David Katz

Founding Director, Yale University’s Prevention Research Center

David Katz MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP is an authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease, and a leader in integrative medicine and patient-centered care. He is a board certified specialist in both Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Associate Professor (adjunct) in Public Health Practice at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Katz is the Director and founder of Yale University's Prevention Research Center, Director and founder of the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT, and founder and president of the non-profit Turn the Tide Foundation. He was formerly the Director of Medical Studies in Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine for eight years.

Katz holds five U.S. patents and has published over 200 scientific papers, numerous textbook chapters, 15 books to date, and well over a thousand newspaper columns and blog posts.

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We Know What a Healthy Diet Is. Now Can We Stop Arguing About It?

Eat lean meat, eggs, and seafood, if that’s what you want. But remember the bulk of your diet should be vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds.

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Big Think Interview With David L. Katz

A conversation with Director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center.

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David L. Katz: A Food System for Dummies

The Yale University Director worries that consumers need a PhD to understand what they’re eating. He proposes simplifying food labels so everyone can be a nutritional expert.

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Rehab Your Taste Buds: Getting Hooked on Wholesome Foods

When the Atkins Diet took off into the stratosphere, every supermarket stocked low-carb foods. Nutrition expert David L. Katz wants to achieve the same thing with healthy foods generally.

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Article XXVIII: Universal Healthcare

David L. Katz insists access to healthcare is a basic human right and proposes reforms to incentivize preventative care.

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David L. Katz on Children: “Recess not Ritalin”

The weight management expert developed a school program, and released it into the public domain, called Activity Burst in the Classroom (ABC) that helps restless children release their energies.

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Grassroots Health: Communities Paying it Forward

Starting with African American churches and community leaders in Connecticut, medical expert David L. Katz wants to put the findings of the Diabetes Prevention Program to work in every town […]

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Own Your Medical Destiny

David L. Katz counsels overweight and obese people to be healthy by discussing “medical absolution”–you are partly responsible for your excess weight, but not to blame.

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Conspiring against Ourselves: Society’s Unwitting Attack on Health

Weight management expert David L. Katz criticizes technological advances that have created lifestyles at odds with physical activity and healthy diets.

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What Spiderman can Teach us about Public Health

Quoting the Spiderman movie–“with great power comes great responsibility”–David L. Katz implores health professions to empower people before requesting they take responsibility for their well being.

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Healthful Ignorance: What You Don’t Know Will Kill You

When it comes to preventing chronic disease, the gap between knowledge and action belies the notion that knowledge is power, according to health expert David L. Katz.

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How Modifying What We Do With Our Feet, Forks and Fingers Can Change Our Fate

Health expert David L. Katz discusses the complexity of nutrition and how he became interested in preventative medicine.

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