section_path: Health effects/Sugar industry funding and health information
section_name: Sugar industry funding and health information
paragraph_text: Sugar industry funding and health information
  
  Sugar refiners and manufacturers of sugary foods and drinks have sought to influence medical research and public health recommendations, with substantial and largely clandestine spending documented from the 1960s to 2016. The results of research on the health effects of sugary food and drink differ significantly, depending on whether the researcher has financial ties to the food and drink industry. A 2013 medical review concluded that "unhealthy commodity industries should have no role in the formation of national or international NCD policy".
  
  There have been similar efforts to steer coverage of sugar-related health information in popular media, including news media and social media.