Amar Laila

882 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 503 citations indexed

About

Amar Laila is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Food Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amar Laila has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 503 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 3 papers in Food Science and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Amar Laila's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (5 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (3 papers). Amar Laila is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (5 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (3 papers). Amar Laila collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Brazil and Australia. Amar Laila's co-authors include Jess Haines, David W.L., Nicholas Carroll, V Hruska, Adam Sadowski, Kate Parizeau, Mike von Massow, Ana Carolina Barco Leme, Regina Mara Fisberg and Mauro Fisberg and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nutrients and Appetite.

In The Last Decade

Amar Laila

13 papers receiving 490 citations

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Behavior, Stress, Financial and Food Security among Middle to High Income Canadian Families with Young Children

2020 412 citations Nicholas Carroll, Adam Sadowski et al. Nutrients profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amar Laila Canada	6	225	133	99	96	92	14	503
Nicholas Carroll Canada	6	226 1.0×	150 1.1×	91 0.9×	106 1.1×	81 0.9×	6	589
Adam Sadowski Canada	4	226 1.0×	105 0.8×	91 0.9×	92 1.0×	84 0.9×	10	446
V Hruska Canada	4	239 1.1×	107 0.8×	91 0.9×	89 0.9×	90 1.0×	5	450
Amelia Rodríguez Martín Spain	14	286 1.3×	251 1.9×	52 0.5×	220 2.3×	53 0.6×	53	720
Ilana G. Raskind United States	13	85 0.4×	137 1.0×	47 0.5×	243 2.5×	60 0.7×	29	595
Lauren N. Gase United States	17	117 0.5×	252 1.9×	32 0.3×	214 2.2×	97 1.1×	45	710
Megan R. Winkler United States	15	139 0.6×	360 2.7×	61 0.6×	230 2.4×	41 0.4×	46	687
Pablo Gaitán‐Rossi Mexico	12	84 0.4×	119 0.9×	92 0.9×	261 2.7×	73 0.8×	32	537
Corey McAuliffe Canada	10	463 2.1×	130 1.0×	42 0.4×	291 3.0×	149 1.6×	23	923
Bisakha Sen United States	11	174 0.8×	347 2.6×	31 0.3×	244 2.5×	45 0.5×	20	635

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amar Laila

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14 of 14 papers shown

Laila, Amar, Kate Parizeau, Mike von Massow, et al.. (2025). Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of “Supper Heroes”, a family-based sustainable diet intervention. Appetite. 206. 107849–107849. 1 indexed citations

Rao, Nitya, et al.. (2025). Citizen voice and state response in the context of food system transformations. Food Policy. 134. 102879–102879. 2 indexed citations

Sahye‐Pudaruth, Sandhya, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal associations between mothers’ and fathers’ food skills and their children's cooking skills. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 50. 1–7.

Laila, Amar, Monica Gallant, Mike von Massow, et al.. (2024). Household Food Waste Intervention Is Feasible, Acceptable, and Effective. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 56(2). 110–117. 6 indexed citations

Wallace, Angela, Amar Laila, Maude Perreault, et al.. (2024). Development, validity, and reliability assessment of the Canadian Food Literacy Measure. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 49(11). 1471–1494. 2 indexed citations

Perreault, Maude, Angela Wallace, Adam Sadowski, et al.. (2023). Construct validity and reliability of the Canadian Eating Practices Screener to assess eating practices based on 2019 Canada's Food Guide recommendations. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 48(12). 919–931. 1 indexed citations

Laila, Amar, et al.. (2022). Perceived challenges and strategies to achieve Canada's Food Guide recommendation to “Cook more often”: Findings from parents of young children. Appetite. 182. 106413–106413. 12 indexed citations

Laila, Amar, et al.. (2022). Knowledge and perceptions of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide: a qualitative study with Canadian children. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 47(11). 1096–1103. 2 indexed citations

Laila, Amar, et al.. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on food waste behaviour of families: Results from household waste composition audits. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 82. 101188–101188. 33 indexed citations

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Laila, Amar, et al.. (2021). Among sheeples and antivaxxers: Social media responses to COVID-19 vaccine news posted by Canadian news organizations, and recommendations to counter vaccine hesitancy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 47(12). 524–533. 15 indexed citations

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Leme, Ana Carolina Barco, Amar Laila, Regina Mara Fisberg, et al.. (2021). Perceptions of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide: a qualitative study with parents from Southwestern Ontario. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 47(1). 34–40. 11 indexed citations

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Carroll, Nicholas, Adam Sadowski, Amar Laila, et al.. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Behavior, Stress, Financial and Food Security among Middle to High Income Canadian Families with Young Children. Nutrients. 12(8). 2352–2352. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Laila, Amar, Gerarda Darlington, Alison M. Duncan, et al.. (2020). Dairy and Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives Purchasing Habits of Guelph-Based Families with Preschool-Aged Children. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 81(4). 215–217. 1 indexed citations

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Newton, Genevieve, Amar Laila, William J. Bettger, et al.. (2019). Perception of Biology Instructors on Using Student Evaluations to Inform Their Teaching. International Journal of Higher Education. 8(1). 133–133. 5 indexed citations

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