Publications

Comparing effectiveness of mass media campaigns with price reductions targeting fruit and vegetable intake on US cardiovascular disease mortality and race disparities.

Pearson-Stuttard J, Bandosz P, Rehm CD, Afshin A, Peñalvo JL, Whitsel L, Danaei G, Micha R, Gaziano T, Lloyd-Williams F, Capewell S, Mozaffarian D, O'Flaherty M. 

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 

doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.143925

A Food is Medicine approach to achieve nutrition security and improve health

Dariush Mozaffarian, Heidi M Blanck, Kathryn M Garfield, Alissa Wassung, Ruth Petersen 

Nature Medicine doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02027-3

Development and Validation of the US Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease Microsimulation (DOC-M) Model: Health Disparity and Economic Impact Model

David D Kim, Lu Wang, Brianna N Lauren, Junxiu Liu, Matti Marklund, Yujin Lee, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian, John B Wong

Sage Journals doi.org/10.1177/0272989X231196916

Evaluation of health and economic effects of United States school meal standards consistent with the 2020–2025 dietary guidelines for Americans

Lu Wang, Juliana FW. Cohen, Meghan Maroney, Fredrick Cudhea, Alla Hill, Colin Schwartz, Peter Lurie, Dariush Mozaffarian

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 

doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.05.031

Impact of Produce Prescriptions on Diet, Food Security, and Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes: A Multisite Evaluation of 9 Produce Prescription Programs in the United States

Kurt Hager, Mengxi, Zhongyu Li, Dariush Mozaffarian, Kenneth Chui, Peilin Shi, Brent Ling, Sean B Cash, Sara C Folta, Fang Fang Zhang

American Heart Association Journal doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.122.009520

Identifying nutritional priorities for global health: time for a more PURE focus on protective foods

Dariush Mozaffarian

European Heart Journal

doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad325

Circulating Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia in Older Adults

Marcia C. de Oliveira Otto, Jason H.Y. Wu, Evan L. Thacker, Heidi Tsz Mung Lai, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, Nikhil Padhye, Xiaoling Song, Irena B. King, Oscar Lopez, David S. Siscovick, Dariush Mozaffarian

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease doi.org/10.3233/JAD-230083

U.S. Policies Addressing Ultraprocessed Foods, 1980-2022

Jennifer L Pomeranz, Jerold R Mande, Dariush Mozaffarian

American Journal of Preventative Medicine 

doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.07.006

Health and Economic Impacts of Implementing Produce Prescription Programs for Diabetes in the United States: A Microsimulation Study

Lu Wang, Brianna N. Lauren, Kurt Hager, Fang Fang Zhang, John B. Wong, David D. Kim, Dariush Mozaffarian

Journal of the American Heart Association 

doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.029215

US Policies That Define Foods for Junk Food Taxes, 1991-2021

Jennifer L Pomeranz, Sean B Cash, Dariush Mozaffarian 

The Milbank Quarterly 

doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12652

Machine learning prediction of the degree of food processing

Giulia Menichetti, Babak Ravandi, Dariush Mozaffarian, Albert-László Barabási

Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37457-1

Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods and Body Fat Distribution Among U.S. Adults

Junxiu Liu, Eurídice Martinez Steele, Yan Li, Stella S Yi, Carlos A Monteiro, Dariush Mozaffarian

 

American Journal of Preventive Medicine 

doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.03.012

Evaluation of a Produce Prescription Program for Patients With Diabetes: A Longitudinal Analysis of Glycemic Control

Hager, Kurt; Shi, Peilin; Li, Zhongyu; Chui, Kenneth; Berkowitz, Seth A; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Chhabra, Jyoti; Wilken, Joel; Vergara, Cunegundo; Becker, Erica; Small, Sara; Ling, Brent; Cash, Sean B; Folta, Sara C; Zhang, Fang Fang

Diabetes Care doi.org/10.2337/dc22-1645

Validation of Food Compass with a healthy diet, cardiometabolic health, and mortality among U.S. adults, 1999-2018

Meghan O'Hearn, Joshua Erndt-Marino, Suzannah Gerber, Brianna N Lauren, Christina Economos, John B Wong, Jeffrey B Blumberg, Dariush Mozaffarian 

Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34195-8

Food Marketing to - and Research on - Children: New Directions for Regulation in the United States

Jennifer L Pomeranz, Dariush Mozaffarian 

Cambridge University Press doi.org/10.1017/jme.2022.92

 

 

Association of National Expansion of Insurance Coverage of Medically Tailored Meals With Estimated Hospitalizations and Health Care Expenditures in the US

Kurt Hager,  Frederick P. Cudhea, John B. Wong, Seth A. Berkowitz, Sarah Downer, Brianna N. Lauren, Dariush Mozaffarian 

