A good letter was published highlighting some of the limitations of our analyses on potential #CVD #CeVD mortality risk from #CT scans.

The letter can be found here:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

...and our response here:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

📸 cereal promoter on a retail site:

In Mexico, we managed to protect children from #junkfood by banning cartoon characters on packaging. How did multinational corporations respond? w/every possible strategy to continue capturing our children, showing zero social responsibility

Absolutely delighted to be hosting this seminar with Benjamin Wood and Safura Abdool Karim with whom I have had the pleasure to work and whose research I greatly appreciate. Join us by registering below! Law & NCD Unit

It is a great honor to join the board of directors of Alcohol Focus Scotland Alcohol Focus Scotland. I look forward to working together to address the social and commercial determinants of alcohol harm. #CDoH Alison Douglas Laura Mahon NCD Alliance Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh

Very much looking forward to presenting on two key aspects of financialisation - shareholder primacy, and asset manager capitalism - and their relationship with the commercial determinants of health and equity!

Congratulations to Professor of Public Health and Health Inequalities Vittal Katikireddi who has been elected as one of 58 new Fellows to the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Academy of Medical Sciences Public Health Scotland

Read more 👇
acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/acad…

Hard to beat Blackford at sunset

We’re looking for a Policy Fellow to support our work to influence employers, businesses and investors to improve health as well as economic development strategies and local anchor action.

Find out more and apply by 2 June ⬇️
lde.tbe.taleo.net/lde01/ats/care…

The previous evidence session mainly heard from the alcohol industry.

For more on that session, read our March newsletter and an analysis in the BMJ:

ias.org.uk/alcohol_alert/…

bmj.com/content/385/bm…

The Health & Social Care Committee will be hearing evidence on alcohol harm prevention at 15:45 today - Health and Social Care Committee.

Witnesses include Prof Sir Ian Gilmore Alcohol Health Alliance UK, Ailsa Rutter Balance North East, & Alice Wiseman Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH).

You can watch here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/c0…

'The problem is getting worse - as well as improving how we support people today to start to reverse the increase in alcohol consumption, we need to protect future generations from harm.' Alice Wiseman

👀Read our response in full➡️ bit.ly/3wOghBu

Big bazooka funded lobby group says bazookas are in fact good for the economy despite all evidence to contrary
(Nason Maani 😉)

👏 IAS

We are not talking enough about the harms from alcohol and who is (and isn’t) paying for them. Portman Group championing their profitable industry at the end of this article - perhaps they’d like to cover more of the costs too? theguardian.com/society/articl…

NEW: Research with Ipsos UK reveals public willing to pay more taxes to improve NHS services and want government to prioritise primary and community care over hospitals.

Full report 👇
health.org.uk/publications/r…

More uncritical coverage of a key player in an industry which costs Irl €2.5 bn annually. Producing a harmful product in an apparently more ‘green’ way will not reduce this cost. Producing less would have an impact.

Kevin O'Sullivan

irishtimes.com/business/2024/…

As you can see I spent some time dancing with my eyes closed

Great keynote talk at #ASMSPHR2024 from Nason Maani about the commercial determinants of health, find out more about this by listening to Nason's podcast series 'Money, Power, Health'🎙️

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mon…

Excited to share a keynote as part of #asmsphr2024 NIHR School for Public Health Research this morning. Charlie made an appearance too! #CDoH we both owe a lot to NIHR School for Public Health Research and it was great to thank them in person