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Papers by Leslie Lieberman
Springer eBooks, 2004
... These changes are linked to both obesity and diabetes among Native North Americans (Gittelsoh... more ... These changes are linked to both obesity and diabetes among Native North Americans (Gittelsohn et al ... major public health efforts focusing on education, organization, and preven-tion of type 2diabetes in China using traditional Chinese medicine, herbs, and biomedicine ...
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Jul 1, 1988
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Mar 1, 1982
Journal of American College Health, Jun 1, 1985
Page 1. CLINICAL & PROGRAM NOTES Opinions about Osteoporosis among College Women JAN WINS... more Page 1. CLINICAL & PROGRAM NOTES Opinions about Osteoporosis among College Women JAN WINSOME WEST, BA, and LESLIE SUE LIEBERMAN, Ph.D. Ninety-five Caucasian college age women from a major southern ...
Springer eBooks, 2016
In obesogenic environments the compulsion to eat and eating behaviors occur even though biomarker... more In obesogenic environments the compulsion to eat and eating behaviors occur even though biomarkers of physiological hunger are not present. Appetite is driven by a symphony of invisible hormones, enzymes, peptides, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators from peripheral inputs including the sensory organs, adipose tissue, stomach, small intestines and pancreas acting in the gut and the central nervous system (CNS) particularly the hindbrain, hypothalamus and cerebral cortex. Many of these responses are catalyzed by the visible abundance of food and food cues that are ever-present for an increasing number of people. Other aspects of the environment that unconsciously (mindlessly) increase food intake are: large packages, eating distractions, convenience, as well as physical characteristics of foods such as high food salience and increases in variety. Chemosensory (i.e., sweetness) and visual manipulations (e.g., colors and shapes) of food are prominent features of the obesogenic environment and are deceptive with regard to both consumption volume and energy density. This chapter will explore the linkages of these objective neurophysiological parameters, their environmental triggers and the subjective experiences of obesogenic eating.
Nutritional Anthropology, Sep 1, 1998
Nutritional Anthropology, Sep 1, 1998
Current Anthropology, 1978
Current Anthropology, 1993
Current Anthropology Volume 34, Number 1, February 1993 © 1993 by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for ... more Current Anthropology Volume 34, Number 1, February 1993 © 1993 by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. All rights reserved oon-3204/93/34oi-ooo2$2.50 Death, Hope, and Sex Life-History Theory and the Development of Reproductive Strategies1 by ...
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER, 2019
Thirty-one scientists met at Aschauhof, Germany to discuss the role of beliefs and self-perceptio... more Thirty-one scientists met at Aschauhof, Germany to discuss the role of beliefs and self-perception on body size. In view of apparent growth stimulatory effects of dominance within the social group that is observed in social mammals, they discussed various aspects of competitive growth strategies and growth adjustments. Presentations included new data from Indonesia, a cohort-based prospective study from Merida, Yucatan, and evidence from recent meta-analyses and patterns of growth in the socially deprived. The effects of stress experienced during pregnancy and adverse childhood events were discussed, as well as obesity in school children, with emphasis on problems when using z-scores in extremely obese children. Aspects were presented on body image in African-American women, and body perception and the disappointments of menopause in view of feelings of attractiveness in different populations. Secular trends in height were presented, including short views on so called 'racial ty...
Thirty-one scientists met at Aschauhof, Germany to discuss the role of beliefs and self-perceptio... more Thirty-one scientists met at Aschauhof, Germany to discuss the role of beliefs and self-perception on body size. In view of apparent growth stimulatory effects of dominance within the social group that is observed in social mammals, they discussed various aspects of competitive growth strategies and growth adjustments. Presentations included new data from Indonesia, a cohort-based prospective study from Merida, Yucatan, and evidence from recent meta-analyses and patterns of growth in the socially deprived. The effects of stress experienced during pregnancy and adverse childhood events were discussed, as well as obesity in school children, with emphasis on problems when using z-scores in extremely obese children. We presented aspects on body image in African-American women, and body perception and the disappointments of menopause in view of feelings of attractiveness in different populations. Secular trends in height were presented, including short views on so called ‘racial types’ v...
