Tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, fossil fuels - four products linked to 19 million deaths a year. Our partners at ADPH have published a new position statement on the commercial determinants of health. #PublicHealth #CDOH

🆕 Association of Directors of Public Health statement on #CommercialDeterminantsOfHealth #CDoH

"just 4 commercial products, tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods & fossil fuels are linked to approximately 19 million deaths worldwide each year"

@adphuk.bsky.social

www.adph.org.uk/resources/wh...

😏 #CDoH #COI #Obesity #CorporatePower

Patient organizations involvement in healthcare: a rapid review and conceptual framework - Globalization and Health Background Patient organizations have become increasingly influential in the healthcare sector, offering unique insights into unmet health needs, disease impact, and patients’ quality of life. These g...

Patient organizations involvement in healthcare: a rapid review and conceptual framework

Arianna Gentilini, Iva Parvanova, Samra Ghazi, Kristy M. Scarfone & Jillian Kohler

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#COI #CDoH #Pharma #PPI #PPIE #PatientAdvocacy #Healthcare

Pharmaceutical marketing and patient trust: How do doctor-targeted campaigns affect patients? Background In the context of pervasive pharmaceutical marketing directed at doctors, it is crucial to understand whether patients notice these activities and, if so, what impact this may have on trust...

Pharmaceutical marketing and patient trust: How do doctor-targeted campaigns affect patients?

Marta Makowska,Akihiko Ozaki,Piotr Ozieranski

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

#COI #CDoH #Pharma

This BMJ Group news piece explains clearly why this is deeply problematic: doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

If you care about protecting infant feeding from commercialisation, we suggest you avoid this publisher, the journal and the survey.

#EndExploitativeMarketing #CoI #CDoH

Medicines and advertising regulators examine Ozempic maker's Irish ads It’s illegal to advertise prescription drugs. Novo Nordisk, which makes Ozempic and Wegovy, has not named any drugs in its ads.

And this said "disease awareness campaign" is running again... just heard the radio ad

We really need to tighten up regulation (& definitely not have self-regulation!) of such industry-driven marketing campaigns (tactics)

www.thejournal.ie/novo-nordisk...

#COI #CDoH #CorporatePlaybook #Obesity

SPONSORS – International Congress on Obesity – ICO 2026

International Congress on Obesity

Still brought to us by the pharma industry

Can we truly say we care about #COI & addressing #CDoH if pharma partnerships are still acceptable within the public health community (esp in obesity)

icocongress.com/sponsors/

#Obesity #LookingTheOtherWay #AtWhatCost

Die zwei Fachzeitschriften »Nicotine & Tobacco Research« und »Alcohol and Alcoholism« haben gemeinsam eine Sammlung aktueller Artikel zusammengestellt, die den Einfluss von #Werbung und sozialen Medien auf den Konsum von Nikotin, Tabak und Alkohol untersuchen: 🔽

#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin #CDoH

Die Auswirkungen von Werbung und sozialen Medien auf den Konsum von Nikotin, Tabak und Alkohol Die Auswirkungen von Werbung und mittlerweile auch von sozialen Medien auf die Forschung zu Alkoholkonsumstörungen und Substanzkonsum sind sowohl global als auch dringlich.

3/4 Darin wird untersucht, wie Werbung, soziale Medien und Marketing Kinder und Erwachsene weltweit beeinflusst und möglicherweise die Auswirkungen von Substanzkonsumstörungen verschlimmert haben.

👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/konkret/werb...

#CDoH #BanAlcAds #StopptDieAlkoholreklame

‘I’m amazed with what I’ve seen so far in Ireland’: An interview with Novo Nordisk’s Irish boss For Novo Nordisk Irish country head Dilek Dogan Gurluk, the battle against diabetes is personal

"We may not expect that the Government can cover such a cost for a long time. We are working with them to improve access" 😏

The framing of these industry pieces is always interesting...

Lest we forget - Fiduciary duty to shareholders is #1️⃣

#COI #CDoH #Obesity

www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

The Future of the Obesity Management Landscape: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions Objective In July 2023 a diverse group of international experts from academia, healthcare and medical technology/pharmacological companies gathered to discuss the current global landscape in the man...

"The scientific meeting was funded in part by Novo Nordisk, Boehringer Ingelheim, Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson, and representatives from the companies attended all discussions."

#COI #CDoH #Obesity

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Ah yes, the annual European Association for the Study of Obesity & Novo Nordisk Foundation Awards still going strong - each awardee receives a research grant of DKK 300,000

#COI #CDoH #Obesity #Pharma #WebOfInfluence #AtWhatCost

"Experts on Stage" both days of the Fair features a Nutritionist from Danone 😒

#Marketing #CDoH #CorporatePlaybook #InfantFeeding #Pregnancy #AtWhatCost

Baby show urged to rethink sponsor Academics and the HSE’s National Breastfeeding Coordinator have written to the organisers of the country’s biggest pregnancy and baby show asking them to reconsider its choice of sponsor.

