[WATCH]: "Is There the Courage to Change the American Diet?"- Dr. Kelly Brownell

On October 11, 2012, Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, delivered the lecture, "Is There the Courage to Change the American Diet?" sponsored by the Quinnipiac University Interdisciplinary Program for Research and Scholarship. Brownell's talk covered some of the controversial approaches to issues such as food and addiction, food marketing directed at children, and policies such as taxes on sugared beverages. The roles individuals can play as professionals, members of the community, parents, and advocates can be significant. "Food affects our emotional and physical lives in a great many ways," said Brownell, who also is a professor of psychology, epidemiology and public health

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