Dariush Mozaffarian

Dariush Mozaffarian is a cardiologist, public health expert, Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus at Tufts University, and Director of the Food is Medicine Institute at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. His work focuses on nutrition science, cardiometabolic health, dietary policy, and Food is Medicine interventions.

Nutrition Advice Shifts From Nutrient Targets to Minimally Processed Foods

At Aspen Ideas: Health, NPR’s Allison Aubrey moderated a nutrition panel with Jessica Knurick, Ty Beal, and Dariush Mozaffarian that argued the clearest dietary advice is also the hardest to implement: eat mostly whole or minimally processed foods, and change the food environment so that choice is easier. The speakers treated fights over seed oils, protein, saturated fat, alcohol, glucose spikes, and plant-based labels as real but often secondary to the larger questions of ultra-processed foods, school-meal infrastructure, food access, and policy incentives.

The Aspen InstituteJun 25, 202621 min read