Pierre Dukan is a French former nutritionist, and the creator of the fad diet named after him, the

Dukan Diet The Dukan Diet is a high-protein low-carbohydrate fad diet devised by Pierre Dukan. Description The Dukan diet is a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet with four phases, each of which has specific rules. History In 1975, Pierre Dukan was a g ...

. Born in 1941 (age 82)

Controversies

In July 2011 a French court ruled against Dukan in his attempt to sue rival nutritionist

Jean-Michel Cohen Jean-Michel Cohen (born 22 May 1959) is a French nutritionist and author, best known for the ''Parisian Diet''. Biography Cohen received his M.D and PhD in nutrition from the Paris Diderot University in 1983, after which he worked as a nutritio ...

for libel, after Cohen had criticised Dukan's method in the press. In January 2012, Dukan suggested that the Baccalaureate exam, taken by 17-year-old children, should include one test which the children could pass simply by staying within appropriate weight limits. He faced a disciplinary hearing in connection with these remarks. In March 2012 the French Ordre des médecins asserted that Dukan had violated the organization's medical code of practice by practising medicine as a business. In May 2012, he was removed from the membership of the Ordre des Médecins at his request. In January 2014, Dukan was struck off the medical register for promoting his diet commercially.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dukan, Pierre 1941 births Dietitians Living people French general practitioners French nutritionists Pieds-Noirs People from Algiers Algerian Jews Low-carbohydrate diet advocates