{"id":1656,"date":"2016-09-19T09:48:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T13:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2016-09-19T09:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T13:49:44","slug":"behind-the-plate-marion-nestle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/2016\/09\/19\/behind-the-plate-marion-nestle\/","title":{"rendered":"BEHIND THE PLATE: MARION NESTLE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor Marion Nestle<\/a> teaches in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University. She is an internationally known and acclaimed public health advocate, and has authored a number of award-winning books such as Food Politics<\/em>, Why Calories Count<\/em>, Eat Drink Vote<\/em>, and Soda Politics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Want to meet her in person? Please join us tomorrow night<\/strong> (Tuesday, September 20th)<\/strong>\u00a0in NYC for a riveting book chat with the one and only Dr. Marion Nestle<\/a><\/strong>!\u00a0We’ll be discussing\u00a0the soda industry, sugar, who’s doing what, and what we can do to change the paradigm.\u00a0In the meantime, you can check out Marion and\u00a0follow her on Twitter @marionnestle<\/a>\u00a0to whet your food politics appetite. See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n

Please tell us about what you do.<\/strong>
\nI teach, give lectures, do research, and write about issues related to food politics.
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\nHow did you first become interested in good eating?<\/strong>
\nI learned to love food when I discovered how terrific it tastes when fresh. I\u2019ve told this story many times. I was at a summer camp run by a fabulous cook\u2014everything she made was wonderful and based on produce from a large kitchen garden. It was my turn to pick vegetables for dinner. I had never tasted string beans straight from the vine before\u2014a revelation!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s one piece of advice you can give to someone trying to develop better, longterm eating habits?<\/strong>
\nEating healthfully is not all that hard: eat vegetables and fruits, balance calories, don\u2019t eat too much junk food and enjoy what you eat!<\/p>\n

What is the main thing we should know about big food, and how it controls what we eat?<\/strong>
\nFood companies are businesses, not social service agencies. Their primary job is to sell their products and make as much profit on them as possible.<\/p>\n

Countries across the world are taking action on their nation\u2019s food systems\u2014what is one thing you would like to see the US do to help the American people eat better?<\/strong>
\nPut some restrictions on marketing to children.<\/p>\n

How do you define good food?<\/strong>
\nMinimally processed, as fresh as possible, grown sustainably.<\/p>\n

You take on the soda industry in your book Soda Politics<\/i>. Do you think the soda industry can change for the better?<\/strong>
\nYes, but whether it will is another matter. It could stop marketing to children, stop marketing to minorities, stop fighting public health initiatives, and stop lobbying against public health measures\u2014for starters.<\/p>\n

If you could get the general population to change one aspect of their eating habits, what would it be?<\/strong>
\nSmaller portions! Understand that larger portions have more calories.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s always in your fridge?<\/strong>
\nMilk for coffee, cheese, peanut butter, eggs, lemons, and whatever fruits and vegetables I\u2019ve just picked up.<\/p>\n

Is there any aspect of your diet that you\u2019ve been trying to improve? If so, how have you been trying to improve it?<\/strong>
\nI follow my own dietary advice above. It leaves lots of room for pleasure.<\/p>\n

How do you incorporate a variety of vegetables into your diet?<\/strong>
\nFortunately, I love salads.<\/p>\n

Good eating is more than what you eat, it\u2019s also being mindful about how you eat it. What is your favorite way to enjoy a good meal?<\/strong>
\nMuch of my social life involves dinners with friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n

How do you manage to eat well when traveling or on-the-go?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s always possible to find something good and healthy on the go, even at airports. As I said\u2014fortunately, I love salads.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite part about what you do?<\/strong>
\nI think I\u2019m so fortunate to have a job that pays me to teach, do research, and write about food and food politics. I love doing all of that.<\/p>\n

Good eating isn\u2019t about perfection, it\u2019s about habits and progress. From time to time we all eat something we don\u2019t feel so great about later. What is your advice for those oops moments?<\/strong>
\nEnjoy them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professor Marion Nestle teaches in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University. She is an internationally known and acclaimed public health advocate, and has authored a number of award-winning books such as Food Politics, Why Calories Count, Eat Drink Vote, and Soda Politics. Want to meet her in person? Please join us tomorrow night (Tuesday, September 20th)\u00a0in NYC for a riveting book chat with the one and only Dr. Marion Nestle!\u00a0We’ll be discussing\u00a0the soda industry, sugar, who’s doing what, and what we can do to change the paradigm.\u00a0In the meantime, you can check out Marion and\u00a0follow her on Twitter @marionnestle\u00a0to whet your food politics appetite. See you tomorrow! Please tell us about what you do. I teach, give lectures, do research, and write about issues related to food politics. How did you first become interested in good eating? I learned to love food when I discovered how terrific it tastes when fresh. I\u2019ve told this story many times. I was at a summer camp run by a fabulous cook\u2014everything she made was wonderful and based on produce from a large kitchen garden. It was my turn to pick vegetables for dinner. I had never […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47],"tags":[118,76,127,165,163,116,164,166,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1656"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1661,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656\/revisions\/1661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}