Walter C. Willett

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Walter C. Willett

Walter C. Willett (born June 20, 1945 in Hart , Michigan ) is an American physician, epidemiologist and nutritionist, Frederick Stare Professor of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition.

job

Willett's specialty is research into the connections between human eating habits and the development of diseases and has published the textbook Nutritional Epidemiology (1998) in this area in addition to more than 1,000 scientific articles . His findings and recommendations are also published in popular scientific literature, including a. in the 2001 bestseller Eat, Drink and be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide To Healthy Eating .

Willett is a co-author of the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study , two long-term studies of the health effects of human eating habits.

Positioning for supplementation

Together with scientists Bruce Ames , Joyce McCann and Meir Stampfer , Willett wrote an open letter to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2007 , criticizing the NIH decision to only recognize efficacy proofs based on randomized, controlled trials for preventive health supplements Studies (RCTs) are based. The authors support a general recommendation by the NIH on supplementation , even without such proof of effectiveness. Dietary supplements are cheap, available and non-toxic, so at least “good insurance”.

Awards

Willett has received several awards for his work, including a. with the " American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Award (1994)", the "Distinguished Achievement Award" from the American Society for Preventive Oncology (1996), the " International Award for Modern Nutrition " (1997). and the Charles S. Mott Prize (2001).

academic career

  • 1970 Graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School with a medical degree (MD)
  • 1973 Master's degree (MPH) at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
  • 1980 PhD in epidemiology at the HSPH
  • 1991 Head of the Department of Nutrition at HSPH
  • 1992 Professor at Harvard Medical School [1]

Publications

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography on the Harvard medical School website ( memento of the original from October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nutrition.med.harvard.edu
  2. ↑ Biography on the Harvard School of Public Health website
  3. ↑ Biographical information on the Breast Cancer Research Foundation website
  4. ↑ National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Panel: National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: multivitamin / mineral supplements and chronic disease prevention. In: Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Jan; 85 (1): 257S-264S. PMID 17209206 full text
  5. ↑ Ames BN, McCann JC, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC: Evidence-based decision making on micronutrients and chronic disease: long-term randomized controlled trials are not enough. In: Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Aug; 86 (2): 522-3 PMID 17684228 full text
  6. ↑ Biography on the Honda Foundation website ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / world.honda.com
  7. ^ Documentation from the National Center for Biology Information

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personal data
SURNAME Willett, Walter C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American doctor and epidemiologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Hart , Michigan