OBESITY-RELATED PUBLICATIONS FROM UGA RESEARCHERS

Zhuo Chen, Department of Health Policy and Management
Interactions between Self-Perceived Weight Status and Lifestyle Behaviors and Their Associations with Childhood Obesity: Results from the Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities.  
Gao L, Zhu J, Wang L, Wen LM, Chen Z, Zhao B, Wang W, Wang Y.Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 11;19(16):9921. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19169921.PMID: 36011552

Felipe Lozano-Rojas, School of Public and International Affairs
The effect of soda taxes beyond beverages in Philadelphia.
Lozano-Rojas F, Carlin P.Health Econ. 2022 Aug 17. doi: 10.1002/hec.4586. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35978481

Joseph M Kindler, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Visceral adiposity is related to insulin sensitivity and inflammation in adolescents with obesity and mild sleep disordered breathing.
Vajravelu ME, Kindler JM, Zemel BS, Jawad A, Koren D, Brar P, Brooks LJ, Reiner J, Levitt Katz LE.J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jul 11. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2021-0745. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35822712

Shumski, Eric, J. Department of Kinesiology
Lower extremity coordination and joint kinetic distribution during gait in adults with and without Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Pamukoff DN, Holmes SC, Garcia SA, Shumski EJ, Rubin DA.J Biomech. 2022 Jun 30;141:111213. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111213. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35792406

Alex Anderson, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Relationship between Family Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds, Parenting Practices and Styles, and Adolescent Eating Behaviors.
Monroe-Lord L, Anderson A, Jones BL, Richards R, Reicks M, Gunther C, Banna J, Topham GL, Lora KR, Wong SS, Ballejos M, Hopkins L, Ardakani A.Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 16;19(12):7388. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127388.PMID: 35742636

Lawrence H. Sweet, Department of Psychology
Neuroanatomical Foundations of Delayed Reward Discounting Decision Making II: Evaluation of Sulcal Morphology and Fractal Dimensionality.
McIntyre-Wood C, Madan C, Owens M, Amlung M, Sweet LH, MacKillop J.Neuroimage. 2022 May 19:119309. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119309. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35598732

Mechelle D Claridy, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Obesity and Eligibility for Obesity Treatments Among Adults With Disabilities in the U.S.
Townsend MJ, Claridy MD, Bajaj SS, Tu L, Stanford FC.Am J Prev Med. 2022 May 22:S0749-3797(22)00217-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.04.003. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35613976

Justin A. Lavner, Department of Psychology; Steven RH Beach, Department of Psychology; Jessica J Smith, Megan C Sperr, Tracy N Anderson, Center for Family Research; Leann L. Birch, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Effects of the sleep SAAF responsive parenting intervention on rapid infant weight gain: A randomized clinical trial of African American families.
Lavner JA, Savage JS, Stansfield BK, Beach SRH, Marini ME, Smith JJ, Sperr MC, Anderson TN, Hernandez E, Moore AM, Caldwell AL, Birch LL. Appetite. 2022 May 13:106080. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106080. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35577176

Mechelle D. Claridy, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Association Between Weight Promoting Medication Use and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in the United States.
Claridy MD, Perez NP, Czepiel KS, Acholonu NO, Stanford FC. Acad Pediatr. 2022 May 6:S1876-2859(22)00237-6. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.04.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35533966

Jia-Sheng Wang, Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health
Astilbin from Smilax glabra Roxb. alleviates high-fat diet-induced metabolic dysfunction.
Wang T, Ye Y, Ji J, Zhang S, Yang X, Xu J, Wang JS, Chen Z, Xia B, Shen H, Xia R, Shi W, Sun X.Food Funct. 2022 Apr 7. doi: 10.1039/d2fo00060a. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35388843

Donglan Zhang, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health
Development and Validation of a Risk Score Screening Tool to Identify People at Risk for Hypertension in Shanghai, China.
Jiang Q, Gong D, Li H, Zhang D, Hu S, Xia Q, Yuan H, Zhou P, Zhang Y, Liu X, Sun M, Lv J, Li C.Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2022 Mar 30;15:553-562. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S354057. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35386277

Sarah A Vaughn, Natalie A Norton, Kelsey A Hart
Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
Circulating Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Hormones and Insulin Concentrations in Horses and Ponies.
Vaughn SA, Norton NA, Hart KA.J Equine Vet Sci. 2021 Nov 14;111:103810. doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2021.103810. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35219029

Emily Noble, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Oxytocin as a potential pharmacological tool to combat obesity.
Olszewski PK, Noble EE, Paiva L, Ueta Y, Blevins JE.J Neuroendocrinol. 2022 Feb 12:e13106. doi: 10.1111/jne.13106. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35192207 Review.

