BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Virtual Author Event: Conversation with Michael F. Jacobson | Salt Wars BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65562021-01-26 DTSTART:20210126T220000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210126T230000Z LOCATION:133 Rehoboth Avenue\nRehoboth Beach Delaware 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=133 Rehoboth Avenue\nRehobo th Beach Delaware 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=133 Rehoboth Avenue:geo: 38.716477,-75.080204 GEO:38.716477;-75.080204 SUMMARY:Virtual Author Event: Conversation with Michael F. Jacobson | Salt Wars CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us for a live online conversation with Michael F. Jacobson \,\nauthor of _Salt Wars: The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the\nAmer ican Diet_. Joining him in conversation is Michael Moss\, author\nof _Sal t Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us_\n[https://dlc.lib.de.us/client /en_US/default/search/results?qu=Salt+Sugar+Fat%3A+How+the+Food+Giants+Hoo ked+Us&te=].\n\nA high-sodium diet is deadly\; studies have linked it to h igh blood\npressure\, strokes\, and heart attacks. It's been estimated exc ess\nsodium in the American diet causes as many as 100\,000 deaths deaths\ nand many billions of dollars in avoidable health-care costs each year.\nA nd yet salt is everywhere in our diets—in packaged foods\, fast\nfoods\, and especially meals at table-service restaurants. Why hasn't\nsalt recei ved the sort of public attention and regulatory action that\nsugar and fat have? In _Salt Wars_\, Michael Jacobson explains how the\nAmerican food industry and a small group of scientists have\nsuccessfully fought governm ent efforts to reduce dangerous levels of\nsodium in our food. He advises readers how to reduce salt and calls on\nthem to suit up for the next batt le in the salt wars.\n\nMichael F. Jacobson is Cofounder and Senior Scient ist at the Center\nfor Science in the Public Interest. He is the author of  _Six\nArguments for a Greener Diet_\n[https://dlc.lib.de.us/client/en_US /default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:62640 5/one?qu=Six+Arguments+for+a+Greener+Diet] and\nother books. Michael Moss was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for\nexplanatory reporting in 2010\, and w as a finalist for the prize in\n1999 and 2006. He was a reporter for _The New York Times_\, _The Wall\nStreet Journal_\, _Newsday_\, and _The At lanta Journal-Constitution_.\n\nWe invite you to support the author by pur chasing a copy of the book\nfrom Browseabout Books by clicking HERE\n[htt ps://www.browseaboutbooks.com/book/9780262044448]. Call-in orders\nare acc epted at (302) 226-2665 or you can stop by the store to\npurchase a copy. For store hours\, please visit their website. Each\ncopy purchased comes w ith a signed archival bookplate.\n\nThis is an online event. Event URL wi ll be sent via registration\nemail.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a live online conversation with Michael F. Jacobson\, author of \;Salt Wars: The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet. Joining him in conversation is M ichael Moss\, author of \;Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.

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A high-sodium diet is deadly\; studies have linked it to high bloo d pressure\, strokes\, and heart attacks. It'\;s been estimated excess sodium in the American diet causes as many as 100\,000 deaths deaths and m any billions of dollars in avoidable health-care costs each year. And yet salt is everywhere in our diets&mdash\;in packaged foods\, fast foods\, an d especially meals at table-service restaurants. Why hasn'\;t salt rece ived the sort of public attention and regulatory action that sugar and fat have? In \;Salt Wars\, Michael Jacobson explains how the Ame rican food industry and a small group of scientists have successfully foug ht government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food. He advises readers how to reduce salt and calls on them to suit up for the n ext battle in the salt wars.

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Michael F. Jacobson is Cofounder an d Senior Scientist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. He is the author of \;Six Arguments for a Greener Diet \;and other books. Michael Moss was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2010\, and was a finalist for the prize in 19 99 and 2006. He was a reporter for \;The New York Times\,&nbs p\;The Wall Street Journal\, \;Newsday\, and \;< em>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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We invite you to suppo rt the author by purchasing a copy of the book from Browseabout Books by c licking \;HERE. Call-in orders are accepted at (302) 226-2665 or you can sto p by the store to purchase a copy. For store hours\, please visit their we bsite. Each copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate.

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This is an online event. \;Event URL will be sent via registration email.

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