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2019
Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 2012
Auxology has developed from mere describing child and adolescent growth into a vivid and interdis... more Auxology has developed from mere describing child and adolescent growth into a vivid and interdisciplinary research area encompassing human biologists, physicians, social scientists, economists and biostatisticians. The meeting illustrated the diversity in auxology, with the various social, medical, biological and biostatistical aspects in studies on child growth and development.
Human Biology, 2002
ABSTRACT Human Biology 74.1 (2002) 156-159 The Cannibal Within is an extended essay on the woes, ... more ABSTRACT Human Biology 74.1 (2002) 156-159 The Cannibal Within is an extended essay on the woes, delights, circumstances, and meanings of "That frightful feasting" (p. 197, citing Stone 1994) that Petrinovich argues has been and continues to be part of human nature. Petrinovich is an Emeritus Professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, and has a long-standing interest in death from natural causes and with human agency and acts of consumption. His other recent volumes are: Living and Dying Well (1996) and Darwinian Dominion: Animal Welfare and Human Interests (1999). Petrinovich is most successful in amassing an extraordinarily diverse corpus of data from paleoanthropology, archaeology, historical accounts by adventurers and missionaries, court records, ethnographies, biographical accounts, newspapers, and literary sources. His 250 or so citations are heavily weighted toward books, monographs, and popular materials with approximately 25% from professional journals. He is less successful in his explication of neo-Darwinian and sociobiological theory as explanatory models for cannibalistic behaviors. The Cannibal Within focuses on survival cannibalism that serves as his strongest case for defining a pattern of behavior with evolutionary roots. In chapter 1 he introduces his theme with an account of the 19th-century shipwreck and cannibalistic activities of the crew of the Francis Mary. He takes up this theme again in chapter 3 with the detailed presentation of a dozen or so additional shipwrecks accompanied by cannibalism. Along with chapter 2, in which he presents the tragedies of the American westward expansion, most notably the Donner Party, he demonstrates a pattern of survival cannibalism that is consistent with Darwinian theory. Namely, we eat those individuals who at the time have low reproductive fitness potential by virtue of being past their prime (the elderly) or with a slim chance of reaching their prime (the young). In keeping with good sociobiological precepts we preferentially eat those individuals who are not related to us. Petrinovich was able to document a hierarchy of preferences in which exotic humans (i.e., foreigners, slaves, Indian guides) were eaten first and relatives last and only in the direst circumstances. Anthropophagy was considered less morally reprehensible than killing, so corpses were generally consumed before people were intentionally killed. Particularly in the cases of shipwrecks, lots were drawn to determine who should sacrifice his life for his shipmates. Invariably, the "odd man out" was literally the odd man who was the foreigner, who had no family ties and would not have increased the cannibal's inclusive fitness. History records very few trials for murder under these circumstances. Petrinovich puts a strong evolutionary spin on his interpretation of the regularities he documents of who is eaten. He relies most heavily on selectionist models, particularly Bell (1997) and Dawkins (1996). The difficulty is that the historical data that he presents as supporting these theories lack the detail (e.g., the genetic relatedness of shipmates) that would be confirmatory. The best supporting case in which we know who is related to whom is that of the ill-fated, snow-bound Donner Party. Grayson (1990, 1993) detailed the relationships and deaths of the party members. He demonstrated a positive relationship between longevity (and survival) and the size of an individual's immediate kin group. Single men with no other family members present had a high mortality rate (80%) as did the very young, ages 1-4 years (62.5%), and the old, ages 50-69 years (83.3%). While mortality was high for all groups with only 55% of the original party of 87 surviving, women had a higher survival rate than men. Chapter 4 rounds out the presentation of materials on survival cannibalism with the presentation of the famous case of the Andean plane crash of the Uruguay rugby team in 1972, popularized in a book and movie a few years later, and the case of an abandoned US Army expedition in the Arctic in the 1880s. The last few pages of this chapter are devoted to a survey of cannibalism among other animals, relating the behavior to...