Cesar L. Escalante, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
The Obesity Effect of Arizona’s State Immigration Law Among Hispanic Adolescents.
Escalante CL, Luo T, Taylor CE.J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Jan 24. doi: 10.1007/s10903-022-01333-9. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35072834

Alex K Anderson, Department of Nutritional Science
Parenting Practices and Adolescents’ Eating Behaviors in African American Families.
Monroe-Lord L, Jones BL, Richards R, Reicks M, Gunther C, Banna J, Topham GL, Anderson A, Lora KR, Wong SS, Ballejos M, Hopkins L, Ardakani A.Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 23;19(1):110. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010110.PMID: 35010370

Dulce M Minaya, Noah L Weinstein, Krzysztof Czaja, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
Development of a 3D-Printed High Temperature Resin Cecal Fistula Implant for Long-Term and Minimally Invasive Access to the Gut Microbiome.
Minaya DM, Weinstein NL, Czaja K.Nutrients. 2021 Dec 17;13(12):4515. doi: 10.3390/nu13124515.PMID: 34960067

Magen N Lord, Emily E Noble, Jessica R Hoffman, Kristen N Donohue, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Jun-Won Heo, Albino G Schifino, Jarrod A Call, Department of Kinesiology
Sexually Dimorphic Effects of a Western Diet on Brain Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Neurocognitive Function.
Lord MN, Heo JW, Schifino AG, Hoffman JR, Donohue KN, Call JA, Noble EE.Nutrients. 2021 Nov 24;13(12):4222. doi: 10.3390/nu13124222.PMID: 34959774

Jennifer Gay, Institute of Gerontology
Walking Engagement in Mexican Americans Who Participated in a Community-Wide Step Challenge in El Paso, TX.
Saadiq S, Valenzuela R, Wang J, Yin Z, Parra-Medina D, Gay J, Salinas JJ.Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 2;18(23):12738. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312738.PMID: 34886463

Man-Kit Lei and Ronald L Simons, Department of Sociology, Steven R H Beach Department of Psychology, Kaixiong Ye Department of Genetics
The Impact of Harsh Parenting on the Development of Obesity in Adulthood: An Examination of Epigenetic/Gene Expression Mediators Among African American Youth.
Lei MK, Beach SRH, Simons RL, Ye K.Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Nov 5;8:755458. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.755458. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34805311

Abigail Klinker, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Perceptions of weight loss in older adults following a 6-month weight loss program: A qualitative research study.
Miller ME, Newton K, Bailey A, Monnier C, Hoersten I, Puthoff I, Klinker A, Timmerman KL.J Acad Nutr Diet. 2021 Nov 18:S2212-2672(21)01506-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2021.11.014. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34801744

Gretchen J R Buchanan , Allan D Tate , Katie A Loth,  Amanda C Trofholz,  Jerica M Berge, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
CHAOS in the Home Environment and Child Weight-Related Outcomes.
Buchanan GJR, Tate AD, Loth KA, Trofholz AC, Berge JM.J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Nov-Dec;34(6):1163-1173. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210157.PMID: 34772771

Shi-You Chen, and Xia Guo, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dedicator of cytokinesis 2 (DOCK2) deficiency attenuates lung injury associated with chronic high-fat and high-fructose diet-induced obesity.
Qian G, Adeyanju O, Sunil C, Huang SK, Chen SY, Tucker TA, Idell S, Guo X.Am J Pathol. 2021 Nov 9:S0002-9440(21)00474-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2021.10.011. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34767813

