more on Hill:

sugar industry funded a report by Hill:

http://www.sugar.org/science/carbohydrates.html

lookie, he sells a weight loss book in direct competition with the
low-carb diets:

http://books.bankhacker.com/James+O.+Hill/

The Step Diet Book: Count Steps, Not Calories, To Lose Weight and
Keep It Off Forever by James O., Ph.d. Hill, John C. Peters, Bonnie T.
Jortberg, Pamela M., Md. Peeke, James O. Hill $22.95

Consultancies and other affiliations:

http://www.milkpep.org/newsroom/jameshill.cfm

http://www.entelos.com/news/pressArchive/press9.html

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not disclosing financial interests:

http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/letter_to_science.pdf

James O. Hill, et al. "Obesity and the Environment: Where Do We Go
From
Here?" February 7, 2003, p. 853-5.
This article contains no disclosures, though Dr. Hill has significant
financial ties
that pose conflicts of interest in connection with this paper. For
example, Dr.
Hill's research on weight management has been supported by Abbott
Laboratories, Amgen, Hoffman-LaRoche, Procter & Gamble, and Knoll
Pharmaceuticals, and the Sugar Association. He has received consulting
fees
from Knoll, Roche Laboratories, International Life Sciences Institute,
and Procter
& Gamble; served as a consultant to the Duke Diet and Fitness Center;
and is a
member of the McDonald's Corporation Global Advisory Council on
Healthy
Lifestyles.

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supports the use of drugs in weight management:

http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2004/01_04/wyatt.htm

Summary
Obesity is a chronic medical disorder that is not going away anytime
soon. Physicians need all the education, tools, and resources possible
to successfully help their overweight and obese patients. Weight-loss
medications alone are clearly not the answer. However, they are one
tool physicians can use in combination with lifestyle changes to
increase the success of long-term weight loss in selected patients.

(and again, no disclosures)

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more affiliations:

http://www.internationaldietetics.org/pdf/ICD_KNS2004flyer2.pdf

Kellogg Nutrition Symposium 2004 Building Healthy Communities:
Improving the health of the population one community at a time

James O Hill is a speaker, wonder what he was paid by Kellogg

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"study" funded by weight watchers:

http://www.weightwatchers.com/about/prs/wwi_template.aspx?GCMSID=1002911

Leading scientists in the field of obesity collaborated in the study
including, Stanley Heshka, NY Obesity Research Center, St.
Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University; Frank Greenway,
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University;
James W. Anderson, VA Medical Center, Lexington, and University of
Kentucky; Richard L. Atkinson, Nutritional Sciences, University of
Wisconsin;

James O. Hill, Health Sciences, University of Colorado;

Stephen Phinney, Department of Medicine, UC Davis, and Monsanto, Inc,
Davis; Ronette L. Kolotkin, Obesity and Quality of Life Consulting,
Durham, NC, Karen Miller-Kovach, M.S., R.D., Chief Scientific Officer,
Weight Watchers International; and F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, NY Obesity
Research Center, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia
University. This study was funded by a grant from the Weight Watchers
Foundation.

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paid by industry to write report:

http://www.rwjf.org/reports/grr/032827s.htm

Publication of a Special Pediatrics Supplement on Obesity in Children
and Adolescents
(last updated July 1999)

ILSI Research Foundation - Physical Activity and Nutrition Program for
Children and Adolescents Advisory Committee

James O. Hill, PhD, Advisory Committee Chairman
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO

Funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://www.rwjf.org/about/founder.jhtml

Robert Wood Johnson devoted his life to public service and to building
the small, but innovative, family firm of Johnson & Johnson into the
world's largest health and medical care products conglomerate.
...
Robert Wood Johnson's sense of personal responsibility toward society
was expressed imperishably in the disposition of his own immense
fortune. He left virtually all of it to the foundation that bears his
name, creating one of the world's largest private philanthropies

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Industry funds a scientific journal, Hill is editor-in-chief:

http://www.liebertpub.com/prdetails.aspx?pr_id=371

"Obesity Management" Journal Launched by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.,
Publishers

Editor-in-Chief, James O. Hill, Ph.D., one of America's foremost
experts in obesity, is Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at
the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and Holly Wyatt,
M.D., Senior Editor, is Assistant Professor in the Department of
Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes. Obesity
Management is the official journal of C.O.R.E. (Centers for Obesity
Research and Education), in collaboration with the American
Association of Diabetes Educators, American College of Sports
Medicine, American Obesity Association, and the American Dietetic
Association.

....

"Obesity Management" journal collaborators:

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE (ACSM)
 
According to its website, the ACSM promotes and integrates scientific
research, education, and practical applications of sports medicine and
exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance,
fitness, health, and quality of life.

2002 ACSM partners include Gatorade, the Gatorade Sports Science
Institute, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Reebok, Aircast, Ajinomoto (Amino
Vital), Performance Health/Biofreeze, California Dried Plum Board,
Chiron Corporation, EAS (Experimental & Applied Sciences),
HealtheTech, LifeFitness, Mars, Incorporated, Merck, Medtronic
Physio-Control, National Dairy Council, New Lifestyles, Pfizer,
Pharmacia, Pharmanex, Procter & Gamble, Shape Magazine, Theraband,
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
(http://www.acsm.org/partnerships/partner_spotlight.htm; accessed
2/24/03)

...

