Katz named to 100 most influential people in health, fitness list

DERBY -  David L. Katz, MD, MPH, director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, was recently named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness by the health website Greatist. 

An internationally renowned authority on nutrition and weight control Katz earned the 19^th spot on the list for his significant contributions in the field of health and wellness, including founding the Prevention Research Center, creating fitness and nutrition education programs for elementary school students and their parents, and for writing hundreds of medical articles in well-known publications such as O Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Glamour, and Prevention.

In assembling the list, Greatist looked at many factors such as social reach, trends set, products created, research contributed to, media coverage, and professional certificates and degrees.

Located at Griffin Hospital, the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center was established in 1998 through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).  
One of 35 such centers nationwide, each of which represents an academic/community partnership, the Yale-Griffin PRC is the only center in the network based in a hospital. 
The goal of the Yale-Griffin PRC is to develop innovative approaches to health promotion and disease prevention that will directly benefit the public's health, first locally, and then nationally.

Headquartered in NYC, Greatist is a health and fitness media startup on a mission to make better choices easier for everyone.

Katz writes a weekly column for the New Haven Register. The above was taken from a press release from Griffin Hospital.