Rockhampton is the beef capital of Australia, but could the city also be the fat capital? Central Queensland University’s Associate Professor Kerry Mummery will answer this question in a public lecture at CQU Rockhampton this month.

Rockhampton: Fit or Fat City? will be the first lecture in the Faculty of Arts, Health and Sciences’ Public Lecture Series which begins Wednesday May 14.

The lecture will be held at the Greig Turner Building (No 6) with tea and coffee from 5.30pm and the lecture commencing at 6pm. The lecture will run one hour.

Associate Professor Mummery is the local project leader for the 10,000 Steps Project, the largest community-based physical activity promotion project in Australia.

Funded by Queensland Health for a two-year period, the project is aimed at increasing health-related physical activity at a population level by means of a multi-strategy intervention.

Associate Professor Mummery will answer whether Rockhampton is a fit or fat city and will discuss why Rockhampton was chosen for the project; why the focus on physical activity; the success of the project; and where the project is going from here.

Upcoming public lectures in this series include: Choosing Fruit...A Buyer’s Guide; Electrowinning, Rusting and Smart Sensors; and Shifting Sands: Remembering Seascapes, and Learning to Live in Coast Communities.

For further information regarding the lecture series contact the Associate Dean (Research) Office on (07) 4930 9405.