Barry Popkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Barry Popkin

American food scientist

Date of Birth: 23-May-1944

Place of Birth: Superior, Wisconsin, United States

Profession: economist, epidemiologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Barry Popkin

  • Barry Michael Popkin (born May 23, 1944) is an American nutrition and obesity researcher and the W.R.
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  • Distinguished Professor of Nutrition (as well as Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, where he is the director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Obesity.
  • He developed the concept of "nutrition transition".
  • He is the author of over 490 journal articles and a book, "The World is Fat".

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