obesity
Spotlight on the New Health Commissioner Thomas Farley
by Mark Foggin, Public Sector Strategy Consultant and Freelance Writer
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, became commissioner of the New York City Department of Health in May. It was not his first stint at DOH. He spent nearly two years advising then-commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden in 2007 and 2008. Dr. Farley was also chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He has conducted research and published articles on a wide range of topics, including obesity. Dr. Farley also coauthored, with RAND Senior Scientist Deborah Cohen, Prescription for a Healthy Nation (Beacon Press), which describes the logical and business aspects of Americans’ access to unhealthy food.
Dr. Thomas Farley: If you look at the leading causes of death in New York City—heart disease, cancer, diabetes—many are tied to how we eat. Probably the Number One behavior that affects our health is smoking. But Number Two is getting people to eat healthy foods.
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Posted December 2nd, 2008 by Jane ShuputWho Is Th is Report For?
This report is for New York City policy makers, advocates, and
health professionals as well as anyone who cares about the health
of New Yorkers. Its goal is to educate and spark debate on food
policy choices for New York.
Who We Are
This report was prepared by the City University of New York
Campaign Against Diabetes and the Public Health Associa-
tion of New York City. Th e authors are: Lauren Dinour, MPH,
RD: public health doctoral student at the Graduate Center, City
University of New York; Liza Fuentes, MPH: also a public health
doctoral student at the Graduate Center, and Nicholas Freuden-
berg, DrPH: Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Hunter
College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York;
and Past President, Public Health Association of New York City
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