Lara R. Dugas

Western Cape Department of Health — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

43h-index7.2kcitations196works4.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(61), Nutritional Studies and Diet(33), Diet and metabolism studies(32), Gut microbiota and health(24), Physical Activity and Health(20)

Publications195 total

Maternal Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Fat Distribution by HIV Status and Antiretroviral Therapy Class in South African Women
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses·2025Open Access
Gluteal Adipose Tissue Mitochondrial Respiration and Insulin Sensitivity in Pregnant South African Women Living With HIV on Tenofovir–Lamivudine–Dolutegravir
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes·2025
Effects of Baobab fruit powder on gut and cardiometabolic health in obesity—Protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial
PLoS ONE·2025Open Access
Maternal Sociodemographic Factors, Adiposity, and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Preterm Deliveries Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Maternal and Child Health Journal·2025Open Access
Brief communication: targeted serum proteomics in postpartum South African women living with and without HIV, correlations with anthropometry and adiposity
AIDS Research and Therapy·2025Open Access
Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 16 citedOpen Access
Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa (HABVIA): a study protocol for a controlled clinical heat adaptation trial
BMC Public Health·2025Open Access
Author Correction: Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
Nature Food·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Toxic metals impact gut microbiota and metabolic risk in five African-origin populations
Gut Microbes Reports·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
An ecological analysis of sleep health across five African-origin populations spanning the epidemiologic transition
Sleep Health·2025
Clinical translation of microbiome research
Nature Medicine·2025· 40 cited
Colliding crises: The global diabetes pandemic meets climate change—A scoping review
The Journal of Climate Change and Health·2025Open Access
Objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity does not attenuate prospective weight gain among african-origin adults spanning the epidemiological transition
Scientific Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
Nature Food·2025· 39 citedOpen Access
Objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity does not attenuate prospective weight gain among African-origin adults spanning the epidemiological transition.
2024Open Access
The utility of physical activity questionnaires among African origin populations; lost in translation?
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The relationship between leptin-to-adiponectin ratio and HOMA-IR and metabolic syndrome in five African-origin populations
International Journal of Obesity·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Toxic Metals Impact Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Risk in Five African-Origin Populations
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
8513 Toxic Metals Are Associated With Increased Diabetes And Obesity Through Gut Microbiota Changes In Five African-Origin Populations
Journal of the Endocrine Society·2024Open Access
Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa (HABVIA): A study protocol for a controlled clinical heat adaptation trial
2024Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Amy Luke(30), Estelle V. Lambert(22), Jacob Plange‐Rhule(22), Richard Cooper(21), Pascal Bovet(20), Ramón Durazo-Arvizú(18), Terrence Forrester(18), Dale A. Schoeller(15), Herman Pontzer(11), Ulf Ekelund(10), Kweku Bedu-Addo(9), David A. Shoham(9), Samuel S. Urlacher(8), Brian T. Layden(8), Guichan Cao(8), Jamie A. Cooper(7), David A. Raichlen(7), Éric Ravussin(7), John R. Speakman(7), Yosuke Yamada(6)