Carlton Fredericks

Who was Carlton Fredericks?

Carlton Fredericks, born Harold Frederick Caplan, was a radio commentator and writer on nutrition and health.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1931 with a major in English and a minor in political science. He enrolled in New York University's School of Education and received a master's degree in 1949, and a night-school Ph.D. in Public Health education in 1955. He had been a radio host at WOR-AM in New York City beginning in 1957 and lasting 30 years.

His nutrition advice call-in program, Design for Living, was broadcast six days a week by the station and was also syndicated. Fredericks also wrote several books on nutrition as well as writing a column for Prevention magazine. He was a heavy smoker and died of a heart attack in 1987.