Michael Dansinger, MD, MS

Director of Clinical Studies and Obesity Research, Tufts-New England Medical Center

Dr. Dansinger is an internal medicine physician and serves as the Director of Clinical Studies and Obesity Research for the Atherosclerosis Research Laboratory within the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Tufts-New England Medical Center. He also holds positions with the Lipid Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, and with the Tufts University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine.

Dr. Dansinger is the Principal Investigator of the Tufts Popular Diet Trial which examined the effects of the Atkins, Zone, Weight Watchers, and Ornish diets for weight loss and heart disease prevention. This study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in January 2005, generated widespread media attention, and Dr. Dansinger has been interviewed by CBS news, CNN, National Public Radio, Time Magazine, USA Today, Consumer Reports, and many others. He lectures about popular diets and weight loss to medical and non-medical audiences throughout the US. He also serves as the nutrition and weight loss doctor for the NBC prime time television show "The Biggest Loser".

His clinical practice is devoted exclusively to matching patients with personalized eating strategies for obesity-related disease prevention and treatment. His current research projects include developing methods for matching individuals with their best diet options, and testing alternative versions of the USDA food pyramid. He is also the lead author of a congressional report on the cost-effectiveness of weight loss programs.

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