We don't always see how little control we have over our kids' diets (and our own). No, we can't write off personal responsibility. But yes, we can point our fingers more at unhealthy industries for aggressively promoting poor eating habits. commerciallydetermined.com/p/mother-blame

Blaming Mothers for Kids’ Diets Lets Industries Off the Hook

Welcome to a Day in the Food Life of a Seven-Year-Old

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"Outbreaks like this will continue exposing the same structural weakness in America’s produce system." When our produce only flows through a handful of suppliers, contaminations like the Cyclospora outbreak can have far reaching effects. farmaction.us/if-it-isnt-taylor-farms-then-who/

If It Isn’t Taylor Farms, Then Who?

The Cyclospora investigation shows how decades of corporate consolidation have concentrated America's produce supply chain, leaving a handful of companies with an outsized role in feeding the country.

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You've heard of Big Tobacco and Big Business but what about Big Wellness? @karremannancy.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social are co-authors of a recent @milbankfund.bsky.social article exploring wellness as a burgeoning industry. 🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...

Companies used to pay real people to mislead us about supplements. Now they don't even need the real people part. www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000011001849/ai-influencers-health-supplements-fake-ads.html

Video: The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed

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The generational sales ban, a key feature of the UK #TobaccoAndVapesAct, could act as a firebreak in the #TobaccoEpidemic by challenging the idea that there is an age when smoking becomes acceptable. In a 🆕 article @brittakm.bsky.social & Jon Berrick discuss the potential impacts of this approach.

Meta cant seem to escape their legal troubles - both in the states and abroad. A small win. We talk about other recent wins in the fight to redress corporate harms in our piece from this week: www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/good-news

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The European Commission said its investigation into Facebook and Instagram found Meta failed to properly assess the risks of its “addictive design.”

Alcohol’s Health Myth Is Over. How to Tell Patients www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... Reality: 👇 "Better-designed data: even 1 drink/day ↑ cancer, CV, liver disease, early death risk. No meaningful health benefit found for light drinking; red wine myth unsupported."

Alcohol’s Health Myth Is Over. How to Tell Patients

The science on alcohol has changed dramatically. Here’s how experts say physicians can explain why older advice no longer holds up — and counsel patients without judgment.

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Narratives that shift blame to consumers. Comparing Big Food to Big Tobacco. Insidious R&D efforts. Biased research. Welles covers chunks of the commercial playbook in his song 'Fat'. See our interpretation of the lyrics in our latest post: tinyurl.com/56rhabuh @jessewelles.bsky.social

"It’s Your Own Damn Fault You're So Damn Fat"

Jesse Welles’ Song ‘Fat’ and Other Songs Relating to Commercial Harms “Well it’s your own damn fault you’re so damn fat” That’s how Jesse Welles’ song ‘Fat’ opens up. Welles, a prolific singer/so...

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This week, we feature a piece by @spidermaani.bsky.social about how industries shape what the public believes, starting with children. tinyurl.com/46jw2esa

Learning from Coalie: What the New US Spokesperson for Fossil Fuel Extraction Tells Us

What the New US Spokesperson for Fossil Fuel Extraction Tells Us

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We tend to excuse marketing as a necessary evil. But it can be necessary without being evil. Read our latest piece: When Marketing Kills tinyurl.com/e3ttbvy9

🔴A is for Astroturfing. 🟠B is for Bonafide and Shadow Lobbyists. 🟡C is for Corporate Money Influence on Politics. Can you think of any more alphabetic phrases relating to corporate political activity? Check out the full piece here: tinyurl.com/422brama

When a healthcare provider recommended I try magnesium for sleep and headaches, she released me into a commercially determined world of unverifiable claims, missing information, and 290,000+choices overload www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/unregulate...

Magnesium Madness

The Wild Wild West of Dietary Supplements

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The dietary supplement industry offers yet another example of how a lack of commercial regulation impacts our own wellbeing. Check out @dryuchu.bsky.social's reflection on the Wild Wild West of Dietary supplements. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/unregulate...

