Associate Professor Rachael McLean

Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 9428
- rachael.mclean@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
- Qualifications
- BA MB ChB MPH PhD(Otago) FNZCPHM
- Research summary
- Public health nutrition, dietary sodium, obesity, non-communicable disease
Research
Rachael is a public health physician with an expertise in nutrition. She is researching the relationship between food, nutrition and chronic disease, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, and diabetes. Her research also focuses on environmental determinants of food and nutrition, with a focus on promoting equity.
Current research interests also include monitoring population dietary sodium intake, public health approaches to dietary sodium reduction, and the relationship between dietary sodium and cardiovascular disease.
Publications
Campbell, N. R. C., He, F. J., McLean, R. M., Cappuccio, F. P., & MacGregor, G. M. (2023). Comment on: Less sodium and more potassium to reduce cardiovascular risk and the PURE study. European Heart Journal Open, 3, oead096. doi: 10.1093/ehjopen/oead096
Wang, N. X., McLean, R. M., Cameron, C. M., & Skeaff, S. A. (2023). Adjusting the iodine content of iodised salt to meet the recommended intake for women of reproductive age: A simulation study with a reduced sodium scenario. Journal of Nutrition. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.09.024
McLean, R. M. (2023). Salt substitutes: An important tool to increase potassium and reduce sodium intakes? Nutrients, 15, 2647. doi: 10.3390/nu15122647
McLean, R. M. (2023). Benefits of salt substitution in care facilities for the elderly. Nature Medicine, 29, 789-790. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02279-7
McLean, R. M., He, F. J., & MacGregor, G. A. (2023). Flawed research methods result in misleading conclusions. Journal of Human Hypertension. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41371-023-00818-w
McLean, R. M., & Wang, N. X. (2021). Potassium. In N. A. M. Eskin (Ed.), The latest research and development of minerals in human nutrition: Advances in food and nutrition research (Vol. 96). (pp. 89-121). Cambridge, MA: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/bs.afnr.2021.02.013
Chapter in Book - Research
Mann, J., & McLean, R. (2017). Cardiovascular diseases. In J. Mann & A. S. Truswell (Eds.), Essentials of human nutrition. (5th ed.) (pp. 381-407). Oxford University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Coppell, K. J., & McLean, R. M. (2015). Risk factors for diabetes type 1 and type 2. In P. Peplow, J. Adams & T. Young (Eds.), Cardiovascular and metabolic disease: Scientific discoveries and new therapies (RSC Drug Discovery Series No. 45). (pp. 254-273). Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781782622390-00254
Chapter in Book - Research
McLean, R. M. (2015). Hypertension. In D. M. Bier, J. Mann, D. H. Alpers, H. H. E. Vorster & M. J. Gibney (Eds.), Nutrition for the primary care provider: World review of nutrition and dietetics (Vol. 111). (pp. 100-103). Basel, Switzerland: Karger. doi: 10.1159/000362306
Chapter in Book - Research
Hoek, J., & McLean, R. (2010). Changing food environment and obesity: An overview. In J. Pearce & K. Witten (Eds.), Geographies of obesity: Environmental understandings of the obesity epidemic. (pp. 57-78). Farnham, UK: Ashgate.
