"...[T]he head of Instagram challenged the idea of social media addiction, arguing that even 16-hours of Instagram use in a single day did not show an addiction."
Sound familiar? The trial with Meta is showing us industries' narrative playbook in action.
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Stealing Corporate Thunder
A Guide to Prebunking and Debunking Commercial Disinformation in the Policy Space
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
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We leaned on great work from @spidermaani.bsky.social, @martinmckee.bsky.social, and @robertmarten.bsky.social in this. Appreciate what you do.
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Author of Dark PR: How corporate disinformation undermines our health and the Environment, 2023, Daraja Press. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/bookdarkpr
PhD Candidate @ The University of Queensland, School of Public Health. She/Her. Researching the arms trade, commercial and political determinants of health.
Registered Midwife/NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow @OxPrimaryCare. Researching HT in pregnancy, inequalities, planetary health, commercial determinants ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ
Professor of Public Health Policy at LSHTM, LSHTM Food Policy Impact Hub, LSHTM Commercial Determinants Research Group, NIHR PIRU
Hi everyone. I'm a semi-retired public health specialist based in Somerset UK. Professional interests smoking, vaping, planning and transport, commercial determinants. Recently become a volunteer for the home library service. Everyday cyclist.
Research Fellow (Commercial Determinants of Health) at the University of Edinburgh // Interested in public health and global health policy, tobacco control, and the role of evidence in policy and practice
PhD candidate, University of Queensland ๐ซ Food systems, meat industry, industry influence on science, commercial determinants of health
London-based Consultant in Public Health. Interests include health intelligence, health equity, commercial determinants of health and LGBT+ health
PhD. Public Health Research, Policy & Advocacy. Commercial Determinants of Health | Policy & Res Manager FARE | ARC Industry Fellow | PHAA Fellow
Master of Human Nutrition | B.Pharmacy
Healthy Sustainable Food | Commercial Determinants of Health | Food Regulation | Ultra-processed Food | Food Sensitivities
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Sr Assoc. Dean for Research & Innovation, Professor of Global Health, Director Center on Commercial Determinants of Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, USA. Family man, #TravelingProf, X @ahyder1, #globalhealth
Assistant Professor in Public Health at LSHTM; interested in systems thinking and the commercial determinants of health. Animal lover.
Public Health academic; interest in transport & health; inequalities; tobacco control; health examination surveys; & commercial determinants of (ill) health.
Filipina in Norway.
๐Alcohol and tobacco policy researcher & advocate.
โ๏ธCommercial-political-legal determinants of health.
PhD in Global Health
Senior Adviser| FORUT Norway
Secretary | Asia Pacific Alcohol Policy Alliance
Editor | Globalization & Health
Adviser, Strategist, Consultant, and Researcher working on Global Health Diplomacy/Governance, Digital Public/Mental Health, Public Health Workforce Capacity Building, Regionalized Vaccine Manufacturing, and the Commercial Determinants of Health.
Food policy specialist: Commercial determinants of health, inequalities & sustainability | Keynote speaker | Churchill Fellow
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Commercial Determinants of Heath
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Public Health Researcher working across academia and local authority in Sheffield. Interested in applied public health research and the commercial determinants of health. She/her.
Food Policy wonk. All things food systems, health inequalities, commercial and social determinants, politics. Currently Head of Policy and Advocacy at The Food Foundation. Ex World Obesity and Action on Salt. PhD Food Policy, City Uni. My own views! ๐ฅฆ๐
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Health policy especially Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown Universityโs McCourt School of Public Policy.
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