Anahad O'Connor
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Anahad O'Connor (born 23 May 1981) is an American journalist and staff reporter for ''
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''. He joined the ''Times'' in 2003 and writes about consumer health, science and national issues. He is also a bestselling author. O'Connor was born and grew up on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
. He studied neuroscience and has a degree in
psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...
from
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
. His book ''The 10 Things You Need to Eat'' made ''The New York Times'' Bestseller list in 2010. He was part of the first class of the New York Times College Scholarship Program in 1999.


Bibliography

* ''Lose It!: The Personalized Weight Loss Revolution'' (2010) * ''The 10 Things You Need to Eat: And More Than 100 Easy and Delicious Ways to Prepare Them'' (2009) * ''Always Follow the Elephants: More Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In'' (2009) * ''Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In'' (2007)


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1981 births Living people 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American health and wellness writers American male journalists American male non-fiction writers Diet food advocates People from the Lower East Side The New York Times writers Yale College alumni {{US-journalist-1980s-stub