Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle
Born (1936-09-10) September 10, 1936 (age 88)
New York[1]
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forPublic health advocacy, opposition to unhealthy foods, promotion of food studies as an academic field
Scientific career
InstitutionsNew York University
ThesisPurification and properties of a nuclease from Serratia marcescens (1968)
External media
Audio
audio icon “EPISODE 19: Introduction to Food Politics with Marion Nestle”, The Green Life, 2022.
Video
video icon Food politics: Who makes our food choices? Marion Nestle at the Nobel Week Dialogue 2016, December 15, 2016
video icon Marion Nestle: Let's Ask Marion What You Need to Know about the Politics of Food, Town Hall Seattle, October 30, 2020
video icon Food Thinkers: Marion Nestle, Centre for Food Policy, March 23, 2022

Marion Nestle (born 1936) 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.[2][3] Her research examines scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity, and food safety, emphasizing the role of food marketing.[4][5]

Through her work at NYU and her award-winning books, Nestle has had a national influence on food policy, nutrition, and food education.[6] Nestle became a Fellow of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences in 2005.[7] In 2019 she received the Food Policy Changemaker Award, as a "leader who is working to transform the food system".[8]

In 2022, the University of California Press published Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics, a memoir.[9]

  1. ^ Dangalan, Claire (2015-07-12). "Marion Nestle: Food Scientist Extraordinaire". Ananke. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
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  4. ^ "Interview: Marion Nestle". PBS Frontline. December 10, 2003.
  5. ^ Reiss, Sami (13 October 2022). "How Marion Nestle Changed the Way We Talk About Food". GQ. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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