Dr Jody Miller

2026

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ombasa, L., Miller, J., Gearry, R., Merry, T., Evans, J., Frampton, C., … Heath, A.-L., & Roy, N. (2026). Effects of Lepteridine™ mānuka honey on functional dyspepsia symptoms and quality of life: A randomised controlled feasibility study. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 85(OCE3), E230. doi: 10.1017/S0029665126104716

2025

Journal - Research Article

MacDonell, S. O., Miller, J. C., Fleming, E. A., & Haszard, J. J. (2025). Inadequate micronutrient intakes: Exploring the vitamin and mineral intakes and food sources of New Zealand aged-care residents. Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics, 38, e70123. doi: 10.1111/jhn.70123

Journal - Research Other

Ombasa, L., Miller, J., Ware, L., Abbotts-Holmes, H., Tang, J., Gasser, O., … Bayer, S., Kemp, R., Costello, R., Highton, A., … Schultz, M., Frampton, C., Gearry, R., … Roy, N. (2025). Impact of mānuka honey on symptoms and quality of life in individuals with functional dyspepsia: Protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e66417. doi: 10.2196/66417

2024

Journal - Research Article

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Reynolds, A. (2024). General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: A pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7.5 million participants. Lancet, 404(10455), 851-863. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01405-3

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., Miller, J. C., & Reynolds, A. (2024). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet, 403(10431), 1027-1050. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2

Li, S., Ye, A., Cui, J., Zhang, Y., Ware, L., Miller, J. C., Abbotts-Holmes, H., Roy, N. C., … McNabb, W. (2024). Dynamic gastrointestinal digestion of bovine, caprine and ovine milk reconstituted from commercial whole milk powders. Foods, 13, 1403. doi: 10.3390/foods13091403

Journal - Research Other

Ong, S. P., Miller, J. C., McNabb, W. C., Gearry, R. B., Ware, L. M., Mullaney, J. A., … Bayer, S. B., Frampton, C. M. A., & Roy, N. C. (2024). Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of the daily consumption of ruminant milk on digestive comfort and nutrition in older women: The YUMMI study. Nutrients, 16, 4215. doi: 10.3390/nu16234215

2023

Journal - Research Article

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Reynolds, A., Mann, J. I., Miller, J. C., & McLean, R. M. (2023). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development. Nature, 615, 874-883. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8

Friesen, V. M., Miller, J. C., Bitantes, R. B., Reario, M. F. D., Arnold, C. D., Mbuya, M. N. N., … Engle-Stone, R. (2023). Comparing two simplified questionnaire-based methods with 24-h recalls for estimating fortifiable wheat flour and oil consumption in Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 19, e13486. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13486

Daniels, L., Haszard, J. J., Gibson, R. S., Taylor, R. W., Fleming, E. A., Miller, J. C., Thomson, C. D., & Heath, A.-L. M. (2023). Selenium intakes and plasma selenium of New Zealand toddlers: Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Nutrition, 129, 1193-1201. doi: 10.1017/s0007114522002379

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Abshirini, M., Galland, B., Conner, T. S., Roy, N. C., Gearry, R. B., Frampton, C. M. A., Ware, L., Forrest, B., Smith, H., … Meredith-Jones, K., & Miller, J. C. (2023). Effect of heat-inactivated Lactobacillus sp. on sleep, stress, and gastrointestinal health in adults with insomnia and elevated stress levels: A study protocol for a randomised, controlled, double-blind study. Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand and Australian Nutrition Societies: Nutrition and Wellbeing in Oceania. (pp. 205). Retrieved from https://nsnzconference.org.nz/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ombasa, L., Miller, J. C., Ware, L., Abbotts-Holmes, H., Gearry, R. B., Bayer, S. B., Schultz, M., … Highton, A. J., Costello, R. M., Frampton, C. M. A., … Houghton, L. A., & Roy, N. C. (2023, August). Study of mānuka honey for digestive health (SOOTHE). Verbal presentation at the Kai mō Aotearoa Food Science Meeting [Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Satellite], Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

