ʻO nā luna ma nā Centres for Disease Control a me Prevent ka lima i piha i kēia mau lā. Ua pā ikaika ka maʻi ʻApelika i ka poʻe ʻAmelika, e hāpai ana i nā pilikia no ka maʻi puʻuwai, ka hahau, ʻano diabetes he 2 a me kekahi ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO ka momona momona ka pilikia nui.
I ka makahiki i hala, ʻo World Health Organization (WHO) Luna Hoʻokele Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Margaret Chan ʻo ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea inu momona piha kō i mea kōkua nui i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui momona ma waena o nā keiki, e ʻōlelo ana i nā mea i kapu ʻia ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai momona.
ʻOiai ua kūʻē nui ka ʻoihana inu, ua hala kekahi mau kūlanakauhale o US, a i ʻole ke hoʻāʻo nei e hala, nā ʻauhau ma nā sosa sugary e hoʻonāwaliwali i ka ʻai ʻana. Mai Berkeley, Kaleponi i lilo i kūlanakauhale mua ma ʻAmelika e ʻauhau i kahi ʻauhau soda i ka makahiki 2014, ua emi iho ka ʻai ma mua o 20 pākēneka ma kekahi mau wahi o ke kūlanakauhale i kahi hōʻike paʻi ʻia ʻAukake 23 e ka American Journal of Public Health. Hoʻopili ʻia kahi ʻauhau soda Mekiko me kahi kulu like o ke kūʻai mai ʻana me ka soda, e like me noiʻi paʻi ʻia ma mua o kēia makahiki. Manaʻo kekahi e ʻoliʻoli nui ʻia nā hana e ka CDC. A ʻoiai, ma mua o kēia makahiki kahi hōʻike noiʻi CDC i ʻōlelo ʻia e pono ai nā hana kolohe e hōʻoia ai i ka poʻe ʻAmelika e ʻokiʻoki i nā mea inu momona.
Akā ma hope o nā hanana, hōʻike nā hōʻike e hōʻike ana ma mua o ka hōʻoki ʻana i ka ʻoihana soda, nā luna kiʻekiʻe ma waena o ka ʻO ka CDC National Center no ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke olakino ke ʻoluʻolu nei i ka mea inu mea nui ʻo Coca-Cola a me kāna mau mea kōkua ʻoihana, ʻoiai i kekahi mau manawa ke kōkua nei i ka ʻoihana ke kuhi nei ʻaʻole hewa ka sodas.
Ma ka liʻiliʻi he hoʻokahi hoʻopiʻi hoʻopiʻi kūloko e pili ana i ka ʻoihana i waiho ʻia i kēia mahina, e like me ke kumu i loko o ka CDC. A ke hele nei paha nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema i loko o ka CDC e hoʻāʻo nei e kūʻē i kahi moʻomeheu e mahi ana i nā pilina pili loa me nā pono ʻoihana.
ʻO ka nānā hou ʻana o ka loiloi ʻo ia nā pilina ma waena o Michael Pratt, Kūkā aʻoaʻo no Global Health i ka CDC kahi maʻi pale maʻi, a me ka hua mele a Coca-Cola - ka hui hoihoi ʻoihana nonprofit i kapa ʻia ʻo International Life Science Institute (ILSI.) Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo ISLI e ʻO Coca-Cola ʻepekema a me nā alakaʻi o nā mea pili kānāwai Alex Malaspina ma 1978, a ke hoʻomau nei i ke kākoʻo no ka papahana o nā mea inu a me nā ʻoihana meaʻai. ʻIke kekahi ma ke kaiāulu ʻepekema iā ILSI ma mua o kahi hui mua i manaʻo ʻia e holomua i nā pono o kēlā mau ʻoihana me ka nānā iki ʻole i ka pono o ka lehulehu.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻike nui ʻia ke kālā a me ka mana o ILSI ma ka CDC, a ʻo kā Pratt hana me ka ILSI kahi laʻana nui loa. Hōʻike nā palapala i ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Pratt a me ke kōkua ʻana i ke noiʻi alakaʻi i kākoʻo ʻia e Coca-Cola a me ILSI.
Hoʻokahi mea i ka piko o ka papahana no Coca-Cola a me ILSI ke loaʻa nei ka ʻae no ka manaʻo o ke kaulike ikehu. Ma mua o ka nānā ʻana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻai o nā meaʻai kō a me nā mea inu e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka momona a me nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe, pono ka poʻe hana kulekele e nānā i ka hemahema o ka hoʻoikaika kino ma ke ʻano he mea hewa mua, wahi a ka ʻoihana. Manaʻo ʻia kēlā ʻano wili kime mai nā ʻoihana e loaʻa kālā i kēlā mau meaʻai momona a me nā mea inu. Ke pale nei lākou i kā lākou loaʻa kālā.
Akā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e hoʻomaopopo pehea e hiki ai i ka CDC ke kau inoa ma ka pili o Pratt i ka hana ʻoihana. ʻO kēia limahana lehulehu, kuhi paha i kahi uku uku kālā a ka mea ʻauhau, ua hoʻolilo ia i mau makahiki i hala e hana ana i nā ʻano hana a kokoke i ka ʻoihana: Ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi Ke aʻo olakino a me ka meaʻai maikaʻi ʻo Latin America a me nā pepa e pili ana i kālā kālā ʻia e Coca-Cola a me ILSI; ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano hecientific "aʻoaʻo" i ka ILSI ʻAmelika Hema, e lawelawe ana ma ke kōmike ILSI no ka "koena ikehu a me ka nohona hana."
