Hammer Forum

The Obesity Epidemic

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Co-presented by The Center for Food Law and Policy

The U.S. suffers from an obesity epidemic that produces massive health-care costs, often at taxpayers’ expense. Why are government food policies so slow to change in the face of this crisis? Dr. David Heber, professor of medicine and public health and director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, and Michael Roberts, director of The Center for Food Law and Policy and adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Law, provide insights from a public health, legal, and policy perspective.

This ongoing series of timely, thought-provoking events addresses current social and political issues.
Hammer Forum is moderated by Ian Masters, journalist, author, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and host of the radio programs Background Briefing, Sundays at 11AM, and The Daily Briefing, Monday through Thursday at 5PM, on KPFK 90.7 FM.

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