New York's Prof Marion Nestle, arch food industry critic, published her ground-breaking, game-changing book, Food Politics, some ten years ago - and it's now published in a 10th anniversary edition with an introduction by fellow über-critic, Michael Pollan. The author, here, reflects on what has...
The Danish government's now infamous "fat tax" has caused an international uproar, applauded by public health advocates on the one hand and dismissed on the other as nanny-state social engineering gone berserk. [Excellent commentary by Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics and...
Is salt bad for us? In just the past few months researchers have published seemingly contradictory studies showing that excess sodium in the diet leads to heart disease, reduces your blood pressure, or has no effect at all. Scientific...
Investors and analysts are repoprtedly souring on Pepsico’s much-publicised healthy products initiative. Given that Pepsi’s stock has underperformed that of rival Coke, they’re suggesting the company should put more resources into its unhealthy — yet immensely profitable — products like soda and Cheetos....
Reacting to the USDA's new food icon, MyPlate, that replaces the Food Pyramid, Marion Nestle, prolific food industry commentator and critic (the author of "Food Politics", among other books, and professor in the nutrition, food studies and public health department at...
Last week (May 5) many of the world’s leading experts on food gathered at the "Future of Food" conference in Washington DC, sponsored by the Washington Post. It brought together The Prince of Wales (no less), a lifelong environmentalist and organic farmer, Eric Schlosser,...