Researcher finds Coke’s fingerprints on health policy in China

 

A study by Harvard’s Susan Greenhalgh probes corporate influence on public health policy in China. A complex network of research funding, institutional ties, and personal influence allowed Coca-Cola, through connections with a nonprofit group, to exert substantial influence over obesity science and policy solutions in China, nudging government policy into alignment with the company’s corporate interests, a Harvard study has found.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/01/harvard-research-reveals-cokes-fingerprints-on-health-policy-in-china/