Marion Nestle
@marionnestle.bsky.social
Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, & Public Health, New York University, Emerita, and author of books about food politics.
Marion Nestle is an American molecular biologist, nutritionist, and public health advocate. She is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Emerita at New York University. Her research examines scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity, and food safety, emphasizing the role of food marketing. .. more
Public Health
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Medicine
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Weekend reading: How GLP-1 drugs are affecting food companies
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor! ___________________________ I've been collecting items on the effects of GLP-1 drugs on the food industry. Recall my mantra: Eating less is bad for business.
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Weekend reading: How GLP-1 drugs are affecting food companies
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor!…
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor!…
Happy holidays!
May your holidays be filled with family, friends, loving kindness---and cookies!
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Happy holidays!
May your holidays be filled with family, friends, loving kindness---and cookies!
May your holidays be filled with family, friends, loving kindness---and cookies!
Congress actually passes a bill: whole milk for schools
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor! ________________________ I can hardly get my head around this. Here is USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins doing a version of the dairy industry's milk mustache campaign celebrating the reintroduction of whole milk into schools.
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Congress actually passes a bill: whole milk for schools
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor!…
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor!…
Instacart’s dynamic pricing: it’s wrong. Protests stopped it!
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor! ___________________________ As I keep saying, food companies are not social service or public health agencies. They are businesses with stockholders to please and pleasing stockholders is their first priority.
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Instacart’s dynamic pricing: it’s wrong. Protests stopped it!
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor!…
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor!…
Industry-influenced study of the week: taste for sweets
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor! ___________________________ Thanks to Erin Croom from Small Bites Adventure Club! for sending this one. The Study: The Sweet Tooth Trial:
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Industry-influenced study of the week: taste for sweets
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor!…
Alert to readers: Amazon.com displays listings for several more workbooks, study guides, and cookbooks purportedly based on my book, What to Eat Now (see previous post on this). I did not write any of them. Caveat emptor!…
RIP Dr. Jerome Lowenstein: a remembrance
Last week I was heartbroken to receive a message from Danielle Ofri, the editor of the Bellevue Literary Review, announcing the death of Jerome Lowenstein, who had been my primary care doctor for more than 20 years. To say that the editors of Bellevue Literary Review were saddened to learn of the passing of Jerome Lowenstein, MD, is an understatement.
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RIP Dr. Jerome Lowenstein: a remembrance
Last week I was heartbroken to receive a message from Danielle Ofri, the editor of the Bellevue Literary Review, announcing the death of Jerome Lowenstein, who had been my primary care doctor for more than 20 years. To say that the editors of Bellevue…
Last week I was heartbroken to receive a message from Danielle Ofri, the editor of the Bellevue Literary Review, announcing the death of Jerome Lowenstein, who had been my primary care doctor for more than 20 years. To say that the editors of Bellevue…
Today’s dysfunctional FDA: Could staff losses have something to do with it?
If you are wondering what's going on at the FDA, and why everyone seems to be worried about its current leadership, take a look at this instructive post on X: "Nearly 90% of senior leaders who were at the FDA a year ago are no longer there." Comment: The FDA has lost its institutional memory. From the standpoint of RFK Jr, that is the point.
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Today’s dysfunctional FDA: Could staff losses have something to do with it?
If you are wondering what's going on at the FDA, and why everyone seems to be worried about its current leadership, take a look at this instructive post on X: "Nearly 90% of senior leaders who were at the FDA a year ago…
If you are wondering what's going on at the FDA, and why everyone seems to be worried about its current leadership, take a look at this instructive post on X: "Nearly 90% of senior leaders who were at the FDA a year ago…
USDA grants SNAP waivers to 6 new states
The USDA just announced the addition of six states to the list of waivers that allow them to restrict soft drinks and sometime other foods and drinks from what SNAP recipients can buy with their benefits (they can still buy these things with their own money), Secretary Rollins Signs Six New State Waivers to Make America Healthy Again by Removing Unhealthy Foods from SNAP in Hawai‘i, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee…
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USDA grants SNAP waivers to 6 new states
The USDA just announced the addition of six states to the list of waivers that allow them to restrict soft drinks and sometime other foods and drinks from what SNAP recipients can buy with their benefits (they can still buy these things with their own…
The USDA just announced the addition of six states to the list of waivers that allow them to restrict soft drinks and sometime other foods and drinks from what SNAP recipients can buy with their benefits (they can still buy these things with their own…
USDA’s Regenerative Farming Initiative: Real or Greenwashing?
Regenerative is the new buzzword for sustainable agricultural practices. Unfortunately, the term is undefined. I like the approach of the Real Organic Project: regenerative begins with---and extends---certified organic production methods. The USDA has now adopted the term for its own purposes: USDA Launches New Regenerative Pilot Program to Lower Farmer Production Costs and Advance MAHA Agenda. It announced a $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program to help American farmers adopt practices that improve soil health, enhance water quality, and boost long-term productivity, all while strengthening America’s food and fiber supply...(HHS) is also investing in research on the connection between regenerative agriculture and public health, as well as developing public health messaging explaining this connection.
