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
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.
incentives labels fats
The trans fat label has been an enormous incentive for food companies to take trans fat out of their products.
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,
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.
fats oil palm substitute
It's not better to substitute palm oil to get the trans fats out.
gm label reverse time
It's time to get the FDA to reverse its 1994 decision not to label GM foods.
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.
billion choice directing methods putting
They (food companies) are putting $36 billion into directing those choices. And their methods are very effective.
advertising courts covered likely speech
they're likely to win, because the courts are increasingly interpreting advertising speech as something that's covered by the First Amendment.
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.
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?
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.