Proposed changes to obesity guidelines may harm children in the US
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:
New guidelines on obesity in the U.S. may end up harming children, says an article in this week's BMJ.
And an accompanying article goes on to question the financial links between the organisation promoting these proposals and the pharmaceutical industry.
The author of the articles is Ray Moynihan, who has previously written about drug companies promoting an increasing reliance on medications to the public.
Mr. Moynihan points out that one of the prime movers behind the proposed changes being considered by the expert committee is Dr. William Dietz, a senior member of the International Obesity Task Force.
In the second article Mr. Moynihan reveals how the high profile and highly influential Task Force, which has close ties to the World Health Organisation, was set up in the mid-1990s with the help of grants from three drug companies and continues to benefit from drug company sponsorship.
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