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Bret Rust

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Diet and metabolism studiesNutritional Studies and DietDietary Effects on HealthMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesAdipose Tissue and Metabolism

Publications

44

Citations

849

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2010

Research summary
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Bret Rust studies how diet and eating patterns affect metabolism and health, using both animal models (mostly mice) and human trials. Much of the work uses metabolomics and lipidomics tmeasuring the small molecules and fats in the body o understel, high-fat diets, time-restricted feeding, and specific foods like whole grains, quinoa, elderberry, and dietary fibers change body composition, blood sugar regulation, and disease risk. Some studies also connect diet to conditions such as obesity-related tumor growth.

Diet and metabolismMetabolomics and lipidomicsHigh-fat diets and obesityTime-restricted feedingDietary fiber and functional foods

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the last decade, generally producing several papers per year with a recent five-year average of about 3.8 per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications17182019: 3 publications192020: 6 publications6202021: 6 publications6212022: 4 publications222023: 6 publications6232024: 5 publications242025: 3 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Current Developments in Nutrition×7
  • Nutrients×4
  • Nutrition and Metabolic Insights×4
  • Frontiers in Nutrition×3
  • The FASEB Journal×3

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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