Table 2. Original research articles with food industry involvement in the top 10 nutrition-related journals in 2018.
| Journal | Articles included in the sample | Articles with authors reporting affiliations related to the food industry 1 (n, % of row total) | Articles with declared funding from the food industry | Articles with other 2 stated involvement from the food industry (n, % of row total) | Total number of articles with food industry involvement (n, % of row total) 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct funding for the study (n, % of row total) | Donation of products to be used for the study (n, % of row total) | Funding received for other research not directly related to the study (n, % of row total) | |||||
| The Journal of Nutrition | 223 | 22, 9.9% | 46, 20.6% | 8, 3.6% | 12, 5.4% | 35, 15.7% | 63, 28.3% |
| Nutrition Reviews | 53 | 5, 9.4% | 7, 13.2% | 0, 0.0% | 6, 11.3% | 12, 22.6% | 13, 24.5% |
| The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 221 | 11, 5.0% | 25, 11.3% | 9, 4.1% | 20, 9.0% | 8, 3.6% | 37, 16.7% |
| Clinical Nutrition | 212 | 9, 4.2% | 20, 9.4% | 10, 4.7% | 16, 7.5% | 11, 5.2% | 35, 16.5% |
| Obesity | 231 | 3, 1.3% | 8, 3.5% | 5, 2.2% | 8, 3.5% | 8, 3.5% | 22, 9.5% |
| Advances in Nutrition | 64 | 3, 4.7% | 4, 6.3% | 1, 1.6% | 2, 3.1% | 2, 3.1% | 6, 9.4% |
| Nutrition Research Reviews | 21 | 1, 5.8% | 0, 0.0% | 0, 0.0% | 0, 0.0% | 1, 4.8% | 1, 4.8% |
| International Journal of Obesity | 206 | 3, 1.5% | 3, 1.5% | 0, 0.0% | 4, 1.9% | 3, 1.5% | 10, 4.9% |
| International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity | 124 | 1, 0.8% | 4, 3.2% | 0, 0.0% | 1, 0.8% | 1, 0.8% | 5, 4.0% |
| Paediatric Obesity | 106 | 1, 0.9% | 3, 2.8% | 0, 0.0% | 1, 0.9% | 1, 0.9% | 4, 3.8% |
| Total | 1461 | 59, 4.0% | 120, 8.2% | 33, 2.3% | 70, 4.8% | 82, 5.6% | 196, 13.4% |
1 Food industry includes: (1) all private sector organisations involved in food and beverage production, distribution, marketing and retail; (2) manufacturers of nutrition supplements and breast-milk substitutes; (3) relevant industry groups and trade associations; (4) organisations that receive the majority of their funding from organisations in the food industry.
2 Articles with other involvement include involvement noted in acknowledgments and those that did not fit within the above categories.
3 Total does not represent the sum of the previous columns due to instances where food industry involvement occurred in a number of categories.