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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.

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

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.”

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.

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.

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/.

The fourth in the series:  “Research priorities in nutrition-related policies”  3:00 p.m. Aula Magna room.

The third lecture in this series: Conflict of interest in nutrition research, programs. and healthy eating recommendations: how to identify and manage.”  3:00 p.m., Aula Magna room.