All Marion Nestle Quotes
- The standard four food groups are based on American agricultural lobbies. Why do we have a milk group? Because we have a National Dairy Council.… Agricultural
- There's no question that largely vegetarian diets are as healthy as you can get. The evidence is so strong and overwhelming and produced over such… Debatable
- It's a tremendous way of getting people to buy more at lower cost to the producer. There's no question that that's an incentive to buy.… Bargain
- The general public believes that if a health claim is on the label the government backs that up, ... This sells food products, no question. Backs
- These days the biggest issue is how many calories you consume. So all of this stuff distracts people from thinking about calories. All
- The trans fat label has been an enormous incentive for food companies to take trans fat out of their products. Been
- One can only be in awe of the creativity of chocolate marketers. My take is that if there is a health benefit, it is small. Awe
- Consumers have to understand that the purpose of these claims is to get them to buy the product. Buy
- They (food companies) are putting $36 billion into directing those choices. And their methods are very effective. Billion
- What we know about diets hasn't changed. It still makes sense to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, balance calories from other foods, and keep… Balance
- It's a completely reasonable diet -- heavy on fruits and vegetables and fresh, seasonal foods. I'm totally for it. It's common sense in a nice… Common
- The chef has kids complaining to their parents the food they get in school is better than what they get at home. He's turned this… Adventurous
- Restaurants that have health-conscious consumers will pay attention to this. Attention
- Fat is mainstream, which is why everyone has become complacent. What used to be considered pudgy before isn't even worthy of a comment today. Become Complacent
- To speak only of food inspections: the United States currently imports 80% of its seafood, 32% of its fruits and nuts, 13% of its vegetables,… Able
- Unbelievable as it may seem, one-third of all vegetables consumed in the United States come from just three sources: french fries, potato chips, and iceberg… All
- Food safety oversight is largely, but not exclusively, divided between two agencies, the FDA and the USDA. The USDA mostly oversees meat and poultry; the… Agencies
- The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science is that it takes the nutrient out the context of the food, the food out of the context of… Context
- Here we have the great irony of modern nutrition: at a time when hundreds of millions of people do not have enough to eat, hundreds… Eat
- If you like eating meat but want to eat ethically, this is the book for you. From the hard-headed, clear-eyed, and sympathetic perspective of butchers… Aficionados