Posted 12/1/2023 09:40 (#10505012 - in reply to #10502013) Subject: RE: Food research funding
East of Broken Bow
John Burns - 11/29/2023 09:56
The sixty four thousand dollar question then becomes, "does the funding source create incentives for certain outcomes of the "research"?" In other words, does it bias the research findings? The guy in the video says it does. I'm sure the ones receiving the funding say it does not.
Absolutely.
I have a friend who did a thesis in college about bias in studies, and their paper was on butter.
Seems that the inventers of margarine funded a 'study' to show that margarine was better for you than butter.
Some time later, the dairy industry funded a 'study' to show that butter was better for you.
The results of quite a few (dare I say most) of the studies reflected the view that those funding it wanted it to portray.
Food research funding
