An Evening with Dr. Marion Nestle
Sponsored by CAS Women in Science (WINS)
Date: Thursday, March 29
Time: 6 PM
Location: Jurow Hall, Silver Center first floor
Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. Marion Nestle will explain in clear and accessible language what calories are and how they work, both biologically and politically. She will explore issues that are fundamental to our understanding of diet and food, weight gain, loss, and obesity, helping us sort through a great deal of the misinformation put forth by food manufacturers and diet program promoters.
Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She is the author of What to Eat and, from UC Press, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety; and Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine.
Light refreshments will be provided.
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