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Research Interests
Biological anthropology, adaptability, growth and development, nutrition, South America, Asia, and United States.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Bioanthropology, PhD, University of Michigan
… → 1987
Research interests keywords
- Biological anthropology
- Income inequality
- Indigenous amazonians
- Metabolic health
- Yakut (sakha)
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Grants
- 29 Finished
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Walking Green: Developing an evidence-base for Nature Prescriptions
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
5/1/16 → 12/31/17
Project: Research project
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Consequences and Context of Stunting in the Bolivian Amazon
University of Georgia, National Science Foundation
7/1/15 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Conceptualizing the Adaptive Significance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Cold Climates
3/1/15 → 2/28/18
Project: Research project
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The adaptive significance of brown fat among the Yakut of Siberia
1/1/15 → 2/29/16
Project: Research project
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Biocultural and evolutionary approaches to the study of human diseases: Integrative perspectives from biological anthropology
Leonard, W. R., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: American Journal of Biological Anthropology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure
Speakman, J. R., de Jong, J. M. A., Sinha, S., Westerterp, K. R., Yamada, Y., Sagayama, H., Ainslie, P. N., Anderson, L. J., Arab, L., Bedu-Addo, K., Blanc, S., Bonomi, A. G., Bovet, P., Brage, S., Buchowski, M. S., Butte, N. F., Camps, S. G. J. A., Cooper, J. A., Cooper, R., Das, S. K., & 60 others, Apr 2023, In: Nature Metabolism. 5, 4, p. 579-588 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Scopus citations -
American Journal of Human Biology Moves to a Monthly Publication Schedule
Leonard, W. R., Jan 2022, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 34, 1, e23714.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Brown adipose tissue thermogenesis among young adults in northeastern Siberia and Midwest United States and its relationship with other biological adaptations to cold climates
Levy, S. B., Klimova, T. M., Zakharova, R. N., Fedorov, A. I., Fedorova, V. I., Baltakhinova, M. E., Bondy, M., Atallah, D., Thompson-Vasquez, J., Dong, K., Debertine, A. & Leonard, W. R., Jun 2022, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 34, 6, e23723.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access9 Scopus citations -
Data sharing in biological anthropology
Mulligan, C. J., Boyer, D. M., Turner, T. R., Delson, E. & Leonard, W. R., Aug 2022, In: American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 178, S74, p. 26-53 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Archival Version
Godoy, R. A. (Creator) & Leonard, W. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2020
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37671, https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/37671
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Version 2
Godoy, R. A. (Creator) & Leonard, W. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2020
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37671.v2, https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/37671/versions/V2
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