Recent research related to obesity

Below you will find a collection of recent research related to obesity. For a list of publications in obesity-related research at FIU visit our Publications page.

FIU News

Most patients with obesity don't get the weight counseling they need

What’s the connection between ultra-processed foods and obesity?

The Obesity Society

Study: 40-year follow up shows significant reductions in death rates after bariatric surgery

A meta-analysis comparing the effectiveness of alternate day fasting, the 5:2 diet and time-restricted eating for weight loss

Novel workplace lifestyle intervention leads to meaningful weight-loss, maintenance

American Society for Nutrition

Does gestational diabetes complicate newborn vitamin D status?

Does weight loss surgery change food preferences?

Gestational diabetes is associated with unique metabolic profiles of women from differing ethnicities

National Library of Medicine

Effect of tart cherry juice consumption on body composition and anthropometric measures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Understanding weight management experiences from patient perspectives: qualitative exploration in general practice

SAGE Journals

A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing diabetes prevention program interventions for overweight/obese Marshallese adults

Nature Portfolio

MSR1 is not required for obesity-associated inflammation and insulin resistance in mice

Taylor & Francis

Improvement in chrono-nutrition is associated with robust weight loss outcomes: an extension of the feasibility study

Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid accumulation product as effective markers of different obesity phenotypes in Korean adults: a cross-sectional analysis

JMIR Publications

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”: proposal for a social prescribing strategy for obesity prevention and improvement in health and well-being

Europe PMC

Association of minimally processed and ultra-processed food daily consumption with obesity in overweight adults: a cross-sectional study.

Frontiers in Nutrition

Predictors of weight loss in patients with obesity treated with a very low-calorie ketogenic diet

Does early or late biological maturation trigger obesity? A machine learning modeling research in Turkey boys and girls

Experimental Gerontology

Comparison of the effects of six-week time-restricted eating on weight loss, body composition and visceral fat in overweight older men and women

Diabetes Care

Association and interaction of genetics and area-level socioeconomic factors on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity

The Journal of Nutrition

Trends in the intraindividual double burden of overweight/obesity and anemia among adult women living in 33 low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of demographic and health surveys from 2000-2019

Preventive Medicine Reports

Understanding drivers of micro-level disparities in childhood body mass index, overweight, and obesity within low-income, minority communities

Journal of Urban Health

Violent crime, physical inactivity and obesity: examining spatial relationships by racial/ethnic composition of community residents

Current Obesity Reports

Obesity stigma: causes, consequences, and potential solutions

Midwifery

Exploring body dissatisfaction in pregnancy and the association with gestational weight gain, obesity and weight stigma