David L. Katz Explained

David L. Katz
Birth Date:	20 February 1963
Birth Place:	Los Angeles, California
Nationality:	American
Fields:	Preventive medicine
Alma Mater:	Dartmouth College (BA, 1984) Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD, 1988) Yale School of Public Health (MPH, 1993)
Thesis Title:	Implications of compliance with the national guideline for dietary fat in the RENO diet-heart study
Thesis Url:	http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3541075
Thesis Year:	1993
Spouse:	Catherine (Sananès) Katz
Children:	5

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. 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, 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.
• Katz, D.L. (2022). Nutrition in Clinical Practice. LWW. ^[22]

External links

• • Real Lives of Practicing Internists Profile of Katz

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20231114203946/https://leaders.com/rankings/person/david-katz/ "David Katz"
2. "Research Across the Spectrum: Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center", Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
3. https://www.truehealthinitiative.org/thi_board/ "David L. Katz, MD, MPH"
4. https://www.builtlean.com/eat-healthy-david-katz/ "Dr. David Katz: How To Eat Healthy (& Save The Planet)"
5. https://responsibleeatingandliving.com/favorites/david-katz-disease-proof/ "David Katz, Disease Proof"
6. Web site: Verification of Certifications (Certification Number: 051517). American Board of Preventive Medicine. August 3, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804113216/https://certification.theabpm.org/physician-lookup/certifications/daka26624. August 4, 2017. dead.
7. "David L. Katz", Morse College, Yale University. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
8. Web site: The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center . 2020-08-15 . Yale School of Public Health.
9. Horowitch, Rose & Shoaib, Meera (March 30, 2020) "Former instructor’s op-ed controversial among health experts", Yale News. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
10. Web site: Integrative Medicine. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924194734/https://gfp.griffinhealth.org/specialty-care/integrative-medicine . September 24, 2019 . September 24, 2019. Griffin Health Services Corporation.
11. Web site: David Katz M.D., Author at Naked Food Magazine . Naked Food Magazine . en-US . January 30, 2018.
12. News: Palus. Shannon. Yale doc loses 2 HuffPo blog posts after secretly promoting his novel. Retraction Watch. November 20, 2015.
13. Web site: An Elite Group of Scientists Tried to Warn Trump Against Lockdowns in March. .
14. Web site: Great Barrington Declaration. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005144017/https://gbdeclaration.org/ . October 5, 2020 . October 17, 2020.
15. https://www.registercitizen.com/opinion/article/Dr-David-Katz-Nutrition-news-backs-what-11995616.php "Dr. David Katz: Nutrition ‘news’ backs what we already knew"
16. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/08/health/longer-life-diet-wellness/index.html "Changing your diet could add up to 13 years to your life, study says"
17. https://davidkatzmd.com/article/cases-for-veganism/ "Cases for Veganism"
18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrQmd5TAZtY An Introduction to Plant-Based Nutrition
19. https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/making-sense-of-diet-science-evidence-carefully-chewed-before-swallowing "Making Sense of Diet Science: Evidence, carefully chewed before swallowing"
20. https://web.archive.org/web/20231114214555/https://forreadingaddicts.co.uk/book-reviews/mark-bittman-david-katz-how-to-eat-all-your-food-and-diet-questions-answered/ "Mark Bittman & David Katz - How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered"
21. https://web.archive.org/web/20231114211612/https://www.biblio.com/9781615190584 "The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today"
22. https://www.lww.co.uk/9781975161491/nutrition-in-clinical-practice/ "Nutrition in Clinical Practice"