Nina Teicholz, PhD

Nina Teicholz, Ph.D., is a New York Times best-selling author and investigative science journalist who has played a pivotal role in challenging the conventional wisdom on dietary fat. Her groundbreaking work, The Big Fat Surprise, which The Economist named a top science book of 2014, has led to a profound rethinking of whether we have been wrong to think that fat, including saturated fat, causes disease. 

In op-eds, interviews, and articles, Teicholz continues to explore the political, institutional, and industry forces that prevent progress on issues related to nutrition and science. She is published in the New York Times, New Yorker, The BMJ (British Medical Journal), Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Medscape and many other outlets. As founder and Executive Director of The Nutrition Coalition, a non-partisan, non-profit without any industry backing, Teicholz is also working to promote evidence-based nutrition policy.