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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
This is the first study to systematically catalog sponsorship of national health organizations by soda companies. Because health organizations have strong voices in lawmaking and politics, it is important to understand the extent and nature of sponsorships by soda companies. This study found that the Coca-Cola Company sponsored 94 and PepsiCo sponsored 13 national health organizations. Although it seems the Coca-Cola Company may invest more than PepsiCo in sponsorships, this result is likely due to bias from increased availability of Coca-Cola sponsorship records. These records were released as part of the transparency initiative, which the Coca-Cola company started after it was rebuked for covertly sponsoring the Global Energy Balance Network, a group run through the University of Colorado School of Medicine that downplayed diet and highlighted exercise as the solution to obesity.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2016.08.010
Recommended Citation
Aaron, D.G., Siegel, M. B., Sponsorship of National Health Organizations by Two Major Soda Companies, Am J Prev Med 2017;52(1):20–30.