Dr. David Frisvold, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the Tippie College of Business and a member of the Obesity Research and Educational Initiative (OREI), will present at the November Hawkeye Lunch & Learn event at the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) on the topic "Public Policy and Personal Health: Effective tools for combatting obesity."
The event is free and open to the public, however seating is limited. Please RSVP online to reserve your seat for this fantastic lecture!
RSVP online at provost.uiowa.edu/lunchlearn/IowaCity
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Date: |
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
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Time: |
Noon to 1:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) |
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Speaker: |
David Frisvold |
Public Policy and Personal Health: Effective tools for combatting obesity
The rate of obesity has been increasing over the last few decades, so that more than 1 in 3 adults and more than 1 in 5 adolescents are now obese. This presentation will describe the costs to society of the high prevalence of obesity and discuss the effectiveness of public policies to reduce childhood obesity.
For more information, see http://now.uiowa.edu/2014/10/economics-obesity