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David L Katz MD, MPH

Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center

Derby, CT

Professional summary

David L. Katz MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP is an internationally recognized authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease. He is a board certified specialist in both Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Associate Professor (adjunct) in Public Health Practice at the Yale University School of Medicine. Katz is the Director and founder of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, Director and founder of the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT, and founder and president of the non-profit Turn the Tide Foundation.

Specialties and Interests

  • Obesity, 
  • Diabetes, 
  • Nutrition, 
  • Public Health, 
  • Preventive Medicine, 
  • Internal Medicine, 
  • Integrative Medicine, 
  • Weight Management, 
  • Chronic Disease Prevention

Education

Universities

Yale University School of Public Health

MPH
1991 to 1993

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

MD
1984 to 1988

Dartmouth College

BA, French
1981 to 1984

Postgraduate Training

Yale University School of Medicine

1991 to 1993
Preventive Medicine

Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT

1988 to 1991
Internal Medicine

Licenses/Certifications

Board Certified Preventive Medicine

1994

Board Certified Internal Medicine

1991

Publications

Articles

"Plant foods in the American diet? As we sow..."

Medscape journal of medicine
Vol. 11 - 2009;
PubMed ID: 19295946

"Partners reducing effects of diabetes (PREDICT): a diabetes prevention physical activity and dietary intervention through African-American churches."

Health education research
2009;
PubMed ID: 19261690

"The expanding medical and behavioral resources with access to care for everyone health plan."

Annals of internal medicine
Vol. 150 - 2009;
PubMed ID: 19258548

"Intravenous micronutrient therapy (Myers' Cocktail) for fibromyalgia: a placebo-controlled pilot study."

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
Vol. 15 - 2009;
PubMed ID: 19250003

"School-Based Interventions for Health Promotion and Weight Control: Not Just Waiting on the World to Change."

Annual review of public health
2009;
PubMed ID: 19146397

"Strategies for the prevention and control of obesity in the school setting: systematic review and meta-analysis."

International journal of obesity (2005)
Vol. 32 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 19079319

"Acute dark chocolate and cocoa ingestion and endothelial function: a randomized controlled crossover trial."

The American journal of clinical nutrition
Vol. 88 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18614724

"The role of culture, environment, and religion in the promotion of physical activity among Arab Israelis."

Preventing chronic disease
Vol. 5 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18558038

"Evaluating the impact of mobile telephone technology on type 2 diabetic patients' self-management: the NICHE pilot study."

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Vol. 14 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18373577

"Impact of an educational intervention on internal medicine residents' physical activity counselling: the Pressure System Model."

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Vol. 14 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18324934

"Promoting healthy people 2010 through small grants."

Health promotion practice
Vol. 10 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 16816033

"Understanding barriers and facilitators of fruit and vegetable consumption among a diverse multi-ethnic population in the USA."

Health promotion international
Vol. 23 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18182418

"Raloxifene, soy phytoestrogens and endothelial function in postmenopausal women."

Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society
Vol. 10 - 2007;
PubMed ID: 18049943

"The pain of fibromyalgia syndrome is due to muscle hypoperfusion induced by regional vasomotor dysregulation."

Medical hypotheses
Vol. 69 - 2007;
PubMed ID: 17376601

"Information given to postmenopausal women on coronary computed tomography may influence cardiac risk reduction efforts."

Journal of clinical epidemiology
Vol. 60 - 2007;
PubMed ID: 17346614

"Medicine and media: state of the union?"

American journal of preventive medicine
Vol. 34 - 2007;
PubMed ID: 18083455

"Effect of soy isoflavone protein and soy lecithin on endothelial function in healthy postmenopausal women."

Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
Vol. 14 - 2007;
PubMed ID: 17006376

"Impediment profiling for smoking cessation: application in the worksite."

American journal of health promotion : AJHP
Vol. 21 - 2006;
PubMed ID: 17152248

"Repeated serum lipid measurements during the peri-hospitalization period."

The American journal of cardiology
Vol. 98 - 2006;
PubMed ID: 17134633

"Factors associated with smoking cessation counseling at clinical encounters: the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2000."

American journal of health promotion : AJHP
Vol. 21 - 2006;
PubMed ID: 16977909

"Massage therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized controlled trial."

Archives of internal medicine
Vol. 166 - 2006;
PubMed ID: 17159021

"The value of microgrants for community-based health promotion: two models for practice and policy."

