Book Release Party - Appetite for Profit - Sat, Dec. 9 in Oakland

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You are cordially invited to attend a book talk, signing, and celebration ofthe release of the new book by Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How theFood Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back.In recent years, many concerned Americans have begun to ask: Who is to blamefor the growing public health crisis of obesity and diet-related illnessesthat plague this country? In Appetite for Profit, author Michele Simon, aleading public health lawyer and nutrition advocate, exposes the truth aboutthe major food corporations' public relations campaigns and lobbying tacticsthat undermine our health, while offering viable alternative solutions. Comeand help celebrate the book's release in her first book talk on the westcoast. Healthful refreshments will be served.When: Saturday, December 9, 2-4pmWhere: First Unitarian Church of Oakland 685 14th St, near Castro St, OaklandVia public transit: About 4 blocks west of the 12th Street BART stationFor driving directions visit: http://www.uuoakland.org/Cost: Free (RSVPs appreciated, email: Michele)Library Journal calls Appetite for Profit "essential...a convincing call toaction. A follow-up to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and Marion Nestle'sFood Politics." Marion Nestle has made the book required reading for herstudents, calling it, "brilliant." For more details about the book, visit:www.AppetiteForProfit.com.This event is co-sponsored by Compassionate Cooks(www.compassionatecooks.com) and Physicians Committee for ResponsibleMedicine. (www.pcrm.org.)

 

 

 

Claudia DelmanOutreach ManagerPhysicians Committeefor Responsible Medicine1333 Balboa Street, #2San Francisco, CA 94118415-750-4790415-750-4799 faxwww.pcrm.orgwww.safediets.org