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HEALTH MATTERS: Is Sugar the New Tobacco? A First Glimpse at Sugar Industry Documents
Date/Time: Thursday, 12 April 2018, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Location: G030 lecture theatre, Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building, the University of Adelaide
Cost: free
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We invite you to our second Health Matters lecture for 2018: Is Sugar the New Tobacco? A First Glimpse at Sugar Industry Documents, presented by Dr Cristin Kearns
Curbing consumption of added sugars is a significant public health challenge. Public health experts are advocating for polices, such as a sugar tax, amidst fierce opposition from the food and beverage industry. Increasingly, parallels are being drawn between the sugar industry and the tobacco industry.
Dr. Cristin Kearns, an American dentist, has uncovered previously secret sugar industry documents that shed new light on the industry's activities. Join her to learn about what's inside the sugar industry's filing cabinets.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Dr. Cristin Kearns is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco with a joint appointment in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. Her publications have been widely reported on in national and international media. She has been featured in Time Magazine and in Sugar Coated, winner of the 2016 Donald Britain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary
Contact: Mrs Kendall Marriott, Email: kendall.marriott@adelaide.edu.au, Events and Logistics Support officer, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Business: 8313 6469
