CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement

CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement

CARE was established in May 2007 to foster rigorous community-based research and to translate scientific breakthroughs into practical benefits for residents of New Haven. In partnership with local health centers and hospitals, the city of New Haven, community organizations, businesses, faith communities, and other parts of Yale University, this School of Public Health program brings together diverse people and organizations to improve health in the city of New Haven.

"We are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.”—Gwendolyn Brooks

Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating

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Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating


February 11 through December 2, 2012

A wide-ranging exhibit on the food challenges of the 21st century, including changing eating habits and alarming levels of obesity, opens at the Yale Peabody Museum in 2012. Using an engaging multi-media and family-friendly approach, visitors will explore the neuroscience of appetite and how the body stores food and energy. They will also examine behavioral choices in nutrition and the influence of social, environmental and cultural settings. Visitors will investigate human origins as hunter-gatherers; explore societal pressures, such as the progressive growth of portion sizes; tackle media influences on food preferences; and consider the serious health consequences associated with obesity. Big Food will conclude with a challenge for visitors to reflect on their role in personal and community health, environmental justice and the food system’s sustainability.

BIG IDEAS, BIG FOOD.