How the sugar industry used dietitians to reach dentists
•Posted on July 10 2019
Published on June 19, 2019
The sugary industry strategically used dietitians to influence the dental community's thoughts on sugar, according to presenter Ifunanya Okeke, a research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry.
Previous research from UCSF suggests that the sugar industry influenced caries eradication research during the 1960s and 1970s. The new research shows the U.S. Sugar Association also created a public relations campaign around the same time to sway the public's and dental professionals' opinions of sugar.
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These dieticians influenced a dental conference to add pro-sugar speakers, created a media program to minimize sugar's role in tooth decay, and criticized dentist researchers looking into sugary breakfast cereals.
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