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David Heber, MD, PhD, FACP, FACN is the
Director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition at the
University of California, Los Angeles. He is also Professor of
Medicine and Public Health and Chief of the Division of
Clinical Nutrition in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Heber is
board-certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and
Metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in
Clinical Nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition. He directs
the NIH Clinical Nutrition Research Unit and the NIH
Nutrition and Obesity Training Grants at UCLA.
Dr. Heber is a Director of the
American Board of Nutrition and past chair of the Education
Committee of the American Society of Clinical Nutrition. He has
written over 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 25 book
chapters, and a book by Excerpta Medica entitled, Dietary Fat,
Lipids, Hormones and Tumorigenesis. He is co-editor of
Nutritional Oncology, a 50 chapter text published by Academic
Press, and Nutrition for Primary Care to be published by
Saunders. He organized and chaired a conference in 1997 at UCLA
entitled, "The Health Impact of California Cuisine", which
considered dietary recommendations for the prevention of chronic
diseases.
Dr. Heber is included in the fourth
listing of The Best Doctors in America, based on a survey of
over 35,000 doctors throughout the nation. He has written a book for
the public entitled, "Natural Remedies for a Healthy Heart" by
Avery Publishing Group, and has recently completed a diet book for the
public entitled "The Resolution Diet", published by Avery
Publishing Group in January, 1999. His main research interests are
obesity treatment and nutrition for cancer prevention and treatment.
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