Junk vs Jabs: our relationship with food

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In partnership with the University of Aberdeen 

BSL interpreted

According to the World Health Organization, adult obesity levels have doubled since 1990 and quadrupled in adolescents. However, with ‘miracle’ diet drugs now available, Big Food could face challenges from Big Pharma as people eat less processed food. Or will Big Food merely adapt and produce convenient fibre- and protein -enriched foods? And where does a healthy relationship with cooking and eating food fit into the equation? 

Chair: Emma Harper MSP, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Panellists: 

Professor Alexandra Johnstone, from The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, is Theme Lead for Obesity, Nutrition and Disease. She is a UK-registered nutritionist. She is actively engaged in obesity research and translation the team’s innovative science to a range of stakeholders. She leads the £1.6 million ‘FIO Food’ research grant, on food insecurity and obesity, with emphasis on the retail food sector.

Dr Stuart Gillespie has been fighting to transform our dysfunctional food system for 40 years. Stuart worked at a range of United Nations agencies across the world, before joining the International Food Policy Research Institute in 1999. He is the author of Food Fight: From Plunder and Profit to People and Planet. (online)