Mohammad Rigar Haider, Department of Health Policy and Management
Inequalities in Undiagnosed Hypertension Among Adult Population in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey.
Haider MR, Gupta RD.High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev. 2021 Nov 10. doi: 10.1007/s40292-021-00488-0. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34757583

Mechelle D. Claridy, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Treatment of Obesity: Pharmacotherapy Trends of Office-Based Visits in the United States From 2011 to 2016.
Claridy MD, Czepiel KS, Bajaj SS, Stanford FC.Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Oct 30:S0025-6196(21)00623-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.07.021. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34728060

Violeta J. Rodriguez, Department of Psychology
Predicting cardiovascular risk using a novel risk score in young and middle-age adults with HIV: associations with biomarkers and carotid atherosclerotic plaque.
Rodriguez VJ, Abbamonte JM, Parrish MS, Jones DL, Weiss S, Pallikkuth S, Toborek M, Alcaide ML, Jayaweera D, Pahwa S, Rundek T, Hurwitz BE, Kumar M.Int J STD AIDS. 2021 Nov 2:9564624211050335. doi: 10.1177/09564624211050335. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34727754

Renjie Shang, Pengpeng Bi, Center for Molecular Medicine and Department of Genetics
LETMD1 is required for mitochondrial structure and thermogenic function of brown adipocytes.
Snyder MM, Yue F, Zhang L, Shang R, Qiu J, Chen J, Kim KH, Peng Y, Oprescu SN, Donkin SS, Bi P, Kuang S.FASEB J. 2021 Nov;35(11):e21965. doi: 10.1096/fj.202100597R.PMID: 34669999

 Joseph M Kindler, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Visceral fat and arterial stiffness in youth with healthy weight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
Higgins S, Zemel BS, Khoury PR, Urbina EM, Kindler JM.Pediatr Obes. 2021 Oct 19:e12865. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12865. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34668336

Emily Noble, Mai Spaulding, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Oxytocin and Food Intake Control: Neural, Behavioral, and Signaling Mechanisms.
Liu CM, Spaulding MO, Rea JJ, Noble EE, Kanoski SE.Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Oct 8;22(19):10859. doi: 10.3390/ijms221910859.PMID: 34639199

Joseph M. Kindler, Sina Gallo, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Diet Quality and Bone Density in Youth with Healthy Weight, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes.
Kindler JM, Gallo S, Khoury PR, Urbina EM, Zemel BS.Nutrients. 2021 Sep 21;13(9):3288. doi: 10.3390/nu13093288.PMID: 34579165

Claire de La Serre, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Microbiota’s Role in Diet-Driven Alterations in Food Intake: Satiety, Energy Balance, and Reward.
Rautmann AW, de La Serre CB.Nutrients. 2021 Aug 31;13(9):3067. doi: 10.3390/nu13093067.PMID: 34578945

Krzysztof Czaja, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging
Sprague Dawley Rats Gaining Weight on a High Energy Diet Exhibit Damage to Taste Tissue Even after Return to a Healthy Diet.
Harnischfeger F, O’Connell F, Weiss M, Axelrod B, Hajnal A, Czaja K, Di Lorenzo PM, Dando R.Nutrients. 2021 Aug 31;13(9):3062. doi: 10.3390/nu13093062.PMID: 34578940 

Emily Noble, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Early life Western diet-induced memory impairments and gut microbiome changes in female rats are long-lasting despite healthy dietary intervention.
Tsan L, Sun S, Hayes AMR, Bridi L, Chirala LS, Noble EE, Fodor AA, Kanoski SE.Nutr Neurosci. 2021 Sep 27:1-17. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2021.1980697. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34565305

Kalsea Koss, Department of Human Development and Family Science
Impact of paternal education on epigenetic ageing in adolescence and mid-adulthood: a multi-cohort study in the USA and Mexico.
Joyce BT, Gao T, Koss K, Zheng Y, Cardenas A, Heiss J, Just A, Zhang K, van Horn L, Allen NB, Greenland P, Cohen S, Gordon-Larsen P, Mitchell C, McLanahan S, Schneper L, Notterman D, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Hivert MF, Wright R, Baccarelli A, Lloyd-Jones D, Hou L.Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Sep 17:dyab196. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab196. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34534313