Chapter in Book - Research
Campbell, N. R. C., Whelton, P. K., Orias, M., Wainford, R. D., Cappuccio, F. P., Ide, N., … McLean, R. M., … Zhang, X.-H. (2023). 2022 World Hypertension League, Resolve To Save Lives and International Society of Hypertension dietary sodium (salt) global call to action. Journal of Human Hypertension, 37, 428-437. doi: 10.1038/s41371-022-00690-0
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Eyles, H., Grey, J., Jiang, Y., Umali, E., McLean, R., Te Morenga, L., … Ni Mhurchu, C. (2023). Effectiveness of a sodium-reduction smartphone app and reduced-sodium salt to lower sodium intake in adults with hypertension: Findings from the salt alternatives randomized controlled trial. JMIR mHealth & uHealth, 11, e43675. doi: 10.2196/43675
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McNoe, B. M., Marsh, L., Venter, N., Morgaine, K. C., Reeder, A. I., & McLean, R. M. (2023). National Sporting Organisation policies: A health promotion opportunity? Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 34, 480-487. doi: 10.1002/hpja.601
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Wang, N. X., McLean, R. M., Cameron, C. M., & Skeaff, S. A. (2023). Adjusting the iodine content of iodised salt to meet the recommended intake for women of reproductive age: A simulation study with a reduced sodium scenario. Journal of Nutrition. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.09.024
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Wang, N. X., McLean, R. M., Cameron, C., & Skeaff, S. A. (2023). The quantification of sodium intake from discretionary salt intake in New Zealand using the lithium-tagged salt method. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9, 1065710. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1065710
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Widyastuti, T. N., Turner, R., Harcombe, H., & McLean, R. (2023). Trends in body mass index of Indonesian adults between 1993 and 2014: A longitudinal population-based study. Public Health Nutrition. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/s1368980023000472
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Cappuccio, F. P., Campbell, N. R. C., He, F. J., Jacobson, M. F., MacGregor, G. A., Antman, E., … McLean, R. M., … Willett, W. (2022). Sodium and health: Old myths and a controversy based on denial. Current Nutrition Reports, 11, 172-184. doi: 10.1007/s13668-021-00383-z
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McKenzie, B. L., Waqa, G., Hart, A. C., Silatolu, A. M., Palagyi, A., Norton, R., McLean, R., & Webster, J. (2022). Gender roles, generational changes, and environmental challenges: An intersectional interpretation of perceptions on healthy diets among iTaukei women and men in Fiji. Public Health Nutrition, 25(11), 3146-3157. doi: 10.1017/s1368980022001677
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McKenzie, B. L., Waqa, G., Mounsey, S., Johnson, C., Woodward, M., Buse, K., … McLean, R., & Webster, J. (2022). Incorporating a gender lens into nutrition and health-related policies in Fiji: Analysis of policies and stakeholder perspectives. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1), 148. doi: 10.1186/s12939-022-01745-x
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Peniamina, R., & McLean, R. (2022). Nutrition support in oncology care in Aotearoa New Zealand: Current practice, and where to from here? New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1549), 11-25. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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Wang, N. X., Skeaff, S., Cameron, C., Fleming, E., & McLean, R. M. (2022). Sodium in the New Zealand diet: Proposed voluntary food reformulation targets will not meet the WHO goal of a 30% reduction in total sodium intake. European Journal of Nutrition, 61, 3067-3076. doi: 10.1007/s00394-022-02864-5
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Xie, Z., Zhang, K. Z., Thein, H., Kataoka, M., & McLean, R. (2022). We are Asian people, you know": Perspectives and experiences of New Zealand Asian in-centre haemodialysis patients. Renal Society of Australasia Journal, 18(2), 62-67. doi: 10.33235/rsaj.18.2.62-67
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Gage, R., Girling-Butcher, M., Joe, E., Smith, M., Ni Mhurchu, C., McKerchar, C., Puloka, V., McLean, R., & Signal, L. (2021). The frequency and context of snacking among children: An objective analysis using wearable cameras. Nutrients, 13, 103. doi: 10.3390/nu13010103
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McLean, R. M., Xie, Z., Nelson, V., Nosa, V., Po’e-Tofaeono, A., Walker, R., & Wyeth, E. H. (2021). Experiences of New Zealand haemodialysis patients in relation to food and nutrition management: A qualitative study. Nutrients, 13(7), 2299. doi: 10.3390/nu13072299
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., & Miller, J. C. (2021). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. eLIFE, 10, e60060. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060
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Peniamina, R., Davies, C., Moata'ane, L., Signal, L., Tavite, H., Te Morenga, L., & McLean, R. (2021). Food, nutrition and cancer: Perspectives and experiences of New Zealand cancer survivors. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1545), 22-35. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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Te Morenga, L., Kruimer, D., McLean, R., Sabadel, A. J. M., Van Hale, R., Tatin, X., … Mann, J., & Merriman, T. (2021). Associations between sugars intakes and urinary sugars excretion and carbon stable isotope ratios in red blood cells as biomarkers of sugars intake in a predominantly Māori population. Frontiers in Nutrition, 8, 637267. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.637267
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., & Miller, J. C. (2020). National trends in total cholesterol obscure heterogeneous changes in HDL and non-HDL cholesterol and total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio: A pooled analysis of 458 population-based studies in Asian and Western countries. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(1), 173-192. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz099
