@karremannancy.bsky.social ‪@imsepidemiology.bsky.social‬ & @spidermaani.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social feature in the @publichealthpod.bsky.social in which they discuss the wellness industry and the growing scepticism of traditional medicine. Listen - bit.ly/4uQ1luw

Public Health On Call: The Rise of “Big Wellness”

About this episode:   The wellness industry covers everything from fitness to biohacking, yoga to peptides, and it’s backed by culturally and financially powerful players. In this episode: a...

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A recent @milbankfund.bsky.social paper applies a commercial determinants of health lens to the booming wellness industry. @karremannancy.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social the positives of the wellness industry as well as their concerns 🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...

Don't let exploitive supplement GRIFT win! Little evidence to support use. Poorly regulated. Possible harm. www.bbc.com/news/article... "...'insane' how many supplements people are using." "...increasing numbers of patients are coming to him with liver problems caused by herbal supplements."

Taking supplements every day? You might be doing more harm than good

While many of us take supplements regularly, there are some risks people may not be aware of.

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As the wellness industry grows, the responsibility of better health shifts to the individual. How does this square with public health's population-level interventions? Hear more from researchers @karremannancy.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social 🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...

Firearms as a Market‐Driven Epidemic: Potential Pathways to Reduce Preventable Firearm‐Related Harm in the United States onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Firearms as a Market‐Driven Epidemic: Potential Pathways to Reduce Preventable Firearm‐Related Harm in the United States

Policy Points For half a century, firearm-related deaths and injuries have been endemic in the United States, with COVID-19 contributing to a record high of 48,830 deaths in 2021, an epidemic rat...

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The wellness industry can encourage healthy living, but it can also create some risks. @karremannancy.bsky.social suggests that some products and companies can turn people away from needed medical interventions. 🔗 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...

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-...

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!

Public Health On Call Podcast@publichealthpod.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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-...

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! 🎧

Public Health On Call Podcast@publichealthpod.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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-...

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

Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns

Senior academics describe the Judge business school’s proposal to provide services and training as ‘horrifying’

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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

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.”

Breaking through the noise: How health influencers online are misleading the public

Gymgoers often look to personal trainers for advice or help to reach their goals.

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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....

When MAHA is finally over, these are the types of legacies that will need to be cleaned up.

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"

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. www.phiuk.org/news/events/...

Local Health and Global Profits webinar: The power of metaphor in public health

Local Health and Global Profits webinar: The power of metaphor in public health

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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

The Political Economy of Wellness: Commercial Determinants of a Burgeoning Industry

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...

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This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants

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Important to understand the drivers behind the concerted efforts made on disinformation, discrediting and dismantling of public health provision, that have been so evident since the pandemic began. As ever, follow the money.

Nancy Karreman@karremannancy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New paper out! 📢 The #wellness industry is a multi-trillion $ force: selling products, shaping norms, and now influencing policy. But it's rarely analysed in the way we scrutinize tobacco or pharma. We apply a commercial determinants of health lens to wellness, including #MAHA. Short thread 🧵⤵️

Read the full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Political Economy of Wellness: Commercial Determinants of a Burgeoning Industry

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...

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The #wellness industry is worth trillions, but how much do we know about its impact on public health and policy? New #research published today in The Milbank Quarterly delves into its growing prominence and why its harms deserve urgent attention.

New paper out! 📢 The #wellness industry is a multi-trillion $ force: selling products, shaping norms, and now influencing policy. But it's rarely analysed in the way we scrutinize tobacco or pharma. We apply a commercial determinants of health lens to wellness, including #MAHA. Short thread 🧵⤵️

Our April newsletter is out! This issue covers a new #webinar on metaphor and #PublicHealth, a must-read briefing for local authorities on tobacco industry funding, and a roundup of the latest #CDoH news and resources. mailchi.mp/updates.bath...

God almighty, never in my life did I imagine something like this could happen—but RFK Jr’s MAHA movement keeps surprising us😢 Tobacco is the world’s number 1 cause of premature death & the tobacco industry is one of the most repulsive & cynical industries on earth www.statnews.com/2026/04/22/n...

Former tobacco executive joins CDC senior leadership, raising concerns over industry influence

Naming a former Imperial Brands executive for a CDC job is the latest example, advocates say, of tobacco industry influence in Trump administration.

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New study 📝 We audited 5 AI chatbots to assess how they respond to health questions in misinformation-prone contexts. 49.6% of responses were rated problematic (e.g., suggesting alternative cancer clinics), with limited guardrails and many poor/fabricated citations. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/4...

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On Joe Rogan’s podcast, R.F.K., Jr., said that he had taken peptides himself and that, under his leadership, the F.D.A. would stop restricting many of them. The future of the agency—and the health of consumers—is at stake, Dhruv Khullar writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/t59pRm

Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides?

Health and wellness influencers are hawking unapproved treatments on the gray market. The future of the F.D.A.—and the health of consumers—is at stake.

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And our final panel of the conference is 'Local politics and local state capacity' With papers from: @alfiegaffney.bsky.social Joanie Willett et al Lucas Borba @karremannancy.bsky.social et al Clare Maudling Chair: @peckersley.bsky.social 📆Wed 1st April, 1.30pm, St Catz Riverside Seminar Room A

More than half of TikTok ADHD content is misinformation, new research finds www.the-independent.com/tech/tiktok-... "...52% of #ADHD -related videos and 41% of autism videos analysed on TikTok were inaccurate..."

More than half of TikTok ADHD content is misinformation, new research finds

Researchers found that social media platforms are ‘awash’ with misleading or unsubstantiated mental health content

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Our March newsletter is out! At #PreventionConference2026, Monika Kosinska from the @who.int called LHGP a trailblazer for translating commercial determinants of health into local action. This month: webinars on misinformation and active travel, new resources, and more. mailchi.mp/79219387372d...