A damning new investigation finds the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics takes money from, and invests in, food companies that make commodity processed-food products that are harmful to your health, documents show.
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Analysis of JAMA and NEJM articles finds most authors failed to disclose conflicts | STAT NEWS
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00:00 86% of authors or co-authors have financial ties to pharmaceutical companies when drug trials are reported.
01:31 About 30% of the revenue of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which certifies over 100,000 dietitians, comes from major big food and pharmaceutical companies.
03:10 The FDA, CDC, and NIH receive industry funding and hire from the industry they regulate.
04:00 About 67% of calories consumed by children are processed foods.
05:10 Adults eat 57% of calories from processed foods.
05:30 The association that makes dietary guidelines has stock in food companies and creates favorable research.
07:35 About 86% of scientific studies have authors or scientists who are direct employees of pharmaceutical companies on the paper.
09:00 The average Medicare eligible person is on at least 5 pharmaceutical medications.
09:40 Pharma donated an average of 6 to 7 million dollars to congressional campaigns.
10:30 Major networks received a total of 1 billion dollars from government to promote the vaccine.
11:00 We need more transparency.
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