Marion Nestle is a consumer activist, nutritionist, and academic who specializes in the politics of food and dietary choice. Nestle received her BA (1959), PhD (1968), and MPH (1986) from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1988, Nestle was appointed Chair of New York University’s Steinhardt School of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health. She held that position until 2004, when she became the Paulette Goddard Professor in the same department. A self-proclaimed “Socialist Scholar,” Nestle is the author of Food Politics, which explored the way corporations influence our nutritional choices, and What to Eat, which an anatomy of how to navigate the modern American supermarket. Nestle firmly believes that the way food is marketed today discourages healthy nutritional options