The Power of Nutrition: Chronic Disease, COVID-19 and Your Health

This conversation was livestreamed on October 14.

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Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in our country. Director of the OHSU Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness, Kent Thornburg, PhD, will discuss the role nutrition plays in the rise of chronic diseases, and how nutrition impacts COVID-19 and our ability to overcome this and future pandemics. Dr. Thornburg will share what a good diet and proper nutrition look like and how nutrition before birth and during the earliest years of life establishes life-long chronic disease risk.

Presenter:

Kent L. Thornburg, PhD
M. Lowell Edwards Chair
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Center for Developmental Health, Knight Cardiovascular Institute
Director, Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness