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Michael Herschel Greger (October 25, 1972- ) is an American physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. He started eating a plant-based diet in 1990. He is currently the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society International. Greger is the author of numerous books and scholarly publications on animal agriculture, nutrition, and human health. In 2011, he founded the website NutritionFacts.org. He also is a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.〔(About Dr. Michael Greger. )〕〔(American College of Lifestyle Medicine )〕 ==Career advocacy== Greger is licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition. His work includes the human health implications of intensive animal agriculture and involves examining the routine use of non-therapeutic antibiotics and growth hormones in animals raised for food, and the public health threats of industrial factory farms.(publications ) Greger contributes to the HSUS's efforts to shape public policy on agriculture and nutrition. He also works on food safety issues, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease). He appeared as an expert witness testifying about mad-cow disease when cattle producers sued Oprah Winfrey for libel. Greger has lectured at universities, medical schools, and conferences,(lecture list ) including the Conference of World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and has appeared on television shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show. NutritionFacts.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity, for which Greger summarizes research from scientific journals in short referenced videos. It was established by Greger with help from the Jesse and Julie Rasch Foundation.〔Voices of the Food Revolution: Healing Your Body and Your World With Food!, John Robbins and Ocean Robbins, San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013, p. 67〕〔(RF Project Spotlight, In Focus, What is the optimal diet for disease prevention, describes the Rasch Foundation's collaboration with Dr. Greger in setting up NutritionFacts.org )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Greger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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