When did it become okay again for commercial milk formula companies to be involved in the Pregnancy and Baby Fair here? 😒

Cow & Gate sponsoring 2026 awards pregnancyandbabyfair.com/awards/

Our 2018 letter: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30...

#COI #CDoH #CorporatePlaybook #InfantFeeding

Alcohol Forum Ireland has produced a new short new video exposing the predatory tactics of the alcohol industry - worth watching & sharing (good for teaching too!)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=911_...

#COI #CDoH #CorporatePlaybook #Alcohol #WomensRights #PublicHealth

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A comprehensive public health approach is needed to study the impact of digital technology on health Barely a day goes by without media and political concern about the impact of digital technology on health, particularly among young people. The publication of a recent government report, “Understandin...

"Research should not only be independent of vested interests but must also be seen to be so"

My @bmj.com piece with @fphuk.bsky.social president Tracy Daszkiewicz argues we need a public health approach to study the impact of digital technology on health.

#CDOH

www.bmj.com/content/392/...

#CDoH #Disinformation #PublicHealth @elliefichera.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social @carolinecerny.bsky.social @geoffbates.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social

The Commercial Determinants of Health #CDoH is a complex area which is attracting increasing attention, and has a growing body of evidence and resources.

The new CDoH Resource Hub is a collection of toolkits, frameworks, and evidence that can support action on CDoH.

www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/co...

A thriving market stall

The Commercial Determinants of Health Resource Hub is live - a free, curated collection of tools, frameworks, and evidence to support #PublicHealth action on #CDoH, developed by LHGP and @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social.

👉 bath.ac.uk/campaigns/commercial-determinants-of-health-resource-hub

a penguin is sitting in front of a sign that says " deep breaths " ALT: a penguin is sitting in front of a sign that says " deep breaths "

Governments & academic institutions worshipping at the alter of industry... when will we truly appreciate & value research & innovation for public & societal good in its own right, & not solely corporate gain?

#CDoH #COI #AtWhatCost

A Trump Order Protected a Weedkiller. And Also a Weapon of War.

It's no accident that the commercial determinants of our food supply are also tied up in weapons design to maim and kill at scale. (Gift link)

#commercialdeterminants #cdoh #foodsystems

Europäische Gesundheitsorganisationen sind machtlos gegenüber der Weinlobby Gesundheitsorganisationen müssen sicherstellen, dass Wein in der Alkoholpolitik nicht anders behandelt wird als Bier und Spirituosen.

6/7 Unsere Aufgabe als Gesundheitsorganisationen besteht darin, diesen »Wein-Exzeptionalismus« in Frage zu stellen und sicherzustellen, dass Wein in der Alkoholpolitik nicht anders behandelt wird als Bier und Spirituosen.

👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/aktuell/euro...
#CDoH #RegulateAlcoholNow #TaxWineNow

Thanks for flagging this Kirsty! I should have acknowldged originally ✊

#CDoH #IWD2026

"The persistent rise in popularity of wellness merits critical attention. A thoroughly marketised wellness movement saturates much of professional middle class culture and is appropriated by multiple institutions as a badge of public service and concern." (Crawford 2026)

#COI #CDoH

Sportsponsoring ist für Alkoholkonzerne eine ideale Möglichkeit, Kinder anzusprechen Wenn es Anzeichen dafür gibt, dass Kindern Schaden zugefügt wird, ist Untätigkeit keine akzeptable politische Option.

4/5 Er zeigt auf, wie Alkoholkonzerne Sportsponsoring – einschließlich der Verwendung von alkoholfreien Produktlinien – nutzen, um Werbebeschränkungen zu umgehen und Alkohol gegenüber Kindern zu normalisieren.

👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/aktuell/euro...

#BigAlcoholExposed #CDoH #PublicHealth

Alkoholindustrie drängt auf Rücknahme des Verbots von Alkoholbeuteln Im Januar trat in Nigeria ein landesweites Verbot von Alkohol in Beuteln und Flaschen unter 200 Milliliter in Kraft.

4/5 Diese Taktik entspricht genau dem globalen Drehbuch der Alkoholindustrie: Widerstand erzeugen und Regulierungsbehörden unter Druck setzen, um die Umsetzung zu verwässern oder zu verzögern.

👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/aktuell/aus-...

#BigAlcoholExposed #CDoH #CommercialDeterminants #PublicHealth

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Schluss mit der Subventionierung der Suchtmittelindustrien Die derzeitige Politik subventioniert die Suchtmittelindustrie indirekt auf Kosten der Sozialkassen.

2/4 Die derzeitige Politik subventioniert die Suchtmittelindustrie indirekt auf Kosten der Sozialkassen. Eine evidenzbasierte Regulierung muss das Ziel haben, die jährlichen volkswirtschaftlichen Verluste von über 136 Milliarden Euro zu senken.

👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/aktuell/deut...

#CDoH

Reminded of this paper again this week ( #PreconceptionCare #MaternityCare)

Beyond Choice: Challenging Individualism in Public Health Narratives by Mark Robinson, Mark Chenery, James Smith

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#SDoH #CDoH #PoliticalDeterminantsofHealth