Arne Astrup

Research Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark

Arne Vernon Astrup heads the Department of Human Nutrition at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Copenhagen. He is a consultant at the Division of Clinical Nutrition at Hvidovre Hospital, which is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen.

Main areas of interest and research include physiology and pathophysiology of energy and substrate metabolism, with a special emphasis on the etiology and treatment of obesity. Major research collaboration includes participation in the EU multicenter studies: EUROSTARCH, CARMEN, NUGENOB, DIABESITY, DIOGENES, EMOB, and HEALTHGRAIN.

Professor Astrup is Editor-in-Chief of Obesity Reviews and a member of a number of Editorial Boards. He is on the Council of the WHO International Obesity Task Force and President of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO). His contributions to research have been recognized by honors including the Servier's Award for Outstanding Obesity Research in 1990, the IASO André Mayer Award 1994 and the Danone Chair in Nutrition at the University of Antwerp in recognition of his scientific achievements in 2002. Arne Astrup was made Knight of the Order of Dannebrog in 1999. Most recently, he was awarded the Communications Award, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2007.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Diabetes & Endocrinology > Diabetes & Obesity (since 16 November 2005)

Arne Astrup is a Section Head for Diabetes & Obesity, part of the DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

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