DR. XAND VAN TULLEKEN
nutrition Expert
Dr. Xand van Tulleken trained in medicine at the University of Oxford, a diploma in Tropical Medicine from the University of Liverpool, a Diploma in International Humanitarian Assistance from Fordham University and a Master's in Public Health from Harvard where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
His primary interest is in health care delivery and public health in wars and disasters. He has worked for Médecins du Monde, Merlin and the World Health Organizations in humanitarian crises around the world including Sudan, Myanmar, Congo, and Peru.
Xand's television work has won two BAFTAs and a Broadcast Award. He has presented numerous documentariesfor the BBC and Channel 4 including: Operation Ouch, Horizon, Secret Life of Twins, and How to Lose Weight Well.
His interest in food, nutrition and ecology come from his work on complex humanitarian emergencies which frequently feature environmental and ecological crises which compound or, frequently, give rise to the political crisis. His television work frequently focuses on diet (including documentaries on alcohol, fat and sugar, the gut microbiome and weight-loss) and the subject matter and importance of communication and ecological approaches overlap with humanitarian work.
He is the author of the best selling book How to Lose Weight Well which examines the reasons for weight gain and the need for a balanced diet, grounded in a healthy lifestyle.
He has known Charlotte and Alexander since he was a small child and they, along with the landscape around Potentino, have been a formative influence on his writing and work on diet and human wellness.
A registered Doctor with the General Medical Council of the UK without a licence to practice, Xand is a contributing editor to the first edition of the Oxford Handbook of Humanitarian Medicine and has worked for Doctors of the World, Merlin and the World Health Organization in humanitarian crises around the world.
He is also Helen Hamlyn Senior Fellow at Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs. His most recent mission was in 2010 as MDM Head of Mission in Darfur running a project in the embattled Jebel Marra Region. He is an Honorary Lecturer in Conflict and Migration at University College London and is also the Saul Rae Fellow at Massey College at the University of Toronto. He is currently editing the first edition of the Oxford Handbook of Humanitarian Medicine