Many recent publications can be accessed through links on the foodpolitics website. The most recent are also posted here.

Recent Publications

Woolf SH, Nestle M.  Do dietary guidelines explain the obesity epidemic?  American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008;34(3):263-265.

Nestle M. Eating made simple. Scientific American, September 2007:60-69

Young L, Nestle M. Portion sizes and obesity: response of fast food companies. Journal of Public Health Policy 2007′28:238-242.

Thesis

• Nestle M. “Purification and properties of a nuclease from Serratia marcescens”. Berkeley: University of
  California 1968.

Books

• Nestle M. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. Greenbrae CA: Jones Medical Publications 1985: 328 pages.
  Asian edition: Maruzen Publishers, Singapore, 1986
  Greek edition: G.K. Parisianes Publisher, Athens, 1987
• Nestle M. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health. Berkeley:
  University of California Press, 2002: 457 pages.
  Paperback edition: University of California Press, 2003.
  Chinese edition: Social Sciences Academic Press, Beijing,
  (Liu Wenjun et al, translators, simplified characters) 2004.
  Japanese edition: Tokyo: Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc, 2005.
• Nestle M. Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism. Berkeley: University of California
  Press, 2003: 350 pages.
  Paperback edition: University of California Press, 2004.
  Chinese edition: Social Science Academic Press, Beijing
  (Huang Yu-Tong et al, translators, simplified characters), 2004.
  Japanese translation: Tamako Hirose and Hiroko Kubata, translators, Iwanami-Shoten, Tokyo
  (expected 2006)
• Nestle M. What to Eat. New York: North Point Press (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 2006: 611 pages.
  Paperback edition: May 2007

Edited Books

• Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. The Surgeon General’s Report on
  Nutrition and Health. Publ. No. (PHS) 88-50210. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office,
  1988, 712 pages [Managing Editor].
  Reprint: Prima Publishing, 1989.
  Reprint: Warner Books, 1989.
• Nestle M, Dixon LB, eds. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Nutrition and Food,
  New York: McGraw Hill/Dushkin, 2004.

Professional Articles (Selected)

