There will be an evening meeting today as it is the 5th Wednesday.
Our speaker will be Prof Rob Pickard.
The title of the talk will be 'Life in the Balance: Food Energy and Health'.
The meeting will be at our normal venue, the Quality Hotel, Merthyr Road, Tongwynlais.
Start time is 7.30pm.
Please let Pauline Owen know if you would like to attend.
Biography
Professor Robert Pickard
Robert Pickard provides scientific advice to the broadcasting media and an extensive range of companies, charities and public bodies. He is Emeritus Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Cardiff; Visiting Professor at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester; a Fellow of the Institute of Biology and the Royal Society of Medicine; Chairman of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; and Chairman of the Consumers' Association, Which?. Formerly, he was Director-General of the British Nutrition Foundation; Chairman of the UK Government’s Foresight Task Force, Food's Contribution to Health in the Future; and served on the Welsh Ministerial Task Group, Food and Fitness for Children and Young People, and the Expert Panel for School Meal Guidelines at the Caroline Walker Trust. He is also an international authority on the biology of honeybees.