In addition to the funding that Coca-Cola provided to the now-defunct Global Energy Balance Network — an anti-obesity organization with a decidedly pro-soda bent — the cola giant also paid $550,000 directly to the GEBN president. [More]
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Coca-Cola Paid $550K Directly To Head Of Pro-Soda, Anti-Obesity Group
By 12.28.15 — Updated: 10.2.17
Coke-Funded Anti-Obesity Group Goes The Way Of Crystal Pepsi
By 12.1.15
The Global Energy Balance Network, a supposed anti-obesity organization that was heavily criticized for not only receiving more than $1 million from Coca-Cola but for attempting to downplay the role of sugary drinks in the current obesity epidemic, has vanished from the Earth like a failed new soda product. [More]
E-Mails Show That Anti-Obesity Group Was Really Just Publicity Machine For Coke
By 11.24.15
Amid accusations that its Global Energy Balance Network was little more than a Coca-Cola-funded shill using real doctors to downplay the role of sugary drinks in the current obesity epidemic, the University of Colorado School of Medicine recently returned a $1 million donation to the beverage biggie. But newly revealed e-mails show the direct influence that Coke bought with this supposed anti-obesity organization. [More]
