With obesity rates climbing throughout the western world, many are warning of a public health catastrophe.
Michael McKay's guest this week is Dr. Johanna Ralston, CEO of the World Obesity Federation, and formerly CEO of the World Heart Federation. She is a global leader in noncommunicable disease advocacy, having worked for the American Cancer Society for many years.
She has a doctorate in Public Health; and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Ralston is also an Executive-in-Residence at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.