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Investigator initiated grants from Mars Edge i.e. the Chocolate candy company. Mars edge a health focused dept which has like a cocoa based health supplement.
by JoshTko 2y ago
Investigator initiated grants from Mars Edge i.e. the Chocolate candy company. Mars edge a health focused dept which has like a cocoa based health supplement.
- Pigalowda 2y agoGood catch! This is too much conflict for me to take seriously. Like the beverage and tobacco industry studies. Competing interests: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at https://www.icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest/ https://www.icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest/ and declare: support from the National Institutes of Health for the submitted work. JEM reports receiving investigator initiated grants from Mars Edge. EBR is on the scientific advisory board and has received research funding from the US Department of Agriculture/US Highbush Blueberry growers commodity group.
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- Wolfenstein98k 2y agoWhat is the proposed mechanism for Mars getting the outcomes to be positive? I understand the implied incentives, but either there is fraud in the paper, or the methodology should reveal how the scientists contrived false outcomes. Otherwise, why does the paper conclude that milk chocolate - Mars' biggest source of revenue from chocolate - has no association with good outcomes and has association with weight gain?
- szundi 2y agoNot getting the next grant is hurting your income. So obvious.
- Wolfenstein98k 2y agoSee second paragraph.
- JoshTko 2y agoP hacking is easy. Get test and control groups. Measure 40 health attributes. Give test group your special compound. Measure 40 health attributes again. Keep only results that show positive benefit (avg. around 2 by random chance). Publish, profit. Data would be clean and does not need to be manipulated. The overall scientific process is rife to be corrupted as long as tester and measurer are the same party, especially when there is financial incentive.
- _yb2s 2y agoAs an academic PI I would not feel the slightest inclination or pressure to produce results favorable to a company just because I got a research grant from their foundation. Most such places use volunteer external reviewers to avoid a conflict of interest in who gets funded- and I have also served in that role for private foundations before.