Jose F. Cordero, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Disparities in Risks of Inadequate and Excessive Intake of Micronutrients during Pregnancy.
Sauder KA, Harte RN, Ringham BM, Guenther PM, Bailey RL, Alshawabkeh A, Cordero JF, Dunlop AL, Ferranti EP, Elliott AJ, Mitchell DC, Hedderson MM, Avalos LA, Zhu Y, Breton CV, Chatzi L, Ran J, Hertz-Picciotto I, Karagas MR, Sayarath V, Hoover J, MacKenzie D, Lyall K, Schmidt RJ, O’Connor TG, Barrett ES, Switkowski KM, Comstock SS, Kerver JM, Trasande L, Tylavsky FA, Wright RJ, Kannan S, Mueller NT, Catellier DJ, Glueck DH, Dabelea D; Program Collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO).J Nutr. 2021 Sep 7:nxab273. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab273. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34494118

P.M. Cline, T.C. Tsai, C A. Letns, Alexander Stelzleni, C.Robert Dove, and Michael Azain, Department of Animal and Dairy Science
Interaction of dietary carbohydrate and fat on glucose metabolism in growing pigs.
Cline PM, Tsai TC, Lents CA, Stelzleni AM, Dove CR, Azain M.Domest Anim Endocrinol. 2021 Aug 13;78:106655. doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2021.106655. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34478942

Zhou Chen, College of Public Health
Association of obesity and annual health care utilization and spending among long-term cancer survivors.
Han X, Jemal A, Zheng Z, Nogueira L, Khushalani J, Chen Z, Yabroff KR.Cancer. 2021 Aug 19. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33842. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34410008

Allan D Tate Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kitchen Adequacy and Child Diet Quality in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sample.
Fertig AR, Trofholz AC, Loth K, Tate AD, Miner M, Neumark-Sztainer D, Westfall EC, Westby A, Berge JM.Ecol Food Nutr. 2021 Aug 19:1-9. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2021.1968848. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34409899

Yangyana Deng, YongJuHwang, Sara Campbell, Bryan A McCullic, Sami Yli-Piipari, Department of Kinesiology
Institutional factors associated with college students’ healthy physical activity and body composition: A first semester follow-up.
Deng Y, Hwang Y, Campbell S, McCullick BA, Yli-Piipari S.J Am Coll Health. 2021 Jul 14:1-9. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1922416. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34260332

Jessica Ramadhim, Vanessa Silva-Moraes, Dept. of Infectious Diseases; Tamas Nagy, Department of Pathology
A Comparison of Two Structurally Related Human Milk Oligosaccharide Conjugates in a Model of Diet-Induced Obesity.
Ramadhin J, Silva-Moraes V, Nagy T, Norberg T, Harn D. Front Immunol. 2021 May 20;12:668217. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.668217. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34093565

Stephanie Archer-Hartmann, Prastoo Azadi, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Offspring of Obese Dams Exhibit Sex-Differences in Pancreatic Heparan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycans and Islet Insulin Secretion.
Casasnovas J, Damron CL, Jarrell J, Orr KS, Bone RN, Archer-Hartmann S, Azadi P, Kua KL. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 May 24;12:658439. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.658439. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34108935

Elizabeth Kwon, Department of Human Development and Family Science 
Sex differences in weight perception and weight gain among Black college students in the USA.
Lee J, Sa J, Chaput JP, Heimdal J, Nelson B, Cho BY, Kwon E.Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2021 Apr;12(2):96-104. doi: 10.24171/j.phrp.2021.12.2.07. Epub 2021 Apr 29.PMID: 33980000

Allan D. Tate, Epidemiology and BIostatistics, College of Public Health
Examining the Relationship Between Parental Stress and Girls’ and Boys’ Physical Activity Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse and Immigrant/Refugee Populations
Berge JM, Cheatom O, Fertig AR, Tate A, Trofholz A, Brito JN, Shippee N.Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2021 May 6:1-6. doi: 10.1123/pes.2020-0190. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33958503

