note that the mice on the highly processed food diet ate less than those given grains and wound up getting less nutrients."
• RCT: “Myofunctional therapy exerted no significant effect on habitual snoring in [patients with obesity] despite the reduction of the snore score..."
• "Contrary to expectations we find that ....women's diet diversity increased over the year partly marked by the COVID-19 pandemic."
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, the more the participants reported controlling their diet, the less they overestimated the time when presented with food stimuli."

Basic

• Coconut Oil and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Attenuate High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice Through Increased Thermogenesis by Activating Brown Adipose Tissue.
• Effects of Protein Intake from an Energy-Restricted Diet on the Skeletal Muscle Composition of Overweight and Obese Rats.
• GPSM1 Impairs Metabolic Homeostasis by Controlling a Pro-Inflammatory Pathway in Macrophages.
• Modulation of PPARα-Thermogenesis-Gut Microbiota Interactions in Obese Mice Administrated with Zingerone.
• An Obesogenic Diet Impairs Uncoupled Substrate Oxidation and Promotes Whitening of the Brown Adipose Tissue in Rats.
• Brown Adipocytes Local Response to Thyroid Hormone Is Required for Adaptive Thermogenesis in Adult Male Mice.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Science Paper on Sense of Taste Gets Expression of Concern as University Investigates.
• Article: This Scientist Busts Myths About How Humans Burn Calories—and Why.
• Comment: Measurement Rigor Is Not a Substitute for Design Rigor in Causal Inference: Increased Physical Activity Does Cause (Modest) Weight Loss.

Clinical

• BMI and Molecular Subtypes of Colorectal Cancer.
• Diet-Induced Obesity Results in Impaired Oral Tolerance Induction.
• Adiposity in the Older Population and the Risk of Dementia: The Rotterdam Study.
• BMI and the Risk of Abdominal Hernia: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
• Meta-Analysis: Comparative Effectiveness of Single Foods and Food Groups on Body Weight.
• The Anti-Obesity Effect of Mulberry Leaf (Mori folium) Extracts Was Increased by Bioconversion with Pectinex.

Children and Adolescents

• The Current Paradigm of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents.
• Longitudinal Changes in Various BMI Metrics and Adiposity in 3- to 7-Year-Olds.
• Obesity-Related Pediatric Asthma: Relationships between Pulmonary Function and Clinical Outcomes.

Surgery

• Risk-Benefit Balance Associated with Obstetric, Neonatal, and Child Outcomes After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
• CT Evaluation of Bone Fragility 2 Years After Bariatric Surgery: An Observational Study.

Drugs

• The Anorexic Effect of DL-Fenfluramine Is Dependent on Animals' Habituation to Different Food Types.
• Meta-Analysis : Reducing Craving and Consumption in Individuals with Drug Addiction, Obesity or Overeating Through Neuromodulation Intervention.
• AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Pharmacological Interventions for Adults with Obesity.

Food & Diet

• The Portfolio Diet and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: Findings from the Women’s Health Initiative Prospective Cohort Study.
• RCT: The Effect of High-Polyphenol Mediterranean Diet on Visceral Adiposity.
• Review: Effects of Green Tea Catechins and Exercise Training on Body Composition Parameter.
• Meta-Analysis: Comparative Effectiveness of Single Foods and Food Groups on Body Weight: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of 152 RCTs.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• The Lipid Profile of the Endomyces Magnusii Yeast upon the Assimilation of the Substrates of Different Types and upon Calorie Restriction.
• Simultaneous SGLT2 Inhibition and Caloric Restriction Improves Insulin Resistance and Kidney Function in OLETF Rats.
• Cysteine Restriction-Specific Effects of Sulfur Amino Acid Restriction on Lipid Metabolism.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Narrative Review: Mechanisms for Combined Hypoxic Conditioning and Divergent Exercise Modes to Regulate Inflammation, Body Composition, Appetite, and Blood Glucose Homeostasis in Overweight and Obese Adults.
• Systematic Review: Prevalence and Correlates of Pre-Diabetes in Adults of Mixed Ethnicities in the South African Population.

Economics & Sociology

• Applicability of the Socioecological Model for Understanding and Reducing Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods in Canada.
• How Easy Is It to Feed Everyone? Economic Alternatives to Eliminate Human Nutrition Deficits.

Epidemiology

• Sex Differences in Overweight and Obesity Among Mexican Americans in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: A Comparison of Measures.
• Facility-Level Program Components Leading to Population Impact: A Coincidence Analysis of Obesity Treatment Options Within the Veterans Health Administration.
• Impact of Different Obesity Patterns on Coronary Microvascular Function in Male Patients with Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• The Relationships between Social Media Exposure, Food Craving, Cognitive Impulsivity and Cognitive Restraint.
• RCT: Mental Health and Quality of Life During Weight Loss in Females with Clinically Severe Obesity.

