Is chocolate heart-healthy? Do pomegranates help cheat death? News headlines bombard us with such amazing claims. They are reported as science, presented as reliable, and have dramatic effects on what we choose to eat. Yet, as nutritionist and nutrition policy advisor Marion Nestle explains, these “food studies” are more often about sales than science, and have frequently been paid for by companies looking to turn conflicted research into big profit. Chicago Sun Times reporter Ji Suk Yi joins Nestle as she reveals ways the food industry manipulates nutrition science to support its own profit goals—to the detriment of public health—and suggests what we can do to take back the truth.

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A book signing will follow this program.