David A. Kessler, MD
@davidakesslermd.bsky.social
Prof, Pediatrics and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF; "Formers" - Chief Science Officer, Covid Response & co-led Warp Speed (Biden); Commissioner, US FDA (Bush and Clinton); Dean, med schools, Yale & UCSF. Author, The End of Overeating
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New CFA #Webinar : Join former FDA Commissioner David Kessler and former #FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods Michael Taylor as they discuss their experience with #GRAS for Ultra-Processed Foods #UPF ...
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@davidakesslermd.bsky.social joined us for a bonus episode on his bold game plan for MAHA and President Trump to challenge the makers of ultra-processed foods. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... #WSITY #FDA #Nutrition
Bonus Episode! A Conversation w Former FDA Chief David Kessler. Did He Just Give RFK Jr a Tool to Fight the Food Industry?
Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · 08/18/2025 · 43m
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FoodFix bonus edition: David Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner during the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, once took on Big Tobacco. Now he’s taking on Big Food. foodfix.co/former-fda-c...
Former FDA commissioner seeks ban on popular ingredients in ultra-processed foods
David Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner during the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, once took on Big Tobacco. Now he’s taking on Big Food.
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David Kessler, one of the most courageous and innovative public servants I ever covered, is calling Kennedy's bluff: You want to go after ultraprocessed foods? Here's how. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
Former F.D.A. Chief Backs Kennedy’s War on Processed Food
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Proud to have been a guest of @stephencolbert.bsky.social on The Colbert Report on 4.29.2009 (Season 5, Ep. 58) to talk about The End of Overeating.
In this excerpt from Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight, author David A. Kessler, MD shares his own firsthand experien…
Improving access and affordability could be transformative for public health, given that about 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy.
In his new book, a former FDA commissioner unpacks the latest science on metabolism, weight loss, and how GLP-1 drugs actually work.
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A Grand, Unified Theory of Why Americans Are So Unhealthy - The Ringer
Americans are unusually overweight and chronically ill compared to similarly rich countries. This episode presents a grand, unified theory for why that’s the case. Our food environment has becom...
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Dr. David Kessler: Diet, Drugs and Dopamine
In America, body weight has become a pain point shrouded in self-recrimination and shame, not to mention bias from the medical community. For many, this battle not only takes a mental toll but also be...
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Junk food is addictive. Drugs like Ozempic treat addiction. But when will we tackle Big Food like we did Big Tobacco?
A former head of the US Food and Drug Administration cut his body fat in half using GLP-1 drugs. In his book, he compares the harm of the food and tobacco industries.
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Important new book on GLP-1 drugs and how they change our understanding of: Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight: Kessler M.D., David A.: 9781250381279: Amazon.com: Books www.amazon.com/Diet-Drugs-D...
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The president of the U.S. appears to be improving his own health through access to great medical care and great medical science. That's what he gets. Simultaneously, his administration is doing so much to hurt regular Americans' opportunity to achieve those same good health outcomes the same way.
Join me on May 18 at 3 PM @politicsprose.bsky.social in conversation with @ddiamond.bsky.social to discuss my new book. #DietDrugsDopamine
