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Pierre Dukan
French nutritionist (born 1941)
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Pierre Dukan (born July 8, 1941), is a French former nutritionist, and the creator of a popular diet named after him, the Dukan Diet.
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.[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]