NYU’s Institute of Public Knowledge is hosting the launch of Practicing Food Studies, edited by Amy Bentley, Fabio Parasecoli, and Krishnendu Ray. I wrote the Foreword. We will all provide brief perspectives on our quarter century of teaching food studies. For information and registration, click here. For 30% off on the book, click here.
by Marion Nestle
Jan
17
2008
The latest government anti-obesity campaign?
Michele Simon of Appetite for Profit fame sends me this link to AdFreak.com’s account of the Advertising Council’s latest pro bono campaign for the Department of Health and Human Services: placing itty bitty tee-shirts in laundromat dryers with the slogan “Shrink a few sizes.” Michele can’t tell if it’s a joke and neither can I. Surely they have to be kidding? Does anyone know for sure?