Coca Cola released a transparency report about who they provide funding to. Included in the list are these "health organizations"
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- American Academy of Family Physicians (these guys at least decided to stop taking this money)
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Dietetic Association
- American Council on Science and Health
- American Society for Nutrition
- American College of Cardiology
- American College of Sports Medicine
- Harvard Medical School/Partners in Health
- Hope Heart Institute
- Foundation for the National Institutes for Health
- National Foundation for the Center of Disease Control
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully, Inc.
- Children Medical Center Foundation
- Save the Children
- Numerous nurse associations
- Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
- Beth Israel/Harvard Obesity Conference
I even went through and found the institutions that have taken the most money over the last few years:
| Pennington Biomedical Research Center | 6,769,657 |
| University of South Carolina | 6,300,534 |
| Boys & Girls Club | 6,072,825 |
| Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation | 5,081,058 |
| Don't Quit Foundation | 4,500,000 |
| American Academy of Family Physicians | 3,550,000 |
| American College of Cardiology | 3,155,000 |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | 2,985,600 |
| National Foundation for the CDC | 2,144,862 |
| Emory Global Diabetes Research Center | 2,031,000 |
| American Cancer Society | 1,878,224 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1,829,000 |
| Calorie Control Council | 1,702,000 |
| The Global Environment & Technology Foundation | 1,650,000 |
| Foundation for the National Institutes for Health | 1,552,446 |
| International Food Information Council (IFIC) | 1,469,665 |
| University System of Georgia Foundation, Inc. | 1,400,000 |
| International Life Sciences Institute North America | 1,332,000 |
| Rippe Lifestyle Institute | 1,297,360 |
| American Dietetic Association | 1,105,000 |
| Girl Scouts of the USA | 1,000,000 |
| University of Colorado | 1,000,000 |
I don't really blame Coke. It'd be great if they didn't support this crap but they sell sugar. But these health organizations? It's another reminder that in most cases associations, groups, and institutes are merely a central lobbying agency that can be bought. Their policies and pronouncements are almost never based on astute science.
And also these "health experts" also took money. Like this blog needs to pan "gurus" anymore. These people are worthless. Most of them push Coca Cola as a part of a balanced diet, are active on Twitter, and suggest obesity is an exercise problem rather than a diet problem. How do these people get up in the morning and live with themselves?
More here:
The New Faces of Coke
Coca Cola: Transparency report on Health professionals and Scientific Experts
Coca Cola: Transparency list of Health Organizations
NYT: Coke Spends Lavishly on Pediatricians and Dietitians
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