Alex Anderson, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Food/Non-Food Classification of Real-Life Egocentric Images in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Based on Image Tagging Features.
Chen G, Jia W, Zhao Y, Mao ZH, Lo B, Anderson AK, Frost G, Jobarteh ML, McCrory MA, Sazonov E, Steiner-Asiedu M, Ansong RS, Baranowski T, Burke L, Sun M.Front Artif Intell. 2021 Apr 1;4:644712. doi: 10.3389/frai.2021.644712. eCollection 2021.PMID: 33870184

Chandra Dhakal and Savin  Khadka, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Heterogeneities in Consumer Diet Quality and Health Outcomes of Consumers by Store Choice and Income.
Dhakal CK, Khadka S. Nutrients. 2021 Mar 24;13(4):1046. doi: 10.3390/nu13041046. PMID: 33804858

Sarah Stotz, Ginnefer Cox, LeAnn Birch and Caree Cotwright, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Assessing health disparities in foods and beverages served in early care and education programs across Georgia.
Kear K, Stotz S, Love K, Cox GO, Birch LL, Cotwright CJ.Pediatr Obes. 2021 Mar 17:e12787. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12787. Online ahead of print.PMID: 3372970

Sina Gallo, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Bidirectional Associations between Physical Activity and Sleep in Early-Elementary-Age Latino Children with Obesity.
Merrigan JJ, Volgenau KM, McKay A, Mehlenbeck R, Jones MT, Gallo S.Sports (Basel). 2021 Feb 11;9(2):26. doi: 10.3390/sports9020026.PMID: 33670086

Emily Noble, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Western Diet Consumption During Development: Setting the Stage for Neurocognitive Dysfunction.
Tsan L, Décarie-Spain L, Noble EE, Kanoski SE.Front Neurosci. 2021 Feb 10;15:632312. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.632312. eCollection 2021.PMID: 33642988

Ming Ming Gao, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Obesity-associated up-regulation of lipocalin 2 protects gastric mucosa cells from apoptotic cell death by reducing endoplasmic reticulum stress.
Wen X, Su B, Gao M, Chen J, Zhou D, You H, Li N, Chang S, Cheng X, Qian C, Gao J, Yang P, Qu S, Bu L. Cell Death Dis. 2021 Feb 26;12(2):221. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-03512-2. PMID: 33637683

Yuta Ishikawa, Department of Foods and Nutrition; Elisabeth L P Sattler, Department of Foods and Nutrition and Department of Clinical and Administratve Pharmacy
Nutrition as Treatment Modality in Heart Failure.
Ishikawa Y, Sattler ELP.Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2021 Feb 17;23(4):13. doi: 10.1007/s11883-021-00908-5.PMID: 33594492

Gerald W Hart, The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Excessive O – GlcNAcylation Causes Heart Failure and Sudden Death.
Umapathi P, Banerjee PS, Zachara NE, Abrol N, Wang Q, Mesubi OO, Luczak ED, Wu Y, Granger JM, Wei AC, Reyes Gaido OE, Florea L, Talbot CC Jr, Hart GW, Anderson ME.Circulation. 2021 Feb 17. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.051911. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33593071

Sina Gallo, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Treatment of Obesity: Beyond the Diet.
Gallo S, Cheskin LJ.Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2021 Mar;50(1):113-125. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2020.10.003. Epub 2021 Jan 5.PMID: 33518158

Zhou Chen, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health
Pharmacoeconomics of obesity in China: a scoping review.
Chen Z, Jiang S, Wang Y, Khan MM, Zhang D, Rajbhandari-Thapa J, Li L.Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2021 Jan 26. doi: 10.1080/14737167.2021.1882306. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33496208

Stephen L. Rathbun,Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
The association between sleep health and weight change during a 12-month behavioral weight loss intervention.
Kline CE, Chasens ER, Bizhanova Z, Sereika SM, Buysse DJ, Imes CC, Kariuki JK, Mendez DD, Cajita MI, Rathbun SL, Burke LE.Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Jan 7. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-00728-8. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33414489

