Event name
Vistas Zoom Webinar: "Food and Nutrition: Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Unapologetic Deliciousness” with Christopher Gardner, Ph.D
When
Mon 08 / 19 / 2024
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Where
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Limited Capacity: 98 spots available
Price
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Vistas Zoom Webinar: "Food and Nutrition: Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Unapologetic Deliciousness” with Christopher Gardner, Ph.D
Monday, August 19 at 11am
Michael Pollan probably said it best when he coined the phrase “Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants.” It could be that simple. However, media headlines all too often make nutrition recommendations sound anything but simple. Christopher is here to help. He has been conducting nutrition studies for over 30 years and has served on many national nutrition committees. The topics of this presentation will include foundational dietary principles, links between our food and a healthy planet, and what Christopher likes to refer to as “Stealth Nutrition”. An underlying theme to all of this will be Unapologetic Deliciousness, because we all want to enjoy what we eat! With an engaging blend of humor and evidence-based science, Professor Gardner will share his nutritional and culinary insights, and answer questions from attendees.
Christopher Gardner, PhD, Rehnborg Farquhar professor of medicine at Stanford and nutrition scientist, studies what to consume and to avoid for optimal health, and how best to motivate individuals
to achieve healthy dietary behaviors. He is currently serving on the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory
Committee and is the past chair of the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee. He has
conducted and published dozens of human nutrition intervention trials, including trials of Mediterranean,
Ketogenic, Vegan, Low-Fat and Low-Carb diets and their effects on cardiometabolic health. Some of his current interests include Stealth Nutrition, Unapologetic Deliciousness and Institutional Food Settings. He is currently working on personalized nutrition explorations with several colleagues, with particular focus on the gut microbiome. Professor Gardner’s work was recently featured in a Netflix docuseries (Jan 2024) – “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment”.