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2020). Height, Body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. Lancet, 396(10261), 1511-1522. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6
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Santos, J. A., Li, K. C., Huang, L., McLean, R., Petersen, K., Di Tanna, G. L., & Webster, J. (2020). Change in mean salt intake over time using 24-h urine versus overnight and spot urine samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition Journal, 19(1), 136. doi: 10.1186/s12937-020-00651-8
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McLean, R., Cameron, C., Butcher, E., Cook, N. R., Woodward, M., & Campbell, N. R. C. (2019). Comparison of 24-hour urine and 24-hour diet recall for estimating dietary sodium intake in populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21(12), 1753-1762. doi: 10.1111/jch.13729
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2019). Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature, 569(7755), 260-264. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2019). Long-term and recent trends in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in 12 high-income countries: An analysis of 123 nationally representative surveys. Lancet, 394, 639-651. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)31145-6
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Peniamina, R., Skeaff, S., Haszard, J. J., & McLean, R. (2019). Comparison of 24-h diet records, 24-h urine, and duplicate diets for estimating dietary intakes of potassium, sodium, and iodine in children. Nutrients, 11(12), 2927. doi: 10.3390/nu11122927
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Eyles, H., Bhana, N., Lee, S. E., McLean, R., Nowson, C., & Wall, C. (2018). Measuring children’s sodium and potassium intakes in NZ: A pilot study. Nutrients, 10, 1198. doi: 10.3390/nu10091198
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McLean, R. M., Farmer, V. L., Nettleton, A., Cameron, C. M., Cook, N. R., Woodward, M., … TRUE Consortium (International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt). (2018). Twenty-four–hour diet recall and diet records compared with 24-hour urinary excretion to predict an individual’s sodium consumption: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 20(10), 1360-1376. doi: 10.1111/jch.13391
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McLean, R. M., Williams, S. M., Te Morenga, L. A., & Mann, J. I. (2018). Spot urine and 24-h diet recall estimates of dietary sodium intake from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survery: A comparison. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 72, 1120-1127. doi: 10.1038/s41430-018-0176-0
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2018). Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: A pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47(3), 872-883i. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy016
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Shearer, D. M., Thomson, W. M., Cameron, C. M., Ramrakha, S., Wilson, G., Wong, T. Y., Williams, M. J. A., McLean, R., Theodore, R., & Poulton, R. (2018). Periodontitis and multiple markers of cardiometabolic risk in the fourth decade: A cohort study. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 46(6), 615-623. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12414
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Williams Erickson, L., Taylor, R. W., Haszard, J. J., Fleming, E. A., Daniels, L., Morison, B. J., Leong, C., Fangupo, L. J., Wheeler, B. J., Taylor, B. J., Te Morenga, L., McLean, R. M., & Heath, A.-L. M. (2018). Impact of a modified version of baby-led weaning on infant food and nutrient intakes: The BLISS randomized controlled trial. Nutrients, 10(6), 740. doi: 10.3390/nu10060740
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Xie, Z., McLean, R., & Marshall, M. (2018). Dietary sodium and other nutrient intakes among patients undergoing hemodialysis in New Zealand. Nutrients, 10(4), 502. doi: 10.3390/nu10040502
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Eyles, H., McLean, R., Neal, B., Jiang, Y., Doughty, R. N., McLean, R., & Ni Mhurchu, C. (2017). A salt-reduction smartphone app supports lower-salt food purchases for people with cardiovascular disease: Findings from the SaltSwitch randomised controlled trial. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 24(3), 1435-1444. doi: 10.1177/2047487317715713
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Kibblewhite, R., Nettleton, A., McLean, R., Haszard, J., Fleming, E., Kruimer, D., & Te Morenga, L. (2017). Estimating free and added sugar intakes in New Zealand. Nutrients, 9(12), 1292. doi: 10.3390/nu9121292
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McLean, R. M., Farmer, V. L., Nettleson, A., Cameron, C. M., Cook, N. R., Campbell, N. R. C., & TRUE Consortium (International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt). (2017). Assessment of dietary sodium intake using a food frequency questionnaire and 24-hour urinary sodium excretion: A systematic literature review. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 19(12), 1214-1230. doi: 10.1111/jch.13148
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2017). Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: A pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19.1 million participants. Lancet, 389(10064), 37-55. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31919-5
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2017). 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. Lancet, 390(10113), 2627-2642. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32129-3
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Ning, S. X., Mainvil, L. A., Thomson, R. K., & McLean, R. M. (2017). Dietary sodium reduction in New Zealand: Influence of the Tick label. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 26(6), 1133-1138. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.032017.06
