She has taught nutrition at Cornell University and Ithaca College. She is the author of Healthy Eating for Life for Children (Wiley, 2002). She has written or delivered more than 50 scientific articles, reports, and presentations, with an emphasis on bone health and the benefits of low-acid eating. In 2005, she testified before the committee that revised the USDA Food Pyramid, and urged them to embrace the low-acid approach. They did not. She is also a senior nutrition scientist for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting preventive medicine through good nutrition. Dr. Lanou received her B.S. in Nutrition Science from the University of California at Davis (1985) and her Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Cornell University (1994).