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER, 2015
Twenty-five scientists met at Aschauhof, Altenhof, Germany, to discuss various aspects of the com... more Twenty-five scientists met at Aschauhof, Altenhof, Germany, to discuss various aspects of the complex network of modern health screening, focusing on current scientific topics including medical sciences, human biology, and mathematics; on problems in implementing these results at the practical level of physicians, nurses, technicians, and engineers; and the level of administrative and political decisions. Whereas major scientific advancements have been published in the understanding and the bio-statistical evaluation of anthropometric screening parameters such as serial measurements of height and weight for preventive medical check-ups, BMI screening and surveillance in schools, etc., the implementation of these advancements into current health screening concepts, strategies and decision-making is poor. Fear of discrimination, misperception of body image, behavioural responses and political concerns, meanwhile dominate and negatively interfere with the implementation of recent scien...
American Journal of Human Biology, 1991
Social Marketing Quarterly, 2010
Programa de Educación Sobre la Obesidad (PESO) was a targeted intervention which intended to rais... more Programa de Educación Sobre la Obesidad (PESO) was a targeted intervention which intended to raise awareness about the obesity epidemic, reduce the proportion of overweight and obese adults, and promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables within the Hispanic community of Seminole County, Florida. It was funded through the Florida Department of Health statewide Hispanic Obesity and Prevention Program. The PESO program utilized a multidisciplinary design to implement and evaluate a nutrition education and obesity reduction program. The 4-month program was a collaborative effort of the Seminole County Health Department, University of Central Florida, and Iglesia Vida Nueva church in Seminole County. We used a social marketing framework to deliver the curriculum and structure some of the lessons. In addition, we utilized this framework to critique, redesign, and make recommendations for future programs.
Reviews in Anthropology, 1986
Page 1. Chronic Killers: New Ideas and Interventions Leslie Sue Lieberman Pozza, Guido, Piero Mic... more Page 1. Chronic Killers: New Ideas and Interventions Leslie Sue Lieberman Pozza, Guido, Piero Micossi, Alberico L. Catapano, and Rodolfo Paoletti, eds. Diet, Diabetes, and Ath-erosclerosis. New York: Raven Press, 1984. xviii + 278 pp. including chapter references and index. ...
Springer eBooks, 2004
... These changes are linked to both obesity and diabetes among Native North Americans (Gittelsoh... more ... These changes are linked to both obesity and diabetes among Native North Americans (Gittelsohn et al ... major public health efforts focusing on education, organization, and preven-tion of type 2diabetes in China using traditional Chinese medicine, herbs, and biomedicine ...
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Jul 1, 1988
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Mar 1, 1982
Journal of American College Health, Jun 1, 1985
Page 1. CLINICAL & PROGRAM NOTES Opinions about Osteoporosis among College Women JAN WINS... more Page 1. CLINICAL & PROGRAM NOTES Opinions about Osteoporosis among College Women JAN WINSOME WEST, BA, and LESLIE SUE LIEBERMAN, Ph.D. Ninety-five Caucasian college age women from a major southern ...
Springer eBooks, 2016
In obesogenic environments the compulsion to eat and eating behaviors occur even though biomarker... more In obesogenic environments the compulsion to eat and eating behaviors occur even though biomarkers of physiological hunger are not present. Appetite is driven by a symphony of invisible hormones, enzymes, peptides, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators from peripheral inputs including the sensory organs, adipose tissue, stomach, small intestines and pancreas acting in the gut and the central nervous system (CNS) particularly the hindbrain, hypothalamus and cerebral cortex. Many of these responses are catalyzed by the visible abundance of food and food cues that are ever-present for an increasing number of people. Other aspects of the environment that unconsciously (mindlessly) increase food intake are: large packages, eating distractions, convenience, as well as physical characteristics of foods such as high food salience and increases in variety. Chemosensory (i.e., sweetness) and visual manipulations (e.g., colors and shapes) of food are prominent features of the obesogenic environment and are deceptive with regard to both consumption volume and energy density. This chapter will explore the linkages of these objective neurophysiological parameters, their environmental triggers and the subjective experiences of obesogenic eating.
