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• Increased Meal Size but Reduced Meal-Stimulated Plasma Cholecystokinin Concentrations in Women with Obesity.
• RCT: Early Time-Restricted Eating Affects Weight, Metabolic Health, Mood, and Sleep in Adherent Completers: A Secondary Analysis.
• RCT: A Culturally Sensitive and Theory-Based Intervention on Prevention and Management of Diabetes.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Healthy New Brain Food for Stressed University Students.
• RCT: No Significant Walnut-Versus-Control Effects Reported for the Primary 16-Week Outcomes of Profile of Mood States (POMS), Salivary Cortisol, or Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor.
• Trial Registration: The Effects of Walnuts on General Well­being and Mood Related Factors in a Sample of University Students.

Contrary or Null Findings

• "...fecal microbiota transplantation did not reduce the body weight of patients undergoing bariatric surgery."
• RCT: Time-Restricted Eating Did Not Alter Insulin Sensitivity or β-Cell Function in Adults with Obesity.
• RCT: "Persons with T2DM on a 6-month, calorie-unrestricted, LCHF diet had greater clinically meaningful improvements in glycemic control and weight compared with those on an HCLF diet, but the changes were not sustained 3 months after intervention."
• RCT: "Adults with overweight and obesity experience modest weight loss in response to an exercise program, but there does not appear to be an optimal time to exercise."
• "The overall risk of fractures increases years after BS" [bariatric surgery].
• Co-Diet Supplementation of Low Density Polyethylene and Honeybee Wax Did Not Influence the Core Gut Bacteria and Associated Enzymes of Galleria mellonella Larvae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
• Supplementation of Graded Levels of Rumen-Protected Choline to a Pelleted Total Mixed Ration Did Not Improve the Growth and Slaughter Performance of Fattening Lambs.
• RCT: Plasma FGF21 Levels are Not Associated with Weight Loss or Improvements in Metabolic Health Markers upon 12 Weeks of Energy Restriction.
• Contrary Associations of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Intracranial Pressure in Severe Brain Injury Patients with Versus without Obesity.

Basic

• Fat Quality Impacts the Effect of a High-Fat Diet on the Fatty Acid Profile, Life History Traits and Gene Expression in Drosophila melanogaster.
• Revised Protein Sparing Diet in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Letter: Measurement Rigor Is Not a Substitute for Design Rigor in Causal Inference: Increased Physical Activity Does Cause (Modest) Weight Loss.
• Response: Exercise Is Essential for Health but a Poor Tool for Weight Loss: A Reply to Allison and Colleagues.
• Editorial: Does Physical Activity Cause Weight Loss?
• Use of Behavioural Change Taxonomies in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Regarding Obesity Management.

Clinical

• Navigating Data Governance Approvals to Use Routine Health and Social Care Data to Evidence the Hidden Population with Severe Obesity: A Case Study from a Clinical Academic’s Perspective.
• PodCast: The State of Obesity Care: Better Policies for Older Adults.
•  Meta-Analysis: Distribution of Energy Intake Across the Day and Weight Loss.
• RCT: Mindful Eating for Weight Loss in Women with Obesity.

Children and Adolescents

• Systematic Review: The Effect of Maternal Overweight and Obesity Pre-Pregnancy and During Childhood in the Development of Obesity in Children and Adolescents.
• The Role of Molecular and Hormonal Factors in Obesity and the Effects of Physical Activity in Children.
•  Meta-Analysis: The Prevalence of Obesity Among Children with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Book Chapter: Obesity in Children: Recent Insights and Therapeutic Options.
• Treating Obesity in Children and Adolescents with Special Healthcare Needs.
• Risk Factors, Clinical Consequences, Prevention, and Treatment of Childhood Obesity.
• Analysis of Urinary Endothelin-I Levels in Late Adolescents with Obesity.
• Promoter Methylation Status of RORC, IL17A, and TNFA in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes in Adolescents with Obesity-Related Asthma.

Surgery

• Corset Trunkoplasty Is Able to Preserve Postoperative Abdominal Skin Sensation in Massive Weight Loss Patients.
• Adverse Right Ventricular Remodelling, Function, and Stress Responses in Obesity: Insights from Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.

Drugs

• A Study on Cancer-Obesity-Treatment Model with Quadratic Optimal Control Approach for Better Outcomes.
• Exposure to Metal Mixtures and Overweight or Obesity Among Chinese Adults.
• Review: Kidney Damage Caused by Obesity and Its Feasible Treatment Drugs.
• The Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Auranofin Lowers Leptin Levels and Exerts Antidiabetic Effects in Obese Mice.

Food & Diet

• Fat and Not Sugar as the Determining Factor for Gut Microbiota Changes, Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders in Mice.
• Intake of Slow-Digesting Carbohydrates Is Related to Changes in the Microbiome and Its Functional Pathways in Growing Rats with Obesity Induced by Diet.
• Understanding the Complex Interactions between Coffee, Tea Intake and Neurologically Relevant Tissues Proteins in the Development of Anxiety and Depression.
• Proceedings of a Workshop: Alternative Protein Sources: Balancing Food Innovation, Sustainability, Nutrition, and Health.
• Scoping Review: Measurement Tools to Assess Usual Dietary Intake and Physical Activity in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Low-Cost Thermoregulation of Wild Sloths Revealed by Heart Rate and Temperature Loggers.
• Thermal and Rheological Study of Artificial and Natural Powder Tabletop Sweeteners.
• Molecular Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Pathways of High-Fat Diets and Caloric Restriction Dietary Patterns on Pain.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• Association between Childcare Movement Behaviour Compositions with Health and Development Among Preschoolers.
• Population Characteristics Associated with Adherence to Prenatal Group-Based Exercise Programs.
• RCT: A Christmas Themed Physical Activity Intervention to Increase Participation in Physical Activity During Advent.
• Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Version of Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ-A).
• Systematic Review: Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Children Attending Before and After School Care.

