What concerns?! 🤷♂️
Sounds like a great opportunity for Cambridge University’s Judge Business School to develop some new courses. Which ones do you think they should add?
I’ll start:
- the business of genocide
When MAHA is finally over, these are the types of legacies that will need to be cleaned up.
Senior academics describe the Judge business school’s proposal to provide services and training as ‘horrifying’
Why do metaphors matter? Join our #webinar on 2 June (12-1) as we explore the metaphors we use in #PublicHealth and why they are essential to achieving the #policy changes needed to address the most pressing public health crises of our time.
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It was a great pleasure to be invited on to the @publichealthpod.bsky.social with @karremannancy.bsky.social to discuss our recent paper in @milbankfund.bsky.social on the wellness industry as a commercial determinant of health @lhgp.bsky.social!
YouTube has removed one of my videos because I reported that women can still access abortion pills. I shared *factual & medically accurate* information about women's health—yet the platform says I'm "facilitating the sale of illegal drugs"
How health influencers online are misleading the public www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Me: “I call it science-ploitation. They will talk about stem-cells, and the microbiome and precision medicine in order to sell products, even though there is no good evidence to support their claims.”
Cas Mudde
Derek Beres
Super valuable & needed analysis! 👇
The Political Economy of Wellness: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
"...wellness industry deploys political strategies closely resembling those of other harmful commodities industries, including undermining scientists and policymakers..."
#ScienceMatters
Local Health and Global Profits webinar: The power of metaphor in public health
The wellness industry’s influence goes beyond dubious health claims. Our new article led by @karremannancy.bsky.social with @spidermaani.bsky.social and Benjamin Hawkins examines the wellness industry from a commercial determinants of health perspective. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
I was so delighted to join @publichealthpod.bsky.social with @spidermaani.bsky.social to discuss our latest findings on the big business of #wellness based on our recent paper also with @marcozenone.bsky.social and Ben Hawkins. Give it a listen! 🎧
Open access ⤵️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
With thanks to co-authors @marcozenone.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social and Ben Hawkins
#PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #CommercialDeterminants #CDOH #Wellness
Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP)
Gymgoers often look to personal trainers for advice or help to reach their goals.
Policy Points
Wellness has grown into a multi-trillion-dollar industry encompassing a multitude of products and practices that affect health and well-being.
Applying a lens of commercial determin...
The wellness industry covers everything from fitness to biohacking, and it’s backed by powerful players.
@karremannancy.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social discuss their recent paper in @milbankfund.bsky.social on "Big Wellness".
🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...
The wellness industry can help to promote healthy living, but it can also be at odds with the population-level interventions of public health.
@karremannancy.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social discuss "Big Wellness".
🔗 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...
