Let's Ask Marion

What You Need to Know about the Politics of Food, Nutrition, and Health

Marion Nestle

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780520343238
• eBook ISBN: 9780520974692
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Health Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

"There is no one better to ask than Marion, who is the leading guide in intelligent, unbiased, independent advice on eating, and has been for decades."––Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything

Let’s Ask Marion is a savvy and insightful question-and-answer collection that showcases the expertise of food politics powerhouse Marion Nestle in exchanges with environmental advocate Kerry Trueman. These informative essays show us how to advocate for food systems that are healthier for people and the planet, moving from the politics of personal dietary choices, to community food issues, and finally to matters that affect global food systems. Nestle has been thinking, writing, and teaching about food systems for decades, and her impact is unparalleled. Let’s Ask Marion provides an accessible survey of her opinions and conclusions for anyone curious about the individual, social, and global politics of food. 
 

INDEX

added sugars, 31. See also sugars; sugary beverages

addictive foods. See food “addictions”

advertising, 41–42. See also food marketing

AeroFarms, 141–42

agricultural labor, 87, 100, 116, 136

agricultural policy: current focuses of, 17–18, 79, 97–98, 118–19; desirable goals for, 69, 99–100, 107–8, 109, 120–21, 136; and food waste, 97–98, 99–100; and overproduction, 73–74, 97–98. See also USDA

agriculture: and capitalist values, 125, 126–28; and climate change, 131, 133–36; and the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, 9; externalized costs of, 98, 100, 120; federal oversight agencies, 105, 106; and food waste, 97–98, 99; high-tech methods and GMO crops, 139–40, 141–42, 143–45; imposing the American model on the developing world, 123–24, 127–28; the myth of America feeding the world, 115, 116, 118–19, 120; negative health impacts of industrial agriculture, 98, 115–16, 155; outside the U.S., 119–20, 123–24, 127–28, 135; overproductiveness of, 63–64, 73–74, 96, 97–98, 126; regenerative/sustainable agriculture, 50, 69, 97, 99–100, 118, 120–21, 136; toxics use, 87, 93–94, 116; traditional/local food production outside the U.S., 119–20, 127–28. See also meat and dairy production

agroecology, 8, 137

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), 105

alcohol, 34, 39, 65. See also ethanolalcoholic beverages, 105, 109

ancestral diets, 15–16, 37, 47. See also traditional diets

animal fats, 32, 34

animal feed, 50, 96, 98, 121

animal foods. See eggs; meat entries

animal welfare, 46, 47, 51, 117–18. See also meat and dairy production

antibiotics, 87, 90, 116

antioxidants, 59

Asian diets, 31

Bayer, 93

beef industry, 34. See also meat industry

Berkeley soda tax campaign, 167–68

beverages: alcoholic beverages, 105, 109; sugary beverages, 32, 33, 35, 58–59, 76–77, 167–68

Beyond Burger, 46, 48–49

biotechnology. See food production technologies

birth control, 136–37

Bittman, Mark, 108–9

brain function, and food cravings, 37–38, 39

breads, 33, 34

breakfast cereal, 58

breast milk, 33

Business Roundtable, 129

Butz, Earl, 74

CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations), 117–18

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Table of contents

• Imprint
• Subvention
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• I. The Politics of Personal Diets and Health
• II. The Community Politics of Food Choice
• III. The Global Politics of Diets, Health, and the Environment
• Conclusion: Take Action
• Abbreviations
• Sources and Further Reading
• Index
• About the Authors