Amelia Willits‐Smith

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

9h-index603citations28works1.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact(23), Nutritional Studies and Diet(18), Environmental Impact and Sustainability(5), Climate Change and Health Impacts(5), Environmental Education and Sustainability(4)

Publications28 total

NIH’s Continued Investment in Dietary Assessment
Current Developments in Nutrition·2025Open Access
Examining Dietary Patterns in the American Population
Current Developments in Nutrition·2025Open Access
Demographic and Socioeconomic Correlates of Disproportionate Beef Consumption among US Adults in an Age of Global Warming
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Planetary Health Diet Index Trends and Associations with Dietary Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Disease Biomarkers, Obesity, and Mortality in the United States (2005–2018)
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·2025· 9 cited
Planetary Health Diet Index Trends and Associations With Dietary Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Disease Biomarkers, Obesity, and Mortality in the United States (2005-2018)
Current Developments in Nutrition·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
From Boomers to Zoomers: Generational Differences in US Dietary Carbon Footprints
Current Developments in Nutrition·2024Open Access
Effects of red meat taxes and warning labels on food groups selected in a randomized controlled trial
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Demographic and Socioeconomic Correlates of Disproportionate Beef Consumption among US Adults in an Age of Global Warming
Nutrients·2023· 25 citedOpen Access
OR11-04-23 Linking a New Dietary Carbon Footprint Dataset to NCI's Diet History Questionnaire (DHQ)
Current Developments in Nutrition·2023Open Access
Popular diets as selected by adults in the United States show wide variation in carbon footprints and diet quality
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·2023· 44 citedOpen Access
Self-Selected Diets in the US Show a Reduction in Carbon Footprints Over Ten Years
Current Developments in Nutrition·2022Open Access
Application of the Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour (ASA24) Dietary Assessment Tool’s New Carbon Footprint Dataset
Current Developments in Nutrition·2022Open Access
Cooking at Home, Fast Food, Meat Consumption, and Dietary Carbon Footprint among US Adults
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2022· 25 citedOpen Access
Single-item substitutions can substantially reduce the carbon and water scarcity footprints of US diets
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·2021· 27 citedOpen Access
Individual US diets show wide variation in water scarcity footprints
Nature Food·2021· 40 cited
The Water Scarcity Footprint of the US Diet
Current Developments in Nutrition·2020· 2 citedOpen Access
Addressing the carbon footprint, healthfulness, and costs of self-selected diets in the USA: a population-based cross-sectional study
The Lancet Planetary Health·2020· 91 citedOpen Access
Are Climate-friendly Diets Healthier? A Method to Estimate the Correlation Between Nutritional Quality and Carbon Footprints of Usual Diets (OR20-02-19)
Current Developments in Nutrition·2019Open Access
Vegan vs Paleo: Carbon Footprints and Diet Quality of 5 Popular Eating Patterns as Reported by US Consumers (P03-007-19)
Current Developments in Nutrition·2019· 9 citedOpen Access
Diet and Planetary Health: Single-Item Substitutions Significantly Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Self-Selected Diets Reported in NHANES (OR20-08-19)
Current Developments in Nutrition·2019· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Donald Rose(16), Martin Heller(14), Diego Rose(8), K. O’Malley(6), Robert J. Meyer(5), Lisa Kahle(4), Kirsten Herrick(4), Gregory A. Keoleian(3), Jill Reedy(3), Harmonii Odinga(2), Adrienne R. Mundorf(2), Jiada Zhan(2), Linh Bui(2), Rebecca A. Hodge(2), Meghan Zimmer(2), Tung Pham Thanh(2), Lindsey Smith Taillie(2), Erika Faust(2), Edwina Wambogo(2), Janet A. Tooze(2)