American Diabetes Association

The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of communities.

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The ADA was severely criticised in 2005 after its chief scientific and medical officer, speaking to Corporate Crime Reporter, said "What is the evidence that sugar itself has anything to do with diabetes? There is no evidence. There is not a shred of evidence that sugar, per se, has anything to do with getting diabetes." The statement was particularly controversial because it came less than a month after Cadbury Schweppes, the candy and soda company, had given a multimillion-dollar grant to the ADA.

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