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Who paid for this study, and does it change the answer?
Who paid for this study, and does it change the answer?: pages on where funding and conflict-of-interest statements hide in a paper, what industry…
This launch guide maps the topic, the source base and the practical questions. Check the linked official authority before acting on a rule, deadline, price or safety requirement.
What this guide covers
Pages on where funding and conflict-of-interest statements hide in a paper, what industry sponsorship measurably does to conclusions in nutrition and drug research, ghostwriting and honorary authorship, the ICMJE disclosure form, the national transparency registers where payments to doctors and societies are published, patient-organisation funding, and the "independent analysis of company-held data" pattern. A one-minute recipe page shows how to check any nutrition study's sponsor from the DOI alone. Twelve pages.
How to use it
Use Who paid for this study, and does it change the answer? as a structured learning path: begin with the vocabulary, follow the evidence map, and keep the uncertainty labels attached to claims as you compare sources.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | kes rahastas uuringut |
| Finnish | tutkimuksen rahoittajan vaikutus tuloksiin |
| Russian | кто финансировал исследование как узнать |
| English | industry funded nutrition research bias |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: own writing; ICMJE disclosure documentation, published EFPIA member transparency disclosures, and Lesser et al. 2007 plus Bes-Rastrollo et al. 2013 (PLOS, CC BY) cited. · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
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Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
Pages on where funding and conflict-of-interest statements hide in a paper, what industry sponsorship measurably does to conclusions in nutrition and drug research, ghostwriting and honorary authorship, the ICMJE disclosure form, the national transparency registers where payments to doctors and societies are published, patient-organisation funding, and the "independent analysis of company-held data" pattern. A one-minute recipe page shows how to check any nutrition study's sponsor from the DOI alone. Twelve pages.
What evidence does it use?
own writing; ICMJE disclosure documentation, published EFPIA member transparency disclosures, and Lesser et al. 2007 plus Bes-Rastrollo et al. 2013 (PLOS, CC BY) cited.
Where does this guide stop?
It explains the topic and points to primary or official sources. It does not replace a qualified professional, an official decision, or advice based on your own circumstances.
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