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Old 06-25-2009, 09:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Conflicts of Interest in Nutrition

Lesser et. al. (Relationship between funding Source and Conclusion among nutrition-related scientific articles 2007) conducted a study to characterize financial sponsorship of scientific articles addressing the health effects of three commonly consumed beverages, and to determine how sponsorship affects published conclusions. The main finding of the study is that scientific articles about commonly consumed beverages funded entirely by industry were approximately four to eight times more likely to be favorable to the financial interests of the sponsors than articles without industry-related funding. The researchers further suggest:fficeffice" />


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Old 06-25-2009, 09:53 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm surprised it's ONLY 4 to 8 times in favor of the funding source.

Puplications based on polls, or participants who self-report (like filling out a questionnaire) are loaded with inconsistencies, and have to use "creative statistics" to prove their hypothesis. (Or hawk their supplements)
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Old 06-25-2009, 09:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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But who funded THAT study? Pro children and pro public interest HACKS, that's who!
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