Dr. Signe Rousseau is a lecturer at the University of Cape Town. She is the author of Food Media: Celebrity Chefs and the Politics of Everyday Interference and Food and Social Media: You Are What You Tweet. She is also co-chair of Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies (University of California Press).

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Behavioural Sciences

'The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Big Food Controversy', The Huffington Post

'Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry About What We Eat', Harvey Levenstein

'6 Reasons I Do Not Trust Mainstream Health Authorities', Authority Nutrition

'The Many Faces of Celebrity Philanthropy', In Character

'Chime For Change', YouTube

'Beyoncé's Pepsi Contract and Childhood Obesity', the 2x2 project

'Why Do Stars Think It’s O.K. to Sell Soda?', The New York Times

'Takeru Kobayashi Drinks Gallon of Milk in 20 Seconds', The Huffington Post

'Beyoncé: Under the Gilded Banner', Flaunt

'Why the McWrap is So Important to McDonald's', Bloomberg Businessweek

'McDonald's McWrap McHealthier...Than What?', Bloomberg

'Hey, Did You Know That Tasting Menus Are Super Calorific?', Grub Street

'Posting of calories not lowering count for most diners', Chicago Tribune

'Study shows menu calorie counts don't impact choices', The Boston Globe

'Walmart Economic and Customer Trends Report - Q3 2012', Walmart

'How Junk Food Can End Obesity', The Atlantic

'Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem?', TED

'We have the extraordinary evidence!', Talking Philosophy

'Chipotle Leaps Forward With 'Back to the Start'', Advertising Age

'Storm in a coffee cup? Harris + Hoole’s founder on its controversial Tesco backing', London Loves Business

With a powerful elite of foodies taking to social media and demanding all things 'local, 'real', and 'independent' how can big food companies challenge the perception that they're part of the problem?

Foodies vs. Big Food: a healthy debate?