Eric O. Verger

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Eric O. Verger is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric O. Verger has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 17 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Eric O. Verger's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (29 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (17 papers). Eric O. Verger is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (29 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (17 papers). Eric O. Verger collaborates with scholars based in France, Netherlands and United States. Eric O. Verger's co-authors include Judith Aron‐Wisnewsky, Karine Clément, Brandon D. Kayser, Ming Dao, Joël Doré, Edi Prifti, Florence Levenez, Salwa W. Rizkalla, Nataliya Sokolovska and Marc‐Emmanuel Dumas and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Eric O. Verger

48 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Akkermansia muciniphila and improved metabolic health during a dietary intervention in obesity: relationship with gut microbiome richness and ecology

2015 1.4k citations Ming Dao, Judith Aron‐Wisnewsky et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric O. Verger France	19	1.4k	1.2k	660	442	385	51	2.8k
Tue H. Hansen Denmark	22	1.6k 1.2×	930 0.8×	344 0.5×	139 0.3×	265 0.7×	35	2.6k
Tarini Shankar Ghosh India	30	2.1k 1.5×	651 0.6×	202 0.3×	376 0.9×	342 0.9×	76	2.9k
Jessica L. Sutter United States	6	2.5k 1.8×	967 0.8×	304 0.5×	175 0.4×	291 0.8×	7	3.7k
Pauline Raoul Italy	21	2.4k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	425 0.6×	102 0.2×	433 1.1×	42	3.9k
Doris Vandeputte Belgium	12	1.9k 1.4×	682 0.6×	193 0.3×	188 0.4×	400 1.0×	20	2.6k
Kerry L. Ivey United States	23	1.0k 0.7×	734 0.6×	593 0.9×	96 0.2×	215 0.6×	64	2.1k
Emily Vogtmann United States	29	1.7k 1.2×	540 0.5×	424 0.6×	134 0.3×	149 0.4×	78	3.2k
Jordan E. Bisanz United States	28	2.0k 1.4×	805 0.7×	165 0.3×	158 0.4×	355 0.9×	51	3.4k
Susana Fuentes Netherlands	25	2.8k 2.0×	1.1k 0.9×	278 0.4×	203 0.5×	539 1.4×	44	4.0k
Hana Kahleová United States	36	674 0.5×	2.5k 2.1×	2.0k 3.0×	1.1k 2.4×	286 0.7×	91	4.8k

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Murante, Anna Maria, et al.. (2025). Assessing Sustainable and Healthy Diets in Large-Scale Surveys: Validity and Applicability of a Dietary Index Based on a Brief Food Group Propensity Questionnaire Representing the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet. Journal of Nutrition. 155(9). 3084–3096.

Vieux, Florent, et al.. (2025). How Do the Indices based on the EAT-Lancet Recommendations Measure Adherence to Healthy and Sustainable Diets? A Comparison of Measurement Performance in Adults from a French National Survey. Current Developments in Nutrition. 9(3). 104565–104565. 3 indexed citations

Cho, Kwang-Hyun, et al.. (2025). Dietary diversity is differentially associated with diet quality across food groups. European Journal of Nutrition. 64(5). 236–236. 1 indexed citations

Verger, Eric O., et al.. (2025). Ignoring the Impact of Fermentation Could Result in Substantial Misestimation of Folate and Cobalamin Adequacy: A Simulation Study on Injera Consumption in the Ethiopian Context. Current Developments in Nutrition. 9(4). 104581–104581. 1 indexed citations

Verger, Eric O., et al.. (2024). Exploring Multidimensional and Within-Food Group Diversity for Diet Quality and Long-Term Health in High-Income Countries. Advances in Nutrition. 15(9). 100278–100278. 5 indexed citations

Malézieux, Éric, Eric O. Verger, Sylvie Avallone, et al.. (2023). Biofortification versus diversification to fight micronutrient deficiencies: an interdisciplinary review. Food Security. 16(1). 261–275. 12 indexed citations

