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Anja Mizdrak

University of Otago, Wellington
Verified email at otago.ac.nz
Cited by 2425

Impact of sugar‐sweetened beverage taxes on purchases and dietary intake: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

AM Teng, AC Jones, A Mizdrak, L Signal… - Obesity …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The aim was to conduct a systematic review of real‐world sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB)
tax evaluations and examine the overall impact on beverage purchases and dietary intake …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK

P Scarborough, PN Appleby, A Mizdrak, ADM Briggs… - Climatic change, 2014 - Springer
The production of animal-based foods is associated with higher greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions than plant-based foods. The objective of this study was to estimate the difference …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving healthy and sustainable diets: a review of the results of recent mathematical optimization studies

N Wilson, CL Cleghorn, LJ Cobiac, A Mizdrak… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate protection and other environmental concerns render it critical that diets and
agriculture systems become more sustainable. Mathematical optimization techniques can …

[HTML][HTML] The preventable risk integrated ModEl and its use to estimate the health impact of public health policy scenarios

P Scarborough, RA Harrington, A Mizdrak, LM Zhou… - Scientifica, 2014 - hindawi.com
Noncommunicable disease (NCD) scenario models are an essential part of the public health
toolkit, allowing for an estimate of the health impact of population-level interventions that are …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of food taxes and subsidies on population health and health costs: a modelling study

T Blakely, C Cleghorn, A Mizdrak… - The Lancet Public …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background One possible policy response to the burden of diet-related disease is food taxes
and subsidies, but the net health gains of these approaches are uncertain because of …

[HTML][HTML] Greater accordance with the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension dietary pattern is associated with lower diet-related greenhouse gas production but …

P Monsivais, P Scarborough, T Lloyd, A Mizdrak… - The American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background: The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is a
proven way to prevent and control hypertension and other chronic disease. Because the …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of active transport to improve health, reduce healthcare costs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions: A modelling study

A Mizdrak, T Blakely, CL Cleghorn, LJ Cobiac - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Physical inactivity contributes substantively to disease burden, especially in
highly car dependent countries such as New Zealand (NZ). We aimed to quantify the future …

Healthy and climate-friendly eating patterns in the New Zealand context

J Drew, C Cleghorn, A Macmillan… - Environmental Health …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The global food system is driving both the climate crisis and the growing
burden of noncommunicable disease. International research has highlighted the climate and …

How many foods in the UK carry health and nutrition claims, and are they healthier than those that do not?

A Kaur, P Scarborough, A Matthews, S Payne… - Public health …, 2016 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe present study aimed to measure the prevalence of different types of health and
nutrition claims on foods and non-alcoholic beverages in a UK sample and to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of health-related food taxes and subsidies on mortality from diet-related disease in New Zealand: an econometric-epidemiologic modelling study

C Ni Mhurchu, H Eyles, M Genc, P Scarborough… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Health-related food taxes and subsidies may promote healthier diets and
reduce mortality. Our aim was to estimate the effects of health-related food taxes and …