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USDA’s Regenerative Farming Initiative: Real or Greenwashing?
Regenerative is the new buzzword for sustainable agricultural practices. Unfortunately, the term is undefined. I like the approach of the Real Organic Project: regenerative begins with---and extends---certified organic production…
Regenerative is the new buzzword for sustainable agricultural practices. Unfortunately, the term is undefined. I like the approach of the Real Organic Project: regenerative begins with---and extends---certified organic production…
Industry-funded conflict of the week: eggs and cognitive function
I'm always fascinated by egg-and-health studies because advice about eggs really has never changed: one egg a day was OK decades ago, and still is. But the egg industry wants you to eat more eggs. And encourages research to promote doing so. Hence this study. The study: Egg intake and cognitive function in healthy adults: A systematic review of the literature…
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Industry-funded conflict of the week: eggs and cognitive function
I'm always fascinated by egg-and-health studies because advice about eggs really has never changed: one egg a day was OK decades ago, and still is. But the egg industry wants you to eat more eggs. And encourages research to promote…
I'm always fascinated by egg-and-health studies because advice about eggs really has never changed: one egg a day was OK decades ago, and still is. But the egg industry wants you to eat more eggs. And encourages research to promote…
Santa Cruz: Peggy downes Baskin Ethics Lecture
I'm giving this lecture at UCSC, Sponsored by the Humanities Institute. Title: "Food Politics 2026: Sustainable Food in the Trump Era." Details to follow.
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Santa Cruz: Peggy downes Baskin Ethics Lecture
I'm giving this lecture at UCSC, Sponsored by the Humanities Institute. Title: "Food Politics 2026: Sustainable Food in the Trump Era." Details to follow.
I'm giving this lecture at UCSC, Sponsored by the Humanities Institute. Title: "Food Politics 2026: Sustainable Food in the Trump Era." Details to follow.
Weekend browsing: FAO’s Statistical Yearbook
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released its Statistical Yearbook 2025. From the press release: This edition of the Yearbook showcases a new indicator, the prevalence of minimum dietary diversity, which will support monitoring progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2): ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition. This indicator helps to measure progress by assessing whether segments of the populations, such as children and women, are consuming a diverse range of foods, which is crucial for ensuring adequate nutrient intake.
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Weekend browsing: FAO’s Statistical Yearbook
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released its Statistical Yearbook 2025. From the press release: This edition of the Yearbook showcases a new indicator, the prevalence of minimum dietary diversity, which will support…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released its Statistical Yearbook 2025. From the press release: This edition of the Yearbook showcases a new indicator, the prevalence of minimum dietary diversity, which will support…
Los Angeles: Food 2050 (Film)
I'm on the visionary panel. To register, click here.
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Los Angeles: Food 2050 (Film)
I'm on the visionary panel. To register, click here.
I'm on the visionary panel. To register, click here.
Big Food launches campaign to counter concerns about ultra-processed foods
The Consumer Brands Association, formerly the Grocery Manufacturers of America (about as Big Ultra-Processed Food as you can get) has announced a transparency campaign ostensibly to promote the safety, affordability, and convenience of food products. I learned about this from an e-mailed anouncement. National Consumer Transparency Week...is the cornerstone of the Consumer Brands Association's ongoing effort to support the CPG industry's efforts to provide consumers thorough information while also emphasizing the safety, affordability and convenience of their products.
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Big Food launches campaign to counter concerns about ultra-processed foods
The Consumer Brands Association, formerly the Grocery Manufacturers of America (about as Big Ultra-Processed Food as you can get) has announced a transparency campaign ostensibly to promote the safety, affordability, and…
The Consumer Brands Association, formerly the Grocery Manufacturers of America (about as Big Ultra-Processed Food as you can get) has announced a transparency campaign ostensibly to promote the safety, affordability, and…
San Francisco’s lawsuit against food companies
San Francisco's city attorney has sued major food companies for marketing ultra-processed foods (UPF) that make people sick. The lawsuit: COMPLAINT FOR: VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW AND PUBLIC NUISANCE The arguments I. UPF are dangerous: "No reason exists to believe that humans can fully adapt to these products." II. UPF-like tobacco and illegal drugs--are addictive. UPF cause compulsive use in the same ways as other addictive substances…
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San Francisco’s lawsuit against food companies
San Francisco's city attorney has sued major food companies for marketing ultra-processed foods (UPF) that make people sick. The lawsuit: COMPLAINT FOR: VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW AND PUBLIC NUISANCE The arguments I. UPF are…
San Francisco's city attorney has sued major food companies for marketing ultra-processed foods (UPF) that make people sick. The lawsuit: COMPLAINT FOR: VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW AND PUBLIC NUISANCE The arguments I. UPF are…