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Edmonds, J. C., McLean, R. M., Williams, S. M., & Skeaff, S. A. (2016). Urinary iodine concentration of New Zealand adults improves with mandatory fortification of bread with iodised salt but not to predicted levels. European Journal of Nutrition, 55(3), 1201-1212. doi: 10.1007/s00394-015-0933-y
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Huang, L., Crino, M., Wu, J. H. Y., Woodward, M., Barzi, F., Land, M.-A., McLean, R., … Neal, B. (2016). Mean population salt intake estimated from 24-h urine samples and spot urine samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology, 45(1), 239-250. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv313
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Jones, E., McLean, R., Davies, B., Hawkins, R., Meiklejohn, E., Ma, Z. F., & Skeaff, S. (2016). Adequate iodine status in New Zealand school children post-fortification of bread with iodised salt. Nutrients, 8(5), 298. doi: 10.3390/nu8050298
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Lofthouse, C., Te Morenga, L., & McLean, R. (2016). Sodium reduction in New Zealand requires major behaviour change. Appetite, 105, 721-730. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.07.006
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2016). 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. Lancet, 387(10026), 1377-1396. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30054-X
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2016). A century of trends in adult human height. eLIFE, 5, e13410. doi: 10.7554/eLife.13410
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Prentice, C. A., Smith, C., & McLean, R. M. (2016). Sodium in commonly consumed fast foods in New Zealand: A public health opportunity. Public Health Nutrition, 19(6), 958-966. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015001731
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Shearer, D. M., Thomson, W. M., Broadbent, J. M., McLean, R., Poulton, R., & Mann, J. (2016). High-risk glycated hemoglobin trajectories established by mid-20s: Findings from a birth cohort study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 4(1), e000243. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000243
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Thomson, R. K., McLean, R. M., Ning, S. X., & Mainvil, L. A. (2016). Tick front-of-pack label has a positive nutritional impact on foods sold in New Zealand. Public Health Nutrition, 19(16), 2949-2958. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016001208
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McLean, R., Edmonds, J., Williams, S., Mann, J., & Skeaff, S. (2015). Balancing sodium and potassium: Estimates of intake in a New Zealand adult population sample. Nutrients, 7(11), 8930-8938. doi: 10.3390/nu7115439
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McLean, R. M. (2014). Measuring population sodium intake: A review of methods. Nutrients, 6(11), 4651-4662. doi: 10.3390/nu6114651
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McLean, R., & Hoek, J. (2014). Sodium and nutrition labelling: A qualitative study exploring New Zealand consumers' food purchasing behaviours. Public Health Nutrition, 17(5), 1138-1146. doi: 10.1017/s1368980013001079
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McLean, R., Williams, S., & Mann, J. (2014). Monitoring population sodium intake using spot urine samples: Validation in a New Zealand population. Journal of Human Hypertension, 28, 657-662. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2014.10
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Smith, M., Jenkin, G., Signal, L., & McLean, R. (2014). Consuming calories and creating cavities: Beverages NZ children associate with sport. Appetite, 81, 209-217. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.06.015
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McLean, R. M., Williams, S., Mann, J. I., Miller, J. C., & Parnell, W. R. (2013). Blood pressure and hypertension in New Zealand: Results from the 2008/09 Adult Nutrition Survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1372). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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McLean, R., Hoek, J., & Hedderley, D. (2012). Effects of alternative label formats on choice of high- and low-sodium products in a New Zealand population sample. Public Health Nutrition, 15(5), 783-791. doi: 10.1017/s1368980011003508
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McLean, R. M., Mann, J. I., & Hoek, J. (2011). World Salt Awareness Week: More action needed in New Zealand [Viewpoint]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1332). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1332/4607/content.pdf
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McLean, R. M., Hoek, J. A., Buckley, S., Croxson, B., Cumming, J., Ehau, T. H., Fa'asalele Tanuvasa, A., Johnston, M., Mann, J. I., & Schofield, G. (2009). ″Healthy Eating - Healthy Action″: Evaluating New Zealand's obesity prevention strategy. BMC Public Health, 9, 452. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-452
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McLean, R., & Connor, J. (2009). Alcohol and injury: A survey in primary care settings. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1303). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1303/3798/content.pdf
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Palmer, S. E., McLean, R. M., Ellis, P. M., & Harrison-Woolrych, M. (2008). Life-threatening clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility: An analysis of 102 cases. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69(5), 759-768.
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McLean, R. M., & Harrison-Woolrych, M. (2007). Alopecia associated with quetiapine. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 22(2), 117-119. doi: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e3280117fff
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Harrison-Woolrych, M., Herbison, P., McLean, R., Ashton, J., & Slattery, J. (2005). Incidence of thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients taking celecoxib compared with those taking rofecoxib. Drug Safety, 28(5), 435-442.