Nutritional Anthropology, Sep 1, 1998
Nutritional Anthropology, Sep 1, 1998
Current Anthropology, 1978
Current Anthropology, 1993
Current Anthropology Volume 34, Number 1, February 1993 © 1993 by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for ... more Current Anthropology Volume 34, Number 1, February 1993 © 1993 by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. All rights reserved oon-3204/93/34oi-ooo2$2.50 Death, Hope, and Sex Life-History Theory and the Development of Reproductive Strategies1 by ...
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER, 2019
Thirty-one scientists met at Aschauhof, Germany to discuss the role of beliefs and self-perceptio... more Thirty-one scientists met at Aschauhof, Germany to discuss the role of beliefs and self-perception on body size. In view of apparent growth stimulatory effects of dominance within the social group that is observed in social mammals, they discussed various aspects of competitive growth strategies and growth adjustments. Presentations included new data from Indonesia, a cohort-based prospective study from Merida, Yucatan, and evidence from recent meta-analyses and patterns of growth in the socially deprived. The effects of stress experienced during pregnancy and adverse childhood events were discussed, as well as obesity in school children, with emphasis on problems when using z-scores in extremely obese children. Aspects were presented on body image in African-American women, and body perception and the disappointments of menopause in view of feelings of attractiveness in different populations. Secular trends in height were presented, including short views on so called 'racial ty...
Thirty-one scientists met at Aschauhof, Germany to discuss the role of beliefs and self-perceptio... more Thirty-one scientists met at Aschauhof, Germany to discuss the role of beliefs and self-perception on body size. In view of apparent growth stimulatory effects of dominance within the social group that is observed in social mammals, they discussed various aspects of competitive growth strategies and growth adjustments. Presentations included new data from Indonesia, a cohort-based prospective study from Merida, Yucatan, and evidence from recent meta-analyses and patterns of growth in the socially deprived. The effects of stress experienced during pregnancy and adverse childhood events were discussed, as well as obesity in school children, with emphasis on problems when using z-scores in extremely obese children. We presented aspects on body image in African-American women, and body perception and the disappointments of menopause in view of feelings of attractiveness in different populations. Secular trends in height were presented, including short views on so called ‘racial types’ v...
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2019
Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 2012
Auxology has developed from mere describing child and adolescent growth into a vivid and interdis... more Auxology has developed from mere describing child and adolescent growth into a vivid and interdisciplinary research area encompassing human biologists, physicians, social scientists, economists and biostatisticians. The meeting illustrated the diversity in auxology, with the various social, medical, biological and biostatistical aspects in studies on child growth and development.
Human Biology, 2002
ABSTRACT Human Biology 74.1 (2002) 156-159 The Cannibal Within is an extended essay on the woes, ... more ABSTRACT Human Biology 74.1 (2002) 156-159 The Cannibal Within is an extended essay on the woes, delights, circumstances, and meanings of "That frightful feasting" (p. 197, citing Stone 1994) that Petrinovich argues has been and continues to be part of human nature. Petrinovich is an Emeritus Professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, and has a long-standing interest in death from natural causes and with human agency and acts of consumption. His other recent volumes are: Living and Dying Well (1996) and Darwinian Dominion: Animal Welfare and Human Interests (1999). Petrinovich is most successful in amassing an extraordinarily diverse corpus of data from paleoanthropology, archaeology, historical accounts by adventurers and missionaries, court records, ethnographies, biographical accounts, newspapers, and literary sources. His 250 or so citations are heavily weighted toward books, monographs, and popular materials with approximately 25% from professional journals. He is less successful in his explication of neo-Darwinian and sociobiological theory as explanatory models for cannibalistic behaviors. The Cannibal Within focuses on survival cannibalism that serves as his strongest case for defining a pattern of behavior with evolutionary roots. In chapter 1 he introduces his theme with an account of the 19th-century shipwreck and cannibalistic activities of the crew of the Francis Mary. He takes up this theme again in chapter 3 with the detailed presentation of a dozen or so additional shipwrecks accompanied by cannibalism. Along with chapter 2, in which he presents the tragedies of the American westward expansion, most notably the Donner Party, he