This Zoom session is from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST: Combining Scholarship and Activism: An Intergenerational Exchange. Information about the session and registration is HERE. Bob Gottlieb and I will address how to combine food policy scholarship and activism in discussion with two much younger colleagues, Ivonne Quiroz and Lo Anderson.
by Marion Nestle
Mar
24
2009
Is meat bad for health?
A new study from the Archives of Internal Medicine says yes. People who eat the most red meat have a 20% to 30% increased risk of premature mortality. In an accompanying editorial, Barry Popkin points out additional reasons to consider eating less meat: food prices, the environment, and climate change.
The Associated Press and the Washington Post have much to say about this study.
And here’s the meat industry’s reaction.