Professor Mike Rayner
Websites
-
Oxford Martin School
Principal Investigator, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food
Mike Rayner
BA, DPhil
Professor of Population Health
Mike Rayner is a Professor of Population Health at Oxford Population Health.
Mike is also Chair of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming in the UK. He is Chair of the Nutrition Expert Group for the European Heart Network. He is an ordained priest in the Church of England.
Mike's research has been on all aspects of the prevention of NCDs with a focus on population based interventions to promote healthier eating such as improved food labelling, restrictions on the marketing of foods, and health-related food taxes such as taxes on sugary drinks. He has a particular interest in nutrient profiling.
Formerly he was Director of the Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, based in the department, which was a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre from 2013- 2021. The centre carried out research and training related to the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Recent publications
-
Modifying the Health Star Rating nutrient profiling algorithm to account for ultra-processing.
Journal article
Barrett EM. et al, (2024), Nutr Diet
-
Estimated changes in free sugar consumption one year after the UK soft drinks industry levy came into force: controlled interrupted time series analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2011-2019).
Journal article
Rogers NT. et al, (2024), J Epidemiol Community Health
-
Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates.
Journal article
Jones CP. et al, (2024), Public Health Nutr, 1 - 29
-
Retraction: Effects of environmental impact labels on the sustainability of food purchases: Two randomised controlled trials in an experimental online supermarket
Journal article
Potter C. et al, (2024), PloS one, 19
-
The impact of the UK soft drink industry levy on the soft drink marketplace, 2017-2020: An interrupted time series analysis with comparator series.
Journal article
Luick M. et al, (2024), PLoS One, 19