T. Colin Campbell

T. Colin Campbell
Campbell speaking in 2013
Born (1934-03-14) March 14, 1934 (age 90)
EducationPennsylvania State University (BS)
University of Georgia
Cornell University (MS, PhD)
OccupationNutritional biochemist
Notable workThe China Study (2005)
SpouseKaren Campbell
ChildrenThomas M. Campbell, Keith E. Campbell, Nelson Campbell (sons)
WebsiteT. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies

Thomas Colin Campbell (born March 14, 1934)[1] is an American biochemist who specializes in the effect of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University.[2][3][4]

Campbell has become known for his advocacy of a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based diet. He coined the term "Plant-based diet" to help present his research on diet at the National Institutes of Health in 1980.[5][6] He is the author of over 300 research papers,[7][8] and four books The China Study (2005), which was co-authored with his son, Thomas M. Campbell II, and became one of America's best-selling books about nutrition,[9] Whole (2013), The Low-Carb Fraud (2014) and The Future of Nutrition (2020). Campbell is featured in the 2011 American documentary Forks Over Knives.

Campbell was one of the lead scientists of the China–Cornell–Oxford Project on diet and disease, set up in 1983 by Cornell University, the University of Oxford, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine to explore the relationship between nutrition and cancer, heart, and metabolic diseases.[10][11] The study was described by The New York Times as "the Grand Prix of epidemiology".[12][13]

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  5. ^ Varian, Ethan (December 28, 2019). "It's Called 'Plant-Based,' Look It Up". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. Archived from the original on January 26, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  6. ^ Ramanathan, Lavanya (February 15, 2019). "How 'plant-based' rebranded vegan eating for the mainstream". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
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  10. ^ Hicks, J. Morris (2011). Healthy Eating, Healthy World: Unleashing the Power of Plant-Based Nutrition. Dallas: BenBella Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-936661-04-6. LCCN 2011035297. OCLC 701019523.
  11. ^ Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (U.S.) (June 1990). China Exchange News. Vol. 18. Washington, D.C.: The Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China. p. 12–15. ISSN 0272-0086. LCCN 80645235. OCLC 6567214.
  12. ^ "Chinese ecological studies". Clinical Trial Service Unit. University of Oxford. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  13. ^ Brody, Jane E. (May 8, 1990). "Huge Study Of Diet Indicts Fat And Meat". The New York Times. pp. 1–2. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 26, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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