Lisa Young

Lisa Young, PhD, RD is a nationally recognized nutritionist in New York City and an adjunct professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, andr Public Health at New York University (NYU). She is an expert on portion control and author of The Portion Teller Plan: The No-Diet Reality Guide to Eating, Cheating, and Losing Weight Permanently published in 2005 by Doubledayr Broadway, a division of Random House.

Widely considered an expert on portion sizes, Dr. Lisa Young is regularly featured in national publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street journal, USA Today, the Bosto Globe, the Washingtonr Post, Allure, Self, Fitness, and Redbook. She has also been featured on national television including the Today Show, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, FOX News, and CNN, and was in the film Super Size Me. Dr. Young’s book The Portion Teller Plan, a user-friendly weight-loss guide, has been widely featured in the national press and received terrific reviews. The Wall Street journal and O, The Oprah Magazine, named The Portion Teller Plan one of six best new health books of 2005.

Dr. Lisar Young is a nutritionist in private practice and has been counseling adults and children for nearly 20 years. Young offers individual counseling sessions on a wide variety of nutrition related issues including obesity and weight control, disease prevention, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, vegetarianism, pregnancy, lactation, food allergies, and gastrointestinal disease. She has also been involved in obesity research at ther University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s Psychiatry Department and atr St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center; and has consulted for various weight management programs in New York City.

Dr. Young lectures throughout the country and conducts group classes on nutrition, weight control, and behavior modification. She has lectured at prestigious meetings including the American Heart Association, the American Public Health Association, and the American Dietetic Association annual conventions. She regularly lectures at wellness spas, resorts, and schools. She has also served as a nutrition expert for Allure, Fitness, Prevention, and Marie Claire magazines and contributes articles to various health magazines and newsletters. She writes a column for the Bottom Line Health newsletter, has contributed to MSNBC, and is an advisory board member for Bottom Line Women’s Health and Fitness magazine.

Young is also the author of numerous academic publications published in professional jou als including the American journal of Publicr Health, journal of the Americanr Dietetic Association, journal of Public Health Policy, Nutritionr Reviews, and International journal ofr Obesity. Her research interests focus on the contribution of increasing portion sizes to the USrnobesity epidemic, and its implications for nutrition education and public policy.

Dr. Young is a member of various professional organizations including the Americanr Dietetic Association (ADA), the American Public Health Association (APHA), ther Greater New York Dietetic Association, and Nutrition Entrepreneurs (NE), a dietary practice group of the ADA. In 2006, she was named Woman of Action by the Israel Cancer Research Fund.

Young received her doctorate and master’s degrees in Nutrition from NYU, and her bachelor’srndegree in Economics and Health Care Administration from the Whartonr School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a registered dietitian.