• Nestle M. “The law and nutrition”. New York State Bar Journal 1994; May/June:38-41.
• Nestle M. “Traditional models of healthy eating: alternatives to techno-food”. Journal of Nutrition
  Education 1994;26:241-245.
• Nestle M. “Folate and neural tube defects: policy implications”. Journal of Nutrition Education
  1994;26:287-293.
• Nestle M, Dalton S. “Food aid and international hunger crises: the United States in Somalia”.
  Agriculture and Human Values 1994;11(4):19-27.
• Mueller C, Nestle M. “Regulation of medical foods: toward a rational policy”. Nutrition in Clinical
  Practice 1995;10(1):8-15.
• Nestle M. “Mediterranean diets: historical and research overview”. American Journal of Clinical
  Nutrition 1995;61(suppl):1313s-1320s.
• Young LR, Nestle M. “Portion sizes in dietary assessment: issues and policy implications”. Nutrition
  Reviews 1995;53:149-158.
• Young LR, Nestle M. “Food labels consistently underestimate the actual weights of single-serving
  baked products”. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 1995;95:1150-1151.
• Rose D, Nestle M. “Welfare reform and nutrition education: alternative strategies to address the
  challenges of the future”. Journal of Nutrition Education 1996:29:61-66.
• Nestle M. “Alcohol guidelines for chronic disease prevention: from prohibition to moderation”. Social
  History of Alcohol Review 1996;32-33:45-59. Reprinted in: Nutrition Today, 1997.
• Nestle M. “Alcohol guidelines for chronic disease prevention: from prohibition to moderation”.
  Nutrition Today 1997;32(2):86-92.
• Young LR, Nestle M. “Variation in perceptions of a “medium?? food portion: implications for dietary
  guidance”. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 1998;98:458-459.
• Nestle M, Wing R, Birch L, et al. “Behavioral and social influences on food choice”. Nutrition Reviews
  1998;56:s50-s64.
• Singer AJ, Werther K, Nestle M. “Improvements are needed in hospital diets to meet dietary
  guidelines for health promotion and disease prevention”. Journal of the American Dietetic Association
  1998;98:639-641.
• Nestle M. “The selling of olestra”. Public Health Reports 1998;113:508-520.
• Nestle M. “In defense of the USDA Food Guide Pyramid”. Nutrition Today, 1998;33(5):189-197.
• Nestle M, Woteki C. “Interpretation of dietary change in the United States: fat as an indicator”.
  Appetite 1999;32:107-112.
• Nestle M. “Hunger in America: A Matter of Policy”. Social Research 1999;66(1): 257-282.
• Nestle M. “Meat or wheat for the next millennium? Plenary lecture: animal v. plant foods in human
  diets and health: is the historical record unequivocal?” Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (U.K.)
  1999;58:211-218.
• Nestle M. “Dietary supplement advertising: a matter of politics, not science”. Journal of Nutrition
  Education 1999;31:278-282.
• Nestle M, Jacobson MF. “Halting the obesity epidemic: A public health policy approach”. Public Health
  Reports 2000;115:12-24.
  Reprinted (in part) in: Nutrition Week, 2000.
  Reprinted in: Klimis-Zacas DJ, ed. Annual Editions: Nutrition, 13th ed,
  2001-2002. Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2001:102-110.
  Reprinted in: The Snail, December 2003.
• Nestle M. “Soft drink ‘pouring rights:’ marketing empty calories”. Public Health Reports 2000;115:308-
  319.
• Nestle M. “Ethical dilemmas in choosing a healthful diet: Vote with your fork!” Proceedings of the
  Nutrition Society (U.K.) 2000;59:619-629.
• Kumanyika SK, Morssink CB, Nestle M. “Minority women and advocacy for women’s health”. American
  Journal of Public Health 2001;91:1383-1388.
• Nestle M. “Food company sponsorship of nutrition research and professional activities: A conflict of
  interest?” Public Health Nutrition 2001;4:1015-1022.
• Young LR, Nestle M. “The contribution of expanding portion sizes to the U.S. obesity epidemic”.
  American Journal of Public Health 2002;92:246-249.
• Byers T, Nestle M, McTeirnan A, Doyle C, Currie-Williams A, Gansler T, Thun M, and the American Cancer Society 2001 Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee. “American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer with Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity”. CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians 2002;52:92-
  119.
• Young L, Nestle M. “Expanding portion sizes in the U.S. marketplace: Implications for nutrition
  counseling”. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2003;103:231-234.
• Lewin A, Lindstrom L, Nestle M. “Food industry promises to address childhood obesity: preliminary
  evaluation”. Journal of Public Health Policy 2006;27:327-348.

Editorials and Commentary (Selected)

• Nestle M. “The politics of dietary guidance–a new opportunity” [editorial]. American Journal of Public Health 1994;84:713-715.
• Nestle M. “Allergies to transgenic foods–questions of policy” [editorial]. New England Journal of Medicine 1996;334:726-728.
• Nestle M. “Fruits and vegetables: protective or just fellow travelers?” Nutrition Reviews 1996;54(8):255-257.
• Nestle M. “Broccoli sprouts as inducers of carcinogen-detoxifying enzyme systems: clinical, dietary, and policy implications” [editorial]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1997:94:11149-11151. Reprinted in: Nutrition Reviews, 1998.
• Nestle M. “Toward more healthful dietary patterns—a matter of policy” [editorial]. Public Health Reports 1998;113:420-423.
• Nestle M. “Nutrition and women’s health: the politics of dietary advice” [editorial]. Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association 2001;56:42-43.
• Nestle M. “Deconstructing dietary guidelines”. Gastronomica, February 2001:3-4.
• Fried EJ, Nestle M. “The growing political movement against soft drinks in schools” [commentary]. Journal of the American Medical Association 2002;288:2181.
• Nestle M. “Increasing portion sizes in American diets: more calories, more obesity” [commentary]. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2003;103:39-40.
• Nestle M. “The ironic politics of obesity” [editorial]. Science 2003:299:781.
• Nestle M. “Not good enough to eat” [commentary]. New Scientist 2003;177 (February 22):25.
• Nestle M. “In praise of the organic environment”. Global Agenda (World Economic Forum, Davos),
  2005:218-219. Reprinted in:
  • Co-op Community News (Community Food Co-op, Bellingham WA), April 2005
  • George-Warren H, ed. Farm Aid: A Song for America. Rodale Press, 2005:209-210.
• Nestle M. “Preventing childhood diabetes: The need for public health intervention” [editorial]. American Journal of Public Health 2005;95:1497-1499.
• Nestle M. Foreword to Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, Material World Books & Ten Speed Press, 2005:7-9.
• Nestle M. “Food marketing and childhood obesity—a matter of policy” [Perspective]. New England Journal of Medicine 2006;354:2527-2528.
• Nestle M. “Food industry and health: mostly promises, little action”. Lancet 2006;368:564-565.

Book Chapters (Selected)

• Nestle M, Woteki CE. “Trends in American dietary patterns: research issues and policy implications”. In: Bronner F, ed. Nutrition and Health–Topics and Controversies . Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1995:1-44.
• Nestle M. “Nutrition”. In: Woolf S, Lawrence R, Jonas S, eds. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1996:193-216.
• Nestle M. “Food lobbies, the food pyramid, and U.S. nutrition policy”. In: Lee PR, Estes CL, Close L, eds. The Nation’s Health, 5th ed. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett, Publ, 1997:210-222.
• Nestle M. “The role of chocolate in the American diet: nutritional perspectives”. In: Szogyi A, ed. Chocolate, Food of the Gods. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1997:111-124.
• Caldwell D, Nestle M, Rogers W. School “Nutrition Services”. In: Marx E, Wooley SF, Northrop D, eds. Health is Academic: A Guide to Coordinated School Health Programs. New York, Teachers College Press, 1998:195-223.
• Balay-Karperien A, Temple N, Nestle M. “Marketing of soft drinks to children and young adults”. In: Wilson T, Temple NJ, Jacobs DR, eds. Beverages in Nutrition and Health. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2004:369-373.
• Nestle M. “Health, diet, and the politics of dietary guidelines: commentary”. In: Remillard G, ed. Understanding and Overcoming Obesity: The Need for Action. Montreal: Decision Media: 2006: 21-38.
• Nestle M, Wilson T, Balay-Karperien A. “Food industry and political influences on American nutrition”. In: Temple NJ, Wilson T, Jacobs DR, eds. Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention. Humana Press, 2006: 387-396.
• Temple NJ, Nestle M. “Population nutrition, health promotion and government policy”. In: Temple NJ, Wilson T, Jacobs DR, eds. Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention. Humana Press, 2006: 397-412.

Encyclopedia Entries (Selected)

• Nestle M. Chapter 64. “Nutrition in public health and preventive medicine”. In: Wallace RB, ed: Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 14th ed. Norwalk, CN: Appleton & Lange, 1998:1081-1089.
• Nestle M. “Agricultural biotechnology, policy, and nutrition”. In: Murray TJ, Mehlman MJ, eds. Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2000:66-76.
• Nestle M. “The Mediterranean (diets and disease prevention)”. In: Kiple KF, Ornelas-Kiple CK, eds. The Cambridge World History of Food and Nutrition, Vol II:V.C.1 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000:1193-1203.
• Nestle M. “Food lobbies and U.S. dietary guidance policy”. In: Kiple KF, Ornelas-Kiple CK, eds. The Cambridge World History of Food and Nutrition, Vol II:VII.6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000:1628-1643.
• Nestle M. “Food biotechnology: politics and policy implications”. In: Kiple KF, Ornelas-Kiple CK, eds. The Cambridge World History of Food and Nutrition, Vol II:VII.7 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000:1643-1662.
• Nestle M. “Foods and diets”. In: Breslow L, ed. Encyclopedia of Public Health, Vol 2. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2002:456-458.
• Nestle M. “Food politics: United States”. In: Katz SH, Weaver WW, eds. Scribner Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Vol 1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, Thompson Gale, 2003:689-691.
• Berg J, Nestle M, Bentley A. “Food studies”. In: Katz SH, Weaver WW, eds. The Scribner Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Vol 2. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003:16-18.
• Nestle M. “Politics of Food”. In: Smith AF, ed, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, Vol 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004:299-308.