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Beck, E. J., Ball, L., Lepre, B. M., McLean, R., Wall, C., Adamski, M., … Crowley, J. (2023). Now is the time to act on nutrition in medical education. Medical Journal of Australia. Advance online publication. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51829
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Campbell, N. R. C., Cappuccio, F. P., McLean, R. M., He, F. J., & MacGregor, G. A. (2023). Comment on Hogas et al. Salt, not always a cardiovascular enemy? A mini-review and modern perspective. Medicina 2022, 58, 1175. Medicina, 59, 51. doi: 10.3390/medicina59010051
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Campbell, N. R. C., He, F. J., McLean, R. M., Cappuccio, F. P., & MacGregor, G. M. (2023). Comment on: Less sodium and more potassium to reduce cardiovascular risk and the PURE study. European Heart Journal Open, 3, oead096. doi: 10.1093/ehjopen/oead096
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McLean, R. M. (2023). Benefits of salt substitution in care facilities for the elderly. Nature Medicine, 29, 789-790. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02279-7
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McLean, R. M. (2023). Salt substitutes: An important tool to increase potassium and reduce sodium intakes? Nutrients, 15, 2647. doi: 10.3390/nu15122647
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McLean, R. M., He, F. J., & MacGregor, G. A. (2023). Flawed research methods result in misleading conclusions. Journal of Human Hypertension. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41371-023-00818-w
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McLean, R. M., Widyastuti, T. N., & Eyles, H. (2023). Effectiveness of WHO sodium benchmarks to reduce morbidity and mortality: Evidence from Australia. Hypertension, 80, 550-552. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.20522
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Campbell, N. R. C., He, F. J., Cappuccio, F. P., MacGregor, G. A., & McLean, R. M. (2022). Levels of dietary sodium intake: Diverging associations with arterial stiffness and Atheromatosis: Concerns about the evidence review and methods. Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, 63, 92-93. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.06.001
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Campbell, N. R. C., He, F. J., McLean, R. M., Cappuccio, F. P., Woodward, M., MacGregor, G. A., … Mitchell, I. (2022). Dietary sodium and cardiovascular disease in China: Addressing the authors’ response, statements and claims. Journal of Hypertension, 40(9), 1831-1836. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003122
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McLean, R. (2022). Low sodium salt substitutes: A tool for sodium reduction and cardiovascular health. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 8, ED000158. doi: 10.1002/14651858.Ed000158
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Campbell, N. R. C., He, F. J., McLean, R. M., Woodward, M., MacGregor, G. A., & Cappuccio, F. P. (2021). Dietary sodium and cardiovascular disease in China: Concerns about the methods, conclusions, and evidence review. Journal of Hypertension, 39(7), 1466-1467. doi: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002873
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McLean, R. M., & Campbell, N. (2021). Spot urine is a poor predictor of dietary sodium intake in individuals. American Journal of Hypertension, 34(7), 773. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpab045
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McLean, R. (2020). Dietary salt reduction for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Nepal. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 22, 280-282. doi: 10.1111/jch.13805
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O'Toole, C., Gage, R., McKerchar, C., Puloka, V., McLean, R., & Signal, L. (2020). Is snacking the new eating norm for New Zealand children? An urgent call for research. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1517), 131-132. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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Petersen, K. S., Malta, D., Rae, S., Dash, S., Webster, J., McLean, R., … Arcand, J. (2020). Further evidence that methods based on spot urine samples should not be used to examine sodium-disease relationships from the Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (November 2018 to August 2019) [Policy statement from the World Hypertension League]. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 22(10), 1741-1753. doi: 10.1111/jch.13958
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Campbell, N. R. C., He, F. J., Tan, M., Cappuccio, F. P., Neal, B., Woodward, M., … McLean, R., … Lackland, D. T. (2019). The International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt (TRUE) position statement on the use of 24-hour, spot, and short duration (<24 hours) timed urine collections to assess dietary sodium intake. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21, 700-709. doi: 10.1111/jch.13551
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McLean, R. M., Petersen, K. S., Arcand, J., Malta, D., Rae, S., Thout, S. R., … Campbell, N. R. C. (2019). Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes studies (April to October 2018). Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21, 1030-1042. doi: 10.1111/jch.13611
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Santos, J. A., Sparks, E., Thout, S. R., McKenzie, B., Trieu, K., Hoek, A., … McLean, R., … Webster, J. (2019). The Science of Salt: A global review on changes in sodium levels in foods. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21, 1043-1056. doi: 10.1111/jch.13628
