Soda Taxes and Other Policy Responses to the American Obesity Epidemic: A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium

When:
Friday, Feb 14, 2020 12:00p -
1:00p

Where:
Harvard Law School Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East (2036)
1585 Mass Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
FREE

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Event website:
https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/soda-taxes-and-other-policy-responses-to-the-american-obesity-epidemic

In recent years, some cities have tried to impose soda taxes and other new policies to reduce the obesity epidemic in the US—particularly among children—and its critical impact on society and the health care system. How effective are these policies? What is blocking their uptake? What alternatives should we consider?


A light lunch will be provided.


This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited and registration is required. Register now!


Panelists
Emily Broad Leib, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, and Deputy Director of the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School


Steven Gortmaker, Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health


Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School


The Health Policy and Bioethics Consortia is a monthly series that convenes two international experts from different fields or vantage points to discuss how biomedical innovation and health care delivery are affected by various ethical norms, laws, and regulations.


They are organized by the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Support provided by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.

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