Author

Dr. Avena is a best-selling author of books on sugar addiction and nutrition during pregnancy, pre-conception, and childhood. She has published extensively in research journals, edited academic textbooks on neuroscience and appetite, and blogs for Psychology Today.

Scientist

Dr. Avena is a research neuroscientist in nutrition, diet, and addiction. She earned her Ph.D. from Princeton and completed a molecular biology fellowship at Rockefeller University. She is on the faculty at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Princeton University.

Public Speaker

Dr. Avena speaks to academic and general audiences about nutrition and health, offering research-based guidance to help parents, kids, and adults build healthy eating habits and avoid common pitfalls.

Consultant

Dr. Avena consults and provides litigation support for food, pharmaceutical, and independent groups, specializing in the neuroscience of eating behaviors.

Sugarless

Food, Baby & Toddler

Why Diets Fail

Food & Fertility

Eating During Pregnancy

Dr. Nicole Avena

An expert in nutrition, diet and food addiction

Dr. Nicole Avena is a research neuroscientist and a pioneer in the field of food addiction. Her seminal research work jump-started a new field of exploration in medicine and nutrition. She is an expert in diet during pregnancy and baby, toddler and childhood nutrition.

"Dr. Nicole Avena clearly shows how sugar can lead to illness and obesity, and can even compromise your mental health."

Katie Couric Award-winning journalist and NYT bestselling author

"This is where Dr. Avena steps in: she is a true expert with a scientist's mind and a mother's heart."

Dr. Jennifer Ashton Former Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News

Sugar, Food Addiction & overeating

Studies demonstrate that highly-processed foods can produce signs of addiction and lead to behavioral and brain changes that can contribute to overeating.

Nutrition, Addiction & Medicine

Proper nutrition is the key to beating any addiction, but most programs don't recognize how crucial a proper diet is in aiding a lasting recovery.

Pregnancy, Baby & Toddler Nutrition

Research shows that healthy eating behaviors in the first 1000 days (from conception thru age 2) has long term effects on a baby's health and well-being.

"Dr. Nicole Avena tells moms-to-be how to give their babies a healthy start by eating foods that support baby's development and keep mom feeling nourished and satisfied."

Dr. Mark Hyman Author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution

"Through her breakthrough research, Nicole Avena now delivers an accessible and actionable guide for using the same science to evade addiction to sugar."

Michael Moss Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Hooked

Engaging Dr. Avena

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