Let's Ask Marion

Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, and the author of books about food politics, most recently Unsavory Truth. She blogs at www.foodpolitics.com and tweets at @marionnestle.  Kerry Trueman is an environmental advocate, writer, and consultant who has written about low-impact living, healthy eating, and sustainable agriculture for the Huffington Post, Civil Eats, AlterNet, and Grist, among others. She is cofounder of IttyBittyKittyCorner.com, a website offering resources to encourage upcycling, edible landscaping, permaculture, composting, seed saving, and other ecologically sound, technologically savvy strategies to address our current climate crisis.

• Introduction I. THE POLITICS OF PERSONAL DIETS AND HEALTH1. What is a healthy diet? 2. Why does nutrition advice always seem to be changing?3. Are low-carb diets really better for us?4. Can food be addictive?5. Is fake meat better for us—and the planet—than the real thing? 6. Is it a good idea to self-medicate with supplements or superfoods?II. THE COMMUNITY POLITICS OF FOOD CHOICE7. Why should anyone go hungry, ever?8. Is obesity really only a matter of personal responsibility?9. Why isn’t healthy school food a no-brainer?10. Why don’t we demand a higher standard of food safety?11. Why can’t we stop wasting food? 12. Do we need a national food policy agency? III. THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF DIETS, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT13. Can we feed the world well? 14. Is the “free” market the path to a stable global food supply? 15. Can we stop agriculture from contributing to global warming?16. Will technology fix our food system? 17. What are Sustainable Development Goals, and why should we care?18. Is there a road map to the future of food? Conclusion: Take Action Abbreviations Sources and Further ReadingIndex

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