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Time for complete transparency about conflicts of interest in public health nutrition research

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Cullerton, Katherine  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-6380
Baker, Phil 
Brown, Amy 
Crawley, Helen 

Abstract

We are a group of researchers and academics with decades of experience in the protection and promotion of public health. We are writing to raise our concerns about how conflicts of interest are reported in public health nutrition research. We highlight examples of why it is important to accurately declare such conflicts, as well as providing examples of situations in which conflicts of interest have been inadequately reported. We call on researchers, and others, to be transparent about conflicts of interest in research. Journal editors in particular have an important responsibility in fully understanding how conflicts of interest can impact on research findings. They need to agree and adopt clear guidelines on conflicts of interest and ensure that authors abide by these to facilitate trust in the scientific process and the credibility of published articles.

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Keywords

4206 Public Health, 42 Health Sciences, Nutrition, Generic health relevance, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Journal Title

HRB Open Research

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Journal ISSN

2515-4826
2515-4826

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Publisher

F1000 Research Ltd
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (087636/Z/08/Z)
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/G007462/1)
Medical Research Council (MR/K023187/1)
Department of Health (via National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)) (NF-SI-0616-10019)
MW holds grants from the UK Medical Research Council to develop guidance on managing interactions between researchers and commercial food and drink companies; and with the UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to evaluate the UK’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy. MW is also funded as Director of NIHR’s Public Health Research Programme.