Food Politics

How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health

By: Marion Nestle

Narrated by: Kate Reading

An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning book helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.

This book is published by University of California Press.

©2002 Marion Nestle (P)2010 Redwood Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"Combining the scientific background of a researcher and the skills of a teacher, Nestle has made a complex subject easy to understand." ( New York Times)

"If you eat, you should read this book." (Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation)

"Controversial... Dishes up many of the industry's dirtiest secrets: how multinational companies spend billions to convince us that unhealthy foods are good for us and lobby the government to sway dietary regulations and subsidies in their favor." ( Village Voice

Excellent except for one thing... okay, maybe two

This book is great, the reader is great, it's super informative and interesting but there is one irritating thing that is making me really wish I had bought this as a real, live book instead.
You see, this book is abridged. I didn't realize that when I bought it... my bad.
It's very poorly done. I'm only two (?) hours through it and I've noticed two or three obvious breaks. One where she was going to talk about Ancel Keys' and his influence on the saturated fat debate and it completely cut to something else. That is, unfortunately, something that I really wanted to hear about.
Actually, there is one other issue with this audio book that I did not realize until the intro was read; apparently the text version has a very extensive and meticulous reference section.
In all, if you don't have time to actually read this book, then get this. Otherwise, you should buy the text version.

On the other hand, maybe if an unabridged version comes out, Audible will refund our money for this version and we can buy the complete one (*wink-wink, nudge-nudge*).

Great Information.

This book is loaded with researched good advise and information. It’s amazing what is allowed in the food industry. If your curious, want to eat better, feed your children better or need a refresher or motivator, this book will provide you with
Your needs and desires.

Reality check!

What a great read. I’m not sure I would’ve dug or sourced this information another other way, there was so much of it I wasn’t even aware of. Well done!

So many questions answered—finally

As a personal trainer and sport nutrition specialist having coached hundreds of people, I have seen first-hand how debilitating and damaging food industry marketing is. Food is personal and political, and I am so thankful that Marion Nestle wrote this book to help us make sense of what we’re seeing and hearing every single day regarding food. Thank you, Marion.

Well researched

I enjoyed Marion Nestle’s other book (What to Eat), and was equally impressed with this book. It was well researched and so interesting! So much is linked to how the food companies manipulate the public by advertising to kids.