Research Summary
Dr. Rosinger's overall research program is designed to understand how humans meet their water needs, how this relates to adaptation, environmental changes, and water insecurity, and the resulting health, hydration, and disease consequences.
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Recent Publications
The Intersection of Tap Water Avoidance, Food Insecurity, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among U.S. Children and Adolescents Aged 2–17 Years
Rosinger, A. Y. & Young, S. L., Jan 2026, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 70, 1, 108104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ambient temperature and wet bulb globe temperature outperform heat index in predicting hydration status and heat perception in a semi-arid environment
Baker, L., Jacobson, H., McGrosky, A., Hinz, E., Wambua, F., Sherwood, A., Mbeng, T. C., Nzunza, R., Braun, D. R., Ndiema, E., Pontzer, H. & Rosinger, A. Y., 2025, In: Annals of Human Biology. 52, 1, 2456152.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Can household water sharing advance water security? An integrative review of water entitlements and entitlement failures
Beresford, M., Adams, E., Budds, J., Harris, L. M., Jepson, W., Marley, T., Nguyen, C., Pearson, A., Roque, A. D., Rosinger, A. Y., Shah, S. H., Stellbauer, M. & Wutich, A., Jan 1 2025, In: Environmental Research Letters. 20, 1, 013003.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Interacting Water Insecurity and Food Insecurity: Recent Advances in Theory and Application
Brewis, A., Jepson, W., Rosinger, A. Y., Stoler, J., Workman, C. L., Wutich, A. & Young, S. L., May 2025, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 37, 5, e70052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Water Insecurity Is Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in a Small-Scale Population in Lowland Bolivia Experiencing Lifestyle Changes
Deshpande, S. M., Huanca, T., Conde, E. & Rosinger, A. Y., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Beyond peak water security: Household-scale experiential metrics can offer new perspectives on contemporary water challenges in the United States
Jepson, W., Wutich, A., Pearson, A. L., Beresford, M., Brewis, A., Cooperman, A., Osborne-Gowey, J., Rempel, J., Rosinger, A. Y. & Stoler, J., Aug 2025, In: PLOS Water. 4, 8, e0000413.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High water turnover, hydration status, and heat stress among Daasanach pastoralists in a hot, semi-arid climate
Mcgrosky, A., Ford, L., Hinz, E., Sadhir, S., Wambua, F., Braun, D. R., Douglass, M., Ndiema, E., Nzunza, R., Rosinger, A. Y. & Pontzer, H., 2025, In: Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 13, 1, p. 215-228 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Chronic Stress and Severe Water Insecurity During the Historic 2022 Drought in Northern Kenya Were Associated With Inflammation Among Daasanach Seminomadic Pastoralists
Roba, K. T., Jacobson, H., McGrosky, A., Sadhir, S., Ford, L. B., Pfaff, M., Kim, E. Y., Nzunza, R., Douglass, M., Braun, D. R., Ndiema, E., Urlacher, S. S., Pontzer, H. & Rosinger, A. Y., Feb 2025, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 37, 2, e70009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Subclinical vitamin A deficiency and associated factors among pregnant women in eastern Ethiopia
Roba, K. T., Asefa, G., Fite, M. B., Oumer, A., Abdurahman, D., Motuma, A., Yilma, A. N., Thompson, G., Brewis, A. & Rosinger, A. Y., 2025, In: Frontiers in Nutrition. 12, 1556074.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Drinking Water NaCl Is Associated With Hypertension and Albuminuria: A Panel Study
Rosinger, A. Y., McGrosky, A., Jacobson, H., Hinz, E., Sadhir, S., Wambua, F., Otube, T., Baker, L. J., Sherwood, A. C., Chrissy-Mbeng, T., Broyles, L. M. T., Musumeci, C., Meriwether, N. C., Bobbie, N., Farrar, Z., Todd, M., Nguyen, Z., Berger, G., Ford, L. B. & Braun, D. R. & 8 others, , Aug 1 2025, In: Hypertension. 82, 8, p. 1368-1378 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Physical Activity and Pregnancy Norms Among Daasanach Semi-Nomadic Pastoralist Women in Northern Kenya
Sadhir, S., McGrosky, A., Ford, L. B., Nzunza, R., Wemanya, S. N., Mashaka, H., Kinyanjui, R. N., Ndiema, E., Braun, D. R., Rosinger, A. Y. & Pontzer, H., Jan 2025, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 37, 1, e24174.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A protocol for the development of a validated scale of household water insecurity in the United States: HWISE-USA
HWISE USA Consortium, Aug 2025, In: PloS one. 20, 8 August, e0330087.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum
The IAEA DLW Database Consortium, Jul 22 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 29, e2420902122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Water insecurity may exacerbate food insecurity even in water-rich environments: Evidence from the Bolivian Amazon
Broyles, L. M. T., Huanca, T., Conde, E. & Rosinger, A. Y., Dec 1 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 954, 176705.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adult knowledge of wild plants associated with limited delayed health and nutritional benefits for children or adults in the face of external change: A yearly panel (2003−2010) study among Tsimane’, an indigenous Amazonian society in Bolivia
Godoy, R., Huanca, T., Leonard, W. R., McDade, T., Reyes-García, V., Rosinger, A. Y. & Tanner, S., Sep 2024, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 45, 5, 106594.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review