Willett at the Agriculture, Nutrition, Health, and the Environment in Africa conference in LMA, the 9th Annual Nutrition and Global Health Symposium, 2017
Born
(1945-06-20) June 20, 1945 (age 78)[1]
Hart, Michigan, United States[2]
Education
Michigan State University (BS)
University of Michigan Medical School (MD)
Harvard University (MPH, Dr.PH)
Spouse
Gail Pettiford Willett[3]
Children
2[4]
Scientific career
Fields
nutrition, epidemiology, medicine, public health research
Institutions
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health
Walter C. Willett (born June 20, 1945)[1] is an American physician and nutrition researcher. He is the Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and was the chair of its department of nutrition from 1991 to 2017.[5][6][7] He is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.[8]
Willett is the principal investigator of the second Nurses' Health Study (NHS2 or NHS II), a compilation of studies regarding the health of older women and their risk factors for major chronic diseases.[9] He has published more than 1,500 scientific articles regarding various aspects of diet and disease[10] and is the second most cited author in clinical medicine.[11]
Willett is perhaps best known for his 2001 book Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy and the ensuing controversy over it. The book presents nutritional information and recommendations based on what was then the consensus of nutrition scientists, and is critical of many misconceptions about diet and nutrition, including ideas presented by guidelines from American organizations such as the USDA.[12] Willett is frequently quoted by the media in articles regarding nutrition.[13][14][15][16]
In 2016, Semantic Scholar AI program included Willett on its list of top ten most influential biomedical researchers.[17]
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^"Honda Worldwide | September 29, 2004 "Honda Prize Awarded to Dr. Walter C. Willet"". World.honda.com. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
^Boston.com Staff. Gail Willett's recipe for lentil nut laof with red pepper sauce. July 29, 2013
^Pioneering bookstore in Harvard Sq. to close. The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)January 21, 1996.
^Harvard School of Public Health, "Prof. Frank Hu assumes Chair of Department of Nutrition". Retrieved 14th April 2017.
^Burros, Marian (2003-11-19). "EATING WELL; At a Harvard Cafe, Health for Lunch". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^"Walter Willett". Harvard University. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^"Walter C. Willett, MD, Dr.PH". BCRF: Breast Cancer Research Foundation. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^"The Nurses' Health Study". Harvard University. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^"First Bimonthly Period of 2007 - Top 10 Researchers In Clinical Medicine". in-cites. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
^HPH NOW, August 24, 2001, Nutrition Book Author Willett Rebuilds USDA Food Pyramid Archived September 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^A reversal on carbs, Marni Jameson, Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2010.
^Taking Diet Soda Study with a Grain of Salt, ABC News, February 8, 2011.
^Interview: Walter Willett, M.D., PBS Frontline, April 8, 2004.
^The truth on foods and fats, Amanda Spake, U.S. News & World Report, July 4, 2004.
^Singh, Dalmeet (2017-10-17). "Who's the most influential biomedical scientist? Computer program guided by artificial intelligence says it knows". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
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from 2003 through 2011. She has collaborated on many projects with WalterWillett, of the Harvard School of Public Health. In 2013, Katzen published her...
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and the Harvard FFQ, developed by a team at Harvard University led by WalterWillett. In 1992, Block's review of 15 epidemiological studies on cancer rates...
and drawing his pay." (Quoted by Willett 1967, p. 145. Willett 1967, p. 145. Willett & Manheim 1970, p. viii. Willett and Manheim point to the significance...
player for the Carolina Panthers Donald Keck (1958), American physicist WalterWillett (1963), American, Harvard University School of Public Health John Van...
the methodology used for health estimates. However, as pointed out by WalterWillett, the three different methods that were used to estimate the number of...
Greg Drescher of the Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust and by WalterWillett of the Harvard School of Public Health. The Seven Countries Study also...
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain...
epidemiology. Well-known former students include Dimitrios Trichopoulos and WalterWillett. MacMahon co-authored the textbook Epidemiologic Methods (1960), later...
knowledge to physically resurrect Curwen. Ward's doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, investigates Ward's activities and is horrified by what he finds. Charles...
opinion. - Katherine Flegal, 2022 Flegal's work has been criticized by WalterWillett of the Harvard School of Public Health, who called her 2013 meta-analysis...
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