This month we are joined by Dr Lorelei Mucci, from the Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts, who will present on the very current topic of ‘Disparities in Ethnic Minorities’. We will also hear from Prof Derek Rosario, from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, who will help to add clarity around the very current question of ‘Is There a Role for Diet and Exercise?’. It is co-chaired by Dr Gerhardt Attard, from University College London, U.K., who leads the group disucssion to close the episode.