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Public health response to global alcohol producers’ attempts to implement WHO global strategy on alcohol

February 13, 2013 | By CHW

Global Alcohol Policy Alliance On October 8, 2012, thirteen of world’s largest alcohol producers issued a set of commitments to reduce the harmful use of alcohol worldwide, ostensibly in support of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2010 Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol. As an independent coalition …

Too many cars, too many guns, too many deaths: The public health consequences of over-production

February 6, 2013 | By Nicholas Freudenberg

In Beijing last month, the level of pollution for the fine particles known as PM 2.5 was 755, more than double the US EPA definition of hazardous, 300 micrograms per cubic meter . PM 2.5 pollution is associated with higher death rates from lung cancer and heart disease as well …

McDonald’s “educating” nutrition professionals

January 30, 2013 | By Michele Simon

Cross-posted from Corporate Accountability International In the report I recently released, (covered by the New York Times) “And Now a Word from Our Sponsors,” I described the various ways the food industry influences the largest trade group of nutrition professionals – the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – through corporate …

Are America’s Nutrition Professionals in the Pocket of Big Food?

January 23, 2013 | By Michele Simon

Cross posted from Appetite for Profit Are America’s nutrition professionals in the pocket of Big Food? While the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ 74,000-member trade group partners with the likes of Coke and Hershey’s, the nation’s health continues to suffer from poor diet. That’s the question Michele Simon …

Gun violence debates open doors for public discussion on role of gun industry

January 16, 2013 | By Nicholas Freudenberg

As President Obama lays out plans for executive and legislative action to reduce injuries and deaths from firearms and New York State approves a sweeping package of gun control measures, health advocates have new opportunities to inform the public debate. A few recent reports will assist in this task. …

Is the New York Post now an arm of the alcohol lobby?

January 9, 2013 | By Michele Simon

Cross posted from Appetite for Profit Alcohol policy doesn’t get nearly as much attention as it should. Federal estimates are that excessive alcohol consumption costs us $223 billion a year, not to mention the 79,000 deaths nationally. And yet on the rare occasion a political leader tries to even …

YouTube conversations on corporations and health in 2012

January 2, 2013 | By Nicholas Freudenberg

Corporations and Health Watch readers often ask for suggestions for new materials for teaching or speaking in public about the impact of corporations on health. To meet this request, I suggest a few selections that have been posted in the last year. Dr. Marcia Angell, senior lecturer of …

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