International Festival of Arts & Ideas
Food: Pleasure, Policy, and Public Health
Season 1 / Episode 7 Episode Archive
About this series:
Every year in June, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas bring together a diverse group of artists, writers, thinkers and world leaders to discuss the most pressing issues in art, society, politics and the environment. Every other week through out the year we share with our web audience our featured broadcasts of these events. Our eclectic program offers a mix of serious, controversial, and whimsical topics, all designed to inspire new ways of thinking.
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Sep 25, 2009
01:22:18
Learning
Food is central to our existence, and has a profound role in family and cultural traditions and identity. Kelly Brownell, Yale Professor of Psycholo...
Food is central to our existence, and has a profound role in family and cultural traditions and identity. Kelly Brownell, Yale Professor of Psychology and Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, along with Canadian Chantal-Line Carpentier, United Nations Sustainable Development Officer and 2006 Yale World Fellow, and Josh Viertel, President of Slow Food USA, dive into the joys of food, and the complex interplay of the related economic, political, environmental, and public health issues.
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