Caution needed on causal inferences in obesity.
Ludwig DS, Ebbeling CB, Friedman MI.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 May 06. PMID: 38706387
David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD is an endocrinologist and researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital. He holds the rank of Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Ludwig is the founder of the Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) program, one of the country’s oldest and largest multidisciplinary clinics for the care of overweight children. He co-directs the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center.
For more than 25 years, Dr. Ludwig has studied the effects of diet on metabolism, body weight, and risk for chronic disease – with a special focus on low-glycemic index, low-carbohydrate, and ketogenic diets. He has made major contributions to the development of the “carbohydrate-insulin model,” an alternative perspective on the pathogenesis of obesity. In addition, he conducted some of the original studies linking sugar-sweetened beverages and fast food to obesity. Described as an “obesity warrior” by Time Magazine, Dr. Ludwig has fought for fundamental policy changes to improve the food environment.
Dr. Ludwig received the E.V. McCollum Award (2008) from the American Society for Nutrition, the Oded Bar-Or Award (2015) from The Obesity Society, and the Samuel J. Fomon Nutrition Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (2019). He has been Principal Investigator on numerous grants with 20+ years of NIH funding and has raised over $50 million in philanthropic support. He co-authored over 250 scientific articles, many in the world’s leading medical and scientific journals. He was a Contributing Writer for JAMA and presently serves as associate editor at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He has written 3 books for the public, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Always Hungry? Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently (Grand Central Publishing, 2016). He appears frequently in national and international print and broadcast media.
Samuel J. Fomon Nutrition Award
American Academy of Pediatrics
Oded Bar-Or Award for Pediatric Obesity Research
The Obesity Society
The E.V. McCollum Award for Clinical Research
American Society for Nutrition
First Incumbent, The John Fielding Crigler, Jr. Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology
Children's Hospital Boston
Ludwig DS, Ebbeling CB, Friedman MI.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 May 06. PMID: 38706387
Soto-Mota A, Jansen LT, Norwitz NG, Pereira MA, Ebbeling CB, Ludwig DS.
J Nutr. 2024 Apr. 154(4):1486. PMID: 38609206
Pacheco LS, Tobias DK, Li Y, Bhupathiraju SN, Willett WC, Ludwig DS, Ebbeling CB, Haslam DE, Drouin-Chartier JP, Hu FB, Guasch-Ferré M.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 May. 119(5):1376. PMID: 38522480
Soto-Mota A, Flores-Jurado Y, Norwitz NG, Feldman D, Pereira MA, Danaei G, Ludwig DS.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Apr. 119(4):1092-1093. PMID: 38569780
Wong JMW, Ludwig DS, Allison DB, Baidwan N, Bielak L, Chiu CY, Dickinson SL, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Heymsfield SB, Holmes L, Jansen LT, Lesperance D, Mehta T, Sandman M, Steltz SK, Wong WW, Yu S, Ebbeling CB.
Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 05. 140:107490. PMID: 38458559
Soto-Mota A, Jansen LT, Norwitz NG, Pereira MA, Ebbeling CB, Ludwig DS.
J Nutr. 2024 Mar. 154(3):1061-1063. PMID: 38316213
Soto-Mota A, Flores-Jurado Y, Norwitz NG, Feldman D, Pereira MA, Danaei G, Ludwig DS.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Mar. 119(3):740-747. PMID: 38237807
Pacheco LS, Tobias DK, Li Y, Bhupathiraju SN, Willett WC, Ludwig DS, Ebbeling CB, Haslam DE, Drouin-Chartier JP, Hu FB, Guasch-Ferré M.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Mar. 119(3):669-681. PMID: 38185281
Soto-Mota A, Jansen LT, Norwitz NG, Pereira MA, Ebbeling CB, Ludwig DS.
J Nutr. 2024 Apr. 154(4):1080-1086. PMID: 38128881
Wan Y, Tobias DK, Dennis KK, Guasch-Ferré M, Sun Q, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Ludwig DS, Devinsky O, Willett WC.
BMJ. 2023 09 27. 382:e073939. PMID: 37758268
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