Conflict of interest in nutrition conference financing: Moving towards solutions after IUNS 2022

Making contributions to reducing malnutrition entails sharing evidence and approaches among the research practice communities, including through conferences. But who is involved in these processes, pays, matters both terms of actions optics. This paper was motivated by observations – 2022 historically that International Union Nutritional Sciences (IUNS), putting on its flagship Congress Nutrition (ICN), leaving itself and, extension, participating scientists open conflicts interest (COI). With contemporary scholarship commercial determinants health making clear ways which this kind sponsorship represents a conflict for nutrition events negative force broader food system drivers nutrition, aims document issues surrounding IUNS-ICN conference as historical record; draw academic literature better understand issue; suggest some practical options moving towards COI-free future.