MacDonell, S. O., Miller, J. C., Harper, M. J., Reid, M. R., Haszard, J. J., Gibson, R. S., & Houghton, L. A. (2021). Multiple micronutrients, including zinc, selenium and iron, are positively associated with anemia in New Zealand aged care residents. Nutrients, 13(4), 1072. doi: 10.3390/nu13041072

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

2020

Journal - Research Article

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

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

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), including Mann, J. I., McLean, R. M., & Miller, J. C. (2020). Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. Nature, 582(7810), 73-77. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1

2019

Journal - Research Article

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

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

2018

Journal - Research Article

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

MacDonell, S. O., Miller, J. C., Harper, M. J., Reid, M. R., Haszard, J. J., Gibson, R. S., & Houghton, L. A. (2018). A comparison of methods for adjusting biomarkers of iron, zinc, and selenium status for the effect of inflammation in an older population: A case for interleukin 6. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 107(6), 932-940. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy052

2017

Journal - Research Article

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

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

MacDonell, S., Miller, J., Harper, M., Reid, M., Haszard, J., Gibson, R., & Houghton, L. (2017). Multiple micronutrient deficiencies exist in aged-care residents, with serum zinc, not iron, being a major predictor of anemia. FASEB Journal, 31(1 Suppl), 460.2. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

MacDonell, S. O., Miller, J. C., Harper, M. J., Reid, M. R., Haszard, J. J., Gibson, R. S., & Houghton, L. A. (2017, August-September). Biochemical micronutrient status of New Zealand aged-care residents. Verbal presentation at the Dietitians NZ National Professional Development Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand.

2016

Journal - Research Article

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

MacDonell, S. O., Miller, J. C., Harper, M. J., Waters, D. L., & Houghton, L. A. (2016). Vitamin D status and its predictors in New Zealand aged-care residents eligible for a government-funded universal vitamin D supplementation programme. Public Health Nutrition, 19(18), 3349-3360. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016001683

Miller, J. C., MacDonell, S. O., Gray, A. R., Reid, M. R., Barr, D. J., Thomson, C. D., & Houghton, L. A. (2016). Iodine status of New Zealand elderly residents in long-term residential care. Nutrients, 8(8), 445. doi: 10.3390/nu8080445

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

Miller, J. C., Smith, C., Williams, S. M., Mann, J. I., Brown, R. C., Parnell, W. R., & Skeaff, C. M. (2016). Trends in serum total cholesterol and dietary fat intakes in New Zealand between 1989 and 2009. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(3), 263-269. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12504

MacDonell, S. O., Miller, J. C., Waters, D. L., & Houghton, L. A. (2016). Dietary patterns in the frail elderly. Current Nutrition Reports, 5(1), 68-75. doi: 10.1007/s13668-016-0156-8

2015

Journal - Research Article

Coppell, K. J., Miller, J. C., Gray, A. R., Schultz, M., Mann, J. I., & Parnell, W. (2015). Obesity and the extent of liver damage among adult New Zealanders: Findings from a national survey. Obesity Science & Practice. doi: 10.1002/osp4.13

MacDonell, S. O., Miller, J. C., Waters, D. L., & Houghton, L. A. (2015). Obesity in older adults: Prevalence, health risk and management of care among nursing home residents. Current Geriatrics Reports, 4(3), 211-220. doi: 10.1007/s13670-015-0137-6

Conner, T. S., Richardson, A. C., & Miller, J. C. (2015). Optimal serum selenium concentrations are associated with lower depressive symptoms and negative mood among young adults. Journal of Nutrition, 145(1), 59-65. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.198010

2014

Journal - Research Article

Evans, S. E., Mygind, V. L., Peddie, M. C., Miller, J. C., & Houghton, L. A. (2014). Effect of increasing voluntary folic acid food fortification on dietary folate intakes and adequacy of reproductive-age women in New Zealand. Public Health Nutrition, 17(7), 1447-1453. doi: 10.1017/s1368980013001717

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Miller, J. (2014, July). Nutritional risk in aged care residents across New Zealand: Preliminary results from a nationwide survey. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Institute of Food Science & Technology (NZIFST) Conference: Challenges into Opportunities, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2013

