On September 22, 2009, CHE hosted an important call on today's food environment or "food system" and how the dysfunction inherent in the system contributes to ill health. There's plenty of evidence to proceed forward with interventions to make a healthier food system, but many in healthcare seem stuck inside reductionist, rather than systems thinking. On the call we considered, what's the basis for agreeing that there's evidence for broad-scale change? What are some strategies for prioritizing food systems reform, amid all the other environmental health challenges?"
Featured Speakers
- David Wallinga, MD, MPH, Director, Food and Health Programs, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- Kelly Brownell, PhD, Professor in the Department of Psychology at Yale University, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University and as Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
- Linda Shak, MSW, Program Manager for the Prevention Institute