T. Colin Campbell
T. Colin Campbell | |
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PhD) | |
Occupation | Nutritional biochemist |
Notable work | The China Study (2005) |
Spouse | Karen Campbell |
Children | Thomas M. Campbell, Keith E. Campbell, Nelson Campbell (sons) |
Website | T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies |
Thomas Colin Campbell (born March 14, 1934) is an American biochemist who specializes in the effect of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University.
Campbell has become known for his advocacy of a low-fat,
Campbell was one of the lead scientists of the China–Cornell–Oxford Project on diet and disease, set up in 1983 by Cornell University, the University of Oxford, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine to explore the relationship between nutrition and cancer, heart, and metabolic diseases. The study was described by The New York Times as "the Grand Prix of epidemiology".[2]
Early life and education
Campbell grew up on a dairy farm. He studied pre-veterinary medicine at Pennsylvania State University, where he obtained his B.S. in 1956, then attended veterinary school at the University of Georgia for a year.[3] He completed his M.S. in nutrition and biochemistry at Cornell in 1958, where he studied under Clive McCay (known for his research on nutrition and aging), and his Ph.D. in nutrition, biochemistry, and microbiology in 1961, also at Cornell.
Career
Campbell joined
Campbell has followed a "99% vegan" diet since around 1990.[8] He does not identify himself as a vegetarian or vegan because, he said, "they often infer something other than what I espouse".[8] He told the New York Times: "The idea is that we should be consuming whole foods. We should not be relying on the idea that genes are determinants of our health. We should not be relying on the idea that nutrient supplementation is the way to get nutrition, because it's not. I'm talking about whole, plant-based foods."[9]
He has been a member since 1978 of several
Charity
He is the founder of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, a 501(c)(3) organization, which was created to provide education about the whole food, plant based diet Campbell recommends.[11] The Center partners with eCornell to provide an online course which is the focus of the education programs.[12] Campbell is the president of the board of directors for the Center.
Bibliography
- Chen, Junshi (2005-12-03) [1990]. Campbell, T. Colin; Junyao, Li; ISBN 019-2618431. Also published by Oxford University Press and People's Medical Publishing House (Beijing). First published on 1990-01-03. Professional review.
- The China Study (2005)
- Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition (2013)
- Campbell, T. Colin, and Huffington Post, May 13, 2011.
- Campbell, T. Colin. "Nutrition: The Future of Medicine", The Huffington Post, October 25, 2010.
- Campbell, T. Colin. "Low Fat Diets Are Grossly Misrepresented". Huffington Post, September 28, 2010.
- Campbell, T. Colin, PhD, with Jacobson, Howard, PhD. (2014) The Low-Carb Fraud. BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-940363-09-7
- Campbell, T. Colin, "The Future of Nutrition: An Insider's Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right" (2020), ASIN = B097XNM992
Campbell's h-index according to Web of Science using core collection author search for "Campbell TC*" and "Cornell University" as of February 2017 is 28 with total citation count without self-citations being 2,504.
References
- ^ Interview with T. Colin Campbell Archived 2013-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, author of "Whole", philly.com.
- Parker-Pope, Tara. "Nutrition Advice From the China Study", The New York Times, January 7, 2011.
- Also see Bittman, Mark. "Tough Week for Meatless Monday", The New York Times, June 29, 2011.
- ^ "Chinese ecological studies". Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-03., Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, accessed December 3, 2010.
- Brody, Jane E. "Huge Study Of Diet Indicts Fat And Meat", The New York Times, May 8, 1990, pp. 1–2.
- ^ The China Study, p. 4.
- ^ a b "T. Colin Campbell". Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
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- ^ Sherwell, Philip. "Bill Clinton's new diet: nothing but beans, vegetables and fruit to combat heart disease", The Daily Telegraph, October 3, 2010.
- ^ Talk by T. Colin Campbell Archived 2011-04-17 at the Wayback Machine, Google Videos, 20:24 mins, accessed December 3, 2010.
- ^ a b ""Interview with T. Colin Campbell"". www.vegparadise.com. 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Nutrition Advice From the China Study". The New York Times, January 7, 2011.
- ^ "T. Colin Campbell". Nakedfoodmagazine.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Dr. T. Colin Campbell - Center for Nutrition Studies". Center for Nutrition Studies. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
- ^ "Plant-Based Nutrition". eCornell. Retrieved 2018-06-27.