AMERICAN OBESITY ASSOCIATION
 
According to the Wall Street Journal, this organization, formed in
April 1995, is "a lay advocacy group representing the interest of the
70 to 80 million obese American women and children and adults
afflicted with the disease of obesity." It has one member. "Dr.
Atkinson says the group receives most of its funding — several hundred
thousand dollars in all — from the pharmaceuticals industry, including
Interneuron, American Home Products, Roche Laboratories, Knoll
Pharmaceuticals Ltd., and Servier — all of which market or develop
diet pills." (Wall Street Journal, 2/9/98, B1)

AOA Corporate Sponsors include:

Abbott Laboratories
Aventis SA
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson company)
GlaxoSmithKline
Health Management Resources
Hoffman LaRoche, Inc.
Jenny Craig International
Novartis Nutrition Corporation
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson company)
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Slim-Fast Foods Company
Weight Watchers International, Inc.
Companies contributed their name to support one or many issues
undertaken by the AOA include:

Amgen, Inc.
Jenny Craig, Inc.
Knoll Pharmaceutical Company
Law Offices of Susan Wasserman  
Medeva Pharmaceuticals  
Novartis Nutrition Corporation  
Tanita Corporation
Weight Watchers International, Inc.
(http://obesity.org/subs/contributor_list.shtml; accessed 12/03/03)

...

AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION
 
A public policy workshop held in March 2001 was sponsored by American
Soy Products, California Dried Plum Board, Egg Nutrition Center, Food
Marketing Institute, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Kashi, National
Soft Drink Association, Sodexho, and Marriott Services. (ADA Courier,
5/01)

Published a "Biotechnology Resource Kit," which was funded by the
Council for Biotechnology Information." (ADA "Dear Member" letter;
2000)

[See entry for Council for Biotechnology Information]

ADA and DuPont have an agreement that enables ADA to place nutrition
information on the web site http://www.webmd.com/. Dupont is an
investor in WebMD. (ADA Press Release, 10/16/00)

In fiscal year 2000, the following companies contributed $10,000 or
more: BASF Corp., Bristol Myers/Squibb, California Avocado Company,
The Catfish Institute, ConAgra Foods, DMI Management, EcoLab, Galaxy
Nutritional Foods, Gerber Products Company, Kellogg, Knoll
Pharmaceuticals, Lipton, Mars, Inc., Mead Johnson Nutritionals, McNeil
Consumer Products Company, Monsanto, National Cattlemen's Beef
Association, National Dairy Council, National Fisheries Institute,
National Pasta Association, The Peanut Institute, Potato Board,
Procter & Gamble, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Ross Products Division,
Abbott Laboratories, Viactiv, Worthington Foods. (ADA/ADAF 2000 Annual
Report, http://www.eat right.org/; November 11, 2000)

ADA and American Pharmaceutical Association (pharmacists) announced a
joint consumer-education program on supplements; it is funded by
Monsanto Life Sciences Company (press release, 11/8/99).

The ADA co-produced, with funding from the ConAgra Foundation, a
packet of information on food safety titled "Home Food Safety: It's in
Your Hands." (Funding disclosed on packet on file at CSPI, Nov. 1999)

The American Dietetic Association has announced that it will be
seeking to endorse food products (Nov.-Dec. 1997 ADA Courier).

The American Dietetic Association has received funding from numerous
companies and receives underwriting for "fact sheets" on topics
related to the companies' products. Major ($100,000+) donors include:
Kellogg, Kraft Foods, Weight Watchers International, Campbell Soup,
National Dairy Council, Nestlé USA, Ross Products Division of Abbott
Labs., Sandoz, Coca-Cola, Florida Department of Citrus, General Mills,
Monsanto, Nabisco, Procter & Gamble, Uncle Ben's, Wyeth-Ayerst Labs.
(Nov-Dec 1996 ADA Courier)

The following companies and organizations sponsored information
sessions at the ADA's 2002 Food and Nutrition Conference, held in
Philadelphia, PA:

Almond Board of California
American Egg Board/Egg Nutrition Center
Aramark
ADM Kao LLC
Balance Bar Company
ConAgra Foods
DuPont Protein Technologies
General Mills
Gatorade Company
Gerber Products Company
H.J. Heinz
Hormel
Internationl Food Information Council
International Life Sciences Institute
Mars, Inc.
McNeil Nutritionals
MET-Rx
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
National Dairy Council
Pharmavite
Procter and Gamble
Quaker Oats
Ross Product Division
Sodexho Health Care Services
Sysco Corporation
United Soybean Board
United States Potato Board
Wheat Foods Council
(http://www.eatright.org/fnce/sponsors02.html; accessed 2/24/03)

In 2002, the ADA entered into a partnership with Gerber Products
Company to form the Start Healthy Nutrition Advisory Panel. The panel
includes both experts from Gerber and ADA.
(http://www.eatright.com/pr/2002/102102.html; accessed 2/24/03)

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TC