Online Program

339055
Health costs of current food and farm policy: Diet-related disease and environmental health


Wednesday, November 4, 2015 : 10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, PhD, MHA, Food and Evironment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC
Forthcoming

Learning Areas:

Chronic disease management and prevention
Environmental health sciences

Learning Objectives:
Explain some of the externalized health care costs of the food system.

Keyword(s): Health Care Costs

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am currently a Food Systems and Health Analyst and have been the lead researcher on multiple grants studying access to healthy foods for low-income individuals. I have a PhD in health policy and a Masters in Healthcare Administration. My main research interests are food and nutrition policy, obesity prevention, and health disparities.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.