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Food Sleuth Radio, Julie Guthman Interview

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
Length: 28:00

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What does capitalism have to do with obesity? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, as she interviews Julie Guthman, Ph.D., associate professor of community studies at the University of California, Santa-Cruz. Guthman is the author of "Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism." Guthman challenges widely held assumptions about the “obesity epidemic” and believes "food needs to be regulated at the point of production, not consumption." Read the full description.

Food_sleuth_on_kopn_small What does capitalism have to do with obesity? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, as she interviews Julie Guthman, Ph.D., associate professor of community studies at the University of California, Santa-Cruz. Guthman is the author of "Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism." Guthman challenges widely held assumptions about the “obesity epidemic” and believes "food needs to be regulated at the point of production, not consumption."

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Theme music: Kevin McLeod

Related Website

http://news.ucsc.edu/2011/10/guthman-weighing-in.html