849 - Marion Nestle and Food Politics

Public Health On Call

About this episode:

Research has linked America’s food system with a host of health problems including obesity and heart disease. Advocate Marion Nestle, a food lover and food advocate, wants to change that. In this episode: how she got interested in the food system, the link between food marketing and diet, her excitement around GLP-1 drugs, and what she’ll be watching if RFK Jr. is confirmed as the head of HHS.

Guest:

Marion Nestle is a molecular biologist and public health nutritionist known for her advocacy around a better food system for better health in America.

Host:

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland’s Health Department.

Show links and related content:

• The Effects of Food Advertisements on Food Intake and Neural Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Experimental Studies—Advances in Nutrition

• Food Marketing and Labeling—Johns Hopkins Center For a Livable Future

• First randomized, controlled study finds ultraprocessed diet leads to weight gain—NIH Clinical Center

• GLP-1 drug use cuts grocery spending by 6%, study finds—Fooddive

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