In a new blog post, Dr May van Schalkwyk ( @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social ) and Dr Benjamin Hawkins ( @cam.ac.uk ) point to a small linguistic shift that has significant consequences for how we understand the commercial determinants of health. www.phiuk.org/blogs/lhgp-g...

LHGP guest blog: "Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?": Why metaphors matter in public health

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Is “Big Wellness” the next Big Tobacco? This is the subject of a recent Public Health on Call podcast episode, featuring Dr Nancy Karreman and Dr Nason Maani (@spidermaani.bsky.social), members of @lhgp.bsky.social. @publichealthpod.bsky.social podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...

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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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-...

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-...

The #CommercialDeterminantsofHealth is a broad concept: from #BigTobacco & #fossilfuel impacts to the vital role of responsible business in thriving communities. Our new guide offers practical do’s & don’ts for framing CDoH in policy and practice. 👉 Find it here: www.phiuk.org/local-health...

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-...

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-...

How much of the money that should go into NHS services in your area but instead goes to private shareholders? @chpithinktank.bsky.social have crunched the numbers (and it’s a lot) www.nhsprofitmap.org.uk

NHS Profit Map

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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....

Elena Whitham, former Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy at the Scottish Government, discusses her experiences of commercial influence on health policymaking, and the advice she would give to other policymakers seeking to make a healthier, more equitable society podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Episode 19: Commercial power, conflicts of interest and health policy with Elena Whitham

Podcast Episode · Money Power Health with Nason Maani · 12 May · 54min

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What does a former Minister for Drugs and Alcohol think about commercial influence on health policy? New Money Power Health episode with @spidermaani.bsky.social and @elenawhitham.bsky.social, former MSP and Minister. Essential for new MSPs and public health professionals 🎧️ Free to listen:

Episode 19: Commercial power, conflicts of interest and health policy with Elena Whitham

Money Power Health with Nason Maani · Episode

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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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Lots going on in politics in Scotland and the UK just now but whatever happens there’s always one constant in the background: the ongoing influence of big business - like alcohol - on policy that’s supposed to protect our health.

SHAAP@shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What does a former Minister for Drugs and Alcohol think about commercial influence on health policy? New Money Power Health episode with @spidermaani.bsky.social and @elenawhitham.bsky.social, former MSP and Minister. Essential for new MSPs and public health professionals 🎧️ Free to listen:

Essential listening for new and returning #MSPs in the #ScottishParliament @mareetodd.bsky.social @ross-greer.bsky.social @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk

SHAAP@shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What does a former Minister for Drugs and Alcohol think about commercial influence on health policy? New Money Power Health episode with @spidermaani.bsky.social and @elenawhitham.bsky.social, former MSP and Minister. Essential for new MSPs and public health professionals 🎧️ Free to listen:

Via @spidermaani.bsky.social's Money, Power, Health podcast I came across the work of the @chpithinktank.bsky.social & this mapping of how much NHS money feeds into private profit: bsky.app/profile/jane... - and the "investment model" often targets the most vulnerable & thus least vocal groups

Jane Tinkler@janetinkler.bsky.social · 4mo ago

How much of the money that should go into NHS services in your area but instead goes to private shareholders? @chpithinktank.bsky.social have crunched the numbers (and it’s a lot) www.nhsprofitmap.org.uk

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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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

What does commercial influence on #HealthPolicy actually look like in practice? This is the subject of the latest episode of Money, Power, Health by @spidermaani.bsky.social, Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) Deputy Director.

Our third keynote speaker for #UKPHS2026: @spidermaani.bsky.social. Nason is an Associate Professor in Inequalities and Global Health Policy at the @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social ’s Global Health Policy Unit, in the School of Social and Political Science. ukpublichealthscience.org

Sandro Galea and I have a new public-facing book now available for pre-order entitled "A Healthier Profit: The cost of business as usual and the case for health". Read about the book in our latest substack essay here: nasonmaani.substack.com/p/a-healthie... A short 🧵 summarising it follows below

We are offering a unique opportunity for #PublicHealth registrars to contribute to the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium. Full details here: www.phiuk.org/news/lhgp-na... Deadline for applications: 9 am, Tuesday 28 April.

LHGP placement opportunity for public health speciality registrars

LHGP placement opportunity for public health speciality registrars

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🎉 The 2026 volume of the Annual Review of Public Health is now online. Most downloaded article is "The Politics and Profit of Disinformation in Public Health" arevie.ws/4e9Npa8 @spidermaani.bsky.social @kristinakim.bsky.social May van Schalkwyk @markpetticrew.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social

Missed our Business of #Health #Misinformation #webinar? Watch it now on YouTube. With 79% of the UK on social media and 22% getting health information there (rising to 40% among Gen Z), the stakes around misinformation have never been higher. youtu.be/j3CRlSeHZio @spidermaani.bsky.social

The Business of Health Misinformation - Local Health and Global Profits webinar

YouTube video by Population Health Improvement UK

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New ideas about ideas essay with Sandro Galea, on the economics of attention, bias, and the need to see things for ourselves: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

Ideas about Ideas: The economics of attention

Why the ideas we see are not all there is

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New Money Power Health substack post! A short reflection on what the new coal extraction mascot Coalie tells us, and why these tactics exist precisely because public opinion still matters, children and young people are feared, and legitimacy is fragile. Link here: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

Absolutely critical research here

Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP)@lhgp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New #research from authors including @lhgp.bsky.social members shows that spending less on #tobacco, #gambling and #sweets is good for the UK economy: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n... #PublicHealth #CDoH

New #research from authors including @lhgp.bsky.social members shows that spending less on #tobacco, #gambling and #sweets is good for the UK economy: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n... #PublicHealth #CDoH

New research shows that spending less on tobacco, gambling and sweets is good for the UK economy - Sheffield Addictions Research Group

A new study from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) has found that public health policies which reduce spending on harmful products can actually provide a significant boost to UK jobs and ...

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👇Nason Maani (@spidermaani.bsky.social), Deputy Director of @lhgp.bsky.social, joins David Rowland, Director of @chpithinktank.bsky.social, to discuss the implications of the 'quiet but profound transformation of the #NHS'. #PublicHealth #Podcast

Nason Maani@spidermaani.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New Money Power Health podcast episode just out! I was thrilled to be joined by David Rowland from @chpithinktank.bsky.social where we discuss NHS privatisation and implications for transparency, accountability and health inequalities: open.spotify.com/episode/1nGv...

New Money Power Health podcast episode just out! I was thrilled to be joined by David Rowland from @chpithinktank.bsky.social where we discuss NHS privatisation and implications for transparency, accountability and health inequalities: open.spotify.com/episode/1nGv...

Episode 18: UK NHS privatisation, health and the public interest with David Rowland

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New money power health substack reflecting on the start of teaching: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

Teaching, gratitude, and the start of term

Stream of consciousness thoughts in the first week of teaching

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