Krista A Varady

Krista A. Varady is a Canadian-American scientist known for her studies of intermittent fasting on chronic disease risk in human subjects. Varady was one of the first scientists to study intermittent fasting in humans. She also serves as the director of the Human Nutrition Research Center at UIC. She is also the co-author of two books about intermittent fasting for the general public, titled The Every Other Day Diet and The Fastest Diet.

Education Varady completed her Bachelor's degree in dietetics at the University of Guelph. After her PhD, she joined the laboratory of Marc Hellerstein at the University of California, Berkeley, to study intermittent fasting. and in 2017 she received the Mead Johnson Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Nutrition for her work in intermittent fasting.

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