Friday November 20, 2020
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Online Zoom Meeting
Dear Colleagues:
Greetings, and I hope that you and yours are healthy and safe in this socially-distanced time.
As part of that distancing, we’re continuing the “Friday Lunch” as an online event. After over thirty-years of in-person discussions it’s a bit of an adjustment; but it has been good to see colleagues who have moved away and now can take advantage of the new format.
Our topic for this week is really two topics. The first is something we’ve heard about probably for all our lives: claims that eating much red meat is unhealthy. A year ago, the Annals of Internal Medicine published five articles and an overview reviewing the evidence as to whether, as the authors put it, “red and processed meat are bad for you.” One of the articles was a guideline statement which concluded that the evidence did not support recommendations that people change their dietary habits to reduce that meat consumption.
This got a bit of publicity.
So one question is whether this set of studies is convincing. What are, or seem to be, the health effects of red meat?
But another question follows: what does this controversy tell us about the challenges of nutritional epidemiological research? How can the conventional wisdom about red meat be subject to such severe challenge? What kind of evidence is possible, and so how strong is the evidence about effects of various dietary choices? Are some questions easier to research than others?
Please join us for a discussion before we all eat something else on Thanksgiving!
Signing In
This semester’s discussions will begin at 12:30 p.m., the usual time. The meeting will be set up as from Noon to 2:00 p.m., so people are not all signing in at the same time and to allow for the discussion to run a bit long. Each week we will send out this newsletter with information about the topic. It will also include a link to register (for free) for the discussion. Every Monday the same information will be posted on our website: fridaylunch.case.edu.
If you register, you will automatically receive from the Zoom system the link to join the meeting. This week’s link for registration is:
https://cwru.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsf-uupjkoHd0ooKugR6a-yube9M7s9Ggk
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Please e-mail padg@case.edu if you have questions about how the Zoom version of the Friday Lunch will work or any other suggestions. Or call at 216 368-2426 and we’ll try to get back to you. We are very pleased to be partnering this semester with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program to share information about the discussions.
Best wishes for safety and security for you and yours,
Joe White
Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies
About Our Guest
Hope Barkoukis is a licensed, registered dietitian, associate professor, chair of the nutrition department and the faculty lead for the JJM Mandel Wellness & Preventive Care Pathway. Prior to joining the faculty, she developed nutrition and wellness programs for Fortune 500 companies; completed advanced professional culinary training; and has presented hundreds of culinary demonstrations for media, professional and community audiences. Professor Barkoukis is the recipient of many teaching awards for her engaging and energetic teaching style including the John S. Diekman Graduate Award for teaching excellence. Most recently, she received the 2016 Professional Achievement Award from the 7,000 member organization, SCAN: Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness nutrition practice group.
Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:
December 4: The Economics of Sports After (?) COVID-19. With Jonathan Ernest, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics. |
