View online - 2014 Menzies Debate "The obesity epidemic should be managed by cure, not prevention"
View online - 2014 Menzies Debate "The obesity epidemic should be managed by cure, not prevention"
More than 60% of Australian adults are either overweight or obese. The individual and societal costs are high, and growing. Join us to hear experts from research, policy and clinical practice debate the motion
2014 Menzies Debate
More than 60% of Australian adults are either overweight or obese. The individual and societal costs are high, and growing. Join us to hear experts from research, policy and clinical practice debate the motion
"The obesity epidemic
should be managed by cure,
not prevention"
The award-winning science journalist Mark Horstman, of ABC's Catalyst, will moderate an evening of spirited verbal sparring on a critical health issue for the 21st Century.
For the motion:
Professor Alison Venn - Deputy Director, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania
Adjunct Associate Professor Martin Hensher - Director, Strategic Planning, DHHS
Associate Professor Tim Greenaway - Director of Clinical Endocrinology, Royal Hobart Hospital
Against the motion:
Dr Roscoe Taylor - Chief Health Officer and Director of Public Health for Tasmania
Dr Verity Cleland - Epidemiologist, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania
Dr Amanda Neil - Health Economist, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania
Thursday, September 25
Lecture Theatre 2
University of Tasmania Medical Science Precinct
17 Liverpool Street,
Hobart
Drinks and canapés from 5.30pm
Please be seated by 6pm
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