Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Faculty

Marion Nestle

Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Marion Nestle

Phone: 212 998 5595
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Curriculum Vitae/Syllabi

Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. She also holds appointments as Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. She has held faculty positions at Brandeis University and the UCSF School of Medicine. From 1986-88, she was senior nutrition policy advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services and managing editor of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health . Her research examines scientific, economic, and social influences on food choice. She is the author of three prize-winning books: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2002; paperback 2003; revised edition, 2007), Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (2003; paperback 2004), and What to Eat (2006; paperback 2007).

Her latest book, Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine , was published in September 2008. Her forthcoming book with Dr. Malden Nesheim, Feed Your Pet Right , will be published by Free Press/Simon & Schuster in May 2010.  She writes the Food Matters column for the San Francisco Chronicle, and blogs daily (almost) at www.foodpolitics.com (recent posts below) and at the Atlantic Food Channel, and twitters @marionnestle.

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Degrees Held

  • M.P.H. University of California Berkeley 1986
  • Ph.D. University of California Berkeley 1968

Awards

  • 2003 : Food Politics won awards from the Association for American Publishers (outstanding professional and scholarly title in nursing and allied health), James Beard Foundation (literary), and World Hunger Year (Harry Chapin media).
  • 2004 : Safe Food won the Steinhardt School of Education Research Award
  • 2003 : Association of American Publishers, Outstanding Professional and Scholarly Titles of 2002 (category: Nursing & Allied Health), Food Politics
  • 2003 : James Beard Foundation Book Award (category: Literary), Food Politics
  • 2003 : James Beard Foundation Who's Who in Food and Beverage in America (Lifetime Achievement)
  • 2003 : World Hunger Year Harry Chapin Media Award (book), Food Politics
  • 2003 : San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2003, Safe Food
  • 2004 : Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award, NYU Steinhardt School, Safe Food
  • 2004 : Alumna of the Year, University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health
  • 2004 : American Public Health Association, David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health
  • 2005 : American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
  • 2005 : National Committee for Quality Assurance 2005 Health Quality Award
  • 2005 : American Society for Nutritional Sciences, Fellow
  • 2006 : California Public Health Association--North, Bridging the Gap Award for Excellence in Science and Public Policy Writing
  • 2006 : Amazon.com editors' Top Ten Books of 2006, Health, Mind, and Body, What to Eat
  • 2007 : National Multiple Sclerosis Society Books for a Better Life Award (Wellness),What to Eat
  • 2007 : James Beard Award (Reference), What to Eat
  • 2007 : Natural Gourmet Institute Award for Excellence in Health-Supportive Food Education
  • 2008 : Public Health Solutions Public Health Advocacy Award

Publications

  • For list of recent publications, see c.v. Copies of recent publications are posted on websites listed in the biography.
  • For complete list, see c.v.

Editorial Boards

For current list, see c.v.

Research Interests

  • Nutrition and food policy

Presentations

  • See c.v. for presentations