Suzanne M. Babich

Babich obtained a BS in dietetics from Michigan State University in 1981 and a MS in nutrition from Winthrop University in 1991.[https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/suzanne-m-babich-drph-ms/ "Suzanne M. Babich, DrPH, MS"]. sph.unc.edu. Retrieved 6 March 2022. She obtained a DrPH in health policy and administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001.

Babich is an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is Associate Dean of Global Health and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. She is chair of the Board of Accreditation for the European Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA).[https://www.aphea.be/Pages/A1.ABOUT/BoA.html "Aphea Board of Accreditation"]. aphea.be. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

From 2003 to 2014, Babich wrote a food column "On the Table" in the Raleigh News and Observer and the Charlotte Observer.[https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/sue-hobbs-writes-final-on-the-table-column-for-news-and-observer/ "Sue Hobbs writes final ‘On the Table’ column for News and Observer"]. sph.unc.edu. Retrieved 6 March 2022. In total she authored 600 columns.

In 2022, Babich received a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award to work with colleagues in Croatia at the University of Rijeka.[https://fsph.iupui.edu/news-events/news/babich-award-may22.html "Dr. Suzanne Babich receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to strengthen public health workforce development in Croatia"]. fsph.iupui.edu. Retrieved 6 March 2022.[https://indystandard.com/stories/629945546-suzanne-babich-was-one-of-ten-iu-professors-who-will-receive-an-u-s-fulbright-scholar-award "Suzanne Babich Was One Of Ten IU Professors Who Will Receive An U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award"]. indystandard.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

Babich has described herself as a "vegan-leaning, lacto ovo vegetarian for nearly 50 years".Babich, Suzanne M. (2023). "About the Author". In Living Vegetarian for Dummies. Wiley. p. 409. {{ISBN|978-1-119-90311-6}} She served on the editorial board of the Vegetarian Times magazine for many years and was a nutrition adviser for the Vegetarian Resource Group.[https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj99mar/1999_mar_sci.php "Notes From The Scientific Department"]. vrg.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022. Babich was the primary author for the American Dietetic Association's 1988 and 1993 position papers on vegetarian diets with Johanna T. Dwyer.{{cite journal|author=Havala, Suzanne; Dwyer, Johanna|year=1988|title=Position of the American Dietetic Association: vegetarian diets--technical support paper|journal=Journal of the American Dietetic Association|volume=88|issue=3|pages=352–355|doi=10.1016/S0002-8223(21)01980-5 |pmid=3346498|s2cid=44567892}}{{cite journal|author=Havala, Suzanne; Dwyer, Johanna|year=1993|title=Position of the American dietetic association: Vegetarian diets|journal=Journal of the American Dietetic Association|url=https://www.jandonline.org/article/0002-8223(93)91966-T/fulltext|volume=93|issue=11|pages=1317–1319|doi=10.1016/0002-8223(93)91966-T|pmid=8227888 }}[https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2017/06/babich.pdf "Suzanne Marie Babich"]. sph.unc.edu. Retrieved 6 March 2022. The 1988 position paper questioned the idea of protein combining and concluded it is unnecessary.Maurer, Donna. (2002). Vegetarianism: Movement Or Moment: Promoting A Lifestyle For Cult Change. Temple University Press. pp. 38-39. {{ISBN|978-1566399364}}

In 1990, Babich worked with T. Colin Campbell to help him compile data for the China Health Project.{{cite journal|year=1990|title=A Positive Position|journal=Vegetarian Times|volume=160|issue=|pages=55}} In 1996, Babich attended the 32nd World Vegetarian Congress.[https://ivu.org/congress/wvc96/nutritionists.html "32nd World Vegetarian Congress 1996"]. ivu.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

Babich is on the advisory board of the Coalition for Healthy School Food (CHSF), a non-profit organization that introduces plant-based foods and nutrition in schools.[https://healthyschoolfood.org/wp/about-us/ "About Us"]. healthyschoolfood.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022. A 2nd edition of Babich's Living Vegetarian For Dummies was published in 2022.[https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Living+Vegetarian+For+Dummies,+2nd+Edition-p-9781119903116 "Living Vegetarian For Dummies, 2nd Edition"]. wiley.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

• [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01997227 Vegan Diets for Women, Infants, and Children] (with Ann Reed Mangels, 1994)
• [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1022507/pdf/westjmed00069-0085.pdf Vegetarian Diets-Clearing the Air] (1994)
• The Vegetarian Food Guide and Nutrition Counter (1997)
• What's Left to Eat?: A Nutritionist Answers Your Questions (1998)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being Vegetarian (1999)
• Get the Trans Fat Out (2006)
• [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18974661/ Getting from Fat to Fit: The Role of Policy in the Obesity Disaster] (2008)
• Living Vegetarian For Dummies (2009, 2022)
• Living Dairy-Free For Dummies (2010)

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• [https://onthetable.typepad.com/ On the Table]

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