Positions
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
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Pediatrics-Nutrition
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Education
- Postdoctoral Training at Texas A&M University
- 12/1978 - College Station, TX, United States
- PhD from Texas A&M University
- 12/1976 - College Station, Texas, United States
- MS from Texas A&M University
- 08/1974 - College Station, Texas, United States
- B.S. from Texas Lutheran College
- 01/1972 - Seguin, TX, United States
Honors & Awards
- Young Investigator Award
- Award given to a highly productive junior faculty
- USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center (03/1985)
- Community Leadership Award
- Recognition of leadership in a community-based healthy living promotion program among minority children
- President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (05/2012)
- Educator Outstanding Service Award
- Recognition for promoting awareness among the management and staff of the Houston Parks & Recreation Department on the epidemic of childhood obesity among minority children.
- Texas Recreation & Park Society (03/2013)
Professional Statement
My main research interests involve studies of dietary supplementation to prevent chronic diseases, intervention of childhood obesity, and energy metabolism under healthy conditions and diseased states.
Websites
Professional Development
- Applicability of the doubly-labeled water technique for energy expenditure measurement in man
- Conference (Presenter, 1985)
- Sponsor: USDA
- Presented the doubly-labeled water method for measuring energy expenditure in man under free-living conditions at a conference for Federally-Supported Human Nutrition Research Units and Centers.
- Application of 2H and 18O isotopes in nutrition studies
- Seminar (Presenter, 1987)
- Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
- Presented the principles on the use of the. two stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen in human nutrition studies.
- Analytical considerations in the doubly-labelled water 2H218O method
- Conference (Presenter, 1987)
- Sponsor: University of Cambridge
- Presented the analytical considerations when using the doubly-labelled water method to measure energy expenditure in humans under free-living conditions.
- Doubly-labeled water method: principles and analytical methods
- Seminar (Presenter, 1990)
- Sponsor: Shrines Hospital
- Deuterium incorporation method for estimation of in vivo cholesterol synthesis
- Seminar (Presenter, 1992)
- Sponsor: NASA Johnson Space Center
- Total energy expenditure of free-living humans can be estimated with the doubly labeled water method
- Conference (Presenter, 1994)
- Sponsor: Fort Wayne State Development Center
- Gas-Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry
- Workshop (Presenter, 2014)
- Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Nutrition
- Safety of the DLW Method, Past and Future Applications
- Workshop (Presenter, 2014)
- Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Nutrition
Selected Publications
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Wong WW. " " J Nutr. 2018 ; 148 : 1660-2.
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Shaw PA, McMurray R, Butte N, Sotres-Alvarez D, Sun H, Stoutenberg M, Evenson KR, Wong WW, Moncrieft AE, Sanchez-Johnson LAP, Carnethon MR, Arredondo E, Matthews CE, Mossavar-Rahmani Y. " " J Sci Med Sport. 2019 ; 22 : 300-6.
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Ebbeling CB, Feldman HA, Klein GL, Wong JMW, Bielak L, Steltz SK, Luoto PK, Wolfe RR, Wong WW, Ludwig DS. " " BMJ. 2018 ; 363 : k4583.
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Hoover JD, Wong WW, Apachi I, Brandt P, Jeewa A. " " Pediatr Clin Care Med. 2018 ; 19 : e627-30.
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Memberships
- American Institute of Nutrition
- Member (03/1988)
Funding
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Effect of PDE5 Inhibition on Adipose Metabolism in Humans
#1R01DK124845-01A1 - $395,450.00 (02/01/2021 - 01/31/2025)
- Grant funding from NIDDK
- To understand the effect of PDE5 inhibition on adipose metabolism in obese humans.
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Physiological Approach to Sodium Supplementation in Preterm Infants
- $35,676.00 (01/01/2019 - 06/30/2021)
- Grant funding from Thrasher Research Foundation
- To understand the effect of sodium supplementation on energy metabolism and growth in preterm infants.
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