Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle, Ph.D, M.P.H., is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. She is also a professor of Sociology at NYU and a visiting professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
CountryUnited States of America
country government office
Once the Government Accountability Office did a review of food safety systems in other countries and found many things about those food safety systems that were better than ours [American].
country government safety
One way in which we can encourage the Chinese government to take more vigorous action to control food safety in their country is by just saying we're not going to buy Chinese foods until they get their system cleaned up. Admittedly it's a difficult system to get under control because an astonishing percentage - maybe 80 percent - of the foods in China are produced in small backyard operations.
government views way
If we have a food supply that we can't trust, that has enormous implications for the way we view government, for the way we trust business, and for our international trade relations.
believe government labels
The general public believes that if a health claim is on the label the government backs that up, ... This sells food products, no question.
biggest pizza posters sauce saying source tomato
or they'll put posters up saying pizza is the biggest source of tomato sauce in the American diet.
eating people portions shocked
I think people will be really shocked when they see this because people are used to eating portions that are so much bigger.
palm
If they're replacing it with palm oil, I think it's a wash.
I don't define anything I eat as a vice.
chicken food lesser naturally occur plants
Omega-3s occur naturally in food like fish, chicken and eggs, and plants to a lesser extent. Why do we need to get it from bread?
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I have a generally optimistic temperament and am thrilled by what I see as a rapidly growing food movement, especially among young people who care about how food is produced and what it does to their health and the environment.
best eat except food kinds lots
The best way to eat is to eat lots of different kinds of foods. Except for breast milk, no one food is perfect.
gm label reverse time
It's time to get the FDA to reverse its 1994 decision not to label GM foods.
chicken food lesser naturally occur plants turn
What this does is to turn food into medicine, ... Omega-3's occur naturally in food like fish, chicken and eggs, and plants to a lesser extent. Why do we need to get it from bread?
food turn
What this does is to turn food into medicine,