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Commercial determinants of health (CDoH), including corporate political activity and marketing of unhealthy commodities, are primary structural drivers of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and health inequalities, overriding individual behavioral factors.
To improve public health, focus on regulating corporate practices (marketing, lobbying, product formulation) rather than solely educating individuals. Support policies that limit the power of industries selling unhealthy commodities like ultra-processed foods, alcohol, and tobacco.
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The discussion on the commercial determinants of health offers a unique opportunity to shift the dominant paradigm in public health, where individual behaviours are considered to be driven by inadequate environments. Ill-health, damages to the environment, and health and social inequalities, might be better understood through a commercial determinant lens.
Why this rating
This is a review paper synthesizing multiple frameworks and studies; while not a primary clinical trial, it aggregates high-level evidence on systemic drivers.
Source
An overview of the commercial determinants of health
Mélissa Mialon · Globalization and Health · 2020
DOI 10.1186/s12992-020-00607-x
narrative_reviewCited 259×
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