Sponsorship of National Health Organizations by Two Major Soda Companies
Sponsorship of National Health Organizations by Two Major Soda Companies
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DOI：
10.1016/j.amepre.2016.08.010
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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5.5
通讯作者：
Siegel, Michael B.
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作者：
Aaron, Daniel G.;Siegel, Michael B.
在美国，肥胖是一个普遍存在的公共健康问题。减少汽水的消费对于遏制肥胖的流行是很重要的。然而，一些文章和一本书表明，汽水公司正在利用他们的资源阻碍可能减少汽水消费的公共卫生干预。虽然对烟酒公司的企业赞助进行了广泛的研究，但没有系统地尝试对汽水公司的赞助活动进行分类。本研究调查了汽水公司赞助美国健康和医疗组织的性质、程度和影响，以及2011年至2015年汽水或营养相关公共卫生立法的公司游说支出。方法：通过网络和数据库检索，检索2011-2015年美国汽水公司的企业慈善和公共卫生立法游说支出记录。结果：从2011年到2015年，可口可乐公司和百事可乐公司共赞助了95个国家卫生组织，其中包括许多医疗和公共卫生机构，其具体任务包括抗击肥胖流行。在研究期间，这两家汽水公司游说反对29项旨在减少汽水消费或改善营养的公共健康法案。结论：令人惊讶的是，美国最大的两家汽水公司对国家健康和医疗机构的赞助无处不在。在97%的案例中，这些公司游说反对公共卫生干预，让人质疑它们对改善公众健康的真诚承诺。通过接受这些公司的资助，卫生组织无意中参与了它们的营销计划。(C) 2016美国预防医学杂志。Elsevier Inc.出版。版权所有。
Introduction: Obesity is a pervasive public health problem in the U.S. Reducing soda consumption is important for stemming the obesity epidemic. However, several articles and one book suggest that soda companies are using their resources to impede public health interventions that might reduce soda consumption. Although corporate sponsorship by tobacco and alcohol companies has been studied extensively, there has been no systematic attempt to catalog sponsorship activities of soda companies. This study investigates the nature, extent, and implications of soda company sponsorship of U.S. health and medical organizations, as well as corporate lobbying expenditures on soda-or nutrition-related public health legislation from 2011 to 2015.Methods: Records of corporate philanthropy and lobbying expenditures on public health legislation by soda companies in the U.S. during 2011-2015 were found through Internet and database searches.Results: From 2011 to 2015, the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo were found to sponsor a total of 95 national health organizations, including many medical and public health institutions whose specific missions include fighting the obesity epidemic. During the study period, these two soda companies lobbied against 29 public health bills intended to reduce soda consumption or improve nutrition.Conclusions: There is surprisingly pervasive sponsorship of national health and medical organizations by the nation's two largest soda companies. These companies lobbied against public health intervention in 97% of cases, calling into question a sincere commitment to improving the public's health. By accepting funding from these companies, health organizations are inadvertently participating in their marketing plans. (C) 2016 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.