Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, emerita, at New York University. She holds a doctorate in Molecular Biology and an MPH in Public Health Nutrition, both from UC Berkeley. Her research examines scientific and societal influences on food choice, with an emphasis on the role of the food industry. She is the author of prize-winning books, among them Food Politics (2002), Safe Food (2003), What to Eat (2006), Why Calories Count (2012), Eat, Drink, Vote (2013), and Soda Politics (2015). She also has authored or co-authored two books about pet food. She blogs almost daily at www.foodpolitics.com, and her twitter account, @marionnestle, has been ranked by Science Magazine, Time Magazine, and The Guardian as amo¬¬ng the top ten in health and science. Her latest book is Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat.
