BSc Hons (Glasgow University 1996); PhD (Aberdeen University 2001)
Advanced Research Fellow
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- Email Address
- c.hambly@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273637
- Office Address
Rm 319 Zoology Department School of Biological Sciences Aberdeen University
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
External Memberships
I am a STEM Ambassador providing science based workshops to local primary schools.
Latest Publications
Effects of graded calorie restriction: XXII. Impact of long-term graded calorie restriction on tissue partitioning, digestive efficiency, bone health, and coordination in male C57BL/6J mice
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 80, no. 11, glaf168Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPredictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
Nature Food, vol. 6, pp. 58-71Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReproduction has immediate effects on female mortality, but no discernible lasting physiological impacts: A test of the disposable soma theory
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 121, no. 42, e2408682121Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2408682121
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Not feeling the heat?: Effects of dietary protein on satiation and satiety in mice are not due to its impact on body temperature.
Appetite, vol. 200, 107421Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnergy expenditure, intake and availability in female soccer players via doubly labelled water: Are we misrepresenting low energy availability?
Experimental PhysiologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1113/EP091589
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- Research
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Research Overview
My interests lie in all areas of human and animal energetics.
Current Research
I currently manage the Doubly Labelled Water Research Facility at the University of Aberdeen. We are happy to collaborate with other research groups to measure daily energy expenditure in free living humans and animals over a range of conditions. Please contact me if you wish more information.
One aspect of my research examines the impact of environmental conditions and social interactions on milk production in a Scottish dairy herd. This work is in collaboration with Mackies Dairy.
I currently collaborate on a range of projects measuring energy intake and expenditure in elite athletes, dietary nutrition surveys and nutrition studies. These include assessing the impact of fast food and sugar sweetened beverages on the development of obesity in children and adults.

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Effects of graded calorie restriction: XXII. Impact of long-term graded calorie restriction on tissue partitioning, digestive efficiency, bone health, and coordination in male C57BL/6J mice
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 80, no. 11, glaf168Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPredictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
Nature Food, vol. 6, pp. 58-71Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReproduction has immediate effects on female mortality, but no discernible lasting physiological impacts: A test of the disposable soma theory
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 121, no. 42, e2408682121Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2408682121
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/77f23679-e0a5-490b-82bb-5e2e7155f0f0/download
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Not feeling the heat?: Effects of dietary protein on satiation and satiety in mice are not due to its impact on body temperature.
Appetite, vol. 200, 107421Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnergy expenditure, intake and availability in female soccer players via doubly labelled water: Are we misrepresenting low energy availability?
Experimental PhysiologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1113/EP091589
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Daily energy expenditure and water turnover in female netball players from the Netball Super League: A doubly labeled water observation study
European Journal of Sport Science, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 1130-1142Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsc.12160
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Validity of predictive equations for total energy expenditure against doubly labeled water
Scientific Reports, vol. 14, 15754Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66767-7
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/8677aacf-430e-459d-afb4-02a86b3dfa99/download
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Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur elemental and isotopic variations in mouse hair and bone collagen during short-term graded calorie restriction
iScience, vol. 27, no. 6, 110059Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCase-study: Energy expenditure of a world class male wheelchair tennis player during training, Grand Slam and British open tournaments measured by doubly labelled water
International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 857 - 863Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541231169033
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Links between energy budgets, somatic condition, and life history reveal heterogeneous energy management tactics in a group-living mesocarnivore
Movement Ecology, vol. 12, 24Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMaternal dietary fat during lactation shapes single nucleus transcriptomic profile of postnatal offspring hypothalamus in a sexually dimorphic manner in mice
Nature Communications, vol. 15, 2382Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46589-x
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Behavioural variability, physical activity, rumination time, and milk characteristics of dairy cattle in response to regrouping
Animal , vol. 18, no. 3, 101094Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLimits to sustained energy intake. XXXIV.: Can the heat dissipation limit (HDL) theory explain reproductive aging?
