Food Industry Funded Research Bias
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2014-12-10

Using the tobacco industry playbook, food companies have been caught trying to undermine public health policies by manipulating the scientific process.

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This is part of a series of “political” videos I’ve put together. Collaboration with the New Vectors of Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/collaboration-with-the-new-vectors-of-disease/) was the previous one with a bunch more coming up. Why don’t I just “stick to the science”? When there are billions of dollars at stake, the body of evidence can be skewed and manipulated. Funders can determine which studies are performed, how they’re performed, and whether or not they get published at all. That’s why I think it’s important to take a broader view to account for the ways the scientific method can be perverted for profit. 

Here are some examples:
• The McGovern Report (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-mcgovern-report/)
• Eggs and Cholesterol: Patently False and Misleading Claims (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-cholesterol-patently-false-and-misleading-claims/)
• Seeing Red No. 3 Coloring to Dye For (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/seeing-red-no-3-coloring-to-dye-for/)
• BOLD Indeed: Beef Lowers Cholesterol? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bold-indeed-beef-lowers-cholesterol/)
• Who Determines if Food Additives are Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/who-determines-if-food-additives-are-safe/)
• Who Says Eggs Aren’t Healthy or Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/who-says-eggs-arent-healthy-or-safe/)

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Image Credit: Centers for Disease Control,  Beao, and Lnmrl Beao via Wikimedia Commons and Steve Snodgrass via Flickr.

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