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SUMMARY:Seminar – 19 October 2016 – Dr Ben Richardson
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nA Capital Appetite: The Political Economy of UK Sugar Consumption \nDr Ben Richardson\, Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThe consumption of sugar is about more than its intrinsic sweetness. To explain why it is ingested in dangerously high quantities\, we need to appreciate its appeal to the businesses that supply and shape our collective diets. Whether suspending shelf-life\, modifying meal times or encouraging over-eating\, the properties of sucrose have been extremely useful in helping industrial food manufacturers subvert the natural and cultural rules governing what can be eaten\, when\, and in what quantities. This has been underpinned by supportive state policy governing sugar production and trade\, and light-touch consumer protection. However\, as the proposed soft drinks levy and post-Brexit agricultural reforms suggest\, this political settlement is not beyond challenge. \nAbout Dr Richardson\nDr Richardson is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. His research is focused on the political economy of food and agriculture. He is the author of Sugar (2015\, Polity) which examines the global politics of this commodity\, as well as articles on hunger\, farming\, and international trade policy. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-19-october-2016-dr-ben-richardson/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Don’t stop moving: is the digital world friend or foe in fighting a sedentary future?
DESCRIPTION:This talk is finished\, but you can download the slides from Professor Wareham’s presentation.\nPublic talk with Professor Nick Wareham as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas. \nSaturday 22 October: 3:00pm – 4:00pm. Faculty of Law\, 10 West Road\, CB3 9DZ \nPhysical inactivity is a 21st Century epidemic. We have created a world where we move less and we sit more – from our drive to work\, to our office desks\, to our evening spent on the sofa. Technology has had a clear role in this: fostering a shift away from manual work\, creating countless labour saving devices\, and building a world of the omnipresent display screen. Many of these changes have brought great benefits\, but they also create significant health risks that are spreading throughout the world. As well as the role of physical inactivity in weight gain\, a recently published MRC Epidemiology Unit-led analysis of data from the Europe-wide EPIC study estimated that lack of exercise may be independently responsible for twice as many deaths as obesity. \n\nBut could the technology that threatens us also come to our rescue? Recent years have seen digital innovations that are aimed at getting us moving again\, whether it’s a simple text message to prompt behaviour change\, or wearables technologies that measure and feed back on the user’s every movements and vital sign. Indeed\, we are witnessing the growth of a new movement\, “the quantified self” that seeks personal knowledge and self-improvement through tracking with technology. \nIn this Cambridge Festival of Ideas talk Prof Nick Wareham\, the Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit and Centre for Diet and Activity Research\, will examine what this technological change means for the individual\, and the implications all this data has for a quantified society. How do we capture\, process and make use of this data on a global scale? Can policymakers use this technology to nudge us back to a more active way of living? And what ethical implications does this create? \nRegistration is required to attend this talk\, and booking information is available on the Cambridge Festival of Ideas website.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/dont-stop-moving-22-10-16/
LOCATION:Faculty of Law\, 10 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Can the UK cook its way to better health? - Martin White
DESCRIPTION:Martin White\, Programme Lead for food behaviours and public health interventions at the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR)\, will deliver the sixth Worshipful Cooks’ Company Lecture\, ‘Can the UK cook its way to better health?’ on Friday 28 October 2016. \nMartin is a clinical academic\, trained in both medicine and public health\, with broad experience of public health research and practice\, and a national and international reputation for his research and leadership. He has an interest in developing research on the influence of the food industry\, the impact of social and policy interventions on diet\, and the population impact of individual level interventions. \nThe lecture is sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Cooks of London. The smallest of the livery companies\, it traces its origins back to the 12th century founded from two guilds of cooks in medieval London – the Cooks of Eastcheap and the Cooks of Bread Street. Today the Company’s present membership continues to include craft tradesmen\, and it engages actively with a broad range of organisations and charities associated with cooking. \nTo book a place at this lecture\, please visit: https://cookscompany2016.eventbrite.co.uk
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/can-uk-cook-way-better-health-professor-martin-white/
LOCATION:Old Library\, Pembroke College\, Trumpington Street \, Cambridge\, CB2 1RF\, United Kingdom
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