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I am a public health researcher with a background in mathematics, music and economics. My current interests lie in healthy and sustainable diets and commercial determinants of health. My master’s thesis was a quasi-experimental study on the effects of tiered soft drinks taxes in Europe on the sugar content of soft drinks. My current PhD research focuses on the public debate on the taxation of meat for health, sustainability and animal welfare reasons (qualitative framing analysis). 

Current Projects

• BETRUE - From Beef to bean: the potential of ‘true pricing’ as an instrument for systemic change in the transition to plant-based alternatives (2026-2029)
• FOOD-FRAMES - A system approach to reform the food information environment to support healthy, sustainable diets: mitigating harmful marketing and misinformation (2026-2029)
• FoodPlanetH - Food Environments for Planetary Health (2022-2027, Junior Research Group; website)

Areas of interest

• Public and planetary health nutrition
• Food systems and sustainability
• Commercial determinants of health
• Policy analysis and evaluation
• Quasi-experimental study designs

Methodological expertise

• Quasi-experimental methods
• Evidence syntheses
• Qualitative framing analyses

Publications

Leibinger A, Huizinga O, Emmert-Fees K, Pedron S, Laxy M, Rehfuess E, Burns J, von Philipsborn P. The impact of tiered soft drink taxes in Europe on mean sales-weighted sugar content of soft drinks: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Public Health 2025, 25, 2106. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23331-w

Kratzer S, Theurich MA, Mareis T, Proebstl S, Holliday N, Yan S, Leibinger A, Monsef I, Bach L, Rincón Camargo D, Schwingshackl L, Simonetti A, Hartmann M, Lemken D, von Philipsborn P. Promoting healthy and sustainable diets through food service interventions in university settings: a scoping review. BMC Nutrition 2025, 11, 173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-025-01158-3

Leibinger, A., Rehfuess, E., & Burns, J. Munich's selective diesel vehicle ban and its impact on nitrogen dioxide concentrations: A quasi-experimental study. Environment international 2024, 193, 109067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109067

Anna Leibinger, Nicole Holliday, Oliver Huizinga, Peter von Philipsborn. Reach and public health implications of proposed new food marketing regulation in Germany: an updated analysis. medRxiv 2023.11.08.23298259; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.08.23298259

Holliday, N., Leibinger, A., Huizinga, O., Klinger, C., Okanmelu, E., Geffert, K., Rehfuess, E., & von Philipsborn, P. Application of the WHO Nutrient Profile Model to products on the German market: Implications for proposed new food marketing legislation in Germany. 2023 April; MedRxiv pre-print. doi: https://www.en.ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de/mitarbeiter/mitarbeiter/philipsborn1e/index.html

Peter von Philipsborn, Oliver Huizinga, Anna Leibinger, Diana Rubin, Jacob Burns, Karl Emmert-Fees, Sara Pedron, Michael Laxy, Eva Rehfuess; Interim Evaluation of Germany’s Sugar Reduction Strategy for Soft Drinks: Commitments versus Actual Trends in Sugar Content and Sugar Sales from Soft Drinks. Ann Nutr Metab 2023; https://doi.org/10.1159/000529592

Science Communication

Interview with Bayerischer Rundfunk about the application of the WHO Nutrient Profile Model to products on the German market in proposed legislation limiting the marketing of unhealthy foods to children