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Food Industry-Backed Research Gives Results Funders Want, New Analysis Shows
Scientific American
Dec 16, 2020
A recent study by public health scientists at Deakin University in Australia, found that more than half of 1,461 studies yielded outcomes favorable to company products compared to less than 10 percent lacking such support. Commenting on the recent analysis, Lisa Bero, PhD, contends that industry may skew research in ways peer review cannot catch. She cites four key approaches industry uses to manipulate research: by influencing what research questions are asked, how studies are designed, how conclusions interpret data and whether unfavorable findings ever get published.Read article>>