David L. Katz, MD, MPH

A growing, global coalition of diverse experts and influencers in health promotion, lifestyle medicine, preventive medicine, fitness, nutrition, and sustainability- assembling to defend and disseminate the consensus about fundamentals of sustainable, healthy eating/healthy living. Soon to be a state-of-the-art communication, education, and public health practice campaign in the service of using what we know about lifestyle as medicine to help slash global rates of chronic disease by as much as… Show more

A growing, global coalition of diverse experts and influencers in health promotion, lifestyle medicine, preventive medicine, fitness, nutrition, and sustainability- assembling to defend and disseminate the consensus about fundamentals of sustainable, healthy eating/healthy living. Soon to be a state-of-the-art communication, education, and public health practice campaign in the service of using what we know about lifestyle as medicine to help slash global rates of chronic disease by as much as 80%- and defend the health of the planet as well.

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Lead author of three editions of a leading nutrition textbook, widely used in health professional education, including at leading medical schools and in post-graduate training programs.

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Consultant, ABC News
Columnist, New Haven Register / New York Times Syndicate
Columnist, O, the Oprah Magazine
Contributor, Blogger, Editorial Advisor: Prevention Magazine
Contributor, the Huffington Post
Regular Guest, the Dr. Oz Show

Guidance to the board on product development and application with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, and principles of lifestyle medicine.

An on-line community for the exchange of stories, insights, and resources devoted to "understanding & overcoming" weight loss resistance.

Co-author of prior editions, lead author of 4th edition, of a leading epidemiology/preventive medicine textbook, widely used in medical/health professions education. The text is recommended by the American Board of Preventive Medicine for board examination preparation.

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Better+ is a digital health company focused on treating and reversing common chronic diseases through comprehensive diet and lifestyle changes. Our mission is to make the benefits of lifestyle therapy accessible and affordable to everyone.

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Honored and delighted to work with Sun Basket on proving the value proposition of high quality food as a source of both delight, and better health.

Honored and delighted to be working with Fitbit on...what comes next!

Principal investigator of dozens of community and clinical trials since 1998; procured and managed over $40 million in research funding from diverse sources including the CDC, NIH, DHHS, USDA, foundations, and industry.

Program planning, content oversight, master of ceremonies. Following in the footsteps of Michael O'Donnell, and hoping to keep up!

Mercy Virtual has been called a hospital without patients, and the description is both true and false. There are neither beds nor patients in the gleaming four-story medical facility, which opened in late 2015 in Chesterfield, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. But the facility is a hub of very real care for very real patients, in hospital beds and at home.

Part of the Mercy health care system, which spans 44 hospitals in the Midwest, Mercy Virtual is the incarnation in bricks and mortar of… Show more

Mercy Virtual has been called a hospital without patients, and the description is both true and false. There are neither beds nor patients in the gleaming four-story medical facility, which opened in late 2015 in Chesterfield, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. But the facility is a hub of very real care for very real patients, in hospital beds and at home.

Part of the Mercy health care system, which spans 44 hospitals in the Midwest, Mercy Virtual is the incarnation in bricks and mortar of what has generally been consigned to the ether: virtual care. Show less

Honored and delighted to engage with colleagues at GWU in the area of lifestyle medicine -

I will be writing periodic columns on timely topics in nutrition, disease prevention, and health promotion.

Verywell.com is a newly established, dedicated health site established by About.com. I am honored to serve as the inaugural Senior Medical Advisor. In this role, I will help curate and review content, contribute content of my own, and help facilitate the contributions of colleagues, particularly those involved with the True Health Initiative (http://www.truehealthinitiative.org/)

In addition to blogging for the Huffington Post, principally the Healthy Living pages, I serve as a content reviewer.

Development of program; participation in continuous quality improvement, evaluation, and medical oversight.

Turn the Tide Foundation is devoted to reversing trends in obesity, diabetes, and related chronic diseases for both children and adults. This unique, non-profit foundation uses funds to assist directly with the implementation of health promotion programming by such entities as schools, work-sites, churches, and more; and to support relevant evaluation of such interventions.

A program of music videos, under development, to reach and empower young people to reclaim their health! -

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I am delighted to have responsibility for oversight of the Childhood Obesity domain at About.com, http://childhoodobesity.about.com/. My job is to grow and curate the content here so that it is a go-to destination for information on the topic. This is a wonderful parallel to my work as Editor-in-Chief of the Childhood Obesity journal, where the information is directed to health professionals. The information on the About.com site is for one and all. So check it out, and check back routinely… Show more

I am delighted to have responsibility for oversight of the Childhood Obesity domain at About.com, http://childhoodobesity.about.com/. My job is to grow and curate the content here so that it is a go-to destination for information on the topic. This is a wonderful parallel to my work as Editor-in-Chief of the Childhood Obesity journal, where the information is directed to health professionals. The information on the About.com site is for one and all. So check it out, and check back routinely for updates and additions. Show less

Peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert Publishing

The IMC offers a unique, team-based approach to evidence-based, holistic, integrative clinical care for both adults and children.

Principal inventor of the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI) algorithm; convened and led the development team. The ONQI thus far remains the only nutritional guidance system in the world shown to correlate directly with health outcomes including all-cause mortality (Chiuve SE, Sampson L, Willett WC. The association between a nutritional quality index and risk of chronic disease. Am J Prev Med. 2011 May;40(5):505-13). The NuVal system, as of 10/13, is in roughly 1700 U.S. supermarkets… Show more

Principal inventor of the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI) algorithm; convened and led the development team. The ONQI thus far remains the only nutritional guidance system in the world shown to correlate directly with health outcomes including all-cause mortality (Chiuve SE, Sampson L, Willett WC. The association between a nutritional quality index and risk of chronic disease. Am J Prev Med. 2011 May;40(5):505-13). The NuVal system, as of 10/13, is in roughly 1700 U.S. supermarkets, reaching some 30 million shoppers. Show less

Responsibility for development and delivery of public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, and preventive medicine course content for Yale medical students. This role involved directing courses at both the Yale Schools of Medicine, and Public Health; and serving as Chair of the MD Thesis Committee for the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. During these years, I also served as MD Thesis advisor for a number of Yale medical students, including Dr. Kinari Webb, founder of Health in… Show more

Responsibility for development and delivery of public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, and preventive medicine course content for Yale medical students. This role involved directing courses at both the Yale Schools of Medicine, and Public Health; and serving as Chair of the MD Thesis Committee for the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. During these years, I also served as MD Thesis advisor for a number of Yale medical students, including Dr. Kinari Webb, founder of Health in Harmony (http://www.healthinharmony.org/) and Dr. Vivek Murthy, the current Surgeon General of the United States (http://www.epernicus.com/people/vivekmurthy). Show less