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PUBLICATIONS

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60. Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor; Battaglia, Kyra; Rodríguez-Huerta, Edgar; Bell, Brooke M; Decker Sparks, Jessica L; Cash, Sean B; Conrad, Zach; Nikkhah, Amin; Jackson, Bethany; Matteson, Julia; Gao, Shijun; Fuller, Kathy; Zhang, Fang Fang; Webb, Patrick. (2024). Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers, and animals in food value chains. Nature Food (accepted).

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59. Drewnowski, Adam; Conrad, Zach. (2024). Pulse crops: nutrient density, affordability, and environmental impact. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11:1438369.

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58. Kowalski, Corina*; Dustin, Dakota; Ilayan, Alaa; Johnson, LuAnn K.; Belury, Martha; Conrad, Zach. (2024). Are people consuming the diets they say they are? Self-reported versus estimated adherence to low carbohydrate and low fat diets: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2018. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (accepted).

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57. Conrad, Zach; Wu, Songze;* Johnson, LuAnn K; Kun, Julia F;* Roy, Eric D; Gephart, Jessica A; Bezares, Nayla; Wiipongwii, Troy; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor; Love, David C. (2024). Foodprint 2.0: A computational simulation model that estimates the agricultural resource requirements of diet patterns. PLOS One (accepted).

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56. Conrad, Zach; DiStaso, Chloe;* Korol, Madison;* Rose, Donald (2024). Augmenting the national nutrition data system to promote diet sustainability analyses. Current Developments in Nutrition (accepted).

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55. Rowe, Sarah;* Brady, Catherine;* Sarang, Rhea;* Wiipongwii, Troy; Leu, Matthias; Jennings, Lydia; Peterson, Tomalita; Boston, Juan; Roach, Beth; Phillips, Jessica; Conrad, Zach. (2024). Improving Indigenous food sovereignty through sustainable food production: a narrative review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8:1341146.

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54. Scherer, Laura; Tichenor Blackstone, Nicole; Conrad, Zach; Fulgoni, Victor; Mathers, John; van der Pols, Jolieke; Willett, Walter; Fantke, Peter; Milà i Canals, Llorenç; Pfister, Stephan; Stylianou, Katerina; Weidema, Bo; Jolliet, Olivier. (2024). Accounting for nutrition-related health impacts in food LCA: guidance from an expert workshop. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (online ahead of print).

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53. Unger, Allison; Beal, Ty; Conrad, Zach; Pikosky, Matthew; Brown, Katie. (2024). Opportunities for consistent and holistic metrics to support food systems transformation: a summary of a symposium presented at Nutrition 2023. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8: 102129.

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52. Angelotti, Austin; Kowalski, Corina;* Johnson, LuAnn; Belury, Martha; Conrad, Zach. (2024). Restricted carbohydrate diets below 45% energy are not associated with risk of mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2018. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11:1225674.

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51. Basak Tukun, Avonti; Rowe, Sarah;* Johnson, LuAnn K; Love, David C; Belury, Martha; Conrad, Zach. (2023). Micronutrient intake from three popular diet patterns in the United States: modeled replacement of foods highest in added sugar and sodium using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2018. Frontiers in Nutrition, 10: 1217774.

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50. Conrad, Zach; Drewnowski, Adam; Love, David C. (2023). Greater adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is associated with lower diet-related greenhouse gas emissions but higher costs. Frontiers in Nutrition, 10: 1220016

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49. Conrad, Zach; Drewnowski, Adam; Belury, Martha A. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions, cost, and diet quality of specific diet patterns in the United States. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 117: 1186-1194.

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48. Dustin, Dakota; Kowalski, Corina*; Salesses, Meredith*; McDowell, Acree*; Kris-Etherton, Penny; Belury, Martha; Conrad, Zach. (2023). Carbohydrate intakes below recommendations with a high intake of fat are associated with higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 123: 1022-1032.

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47.  Love, David C.; Asche, Frank; Gephart, Jessica A; Zhu, Jiafeng; Garlock, Taryn; Stoll, Joshua S.; Anderson, James; Conrad, Zach; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L; Bloem, Martin W. (2023). Identifying opportunities for aligning production and consumption in United States fisheries by considering seasonality. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, 31: 259-273.

