David Ludwig (physician) explained

David Samuel Ludwig
Birth Date:24 December 1957
Fields:Endocrinology
Workplaces:Boston Children's Hospital
Alma Mater:Stanford University
Thesis Title:Chemical, immunochemical and crystallographic studies of cholera toxin and its receptor binding domain
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/245346286
Thesis Year:1986
Known For:Obesity-related research, particularly with regard to soft drinks and milk
Awards:E.V. McCollum Award and Oded Bar-Or Award

David S. Ludwig (born 24 December 1957) is an American endocrinologist and low-carbohydrate diet advocate in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] [2] He is a promoter of functional medicine.[3] [4]

Education

Ludwig received a PhD and an MD from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Boston Children's Hospital.[5]

Career

Ludwig is a professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School and a professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.[6] Ludwig is co-director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital.[6] [7] He has published several studies about the causes of obesity in children and adults, and attracted attention for his recommendation that severely obese children be removed from the custody of their parents.[8] He is a paid associate editor of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and a US editor of The BMJ.[9] Ludwig is a presenter for the Institute of Functional Medicine, an organization that promotes functional medicine.[3]

Low-carbohydrate advocacy

Ludwig is the author of the low-carbohydrate diet book Always Hungry?, Always Delicious, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently, published in 2016.[10] [11] He has argued that low-fat high-carbohydrate diets are the underlying cause of obesity.[11] Ludwig's book Always Hungry? has been criticized for relying heavily on a pilot study that tested his low-carbohydrate diet that ran for only 16 weeks. Ludwig has since commented that the pilot study "was never intended as proof", however, his book cited weight loss "success stories" from the pilot participants to make very specific claims about his diet and weight loss.[10]

Ludwig was a speaker at Low Carb Denver in 2019.[12] He has received royalties for his low-carbohydrate diet books.[13] He is a proponent of the carbohydrate–insulin model of obesity, a model which is not supported by good medical evidence.[2] [10] [14] [15]

Selected publications

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boston . 677 Huntington Avenue . Ma 02115 +1495‑1000 . 2021-01-05 . David S. Ludwig . 2022-05-18 . Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health . en-US.
  2. Putka, Sophie (2021). "Obesity Paper Has Diet Researchers Riled Up". medpagetoday.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. Web site: 2021. David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD. The Institute for Functional Medicine. en-GB. April 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411002344/https://www.ifm.org/about/profile/david-ludwig/. live.
  4. Web site: 2017. Exclusive Interview with David Ludwig, MD, PhD. The Institute for Functional Medicine. en-GB. March 27, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230327105401/https://grandrounds.ifm.org/exclusive-interview-with-david. live.
  5. Web site: David Ludwig, MD, PhD Boston Children's Hospital . 2022-05-18 . www.childrenshospital.org.
  6. Web site: David S. Ludwig. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 5 January 2021 .
  7. https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/new-balance-foundation-obesity-prevention-center/meet-our-team "New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center"
  8. Web site: Childhood Obesity: A Call for Parents to Lose Custody. July 14, 2011. ABC News.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20230306000105/https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/editorial-staff/bmj-united-states "BMJ in the United States"
  10. Belluz, Julia (2016). "The problem with diet books written by doctors". vox.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20230221180219/https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/rethinking-weight-loss-and-the-reasons-were-always-hungry/ "Rethinking Weight Loss and the Reasons We’re ‘Always Hungry’"
  12. https://lowcarbdownunder.com.au/events/low-carb-denver-2019/ "Low Carb Denver 2019"
  13. https://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/conflict-of-interest-statements "Conflict of Interest Statements for AJCN Editors"
  14. Hall . K. D. . A review of the carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity . European Journal of Clinical Nutrition . 2017 . 71 . 3 . 323–326 . 10.1038/ejcn.2016.260 . 28074888 . 1476-5640.
  15. Sievenpiper . John L . Low-carbohydrate diets and cardiometabolic health: the importance of carbohydrate quality over quantity . Nutrition Reviews . 2020 . 78 . Supplement_1 . 69–77 . 10.1093/nutrit/nuz082 . 32728757 . 7390653 .

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