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A row has erupted about links between the sugar industry and scientists who advise government on obesity.
Campaigners argue the scientists are so heavily influenced by companies that Dracula is now "in charge of the blood bank".
Those implicated say it is wrong to assume they are biased and say critics should "learn some proper science".
Public Health England said it welcomed industry "listening to our best scientists".
The argument erupted from a report in the issue in the British Medical Journal.
It claims Prof Susan Jebb - the government's obesity tsar, a University of Oxford academic and an expert in a recent three-part BBC documentary series on obesity - has attracted more than £1.3m of industry funding.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31412551
Campaigners argue the scientists are so heavily influenced by companies that Dracula is now "in charge of the blood bank".
Those implicated say it is wrong to assume they are biased and say critics should "learn some proper science".
Public Health England said it welcomed industry "listening to our best scientists".
The argument erupted from a report in the issue in the British Medical Journal.
It claims Prof Susan Jebb - the government's obesity tsar, a University of Oxford academic and an expert in a recent three-part BBC documentary series on obesity - has attracted more than £1.3m of industry funding.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31412551