David A. Kessler

David A. Kessler

David Aaron Kessler is an American pediatrician, lawyer, author, and administrator. He was the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration from November 8, 1990, to February 28, 1997. Kessler will co-chair his COVID-19 Advisory Board alongside former Surgeon General of the United States Vivek Murthy and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith.

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Summary David A. KesslerDavid Aaron Kessler is an American pediatrician, lawyer, author, and administrator. He was the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration from November 8, 1990, to February 28, 1997. Kessler will co-chair his COVID-19 Advisory Board, alongside former Surgeon General of the United States Vivek Murthy and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith. On November 9, 2020, Kessler was announced as one of three co-chairs of the three-person panel for the CO VID-19 advisory board, along with VivekMurthy and Marcella Nunez Smith.

He is also known for his role in the attempt to regulate cigarettes, which resulted in the FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. case. Kessler also oversaw the FDA-directed moratorium on silicone breast implant devices in 1992, which led to a deluge of lawsuits. His book highlights the consumer amount of salt, salt and sugar in their food intake. He asserts that this trio of elements in restaurant and processed foods causes us to eat more in a manner that changes our brain circuitry and that may develop a pattern of overeating.