Conflicts of interest for members of the US 2020 dietary guidelines advisory committee.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To measure incidence of conflicts of interest (COI) with food and pharmaceutical industry actors on the advisory committee for the 2020-2025 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and assess the adequacy of current mechanisms to disclose and manage COI among the committee's members.

Design

We compiled longitudinal data from archival sources on connections between members of the DGA's advisory committee and actors. We hypothesised that these committee members, who oversee the science for the most influential dietary policy in the USA, might have significant COI that would be relevant to their decision making. Disclosure of COI on this committee was recommended in 2017 by the National Academies of Sciences in order to increase transparency and manage bias, but pu

SUBMITTER: Mialon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10966930 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature