Dr. David L. Katz

10/30/2025

Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack

A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease.

10/28/2025

An important body of work devoted to establishing an operational definition of , and validated means of measuring it - via David Allison et al. -

10/27/2025

2nd Annual Global Health Misinformation Symposium 9-10 December 2025 - Agenda - True Health Initiative

Misinformation in health and nutrition is no longer just a fringe issue. It's a growing threat undermining public trust, distorting policy, enabling commercial agendas, and putting lives and livelihoods at risk.At a time when science-based guidance is more needed than ever, distorted narratives arou...

10/23/2025

Trump Opens ANWR to Oil Drilling

The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.

10/23/2025

Iceland Says It Is No Longer Mosquito-Free

Iceland was one of the only mosquito-free places in the world, at least according to its records. Not anymore.

10/23/2025

Frontiers | Hybrid alternative protein-based foods: designing a healthier and more sustainable food supply

The industrial scale use of animals to produce food for humans, such as meat, egg, and dairy products, has serious environmental, health, and ethical implica...

10/23/2025

A beautifully written encomium to the East Wing of 'the People's House,' and its sad desecration-

Trump's ballroom is a tumor on the people's house.

10/22/2025

The influence of vegetarian and omnivorous diet quality on metabolic profiles and cardiovascular risk - Scientific Reports https://buff.ly/Rbba01K

Take away: it's overall that matters most

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading global cause of mortality and a major contributor to disability. As inadequate nutrition accounts for approximately 50% of cardiovascular deaths, understanding the impact of different dietary patterns is crucial. This study aimed to compare cardiovascular risk...

10/22/2025

What if the same platform could instantaneously assess dietary intake, diet quality (HEI-2020), AND the quantified environmental impact of that dietary pattern? We built one that does...

The environmental impacts of foods—including, notably, land use, water use, nitrogen inputs, and greenhouse gas emissions—are substantial and widely varied. ...

10/21/2025

Delighted to be having this conversation; join us tomorrow! Rethinking Wellbeing on a Societal Level with Dr. Katz | LinkedIn https://buff.ly/likTysO

10/21/2025

White House’s East Wing Partially Demolished to Build Trump’s Ballroom

The president had pledged that construction wouldn’t “interfere with the current building,” a promise that always seemed unrealistic given the grand scale of the plans.

10/20/2025

Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines Event, California Officials Say https://buff.ly/YTvEq00

The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event at Camp Pendleton.