166 search results for “marion nestle” (page16)

Activists Gorge On Obesity

ABC News jumped on the obesity bandwagon providing a platform for anti-consumer activists who blame “the food industry” for obesity. Rather than encouraging individuals to take responsibility for…
Posted January 23, 2002 at12:00 am

Soda And Gomorrah

There is a campaign to denormalize soda consumption currently underway and it is being lead by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). In today’s Washington Post, CSPI’s…
Posted January 3, 2001 at12:00 am

Nannies Reach the Top of the National Nutrition Summit

The National Nutrition Summit, to be held May 30-31 in Washington, D.C., has a far-reaching agenda to battle the so-called “obesity epidemic.” Its plan goes far beyond the USDA’s scheduled…
Posted May 1, 2000 at12:00 am

Fat Hits The Fan

The Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Michael F. Jacobson has collaborated with fellow nanny Dr. Marion Nestle of New York University to spell out a battle plan to…
Posted March 9, 2000 at12:00 am

Prohibitionist, Food Scold, Statistician, Socialist?

A few months ago, we noted a bizarre study in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) that suggested that the famine caused by the repressive Communist Cuban…
Posted September 16, 2013 at1:04 pm

Unscientific Scare Labels Proposed in Several States

Since the voters of California wisely rejected the misguided biotech food labeling scheme Proposition 37, activists have redoubled their efforts to shove these unnecessary notes onto food packaging. Washington…
Posted March 15, 2013 at1:16 pm

No Subpoenas in Your Stocking: Get CCF’s Christmas Cookie Liability Waiver!

Let’s face it: Santa’s a big guy. And in the eyes of the trial lawyers, he didn’t get that way on his own. Activists are trying to declare…
Posted December 14, 2012 at10:15 am

CCF Hops the Pond While “Food Addiction” Jumps the Shark

Our Senior Research Analyst J. Justin Wilson at the Centre for Consumer Freedom took our message worldwide this week. He was a guest on the BBC’s Newsnight, facing off against panelist Aseem…
Posted October 17, 2012 at1:08 pm

If You Believe in Consumer Freedom, You’re Prejudiced or Something

The armies of the “public health” community are on the march, in advance of HBO’s release next week of a much-hyped documentary promoting the Social Engineer’s Manifesto. Never heard…
Posted May 11, 2012 at4:04 pm

Food Marketing Bans Take a Beating

We’re not the only ones pleased by a federal judge’s dismissal of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) lawsuit over toys in…
Posted April 13, 2012 at4:16 pm