William Wai-Lun Wong, Ph.D.
Picture
Positions
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
-
Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College 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
- Wong WW "90th Anniversary commentary: measurement of energy expenditure in free-living humans by using doubly labeled water." J Nutr. 2018;148:1660-2. Pubmed PMID: 30281104
- 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 "Calibration of activity-related energy expenditure in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHC/SOL)." J Sci Med Sport. 2019;22:300-6. Pubmed PMID: 30177242
- Ebbeling CB, Feldman HA, Klein GL, Wong JMW, Bielak L, Steltz SK, Luoto PK, Wolfe RR, Wong WW, Ludwig DS "Effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on energy expenditure during weight loss maintenance: a randomized feeding study." BMJ. 2018;363:k4583. Pubmed PMID: 30429127
- Hoover JD, Wong WW, Apachi I, Brandt P, Jeewa A "Energy intake and expenditure in children with heart failure." Pediatr Clin Care Med. 2018;19:e627-30. Pubmed PMID: 30095749
- Ebbeling CB, Bielak L, Lakin PR, Klein GL, Wong JMW, Luoto PK, Wong WW, Ludwig DS "Energy requirement is higher during weight-loss maintenance in adults consuming a low- compared with high-carbohydrate diet." J Nutr. 2020;150:2009-15. Pubmed PMID: 32470981
- Gandhi M, Gandhi R, Mack LM, Shyapilo R, Adolph AL, Puyau MR, Wong WW, Deter RL, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Lee W, Butte NF "Estimated energy requirement in healthy women with dichorionic twin pregnancies." Am J Clin Nutr. 2018;108:775-83. Pubmed PMID: 30321279
- Shypailo R, Wong WW "Fat and fat-free mass index references in children and young adults: assessments among racial lines." Am J Clin Nutr. 2020;112:566-75. Pubmed PMID: 32469402
- Gandhi M, Mack LM, Shyapilo R, Wong WW, Deter RL, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Lee W, Butte NF "Impact of changes in maternal body composition on birth weight and neonatal fat mass in dichorionic twin pregnancies." Am J Clin Nutr. 2018;108:716-21. Pubmed PMID: 30321273
- Ludwig DS, Ebbeling CB, Wong JMW, Wolfe RR, Wong WW "Methodological error in measurement of energy expenditure by the doubly labeled water method: much ado about nothing?." Am J Clin Nutr. 2019;110:1253-4. Pubmed PMID: 31667511
- Ludwig DS, Lakin PR, Wong WW, Ebbeling CB "Scientific discourse in the era of open science: a response to Hall et al. regarding the carbohydrate-insulin model." Int J Obesities. 2019;43:2355-60. Pubmed PMID: 31586125
- Speakman JR, Pontzer H, Rood J, Sagayama H, Schoeller DA, Westerterp KR, Wong WW, Yamada Y, Loechi C, Murphy-Alford AJ "The International Atomic Energy Agency international doubly labelled water database: aims, scope and procedures." Am Nutr Metab. 2019;75:114-8. Pubmed PMID: 31743893
Memberships
- American Institute of Nutrition
- Member (03/1988)
Funding
- 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.
- 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.
Log In to edit your profile
