Marion Nestle

Professor

Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, and a Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. A molecular biologist by training with an MPH in public health nutrition from UC Berkeley, she has spent her career examining how science, policy, and industry shape what we eat.

She is the author of sixteen influential books, including Food Politics, What to Eat, Soda Politics, Unsavory Truth, and her memoir Slow Cooked. Her work has received major honors from the James Beard Foundation, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, UC Berkeley, and the City University of New York, among many others. She writes the long‑running blog Food Politics and is widely recognized as one of the most influential voices in food policy and public health.