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Gary Frost is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and specializes in multiple fields within medicine, with a particular focus on physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their research involves various interconnected areas including diet and metabolism studies, nutritional studies and diet, obesity, physical activity and diet, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, gut microbiota and health, child nutrition and water access, and diet, metabolism, and disease.

The scientist has published work in several notable venues, frequently contributing to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, Current Developments in Nutrition, the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number Registry (ISRCTN), and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Gary Frost's recent papers include:

  • Short chain fatty acids in human gut and metabolic health, 2020, Beneficial Microbes
  • Short-chain fatty acids as potential regulators of skeletal muscle metabolism and function, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Longitudinal Multi-omics Reveals Subset-Specific Mechanisms Underlying Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 2020, Cell
  • Identifying unknown metabolites using NMR-based metabolic profiling techniques, 2020, Nature Protocols
  • What is the impact of food reformulation on individuals' behaviour, nutrient intakes and health status? A systematic review of empirical evidence, 2020, Obesity Reviews

Their frequent coauthors include Isabel García-Pérez, Benny Lo, Elaine Holmes, Edward S. Chambers, and Megan A. McCrory, indicating a collaborative approach in their research activities.

Best Publications

  • Ghrelin enhances appetite and increases food intake in humans.

    A. M. Wren;L. J. Seal;M. A. Cohen;A. E. Brynes

  • Inhibition of food intake in obese subjects by peptide YY3-36.

    Rachel L Batterham;Mark A Cohen;Sandra M Ellis;Carel W Le Roux

  • The short-chain fatty acid acetate reduces appetite via a central homeostatic mechanism

    Gary Frost;Michelle L. Sleeth;Meliz Sahuri-Arisoylu;Blanca Lizarbe

  • Effects of targeted delivery of propionate to the human colon on appetite regulation, body weight maintenance and adiposity in overweight adults

    Edward S. Chambers;Alexander Viardot;Arianna Psichas;Douglas J. Morrison

  • Ghrelin increases energy intake in cancer patients with impaired appetite: acute, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

    Nicola M. Neary;Caroline J. Small;Alison M. Wren;Jennifer L. Lee

  • Inflammatory disease processes and interactions with nutrition

    P. C. Calder;R. Albers;J.-M. Antoine;S. Blum

  • The short chain fatty acid propionate stimulates GLP-1 and PYY secretion via free fatty acid receptor 2 in rodents.

    A Psichas;M L Sleeth;K G Murphy;L Brooks

  • Short chain fatty acids in human gut and metabolic health.

    E E Blaak;E E Canfora;S Theis;G Frost

  • Pancreatic polypeptide reduces appetite and food intake in humans.

    R. L. Batterham;C. W. Le Roux;M. A. Cohen;A. J. Park

  • The role of short chain fatty acids in appetite regulation and energy homeostasis

    C S Byrne;E S Chambers;D J Morrison;G Frost

  • Oxyntomodulin Suppresses Appetite and Reduces Food Intake in Humans

    Mark A. Cohen;Sandra M. Ellis;Carel W. Le Roux;Rachel L. Batterham

  • Exendin-4 reduces fasting and postprandial glucose and decreases energy intake in healthy volunteers

    C. Mark B. Edwards;Sarah A. Stanley;Rachel Davis;Audrey E. Brynes

  • Glycaemic index as a determinant of serum HDL-cholesterol concentration

    G Frost;AA Leeds;CJ Doré;S Madeiros

  • Role of Gut Microbiota-Generated Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health

    Edward S. Chambers;Tom Preston;Gary Frost;Douglas J. Morrison

  • Subcutaneous Oxyntomodulin Reduces Body Weight in Overweight and Obese Subjects: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Katie Wynne;Adrian J. Park;Caroline J. Small;Michael Patterson

  • Ghrelin increases food intake in obese as well as lean subjects

    M R Druce;A M Wren;A J Park;J E Milton

  • Oxyntomodulin increases energy expenditure in addition to decreasing energy intake in overweight and obese humans: a randomised controlled trial

    K Wynne;A J Park;C J Small;K Meeran

  • Fasting biases brain reward systems towards high-calorie foods.

    Anthony P. Goldstone;Christina G. Prechtl de Hernandez;John D. Beaver;Kinan Muhammed

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of total body fat

    E.L. Thomas;N. Saeed;J.V. Hajnal;A.E. Brynes

  • Peptide YY3-36 and glucagon-like peptide-17-36 inhibit food intake additively.

    Nicola M. Neary;Caroline J. Small;Maralyn R. Druce;Adrian J. Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Jimmy D. Bell
Jimmy D. Bell University of Westminster
Stephen R. Bloom
Stephen R. Bloom Imperial College London
Elaine Holmes
Elaine Holmes Imperial College London
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Susan A. Jebb
Susan A. Jebb University of Oxford
Søren Brunak
Søren Brunak University of Copenhagen
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
M. A. Ghatei
M. A. Ghatei Imperial College London
Jerzy Adamski
Jerzy Adamski Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Waljit S. Dhillo
Waljit S. Dhillo Imperial College London

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