The politics of food with Marion Nestle

Update: 2025-06-03

Description

While there are positive aspects of having top government officials talking about chronic disease prevention and diet, the food industry's primary goal remains profit – not public health. In today’s episode, Ken is joined by Marion Nestle, one of America's most respected voices on nutrition and food politics.

Marion believes that truly addressing human health and equality in food requires getting politics out of the discussion. She has dedicated her career to advocating for public health and food policy, is a professor at NYU, author of several books and writes the daily newsletter Food Politics.

For a deeper dive into today’s discussion:

Marion Nestle’s Newsletter Food Politics

Marion Nestle’s Books

Awareness of the MyPlate Plan: United States, 2017–March 2020

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Food Research & Action Center

Food security among SNAP participants 2019 to 2021: a cross-sectional analysis of current population survey food security supplement data (Journal of Nutritional Science)

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