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Arne Astrup is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing significantly across these disciplines. Within medicine, Astrup has engaged extensively with subfields such as physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, genetics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and molecular biology.

Astrup's scientific work covers a wide range of topics including diet and metabolism studies, nutritional studies and diet, nutrition, genetics, and disease, diet, metabolism, and disease, adipose tissue and metabolism, obesity, physical activity, and diet, as well as consumer attitudes and food labeling.

Their research has been published frequently in several notable venues. These include the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition with 15 publications, Nutrients with 13, Frontiers in Nutrition and Diabetes each with 5, and the International Journal of Obesity with 4 publications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Astrup include:

  • "Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment and Proposal for Food-Based Recommendations," 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Diet and exercise in the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus," 2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic," 2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "An integrated single cell and spatial transcriptomic map of human white adipose tissue," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Meat and Human Health-Current Knowledge and Research Gaps," 2021, Foods

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Astrup include:

  • Faidon Magkos
  • Sten Madsbad
  • Wim H. M. Saris
  • Thomas Meinert Larsen
  • Jens J. Holst

Best Publications

  • Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic

    D. S. Akram;A. V. Astrup;T. Atinmo;J. L. Boissin

  • Reproducibility, power and validity of visual analogue scales in assessment of appetite sensations in single test meal studies.

    A Flint;A Raben;J E Blundell;A Astrup

  • A Randomized, Controlled Trial of 3.0 mg of Liraglutide in Weight Management

    Xavier Pi-Sunyer;Arne Astrup;Ken Fujioka;Frank Greenway

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 promotes satiety and suppresses energy intake in humans.

    A Flint;A Raben;A Astrup;J J Holst

  • Effects of liraglutide in the treatment of obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

    Arne Astrup;Stephan Rössner;Luc Van Gaal;Aila Rissanen

  • Efficacy and safety of the weight-loss drug rimonabant: a meta-analysis of randomised trials

    Robin Christensen;Pernelle Kruse Kristensen;Pernelle Kruse Kristensen;Else Marie Bartels;Henning Bliddal

  • Effect of sibutramine on weight maintenance after weight loss: a randomised trial

    W Philip T James;Arne Astrup;Nick Finer;Jannik Hilsted

  • Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base

    Richard D. Feinman;Wendy K. Pogozelski;Arne Astrup;Richard K. Bernstein

  • Genome-wide gene-based analyses of weight loss interventions identify a potential role for NKX6.3 in metabolism.

    Armand Valsesia;Qiao-Ping Wang;Qiao-Ping Wang;Nele Gheldof;Jerome Carayol

  • Diets with High or Low Protein Content and Glycemic Index for Weight-Loss Maintenance

    Thomas Meinert Larsen;Stine-Mathilde Dalskov;Marleen van Baak;Susan A. Jebb

  • Regulation of adiponectin by adipose tissue-derived cytokines: in vivo and in vitro investigations in humans.

    Jens M. Bruun;Aina S. Lihn;Camilla Verdich;Steen B. Pedersen

  • Randomized trial on protein vs carbohydrate in ad libitum fat reduced diet for the treatment of obesity

    AR Skov;S Toubro;B Rønn;L Holm

  • Sucrose compared with artificial sweeteners: different effects on ad libitum food intake and body weight after 10 wk of supplementation in overweight subjects

    Anne Raben;Tatjana H Vasilaras;A Christina Møller;Arne Astrup

  • Effect of weight reduction in obese patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Robin Christensen;Else Marie Bartels;Arne Astrup;Henning Bliddal

  • Safety, tolerability and sustained weight loss over 2 years with the once-daily human GLP-1 analog, liraglutide.

    A Astrup;R Carraro;N Finer;A Harper

  • A meta-analysis of the effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 (7-36) amide on ad libitum energy intake in humans.

    C. Verdich;A. Flint;J.-P. Gutzwiller;E. Näslund

  • Protein, weight management, and satiety

    Douglas Paddon-Jones;Eric Westman;Richard D Mattes;Robert R Wolfe

  • The role of reducing intakes of saturated fat in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: where does the evidence stand in 2010?

    Arne Astrup;Jørn Dyerberg;Peter Creighton Elwood;Kjeld Hermansen

  • Glycemic index, glycemic load and glycemic response: An International Scientific Consensus Summit from the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC)

    L S A Augustin;C W C Kendall;C W C Kendall;C W C Kendall;D J A Jenkins;D J A Jenkins;W C Willett

  • 3 years of liraglutide versus placebo for type 2 diabetes risk reduction and weight management in individuals with prediabetes: a randomised, double-blind trial

    Carel W le Roux;Carel W le Roux;Arne Astrup;Ken Fujioka;Frank Greenway

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim H. M. Saris
Wim H. M. Saris Maastricht University
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Jens J. Holst
Jens J. Holst University of Copenhagen
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Kim F. Michaelsen
Kim F. Michaelsen University of Copenhagen
Robin Christensen
Robin Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Henning Bliddal
Henning Bliddal Copenhagen University Hospital

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