Pierre Dukan | |
|---|---|
 "I don't know how to get slimmer" in Russia | |
| Born | July 8, 1941 |
| Occupation(s) | dietician, and author |
Pierre Dukan is a French former nutritionist, and the creator of a popular diet named after him, the Dukan Diet. Born in 1941 (age 82)
Pierre Dukan | |
|---|---|
| "I don't know how to get slimmer" in Russia | |
| Born | July 8, 1941 |
| Occupation(s) | dietician, and author |
Pierre Dukan is a French former nutritionist, and the creator of a popular diet named after him, the Dukan Diet. Born in 1941 (age 82)
In July 2011 a French court ruled against Dukan in his attempt to sue rival nutritionist Jean-Michel Cohen for libel, after Cohen had criticised Dukan's method in the press.[ citation needed ]
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. [1]
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. [2]
In May 2012, he was removed from the membership of the Ordre des Médecins at his request. [3]
In January 2014, Dukan was struck off the medical register for promoting his diet commercially. [4]
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