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
Vol. 12 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 16340520

"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."

MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommenda
Vol. 54 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 16261131

"A randomized controlled trial of meditation and massage effects on quality of life in people with late-stage disease: a pilot study."

Journal of palliative medicine
Vol. 8 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 16238507

"Representing your community in community-based participatory research: differences made and measured."

Preventing chronic disease
Vol. 1 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 15634374

"Physical activity counseling in the adult primary care setting: position statement of the American College of Preventive Medicine."

American journal of preventive medicine
Vol. 29 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 16005814

"The role for vitamin B-6 as treatment for depression: a systematic review."

Family practice
Vol. 22 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 15964874

"Yoga intervention for adults with mild-to-moderate asthma: a pilot study."

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College
Vol. 94 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 15945557

"Competing dietary claims for weight loss: finding the forest through truculent trees."

Annual review of public health
Vol. 26 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 15760281

"Egg consumption and endothelial function: a randomized controlled crossover trial."

International journal of cardiology
Vol. 99 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 15721501

"Parental IQ and cognitive development of malnourished Indonesian children."

European journal of clinical nutrition
Vol. 59 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 15688080

"S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) as treatment for depression: a systematic review."

Clinical and investigative medicine. Médecine clinique et experimentale
Vol. 28 - 2005;
PubMed ID: 16021987

"Vaccinations in pneumonia (VIP): pneumococcal and influenza vaccination patterns among patients hospitalized for pneumonia."

Preventive medicine
Vol. 40 - 2004;
PubMed ID: 15530591

"Oats, antioxidants and endothelial function in overweight, dyslipidemic adults."

Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Vol. 23 - 2004;
PubMed ID: 15466946

"Lifestyle and dietary modification for prevention of heart failure."

The Medical clinics of North America
Vol. 88 - 2004;
PubMed ID: 15331318

"Acting in defense of the medical literature."

MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine
Vol. 6 - 2004;
PubMed ID: 15208550

"Back-up antibiotic prescriptions could reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in rhinosinusitis."

Journal of clinical epidemiology
Vol. 57 - 2004;
PubMed ID: 15135847

"Effects of interdisciplinary rounds on length of stay in a telemetry unit."

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
Vol. 10 - 2004;
PubMed ID: 15018343

"Smoking cessation for high school students. Impact evaluation of a novel program."

Behavior modification
Vol. 28 - 2004;
PubMed ID: 14710710

"Technical skills for weight loss: 2-y follow-up results of a randomized trial."

International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the Int
Vol. 27 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 14634681

"Raloxifene and endothelial function in healthy postmenopausal women."

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Vol. 188 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 12592230

"Impediment profiling for smoking cessation. Preliminary experience."

Behavior modification
Vol. 27 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 12971126

"The evidence base for complementary and alternative medicine: methods of Evidence Mapping with application to CAM."

Alternative therapies in health and medicine
Vol. 9 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 12868249

"The low-down on low-carbohydrate diets."

The Nurse practitioner
Vol. 28 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 12800688

"Impediment profiling for smoking cessation: results of a pilot study."

American journal of health promotion : AJHP
Vol. 17 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 12769044

"Combined hysteroscopy and laparoscopy in the treatment of interstitial pregnancy."

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Vol. 188 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 12712124

"Utility of HbA(1c) levels for diabetes case finding in hospitalized patients with hyperglycemia."

Diabetes care
Vol. 26 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 12663574

"Effective dietary counseling: helping patients find and follow "the way" to eat."

The West Virginia medical journal
Vol. 98 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 12645277

"Pandemic obesity and the contagion of nutritional nonsense."

Public health reviews
Vol. 31 - 2003;
PubMed ID: 14656042

"Guidance at the many edges of evidence: position statements of the American College of Preventive Medicine."

American journal of preventive medicine
Vol. 23 - 2002;
PubMed ID: 12406489

"Community health promotion and the randomized controlled trial: approaches to finding common ground."

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
Vol. 7 - 2002;
PubMed ID: 12174398

"Technical skills for weight loss: preliminary data from a randomized trial."

Preventive medicine
Vol. 34 - 2002;
PubMed ID: 12052021

"The activated partial thromboplastin time in early diagnosis of myocardial infarction."

Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thromb
Vol. 12 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11555704

"Effects of oat and wheat cereals on endothelial responses."