The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 227, no. 4, jeb246592Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvidence for SARS-CoV-2 infected Golden Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) reducing daily energy expenditure and body core temperature
Scientific Reports, vol. 14, 23263Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73765-2
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Daily energy requirements of male academy soccer players are greater than age-matched non-academy soccer players: A doubly labelled water investigation
Journal of Sports Sciences, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 1218-1230Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGreat tits (Parus major) in a west European temperate forest show little seasonal variation in metabolic energy requirements
Journal of Thermal Biology, vol. 118, pp. 103748Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103748
The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: XX. impact of long term graded calorie restriction on survival and body mass dynamics in male C57BL/6J mice
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 78, no. 11, pp. 1953-1963Contributions to Journals: ArticlesValidation of the 2 × 24 h recall method and a 7-d web-based food diary against doubly labelled water in Danish adults
British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 130, no. 8, pp. 1444-1457Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114523000454
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Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty
Biology Letters, vol. 19, no. 9, 20230152Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDisentangling the effects of obesity and high-fat diet on glucose homeostasis using a photoperiod induced obesity model implicates ectopic fat deposition as a key factor
Molecular Metabolism, vol. 73, 101724Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn Observational Case Series Measuring the Energy Expenditure of Elite Tennis Players During Competition and Training by Using Doubly Labeled Water
International journal of sports physiology and performance, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 547-552Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2022-0297
Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure
Nature Metabolism, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 579-588Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLarge scale phenotype imputation and in vivo functional validation implicate ADAMTS14 as an adiposity gene
Nature Communications, vol. 14, 307Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVariation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors
Science, vol. 378, no. 6622, pp. 909-915Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm8668
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- [ONLINE] AM available from University College London
Higher than predicted resting energy expenditure and lower physical activity in healthy underweight Chinese adults
Cell Metabolism, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 1413-1415Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2022.05.012
Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females
Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 171, 103229Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe usage of different types of food outlets was not significantly associated with body mass index during the third COVID-19 national lockdown in the United Kingdom
Obesity Science & Practice, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 411-422Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.579
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/d28a9784-fbdb-4391-a14c-f65a3eb07e09/download
Interspecific coprophagia by wild red foxes: DNA metabarcoding reveals a potentially widespread form of commensalism among animals
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 12, no. 7, e9029Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9029
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Consumption of takeaway and delivery meals is associated with increased BMI and percent fat among UK Biobank participants
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 173-188Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnergetics and Water Flux in the Subterranean Rodent Family Bathyergidae
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 10, 867350Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.867350
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Energy Expenditure of Female International Standard Soccer Players: A Doubly Labeled Water Investigation
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 769-779Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/631457/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002850
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Social associations in lactating dairy cows housed in a robotic milking system
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 249, 105589Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105589
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A Mesocosm Experiment in Ecological Physiology: The Modulation of Energy Budget in a Hibernating Marsupial under Chronic Caloric Restriction
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 66-81Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/717760
Influence of environmental factors and parity on milk yield dynamics in barn-housed dairy cattle
Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 1225-1241Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-20698
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Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition
Nature Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, 99Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27246-z
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Energy Expenditure of a Male and Female Tennis Player during Association of Tennis Professionals/Women's Tennis Association and Grand Slam Events Measured by Doubly Labeled Water
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, vol. 53, no. 12, pp. 2628-2634Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002745
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- [ONLINE] Link to AM in Liverpool John Moores repository
Brown adipose tissue is the key depot for glucose clearance in microbiota depleted mice
Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 4725Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24659-8
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Physical activity and fat-free mass during growth and in later life
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 114, no. 5, pp. 1583-1589Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab260
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Energy compensation and adiposity in humans
Current Biology, vol. 31, no. 20, pp. 4659-4666Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDaily energy expenditure through the human life course
Science, vol. 373, no. 6556, pp. 808-812Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe5017
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- [ONLINE] Accepted Manuscript in UCL repository
Surviving winter on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Pikas suppress energy demands and exploit yak feces to survive winter
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 118, no. 30, e2100707118Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2100707118
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Fat storage influences fasting endurance more than body size in an ungulate
Functional Ecology, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1470-1480Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe impact of the novel coronavirus movement restrictions in the United Kingdom on food outlet usage and body mass index
Obesity Science & Practice, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 302-306Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.477
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The Assessment of Daily Energy Expenditure of Commercial Saturation Divers Using Doubly Labelled Water
Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 12, 687605Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBeneficial impact of exercise on bone mass in individuals under calorie restriction: a systematic review and Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 553-565Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2020.1739620
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A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies
Cell reports. Medicine, vol. 2, no. 2, 100203Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100203
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Energy Requirements of Male Academy Soccer Players from the English Premier League
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 200-210Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002443
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Adiposity, reproductive and metabolic health, and activity levels in zoo Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 224, no. 2, jeb219543Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.219543
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Limits to sustained energy intake. XXXII. Hot again: dorsal shaving increases energy intake and milk output in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 223, no. 24, jeb230383Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.230383
Acceleration predicts energy expenditure in a fat, flightless, diving bird
Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 21493Contributions to Journals: Articles