Journal - Research Article

Mygind, V. L., Evans, S. E., Peddie, M. C., Miller, J. C., & Houghton, L. A. (2013). Estimation of usual intake and food sources of choline and betaine in New Zealand reproductive age women. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 22(2), 319-324. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.2.19

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

Coppell, K. J., Mann, J. I., Williams, S. M., Jo, E., Drury, P. L., Miller, J., & Parnell, W. R. (2013). Prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes in New Zealand: Findings from the 2008/09 Adult Nutrition Survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1370). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Coppell, K. J., Miller, J., Schultz, M., Gray, A., Mann, J. I., & Parnell, W. (2013). The prevalence of abnormal liver enzymes in New Zealand: Findings from the 2008/09 Adult Nutrition Survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1387). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Houghton, L., Evans, S., Mygind, V., Peddie, M., & Miller, J. (2013). Effect of increasing voluntary folic acid fortification on dietary folate intakes and adequacy in reproductive age New Zealand women. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 63(Suppl. 1), (pp. 1046). doi: 10.1159/000354245

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Miller, J. C., Smith, C., Williams, S., Mann, J. I., Brown, R. C., Parnell, W. R., & Skeaff, C. M. (2013, August). Trends in serum cholesterol and dietary fat intakes of New Zealand adults, 1989 to 2009. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2012

Journal - Research Article

Miller, J. C., Thomson, C. D., Williams, S. M., van Havre, N., Wilkins, G. T., Morison, I. M., Ludgate, J. L., & Skeaff, C. M. (2012). Influence of the glutathione peroxidase 1 Pro200Leu polymorphism on the response of glutathione peroxidase activity to selenium supplementation: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 96, 923-931. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.112.043125

Thomson, C. D., Wickens, K., Miller, J., Ingham, T., Lampshire, P., Epton, M. J., Town, G. I., Pattemore, P., Crane, J., and the Year Six New Zealand Asthma and Allergy Cohort Study Group, (NZAACS6) including Siebers, R. (2012). Selenium status and allergic disease in a cohort of New Zealand Children. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 42(4), 560-567. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03924.x

2011

Journal - Research Article

Thomson, C. D., Campbell, J. M., Miller, J., & Skeaff, S. A. (2011). Minimal impact of excess iodate intake on thyroid hormones and selenium status in older New Zealanders. European Journal of Endocrinology, 165, 745-752. doi: 10.1530/EJE-11-0575

Houghton, L. A., Gray, A. R., Rose, M. C., Miller, J. C., Hurthouse, N. A., & Gregory, III, J. F. (2011). Long-term effect of low-dose folic acid intake: Potential effect of mandatory fortification on the prevention of neural tube defects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94(1), 136-141. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.110.004549

Hursthouse, N. A., Gray, A. R., Miller, J. C., Rose, M. C., & Houghton, L. A. (2011). Folate status of reproductive age women and neural tube defect risk: The effect of long-term folic acid supplementation at doses of 140 μg and 400 μg per day. Nutrients, 3, 49-62. doi: 10.3390/nu3010049

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Miller, J. C., Heath, A.-L. M., Brown, R. C., Walker, H. L., Gray, A. R., Blakey, C. W., Fleming, E. A., … Turley, M. L., Weerasekera, D. R., … Parnell, W. R. (2011). Methodology of the 2008/2009 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia, 35, (pp. 47). [Abstract]

Miller, J. C., Heath, A.-L. M., Brown, R. C., Walker, H. L., Gray, A. R., Blakey, C. W., Fleming, E. A., … Turley, M. L., Weerasekera, D. R., … Parnell, W. R. (2011). Methodology of the 2008/2009 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey. Australasian Medical Journal, 4(12), (pp. 725). [Abstract]

Hursthouse, N. A., Gray, A. R., Miller, J. C., Rose, M. C., & Houghton, L. A. (2011). Effect of long-term folic acid supplementation on optimal folate status in New Zealand reproductive aged women. In L. A. Dunn, C. D. Thomson & C. A. Wilson (Eds.), Proceedings of the Consumer and Applied Sciences Centenary Conference: Bringing it Home: Remembering the past and feeding the future. (pp. 62). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Miller, J. C., Heath, A.-L. M., Brown, R. C., Walker, H. L., Gray, A. R., Blakey, C. W., Fleming, E. A., … Turley, M. L., Weerasekera, D. R., … Parnell, W. R. (2011, November-December). Methodology of the 2008/2009 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey. Verbal presentation at the Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand and the Nutrition Society of Australia: Green & Lean, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Miller, J. C. (2011). Selenium supplementation for high risk coronary artery disease patients (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 179p.

