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Overview

Ian A. Macdonald is affiliated with the National Institute for Health Research in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, and epidemiology.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Obesity, physical activity, and diet
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins
  • Dietary effects on health

Ian A. Macdonald has a record of publications in prominent venues such as:

  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • Diabetes Care
  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society

The scientist has frequently collaborated with researchers including Anne Raben, Jennie Brand-Miller, Elli Jalo, Sally D. Poppitt, and Mikael Fogelholm, indicating collaborative networks in nutrition and metabolism research.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Age-related changes in muscle architecture and metabolism in humans: The likely contribution of physical inactivity to age-related functional decline" (2021), published in Ageing Research Reviews
  • "The PREVIEW intervention study: Results from a 3-year randomized 2 x 2 factorial multinational trial investigating the role of protein, glycaemic index and physical activity for prevention of type 2 diabetes" (2020), published in Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • "Compositional analysis of the associations between 24-h movement behaviours and cardio-metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese adults with pre-diabetes from the PREVIEW study: cross-sectional baseline analysis" (2020), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging" (2021), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Adherence to a Plant-Based Diet and Consumption of Specific Plant Foods-Associations with 3-Year Weight-Loss Maintenance and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Secondary Analysis of the PREVIEW Intervention Study" (2021), published in Nutrients

Best Publications

  • Large-scale human metabolomics studies: a strategy for data (pre-) processing and validation.

    Sabina Bijlsma;Ivana Bobeldijk;Elwin R Verheij;Raymond Ramaker

  • Present knowledge in nutrition.

    John W. Erdman;Ian Macdonald;Steven H. Zeisel

  • Integrative physiology of human adipose tissue

    KN Frayn;F Karpe;BA Fielding;IA Macdonald

  • Carbohydrate ingestion augments skeletal muscle creatine accumulation during creatine supplementation in humans.

    A L Green;E Hultman;I A Macdonald;Dean Alan Sewell

  • Restoration of hypoglycaemia awareness in patients with long-duration insulin-dependent diabetes

    I. Cranston;J. Lomas;S.A. Amiel;A. Maran

  • Degradation of steroids in the human gut.

    I A Macdonald;V D Bokkenheuser;J Winter;A M McLernon

  • Beneficial metabolic effects of regular meal frequency on dietary thermogenesis, insulin sensitivity, and fasting lipid profiles in healthy obese women

    Hamid R Farshchi;Moira A Taylor;Ian A Macdonald

  • Deleterious effects of omitting breakfast on insulin sensitivity and fasting lipid profiles in healthy lean women

    Hamid R Farshchi;Moira A Taylor;Ian A Macdonald

  • The effect of flavanol-rich cocoa on the fMRI response to a cognitive task in healthy young people.

    S. T. Francis;K. Head;P. G. Morris;I. A. Macdonald

  • High food wastage and low nutritional intakes in hospital patients.

    A.D. Barton;C.L. Beigg;I.A. Macdonald;S.P. Allison

  • Changes in body composition during weight loss in obese subjects in the NUGENOB study: Comparison of bioelectrical impedance vs. dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

    C. Verdich;P. Barbe;M. Petersen;Grau. K.

  • Carbohydrate ingestion augments creatine retention during creatine feeding in humans

    A. L. Green;E. J. Simpson;J. J. Littlewood;I. A. Macdonald

  • Altered ventricular repolarization during hypoglycaemia in patients with diabetes.

    J.L.B. Marques;E. George;S.R. Peacey;N.D. Harris

  • Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC "diet trials"

    Helen Truby;Sue Baic;Anne deLooy;Kenneth R Fox

  • Chronic oral ingestion of l‐carnitine and carbohydrate increases muscle carnitine content and alters muscle fuel metabolism during exercise in humans

    Benjamin T. Wall;Francis B. Stephens;Dumitru Constantin-Teodosiu;Kanagaraj Marimuthu

  • Protection by lactate of cerebral function during hypoglycaemia

    Alberto Maran;I Cranston;J Lomas;I Macdonald

  • Thermogenic effects of sibutramine in humans.

    D L Hansen;S Toubro;M J Stock;I A Macdonald

  • Stimulatory effect of insulin on creatine accumulation in human skeletal muscle

    G. R. Steenge;J. Lambourne;A. Casey;I. A. Macdonald

  • FAT ADAPTATION FOLLOWED BY CARBOHYDRATE-LOADING COMPROMISES HIGH-INTENSITY SPRINT PERFORMANCE

    L. Havemann;S. J. West;J. H. Goedecke;I. A. Macdonald

  • A recipe for improving food intakes in elderly hospitalized patients

    A.D. Barton;C.L. Beigg;I.A. Macdonald;S.P. Allison

Frequent Co-Authors

Dileep N. Lobo
Dileep N. Lobo University of Nottingham
Paul L. Greenhaff
Paul L. Greenhaff University of Nottingham
Simon Heller
Simon Heller University of Sheffield
Guruprasad P. Aithal
Guruprasad P. Aithal University of Nottingham
Stephanie A. Amiel
Stephanie A. Amiel King's College London
Arne Astrup
Arne Astrup Novo Nordisk Foundation
Jennie Brand-Miller
Jennie Brand-Miller University of Sydney
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Penny A. Gowland
Penny A. Gowland University of Nottingham

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