The corporate capture of the nutrition profession in the USA: the case of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The involvement of unhealthy commodity corporations in health policy and research has been identified as an important commercial determinant contributing to the rise of non-communicable diseases. In the USA, health professional associations have been subject to corporate influence. This study explores the interactions between corporations and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), and their implications for the profession in the USA and globally.

Design

We conducted an inductive analysis of documents (2014-2020) obtained through freedom of information requests, to assess key AND actors' dealings with food, pharmaceutical and agribusiness corporations. We also triangulated this information with publicly available data.

Setting

The USA.

Participants<

SUBMITTER: Carriedo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991767 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature