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Dariush Mozaffarian

Dariush Mozaffarian

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2025

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Overview

Dariush Mozaffarian is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work extensively covers various subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, General Health Professions, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research topics encompass a wide range of areas related to nutrition, diet, and health, including:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

Dariush Mozaffarian has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Circulation
  • Nature Food
  • JAMA Network Open

Their recent papers include:

  • "Effect of High-Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids vs Corn Oil on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients at High Cardiovascular Risk," 2020, JAMA
  • "Food is medicine: actions to integrate food and nutrition into healthcare," 2020, BMJ
  • "Trends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018," 2021, JAMA
  • "Trends in Diet Quality Among Youth in the United States, 1999-2016," 2020, JAMA
  • "Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies," 2021, Nature Communications

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Renata Micha
  • Rozenn N. Lemaître
  • David S. Siscovick
  • Peilin Shi
  • Fang Fang Zhang

Best Publications

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2017 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Emelia J. Benjamin;Michael J. Blaha;Stephanie E. Chiuve;Mary Cushman

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Veronique Lee Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Véronique L. Roger;Alan S. Go;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Véronique L. Roger;Alan S. Go;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Robert J. Adams

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2013 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2013 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics-2015 update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2010 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Donald Lloyd-Jones;Robert J. Adams;Todd M. Brown;Mercedes Carnethon

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2014 Update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics--2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee.

    Donald Lloyd-Jones;Robert Adams;Mercedes Carnethon;Giovanni De Simone

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2009 Update

    Donald Lloyd-Jones;Robert Adams;Mercedes Carnethon

  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    Emelia J Benjamin;Michael J Blaha;Stephanie E Chiuve;Mary Cushman

Frequent Co-Authors

Rozenn N. Lemaitre
Rozenn N. Lemaitre University of Washington
David S. Siscovick
David S. Siscovick University of Washington
Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu Harvard University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Eric B. Rimm
Eric B. Rimm Harvard University
Luc Djoussé
Luc Djoussé Harvard Medical School
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Kenneth J. Mukamal
Kenneth J. Mukamal Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Barbara McKnight
Barbara McKnight University of Washington
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London

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