Maureen Callahan (food writer)

Maureen Callahan is an American dietitian and writer about health food and dieting.

Biography
Callahan trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She has won two James Beard Foundation Awards; one in 1994 for "Magazine Writing on Diet, Nutrition & Health" for a piece "Diets don't work", and a Book Award in the "Focus on Health" category for The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook (ISBN 9780848728120) in 2005. She was the lead author for Health.com's Diet Guide.

Callahan was a health columnist for Parents and Meredith’s Mature Outlook. She was also a Senior Editor at Tufts University Health Letter and wrote for the Mayo Clinic Health Letter. She also wrote for Redbook, Reader’s Digest and Better Homes & Gardens. She contributed recipes to the first edition of Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating.