Season 13 • Episode 998

998 - Marion Nestle on the New Dietary Guidelines

Jan 20, 2026

15:33

Nutrition & Diet Public Health Health Policy

Episode Description

About this episode:

Renowned nutritionist Marion Nestle likes the federal recommendation to reduce ultra-processed foods and its emphasis on healthy school meals. But there are other things she finds muddled, contradictory, and incomplete about the nation's new dietary guidelines. In this episode: Nestle talks protein, whole grains, and expanding access to healthy foods.

Guests:

Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, is emeritus faculty at New York University. She is the author of the Food Politics blog and the book "What To Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters".

Host:

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department.

Show links and related content:

RealFood.gov—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The MAHA 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines have arrived: Cheerful, Muddled, Contradictory, Ideological, Retro—Food Politics
Canada's Low-Risk Alcohol Guidelines—Public Health On Call (January 2026)
The Misinformation Around Seed Oils—Public Health On Call (March 2025)
Marion Nestle and Food Politics—Public Health On Call (February 2025)
What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters—Food Politics

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