David Ludwig

Endocrinologist and nutrition-and-obesity researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He co-directs the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center and is a coauthor of research on the carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity.

Blue Zone Longevity Claims Rest on Sparse, Disputed Age Data

Harvard endocrinologist David Ludwig argues that Blue Zone science has been overstated: five communities with small numbers of reported centenarians and markedly different diets cannot establish a transferable formula for living to 100. He questions the reliability of age records in some regions and says the branded diet rests on broadly sensible health advice rather than high-quality evidence that it outperforms a conventional Mediterranean diet.

Chris WilliamsonAug 11, 20265 min read