Health and Adaptation among Indigenous Siberians -- Publication Archive

Health and Adaptation among Indigenous Siberians

Principal Investigators

:: Josh Snodgrass

:: Bill Leonard

Funder Links

    :: NSF

    :: NSERC

    :: Wenner-Gren

    :: Leakey Foundation

    :: National Geographic

    :: Sigma Xi

Professional Society Links

    :: Am Anthropological Assoc

    :: Am Assoc for the Advancement of Sci

    :: Am Assoc Physical Anthropology

    :: Human Biology Association

    :: Northwestern Univ, Anthropology

   :: U of Oregon, Anthropology

Journal Links

   :: Am J Clin Nutr

   :: Am J Hum Biol

   :: Am J Phys Anthropol

   :: Annals Hum Biol

   :: Annu Rev Anthropol

   :: Evol Anthropol

   :: Hum Biol

   :: Int J Circumpolar Health

   :: J Nutr

   :: J Physiol Anthropol

   :: Nature

   :: Science

Publication Archive

Basal Metabolic Rate and Cold Stress

Galloway VA, Leonard WR, Ivakine E. 2000. Basal metabolic adaptation of the Evenki reindeer herders of central Siberia. Am J Hum Biol 12: 75-87.

Leonard WR, Galloway VA, Ivakine E, Osipova L, Kazakovtseva M. 1999. Nutrition, Thyroid function and basal metabolism of the Evenki of central Siberia. Int J Circumpolar Health 58: 281-295.

Leonard WR, Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV. 2005. Metabolic adaptation in Indigenous Siberian populations. Annu Rev Anthropol 34: 451-471.

Leonard WR, Snodgrass JJ, Tarskaia LA, Cepon TJ, Klimova TM, Krivoshapkin VG. 2010. Thyroid function and resting metabolism in the Yakut of eastern Siberia (abstract). Am J Phys Anthropol, in press.

Leonard WR, Sorensen MV, Galloway VA, Spencer GJ, Mosher MJ, Osipova L, Spitsyn VA. 2002. Climatic influences on basal metabolic rates among circumpolar populations. Am J Hum Biol 14: 609-620.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Mosher MJ. 2008. The Influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among indigenous Siberians. Am J Phys Anthropol 137: 145-155.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Alekseev VP, Krivoshapkin VG. 2005. Basal metabolic rate in the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia. Am J Hum Bio 17: 155-172.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Klimova TM, Fedorova VI, Baltakhinova ME,Krivoshapkin VG. 2010. Metabolic adaptation among the Yakut (Sakha) (in Russian). Yakut Medical Journal (in press).

Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Leonard WR. 2007. Adaptive dimensions of health research among Indigenous Siberians. Am J Hum Biol 19: 165-180.

Sorensen MV, Leonard WR, Spencer GJ, Spitsyn VA, Shenin VA. 1999. Correlates of variation in basal metabolism of the Buryat of South Siberia (abstract). Am J Hum Biol 11: 172.

Thyroid Hormones and Metabolic Adaptation

Cepon TJ, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Klimova TM, Kivoshapkin VG. 2010. Evidence of autoimmune thyroid disorders among the Yakut of Siberia (abstract). Am J Hum Biol, in press.

Leonard WR, Galloway VA, Ivakine E, Osipova L, Kazakovtseva M. 1999. Nutrition, thyroid function and basal metabolism of the Evenki of central Siberia. Int J Circumpolar Health 58: 281-295.

Leonard WR, Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV. 2005. Metabolic adaptation in Indigenous Siberian populations. Annu Rev Anthropol 34: 451-471.

Leonard WR, Snodgrass JJ, Tarskaia LA, Cepon TJ, Klimova TM, Krivoshapkin VG. 2010. Thyroid function and resting metabolism in the Yakut of Eastern Siberia (abstract). Am J Phys Anthropol, in press.

The Influence of Economic and Cultural Change on Health

Cepon TJ, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Maharova N, Egorova A, Matveeva N, Pingina I, Halyev S, Romanova A. 2009. Anthropometric and lifestyle correlates of blood pressure among indigenous Siberians (abstract). Am J Hum Biol 21: 249.

