Marion Nestle Her name is pronounced like the English verb "nestle", not like the name of the Swiss food conglomerate, to whom she is unrelated. In 2011, "Forbes" magazine listed Nestle as number 2 of "The world's 7 most powerful foodies." Marion Nestle Marion Nestle (born 1936) is an American academic. She is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. She is also a professor of Sociology at NYU and a visiting professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. Nestle received her BA from UC Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa, after attending school there from
Marion Nestle and food education. She is the author of numerous articles in professional publications and is the author or co-author of nine books. Her latest book, "Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)", was published in October 2015. Nestle wrote the "Food Matters" column for the "San Francisco Chronicle" from 2003–2010. She blogs at foodpolitics.com, and tweets from @marionnestle. She has appeared in the documentary films "Super Size Me" (2004), "Food, Inc." (2008), "" (2008), "Killer at Large" (2008), "In Organic We Trust" (2012), "A Place at the Table" (2012), "Fed Up" (2014), and "In Defense of Food" (2015) She