Abby Langer Explained
| Abby Langer |
| Occupation: | Dietitian |
Abby Langer is a Canadian registered dietitian and food writer known for her support for evidence-based medicine and criticism of fad diets.
Biography
Langer was educated at Dalhousie University and Loyola University Chicago. She has been a registered dietitian since 1999.[1] [2] She works in Toronto and operates the website Abby Langer Nutrition.[3]
In 2021, Langer authored the book Good Food, Bad Diet, which addresses the psychology of dieting and changing debate about what qualifies as "good food".[4] Langer draws on her more than 21 years experience as a registered dietitian to debunk fad diets and nutritional misinformation that is promoted by celebrities and on social media.[5] [6] The book explores the negative effects of diet culture and offers science-based advice on how to enjoy food and lose weight without guilt or shame.[7]
Selected publications
- Good Food, Bad Diet: The Habits You Need to Ditch Diet Culture, Lose Weight, and Fix Your Relationship With Food Forever (Simon & Schuster, 2021)[8]
External links
Notes and References
- https://abbylangernutrition.com/about-abby "Abby Langer"
- https://www.self.com/contributor/abby-langer-rd "Abby Langer, R.D."
- https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/author/abby-langer "Abby Langer"
- Frangou, Christina. (2021). "This Nutrition Expert Is Encouraging You to Eat the Cookie". Besthealthmag.ca. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- Dennett, Carrie. (2021). "New book ‘Good Food, Bad Diet’ serves up nutrition information straight up with a side of sass". Seattletimes.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- https://www.telus.com/en/social-impact/blog/telus-talks-podcast-abby-langer "Telus Talks Podcast: Delete your diet with Abby Langer"
- https://torontoguardian.com/2021/01/abby-langer-good-food-bad-diet-culture/ "Abby Langer’s new book Good Food, Bad Diet takes on diet culture"
- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Good-Food-Bad-Diet/Abby-Langer/9781982137502 "About the Book"
