Studies of beverages such as juice, soda and milk that are sponsored by the beverage industry are four to eight times more likely return favorable results than studies funded by non-industry sponsors, according to new research appearing in the online journal PloS Medicine.
Researchers from Children's Hospital Boston analyzed 111 studies of beverages published between
Researchers chose to focus their study on the beverage industry partly because soda, milk and juice drinks are all aggressively marketed to children. If the findings of an industry-sponsored study are skewed because of the source of the study's funding, children stand to be negatively affected.
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