IATP
About this original series
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# Episodes
12 episodes -
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Episodes of IATP
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Food, Hormones and Patient Health Webinar
Exposure to environmental hormones, called “hormone or endocrine disruptors,” is contributing increasingly to chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes and infertility that manifest throughout our patients’ lives. Patients are exposed to hormone disruptors in large part via a contaminated food chain. Food contaminants include certain pesticides, PCBs and dioxins, arsenic, steroid hormones, and compounds like bisphenol A, originating from food packaging.
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Release date
Jun 28, 2011
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Runtime
58:10
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Renewable Materials: Why Minnesota? Why Now?
Why is now the time to develop renewable materials in Minnesota? Get an overview of the development of the Minnesota’s renewable materials industry over the last decade and what it means for long term economic growth. Segetis will provide a concrete example of a company developing and commercializing a “green” chemical that unlocks nature’s chemistry.
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Release date
Apr 20, 2011
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Runtime
42:53
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What It Takes to Grow Healthy Food: Views from t...
Increasing access to healthy food is one key mechanism for stemming the tide of obesity and diabetes sweeping America’s young and old. But, what does it take to grow healthy food? Hear from three individuals with a farming perspective on the challenges of growing fruits and vegetables and insight into the impacts of the Farm Bill and other federal policies.
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Release date
Apr 18, 2011
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Runtime
58:48
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Health, Justice and Industrialized Meat Production
Like other highly polluting industries, CAFOs are disproportionately located in low-income areas and communities of color. For more than a decade, Steve Wing and colleagues at the University of North Carolina have been studying the health effects of hog CAFOs in collaboration with community-based organizations in eastern North Carolina. Here he presents their most recent findings. ; Naeema Muhammad, from Concerned Citizens of Tillery, the lead community organization in this research, discusses...
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Release date
Feb 28, 2011
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Runtime
59:24
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Preventing Obesity by Acting Locally
Obesity among teenagers is more than three and a half times more prevalent than just three decades ago. The solution is multifaceted, but local government action is essential according to a prestigious ;Institute of Medicine Committee , convened in 2008 to focus on preventative actions for local governments.Jim Krieger, MD, MPH, a physician and member of that committee, talks about how the recommendations are being implemented across the country.Date: Monday, January 31, 2011
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Release date
Feb 2, 2011
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Runtime
01:00:35
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Dr. John Warner, Keynote, "Adding Value Through ...
Dr. John Warner, of the Warner-Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, delivers his keynote speech at the "Adding Value Through Green Chemistry" conference, co-hosted by IATP at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
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Release date
Jan 20, 2011
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Runtime
43:15
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So You Want To Be a Fellow
So You Want To Be a Fellow
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Release date
Dec 16, 2010
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Runtime
01:05:27
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SNAP & Soda: Who's Business is it Anyway?
A webinar hosted by the IATP Food and Society Fellows and Healthy Food Action, both programs of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
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Release date
Dec 3, 2010
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Runtime
43:57
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Feeding Health or Disease? The 2012 Farm Bill
Obesity and other diet-related diseases are driving costly health care. Increasingly, we find ourselves with a Cadillac health care system and a Ding Dong food system. Both are plagued by exploding costs and unequal benefits to the American public. The long, painful process of health reform is wrapping up while the debate about the next $300 billion, five-year Farm Bill is about to begin. What role can health professionals play in bringing about a healthier Farm Bill, and a healthier food syst...
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Release date
Nov 15, 2010
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Runtime
43:15
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Superbugs, Super Problems: Agricultural Antibiot...
The new scientific consensus is that routine, unnecessary use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry contributes significantly to a costly epidemic of antibiotic resistance. One result is the emergence of new infections with farm links, including Salmonella resistant to multiple drugs (including the critical cephalosporins), resistant E coli, and MRSA.
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Release date
Sep 21, 2010
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Runtime
56:39
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