Food and Addiction: The Importance of The Environmental Change

What environmental factors contribute to obesity? Kelly Brownell of Yale University is the Public Health Director at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. He explores causes and prevention of obesity and other nutrition problems. He integrates information from many disciplines and specialties ranging from the basic physiology of body weight regulation to world politics and legislation affecting issues such as agriculture subsidies and international trade policies. Series: Food and Addiction: Environmental, Psychological and Biological Perspectives [5/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 18340]

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Education

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• obesity
• weight
• environmental
• nutrition

[rfarebrother]

Thanks!

[tedkanode123]

Nice video, very interesting! thanks for sharing, god bless!

[vercorb]

MSG is unhealthy. Try to avoid eating foods with such.

[fundip43]

@XaneCrazy flavor enhancer that helps to reduces salt?

[sara46762]

wonderful talk ...thank you

[sara46762]

multimillion dollar for just showing that coca cola ...where are they taking the people of the world, not USA only...

[psychotrn]

Excellent talk. Establishing "optimal defaults" seems to be a very reasonable goal. I wonder, however, whether lobbyists will ever let the governments (not only in the U.S.) pass the necessary legislation.

[XaneCrazy]

MSG has only 1 real use, and it's not for taste..