Industrialization, physical activity, and bone health data for Orang Asli
Authors: Lea, Amanda
Type: Dataset
Published: 2026-08-03

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<div>Reduced physical activity is unlikely to explain declining bone health during industrialization</div>
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<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer">CMT Sena, S Worthington, TS Kraft, FT Amorim, KL Christopher, ME Thompson, KS bin Fadzil, E Ser Ze Heng, NB Holowka, TBT A/P Tan Boon Huat, JL Huebner, TL Kivell, VB Kraus, YAL Lim, C Nicholas, M Ramirez, I bin Mohd Sayed, KL Tam, MM Watowich, VV Venkataraman, AJ Lea, IJ Wallace</p>
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<p><strong>Specifically, the data provided here are:</strong></p>
<p>De-identified information on each participant's degree of industrialization (as in Watowich et al. 2026, Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health), objectively measured physical acitivity levels (as in Kraft et al. 2026, Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health), and biomarkers of bone health. The file also includes information on anthropometrics and other relevant covariates included in statistical analyses.</p>
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<p>These data were collected by the Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project (OA HeLP). The project adheres to the “CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance” (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics) and we are committed to the “FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship” (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). To adhere to these principles while minimizing risks, individual-level data are stored under restricted access.</p>
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<p><strong>The data can be accessed as follows:</strong></p>
<p>Requests for de-identified, individual-level data should take the form of an application that details the exact uses of the data and the research questions to be addressed, procedures that will be employed for data security and individual privacy, potential benefits to the study communities, and procedures for assessing and minimizing stigmatizing interpretations of the research results. Requests for de-identified, individual-level data will require a data use agreement (available at lea-lab.org/resources) and may require institutional IRB approval. Please contact amanda.j.lea@vanderbilt.edu with any questions.</p>
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