Collection:LPB

Genre: Speech

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2022-06-27

Duration: 00:43:19

Subjects: Pennington Biomedical Research Center | Health | BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | Food security | Obesity

Contributors:

• Myers, Candice Speaker

This episode of the series “Press Club” features a speech by Candice Myers before a meeting of the Baton Rouge Press Club on June 27, 2022. Myers is the director of the Social Determinants and Health Disparities Lab at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. She discusses her research into the connections between food insecurity and obesity and weight loss. She also answers questions from the media.