PhD Research
Research into ruminant and industrial trans fatty acids and cardiovascular disease.
Publications
- Smit, L.A., Mozaffarian, D., Willett, W. Review of Fat and Fatty Acid Requirements and Criteria for Developing Dietary Guidelines. Ann Nutr Metab 2009;55:44-55
- Liesbeth A Smit, Ana Baylin, and Hannia Campos. Conjugated linoleic acid in adipose tissue and risk of myocardial infarction AJCN 2010.
- Smit LA, Willett WC, Campos H. trans-Fatty Acid Isomers in Adipose Tissue Have Divergent Associations with Adiposity in Humans. Lipids. 2010 Jul 14
- Eric L. Ding, Liesbeth A. Smit, Frank B. Hu. The Metabolic Syndrome as a Cluster of Risk Factors: Is the Whole Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts? Arch.Int.Med2010;170(5):484-485.
Academic work
- Research Assistant for the World Health Organization Global Burden of Disease Expert Group on Nutrition and Chronic Diseases.
- Visiting Scientist at Harvard School of Public Health. Research into trans fatty acids and cardiovascular disease.
Health Education
- The Nutrition Source web site, that informs people with honest and scientific facts about healthy eating and exercise
- How Sweet Is It? Campaign from the Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Department
Writing
- Dutch Amerikablog on Ergogenics.org about the differences in American and Dutch food culture.
- Opinion Piece for the Harvard Community Resource: Putting Harvard's best wheel forward
- Writer for Food-info.net, an international website initiative to inform the public about nutrition. By Wageningen University.
Professional Websites
Vanderbilt Athletic Facility — Web site created for the Harvard Medical School athletic facility
Drinkstudie.nl — Web site created for a study investigating the effects of sugar sweetened beverages on obesity in children from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Web Assistent for The Nutrition Source — a Harvard School of Public Health web site, that informs people with honest and scientific facts about healthy eating and exercise.