Health journalist, contributing opinion writer @nytimes Formerly @voxdotcom, @MIT Knight Fellow etc. Book: https://tinyurl.com/yx2kmsp4
For decades, people have talked about the toxic food environment and how it’s stacked against most people. For decades, little’s changed policy-wise, even in this #maha moment. I increasingly think there’s only one way out. That way is litigation. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/o...
Opinion | Want a Better Food System? Use the Anti-Tobacco Playbook. (Gift Article)A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.www.nytimes.comAmericans want to inject unproven chemicals. They may soon get their way. An FDA advisory meeting voted to make it easier to access six experimental #peptides. But the meeting was never just about peptides. I wrote about why for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o...
Opinion | The Peptide Wild West (Gift Article)Welcome to the new Wild West of peptides.www.nytimes.comUntil #GLP1s, there's never been a drug states have so completely lost control over. I spoke to Apple News In Conversation about what this tells us about our health system, how it needs to change, and more. You can listen here. open.spotify.com/episode/0KSZ...
People are running their own experiments with GLP-1s — with stunning resultsApple News In Conversation · Episodeopen.spotify.com#GLP1s like #Ozempic come as close to wonder drugs as perhaps we've ever had They're also meeting a really strange moment: the wellness and appearance obsessed algorithmic age @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social and I talked about these 2 things colliding. Weirdness ensues www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...
Opinion | We’re at the Dawn of the Ozempic Era — and It’s Really Weirdwww.nytimes.comA few years back, the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social recommended more intensive medical intervention for kids with obesity, like GLP-1s. The Q now is not whether we should give these drugs to kids. It's: why are we even here? My latest in @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...
Opinion | If Kids Need GLP-1s, We’ve Already Let Them Downwww.nytimes.comThis week marks the release of the UK paperback of Food Intelligence, my book with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social A ❤️felt thank you for all your support! Our book explains why eating has become so fraught for many, and why shortages of willpower have nothing to do with it.
What are GLP-1s actually doing? In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I explore how patients experience these drugs & why the story may be more complex than many assume. nytimes.com/interactive/... w/ insights from @danieldrucker.bsky.social @seeleyrj.bsky.social among others #glp1
Opinion | GLP-1 Experimentation Is Everywhere, and Science Can’t Keep Up (Gift Article)Millions of Americans are experimenting with the drugs. Science can’t keep up.nytimes.comI have a personal rule: only collaborate with people you really like. On the great Emerging Form podcast, with Christie Aschwanden and Rosemerry Trommer, I got to talk about the behind-the-scenes collab that made my book with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-15...
Episode 152: Julia Belluz on How to Have A Happy Collaboration“There are enough talented people out there,” says Julia Belluz, “but only collaborate with people you really like.” This was the advice the writer followed when deciding to work with scientist Kevin ...emergingform.substack.comIt was a delight to be interviewed by pro Hannah Macinnes for the How To Academy with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social This one is less about how to eat and more how to think about food and what we were aiming at with our book Food Intelligence. howtoacademy.com/podcasts/jul...
HOW TO PODCAST | Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall – Why We Eat What We EatJulia Belluz and Kevin Hall reveal the insights you need to better understand what's on your dinner plate, how it got there, and why you eat it.howtoacademy.comIn our book @kevinh-phd.bsky.social and I purposely did not go into detail about our personal habits. But we have not been able to escape the question: how do you eat? It took me time to consolidate my thoughts. Here they are: juliabelluz.substack.com/p/how-i-eat-...
How I Eat NowPlus, my personal weight loss hack (wink) and some good news!juliabelluz.substack.comWhen Americans visit Paris and marvel at how svelte people are, it’s not because Parisians have superior willpower Today, I unpacked the real secret to eating well in France in my latest for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | The French Know How to Do Food. Even When It’s Frozen.www.nytimes.comUltra-processed foods are the nutritional bogeyman du jour. it's time for a more nuanced conversation, @kevinh-phd.bsky.social and I argue @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for youJust because a food is ultra-processed doesn’t mean it is unhealthy. Regulation and eating advice must reflect this, say Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall, co-authors of Food Intelligence: The science of ho...www.newscientist.comThe fun thing about writing a book is that you get to talk to your favorite podcast hosts. It was a pleasure to join Russ Roberts on Econ Talk to discuss Food Intelligence. www.econtalk.org/eating-with-...
Eating with Intelligence (with Julia Belluz) - EconlibLosing weight should be simple: eat less, exercise more. But according to author and health journalist Julia Belluz, it’s complicated. Listen as Belluz talks with EconTalk’s Russ Roberts about her new...www.econtalk.orgSo many of our decisions about what to eat happen outside of the realm of conscious control. It was a pleasure to discuss what actually drives eating behavior—and what to do about our food system—with @dkthomp.bsky.social and @kevinh-phd.bsky.social www.theringer.com/podcasts/pla...
What’s the Matter With America’s Food? - The RingerIf you really want to understand why Americans are so unhealthy, you have to see that the problem is not just our willpower, and it’s not just our food itself. It’s our food policies.www.theringer.comWell, well, well. After a long wait, the big day is here! @kevinh-phd.bsky.social and I finally get to share with you the book we've worked so long and hard on I wrote a little substack about the question that powered every chapter of Food Intelligence juliabelluz.substack.com/p/the-big-da...