Re: Are doctors and scientists free from commercial pressures?
- From: "TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 27 Feb 2006 13:00:48 -0800
TC wrote:
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TC
James O. Hill, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Center for
Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center,
Denver. Co-chair of the Clinical Advisory Board of the Grain Foods
Foundation. (http://www.grainpower.org/hp_experts.asp; accessed
7/25/05) Member, Blue ribbon advisory board on health and wellness,
PepsiCo.
(http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/IROL/78/78265/presentations/121304.pdf;
accessed 5/31/05) Member of the McDonald's Corporation Global Advisory
Council on Healthy Lifestyles; formed to "help guide the company on
activities that address the need for balanced, healthy lifestyles."
(http://www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/press/corporate/2003/05212003/;
accessed 6/23/03) Receives consulting fees from HealtheTech, Johnson &
Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Coca-Cola. Receives speakers fees from
Abbott Laboratories, Roche Laboratories, and Kraft Foods. Receives
research funding from M&M Mars. (N. Engl. J. Med. 2003:348;2082-2090.)
Member of the expert advisory board for the American Council for
Fitness and Nutrition. (http://www.acfn.org/about/advisory.html;
accessed 10/31/03) Research on weight management supported in part by
Abbott Laboratories. (J. Amer. Coll. Nutr. 2001;20:26-31.) Member of
the Foodfit.com advisory board.
(http://www.foodfit.com/about/advisoryBoard.asp; accessed 11/11/00)
Participated in a 3/25/99 panel assembled by the Sugar Association to
inform New York magazine editors about obesity, calories, and activity.
(Sugar Association's 1999 annual report,
http://www.foodingredientsonline.com; accessed 03/30/99) Research on
the role of carbohydrates in weight management was supported by the
Sugar Association. (Letter from Sugar Association to USDA; on file with
CSPI; 4/16/99) Research on using Orlistat for weight maintenance funded
by Hoffmann-La Roche. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1999;69:1108-16) Lead author
of a study on olestra supported by a grant from Procter & Gamble. (Am J
Clin Nutr. 1998;67:1178-85.) Co-wrote a 1998 report for ILSI on
"Carbohydrates and weight management." Research on the effects of
covert substitution of olestra for conventional fat on spontaneous food
intake supported by Procter & Gamble. (Am J Clin Nutr.
1998;67:1178-85.)
Barbara J. Rolls, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(1992); Professor of Nutrition, Penn State University. Consultant for
Knoll Pharmaceuticals and has received research support from, among
others, Knoll, P&G, and ILSI. Coauthored (with James O. Hill) a 1998
report for ILSI on "Carbohydrates and Weight Management." (phone
conversation w/ R. Collins, CSPI, December 6, 2000) (Newark
Star-Ledger, 2/17/97)Research on lipid and lipoprotein responses to
different diets partially supported by Abbott Laboratories. (Am. J.
Clin. Nurt. 2000;70:839-46) Research on age related impairments in the
regulation of food intake supported in part by the Campbell Soup
Company. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1995;62:923-31)
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Hill and Rolls are behind the The National Weight Control Registry.
http://www.nwcr.ws/
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Rena R. Wing, Ph.D., U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Consultant to
and received research support from Lilly Pharmaceuticals, is on Weight
Watchers Advisory Board; has received research support from Ross
Laboratories and ILSI. (Newark Star-Ledger, 2/17/97 notes Eli Lilly,
WW)
Richard Atkinson, M.D., Professor of medicine and nutritional sciences,
University of Wisconsin. Director, Beers-Murphy Clinical Nutrition
Center. Co-founder and president, American Obesity Association.
Consultant to Best Foods (CPC International), Boots Pharmaceuticals,
Cambridge Plan International, Eli Lilly, Gates Pharmaceuticals, Glaxo,
Glaxo-Wellcome, Interneuron, Just Help Yourself, Knoll Pharmaceutical,
Lederle, Pfizer, Ross Laboratories, Slim Fast, Thompson Medical,
Wyeth-Ayerst. Industry- sponsored lecturer: Boots Pharmaceuticals,
Hoffman-LaRoche, Interneuron, Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Ross Laboratories,
Slim Fast, Wyeth Ayerst. Research Support: AH Robins, Cambridge Plan
International, DuPont Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, Gates
Pharmaceuticals, Mead Johnson, Natural Nutrition, Thompson Medical,
Weight Watchers Foundation, Natural Nutrition, LTD (Norway). (resumé).
Scientific advisor, Dannon Institute, 1998 (Dannon Institute ad, J. Am.
Diet. Assoc., 11/98)
C. Everett Koop, M.D., Dartmouth University. Founder, drkoop.com web
site. Former Surgeon General of the U.S. Koop founded Shape Up America!
(Barbara J. Moore, Ph.D., is the CEO and President), which received
funding ($100,000) from Wyeth- Ayerst. (Newark Star-Ledger, 2/17/97)
Served on board of Bionutrics, Phoenix, Arizona, a company marketing a
supplement that claims to lower cholesterol. (Food Chemical News,
3/18/98, p.3) Participated in a PR event for Pharmacia & Upjohn, maker
of Detrol for people with overactive bladders. (PR Watch, 4th quarter,
1998) Schering-Plough Corp. gave $1 million to the Koop Foundation;
Koop thereafter wrote a letter to House members concerning an extension
of the patent on Claritin. (Washington Post, July 1, 1999, A27)
Barbara J. Moore, Ph.D., CEO and President, Shape Up America. Group
received $100,000 in funding from Wyeth-Ayerst. (Newark Star-Ledger,
2/17/97) [see also entry for C. Everett Koop]
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TC
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