Letters (Selected)

• Singer AJ, Werther K, Nestle M. “The nutritional value of university-hospital diets” [Letter]. New England Journal of Medicine 1996;335:1466-1467.
• Nestle M. “Folic Acid as fortifier” [Letter]. New York Times, September 27, 1997, A14.
• Nestle M. “Criticism of Joy criticized” [Letter]. Food Technology 1998;52:126.
• Nestle M. “Added sugars” [Letter]. New York Times, August 12, 1999:A18.
• Nestle M. “Genetically engineered “golden?? rice unlike to overcome vitamin A deficiency” [Letter]. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2001;101:289-290.

Journalism (Selected)

• Nestle M. “Fight on obesity faces hefty commercial problems”. Newsday, June 22, 2000:A45.
• Brownell KD, Nestle M. “The sweet and lowdown on sugar” (op-ed). New York Times, January 24, 2004:A23.
• Brownell K, Nestle M. “Are you responsible for your own weight? Con: Not if blaming the victim is just an excuse to let industry off the hook”. Time, June 7, 2004:113.
• Nestle M. “Chew on this: a city agency all about food” [op-ed]. Daily News, June 15, 2006: 37.
• Nestle M. “One thing to do about food: a forum”. The Nation, September 11, 2006:14.
• Nestle M. “How to get the nutrients you need”. Parade, September 24, 2006:20-22.
• Nestle M. “Trans fat nation”. New York Times [op-ed], October 1, 2006:WK-11.
• Nestle M. “The spinach fallout: restoring trust in California produce”. San Jose Mercury News (Perspectives), October 22, 2006.

Invited Book Reviews (Selected)

• Nestle M. “Review of: Gaull GE, Goldberg RA, eds. New technologies and the future of food and nutrition: proceedings of the first Ceres conference, (Williamsburg, VA, October 1989)”. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1994;59:952.
• Nestle M. “Review of: Hallberg MC, Spitze RFG, Ray DE, eds. Food, Agriculture, and Rural Policy into the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Trade-offs (1994)”. Journal of Nutrition Education 1995:27:100-101.
• Nestle M. “Review of: Guggenheim, KY. Basic Issues of the History of Nutrition, 2nd ed (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1995)”. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 1996;70:749-750.
• Nestle M. “Review of: Wolinsky I, Klimis-Tavantzis D, eds. Nutritional Concerns of Women (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1996)”. New England Journal of Medicine 1997;336:1111-1112.
• Nestle M. “Review of: Young EM. World Hunger (London: Routledge, 1997)”. Journal of Public Health Policy 1998;19(3):372-374.
• Nestle M. “Review of: Carpenter KJ. Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B: A Disease, a Cause, and a Cure (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000)”. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 2001;75:347-348.
• Nestle M. “Review of: Bendich A, Deckelbaum RJ, eds. Primary and Secondary Preventive Nutrition (Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2001)”. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2001;74:704.
• Nestle M. “Eat, Drink and Be Wary. Review of: Pringle P. Food, Inc”. Washington Post Book World, July 6, 2003:6.
• Nestle M. “Hearty Fare? Review of: Faergeman, O. Coronary Heart Disease: Genes, Drugs, and the Agricultural Connection”. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2003. Nature 2003;425:902.

Edited Publications

• Nestle M, ed. “Mediterranean diets: science and policy implications”. American Journal of Clinical
  Nutrition 1995;61(suppl):1313s-1427s.
• American Cancer Society 1996 Advisory Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer Prevention [Chair].
  Guidelines on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer with Healthy Food
  Choices and Physical Activity. Revised, March 1999.