demonstrates a pattern of survival cannibalism that is consistent with Darwinian theory. Namely, we eat those individuals who at the time have low reproductive fitness potential by virtue of being past their prime (the elderly) or with a slim chance of reaching their prime (the young). In keeping with good sociobiological precepts we preferentially eat those individuals who are not related to us. Petrinovich was able to document a hierarchy of preferences in which exotic humans (i.e., foreigners, slaves, Indian guides) were eaten first and relatives last and only in the direst circumstances. Anthropophagy was considered less morally reprehensible than killing, so corpses were generally consumed before people were intentionally killed. Particularly in the cases of shipwrecks, lots were drawn to determine who should sacrifice his life for his shipmates. Invariably, the "odd man out" was literally the odd man who was the foreigner, who had no family ties and would not have increased the cannibal's inclusive fitness. History records very few trials for murder under these circumstances. Petrinovich puts a strong evolutionary spin on his interpretation of the regularities he documents of who is eaten. He relies most heavily on selectionist models, particularly Bell (1997) and Dawkins (1996). The difficulty is that the historical data that he presents as supporting these theories lack the detail (e.g., the genetic relatedness of shipmates) that would be confirmatory. The best supporting case in which we know who is related to whom is that of the ill-fated, snow-bound Donner Party. Grayson (1990, 1993) detailed the relationships and deaths of the party members. He demonstrated a positive relationship between longevity (and survival) and the size of an individual's immediate kin group. Single men with no other family members present had a high mortality rate (80%) as did the very young, ages 1-4 years (62.5%), and the old, ages 50-69 years (83.3%). While mortality was high for all groups with only 55% of the original party of 87 surviving, women had a higher survival rate than men. Chapter 4 rounds out the presentation of materials on survival cannibalism with the presentation of the famous case of the Andean plane crash of the Uruguay rugby team in 1972, popularized in a book and movie a few years later, and the case of an abandoned US Army expedition in the Arctic in the 1880s. The last few pages of this chapter are devoted to a survey of cannibalism among other animals, relating the behavior to...
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER, 2015
Twenty-five scientists met at Aschauhof, Altenhof, Germany, to discuss various aspects of the com... more Twenty-five scientists met at Aschauhof, Altenhof, Germany, to discuss various aspects of the complex network of modern health screening, focusing on current scientific topics including medical sciences, human biology, and mathematics; on problems in implementing these results at the practical level of physicians, nurses, technicians, and engineers; and the level of administrative and political decisions. Whereas major scientific advancements have been published in the understanding and the bio-statistical evaluation of anthropometric screening parameters such as serial measurements of height and weight for preventive medical check-ups, BMI screening and surveillance in schools, etc., the implementation of these advancements into current health screening concepts, strategies and decision-making is poor. Fear of discrimination, misperception of body image, behavioural responses and political concerns, meanwhile dominate and negatively interfere with the implementation of recent scien...
American Journal of Human Biology, 1991
Social Marketing Quarterly, 2010
Programa de Educación Sobre la Obesidad (PESO) was a targeted intervention which intended to rais... more Programa de Educación Sobre la Obesidad (PESO) was a targeted intervention which intended to raise awareness about the obesity epidemic, reduce the proportion of overweight and obese adults, and promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables within the Hispanic community of Seminole County, Florida. It was funded through the Florida Department of Health statewide Hispanic Obesity and Prevention Program. The PESO program utilized a multidisciplinary design to implement and evaluate a nutrition education and obesity reduction program. The 4-month program was a collaborative effort of the Seminole County Health Department, University of Central Florida, and Iglesia Vida Nueva church in Seminole County. We used a social marketing framework to deliver the curriculum and structure some of the lessons. In addition, we utilized this framework to critique, redesign, and make recommendations for future programs.
Reviews in Anthropology, 1986
Page 1. Chronic Killers: New Ideas and Interventions Leslie Sue Lieberman Pozza, Guido, Piero Mic... more Page 1. Chronic Killers: New Ideas and Interventions Leslie Sue Lieberman Pozza, Guido, Piero Micossi, Alberico L. Catapano, and Rodolfo Paoletti, eds. Diet, Diabetes, and Ath-erosclerosis. New York: Raven Press, 1984. xviii + 278 pp. including chapter references and index. ...