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Dr. Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl discusses a recent Metabolism article: ‘Jindal, J, Hill, J, Harte, J, Dunachie, S, and Barbara Kronsteiner, B, Starvation and infection: The role of sickness-associated anorexia in metabolic adaptation during acute infection. Metabolism 161 (December 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2024.156035

Listen now on the Oxford podcasts site.

Barbara would like to specifically thank Ms. Jessy Jindal for the initial idea for this review. As part of her medical studies at the University of Oxford she wrote an essay about starvation and infection which inspired this publication. This work matured over several years and was shaped by all the co-authors and valuable input from reviewers and the editor until it reached its final version that is published now. We hope it is of interest to many and sparks conversation and new ideas for studies in this area.