Daphne Oz

Daphne Nur Oz (born February 17, 1986) is an author and television host. On April 14, 2011, ABC announced Oz would be one of five co-hosts on The Chew, a one-hour live talk show exploring food from all angles.^[2][3] The show premiered in September 2011.

Biography

Oz, the eldest child of popular television doctor Mehmet Oz and Lisa Oz, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, where she graduated from Dwight-Englewood School in 2004. She has three siblings named Arabella, Zoe and Oliver. Oz graduated with a degree in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University in 2008.^[4]

On August 28, 2010, Oz married John Jovanovic, an investment fund analyst, whom she met in college.^[5] On February 26, 2014 Oz gave birth to a daughter, named Philomena "Philo" Bijou Jovanovic.^[6] Daphne Oz's father Mehmet Oz described the baby as being a blue-eyed Circassian beauty, just like her mother.^[7] Daphne Oz's paternal grandmother Suna Öz (née Atabay) was Turkish and had some Shapsug descent from her maternal great-grandparents.^[8] Suna's husband Mustafa Öz was Turkish. On April 23, 2015 Daphne announced on The Chew she was expecting her second child.

Career

Author

Oz is the author of New York Times Bestselling^[9] Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style, and Everyday Fun. The book contains recipes, tips, relationship and career advice, and the author's personal anecdotes.

Oz's first book, The Dorm Room Diet (Newmarket Press, 2006), advanced her approach to avoiding the "Freshman 15".^[10] The book covers her advice on how to develop healthy habits while in college that may benefit the student through life.^[11] The book was publicized by multiple media outlets including The New York Times,^[4]The Wall Street Journal,^[12]People, The Washington Post^[13]Reader's Digest^[14] Teen Vogue, Cosmo Girl! and Seventeen. She made promotional appearances on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, The Nate Berkus Show, The Tyra Banks Show, NPR Weekend Edition, and her father's program, The Dr. Oz Show.

In 2007, she published The Dorm Room Diet Planner (Newmarket Press, 2007). In 2012, she collaborated with the rest of the cast of The Chew to author The Chew: Food. Life. Fun.

Oz has written articles for Glamour Magazine,^[15][16] and The Huffington Post.^[17] In 2012, she wrote five articles for a column called "Food for Thought" for Creators Syndicate.^[18]

Public speaking

Oz speaks publicly on lifestyle and health topics.^[19]

In 2008, Daphne Oz was invited to speak at The Governor's Women's Conference, hosted by Maria Shriver.^[20] Oz was a featured speaker at The Aspen Institute's 2009 Aspen Health Forum.^[21] In 2011, Daphne Oz and her mother Lisa were the featured speakers at WCBS Radio's Working Women's Luncheon.^[22] Daphne Oz has delivered addresses to campus audiences including Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, and Georgetown University.

Non-profit work

Oz is an ambassador for and helped to establish HealthCorps, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit that equips teenagers with nutrition, exercise, and stress management education in over 50 schools nationwide.^[23]

Television

As of 2013, Oz is one of five co-hosts on ABC's The Chew, a weekday one-hour lifestyle show which premiered in September 2011.

Oz has been featured as a guest co-host on The View, and has appeared as a healthy living expert on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, The Dr. Oz Show, The Rachael Ray Show, Dayside, and Good Day New York.^[10]

Selected works

• Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style, and Everyday Fun, 1st ed., New York: WilliamMorrow, 2013; ISBN 006219688X.
• The Dorm Room Diet: The 8-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works, 1st ed., New York: Newmarket Press, 2006; ISBN 9781557046857.

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