Pierre Dukan

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

Pierre Dukan
"I don't know how to get slimmer" in Russia
Born (1941-07-08) July 8, 1941
Algiers, French Algeria
Occupationdietician, and author

Controversies

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

In May 2012, he was removed from the membership of the Ordre des Médecins at his request.[4]

In January 2014, Dukan was struck off the medical register for promoting his diet commercially.[5]

References
  1. Allen, Peter (6 July 2011). "Creator of the Dukan Diet suffers 'total defeat' after losing libel case in French court". Daily Mail. London.
  2. "French diet guru Pierre Dukan faces ethics hearing" BBC News, 26 March 2012
  3. Kim Willsher, "Dukan diet inventor faces censure", The Guardian, 27 March 2012
  4. "Dukan radié de l'ordre des médecins", Le Figaro 16/05/2012
  5. Penketh, Anne (26 January 2014). "Dukan diet creator struck off French medical register". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

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