No matter where you sit in the policy making arena (even if you don’t sit there at all, yet) there are things you can do to mitigate the harms from unfair corporate political activity. How will you claim your policy power? www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/claimingpo...

Each year, over $6 TRILLION flows to food, road, and fossil fuel industries whose products are associated with more than 5.5 MILLION preventable deaths... How does industry manage to stay unregulated AND on top of the list for government handouts? Read the full article: tinyurl.com/ypzn8f84

Cutting edge research! commerciallydetermined.com/p/bags-of-money

A classic move from the commercial playbook: promoting “no conflicts of interest” research that *just happens* to support preferred policies (and yes, it has conflicts). Check out our newest piece by @dryuchu.bsky.social www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/no-conflicts-of-interest

Corporate Claims of “No Conflicts of Interest” - The Case of Instacart

Instacart employees claim no conflicts of interest with the online food access research the company supports. We disagree. Here is why.

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We know that industries use the same narratives over and over again to evade regulations....so now what can we do? Check out our latest piece on fighting back against corporate disinformation efforts. tinyurl.com/59nubn4f

Stealing Corporate Thunder

A Guide to Prebunking and Debunking Commercial Disinformation in the Policy Space

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This is a textbook example of the industry narrative playbook in action, as outlined in this week's newsletter: tinyurl.com/ycy7dc4p 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝-𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲.

Tobacco Control Research Group@tcrgbath.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#TobaccoTaxes are one of the most effective public health tools, but the #TobaccoIndustry claims that rising taxes are the main driver of illicit trade in tobacco products. Find out more in a new report on the illicit trade of tobacco products in the #Philippines. 👉 exposetobacco.org/complicit/

This week, we dive into the narratives that corporations use to deflect responsibility of harm and convince policy makers not to regulate industry. See the rest of the memes: tinyurl.com/4r52znhc And check out the full deep dive: tinyurl.com/ycy7dc4p @dryuchu.bsky.social @abbie-c.bsky.social

Our latest piece in Commercially Determined breaks down 10 common tropes used by industry to sway policy. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/narrative-.... Curious which you hear most in your policy space.

What Corporations Say to Get Their Policy Way

Industries' Narrative Playbook to Fight Regulations

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Sometimes the systems we operate in feel so heavy that we need a bit of comedic relief. That's why we dedicate the last Tuesday of every month to laughing at harmful commercial practices. Read the full parody piece and let us know if you chuckle: www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/do-no-harm

Pollution, pesticides, and diet soda, oh my! A Parkinson’s diagnosis raises a bigger question: how much of our health is shaped by unseen forces? See how we connect a personal story to population-level risk. @abbie-c.bsky.social @dryuchu.bsky.social www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/everyone-h...

Everyone Has Parkinson’s Now (and What Industry Has To Do With It)

(and What Industry Has to Do With It)

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We dedicate the second Tuesday of each month to reimagining what's possible. This week's piece explains why practitioners should integrate a commercial determinants lens into their work. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/root-solutions-not-bandaids @dryuchu.bsky.social @abbie-c.bsky.social

Fighting Back Against Commercial Harms

A look at how applying a commercial determinants lens unlocks systemic solutions and that you’re not powerless against powerful root causes.

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What the new Dietary Guidelines don’t say — and what industry has to do with it. www.linkedin.com/posts/commer...

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WHAT THE NEW DIETARTY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS DON'T SAY (AND WHAT INDUSTRY HAS TO DO WITH IT)   The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans landed yesterday. Many people have opined on the good an...

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🎉 It’s here: the first edition of Commercially Determined. The opening issue introduces a predictable corporate playbook—10 tactics repeated across industries and geographies. Check it out and subscribe. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/commercial... @abbie-c.bsky.social @dryuchu.bsky.social

Intro to Commercial Determinants: Confronting Business Harms

An Introduction to Commercial Determinants

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