About the Authors

Cliona Ni Mhurchu

c.nimhurchu@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliation National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Helen Eyles

Affiliation National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Murat Genc

Affiliation Department of Economics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Peter Scarborough

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mike Rayner

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Anja Mizdrak

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kelechi Nnoaham

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Tony Blakely

Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CNM HE TB. Performed the experiments: MG HE. Analyzed the data: MG HE. Wrote the paper: CNM HE MG PS MR AM KN TB. Developed the PRIME macrosimulation model: PS and MR. and Modified the PRIME macrosimulation model for use in these analyses: AM.