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| Occupation | Dietitian |
Abby Langer is a Canadian registered dietitian and food writer known for her support for evidence-based medicine and criticism of fad diets.
Biography
Langer was educated at Dalhousie University and Loyola University Chicago. She has been a registered dietitian since 1999. She works in Toronto and operates the website Abby Langer Nutrition.
In 2021, Langer authored the book Good Food, Bad Diet, which addresses the psychology of dieting and changing debate about what qualifies as "good food". Langer draws on her more than 21 years experience as a registered dietitian to debunk fad diets and nutritional misinformation that is promoted by celebrities and on social media. The book explores the negative effects of diet culture and offers science-based advice on how to enjoy food and lose weight without guilt or shame.
Selected publications
- Good Food, Bad Diet: The Habits You Need to Ditch Diet Culture, Lose Weight, and Fix Your Relationship With Food Forever (Simon & Schuster, 2021)
References
- "Abby Langer". Abbylangernutrition.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Abby Langer, R.D.". Self.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Abby Langer". Huffingtonpost.ca. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- Frangou, Christina. (2021). "This Nutrition Expert Is Encouraging You to Eat the Cookie". Besthealthmag.ca. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- Dennett, Carrie. (2021). "New book ‘Good Food, Bad Diet’ serves up nutrition information straight up with a side of sass". Seattletimes.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Telus Talks Podcast: Delete your diet with Abby Langer". Telus.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Abby Langer’s new book Good Food, Bad Diet takes on diet culture". Torontoguardian.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "About the Book". Simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.