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episode 713: 713: Marion Nestle | How Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat
Marion Nestle (@marionnestle) is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and the author of Food Politics, Soda Politics, and Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat.
What We Discuss with Marion Nestle:- How food companies pay for research studies that distort science in their favor — at the expense of even the most health-conscious consumers among us.
- Why it's important to remember that food companies are businesses geared toward making money for their stockholders -- not service agencies operating in the public's best interests.
- Food companies band together to lobby Congress for laws that allow biased, industry-funded "research" to influence consumer habits with deceptive marketing language.
- When Marion tracked 168 food company-funded studies, she discovered that 156 concluded with results favorable to the sponsors' interests, and only 12 ended up with unfavorable results.
- The many ways food marketers mislead consumers and how to protect yourself and your family from this never-ending barrage of deception.
- And much more...
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