Federal government food policy committees and the financial interests of the food sector.

Norm Campbell, Kevin J Willis, Gavin Arthur, Bill Jeffery, Helen Lee Robertson, Diane L Lorenzetti

Abstract read

In one paragraph

Article in Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in

3citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

Ethical issues in the development and implementation of nutrition-related public health policies and interventions: A scoping review.PloS one · 2017
Article
Food for thought? Potential conflicts of interest in academic experts advising government and charities on dietary policies.BMC public health · 2016
Article
Strategic nutrition: a vision for the twenty-first century.Public health nutrition · 2016
Review

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Norm CampbellNorm Campbell, MD, is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. He was on the steering committee of and was a member of the Sodium Working Group of Health Canada, and is a member of the sodium subgroup of the Food Expert Advisory Committee of Health Canada.

Kevin J WillisKevin J. Willis, PhD, is Executive Director of the Canadian Stroke Network. He was a member of the Sodium Working Group of Health Canada and is a member of the sodium subgroup of the Food Expert Advisory Committee of Health Canada.

Gavin ArthurGavin Arthur, PhD, is a research consultant based in Courtenay, British Columbia.

Bill JefferyBill Jeffery, LLB, is the National Coordinator of the Centre for Science in the Public Interest and a member of the Steering Committee of the Conflicts of Interest Coalition. Mr. Jeffrey was a member of the Sodium Working Group of Health Canada.

Helen Lee RobertsonHelen Lee Robertson, MLIS, is a librarian at the Health Sciences Library, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

Diane L LorenzettiDiane L. Lorenzetti is a Research Librarian in the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, and the Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Federal GovernmentCanadaConflict of InterestFood IndustryHumansNutrition Policy

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PMID25237403

PMCPMC4161498

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