John Thyfault (TeeFo)

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Do we grow wiser as we age? Can we? I spent over 15 years chasing glam journals and wasted a lot of time and energy (and this chase caused a lot of frustration to my team and co-authors). I don’t want to wake up at 70 and realize my life went into convincing a few editors my work was trendy enough. Enough is enough. I'll try to be smarter.

agree, or D2/D3 football players

The South Region MOP grew up minutes from my house, went to my old high school, was a classmate of my son’s and I’ve been playing pickup with him for a few years. My hometown is so proud of Keaton Wagler. Was my honor to tell his story this year. ICYMI: nytimes.com/athletic/69929…

@TyMastersonKS freedom of speech for white men, good job Ty!

Yesterday, TPUSA members from KU and K-State joined me in the Senate for the historic passage of the KIRK Act, six months to the day of Charlie’s tragic assassination. I will always defend our freedom of speech, and it was an honor to do so alongside TPUSA members that are keeping Charlie’s legacy alive.

Today we celebrate registered dietitian nutritionists for their expert, evidence-based nutrition care in obesity and health research. #nationalnutritionmonth #RegisteredDietitianNutritionistDay #RDNs

@TyMastersonKS what do you mean take back, you have had the majority or a super majority for what...30 years?

Today, the Kansas Senate passed SB 339 which will require school districts to provide daily recess for Kansas kids, in addition to, requiring a yearly Kansas state fitness test. This bill is a common-sense MAHA measure that promotes the physical fitness of our children and encourages the formation of lifelong healthy habits. Let’s Take Back Kansas, and Make Kansas Kids Healthy Again!

Peer review was supposed to be science’s quality filter, but somewhere along the way it started acting more like a bouncer who only lets in the regulars. It’s slow, it tends to favor established labs and familiar names, and it gets uncomfortable around anything too unconventional. Papers loaded with mountains of data tend to cruise through, while bold ideas that actually challenge the consensus get stuck in limbo or turned away at the door. The irony is that where a paper gets published almost never determines its real worth. What actually matters is what the scientific community does with it afterward, whether people cite it, argue with it, build on it, or use it to blow up a long-held assumption. That’s where the value lives, not in the journal’s logo. A major survey a few years back found that roughly 70% of researchers think the current system is fundamentally broken, and it’s not hard to see why. Publicly funded research hides behind paywalls, editors chase whatever topic is hot that month, and the whole incentive structure pushes toward safe bets over genuinely risky and potentially important work. Science has always been complicated and deeply human and full of ego and inertia, but the conversation is shifting.

@TyMastersonKS Can you not do anything for Kansans that truly helps us? This does nothing.

Today I had the privilege of carrying the KIRK Act on the Senate floor. It successfully passed with a super majority, and will honor Charlie Kirk’s legacy by protecting freedom of speech on our college campuses across the state.

Obesity is linked to at least 12 cancers. Here’s part of the biology in @JAMA_current Dysfunctional adipose tissue becomes a pro-tumor endocrine organ, driving insulin signaling, estrogen excess, chronic inflammation, and immune suppression. In other words: obesity can help create the ecosystem cancer needs to grow. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… @OncoAlert

@JasonSynaptic @PattyMurray getting most of us to quit science - that is the end game @JerryMoran - are you working on stopping this madness?

OMB has still not released funds to the NIH as mandated by congress! This is just crazy stupid. What’s their end game?! @PattyMurray what is the senate doing about this?

Our translational science review on obesity and cancer is out today in @JAMA_current Here, we delve into several mechanisms driving the relationship and look forward to seeing how the field evolves with the emergence of novel strategies for intervention. @KUcancercenter

Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth’s stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of shellfish, including $2 million for Alaskan king crab and $6.9 million worth of lobster tail. (Lobster tail is apparently a favorite of Hegseth’s Pentagon—the department spent more than $7.4 million total on the luxury item in March, May, June, and October.) In other pricey food purchases, the government decided to drop $15.1 million for ribeye steak (again, just in September), $124,000 for ice cream machines, and $139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts.

Day 5 of Obesity Care Week! Watch Dr. Stephen Cook's video and answer: ❓ What obesity research should lead the next decade? Comment or post your video! TOS 💜's obesity research! #CommitToCare #ObesityCareWeek #ObesityResearch #TheObesitySociety

Word - physical health and confidence go hand in hand with learning.

Woah. This is a bleak outlook. Excellent analysis by @Jori_health shows the NIH grants being hit hardest are the very ones designed to bring new scientists into the system - small R, R21s, and K awards. Dismantling the system one generation at a time.

❓ How does obesity research shape global health systems, access, innovation, outcomes, and equity? Watch Richele Corrado's video and share your answer! 💜 #CommitToCare #ObesityCareWeek #ObesityResearch #TheObesitySociety

@davykevinp Look at me, I know more than people studying this for 20 years!!!! but I don't even know the definitions or the literature.....sigh

This has all gotten silly. You can opine or even provide evidence that VO2max isn’t the top longevity predictor, fine. However, Eric doesn’t understand that Vo2max is the gold standard measure of cardiorespiratory fitness.…and Vo2max may not even be Vo2max but rather VO2peak.