Claire de La Serre, Department of Foods and Nutrition
The critical role of CCK in the regulation of food intake and diet-induced obesity.
Cawthon CR, La Serre CB.Peptides. 2021 Jan 7:170492. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2020.170492. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33422646

Emily Noble, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Melanin-concentrating hormone and food intake control: Sites of action, peptide interactions, and appetition.
Lord MN, Subramanian K, Kanoski SE, Noble EE.Peptides. 2020 Dec 25;137:170476. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2020.170476. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33370567

Jia Fei, Sisi Chen, Gaylen Edwards Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
ADAR1 deficiency protects against high-fat diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice.
Cui X, Fei J, Chen S, Edwards GL, Chen SY. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Nov 30. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00175.2020. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33252250

CJ Cotwright, Department of Foods and Nutrition
A Safety Net Unraveling: Feeding Young Children During COVID-19.
Bauer KW, Chriqui JF, Andreyeva T, Kenney EL, Stage VC, Dev D, Lessard L, Cotwright CJ, Tovar A. Am J Public Health. 2020 Nov 19:e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305980. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33211589

Lacshman Segar, College of Pharmacy
Imatinib improves insulin resistance and inhibits injury-induced neointimal hyperplasia in high fat diet-fed mice.
Pichavaram P, Shawky NM, Hartney TJ, Jun JY, Segar L. Eur J Pharmacol. 2020 Oct 24:173666. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173666. Online ahead of print.

Jie Tian, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Potential Roles of O-GlcNAcylation in Primary Cilia- Mediated Energy Metabolism.
Tian JL, Gomeshtapeh FI. Biomolecules. 2020 Nov 1;10(11):E1504. doi: 10.3390/biom10111504. PMID: 33139642

Stephanie M. Eick, Michael Welton, Mechelle D. Claridy, Skarlet G. Velasquez, Nicholas Mallis, Jose F. Cordero, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Associations between gestational weight gain and preterm birth in Puerto Rico.
Eick SM, Welton M, Claridy MD, Velasquez SG, Mallis N, Cordero JF. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Oct 7;20(1):599. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03292-1. PMID: 33028249

Emily Noble, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Central oxytocin signaling inhibits food reward-motivated behaviors and VTA dopamine responses to food-predictive cues in male rats.
Liu CM, et al. Horm Behav. 2020. PMID: 32991888

Brian Cummings, Lishann Ingram, Pharmaceutical and  Biomedical Sciences
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) alter the blood lipidome and the hepatic proteome in a murine model of diet-induced obesity.
Pfohl M, et al. Toxicol Sci. 2020. PMID: 32991729

Pavan Suryadevara and Puliyur MohanKumar, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging
Metformin effectively restores the HPA axis function in diet-induced obese rats.
Shin AC, Balasubramanian P, Suryadevara P, Zyskowski J, Herdt TH, MohanKumar SMJ, MohanKumar PS. Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Sep 19. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-00688-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32951009

Jose F. Cordero, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Cohort profile: Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico.
Manjourides J, Zimmerman E, Watkins DJ, Carpenito T, Vélez-Vega CM, Huerta-Montañez G, Rosario Z, Ayala I, Vergara C, Feric Z, Ondras M, Suh HH, Gu AZ, Brown P, Cordero JF, Meeker JD, Alshawabkeh A. BMJ Open. 2020 Jul 19;10(7):e036389. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036389. PMID: 32690520

Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Justin Ingel, Kiran Thapa, Zhou Chen, Donglan Zhang, Department of Health Policy and Management, Sae Chung, Department of Financial Planning
In-patient obesity diagnosis, use of surgical treatment and associated costs by payer type in the United States: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample, 2011 through 2014.
Rajbhandari-Thapa J, et al. Clin Obes. 2020. PMID: 32627391

Claire de La Serre, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Intact vagal gut-brain signaling prevents hyperphagia and excessive weight gain in response to high-fat high-sugar diet. McDougle M, Quinn D, Diepenbroek C, Singh A, de la Serre C, de Lartigue G. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2020 Jun 30:e13530. doi: 10.1111/apha.13530. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32603548

