Sugar Industry Tried to Bias Heart Research, Study Says

The sugar industry may have attempted to bias heart disease research in self-serving ways, downplaying studies that implicated sugar consumption in heart disease, and instead placing the blame on fats, a new study said. In the study, researchers looked at correspondence that happened between the leaders of a sugar trade organization and heart disease researchers. The study focused on the circumstances surrounding the publication of a 1967 review article about the influences of dietary sugar and