The Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN) was a US-based nonprofit organization claiming to fund research into causes of obesity, but was primarily known for promoting the idea that lack of physical exercise, not bad diet, was primarily responsible for the obesity epidemic.
[3][4] It has been criticised by nutrition experts for downplaying the role of junk food in obesity.
[5] Critics have also accused the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) of supporting GEBN.
[citation needed] Coca-Cola was given a 2015 Shonky Award by Australian consumer organisation Choice, due to its funding of GEBN,[10] which amounted to at least $1.5m in 2015.
On August 2, 2016, it was announced Gregory Hand would be forced out as the Founding Dean of the West Virginia University School of Public Health.