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Exhibit 588

50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat

Exhibit 588 · Journalism

50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat

when the studies in question were published funding disclosures and transparency standards were not the norm they are today

Carries a longer version of the Sugar Association statement, including that when the studies in question were published, funding disclosures and transparency standards were not the norm they are today.

Source
NPR The Two-Way
Date
13 September 2016
Quoted from
Section headed 'Sugar lobby: Transparency standards were not the norm'
Grade
Reported
Document
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding AGR-2.5
Reported In September 2016 the Sugar Association acknowledged that the Sugar Research Foundation “should have exercised greater transparency in all of its research activities” and said funding-disclosure standards were not then the norm they are today.