Professor of Nutrition and Food Studies and Public Health at New York University and author of What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choice, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine, Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism and Eat, Drink, Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics; former contributor to the Atlantic
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