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Jim Mann is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Food Science, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The topics frequently explored in their research include:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Food composition and properties
  • Seed and Plant Biochemistry
  • Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods

Jim Mann's recent research publications reflect these areas of interest. Notable papers include:

  • "Dietary Glycaemic Index Labelling: A Global Perspective" (2021) published in Nutrients
  • "Pasta: Is It an Unhealthy Refined Food?" (2024) published in the Journal of Nutrition

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Livia S. A. Augustin
  • Peter R. Ellis
  • Gabriele Riccardi
  • Alan W. Barclay
  • Furio Brighenti

Jim Mann's publications appear primarily in journals such as Nutrients and the Journal of Nutrition, which are venues concentrating on nutritional science and health-related research.

Best Publications

  • Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33)

    R C Turner;R R Holman;C A Cull;I M Stratton

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective

    M Marmot;T Atinmo;T Byers;J Chen

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Dietary sugars and body weight: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies

    Lisa Te Morenga;Simonette Mallard;Jim Mann

  • Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases

    EK Amine;NH Baba;M Belhadj;M Deurenberg-Yap

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

    Andrew Reynolds;Jim Mann;John Cummings;Nicola Winter

  • Effects on coronary artery disease of lipid-lowering diet, or diet plus cholestyramine, in the St Thomas' Atherosclerosis Regression Study (STARS)

    G.F Watts;B Lewis;E.S Lewis;D.J Coltart

  • Diagnosing Insulin Resistance in the General Population

    Kirsten A. McAuley;Sheila M. Williams;Jim I. Mann;Robert J. Walker

  • Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies

    Timothy J Key;Gary E Fraser;Margaret Thorogood;Paul N Appleby

  • Dietary sugars and cardiometabolic risk: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials of the effects on blood pressure and lipids

    Lisa A Te Morenga;Alex J Howatson;Rhiannon M Jones;Jim Mann

  • Diet, nutrition and the prevention of type 2 diabetes.

    Nelia P. Steyn;Jim Mann;P. H. Bennett;Norman J. Temple

  • Effects of dietary fat on gut microbiota and faecal metabolites, and their relationship with cardiometabolic risk factors: a 6-month randomised controlled-feeding trial

    Yi Wan;Fenglei Wang;Jihong Yuan;Jie Li

  • Evidence-based nutritional approaches to the treatment and prevention of diabetes mellitus

    J.I. Mann;I. De Leeuw;K. Hermansen;B. Karamanos

  • Cereal grains, legumes and diabetes

    B J Venn;J I Mann

  • Myocardial infarction in young women with special reference to oral contraceptive practice.

    J I Mann;M P Vessey;M Thorogood;S R Doll

  • A high carbohydrate leguminous fibre diet improves all aspects of diabetic control

    H.C.R Simpson;S Lousley;M Geekie;R.W Simpson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheila M. Williams
Sheila M. Williams University of Otago
Timothy J. Key
Timothy J. Key University of Oxford
Margaret Thorogood
Margaret Thorogood University of Warwick
Boyd Swinburn
Boyd Swinburn University of Auckland
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Aletta E. Schutte
Aletta E. Schutte University of New South Wales
José R. Banegas
José R. Banegas Autonomous University of Madrid
Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland

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