Events

Past Event

CAA Washington, DC | Thought for food: The true purpose of nutrition

October 30, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
America/New_York
Off-campus

Dr. Robert Lustig has become a leading public health authority on the impact sugar has on fueling the diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome epidemics, and on addressing changes in the food environment to reverse these chronic diseases.

In this discussion, based on his New York Times best-selling book Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processes Food, Obesity, and Disease, Dr. Lustig documents both the science and the politics that have led to the current pandemic of obesity and chronic disease. He provides practical examples for applying healthy eating principles with recipes by Cindy Gershen.

Learn more and rsvp here: https://dc.alumni.columbia.edu/robertlustig

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CAA Washington, DC