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"In 1948, the American Heart Association received $1.7 million, the equivalent of $20 million in 2022, from Proctor & Gamble, the manufacturers of Crisco vegetable shortening".

The source given for this claim is Nina Teicholz [1]. If you read her paper, the source she gives for this claim is Teicholz N. "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet". So she is citing her own book as a source.

If you search on Google for "American Heart Association" "Proctor & Gamble" "1948" the only websites that pop up are conspiracy theory anti-seed oil websites promoting seed oil misinformation. There are no references that mention this on Google scholar, Hathitrust or JSTOR. If Procter & Gamble did donate $1.7 million to the AHA in 1948 then a good historical source needs to be found for this. Nina Teicholz is not a reliable source. Psychologist Guy (talk) 07:26, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think that even if a reliable source can back this up, it might not be particularly notable to add to the article given the size of the Association's revenue. I presume this addition is part of an editor's POV push to make the AHA appear biased and captured by industry, but when placed in the context of AHA's nearly billion-dollar revenue stream $20 million isn't too significant (although I don't have easy access to 1948's tax return to see if it's comparable). Thankfully this digging allowed me to add the financials to the infobox for future readers. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 22:25, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]