Obesity Panacea Podcast

Travis interviews Dr Zach Ferraro, whose research focuses on exercise in pregnancy.

An interview with health researcher Dr Val Carson.

Today Travis chats with PhD student Atif Kukaswadia about his research looking at the links between bullying, acculturation, and health.

Drs Jacqui Gingras and Arya Sharma debate whether obesity is a disease in Ottawa, Ontario.

itunes pic [https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/b0/29/dc/obesitypanacea/3000x3000_1610069.jpg] In this episode I talk with Michele Simon, public health lawyer and author of Appetite for Profit [http://www.appetiteforprofit.com/]. Michele argues against partnerships between health researchers and the food industry, and we discuss my recent conversation with Dr Diane Finegood, who is advocating for increased dialog and trust between research and industry in order to tackle the obesity epidemic.  To leave a comment on our blog please visit www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea [http://www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea].  Michele's blog can be found athttp://www.appetiteforprofit.com/ [http://www.appetiteforprofit.com/].