Ellen Evans, Chad Straight, Rachelle Reed, Department of Kinesiology, Alison Berg, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Exercise and Protein Effects on Strength and Function with Weight Loss in Older Women.
Evans EM, Straight CR, Reed RA, Berg AC, Rowe DA, Johnson MA. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2020 Jun 8. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002429. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32520876

Dulce Manaya, Anna turleh, Abhinav Joshi, Krzysztf Czaja Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, Tamas Nagy, Department of Pathology
Consumption of a high energy density diet triggers microbiota dysbiosis, hepatic lipidosis, and microglia activation in the nucleus of the solitary tract in rats.
Minaya DM, Turlej A, Joshi A, Nagy T, Weinstein N, DiLorenzo P, Hajnal A, Czaja K. Nutr Diabetes. 2020 Jun 9;10(1):20. doi: 10.1038/s41387-020-0119-4. PMID: 32518225

Sheba MohanKumar, PS MohanKumar Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine
Oleic acid stimulates monoamine efflux through PPAR-α: Differential effects in diet-induced obesity.
Jagannathan L, Socks E, Balasubramanian P, McGowan R, Herdt TM, Kianian R, MohanKumar SMJ, MohanKumar PS.  Life Sci. 2020 May 29;:117867. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32479954 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

Amar M Singh, Department of Biochemsitry and Molecular Biology
Human beige adipocytes for drug discovery and cell therapy in metabolic diseases.
Singh AM, et al. Nat Commun. 2020. PMID: 32488069

Cooper, Jamie Department of Foods and Nutrition                                                                                                                                                                                                       
COVID-19 related home confinement in adults: weight gain risks and opportunities.
Bhutani S, Cooper JA. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020. PMID: 32428295

The contribution of syndemic conditions to cardiovascular disease risk.
Rodriguez VJ, Chahine A, Parrish MS, Alcaide ML, Lee TK, Hurwitz B, Sawhney M, Weiss SM, Jones DL, Kumar M. AIDS Care. 2020 May 13:1-9. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1761518. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32397737

Birch, LL Department of Foods and Nutrition
The Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories (INSIGHT) Responsive Parenting Intervention for Firstborns Affects Dietary Intake of Secondborn Infants.
Hohman EE, Savage JS, Birch LL, Paul IM. J Nutr. 2020 May 15:nxaa135. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa135. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32412629

Beach SRH, Dept of Psychology, Ong ML, Center for Family Research, Lei MK, Dept of Sociology, Ye K Dept of Genetics, Institute of Bioinformatics
Beach SRH, Ong ML, Lei MK, Klopack E, Carter SE, Simons RL, Gibbons FX, Lavner JA, Philibert RA, Ye K.
Childhood adversity is linked to adult health among African Americans via adolescent weight gain and effects are genetically moderated.
Dev Psychopathol. 2020 May 6:1-18. doi: 10.1017/S0954579420000061. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32372728

Yan, Y, College of Engineering
Zhou Z, Chen X, Sheng H, Shen X, Sun X, Yan Y, Wang J, Yuan Q.
Engineering probiotics as living diagnostics and therapeutics for improving human health.
Microb Cell Fact. 2020 Mar 4;19(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12934-020-01318-z. Review. PMID: 32131831

J Rajbhandari-Thapa , J Ingels, K Thapa, Department of Health Policy and Management
Rajbhandari-Thapa J, Ingels J, Thapa K, Davis M, Corso P.
Longitudinal evaluation of the impact of school characteristics on changes in physical activity opportunities. 
PLoS One. 2020 Feb 6;15(2):e0228716. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228716. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32027725

JF Tyma, College of Veterinary Medicine
Hill JA, Tyma JF, Hayes GM, Radcliffe R, Fubini SL. Related Articles
Higher body mass index may increase the risk for the development of incisional complications in horses following emergency ventral midline celiotomy. 
Equine Vet J. 2020 Jan 29;. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31994775 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

D. Zhang, Department of Health Policy and Managment
Yang S, Zhang X, Feng P, Wu T, Tian R, Zhang D, Zhao L, Xiao C, Zhou Z, He F, Cheng G, Jia P.
Access to fruit and vegetable markets and childhood obesity: A systematic review.
Obes Rev. 2020 Jan 14. doi: 10.1111/obr.12980. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31943666