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46. Rowe, Sarah*; Tukun, Avonti Basak; Johnson, LuAnn K.; Love, David C; Belury, Martha A; Conrad, Zach. (2022). Consumption of key food groups by individuals consuming popular diet patterns: mixed effects of replacing foods high in added sugar, sodium, saturated fat, and refined grains. Nutrients, 14: 5226.

 

45. Kowalski, Corina*; Dustin, Dakota; Johnson, LuAnn K; Belury, Martha A; Conrad, Zach. (2022). Fat intake modifies the association between restricted carbohydrate diets and prevalent cardiometabolic diseases among adults in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2018. Current Developments in Nutrition, 7: 100019.

 

44. Conrad, Zach; Kowalski, Corina*; Dustin, Dakota; Johnson, LuAnn K; McDowell, Acree*; Salesses, Meredith*; Nance, Julie; Belury, Martha A. (2022). Quality of popular diet patterns in the United States: evaluating the effect of substitutions for foods high in added sugar, sodium, saturated fat, and refined grains. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6: nzac119.

 

43. Conrad, Zach; Cyril, Ashley*; Kowalski, Corina*; Jackson, Erin; Hendrickx, Brittany*; Lan, Jessie Jie; McDowell, Acree*; Salesses, Meredith*; Love, David C; Wiipongwii, Troy; Zhang, Fang Fang; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor. (2022). Diet sustainability analyses can be improved with updates to the Food Commodity Intake Database. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9: 868485.

 

42. Love, David C; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L; Conrad, Zach; Gephart, Jessica A; Asche, Frank; Godo-Solo, Dakoury; McDowell, Acree*; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M; Bloem, Martin W (2022). Affordability influences nutritional quality of seafood consumption among income and race/ethnicity groups in the United States. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 4: 415-425.

 

41. Belury, Martha; Raatz, Susan; Conrad, Zach. (2022). Modeled substitution of traditional oils with high oleic acid oils decreases essential fatty acid intake in children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 115: 1180-1188.

 

40. Love, David C; Ashe, Frank; Young, Ruth; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M.; Anderson, James L.; Botta, Robert; Conrad, Zach; Froehlich, Halley E.; Garlock, Taryn M.; Gephart, Jessica A.; Ropicki, Andrew; Stoll, Joshua S.; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L. (2022). An overview of retail sales of seafood in the United States, 2017-2019. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, 30: 259-270.

 

39. Conrad, Zach; Stern, Alexandra; Love, David C; Salesses, Meredith*; Cyril, Ashley*; McDowell, Acree*; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor. (2021). Data integration for diet sustainability analyses. Sustainability, 13: 8082.

 

38. Conrad, Zach; Reinhardt, Sarah; Boehm, Rebecca; McDowell, Acree*. (2021). Higher diet quality is associated with higher diet costs when eating at home and away from home: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2016. Public Health Nutrition, 24: 5047-5057.

 

37. Conrad, Zach; Hatfield, Daniel P.; Hennessy, Erin; Maneval, Elizabeth*; Ty, Esther*; Pankey, Christopher. (2021). Evaluating moderation of parent-teen overweight/obesity relationship by household socioeconomic status. Current Developments in Nutrition, 5: nzab030.

 

36. Conrad, Zach; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor. (2021). Identifying the links between consumer food waste, nutrition, and environmental sustainability: a narrative review. Nutrition Reviews, 79: 301-314. (Invited review).

 

35. Conrad, Zach; Reinhardt, Sarah; McDowell, Acree*; Nance, Julie. (2021). Reducing food waste and saving money: a guide for nutritionists. Nutrition Today, 56: 33-38.

 

34. Conrad, Zach; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor; Roy, Eric. (2020). Healthy diets can create environmental tradeoffs, depending on how diet quality is measured. Nutrition Journal, 19: 117.

 

33. Love, David C.; Asche, Frank; Conrad, Zach; Young, Ruth; Harding, Jamie; Neff, Roni. (2020). Food sources and expenditures for seafood in the United States. Nutrients, 12: 1810.