JAMA Network doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.36898

A Food is Medicine approach to achieve nutrition security and improve health

Dariush Mozaffarian, Heidi M Blanck, Kathryn M Garfield, Alissa Wassung, Ruth Petersen 

Nature Medicine doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02027-3

Implications of the New Recommendation on Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

Dariush Mozaffarian 

JAMA Network doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.10801

Trends and Disparities in Cardiometabolic Health Among U.S. Adults, 1999–2018

Meghan O’Hearn, Brianna N. Lauren, John B. Wong, David D. Kim, Dariush Mozaffarian

The Journal of the American College of Cardiology 

doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.04.046

Perspective: Obesity-an unexplained epidemic

Dariush Mozaffarian 

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqac075

Prescription ω−3 Therapy to Reduce Triglyceride Levels—A New Horizon for Cost-effective Therapy

Dariush Mozaffarian 

JAMA Network doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48191

 

Prescription ω-3 Therapy to Reduce Triglyceride Levels-A New Horizon for Cost-effective Therapy

Dariush Mozaffarian

JAMA Network Open doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48191

Trans Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: Pooled Analysis of 12 Prospective Cohort Studies in the Fatty Acids and Outcomes Research Consortium (FORCE)

Heidi T.M. Lai , Fumiaki Imamura, Andres V. Ardisson Korat, Rachel A. Murphy, Nathan Tintle, Julie K. Bassett, Jiaying Chen, Janine Kröger, Kuo-Liong Chien, Mackenzie Senn; Alexis C. Wood; Nita G. Forouhi, Matthias B. Schulze, William S. Harris, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Frank Hu, Graham G. Giles, Allison Hodge, Luc Djousse, Ingeborg A. Brouwer, Frank Qian, Qi Sun, Jason H.Y. Wu, Matti Marklund, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, David S. Siscovick, Amanda M. Fretts, Aladdin H. Shadyab, JoAnn E. Manson, Barbara V. Howard, Jennifer G. Robinson, Robert B. Wallace, Nick J. Wareham, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Jerome I. Rotter, Michael Y. Tsai, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian, and the Fatty Acids and Outcomes Research Consortium (FORCE)

Diabetes Care doi.org/10.2337/dc21-1756

The time is ripe for ESG + Nutrition: evidence-based nutrition metrics for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing

Meghan O'Hearn, Suzannah Gerber, Sylara Marie Cruz, Dariush Mozaffarian 

European Journal of Clinical Education doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01075-9

 

The time is ripe for ESG + Nutrition: evidence-based nutrition metrics for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing

Meghan O’Hearn, Suzannah Gerber, Sylara Marie Cruz, Dariush Mozaffarian

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01075-9

Opportunities to address the failure of online food retailers to ensure access to required food labelling information in the USA

Jennifer L Pomeranz, Sean B Cash, Morgan Springer, Inés M Del Giudice, Dariush Mozaffarian

Public Health Nutrition doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021004638

State Preemption of Consumer Merchandise and Beverage Containers: New Strategy to Preempt Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Policies?

Jennifer L Pomeranz, Dariush Mozaffarian

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001462

Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods and Diet Quality Among U.S. Children and Adults

Junxiu Liu, Euridice Martinez Steele, Yan Li, Dimitra Karageorgou, Renata Micha, Carlos A Monteiro, Dariush Mozaffarian

American Journal of Preventive Medicine doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.08.014

Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods

Dariush Mozaffarian, Naglaa H El-Abbadi, Meghan O’Hearn, Josh Erndt-Marino, William A Masters, Paul Jacques, Peilin Shi, Jeffrey B Blumberg, Renata Micha

Nature Food doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00381-y

Effectiveness of workplace wellness programmes for dietary habits, overweight, and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis

José L Peñalvo, Diana Sagastume, Elly Mertens, Irina Uzhova, Jessica Smith, Jason H Y Wu, Eve Bishop, Jennifer Onopa, Peilin Shi, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian 

The Lancet Public Health doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00140-7

Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Achieving the National Salt and Sugar Reduction Initiative Voluntary Sugar Reduction Targets in the United States: A Microsimulation Study

Siyi Shangguan, Dariush Mozaffarian, Stephen Sy, Yujin Lee, Junxiu Liu, Parke E Wilde, Andrea L Sharkey, Erin A Dowling, Matti Marklund, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Thomas A Gaziano, Renata Micha

Circulation doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.053678

Trends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018

Lu Wang, Eurídice Martínez Steele, Mengxi Du, Jennifer L. Pomeranz, Lauren E O’Connor, Kirsten A. Herrick, Hanqi Luo, Xuehong Zhang, Dariush Mozaffarian, Fang Fang Zhang

