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
Nov
7
2008
Dietary guidelines committee: conflicts of interest
Oh no, not again! Merrill Goozner of the Integrity in Science project at Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) writes that six of the 13 members of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines committee, including the chair, get research support or consulting fees from food or drug companies with vested interests in what the guidelines say. CSPI had to dig up this information, as the sponsoring agencies did not disclose these potential conflicts of interest.