Faruque S, Tong J, Lacmanovic V, Agbonghae C, Minaya DM, Czaja K, Veterinary Biosciences & Diagnostic Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine
Faruque S, Tong J, Lacmanovic V, Agbonghae C, Minaya DM, Czaja K
The Dose Makes the Poison: Sugar and Obesity in the United States – a Review.
Pol J Food Nutr Sci. 2019;69(3):219-233. doi: 10.31883/pjfns/110735. PMID: 31938015

Chen C and Kim WK, Department of Poultry Science
Moseti D, Regassa A, Chen C, O K, Kim WK.
25-Hydroxycholesterol Inhibits Adipogenic Differentiation of C3H10T1/2 Pluripotent Stromal Cells.
Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jan 9;21(2). pii: E412. doi: 10.3390/ijms21020412. PMID: 31936485

Montiel, MA Augusta University-The University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, GA
Da Silva CC, Monteil MA, Davis EM.
Overweight and Obesity in Children Are Associated with an Abundance of Firmicutes and Reduction of Bifidobacterium in Their Gastrointestinal Microbiota.
Child Obes. 2020 Jan 14. doi: 10.1089/chi.2019.0280. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31934770

Pearson, RC Department of Kinesiology
Tinius RA, Blankenship MM, Furgal KE, Cade WT, Pearson KJ, Rowland NS, Pearson RC, Hoover DL, Maples JM.
Metabolic flexibility is impaired in women who are pregnant and overweight/obese and related to insulin resistance and inflammation.
Metabolism. 2020 Jan 10:154142. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154142. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31930973

Minaya DM, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging
Minaya DM, Di Lorenzo PM, Hajnal A, Czaja K.
Roux‑en‑Y gastric bypass surgery triggers rapid DNA fragmentation in vagal afferent neurons in rats.
Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars). 2019;79(4):432-444. PMID: 31885399

G. Zhang, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Lu B, Zhong J, Pan J, Yuan X, Ren M, Jiang L, Yang Y, Zhang G, Liu D, Zhang C.
Gdf11 gene transfer prevents high fat diet-induced obesity and improves metabolic homeostasis in obese and STZ-induced diabetic mice.
J Transl Med. 2019 Dec 17;17(1):422. doi: 10.1186/s12967-019-02166-1. PMID: 31847906

Dr. Emily Noble, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Suarez AN, Liu CM, Cortella AM, Noble EE, Kanoski SE.
Ghrelin and Orexin Interact to Increase Meal Size Through a Descending Hippocampus to Hindbrain Signaling Pathway.
Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Oct 29;. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31836175

Dr. Emily Noble, Department of Foods and Nutrition
Liu CM, Davis EA, Suarez AN, Wood RI, Noble EE, Kanoski SE
Sex Differences and Estrous Influences on Oxytocin Control of Food Intake
Neuroscience. 2019 Nov 15;. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31738883

N. Sun,  Department of Management Information Systems, Terry College of Business
Wang L, Xu F, Brickell A, Sun N, Mao X, Zhang Q, Wang G, Zhou Q, Yang B, Li F, Yue L, Zhang W, Hao Y, Sun C.
Additional common loci associated with stroke and obesity identified using pleiotropic analytical approach
Mol Genet Genomics. 2019 Dec 7;. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31813042

Max Owen, Ph.D. Brain and Behavior Sciences, Psychology Department, University of Georgia
Syan SK, Owens MM, Goodman B, Epstein LH, Meyre D, Sweet LH, MacKillop J.
Deficits in executive function and suppression of default mode network in obesity
Neuroimage Clin. 2019 Oct 26;24:102015. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 31795049

Michael D. Schmidt, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Kinesiology (Exercise Science Programs)
Davis CL, Litwin SE, Pollock NK, Waller JL, Zhu H, Dong Y, Kapuku G, Bhagatwala J, Harris RA, Looney J, Williams CF, Armento A, Schmidt MD, Bassali R.
Exercise effects on arterial stiffness and heart health in children with excess weight: The SMART RCT.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 Nov 21;. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31754238