David Allison, PhD, Distinguished Professor, University of Alabama
For several months now, my colleagues at the University of Alabama have been compiling a weekly list of selected obesity related articles in a list they call Obesity and Energetic Offerings.
The list is compiled by David B. Allison, Michelle Bohan-Brown, Emily Dhurandhar, Kathryn Kaiser, and Andrew Brown.
The following is my selection of articles from this week’s list that caught my attention:
Policy-Related
- Tackling overweight and obesity: does the public health message match the science? Click Here
- Public Health Ethics and Intervening in Non-Communicable Diseases like Obesity. Click Here
- FDA Seizes Weight-Loss Supplements. Click Here
Findings Contrary to Hypotheses or Common Beliefs
- The Importance of Food Deserts to Obesity Questioned. Click Here
- Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, and digestible carbohydrate intake are not associated with risk of type 2 diabetes in eight European countries. Click Here
- Beverage consumption patterns did not substantially differ across weight status groups among over 2,000 children. Click Here
- No differences were found for weight, BMI, or waist in children consuming pre-sweetened vs non-presweetened cereals. Click Here
Methods
- Turning the analysis of obesity-mortality associations upside down: Modeling years of life lost through conditional distributions. Click Here
- Using wearable cameras to categorise type and context of accelerometer-identified episodes of physical activity. Click Here
- Measurement of human activity based on mobile phone’s accelerometers. Click Here
Antibiotics & Gut Microbiota
- Gut Reaction: Can G.I. Bacteria Cause Weight Gain or Loss? Click Here
- Antibiotics in early life alter the murine colonic microbiome and adiposity. Click Here
- Can Antibiotics Make You Fat? Click Here
Basic Science
- Obesity-susceptibility loci and the tails of the pediatric BMI distribution. Click Here
- The effects of cocoa supplementation, caloric restriction, and regular exercise, on oxidative stress markers of brain and memory in the rat model. Click Here
- Timed high-fat diet in the evening affects the hepatic circadian clock and PPAR?-mediated lipogenic gene expressions in mice. Click Here
- Effect of chronic unpredictable stress on short term dietary restriction and its modulation by multivitamin-mineral supplementation in mice. Click Here
- Circadian clock linked to obesity, diabetes and heart attacks. Click Here
CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, BEHAVIORAL – Drugs
- Cannabis and ?(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for weight loss? Click Here
- RCT: Naltrexone SR/Bupropion SR on weight and obesity-related risk factors(COR-II). Click Here
CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, BEHAVIORAL – Exercise
- Energy Expenditure, Physical Activity, Body Weight and Body Composition. Click Here
- Obesity does not impair walking economy across a range of speeds and grades. Click Here
- RCT: The 24-h Energy Intake of Obese Adolescents Is Spontaneously Reduced after Intensive Exercise in Calorimetric Chambers.Click Here
- RCT: Incentive-Based Outdoor Physical Activity Program. Click Here
CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, BEHAVIORAL – Food
- When a Calorie Is Not a Calorie. Click Here
- Bitter, Sweet Taste Preferences May Increase Risk for Metabolic Syndrome. Click Here
- A Palaeolithic-type diet associated with tissue-specific changes in ectopic fat deposition in obese women. Click Here
- RCT: 12-week behavioral weight loss intervention shows inclusion of commercially available portion-controlled foods helpful. Click Here
- RCT: The relative carbohydrate and protein content of the diet, when combined with intensive CBT, does not significantly affect attrition rate, weight loss and psychosocial in obesity treatment. Click Here
- RCT: Alternate day fasting and endurance exercise combine to reduce body weight and favorably alter plasma lipids in obese humans. Click Here
CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, BEHAVIORAL – Psychology
- Children who overreact to stress at higher risk of obesity. Click Here
CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, BEHAVIORAL – Other
- Birth Order Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders. Click Here
- Obesity and early mortality in the U.S. Click Here
- RCT: Ten-week Whole-body Vibration Training Improves Body Composition and Muscle Strength in Obese Women. Click Here
Evolution & Energetics
- Natural selection and adaptive evolution of leptin. Click Here
- Introduction, Energy Balance in Animals. Click Here
Temperature
- Wired Magazine on Cold and Weight Loss. Click Here
Stigma
- Headless, Hungry, and Unhealthy: A Video Content Analysis of Obese Persons Portrayed in Online News. Click Here
- Weight-Based Victimization: Bullying Experiences of Weight Loss Treatment-Seeking Youth. Click Here
For a complete list and to directly join this list, please click here.
AMS
Edmonton, AB
In The News
February 23rd, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Is this encouraging or discouraging – oh to keep up with all that.