I'm Michael Moss
-- journalist, author, speaker


What we eat, and how the Food Giants play us, has never mattered more.

On a blustery evening in Minneapolis, April 8, 1999, the heads of the world’s biggest food companies met privately to hear a plea from insiders: stop making so many people sick. And the CEOs punted, as I chronicle in my book Salt Sugar Fat.

What if we could relive that moment. Who would we put in that room to persuade the Food Giants to do the right thing by public health? I hash this out with Tristan Harris for his podcast, Your Undivided Attention. Click here to listen..

About Me

I’m the author of the #1 NYT bestseller Salt Sugar Fat (now in 22 languages) that rocked the processed food industry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist formerly with the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and a trusted keynote speaker to global audiences. My latest bestselling book Hooked explores addiction and free will in battle with corporate interests.

I’m a guest on shows like CBS This Morning, CNN The Lead, ATC and the Daily Show to discuss my work, which has ranged widely from exposing the corporate interests in nursing homes to the Pentagon’s failures in providing soldiers with armor, to the food industry in the context of health, safety, nutrition, politics, marketing, and the power of individuals to gain control of what and how they eat.

I live with my wife Eve Heyn in Brooklyn, N.Y., where we’ve raised two boys.

Random House headquarters lobby, NYC.

A Trusted Keynote Speaker

With Rave Reviews

“Michael Moss is an energizing, excellent speaker who offered a fascinating look at the perils of processed food. His anecdotes were eye-opening, instructive and delivered with intelligence, humor and insight. He knows how to keep an audience engaged and interested. I would highly recommend him.”

                                    Health Achieve

“He was engaging and animated, reminding us of the pleasure we all feel when we bite into an extra salty potato chip or how we get distracted by sugary cereals in the grocery store aisles. His sense of humor and passionate story-telling had our audience engaged from start to finish, and everyone left wanting more. His books even completely sold out after the event, and I continue to hear the most positive feedback about his lecture.”

                                 UCLA

These companies, organizations, and schools have had Michael speak:

Bloomberg, Nestle, Seabourn Cruise Line, UCLA, National Conference on Addiction Disorders, Childhood Obesity Conference, Association of Local Public Health Agencies, Gastronomic Society, World Health Organization, Future Investment Initiative, Swedish American Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Hospital Association, Smithsonian, Martha Stewart Living, the World Health Organization, Cornell University, Yale University, Columbia University, Virginia Commonwealth University, North Carolina A&T State University, Seattle Arts & Lectures, University of Vermont, SxSW, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Temple University, Health Achieve, New York Times Food for Tomorrow, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Ontario Hospital Association, Connecticut Mental Health Center, the Diabetes and Endocrine Association of Saudi Arabia, Epicure, Esalen, Scripps Integrative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Oregon Health and Science University, Trinity University, Flagler College, New York University, San Francisco State University, the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, American University, Southeast Produce Council, University of California at Santa Barbara, Rutgers University, Dixie State University, the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts at George Brown College, Humber College, Shape Up Houston, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Western Ontario, Winnipeg Foundation Food Matters, World Science Festival, Culinary Institute of America, Slow Food at Turin, PESI, Vendome Group, American Library in Paris, Springfield Public Forum, Alere Wellbeing, Long Island University, Childhood Obesity Conference, Duke University, Hegra Conference of Nobel Laureates & Friends, Vancouver Writer’s Festival, and the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures

Book Michael to speak at your event, through the Harry Walker agency, click here. Or contact him directly at michaelmoss0@gmail.com

Our forebears we’re built to overeat, which Big Food now uses against us.

My Bestselling Books

Now in 22 languages


For my Korean friends: Minumsa Publishing in Seoul has released Hooked.

“I feel so sorry for the public”

Read the Times excerpt of my first book in which whistleblowers revealed that Big Food knows the trouble it’s causing us

Can an Ad Agency Market Broccoli Like It Does Coke? Our experiment:

Stay In Touch

I’d love to hear from you, and will respond promptly.

michaelmoss0@gmail.com