ONLINE: HealthyPeople, HealthyPlanet: Animal agriculture and global impact on environment, food security, social justice
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Monday, April 22, 2024
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Healthy People, Healthy Planet Speaker Series: Changing the Paradigm
Animal agriculture and the global impact on environment, food security, and social justice
Speaker: Dr. Tushar Mehta completed medical school and residency at the University of Toronto.  Currently, he practices Emergency Medicine in Brampton, ON and participates in international health projects.
Learning objectives:
- Understand the mechanisms by which animal products have a higher ecological impact than high quality plant protein foods
- Identify parameters of global ecology that are predominantly impacted by animal agriculture
- Describe how food security is impacted by animal agriculture
- Discuss the adequacy of plant protein in human nutrition
- Describe the pandemic and infectious disease implications of animal agriculture
- Review common misinformation tactics used by animal agriculture industry
The Healthy People, Healthy Planet Speaker Series has been certified for up to 6 CFPC Group Learning credits and 6 Royal College Section 1 - Group Learning hours. It provides a Queen’s University certificate of completion for up to 6 hours of professional learning for health professionals.
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