Monday 2 August 2010
Should Obesity Experts Be Paid By Commercial Organisations?
It is reported that Susan Jebb, obesity expert, is being paid by Rosemary Conley and Weight Watchers to support their enteprises. Many organisations with one eye on the balance sheet and mindful of the public relations outcomes find academics to confer "authority" on their products. Do you think that such organisations should be compelled to disclose what they pay and to whom? Shame on those experts for taking the "kings silver" and for not having the courage to say that everything works for someone, that long term outcomes are pretty much the same for everything, and for not being able to disclose which enterprises are causing harm. I should know - I pick up the pieces. Visit http//www.eating-disorders.org.uk for the views of a psychologist who hasnt (yet) been bought.
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Deanne, I remember you wrote a couple of years back in the NCfED journal that a well-known diet organisation had blocked your advertisement in information packs supplied to health professionals at a national meeting. I think the organisation had also part-funded the meeting.... What was the outcome?
ReplyDeleteAlison, I dont remember to be honest. It may have been Weight Watchers because they were sponsoring the meeting and felt I was a competitor. Whoever it was got their way and money talks in business.
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