Obesity Journal Issues Research Articles in July 2020 Edition

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 23 -- Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal from the Obesity Society that says it features clinical nutrition medicine, pharmacology, genetics, adipogenesis, behavioral epidemiology, biophysics and lipid metabolism, exercise and human physiology, nutritional epidemiology, phenotyping, fat cell physiology, aging, neuroscience, transgenic models, metabolic syndrome, nutrition behavior, pediatric obesity and adipocyte cell biology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2020 edition:

* Is Adipose Tissue a Reservoir for Viral Spread, Immune Activation, and Cytokine Amplification in Coronavirus Disease 2019?

* Construction and Use of Body Weight Measures from Administrative Data in a Large National Health System: A Systematic Review

Brief Cutting Edge Reports:

* High Prevalence of Obesity in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

* Association of Obesity with Disease Severity Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019

* Frequency and Consistency of Self-Weighing to Promote Weight-Loss Maintenance

* Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Insurance Coverage Rates Among Adult Populations with Low Income and by Obesity Status

Original Articles:

* Ripple Effects of a Community-Based Randomized Trial for Rural Women: Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities

* The Weight Optimization Revamping Lifestyle using the Dietary Guidelines (WORLD) Study: Sustained Weight Loss Over 12 Months

* Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Visceral and Liver Fat in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

* Effects of Empagliflozin Treatment on Glycerol-Derived Hepatic Gluconeogenesis in Adults with Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial

* Longitudinal Changes in Fat Mass and the Hippocampus

* Abnormal Regional Neural Activity and Reorganized Neural Network in Obesity: Evidence from Resting-State fMRI

* Neuroimaging of Cerebral Blood Flow and Sodium in Women with Lipedema

* Overweight and Obesity Impair Academic Performance in Adolescence: A National Cohort Study of 10,279 Adolescents in China

* Daily Branched-Chain Amino Acid Intake and Risks of Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

* Using Simulation Modeling to Guide the Design of the Girl Scouts Fierce & Fit Program

* Associations Between Body Weight, Hippocampal Volume, and Tissue Signal Intensity in 12- to 18-Year-Olds

* BMI and Cause-Specific Hospital Admissions and Costs: The UK Biobank Cohort Study

* Prospective Association of Obesity Patterns with Subclinical Carotid Plaque Development in Early Postmenopausal Chinese Women

* Geographic and Longitudinal Trends in Media Framing of Obesity in the United States

The July 2020 edition of the Obesity Journal can be viewed at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1930739x/2020/28/7. The journal is published by John Wiley & Sons.