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Conflicts of interest arise when corporations marketing harmful products establish financial relationships with research institutions, researchers, or public health organizations. As obesity becomes a worldwide epidemic, such relationships threaten to jeopardize the integrity of scientific research. Latin America, a region undergoing rapid development, is particularly vulnerable to such conflicts. Here, we provide examples of how food and beverage companies are funding nutrition-focused research and institutions in Latin America, putting their credibility at risk. Public health organizations and institutions should take measures to identify, manage, and limit (or eliminate) conflicts of interest caused by partnerships with food companies making and marketing unhealthful products.Journal of Public Health Policy advance online publication, 29 October 2015; doi:10.1057/jphp.2015.37.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Gamal Abdel Nasser in Latin America -- 2 The Cuban Revolution and Egypt: Defining the Limits of the Third World Alliance -- 3 Algeria and Cuba: The Sister Revolutions -- 4 Algeria and Cuba: Partners in Revolution -- 5 Cuba-Nicaragua and the Palestinian Movements 1968-1989 -- 6 "My Heart Beats with Millions of Arab Hearts": Venezuela and the Arab World -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index