A hiki i ka nānā ʻana o kāna mau hana, ua helu ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka ʻO ka Papa Kālā Kālā Research Foundation ʻo ILSI (ua wehe ʻia kāna bio mai ka pūnaewele ma mua o kēia mahina). Ua lawelawe ʻo Pratt ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo no an ke ao holoʻokoʻa o ka momona keiki i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e Coca-Cola. A no ka makahiki i hala aku nei a ʻoi paha, ua kū ʻo ia i kahi kūlana ma ke ʻano he polofesa ma ke Kula Nui ʻo Emory, he kulanui noiʻi pilikino ma Atlanta i loaʻa miliona miliona kālā mai nā hui Coca-Cola.
Wahi a ka CDC ua pau kā Pratt hana manawa ma Emory. Akā i kēia manawa ua hele ʻo Pratt i ke Kulanui o San Diego (UCSD) e lilo i kuleana no ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka UCSD Institute for Health Health. A me ke kuʻina ʻole - ʻaʻole paha - ke hui pū nei ʻo ISLI me ka UCSD ma a “Hui kūkā kū hoʻokahi” pili i ka "hana kaulike ikehu" i hoʻolālā ʻia no Nowemapa 30 a i Kekemapa 1 o kēia makahiki. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻoponopono kekahi ʻepekema CDC ʻē aʻe, ʻo Janet Fulton, ke poʻokela o ka CDC's Physical Action and Health Branch.
I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana e pili ana i kā Pratt hana no kēia mau kuleana ʻē aʻe ma waho, a nīnau inā ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻae a me ka ʻae kūpono no nā hana, ua haʻi wale ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo CDC ʻo Kathy Harben e hana ana ʻo Pratt i kāna hana ma UCSD i ka wā hoʻomaha makahiki mai ka CDC. Inā makemake ka lehulehu e ʻike inā ua hōʻike pono ʻo Pratt i nā hakakā o ka hoihoi a loaʻa nā ʻae no kāna hana waho, pono mākou e faila i kahi noi Freedom o ka ʻIkepili, i ʻōlelo ʻo Harben.
ʻAʻole ia he manaʻo hoʻohiki kūikawā i hāʻawi ʻia i nā palapala i hāʻawi ʻia mai nei e ka CDC e pili ana i nā pili o nā limahana iā Coca-Cola i huli wale ʻia ma hope o ka hōʻeleʻele ʻana o ka nui o nā kamaʻilio. ʻO kēlā mau leka uila e pili ana i ka hoa hana mua o Pratt ʻo Dr. Barbara Bowman, ʻo ia ka luna o ka CDC's Division for Heart Disease a me ka Stroke Prevent a hiki i ka haʻalele ʻana i ka ʻoihana i kēia kauwela ma waena o ka nānā ʻana o kāna pili iā Coca-Cola. He mea kōkua ʻo Bowman i ke kōkua ʻana i ke kuhikuhi ʻana i nā kālā CDC i kahi pāhana hānai a ILSI e hana pū nei me ka US Department of Agriculture e hoʻomohala i kahi “database ʻai mea inoa”.
ʻO nā kamaʻilio leka uila i kiʻi ʻia ʻaʻole i hana hou ʻia e hōʻike ana ʻo Bowman, kahi Coca-Cola nutrisyista mua, mālama i kahi pilina pili loa me ka ʻoihana a me ILSI ke kū ʻana i ke kūlana ma ka CDC. Hōʻike nā leka uila ua hauʻoli ʻo Bowman e kōkua i ka ʻoihana inu e hoʻoulu i ka politika me ka World Health Organisation (WHO) ʻoiai e hoʻāʻo e paʻi i ke kānāwai no nā mea inu momona momona. Ua hōʻike nā leka uila i nā kamaʻilio mau e pili ana iā ILSI a me nā makemake o nā mea inu. Ua "hoʻomaha" ʻo Bowman i ka hopena o Iune ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kēlā mau leka uila.
He moʻolelo ko ka ILSI o ka hana ʻana e komo i loko o nā ʻoihana olakino lehulehu. He hōʻike na ke kākāʻōlelo i ka WHO ʻike ua hoʻokomo ʻo ILSI i ka hui me nā ʻepekema, kālā a me ka noiʻi e loaʻa ai ka makemake no nā huahana ʻoihana a me nā hoʻolālā. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ILSI i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻino i nā hana paka a WHO ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻoihana paka.
No laila e hopohopo paha ka lehulehu? ʻ sayslelo ka CDC ʻaʻole. Akā ʻo mākou ma ka hui mea kūʻai US kuleana e ʻike i ka manaʻo he pane koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka nuʻukia o ka CDC ka pale ʻana i ke olakino lehulehu, a he pilikia no nā luna ʻoihana e hana pū me kahi hoihoi ʻoihana e hōʻike i ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi olakino o kāna huahana. Ke ulu nei nā nīnau e pili ana i nā kuʻikahi a me nā hana a kekahi mau luna CDC, a ʻo ka manawa kēia i loaʻa i ka lehulehu ka pane.
(Ua hōʻike mua ʻia kēia ʻatikala i The Hill - http://www.thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/293482-what-is-going-on-at-the-cdc-health-agency-ethics-need-scrutiny)