Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle is a professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. She is the author of Food Politics, Safe Food, What to Eat, and Pet Food Politics. More

Nestle also holds appointments as Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She is the author of three prize-winning books: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (revised edition, 2007), Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety (2003), and What to Eat (2006). Her most recent book is Feed Your Pet Right: The Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and Cat. She writes the Food Matters column for The San Francisco Chronicle and blogs almost daily at Food Politics.

More Lessons From the Tainted Egg Recalls

More Lessons From the Tainted Egg Recalls

A nutritionist reacts to the latest wave of egg-related articles and explains what they actually mean More »

The Egg Industry's Full-Page Ad, Translated

The Egg Industry's Full-Page Ad, Translated

What Wednesday's response from "America's egg farmers" really said—and what it should have said More »

Tofu Dogs and Tofurky: The Latest on Fake Meat

Tofu Dogs and Tofurky: The Latest on Fake Meat

Great discoveries in meat substitute technology: meat flavors can make tofu taste better, and more More »

Food Industry Social Responsibility: A Myth?

Food Industry Social Responsibility: A Myth?

A Wall Street Journal piece on corporate social responsibility says the unthinkable: it's only about profits More »

The Egg Recall Saga Continues

The Egg Recall Saga Continues

The Food and Drug Administration is trying to put out food safety fires, but its hands are still tied More »

New Egg Rules Haven't Stopped Salmonella

New Egg Rules Haven't Stopped Salmonella

Salmonella isn't unheard of—but a recall of 380 million eggs? Stranger still is that new FDA rules didn't prevent it. More »

Why Are NYC Restaurants Afraid of Safety?

Why Are NYC Restaurants Afraid of Safety?

Food safety letter grade are terrifying chefs and might scare off business—but that's precisely the point More »

Britain's Cloned Beef Wars

Britain's Cloned Beef Wars

U.K. beef producers are fighting for their right to sell cattle descended from clones. But will they just be cloning our own lack of food transparency? More »

U.K. Backs Down on Healthy School Food

U.K. Backs Down on Healthy School Food

Britain's new conservative government is taking school food policy in a new direction—the wrong one, that is More »

Two Takes on the Senate Food Safety Bill

Two Takes on the Senate Food Safety Bill

With luck, food safety laws will crystallize this fall after a year of delays. Two looks at the latest developments. More »

Senate Food Safety Bill Has Bipartisan Support

Senate Food Safety Bill Has Bipartisan Support

How will the government keep food safe? As a Senate bill moves forward, an outline of what it might accomplish. More »

Food Marketing, From iTunes to Lobbying

Food Marketing, From iTunes to Lobbying

The latest ways the food industry is trying to influence you: social media, co-opting nutritionists, and more More »

Health Supplements in Trouble (Again!)

Health Supplements in Trouble (Again!)

The supplement industry takes a beating after sources call weight-loss drugs and vitamins over-the-counter dangers More »

Why Public Health Matters

Why Public Health Matters

When it comes to obesity and food safety, thinking about populations, not individuals, makes health the default More »

Help Save Russia's Fruit Seed Bank

Help Save Russia's Fruit Seed Bank

Construction in Russia is about to destroy 5,000 varieties of fruits and berries. But it's not too late—yet. More »

The Food Safety Bill vs. the Tea Party

The Food Safety Bill vs. the Tea Party

Almost everyone supports food safety reform. Everyone, that is, except anti-government raw milk advocates. More »

Illegal Lobbying: It's What's for Dinner

Illegal Lobbying: It's What's for Dinner

The beef industry has secretly been using federal funds to pay lobbyists. We'll have our steaks disclosed, please. More »

Health Claim Warriors Rally the Troops

Health Claim Warriors Rally the Troops

The FDA is shying away from enforcing food advertising rules—so a nonprofit is putting the agency under siege More »

Arming Health Care Workers in the Food Fight

Arming Health Care Workers in the Food Fight

A new website promises to help doctors, nurses, and social workers add their voices to food-related debates More »

Health: A Zero-Sum Game

Health: A Zero-Sum Game

Anti-obesity programs are, as has long been feared, stealing resources from campaigns to fight smoking. Why not try working together? More »

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