Journal of the American Medical Association doi:10.1001/jama.2021.10238

Healthy Food Prescription Programs and their Impact on Dietary Behavior and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Saiuj Bhat, Daisy H Coyle, Kathy Trieu, Bruce Neal, Dariush Mozaffarian, Matti Marklund, Jason H Y Wu

Advances in Nutrition doi: 10.1093/advances/nmab039

Trends in junk food consumption among US children and adults, 2001-2018

Junxiu Liu, Yujin Lee, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab129

Trends in Food Sources and Diet Quality Among US Children and Adults, 2003-2018

Junxiu Liu, Renata Micha, Yan Li, Dariush Mozaffarian

JAMA Network Open doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5262

Prioritizing Nutrition Security in the US

Dariush Mozaffarian, Sheila Fleischhacker, José R Andrés

Journal of the American Medical Association doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.1915

Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Nutrition Facts Added-Sugar Labeling and Obesity-Associated Cancer Rates in the US

Mengxi Du, Christina F Griecci, Frederick F Cudhea, Heesun Eom, David D Kim, Parke Wilde, John B Wong, Y Claire Wang, Dominique S Michaud, Dariush Mozaffarian, Fang Zhang 

JAMA Network Open doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.7501

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalizations Attributable to Cardiometabolic Conditions in the United States: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis

Meghan O’Hearn, Junxiu Liu, Frederick F Cudhea, Renata Micha, and Dariush Mozaffarian

Journal of the American Medical Association doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.019259

A Natural Experiment to Evaluate the Nutritional Content of Restaurant Meal Purchases After Calorie Labeling

Joshua Petimar, Alyssa J Moran, Maricelle Ramirez, Jason P Block

The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 

DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.06.006

 

The Promise and Uncertainty of Fruit and Vegetable Prescriptions in Health Care

Kurt Hager, Dariush Mozaffarian

Journal of Nutrition doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa283

Cost-Effectiveness of a National Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax to Reduce Cancer Burdens and Disparities in the United States

Mengxi Du, Christina F Griecci, David D Kim, Frederick F Cudhea, Mengyuan Ruan, Heesun Eom, John B Wong, Parke E Wilde, Dominique S Michaud, Yujin Lee, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian, Fang Fang Zhang

JNCI Cancer Spectrum doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkaa073

Consumer confusion about wholegrain content and healthfulness in product labels: a discrete choice experiment and comprehension assessment

Parke Wilde, Jennifer L Pomeranz, Lauren J Lizewski, Fang Fang Zhang

Public Health Nutrition doi: 10.1017/S1368980020001688

Legal Feasibility and Implementation of Federal Strategies for a National Retail‐Based Fruit and Vegetable Subsidy Program in the United States

Jennifer Polmeranz, Yue Huang, Dariush Mozaffarian, Renata Micha

The Milbank Quarterly doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12461

Food is medicine: actions to integrate food and nutrition into healthcare

Sarah Downer, Seth A Berkowitz, Timothy S Harlan, Dana Lee Olstad, Dariush Mozaffarian

BMJ doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2482

Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Volume, Tiered, and Absolute Sugar Content Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Policies in the United States: A Microsimulation Study

Yujin Lee, Dariush Mozaffarian, Stephen Sy, Junxiu Liu, Parke E Wilde, Matti Marklund, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Thomas A Gaziano, Renata Micha

Circulation doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.042956

Nutrient Profiling Systems, Front of Pack Labeling, and Consumer Behavior

Naglaa H El-Abbadi, Salima F Taylor, Renata Micha, Jeffrey B Blumberg

Springer Link doi.org/10.1007/s11883-020-00857-5

 

Health and Economic Impacts of the National Menu Calorie Labeling Law in the United States: A Microsimulation Study

Junxiu Liu, Dariush Mozaffarian, Stephen Sy, Yujin Lee, Parke E Wilde, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Tom Gaziano, Renata Micha

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.006313

Dietary fats and cardiometabolic disease: mechanisms and effects on risk factors and outcomes

Jason H Y Wu, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian 

Nature Reviews 

DOI: 10.1038/s41569-019-0206-1

Trends in Processed Meat, Unprocessed Red Meat, Poultry, and Fish Consumption in the United States, 1999-2016

Luxian Zeng, Mengyuan Ruan, Junxiu Liu, Parke Wilde, Elena N Naumova, Dariush Mozaffarian, Fang Fang Zhang

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.04.004

Cost Effectiveness of Nutrition Policies on Processed Meat: Implications for Cancer Burden in the U.S.

David D Kim, Parke E Wilde, Dominique S Michaud, Junxiu Liu, Lauren Lizewski, Jennifer Onopa, Dariush Mozaffarian, Fang Fang Zhang, John B Wong

American Journal of Preventive Medicine doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.02.023