Economics & Sociology

• Overlooked and Under-Evidenced: Community Health and Long-Term Care Service Needs, Utilization, and Costs Incurred by People with Severe Obesity.
• Do Top-Grossing American Movies Portray Healthy and Unhealthy Foods Differently? A Systematic Analysis of Food in Film.

Epidemiology

• The Association between Breakfast Macronutrient Composition and Body Weight, in Preadolescence: An Epidemiological Study Among Schoolchildren.
• Relationship between Anthropometric Indices and Arterial Stiffness: Insights from an Epidemiologic Study.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• BMI and Childhood Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Within-Family Mendelian Randomization Study.
• Recent Updates on Associations Among Various Obesity Metrics and Cognitive Impairment: From BMI to Sarcopenic Obesity.
• Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity, and Family Characteristics Associated with Cognitive Performance in Italian Primary School Children.
• Association between Physical Health and Physical Activity Behaviors for Children Aged 3–6 Years in Kindergarten: A Cross-Sectional Study from China.
• Mendelian Randomization Study: Causal Association between Obesity, Circulating Glutamine Levels, and Depression.
• Preprint: Gut Microbiome Proles are Related to Atypical Antipsychotic Associated Overweight in Asian Children with Psychiatric Disorder.
• The Prevalence of Obesity and Lifestyle Behaviors of Parents of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Equity and Disparities

• Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Nutrition and Nutrition Policy Studies in Asia.
• Health Inequities in the USA: A Role for Dietary Acid Load? Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.
• Secondary Analysis of RCT: Influence of Nutritional Status on a Family-Centered Care Intervention for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Following Hip-Fracture Surgery.

Stigma

• Indigenous Research on Social Bias of Evaluating People with Obesity.
• What Is It Like to Live with Obesity in Peninsular Malaysia? A Qualitative Study.

Policy Related

• A Global Analysis of National Dietary Guidelines on Plant-Based Diets and Substitutions for Animal-Based Foods.
• Health Improvements of Older Adults Based on Benefit Duration: Lessons from Korean Social Pension Policies.
• Healthfulness of Fast-Food and Full-Service Restaurants in 16 Georgia Counties After Mandatory Menu Labeling.
• Qualitative Study: Health Promotion Partnership to Promote Physical Activity in Swedish Children with ASD and ADHD.

Intergenerational Effects

• Appetitive Motivation and Associated Neurobiology Change Differentially Across the Life Course of Mouse Offspring Exposed to Peri- and Postnatal High Fat Feeding.
• Self-Regulation Linking the Quality of Early Parent–child Relationship to Adolescents' Obesity Risk and Food Consumption.
• Early Childhood Exposure to Maternal Smoking and Obesity: A Nationwide Longitudinal Survey in Japan.
• Individual and Parental Factors of Adolescents’ MHealth App Use: Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Preprint: Population Divergence in Maternal Investment and Embryo Energy Use and Allocation Reveals Adaptive Responses to Cool Climates.
• Pronounced Differences in Heart Rate and Metabolism Distinguish Daily Torpor and Short-Term Hibernation in Two Bat Species.

Methods

• cRCT: Active vs Traditional Methods of Recruiting Children for a Clinical Trial in Rural Primary Care Clinics.
• Review: Food Composition Databases in the Era of Big Data: Vegetable Oils as a Case Study.
• BMI Decline Patterns and Relation to Dementia Risk Across Four Decades of Follow-Up in the Framingham Study.

Commentary

• The Challenge of Defining the Optimal Lifestyle Weight Loss Intervention for Real-World Settings.
• "In IJO, don't miss the debate between Herman Pontzer and David Allison et al regarding the value of #exercise for #WeightLoss."
• Surprise! Vague Weight Loss Advice Fails Us.
• NASEM Report: Alternative Protein Sources Balancing Food Innovation, Sustainability, Nutrition, and Health: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief (2022).
• Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling as a Driver for Healthier Food Choices: Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives.
• MicroRNAs: A Crossroad That Connects Obesity to Immunity and Aging.
• Is There an Obesity Paradox in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement?
• Therapeutic Potential of Gallic Acid in Obesity: Considerable Shift!

General

• Different, but the Same: Inferring the Hunting Behaviour of the Hypercarnivorous Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus) Through Finite Element Analysis.
• The Association of Peripheral and Central Olfaction with Frailty in Older Adults.
• Podcast Episode 227: Aquaponics: The Future of Sustainable Food – Dr. Steven Summerfelt & Molly Stanek.
• Ambient Temperature and Ambulatory Blood Pressure: An Hourly–level, Longitudinal Panel Study.
• Preprint: Is Chimerism Associated with Cancer Across the Tree of Life?
• RCT: Does Coffee Affect Bowel Recovery After Minimally Invasive Colectomy?
• Survey of Belgian Owners’ Perspectives on Quality of Life and Difficulties During a Weight-Loss Programme in Obese Cats.
• Peeking and Lying in the Temptation Resistance Paradigm in 2.5-Year-Olds: The Role of Inhibitory Control.
• Person-First Treatment Strategies: Weight Bias and Impact on Mental Health of People Living with Obesity.

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!
• Gleaners of Indiana announces new ten-week program to address food inequity.