2010

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Houghton, L. A., Gray, A. R., Gregory, III, J. F., Hursthouse, N. A., Rose, M., & Miller, J. (2010, August). Red blood cell folate steady state conditions not achieved with 400 mcg of folic acid/d over an intervention period of 40 weeks. Verbal presentation at the FASEB Summer Research Conferences (SRC): Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One Carbon Metabolism, Carefree, Arizona, USA.

Thomson, C., Miller, J., Wickens, K., Ingham, T., Epton, M., Town, I., Pattemore, P., Crane, J., and the New Zealand Asthma and Allergy Cohort Study Group. (2010, May-June). Selenium status and atopy in a cohort of New Zealand children. Verbal presentation at the 9th International Symposium on Selenium in Biology and Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.

Miller, J. C., van Havre, N., Wilkins, G., Sutherland, W., de Jong, S., Morison, I. M., Ludgate, J. L., Drake, K. M., Williams, S., Skeaff, C. M., & Thomson, C. D. (2010, May-June). Effect of polymorphisms in the glutathione peroxidase 1 gene on enzyme activity in response to selenium supplementation. Verbal presentation at the 9th International Symposium on Selenium in Biology and Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Thomson, C. D., & Miller, J. (2010). Association between selenium status and atopy in a cohort of children in Wellington and Christchurch. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago. 64p.

2009

Journal - Research Article

Thomson, C. D., Campbell, J. M., Miller, J., Skeaff, S. A., & Livingstone, V. (2009). Selenium and iodine supplementation: Effect on thyroid function of older New Zealanders. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 90(4), 1038-1046. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28190

Skeaff, C. M., & Miller, J. (2009). Dietary fat and coronary heart disease: Summary of evidence from prospective cohort and randomised controlled trials. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 55(1-3), 173-201. doi: 10.1159/000229002

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Miller, J. C., van Havre, N., Sutherland, W., de Jong, S., Wilkins, G. T., Thomson, C. D., & Skeaff, C. M. (2009). Effect of selenium supplementation on markers of inflammation in New Zealand coronary angioplasty patients. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 55(Suppl. 1), (pp. 82). [Abstract]

2008

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Thomson, C. D., Campbell, J. M., Skeaff, S. A., Miller, J. C., & Livingstone, V. (2008). Selenium and iodine supplementation in older New Zealanders. FASEB Journal, 22(Meeting Abstract Suppl.), 146.1. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Thomson, C., Campbell, J., Miller, J., & Skeaff, S. (2008, November). The effect of high iodine intake on thyroid hormones and selenium status in older peeople. Verbal presentation at the 13th International Meeting on Trace Elements in Man and Animales, Pucón, Chile.

2007

Journal - Research Article

Miller, J. C., Grant, A. M., Drummond, B. K., Williams, S. M., Taylor, R. W., & Goulding, A. (2007). DXA measurements confirm that parental perceptions of elevated adiposity in young children are poor. Obesity, 15(1), 165-171. doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.558

2006

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Campbell, J. M., Thomson, C. D., Skeaff, S. A., Miller, J. C., & Livingstone, V. (2006). Effect of a selenium and iodine intervention on thyroid status of older New Zealanders. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 15(Suppl. 3), (pp. S77). [Abstract]

2005

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Miller, J., Grant, A. M., Drummond, B. K., Williams, S. M., Taylor, R. W., & Goulding, A. (2005). Thin children: How NZ parents see their offspring. Proceedings of the University of Otago Obesity Research Consortium. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]

2004

Awarded Masters Degree

Miller, J. (2004). Diet, bone health and body composition of children with and without tooth decay (MSc). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 122p.