Preventive medicine
Vol. 33 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11676590

"Health risk behaviors and health perceptions in the Peruvian Amazon."

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Vol. 65 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11561713

"Clinical diagnosis of malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border."

The Yale journal of biology and medicine
Vol. 74 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11769335

"American College of Preventive Medicine Practice Policy statement. Weight management counseling of overweight adults."

American journal of preventive medicine
Vol. 21 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11418263

"Self-reported weight and height: implications for obesity research."

American journal of preventive medicine
Vol. 20 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11331120

"Glycemic load and the risk of coronary heart disease."

The American journal of clinical nutrition
Vol. 73 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11124769

"Acute effects of oats and vitamin E on endothelial responses to ingested fat."

American journal of preventive medicine
Vol. 20 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11165454

"Behavior modification in primary care: the pressure system model."

Preventive medicine
Vol. 32 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11162328

"Physician-patient interactions regarding diet, exercise, and smoking."

Preventive medicine
Vol. 31 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11133331

"Results of nerve transfer techniques for restoration of shoulder and elbow function in the context of a meta-analysis of the English literature."

The Journal of hand surgery
Vol. 26 - 2001;
PubMed ID: 11279578

"Conventional medical care and unconventional therapies."

JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
Vol. 283 - 2000;
PubMed ID: 10632280

"American College of Preventive Medicine Practice Policy Statement: perimenopausal and postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy."

American journal of preventive medicine
Vol. 17 - 2000;
PubMed ID: 10987643

"Peri-operative aspirin can prevent post-operative ischemia and thrombosis."

Medical hypotheses
Vol. 55 - 2000;
PubMed ID: 10904435

"An integrated residency in internal and preventive medicine."

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Vol. 75 - 2000;
PubMed ID: 10667874

"Concordance of clinical findings and clinical judgment in the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis."

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency
Vol. 7 - 2000;
PubMed ID: 11015241

"Preventable inpatient time: adequacy of electronic patient information systems."

American journal of public health
Vol. 89 - 1999;
PubMed ID: 10589326

"Does acid suppression by antacids and H2 receptor antagonists increase the incidence of atrophic gastritis in patients with or without H. pylori gastritis?"

Journal of clinical gastroenterology
Vol. 29 - 1999;
PubMed ID: 10478882

"Weight loss counseling by health care providers."

American journal of public health
Vol. 89 - 1999;
PubMed ID: 10224993

"Dilutional hyponatremia in pre-eclampsia."

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Vol. 179 - 1998;
PubMed ID: 9822522

"Dietary fat consumption in a cohort of American adults, 1985-1991: covariates, secular trends, and compliance with guidelines."

American journal of health promotion : AJHP
Vol. 12 - 1998;
PubMed ID: 10182090

"Long-term symptom patterns, endoscopic findings, and gastric histology in Helicobacter pylori-infected and -uninfected patients."

Journal of clinical gastroenterology
Vol. 26 - 1998;
PubMed ID: 9563920

"Long-term clinical outcomes of Lyme disease."

Annals of internal medicine
Vol. 122 - 1995;
PubMed ID: 7755236

"Cholesterol and coronary heart disease risk in elderly patients."

JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
Vol. 273 - 1995;
PubMed ID: 7715052

"Cost-effectiveness of combined statin-resin therapy."

Annals of internal medicine
Vol. 121 - 1994;
PubMed ID: 8067656

"Time trends in the incidence of renal carcinoma: analysis of Connecticut Tumor Registry data, 1935-1989."

International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer
Vol. 58 - 1994;
PubMed ID: 8014016

Books

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Philadelphia, PA
2008
Product Description Written by one of America's foremost authorities in preventive medicine, Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Second Edition is the practical, comprehensive, evidence-based reference that all clinicians need to offer patients effective, appropriate dietary counseling. This fully revised edition incorporates the latest studies and includes new chapters on diet and hematopoiesis, diet and dermatologic conditions, and health effects of coffee, chocolate, and ethanol. Each chapter concludes with concise guidelines for counseling and treatment, based on consensus and the weight of evidence. Appendices include clinically relevant formulas, nutrient data tables, patient-specific meal planners, and print and Web-based resources for clinicians and patients.

Curriculum Vitae

Disclosures

I have a financial interest in a nutrition profiling system, called NuVal: www.nuval.com

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