David Raichlen
@DavidRaichlen
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Professor of Human And Evolutionary Biology @USC, human evolution, exercise physiology, neuroscience, #PhysicalActivity
Los Angeles, California
Joined August 2012
Cognitive correlates of human endurance | PNAS https://t.co/3n24uBGNms Our new study in @PNASNews shows that adding cognitive demands to endurance walking increased perceived physical effort, but people with stronger cognitive abilities felt the impact less.
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Recent work suggests combining physical activity with cognitive tasks may have been critical to human evolution and may be beneficial to human brai...
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Always fun talking with the incomparable @alanalda !
Did you listen to this week's episode of Clear+Vivid? @AlanAlda speaks with @HermanPontzer. We are supremely adaptable, and that adaptability has led to our diversity – not only in our biology but also in our cultures. 👉 https://t.co/8bUv2oHC6x
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What are the relative impact of diet vs physical activity on the global obesity crisis? New paper out @pnas uses the DLW Database with 4000+ participants across 34 populations to investigate Obesity & Energy Expenditure Across the Economic Spectrum. Open access link below!🧵1/
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Thrilled to announce my new book on shelves soon: SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Our longevity is shaped by our evolutionary past—imagine aging as opportunity rather than burden. Out Sept 16, preorder w/ code PUP30 30% discount: https://t.co/sedXAKIzdI...
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Slashing research on Alzheimer's, cancer, and substance abuse... the MAGA war on health, charted:
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Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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Had a blast talking with Dax and Monica on @ArmchairExpPod ! We talked human evolution, metabolism, and of course - ADAPTABLE. Enjoy! https://t.co/cARsLLo2sy
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Herman Pontzer (Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us) is an evolutionary anthropologist, author, and associate professor at Duke University. Herman joins the Armchair...
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ADAPTABLE publication day!! So excited to have it out in the wild. Can't wait to hear what people think. And what better way to launch than being featured in @NewYorker by one of my favorite writers @mnvrsngh ! Check it out! links for the article and the book below
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Small doses of physical activity (when quantified using #wearables) are potent for health & should be considered in next #PhysicalActivity guidelines & promoted by clinicians. Commentaty in current issue of @NatureMedicine by I-Min Lee et al. https://t.co/jgO7WjuPnY Three key
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"....humans evolved to engage in lifelong habitual #PhysicalActivity, but never evolved to exercise which is a modern behaviour ...in industrialised economies." Excellent (very thought-provoking!) review in @BJSM_BMJ on why ppl struggle to stick to exercise & possible
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A picture paints a thousand words! 👉The biggest public health benefit of physical activity comes from getting those least activity doing a bit more. 👉More is better to a certain point with a clear levelling off & a trend for a U-shaped curve. https://t.co/p8VJueFf4B
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(major) Sex differences in dose-response of VILPA (vigorous intermitent l/style #PhysicalActivity) with CVD events New @uk_biobank study in @BJSM_BMJ
https://t.co/vbFLKoX0hF 🙏@Matthew_Ahmadi_ @BiswasRaaj @ma_hamer @JasonGill74 @AngeloSabag @ecthogersen @BorjadelPozoCr1
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New paper- very thankful for @SLudyga @chevalboris @Ryan_S_Falck @drseanmullen @KamijoKeita @toru_ishihara @DavidRaichlen @Andreowerneck
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Join my lab @DukeU @EvAnthDuke ! TWO postdoc positions: NIH projects in energy balance, physical activity, health outcomes & more. One with the Daasanach community in northern Kenya. One working with @AmboseliBaboons . Please share R/T! https://t.co/v4iddgfLYz
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New paper: towards an empirical definition of VILPA (vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity): https://t.co/E90OPoXxsR During activities of daily living, VILPA elicited a physiological response (%V̇O2max & %HRmax) at 77-83 sec, and 45 sec for perceived exertion.
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🚨New paper alert🚨 https://t.co/Mqr8ljKNSz Key findings 🏃Increasing 1 MET in eCRF was associated with a 20% reduction in the risk of cognitive impairment 🛌Decreasing 14 min/day in leisure time MVPA was associated with a 16% increased risk of cognitive impairment 1/2
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2024 honoree Dr. Stacey Tecot is an associate professor in the School of Anthropology and the director of the Laboratory for the Evolutionary Endocrinology of Primates (LEEP). At LEEP, she works with others to develop new assays to measure noninvasively collected samples and
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Excited to announce my new book ADAPTABLE coming this Spring!
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Can short bursts of daily movement offset cardiovascular risk from prolonged sitting? A new study in @ESC_Journals finds that just 4 minutes a day of brief bursts of vigorous activity 🏃🏼can offset risks linked to sedentary behaviour (>11 hr/day) 🔗 https://t.co/cOqVixUBZE
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Can incidental physical activity offset the deleterious associations of sedentary behaviour with major adverse cardiovascular events? New @uk_biobank paper by our great post-doc @NKoemel
https://t.co/4s5irJpI9R
@Matthew_Ahmadi_ @AnnemarieKo @AngeloSabag
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