The Supreme Research Institute of the National Institute of Health on the Ultra-Processed Foods announced that it was accused of censorship of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a minister of health and human service.
“Unfortunately, the recent incident was questioned whether NIH could freely perform a science without prejudice,” said Dr. Kevin Hall, a researcher. In the post Wednesday in social media.
The Hall said in CBS News that the department was interviewed directly with the reporter of the New York Times. Recent study About how to add addictive foods.
This study appears to be addictive in the same way that ultra -treatment foods are addictive, which causes large dopamine reactions in the brain. This means that excessive consumption of super processed foods can occur for more complex reasons.
“This suggests that this may not be addictive by the typical mechanism that many drugs are addictive, but there are too many of this daylight between prejudice and our research,” Hall said.
Andrew Nixon, the best spokesman for Kennedy, has dismissed the study. The written answer of the hall was edited and sent to the reporter without consent, he said.
“In fact, it was the biggest study of the kind, and the previous study was that the same level of consciousness was regulated, and it was much less admitted to the hospital to ensure the compliance with diet.
A HHS spokesman denied CBS news that HHS had edited the hall’s response. In the statement, another spokesman for HHS said, “It is disappointing that this individual is making false claims.”
“NIH scientists continue interviews on research through written response or other means, and we continue to work to promote gold standard research and increase public health priorities. Attempts to paint as censors are deliberate distortions of facts.”
In response to the statement of this department, the hall asked: “I wonder how they define censorship.”
The hall also said that at the meeting prevented the study of ultra -processed foods, and that the officials of the plaintiffs who worked with external scientists gave the final instruments to comply with the editorials required or to remove them as a co -author.
“I hoped this would be the aberration. So, a few weeks ago, I wrote a letter to the leadership of the institution who expressed my concerns and asked for time to discuss this problem, but he did not answer.”
Prior to this week, the hall was considered one of the major researchers of NIH for super processed foods. He participated in the survey of one of the experts in the CBS report, how the foods were processed in the American diet.
Susan Mayne, the former director of the Food and Drug Administration of the Food and Drug Administration, said, “He said, Led the clinical trial.
Mayne said that more recent studies solve the discovery of Hall of the Ultra Processed Food on how to be overly consumed.
Mayne said, “This work is important for mechanically understanding something about UPFs that can cause obesity.
The early retirement of the hall recorded a recent start of NIH, which caused the top scientists to be kicked out through deportation. fire According to the Trump administration From February.
It also represents the latest divisions between Kennedy and federal scientists who discovers things that are not nearly in their priorities.
On Wednesday, Kennedy also promoted a recent study of autism by experts and advocates. Say that it is wrong Discovery of the institution.
Unlike the previous release of ongoing research on CDC’s autism spectrum disorders, federal scientists could not tell the media about the latest results. CBS News Previously reported.
