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Craighead publishes manuscript in Experimental Physiology

Dr. Daniel Craighead is the senior author on a paper on cholesterol changes in thru-hiking in the journal Experimental Physiology.

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Daniel Craighead, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and Director of the Integrative Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology Laboratory (ICEPL), is the senior author on a new publication in the journal Experimental Physiology. This manuscript, titled "Lipid profiles and nutritional dynamics of long-distance hiking: A longitudinal study on the Colorado Trail," examines the changes in cholesterol that occur while thru-hiking, the practice of hiking a long-distance trail in one continuous journey, typically within a single season.

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