Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, LCEH, MS, Ph.D, FTOS

Dr. Dhurandhar, is a Paul W. Horn Distinguished Professor, Helen Devitt Jones Endowed Chair, Chairperson of the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Associate Dean for Innovation for the College of Health and Human Sciences at Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, TX, USA. Previously, he was the John Henry Hernandez endowed Professor in Health Promotion at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of Louisiana State University, LA, and the William Hardy Endowed Chair in Obesity Research at Wayne State University, MI. During 2014-2015, he was president of The Obesity Society, which is the premier professional organization. He was Editor-In-Chief of Nutrition and Diabetes and now Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Obesity from January 2021.

As a physician and nutritional biochemist, he has been involved with obesity treatment and research for 40 years and has treated over 15,000 patients for obesity using lifestyle therapy as well as medication. Dr. Dhurandhar has published over 180 scientific publications.  He was included in the Stanford University-Elsevier list of top 2% of most cited researchers in the world. His book, “Dr. Dhurandhar’s Fat Loss Diet” was #1 Best Seller on Amazon India. 

Fun fact
He tried boxing and wrestling as a teenager. Then he opened his eyes.

Favorite way to eat pistachios
As pistachio fudge – Indian style