 

32. Casperson, Shanon; Conrad, Zach; Raatz, Susan; Jahns, Lisa; Roemmich, James N.; Picklo, Matthew J. (2020). Impact of beef consumption on saturated fat intake in the United States adult population: insights from modeling the influence of bovine genetics and nutrition. Meat Science, 169: 108225.

 

31. Conrad, Zach. (2020). Daily cost of consumer food waste, inedible portions, and consumed food in the United States, 2001-2016. Nutrition Journal, 19:35.

 

30. Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor; Conrad, Zach. (2020) Aligning the recommended eating patterns from the EAT-Lancet commission and Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Implications for food system analyses and sustainable nutrition. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4:1-5.

 

29. Conrad, Zach. (2020). Food waste, healthy diets, and environmental sustainability: a guide for nutritionists. Nutrition Today, 55:5-10 (cover article, invited review).

 

28. Jahns, Lisa; Johnson, LuAnn K.; Conrad, Zach; Bukowski, Michael; Raatz, Susan; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie; Wang; Youfa; Eermakov, Igor; Gellermann, Werner. (2019). Concurrent validity of skin carotenoid status as a concentration biomarker of vegetable and fruit intake compared to multiple 24-hour recalls and plasma carotenoid concentrations across one year: a cohort study. Nutrition Journal, 18:78-76.

 

27. Conrad, Zach; Johnson, LuAnn K.; Jahns, Lisa; Roemmich, James N. (2019). Food price elasticity by status of participation in federal food assistance programs: a laboratory-based grocery store study. Current Developments in Nutrition, 2:4.

 

26. Finley, John W.; Jaacks, Lindsay, M.; Peters, Christian J.; Ort, Donald R.; Aimone, Ashley M.; Conrad, Zach; Raiten, Daniel J. (2019). Understanding the intersection of climate/environmental change, health, agriculture, and improved nutrition – a case study: Type 2 diabetes. Advances in Nutrition, 10:731-738.

 

25. Conrad, Zach; Thomson, Jessica; Jahns, Lisa. (2018). Prospective analysis of vegetable amount and variety on the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality among US adults from 1999-2011. Nutrients, 10:1377.

 

24. Conrad, Zach; Raatz, Susan; Jahns, Lisa. (2018). Greater vegetable variety and amount are associated with lower prevalence of coronary heart disease: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2014. Nutrition Journal, 17:67-79.

 

23. Griffin, Timothy; Peters, Christian; Fleisher, David; Conard, Michael; Conrad, Zach; Tichenor, Nicole. (2018). Baselines, trajectories, and scenarios: exploring agricultural production in the Northeast US. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8:23-37.

 

22. Jahns, Lisa; Conrad, Zach; Kranz, Sybil; Raatz, Susan. (2018). Recognition of federal dietary guidance is associated with higher diet quality. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 118:2120-2127.

 

21. Conrad, Zach; Jahns, Lisa; Roemmich, James N. (2018). Study design for a laboratory-based grocery store trial to examine food price elasticity among participants in federal food assistance programs. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 10:154-160.

 

20. Raatz, Susan; Conrad, Zach; Jahns, Lisa; Belury, Martha; Picklo, Matt. (2018). Modeled replacement of traditional soybean and canola oil with high oleic varieties increases MUFA and reduces both SFA and PUFA intake in the US adult population. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 108:1-9.

 

19. Raatz, Susan; Conrad, Zach; Jahns, Lisa. (2018). Trends in linoleic acid intake in the United States adult population: NHANES, 1999-2014. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids, 133:23-28.

 

18. Conrad, Zach; Johnson, LuAnn K.; Juan, WenYen; Roemmich, James N.; Jahns, Lisa. (2018). Nutrient intake disparities in the US: modeling the effect of food substitutions. Nutrition Journal, 17:53.

 

17. Wilde, Park; Conrad, Zach; Rehm, Colin; Cudhea, Fred; Mozaffarian, Dariush. (2018). Reductions in national cardiometabolic mortality achievable by food price changes according to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and participation. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 72:817-824.

 

16. Conrad, Zach; Niles, Meredith; Neher, Deb; Roy, Eric; Tichenor, Nicole; Jahns, Lisa. (2018). Relationship between diet quality, food waste, and environmental sustainability. PLOS ONE, 13:e0195405.

