Dr. Larry A. Tucker is a Professor and the Director of the Y Be Fit clinic in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University and began his career as a professor at New Mexico State University in 1981. Later, he accepted a position at Auburn University where he taught for five years before accepting a position at BYU in 1988. He has been a professor at BYU for more than 30 years. He teaches courses in Obesity and Weight Management, Lifestyle and Chronic Disease Prevention, and Research Design, among others. In 2019, he was identified as one of the top 1% of researchers in the world based on multiple publication metrics spanning the past several decades. Over his career, he has published numerous articles in scholarly journals, several book chapters, and a book on living a healthy lifestyle. His research and teaching interests include epidemiology and lifestyle medicine.
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Dr. Larry A. Tucker is a Professor and the Director of the Y Be Fit clinic in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University and began his career as a professor at New Mexico State University in 1981. Later, he accepted a position at Auburn University where he taught for five years before accepting a position at BYU in 1988. He has been a professor at BYU for more than 30 years. He teaches courses in Obesity and Weight Management, Lifestyle and Chronic Disease Prevention, and Research Design, among others. In 2019, he was identified as one of the top 1% of researchers in the world based on multiple publication metrics spanning the past several decades. Over his career, he has published numerous articles in scholarly journals, several book chapters, and a book on living a healthy lifestyle. His research and teaching interests include epidemiology and lifestyle medicine.
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