David L. Katz
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Born | Los Angeles, California | February 20, 1963
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College (BA, 1984) Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD, 1988) Yale School of Public Health (MPH, 1993) |
Spouse | Catherine (Sananès) Katz |
Children | 5 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Preventive medicine |
Thesis | Implications of compliance with the national guideline for dietary fat in the RENO diet-heart study (1993) |
Website | www |
David L. Katz (born February 20, 1963) is an American physician, nutritionist and writer.[1] He was the founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center that was founded at Griffin Hospital in 1998.[2] Katz is the founder of True Health Initiative and is an advocate of plant-predominant diets.[3][4][5]
Career
Katz received a BA degree from Dartmouth College, an MD degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and an MPH degree from Yale School of Public Health.[3] He is board certified in preventive medicine.[6]
Previously, Katz was a clinical instructor in medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.[7] Katz formerly served as associate director for nutrition science at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale, following his appointment in 2005.[citation needed] Although Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is part of the Yale School of Public Health,[8] Katz has not had an academic appointment with Yale since 2016 and is no longer academically affiliated with the university.[9] Katz has authored over 400 scientific papers and written newspaper and magazine articles, including The New York Times and The Oprah Magazine.[1] In 2000, Katz founded the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin,[citation needed] which ceased operating in November 2014.[10] Katz is a contributor and advisory board member for Naked Food Magazine.[11] He was President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine 2014–2016.[1]
In 2015, Katz wrote two positive reviews in his Huffington Post blog for a science fiction book that he had published under a pseudonym, without disclosing that he was the author of the book; Huffington Post retracted the posts.[12] In March 2020, Katz was invited by John Ioannidis to join in a proposed meeting intended to convince President Donald Trump not to employ lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, the meeting ultimately did not take place.[13] Katz is a co-signatory of the Great Barrington Declaration.[14]
Katz is the founder and president of True Health Initiative.[3]
Plant-based nutrition
Katz is an advocate of diets that are "plant-predominant" such as vegan, vegetarian, pescetarian and the Mediterranean diet.[4][5][15] He has stated that the "best diets for human health are plant-predominant, whole food plant, predominant, so all of us should be eating plenty of plant foods".[4] Katz has noted that it is long established that improving diet quality can reduce the risk of chronic disease and premature death.[16]
Katz is not a vegan in his personal life but says he eats plant-based most of the time and gave up eating red meat for ethical and environmental reasons.[4] He has commented that "a good vegan diet is not the only option for health promotion, but it is among the best".[17] He has lectured on plant-based nutrition at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and for Plant-Based Health Professionals UK.[18][19]
His book How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered, co-authored with food journalist Mark Bittman, was published in 2020.[20] It promotes a plant-predominant diet.[20]
Katz wrote a foreword to Sharon Palmer's book The Plant-Powered Diet.[21]
Selected publications
Articles
- Katz, D.L. (2004). Lifestyle and Dietary Modification for Prevention of Heart Failure. Medical Clinics of North America 88(5): 1295–1320, 2004.
- Hartwig, K.A., Dunville, R.L., Kim, M.H., Levy, B., Zaharek, M.M., Yanchou Njike, V., and Katz, D.L. (2006). Promoting Healthy People 2010 through Small Grants. Health Promotion Practice 2009, Volume: 10 issue: 1, page(s): 24–33 https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839906289048
- Katz, D.L., O'Connell, M., Yeh, M.C., Nawaz, H., Njike, V., Anderson, L.M., Cory, S., and Dietz, W. Public Health Strategies for Preventing and Controlling Overweight and Obesity in School and Worksite Settings: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 54(RR-10): 1–12, 2005.
- Katz, D.L. (2019). Plant-Based Diets for Reversing Disease and Saving the Planet: Past, Present, and Future. Advances in Nutrition 1: 10(Suppl_4):S304-S307.
Books
- Katz, D.L., Bittman, M. (2020). How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered. Harvest. ISBN 978-0358128823
- Katz, D.L. (2022). Nutrition in Clinical Practice. LWW. ISBN 978-1975161491[22]
References
- ^ a b c "David Katz". leaders.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Research Across the Spectrum: Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center", Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ a b c "David L. Katz, MD, MPH". truehealthinitiative.org. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Dr. David Katz: How To Eat Healthy (& Save The Planet)". builtlean.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ a b "David Katz, Disease Proof". responsibleeatingandliving.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Verification of Certifications (Certification Number: 051517)". American Board of Preventive Medicine. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ "David L. Katz", Morse College, Yale University. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center". Yale School of Public Health. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Horowitch, Rose & Shoaib, Meera (March 30, 2020) "Former instructor’s op-ed controversial among health experts", Yale News. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Integrative Medicine". Griffin Health Services Corporation. Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ "David Katz M.D., Author at Naked Food Magazine". Naked Food Magazine. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ Palus, Shannon (November 20, 2015). "Yale doc loses 2 HuffPo blog posts after secretly promoting his novel". Retraction Watch.
- ^ "An Elite Group of Scientists Tried to Warn Trump Against Lockdowns in March". BuzzFeed News.
- ^ "Great Barrington Declaration". Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ "Dr. David Katz: Nutrition ‘news’ backs what we already knew". registercitizen.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023
- ^ "Changing your diet could add up to 13 years to your life, study says". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Cases for Veganism". davidkatzmd.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ An Introduction to Plant-Based Nutrition. youtube.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Making Sense of Diet Science: Evidence, carefully chewed before swallowing". plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Mark Bittman & David Katz - How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered". Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today". biblio.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Nutrition in Clinical Practice". lww.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
External links
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