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Friday, November 15 • 11:10am - 11:50am
Eating right, living better: Building healthier food systems worldwide / Bien manger, vivre mieux : bâtir des systèmes alimentaires plus sains à travers le monde

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Panel Organized by: Christel Binnie, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) / Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI)

Over the past five decades, global food systems and human diets have changed substantially. The food people eat—and the policies, economies, and natural ecosystems necessary to sustain these diets—profoundly impact the health and sustainability of communities worldwide.

Join our expert panel for a discussion about the bold and innovative actions that are improving health, preventing chronic disease, and ultimately promoting human development and environmental wellbeing. From improved food marketing regulations and better labeling policies for prepackaged foods, to community mobilization of farmers, schools, and grassroots organizations, policymakers are drawing on evidence-backed development research to make concrete progress.

Moderators
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Greg Hallen

Program Leader, Food, Environment and Health, International Development Research Centre
Greg Hallen leads the Food, Environment and Health program at the International Development research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The goal of this program is to develop evidence, innovations, and policies to improve health, build healthier food systems, and prevent non- communicable and... Read More →

Speakers
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Marcela Reyes

Assistant professor at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile
A medical doctor trained in nutritional biochemistry, Dr. Marcela Reyes is an assistant professor at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology at the University of Chile. Dr. Reyes was co-investigator of IDRC-funded grants that monitored local food environments and the new Chilean... Read More →
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Mary L’Abbé

Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Dr. Mary L’Abbé is a Professor at the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto, where she leads a research group on Food and Nutrition Policy for Population Health. She was formerly Earle W. McHenry Professor and Chair.Dr. L’Abb... Read More →
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Alafia Samuels

Director of the Chronic Disease Research Centre of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR); Deputy Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Barbados.
Dr. Thelma Alafia Samuels is the Director, Chronic Disease Research Centre of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR), and the Deputy Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus Barbados.Dr. Samuels... Read More →
avatar for Jean-Claude Moubarac

Jean-Claude Moubarac

Assistant Professor at the Department of Nutrition, Université de Montréal
Anthropologist and researcher in nutrition and public health, Dr. Moubarac is assistant professor at the Department of Nutrition at Université de Montréal and researcher at TRANSNUT (WHO collaborating centre on nutritional changes and development) at the same department. His research... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2019 11:10am - 11:50am EST
Governor General I
  Science & Society

Attendees (55)