Leonard WR, Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV. 2005. Metabolic adaptation in Indigenous Siberian populations. Annu Rev Anthropol 34: 451-471.

Leonard WR, Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV. 2009. Health consequences of social and ecological diversity among indigenous Siberian populations: Biocultural and evolutionary interactions. In: Panter-Brick & Fuentes (eds.) Health, Risk, and Adversity: A New Synthesis from Biological Anthropology. New York: Berghahn Books, pp. 26-51.

Leonard WR, Spencer GJ, Galloway VA, Osipova L. 2002. Declining growth status in Indigenous Siberian children in post-Soviet Russia. Am J Hum Biol 74: 197-209.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Alekseev VP, Krivoshapkin V. 2006. The emergence of obesity among indigenous Siberians. J Physiol Anthropol 25: 75-84.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Schoeller DA. 2006. Total energy expenditure in the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia as measured by the doubly labeled water method. Am J Clin Nutr 84: 798-806.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, McDade TW, Sorensen MV, Alekseev VP, Krivoshapkin VG. 2007. Anthropometric correlates of C-reactive protein among Indigenous Siberians. J Physiol Anthropol 26: 241-246.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Cepon TJ, Klimova TM, Krivoshapkin VG. 2010. Rapid changes in cardiovascular risk factors associated with economic development and lifestyle change in an indigenous circumpolar population from Siberia (abstract). Am J Phys Anthropol, in press.

Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Leonard WR. 2007. Adaptive dimensions of health research among Indigenous Siberians. Am J Hum Biol 19: 165-180.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Mosher MJ. 2008. The influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among indigenous Siberians. Am J Phys Anthropol 137: 145-155.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Egorova AG, Maharova NV, Pinigina IA, Halyev SD, Matveeva NP, Romanova AN. 2010. Lifestyle correlates of impaired fasting glucose and the metabolic syndrome among an indigenous Siberian population. Int J Circumpolar Health 69: 87-98.

Sorensen MV, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Ivanov KI, Krivoshapkin VG, Spitsyn VA. 2005. Health consequences of post-socialist transition: Dietary and lifestyle determinants of plasma lipids in Yakutia. Am J Hum Biol 17: 576-592.

Sorensen MV, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, McDade TW, Tarskaya LA, Ivanov KI, Krivoshapkin VG, Alekseev VP. 2009. Lifestyle incongruity, stress and immune function in Indigenous Siberians: The health impacts of rapid social and economic change. Am J Phys Anthropol 138: 62-69.

The Effects of Chronic Psychosocial Stress on Health

Cepon TJ, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Maharova N, Egorova A, Matveeva N, Pingina I, Halyev S, Romanova A. 2009. Anthropometric and lifestyle correlates of blood pressure among indigenous Siberians (abstract). Am J Hum Biol 21: 249.

Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Leonard WR. 2007. Adaptive dimensions of health research among Indigenous Siberians. Am J Hum Biol 19: 165-180.

Sorensen MV, Leonard WR, Tarskaya LA, Ivanov KI, Snodgrass JJ, Alekseev VP, Krivoshapkin VG, Rifai N. 2006. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, adiposity, and blood pressure in the Yakut of Siberia. Am J Hum Biol 18: 766-775.

Sorensen MV, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, McDade TW, Tarskaya LA, Ivanov KI, Krivoshapkin VG, Alekseev VP. 2009. Lifestyle incongruity, stress and immune function in Indigenous Siberians: The health impacts of rapid social and economic change. Am J Phys Anthropol 138: 62-69.

Genetics and the Origins of Siberian Populations

Zlojutro M, Tarskaia LA, Sorensen MV, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Crawford MH. 2008. The Origins of the Yakut People: Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA Diversity. Int J Hum Genet 8: 119-130.

Zlojutro M, Tarskaia LA, Sorensen MV, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Crawford. 2009. Coalescent simulations of Yakut
mtDNA variation suggest small founding population. Am J Phys Anthropol 139: 474-482.

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