Free event! Presented by the CLA Health and Wellness Committee

In this presentation, Dr. Peter Rogers will discuss:

1. Epidemiology. Western populations have high rates of cancer and chronic diseases like obesity, hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, dementia. Many non-western populations have low rates of these diseases. What’s the difference in diet & lifestyle?

2. Migration studies. It’s not genetic. When these populations migrate to the west, they get the same diseases.

3. Treatment studies. When westerners imitate the diet of healthy non-western populations, they routinely show dramatic improvement.

4. Mechanisms of disease. It is useful to understand why some types of foods cause disease & others generate health. Understanding increases motivation to improve one’s habits.