EP12: Learn How Food Politics Have Corrupted The American Diet

In this interview we talk to Dr. Marion Nestle who is the Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. She is also Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell.  She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from University of California, Berkeley.  Her research examines scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity, and food safety, emphasizing the role of food marketing.  She is the author of three prize-winning books: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety; and What to Eat

In today's show you'll learn: 

• Why we have an obesity epidemic and food security issues at the same time 
• What food politics is 
• Why producing too much food is an issue 
• Why you can buy 5 hamburgers for the price of one salad
• What change Marion would make to agricultural policy if she were president for a day 
• And much more!