Gary Taubes

Gary Taubes is an American science writer, journalist, and author of several books, including Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It (2010), and The Case Against Sugar (2016). He is a co-founder of the non-profit organization Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI).

Early life and education

Taubes was born in Rochester, New York. He studied applied physics at Harvard University (BS, 1977) and aerospace engineering at Stanford University (MS, 1978). Later, he received a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University in 1981.

Career

Taubes began his journalism career as a reporter for Discover magazine in 1982. He has written numerous articles for the Science Magazine, The Atlantic, and The New York Times Magazine.

In his books, Taubes argues that the mainstream dietary advice is based on inconclusive science and that the real cause of obesity is an excessive consumption of carbohydrates, not a surplus of calories. His work has been both praised and criticized by the scientific community.

Books

• Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007)
• Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It (2010)
• The Case Against Sugar (2016)

Awards

Taubes has received the Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers three times and was awarded an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship for the 1996–97 academic year.

External links

• Official website

• Gary Taubes at Ancestral Health Symposium
  Gary Taubes at Ancestral Health Symposium
• Gary Taubes - Why We Get Fat
  Gary Taubes - Why We Get Fat