Nov Nov 11, great lecture by a veg cook-Laura Stec

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With 61% of the U.S. population obese, the Surgeon

General has declared being overweight our #1 health

problem. On November 11, Chef and Natural Foods

Educator Laura Stec speaks on Weight Loss, Obesity And

Eating Disorders, Recent Research And Findings. She

will explore the numerous, complex, and interrelated

issues surrounding our weight, body image, and health,

which for many of us are nagging and continual

concerns.

 

Laura will also describe her role as Chef-Instructor

with LifeLong, a program for weight loss which takes a

multidisciplinary approach. Unlike other programs,

LifeLong is more integrative, combining

community-building aspects with medical aspects,

rather than just one or the other. Also, the program

is more intensive and life transitional, with

participants meeting weekly in a hospital setting over

the course of a full year. The program's components

include medical aspects of weight loss, psychological

aspects, nutrition, exercise education, culinary

education, meditation, and affirmations. A team of

six professionals teaches LifeLong; Laura handles

culinary education.

 

Laura was formerly with Bay Area Action where she

headed the Environmental Eating Action Team (EEAT),

which addressed ways to create positive environmental

changes through daily food choices, such as the

Peaceable Plate School Lunch Program. Laura trained

as a Chef at several distinguished institutions

including the Culinary Institute of America at

Greystone in Napa Valley, the School of Natural

Cookery in Boulder, CO, and the Vega Macrobiotic Study

Center in Oroville. She cooked at the French Meadows

Summer Camp, both as an assistant and later as Head

Chef.

 

 

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