David Ludwig (physician)

David Samuel Ludwig
Fields Endocrinology
Institutions Boston Children's Hospital
Alma mater Stanford University
Thesis Chemical, immunochemical and crystallographic studies of cholera toxin and its receptor binding domain (1986)
Known for Obesity-related research, particularly with regard to soft drinks and milk
Website
drdavidludwig.com

David Ludwig is an American physician in Boston, Massachusetts.

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.

Career

Ludwig is a professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School[1] and a professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.[2] Dr. Ludwig is also the Director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital.[3] 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 as a last resort if all other intervention methods fail.[4]

Dr. Ludwig is the author of several consumer books about nutrition, diet, and health including Always Hungry?, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently.[5]

His findings include:

See also

References

  1. "HMS".
  2. Harvard School of Public Health Faculty
  3. New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center.
  4. "Childhood Obesity: A Call for Parents to Lose Custody". ABC News. July 14, 2011.
  5. Hachette Book Group.
  6. ABC News. "Is a Calorie Always a Calorie? Harvard Study Compares Three Popular Weight-Loss Diets - ABC News". ABC News.
  7. "MMS: Error".
  8. Halifax Live News, December 31 2004
  9. "Extra Soft Drink Is Cited as Major Factor in Obesity". 16 February 2001.
  10. "DEFINE_ME_WA".
  11. Harmon, Kathleen, Mother's Pregnancy Weight Linked to Childhood Obesity, in Scientific American, August 5, 2010
  12. "Obesity threatens life expectancy".
  13. Collins, Lois M. (3 July 2013). "Harvard professors say lowfat milk may deliver more weight gain than people think". Deseret News. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

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