David L. Katz | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California | February 20, 1963
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College (BA, 1984) Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD, 1988) Yale School of Public Health (MPH, 1993) |
Spouse | Catherine (Sananès) Katz |
Children | 5 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Preventive medicine |
Thesis | Implications of compliance with the national guideline for dietary fat in the RENO diet-heart study (1993) |
Website | www |
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]