public health

Writer David H. Freedman

Is It Still a Condiment if I Eat It On Its Own?

David H. Freedman is a contributing editor at The Atlantic, author of Wrong: Why Experts Keep Failing us—and How to Know When Not to Trust Them, and coauthor of The Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder. Before moderating a discussion on propaganda and public health, he talked about why his attic is in danger of destroying the rest of his house, what outsiders don’t get about Boston—where he lives—and his crazy love of condiments.

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UCLA’s Frederick Zimmerman

An Economist Who Could Do Without Freakonomics

Economist Frederick J. Zimmerman is chair and professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, where he studies the effect of the …

L.A. County Director of Public Health Jonathan Fielding

Did I Tell You I Love Chocolate?

Jonathan Fielding is the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. In February 2012, he and his wife made a $50 million donation to the UCLA School …

Psychologist Traci Mann

Sushi, Ice Cream, Blue Cheese, and Marshmallow Peeps

Social psychologist Traci Mann studies self-control, health behavior, and how we diet at the University of Minnesota, where she is an associate professor; she moved to Minnesota in 2007 after …

We’re Going To Attack Your Donut Eating On All Fronts

How Health Propaganda Will Play Out In the Years Ahead

by Sarah Rothbard |

As much as social scientists have learned about what drives people’s decision-making, we still haven’t found a silver bullet for changing people’s behavior. Yet at a panel co-presented by UCLA …

This Place Is Sick

How Can We Make the Central Valley Healthier Without Increasing Government Spending?

 

The Central Valley of California has some of the grimmest health statistics in the nation. It’s a leader in obesity, asthma, and premature births. Fixing those problems is important, but …


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