TY - JOUR
T1 - Research interactions between academia and food companies: how to improve transparency and credibility of an inevitable liaison
AU - Poli, Andrea
AU - Marangoni, Franca
AU - Agostoni, Carlo V.
AU - Brancati, Francesco
AU - Capurso, Lucio
AU - Colombo, Maria Laura
AU - Ghiselli, Andrea
AU - La Vecchia, Carlo
AU - Molinari, Enrico
AU - Morelli, Lorenzo
AU - Porrini, Marisa
AU - Visioli, Francesco
AU - Riccardi, Gabriele
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - nteractions between academia and food companies have been increasing, in recent years, in terms of quantity and complexity. Food companies seek the advice of academic institutions or experts from universities and research centers either to better understand the potential health effects of their products or to set up research projects. They also often ask experts to present—to colleagues or to the general population—information on specific foods, diets, nutrients, also to influence their nutritional habits and choices.
In this letter, we analyze possible advantages and disadvantages of such interaction, namely sponsored research and sponsored nutritional communication, also in view of the consolidated tendency, by national and international funding bodies, to specifically promote research projects involving both academia and industry; we also try to identify simple criteria aimed at preventing the generation or the diffusion of incorrect information.
AB - nteractions between academia and food companies have been increasing, in recent years, in terms of quantity and complexity. Food companies seek the advice of academic institutions or experts from universities and research centers either to better understand the potential health effects of their products or to set up research projects. They also often ask experts to present—to colleagues or to the general population—information on specific foods, diets, nutrients, also to influence their nutritional habits and choices.
In this letter, we analyze possible advantages and disadvantages of such interaction, namely sponsored research and sponsored nutritional communication, also in view of the consolidated tendency, by national and international funding bodies, to specifically promote research projects involving both academia and industry; we also try to identify simple criteria aimed at preventing the generation or the diffusion of incorrect information.
KW - Bias
KW - Biomedical Research
KW - Conflict of Interest
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Disclosure
KW - Food Industry
KW - Information Dissemination
KW - Medicine (miscellaneous)
KW - Nutrition and Dietetics
KW - Nutritional Sciences
KW - Research Support as Topic
KW - Bias
KW - Biomedical Research
KW - Conflict of Interest
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Disclosure
KW - Food Industry
KW - Information Dissemination
KW - Medicine (miscellaneous)
KW - Nutrition and Dietetics
KW - Nutritional Sciences
KW - Research Support as Topic
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/132236
UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/1436-6207
U2 - 10.1007/s00394-018-1633-1
DO - 10.1007/s00394-018-1633-1
M3 - Article
SN - 1436-6207
VL - 57
SP - 1269
EP - 1273
JO - European Journal of Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Nutrition
ER -