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Thout, S. R., Santos, J. A., McKenzie, B., Trieu, K., Johnson, C., McLean, R., … Webster, J. (2019). The Science of Salt: Updating the evidence on global estimates of salt intake. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21(6), 710-721. doi: 10.1111/jch.13546
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Lucko, A. M., Doktorchik, C., Woodward, M., Cogswell, M., Neal, B., Rabi, D., … McLean, R., … for the TRUE Consortium. (2018). Percentage of ingested sodium excreted in 24-hour urine collections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 20, 1220-1229. doi: 10.1111/jch.13353
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Mann, J., Meerpohl, J., Nishida, C., McLean, R., & Te Morenga, L. (2018). Associations of fats and carbohydrates with cardiovascular disease and mortality: PURE and simple? Lancet, 391(10131), 1676. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30804-3
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McKenzie, B., Santos, J., Trieu, K., Thout, S. R., Johnson, C., Arcand, J., … McLean, R. (2018). The Science of Salt: A focused review on salt-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, and gender differences. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 20(5), 850-866. doi: 10.1111/jch.13289
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Johnson, C., Santos, J. A., McKenzie, B., Thout, S. R., Trieu, K., McLean, R., … Webster, J. (2017). The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of the implementation of salt reduction interventions (September 2016-February 2017). Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 19(10), 928-938. doi: 10.1111/jch.13099
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Santos, J. A., Trieu, K., Raj, T. S., Arcand, J., Johnson, C., Webster, J., & McLean, R. (2017). The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of the implementation of salt reduction interventions (March-August 2016). Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 19(4), 439-451. doi: 10.1111/jch.12971
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TRUE Consortium, including McLean, R. (2017). Recommended standards for assessing blood pressure in human research where blood pressure or hypertension is a major focus. Journal of Human Hypertension, 31(8), 487-490. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2017.10
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Webster, J., Waqanivalu, T., Arcand, J., Trieu, K., Cappuccio, F. P., Appel, L. J., … McLean, R. (2017). Understanding the science that supports population-wide salt reduction programs. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 196, 569-576. doi: 10.1111/jch.12994
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Arcand, J., Webster, J., Johnston, C., Raj, T. S., Neal, B., McLean, R., … Campbell, N. R. C. (2016). Announcing "Up to Date in the Science of Sodium". Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 18(2), 85-88. doi: 10.1111/jch.12732
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Arcand, J., Wong, M. M. Y., Trieu, K., Leung, A. A., Campbell, N. R. C., Webster, J., … McLean, R., & Neal, B. (2016). The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (June and July 2015). Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 18(5), 371-377. doi: 10.1111/jch.12762
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Johnson, C., Raj, T. S., Trieu, K., Arcand, J., Wong, M. M. Y., McLean, R., … Webster, J. (2016). The Science of Salt: A systematic review of quality clinical salt outcome studies June 2014 to May 2015. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 18(9), 823-839. doi: 10.1111/jch.12877
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Mann, J., Te Morenga, L., McLean, R., Swinburn, B., Ni Mhurchu, C., Jackson, R., Kennedy, J., & Beaglehole, R. (2016). Dietary guidelines on trial: The charges are not evidence based. Lancet, 388(10047), 851-853. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31278-8
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Trieu, K., McLean, R., Johnson, C., Santos, J. A., Angell, B., Arcand, J., … Webster, J. (2016). The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of the implementation of salt reduction interventions (June-October 2015). Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 18(6), 487-494. doi: 10.1111/jch.12806
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McLean, R., Skeaff, M., Mann, J., & Te Morenga, L. (2015). Are some diets "mass murder"? Dietary guidelines worldwide advise limiting saturated fat in favour of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. BMJ, 350, h625. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h625
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Skeaff, M., Mann, J., Te Morenga, L., & McLean, R. (2015). Effects of low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets. Annals of Internal Medicine, 162(5), 392-393. doi: 10.7326/L15-5192-4
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Theodore, R., McLean, R., & Te Morenga, L. (2015). Challenges to addressing obesity for Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39(6), 509-512. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12418
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Mann, J., McLean, R., Skeaff, M., & Te Morenga, L. (2014). Low carbohydrate diets: Going against the grain. Lancet, 384(9953), 1479-1480. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61413-6
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McLean, R., & Mann, J. (2014). Tackling obesity: A call to action. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1406). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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