Jef L Leroy

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Jef L Leroy is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Jef L Leroy has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 37 papers in General Health Professions and 25 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Jef L Leroy's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (56 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (31 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (25 papers). Jef L Leroy is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (56 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (31 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (25 papers). Jef L Leroy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. Jef L Leroy's co-authors include Edward A. Frongillo, Marie T. Ruel, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, Jody Harris, Terri J. Ballard, Ellen Verhofstadt, Deanna K. Olney, Teresa González de Cossío, Delia Grace and Kelly Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Jef L Leroy

63 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

Measuring the Food Access Dimension of Food Security

2015 334 citations Jef L Leroy, Marie T. Ruel et al. profile →
Perspective: What Does Stunting Really Mean? A Critical Review of the Evidence

2018 256 citations Jef L Leroy, Edward A. Frongillo Advances in Nutrition profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Preventing Relapse From Wasting: The Role of Sociodemographic, Child Feeding, and Health Care Determinants and of Wasting Prevention Interventions in Burkina Faso and Mali 2025 ·Journal of Nutrition ·(unknown), (unknown), Elodie Becquey, Marie T. Ruel, Jef L Leroy, Lieven Huybregts	0
2	Perspective: Can Growth Monitoring and Promotion Accurately Diagnose or Screen for Inadequate Growth of Individual Children? A Critical Review of the Epidemiologic Foundations 2025 ·Advances in Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, (unknown), Edward A. Frongillo, Leila M Larson, Marie T. Ruel, Rasmi Avula	3
3	Adoption or Placement in Foster Care and Catch-up in Linear Growth and Development: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data 2025 ·Advances in Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, Moira Donahue Angel, Edward A. Frongillo	0
4	Food Systems Interventions for Nutrition: Lessons from 6 Program Evaluations in Africa and South Asia 2024 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Lynnette M. Neufeld, Stella Nordhagen, Jef L Leroy, Noora‐Lisa Aberman, Inka Barnett, (unknown), Amy Girard, (unknown), Carol Levin, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Eduardo Nakasone, (unknown), David Prescott, Matt Baillie Smith, David Tschirley	3
5	Tubaramure, a Food-Assisted Integrated Health and Nutrition Program, Reduces Child Wasting in Burundi: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Intervention Trial 2020 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, Deanna K. Olney, (unknown), Marie T. Ruel	7
6	Impact on child acute malnutrition of integrating small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements into community-level screening for acute malnutrition: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Mali 2019 ·PLoS Medicine ·Lieven Huybregts, Agnès Le Port, Elodie Becquey, Amanda Zongrone, (unknown), Rahul Rawat, Jef L Leroy, Marie T. Ruel	26
7	The cost of improving nutritional outcomes through food‐assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programmes in Burundi and Guatemala 2019 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Jessica Heckert, Jef L Leroy, Deanna K. Olney, (unknown), (unknown), Marie T. Ruel	18
8	PROCOMIDA, a Food-Assisted Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Program, Contributes to Postpartum Weight Retention in Guatemala: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Intervention Trial 2019 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, Deanna K. Olney, Marie T. Ruel	16
9	Impact on child acute malnutrition of integrating a preventive nutrition package into facility-based screening for acute malnutrition during well-baby consultation: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso 2019 ·PLoS Medicine ·Elodie Becquey, Lieven Huybregts, Amanda Zongrone, Agnès Le Port, Jef L Leroy, Rahul Rawat, (unknown), Marie T. Ruel	24
10	Tubaramure, a Food-Assisted Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Program in Burundi, Increased Household Food Security and Energy and Micronutrient Consumption, and Maternal and Child Dietary Diversity: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial 2019 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, Deanna K. Olney, Lilia Bliznashka, Marie T. Ruel	20
11	Participating in a Food-Assisted Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Program in Rural Guatemala Alters Household Dietary Choices 2016 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Melissa Jensen, Edward A. Frongillo, Jef L Leroy, Christine E. Blake	11
12	Linear Growth Deficit Continues to Accumulate beyond the First 1000 Days in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Global Evidence from 51 National Surveys 2014 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, Marie T. Ruel, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, Edward A. Frongillo	164
13	Child stunting and aflatoxins 2013 ·RePEc: Research Papers in Economics ·Jef L Leroy	1
14	The Oportunidades Program's Fortified Food Supplement, but Not Improvements in the Home Diet, Increased the Intake of Key Micronutrients in Rural Mexican Children Aged 12–59 Months 2013 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Ivonne Ramírez‐Silva, Juan Á. Rivera, Jef L Leroy, Lynnette M. Neufeld	32
15	Effectiveness of preventive school-based obesity interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review 2012 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Roosmarijn Verstraeten, Dominique Roberfroid, Carl Lachat, Jef L Leroy, Michelle Holdsworth, Lea Maes, Patrick Kolsteren	150
16	Cash and In-Kind Transfers in Poor Rural Communities in Mexico Increase Household Fruit, Vegetable, and Micronutrient Consumption but Also Lead to Excess Energy Consumption1–3 2010 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, (unknown), Sonia Rodríguez‐Ramírez, Teresa González de Cossío	65
17	The Oportunidades Program Increases the Linear Growth of Children Enrolled at Young Ages in Urban Mexico 2008 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, Armando García‐Guerra, Raquel García, (unknown), Juan Á. Rivera, Lynnette M. Neufeld	78
18	Only Children of the Head of Household Benefit from Increased Household Food Diversity in Northern Ghana 2008 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, (unknown), Jean‐Pierre Habicht	27
19	From Efficacy to Public Health Impact: A Call for Research on Program Delivery and Utilization in Nutrition 2008 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jef L Leroy, Purnima Menon	23
20	Invited Review: Role of livestock in human nutrition and health for poverty reduction in developing countries1,2,3 2007 ·Journal of Animal Science ·Thomas F. Randolph, Esther Schelling, Delia Grace, Cam Nicholson, Jef L Leroy, Donald C. Cole, Montague W. Demment, Amos O. Omore, Jakob Zinsstag, Marie T. Ruel	390

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