Dolan Lecture Series 2024

Mon Nov 11 2024 at 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-05:00

The John T. Hazel, M.D. Conference Center | Arlington

The Dolan Lecture Committee
Publisher/HostThe Dolan Lecture Committee
Dolan Lecture Series 2024
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An evening with Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL
About this Event

An evening with Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, and Member of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at University of California, San Francisco

5:30 - Pre-reception

6:00-7:30 - Lecture with Q&A

Reception immediately following in the Virginia Hospital Center atrium.


“Personal responsibility” or public health?

“Personal responsibility” is an ideology, championed as the solution for all our societal ills. Blame the individual’s behavior. The problem is that every personal responsibility issue eventually morphs into a public health crisis. Lead poisoning, vitamin deficiencies, TB, asthma, were all initially blamed on personal responsibility, but science made it clear that each of these were really exposures. More perniciously, teen pregnancy, smoking, and HIV were also attributed to personal responsibility. How about guns? And now, of course, the obesity epidemic falls under the same rubric. Diet and exercise, gluttony and sloth, “it’s your fault” — individuals exercise free choice as to what they put in their mouths. But what if you don’t have a choice? What if society cannot afford the health consequences of the Industrial Global Diet? What if the food has been formulated to be both toxic and addictive? “Personal responsibility” is an ideology that denies biology, and public health crises cannot be resolved one person at a time.

RSVP now for this important and relevant lecture.

Further details at the Dolan Lecture Series website.


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The John T. Hazel, M.D. Conference Center, The Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, United States

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