Why accept them as sponsors, and if you know they are sponsors, don’t show up. A room of 25 people would certainly send a message. (Easier said than done, as I am not in the business.)
But a rowdy band of registered dietitians has taken to Facebook to protest what they see as capitulation to Big Food by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or AND, formerly the American Dietetic Association.
Their complaint? That AND events, including annual meetings and educational seminars, are sponsored — co-opted, some say — by giant food companies and their spinoffs such as ConAgra, Coca-Cola, Mars International, the Hershey Center for Health & Nutrition and Kellogg’s.
Read things like:
Or how the National Dairy Council can sponsor a seminar during which panelists suggest the lactose intolerant should nonetheless eat dairy products because they’re such a good source of nutrients.
Sometimes I wonder if Marketing teams have too strong a say in things. Sorry Mad Men.
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