Yep, it's true... The American Academy of Family Physicians is on Coke--Coca-Cola.
They decided to sell-out in a major conflict-of-interest and take cash from Coke. This kind of corruption is rampant in medicine, but it's true also of the American Dietetic Association (ya know, nutritionists / registered dietitians), who takes cash from Coke AND Pepsi, as well as the YMCA who takes cash from Pepsi, (to fund their Healthy Kids Day programs. Irony Alert..?)
Plus, schools across the country regularly sell-out children's health in "pouring contracts" for quick cash from the soft drink, sports drinks, energy-drinks and junk-food makers...
Enough already.
Ya got nothing if you don't have your health. But trading our children's health away to Coke and Pepsi..? Criminal.
UNC's Dr. Barry Popkin, my professional hero crush, can't fight these ethics battles alone. Get involved now by at least signing on in protest:
http://www.commercialexploitation.org/actions/aafpcokepartnership.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/YMCAFood/petition.html
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