Public Health Attorney Publishes Report Condemning ASN’s Ties with Industry

“In order to bolster its credibility, reflect objective science that has
the public’s best interest in mind, and hold the food industry more
accountable, it is paramount that ASN reconsider its financial ties to
the junk food industry,” concludes public health lawyer and activist
Michele Simon in an investigation that purports to expose conflicts
of interest between the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and various
food and beverage companies. Among other things, Simon contends that
“powerful junk food companies purchase ‘sustaining partnerships’ from
ASN, gaining access to the nation’s leading nutrition researchers at their
annual meetings, and in their policy positions.”

Issue 569