Recognition is growing of the influence of corporate activity on the health of populations. 1
Disciplines such as epidemiology, 2 anthropology, 3 ethics, 4 and law5 are beginning to …

Comment 1138 www. thelancet. com Vol 401 April 8, 2023 companies and other actors with
vested commercial interests deliberately undermine public health policies, including WHO …

Many commercial actors use a range of coordinated and sophisticated strategies to protect
business interests—their corporate playbook—but many of these strategies come at the …

Abstract Background The Global Burden of Disease estimates that approximately a third of
deaths worldwide are attributable to behavioural risk factors that, at their core, have the …

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan has noted that “efforts to prevent non-communicable
diseases go against the business interests of powerful economic operators”. 1 Selling …

Most public health research on the commercial determinants of health (CDOH) to date has
focused on a narrow segment of commercial actors. These actors are generally the …

Most public health research on the commercial determinants of health (CDOH) to date has
focused on a narrow segment of commercial actors. These actors are generally the …

Although commercial entities can contribute positively to health and society there is growing
evidence that the products and practices of some commercial actors—notably the largest …

This paper is about the future role of the commercial sector in global health and health
equity. The discussion is not about the overthrow of capitalism nor a full-throated embrace of …

2 conceptually unite all critical public health analysis concerned with corporate power and
the role of corporations in propagating the noncommunicable diseases pandemic. 3 This …