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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
- Biological anthropology
- Income inequality
- Indigenous amazonians
- Metabolic health
- Yakut (sakha)
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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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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
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The evolutionary significance of human brown adipose tissue: Integrating the timescales of adaptation
Levy, S. B. & Leonard, W. R., Apr 1 2022, In: Evolutionary Anthropology. 31, 2, p. 75-91 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition
The IAEA DLW Database Consortium, Dec 2022, In: Nature communications. 13, 1, 99.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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American Journal of Human Biology Moves to a Monthly Publication Schedule
Leonard, W. R., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: American Journal of Human Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies
the IAEA DLW database group, Feb 16 2021, In: Cell Reports Medicine. 2, 2, 100203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access23 Scopus citations