Fw: Widely-Covered Sugar Article Draws Strong Response from Industry

Sugar Article Garners Widespread Coverage, Draws Strong Response from Industry

In the article, researchers at the University of California San Francisco reported on more than a decade long effort in the 1960s and 1970s by the sugar industry to influence research programs of the National Institute of Dental Research, similar to the tobacco industry’s efforts to influence federally funded tobacco research programs.

Internal documents obtained from the cane and beet sugar industry and the National Institute of Dental Research revealed a collaborative effort to shift the research agenda away from reducing sugar consumption and toward mitigating its harm.

In a pointed and well-referenced comment covering science and policy, the World Sugar Research Organization claims omissions and speculation by the authors. The authors’ rebuttal closes with a recommendation for scrutiny of industry opposition to current policy proposals.

Read the debate and decide for yourself.