Equity and Disparities

• The Role of Energy Balance Related Behaviors in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Childhood BMI: A Comparative Analysis of Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
• Food Environments and Obesity: A Geospatial Analysis of the South Asia Biobank, Income and Sex Inequalities.
• Race-Dependent Association of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels with Incident Coronary Artery Disease.
• Racial Disparities and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, and Cardiovascular Health Metrics Among US Adults: NHANES 2011–2018.
• Metabolic Health Disparities Driven by Financial Stress: Behavioral Adaptation or Modification? (pdf)

Stigma

• Commentary: Ineffective Obesity Policies Anchored to Stigma.
• Narrative Review: Obesity Stigma and Its Impact on Health.
• Exploring the Association between Obesity and Problems with Peer Relationships in Children: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study.

Policy Related

• Policy Implementation and Priorities to Create Healthy Food Environments Using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): A Pooled Level Analysis Across Eleven European Countries.
• Systematic Review: Review of Effect of Regulatory Strategies on Obesity.
• Review: Public Health Interventions Tackling Childhood Obesity at European Level.
• Nutritional Quality and Consumer Health Perception of Online Delivery Food in the Context of China.
• Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents.

Intergenerational Effects

• Effects of Elevated Maternal Adiposity on Offspring Reproductive Health: A Perspective from Epidemiologic Studies.
• Maternal Vitamin D Levels Correlate with Fetal Weight and Bone Metabolism During Pregnancy: A Materno-Neonatal Analysis of Bone Metabolism Parameters.
• Markers of Kidney Function in Early Childhood and Association with Maternal Comorbidity.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• In Vivo Partial Reprogramming by Bacteria Promotes Adult Liver Organ Growth Without Fibrosis and Tumorigenesis.
• Comparative Genomics Reveals Insight Into the Evolutionary Origin of Massively Scrambled Genomes.
• Of Fruits and Fats: High-Sugar Diets Restore Fatty Acid Profiles in the White Adipose Tissue of Captive Dwarf Lemurs.

Methods

• First Use of Triply Labelled Water Analysis for Energy Expenditure Measurements in Mice.
• Commentary: Modelling Change in a Causal Framework.

Mathematical and Quantitative

• Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control Strategy for the Obesity Epidemic.
• Agreement of Measures between Measured Body Adiposity and Calculated Indices of Fatness in Sedentary and Active Male and Female Students.

Commentary

• New Research on Feast, Thanks, and Retail.
• When It Comes to Medical Advice, Is Less Always More?
• Watch lemurs fatten up for winter's slumber.
• Food Stress Promotes Viral Spillover in Bats.
• Scientists Say You May Not Actually Need to Drink Two Liters of Water a Day.
• Obesity: A Rare Consensus Among Scientists on What Doesn’t Explain Why We’re Fatter.
• Fewer Fingers Wagging, More Hands Helping.
• The FDA's New Healthy Rule.
• Can We Afford Optimism About Treating Obesity?
• How Does a Change in Eating Patterns Affect Patients with Obesity?
• Can We Trust Agriculture to Make Itself Sustainable?

General

• Rainforest Carnivore Ecology in a Managed Forest Reserve: Differential Seasonal Correlates between Habitat Components and Relative Abundance.
• Loss of Osteocytes, the Predominant Cells in Mature Bone, Leads to Faster Aging in Surrounding Bone and Bone Marrow Cells.
• "... better therapies could emerge now that Tsai and her team have helped to put cholesterol dysregulation on the Alzheimer’s research map."
• Academic Bias Under the Microscope.
• Nudging Research Integrity: A White Paper. (pdf)
• Will Pigs Solve the Organ Crisis? The Future of Animal-To-Human Transplants.
• Where Have All the Snow Crabs Gone?
• The Simple Geometry Behind Brownie Bake Offs and Equal Areas.
• Pathogen Spillover Driven by Rapid Changes in Bat Ecology.

Video & Audio

• Podcast: Building the World’s Largest Animal Crossing Outside of LA.
• Presentations by Drs. David Marrero and LaShawn McIver Were an Outstanding Way to Begin the 2022–23 Distinguished Colloquium Speaker Series. See Videos of Their Remarks and Learn About Upcoming DCS Presentations at Go.iu.edu/4gWs.

Announcements

• IU Bloomington School of Public Health Seeks Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.
• 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.
• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Is Recruiting for Tenure-Track Faculty in Every Department!