Quick facts
Name
Dr. P. K. Newby
(she/her, aka "The Nutrition Doctor")
Founder and Revolutionary, Food Matters Media
Author, Food & Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know
Education
ScD - Harvard School of Public Health
MPH - Columbia University School of Public Health
MS - Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
BS - SUNY Albany School of Social Welfare
Expertise
Nutrition science, diet and chronic disease prevention, plant-based diets, health, and sustainability, nutritional ecology, healthy hedonism, farm to fork, future of food, agshittification, Age of the Chicken, culinary nutrition, ecotechno
All Food Things Considered
Let's Change the World Together
Let's Change the World Together
- Nutrition science and dietary patterns
- Chronic disease prevention through diet
- Plant-based diets and sustainable eating
- Nutritional ecology (health, environment, society, economy)
- Food technology and the future of food
- Age of the Chicken and agshittification
- Nutrition misinformation and the War on science
- Diet and climate change
- Cooking and culinary nutrition
Let's Change the World Together
Let's Change the World Together
Let's Change the World Together
- Media interviews (TV, radio, print, podcast)
- Speaking engagements
- Expert commentary
- Content creation, production, collaboration
- Science Advisor / Board member
- Food and nutrition consulting
Highlights
Speaking & Panels
Food Events & Cooking Demos
Media & Television
- SXSW 2022 (Austin, TX): "Plant-Based Meat: Green Eats or Just Junk Food?" and "Regenerative Storytelling" panel
- Seeds and Chips 2019 (Milan, Italy): "Food Evolution: The Final Frontier"
- Museum of Science Sci-Fi Food Day 2019 (Boston, MA): "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. | How Science, Technology, and You Shape the Future of Food" (featuring Chewbacca
- SXSW 2022 (Austin, TX): "Plant-Based Meat: Green Eats or Just Junk Food?" and "Regenerative Storytelling" panel
- Seeds and Chips 2019 (Milan, Italy): "Food Evolution: The Final Frontier"
- Museum of Science Sci-Fi Food Day 2019 (Boston, MA): "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. | How Science, Technology, and You Shape the Future of Food" (featuring Chewbacca)
- Expo Milan 2015 (USA Pavilion, Milan, Italy): "Food and Nutrition in the 21st Century: How Science, Taste, and Technology (Still) Shape What We Eat"
- American Society for Nutrition 2019 (Baltimore, MD): "Challenges in Research Translation: Combating Nutrition Confusion"
Media & Television
Food Events & Cooking Demos
Media & Television
- ABC's The Taste: Featured as one of the "best undiscovered cooks" on Season 3, last woman standing with Nigella Lawson (2014-2015)
- NBC10/NECN Documentary: Expert interview for "The Climate Project: Your Role, Your Impact" (April 2019)
- National & Local Television: AM Northwest (KATU Portland), Afternoon Live (KATU Portland), News Center Main
- ABC's The Taste: Featured as one of the "best undiscovered cooks" on Season 3, last woman standing with Nigella Lawson (2014-2015)
- NBC10/NECN Documentary: Expert interview for "The Climate Project: Your Role, Your Impact" (April 2019)
- National & Local Television: AM Northwest (KATU Portland), Afternoon Live (KATU Portland), News Center Maine, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) (cameo)
- Radio & Podcasts: NPR/Living Lab Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, Gastropod, others
Food Events & Cooking Demos
Food Events & Cooking Demos
Food Events & Cooking Demos
- WGBH Food & Wine Festival: Cooking demo featuring plant-based, globally inspired cuisine (2018)
- Boston Local Food Festival: Cooking demo featuring local produce (2018, 2015, 2013, 2012)
- Louisiana Food Prize: Celebrity chef cooking demo, judge, and panelist (2016, 2017)
- Jacques Pépin Lecture Series: "The Future of Food: How Science, Taste, a
- WGBH Food & Wine Festival: Cooking demo featuring plant-based, globally inspired cuisine (2018)
- Boston Local Food Festival: Cooking demo featuring local produce (2018, 2015, 2013, 2012)
- Louisiana Food Prize: Celebrity chef cooking demo, judge, and panelist (2016, 2017)
- Jacques Pépin Lecture Series: "The Future of Food: How Science, Taste, and Technology Shape What We Eat" + healthy hedonism nibbles and cocktails (2015)
Books & Publications
Food Events & Cooking Demos
Food Events & Cooking Demos
- Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2025), first edition published in Chinese and Turkish.
- Foods for Health: Choose and Use the Very Best Foods for Your Family and Our Planet (National Geographic, 2014).
- How to Eat: Plant-Based Recipes to Save Your Life and Our Planet (Food Matters Media, 2020). Free e-
- Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2025), first edition published in Chinese and Turkish.
- Foods for Health: Choose and Use the Very Best Foods for Your Family and Our Planet (National Geographic, 2014).
- How to Eat: Plant-Based Recipes to Save Your Life and Our Planet (Food Matters Media, 2020). Free e-cookbook to raise funds for Feeding America.
- The Nutrition Doctor / Cooking & Eating the PK Way: 300+ recipes, articles, and videos on healthy, sustainable eating (2011-2020)
- More than 65 peer-reviewed articles on diet and disease prevention.