by Marion Nestle

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Apr 20 2017

NYU: Fales Library

I’m on a panel in the Critical Topics Series at the Fales Library, 3rd Floor Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, 4:00 p.m.  The panel is on “The Food Movement: Now What?”  As usual, Clark Wolf presides.  Here’s the panel info.

Apr 17 2017

Ithaca NY: Ithaca College

I’m keynoting IC Sustainability Week at 7:00 p.m., Textor Hall 102.

Apr 4 2017

Waltham, MA: Brandeis University

I’m giving a talk in the M.R. Bauer Colloquium Series in the Department of Biology and Neuroscience on “Food Politics: From Science to Advocacy.”  It’s at 12:30 p.m. in Gerstenzang 121.  Free and open to the public.

Apr 25 2017

Chicago: American Society for Nutrition

I’m on this panel: History of Nutrition Forum:  History of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 8:00 AM  ̶  10:00 AM, McCormick Place Convention Center, S105A.

Chairs: Lisa Jahns, PhD, and Forrest Nielsen, PhD, USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND.

  • History of Federal Dietary Recommendations Prior to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans – 1894-1970s, Wendy Davis, USDA-ARS
  • Evolution of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 1980 to 2015, Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, Tufts University
  • Challenges and Controversial issues in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 1980 to 2015, Marion Nestle, PhD, New York University
  • Who Uses Them, and How:  Past Accomplishments and Future Methods for Reaching Targeted Audiences, Suzanne  Murphy, PhD, RD, University of Hawaii at Manoa Cancer Center
Apr 18 2017

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University

I’m speaking to the Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti (CAPE), 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium of the Boyce Thompson Institute on “Food Politics 2017: A Personal View.”

 

Mar 29 2017

Colorado Springs: American Journal of Health Promotion

I am giving the keynote talk–“Food Politics: Making it Work for Health Promotion.”–to the conference on the Art and Science of Health Promotion, in the morning session, 9:00 a.m.  It’s at the Broadmoor, 1 Lake Ave.

Mar 21 2017

Berkeley: Barbara Weinstock Lecture on the Morals of Trade

The lecture, “Food Politics and the Twenty-First Century Food Movement,”  is at 4:10 p.m. in the Chevron Auditorium, International House.  Free and open to public.

Mar 3 2017

Cuernavaca, Mexico: 17th Congress on Public Health Research

I am speaking on a panel from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Auditorio Soberón: My talk is on Sugar sweetened beverages: politics, culture and health.  Juan A. Rivera Dommarco, Moderador.  El uso de instrumentos fiscales para incentivar comportamientos saludables: los casos de tabaco y bebidas azucaradas, Frank Chaloupka , Universidad de Illinois, and Efectos de los impuestos a las bebidas azucaradas y los alimentos no básicos con alta densidad energética, Arantxa Colchero , Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública.   Information about the conference is at https://www.insp.mx/congisp2017/.