"Dr. Barbara Bowman, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention announced her immediate departure from the agency on Thursday, two days after it came to Read More
Jul 01, 2016
Robert Lustig
Feb 13, 2015
Industry-Funded Research & the Web of Influence
As a followup to yesterday's post on the British Medical Journal's investigation into the ties between public health experts and the food industry, we want to share: This "web of influence" map that shows which Read More
Dec 11, 2014
Why Industry’s “Personal Responsibility” Talking Point is Misguided
Two of the food industry’s go-to talking points are that dietary choices are entirely about personal responsibility and that industry is able to self-regulate. In a recent interview on dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn's Read More
Aug 06, 2014
MedPage Today Covers Our Efforts
Many thanks to MedPage Today reporter Kristina Fiore for covering Dietitians For Professional Integrity's efforts. Highlights: "We've seen blatant examples of industry co-opting science," Andy Bellatti, a Read More
Jul 23, 2014
The Trouble with Industry-Paid Experts
Friend to Dietitians For Professional Integrity Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California, San Francisco penned this great op-ed in The Sacramento Bee today, titled "Don’t believe industry-paid ‘experts’ on soda Read More
Feb 18, 2013
Statement of Concern from Kelly Ahearn, MS, RD
Today's statement of concern comes from Kelly Ahearn, MS, RD (Twitter handle: @HeyJacquieK): "Allow me to start with this quote from American author, write, and farmer Wendell Berry: "People are fed by the food Read More