Verger, Eric O., Sabrina Eymard‐Duvernay, Giles Hanley‐Cook, et al.. (2023). Defining a Dichotomous Indicator for Population-Level Assessment of Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Adolescent Girls and Women: A Secondary Analysis of Quantitative 24-h Recalls from Rural Settings in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, India, and Nepal. Current Developments in Nutrition. 8(1). 102053–102053. 8 indexed citations

Gazan, Rozenn, et al.. (2023). Development and validation of an occurrence-based healthy dietary diversity (ORCHID) score easy to operationalise in dietary prevention interventions in older adults: a French study. British Journal Of Nutrition. 131(6). 1053–1063. 1 indexed citations

Pérignon, Marlène, Florent Vieux, Eric O. Verger, Nicolas Bricas, & Nicole Darmon. (2023). Dietary environmental impacts of French adults are poorly related to their income levels or food insecurity status. European Journal of Nutrition. 62(6). 2541–2553. 5 indexed citations

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Verger, Eric O., et al.. (2022). PROTOCOL: Measuring diet‐related consumer behaviours relevant to low‐ and middle‐income countries to advance food systems research: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 18(4). 2 indexed citations

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Verger, Eric O., et al.. (2022). Intensified rice production negatively impacts plant biodiversity, diet, lifestyle and quality of life: transdisciplinary and gendered research in the Middle Senegal River Valley. Agriculture and Human Values. 40(2). 745–760. 2 indexed citations

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Verger, Eric O., et al.. (2022). Farm production diversity and women’s dietary diversity: Evidence from central Tunisia. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263276–e0263276. 10 indexed citations

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Verger, Eric O., Marlène Pérignon, Jalila El Ati, et al.. (2018). A “Fork-to-Farm” Multi-Scale Approach to Promote Sustainable Food Systems for Nutrition and Health: A Perspective for the Mediterranean Region. Frontiers in Nutrition. 5. 30–30. 20 indexed citations

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Verger, Eric O., Andrew D. Jones, Marie‐Claude Dop, & Yves Martin‐Prével. (2017). On the appropriate use and interpretation of dietary diversity scores. Response to: ‘Farm production diversity and individual-level dietary diversity’ by Koppmair and Qaim. Public Health Nutrition. 20(11). 2073–2074. 4 indexed citations

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Assmann, Karen E., Valentina A. Andreeva, Géraldine M. Camilleri, et al.. (2016). Dietary scores at midlife and healthy ageing in a French prospective cohort. British Journal Of Nutrition. 116(4). 666–676. 17 indexed citations

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Aron‐Wisnewsky, Judith, Eric O. Verger, Ming Dao, et al.. (2016). Nutritional and Protein Deficiencies in the Short Term following Both Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0149588–e0149588. 70 indexed citations

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Bianchi, C., François Mariotti, Eric O. Verger, & Jean‐François Huneau. (2016). Pregnancy Requires Major Changes in the Quality of the Diet for Nutritional Adequacy: Simulations in the French and the United States Populations. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0149858–e0149858. 24 indexed citations

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Verger, Eric O., Bridget Holmes, Jean François Huneau, & François Mariotti. (2014). Simple Changes within Dietary Subgroups Can Rapidly Improve the Nutrient Adequacy of the Diet of French Adults. Journal of Nutrition. 144(6). 929–936. 25 indexed citations

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Camilleri, Géraldine M., Eric O. Verger, Jean‐François Huneau, et al.. (2013). Plant and Animal Protein Intakes Are Differently Associated with Nutrient Adequacy of the Diet of French Adults. Journal of Nutrition. 143(9). 1466–1473. 50 indexed citations

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Verger, Eric O., François Mariotti, Bridget Holmes, Damien Paineau, & Jean‐François Huneau. (2012). Evaluation of a Diet Quality Index Based on the Probability of Adequate Nutrient Intake (PANDiet) Using National French and US Dietary Surveys. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42155–e42155. 89 indexed citations

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