Food industry sponsorship of academic research: investigating commercial bias in the research agenda.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify scientific publications that result from food industry-funded projects on human health and to characterize their research topics to assess the potential for bias in the research agenda.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis.Setting/SubjectsFood industry-supported projects related to human health were identified from food company websites; publications resulting from the food industry-sponsored projects were identified through a PubMed search.

Results

Of ten companies analysed, only two (Coca-Cola and the Mars Center for Cocoa Health Science) provided a list of research projects with sufficient detail for analysis. Among the 204 publications resulting from thirty-seven disclosed research projects, the most common topic was physical activity (40·7 %), wh

SUBMITTER: Fabbri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260999 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature