A Roadmap to Wellbeing with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel
Virtual event presented with Library Speakers Consortium
Tuesday, June 09
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Join us for a virtual event with health expert Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel as he shares his vision for living well and aging with purpose.
Join us in this virtual event for an empowering conversation with health expert Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, bioethicist and oncologist, as he shares his vision for living well and aging with purpose. In Eat Your Ice Cream, he explores how to embrace health, happiness, and longevity without falling for quick fixes or unrealistic promises.
Everyone wants to live a full and healthy life - and every day brings a tidal wave of attention-grabbing misinformation, faddish ideas from “wellness” influencers, and bizarre advice from news outlets. The “Wellness Industrial Complex” prescribes conflicting and complicated regimens while promising us more time to enjoy in the future - though it sure is demanding a lot of time right now. But what actually matters most to our health and longevity?
In Eat Your Ice Cream, renowned physician Ezekiel J. Emanuel argues that life is not a competition to live the longest and that “wellness” shouldn’t be difficult; it should be an invisible part of one’s lifestyle that yields maximum health benefits with the least work. Dr. Emanuel cuts through the noise with wit and good humor, giving readers just what they need: simple, high-impact, evidence-based guidelines on such issues as alcohol consumption, food and nutrition, exercise, sleep, and social engagement.
Resisting the tide of the latest trends to extend life at all costs, Eat Your Ice Cream reveals that many of the tools for a long, healthy, and meaningful life are already within reach.
About the author:
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, the Co-Director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute, and a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Emanuel is an oncologist and world leader in health policy and bioethics. He is a Special Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health and held that position until August of 2011.
Dr. Emanuel has over 350 publications and has authored or edited 15 books. He regularly contributes to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic.
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