Rebecca Barron

• Master of Science
• University College Dublin

Background Early applications of metabolomics in nutrition and health research identified associations between dietary patterns and metabolomic profiles. Twin studies show that diet-related phenotypes and diet-associated metabolites are influenced by genes. However, studies have not examined whether diet–metabolite associations are explained by gen...

Novel metabolomic profiling techniques combined with traditional biomarkers provide knowledge of mechanisms underlying metabolic health. Twin studies describe the impact of genes and environment on variation in traits. This study aims to identify relationships between traditional markers of metabolic health and the plasma metabolomic profile using...

Background: Dairy fat consumed as cheese has different effects on blood lipids than that consumed as butter. It is unknown whether the effect is specific to fat interaction with other cheese nutrients (calcium, casein proteins), or to the cheese matrix itself. Objective: We aimed to test the effect of 6 wk daily consumption of ∼40 g dairy fat, e...

Twin studies are a valuable resource for studying phenotypes and their underlying biology. Heritability estimates based on the classic twin model show that genes influence human traits including health, diet and food choice. Metabolomics is a promising tool in nutrition and health research where complex metabolite profiles reflect the metabolic eff...

div class="title">Eating behaviours, genetic influence and dietary intake of Irish twins - Volume 75 Issue OCE3 - R. Barron, K. Bermingham, L. Brennan, E. Gibney, M. Ryan, A. O’ Sullivan

div class="title">Investigating inherited influences on anthropometric and metabolic parameters in adult twins - Volume 75 Issue OCE3 - K. Bermingham, R. Barron, L. Brennan, E. Gibney, M. Gibney, M. Ryan, A. O'Sullivan