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
Changes in adult well-being and economic inequalities: An exploratory observational longitudinal study (2002–2010) of micro-level trends among Tsimane’, a small-scale rural society of Indigenous People in the Bolivian Amazon
Godoy, R., Bauchet, J., Behrman, J. R., Huanca, T., Leonard, W. R., Reyes-García, V., Rosinger, A., Tanner, S., Undurraga, E. A. & Zycherman, A., Apr 2024, In: World Development. 176, 106518.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Total daily energy expenditure and elevated water turnover in a small-scale semi-nomadic pastoralist society from Northern Kenya
McGrosky, A., Swanson, Z. S., Rimbach, R., Bethancourt, H., Ndiema, E., Nzunza, R., Braun, D. R., Rosinger, A. Y. & Pontzer, H., 2024, In: Annals of Human Biology. 51, 1, 2310724.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ad libitum dehydration is associated with poorer performance on a sustained attention task but not other measures of cognitive performance among middle-to-older aged community-dwelling adults: A short-term longitudinal study
Rosinger, A. Y., John, J. D. & Murdock, K. W., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: American Journal of Human Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The co-occurrence of water insecurity and food insecurity among Daasanach pastoralists in northern Kenya
Bethancourt, H. J., Swanson, Z. S., Nzunza, R., Young, S. L., Lomeiku, L., Douglass, M. J., Braun, D. R., Ndiema, E. K., Pontzer, H. & Rosinger, A. Y., Mar 9 2023, In: Public Health Nutrition. 26, 3, p. 693-703 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ex vivo LPS-stimulated cytokine production is associated with hydration status in community-dwelling middle-to-older-aged adults
Davis, K. M., Rosinger, A. Y. & Murdock, K. W., Jun 2023, In: European Journal of Nutrition. 62, 4, p. 1681-1690 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Water insecurity, water borrowing and psychosocial stress among Daasanach pastoralists in northern Kenya
Ford, L. B., Bethancourt, H. J., Swanson, Z. S., Nzunza, R., Wutich, A., Brewis, A., Young, S., Almeida, D. M., Douglass, M., Ndiema, E. K., Braun, D. R., Pontzer, H. & Rosinger, A. Y., 2023, In: Water International. 48, 1, p. 63-86 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of a 1-hour per night week-long sleep extension in college students on cardiometabolic parameters, hydration status, and physical activity: A pilot study
Mathew, G. M., Nahmod, N. G., Master, L., Reichenberger, D. A., Rosinger, A. Y. & Chang, A. M., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Sleep health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The effects of household water insecurity on child health and well-being
Rhue, S. J., Torrico, G., Amuzie, C., Collins, S. M., Lemaitre, A., Workman, C. L., Rosinger, A. Y., Pearson, A. L., Piperata, B. A., Wutich, A., Brewis, A. & Stoler, J., Nov 1 2023, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 10, 6, e1666.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Extreme climatic events and human biology and health: A primer and opportunities for future research
Rosinger, A. Y., Jan 2023, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 35, 1, e23843.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tap Water Avoidance Is Associated with Lower Food Security in the United States: Evidence from NHANES 2005-2018
Rosinger, A. Y., Bethancourt, H. J. & Young, S. L., Jan 2023, In: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 123, 1, p. 29-40.e3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Water Insecurity Is a Structural, Often Invisible Barrier to Healthy Beverage Patterns and Nutritious Diets
Rosinger, A. Y. & Broyles, L. M. T., Nov 2023, In: Journal of Nutrition. 153, 11, p. 3153-3155 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Water Needs, Water Insecurity, and Human Biology
Rosinger, A. Y., Oct 23 2023, In: Annual Review of Anthropology. 52, p. 93-113 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
When the flood passes, does health return? A short panel examining water and food insecurity, nutrition, and disease after an extreme flood in lowland Bolivia
Rosinger, A. Y., Rosinger, K., Barnhart, K., Todd, M., Hamilton, T., Arias Cuellar, K. & Nate, D., Jan 2023, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 35, 1, e23806.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists of Northern Kenya: Distinct patterns of faltering in linear growth and weight gain
Swanson, Z. S., Nzunza, R., Bethancourt, H. J., Saunders, J., Mutindwa, F., Ndiema, E., Braun, D. R., Rosinger, A. Y. & Pontzer, H., Apr 2023, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 35, 4, e23842.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The effects of lifestyle change on indicators of cardiometabolic health in semi-nomadic pastoralists
Swanson, Z. S., Bethancourt, H., Nzunza, R., Ndiema, E., Braun, D. R., Rosinger, A. Y. & Pontzer, H., 2023, In: Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 11, 1, p. 318-331 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review