 

15. Jahns, Lisa; Conrad, Zach; Johnson, LuAnn; Wingham, Leah; Wu, Dayong; Claycombe-Larson, Kate. (2018). A diet high in carotenoid-rich vegetables and fruits modifies plasma IFN-α2, MIP-1α, and TNF-α in healthy individuals. Nutrition Research, 52:98-104.

 

14. Conrad, Zach; Peters, Christian; Johnson, LuAnn; Jahns, Lisa. (2018). Capacity of the US food system to accommodate improved diet quality: a biophysical model projecting to 2030. Current Developments in Nutrition, 2:4.

 

13. Jahns, Lisa; Davis-Shaw, Wendy; Lichtenstein, Alice; Murphy, Suzanne; Conrad, Zach; Nielsen, Forrest. (2018). The history and future of dietary guidance in America. Advances in Nutrition, 9:136-147.

 

12. Clancy, Kate; Bonnano, Alessandro; Canning, Pat; Cleary, Rebecca; Conrad, Zach; Fleisher, David; Gomez, Miguel; Griffin, Timothy; Lee, Ryan; Kane, Daniel; Palmer, Anne; Park, Kristen; Peters, Christian; Tichenor, Nicole. (2017). Using a market basket to explore regional food systems. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 7:163-178.

 

11. Conrad, Zach; Chui, Kenneth; Peters, Christian; Jahns, Lisa; Griffin, Timothy. (2017). Characterizing fruit and vegetable consumption in the US by self-report and by disappearance data, 2001-2014. Public Health Nutrition, 20:3045-3050.

 

10. Conrad, Zach; Peters, Christian; Chui, Kenneth; Jahns, Lisa; Griffin, Timothy. (2017). Agricultural capacity to increase the production of fruits and vegetables in the US: a geospatial modeling analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14:1106.

 

9. Pearson-Stuttard, Jonathan; Bandosz, Piotr; Rehm, Colin; Penalvo, Jose; Whitsel, Laurie; Gaziano, Tom; Conrad, Zach; Wilde, Parke; Micha, Renata; Lloyd-Williams, Ffion; Capewell, Simon; Mozaffarian, Dariush; O’Flaherty, Martin. (2017). Reducing US cardiovascular disease burden and disparities through national and targeted dietary policies: a modelling study. PLOS Medicine,14(6): e1002311.

 

8. Raatz, Susan; Conrad, Zach; Johnson, LuAnn; Picklo, Matthew; Jahns, Lisa. (2017). Relationship of the intake of dietary fats to body weight in US adults. Nutrients, 9:438.

 

7. Conrad, Zach; Johnson, LuAnn; Roemmich, James; Juan, WenYen; Jahns, Lisa. (2017). Time trends and patterns of egg consumption in the US by sociodemographic characteristics. Nutrients, 9:333.

 

6. Conrad, Zach; Karlsen, Micaela; Chiu, Kenneth; Jahns, Lisa. (2017). Diet quality on meatless days: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2007-2012. Public Health Nutrition, 20:1564-1573.

 

5. Jahns, Lisa; Conrad, Zach; Johnson, LuAnn; Scheett, Angi; Stote, K; Raatz, Susan. (2017). Diet quality is lower and energy intake higher on weekends compared to weekdays in midlife women: a one-year cohort study. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 117:1080-1086.

 

4. Conrad, Zach; Rehm, Colin D.; Wilde, Parke; Mozaffarian, Dariush. (2017). Cardiometabolic mortality by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and eligibility in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 107:466-74.

 

3. Conrad, Zach; Tichenor, Nicole; Peters, Christian; Griffin, Timothy. (2016). Regional self-reliance for livestock feed, meat, dairy, and eggs in the Northeast US. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 32:145-156.

 

2. Tichenor, Nicole; Conrad, Zach. (2015). Inter- and independent effects of region and race/ethnicity on variety of fruit and vegetable consumption in the USA: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Public Health Nutrition, 19:104-113.

 

1. Griffin, Timothy; Conrad, Zach; Peters, Christian; Ridberg, Ronit; Tyler, Ellen Parry. (2014). Regional self-reliance of the Northeast food system. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 30:349-363.

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