Our speaker is Professor Mike Gibney from the School of Agriculture and Food Science, UCD. Mike has written in excess of 300 peer reviewed papers and three books on issues concerning nutrition, diet and health. He is a deeply committed exponent of the science in this area and an outspoken critic of the widespread discrimination with which those experiencing obesity are faced. He is a debunker of myths and an encyclopaedic reference source regarding the thorny area of diet. His lecture will be an eye opener for anyone concerned with nutrition, diet and health – which is all of us!