Does Our Culture Make Us Sick? Racism, Classism and Food

Date: Wednesday, March 20
Time: 4-5PM, 110 Kraft Hall

Dr. Wesley McWhorter is Vice President of Lifestyle Medicine for Suvida Healthcare, national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, advisory council member for the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative, and a community board member for the American Diabetes Association. A professional chef and dietitian, Dr. McWhorter is also a behavioral scientist, strength and conditioning specialist, cookbook author, and food as medicine expert. His research and work focus on nutrition equity and closing the divide between culinary literacy and nutrition education and policy through hands-on culinary medicine education.