Food Matters Webinar Series

Clinical Education on Nutrition, Food Systems and Policy

• About This Webinar Series
• Upcoming Webinar Schedule and Topics
• Past Webinars

About This Webinar Series

Healthcare clinicians play a vital role in educating their patients, community and institutions. Clinicians are recognized as trusted experts on health-related issues, not only in the clinic, but in society as well. Well-informed and prepared clinicians can dramatically influence and educate others.

This webinar series has been developed as a key education and policy portal for the clinical community, in support of the following goals:

• To educate the health care community and the public about the importance of healthy and ecologically sustainable food systems
• To support practices and policies in medical schools, hospitals, and other health care facilities that support and model a healthy and ecologically sustainable food system, which provides food and beverages of naturally high nutritional quality
• To encourage the development of healthier food system through the local, regional, and federal policy interventions
• To provide patient and community-oriented tools on food systems, health and nutrition.

Upcoming Webinar Topics

• Clinical Guidance to Help Your Patients Make Healthier Food Choices

  October 27, 2011 - 3:30-4:30 PM EST
  Presenter: Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., Science Environmental Health Network
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• The Role of the Environment and How to Promote Greener and Cleaner Food for Maternal and Child Health

  November 3, 2011 - 3:30-4:30 PM EST
  Presenter Joanne Perron, M.D., FACOG, Reproductive Health and Environment, University of California San Francisco Medical Center
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• The Role of Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals in Creating a Healthier Food System

  November 10, 2011 - 3:30-4:30 PM EST
  Presenters: David Wallinga, M.D., Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and
  Jen Matthews, M.D., Children's Hospital, Oakland
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Past Webinars

• Obesity and Food Environments

  December 9th, 2010, 5:00 PM EST
  Presenters: Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., Science Environmental Health Network;
  Leslie Mikkelsen, R.D., Prevention Institute;
  Judith Bell, President, Policy Link
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• Organics Foods, Pesticides and Sustainable Food Production

  November 4th, 2010, 5:00 PM EST
  Presenters: Joel Forman, M.D., AAP;
  Kathryn Gilje, Pesticide Action Network
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• Antibiotics Overuse: Why Healthcare Should Care about Agriculture Use

  October 7th, 2010, 5:00 PM EST
  Presenter: David Wallinga, M.D.,
  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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• Healthy Food in Healthcare: The Role for Healthcare in Food and Agriculture Policy

  September 9th, 2010, 5:00 PM EST
  Presenter: Robert Lawrence, M.D.,
  Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
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