Accompanying story bloomberg.com/features/2023-… in details gives data and views of global experts Eduardo J. Gomez and local campaigners Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” Frightening how junk food market is growing ! No wonder obesity followed.

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Happy Veterans Day to all that served and are serving. Here I am fresh out of the US Air Force boot camp in San Antonio, Texas, at 18 years old! :)

Yet more leadership from Latin America in creating healthier food environments: Colombia passes ambitious ‘junk food law’ to tackle lifestyle diseases theguardian.com/global-develop…

Colombia has passed a new landmark health tax that will target ultra-processed products, making it one of the first countries in the world to do so. Read more about this achievement: theguardian.com/global-develop…

This handbook edited by Kincaid & jeroen van bouwel provides a philosophical approach to many problems of theory and methods in political science. Readers will surely find a lot of discussions relevant to their own research. See the Table of Contents here: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

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Terrible news. @PepsiIndia The Coca-Cola Co. Unilever Kellogg's Sponsor the Annual Conference of Nutrition Society of India . What a shame and conflicts of interest! ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition ICMR MyGovIndia Tim Schwab please note Gates Foundation. Rema Nagarajan Chetan Chauhan

Supermarkets in England ‘blatantly disregarding’ rules over where they place crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks theguardian.com/society/2023/d…

La publicidad dirigida a niños como la de Coca-Cola, hace un daño terrible a la salud humana y planetaria ☠️🥤🌎🥤☠️ y demuestra una total falta de responsabilidad social. Corresponde a los gobiernos proteger el derecho a la infancia y a la salud prohibiendo estas prácticas 👏🏼

We must have the courage to take on the greed of the food and beverage industry which, every day, is undermining the health and well-being of our children by pushing extremely unhealthy products which far too often cause obesity and type-2 diabetes.

I couldn’t resist. Let’s see ! ;) New Haven, CT

Delighted to share the news that I’ve been accepted into the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) as a life member. I’m honored and look forward to working with my colleagues there and attending events. CFR also publishes Foreign Affairs and Think Global Health, highly recommended.

On this week’s cover, a quote from our latest Editorial: “India’s elections: why data and transparency matter” Read here: hubs.li/Q02sFMfh0 Full issue link in thread ⤵️

It was an honor to lecture about my latest book Junk Food Politics at Middlebury RCGA Middlebury College College this week. What a wonderful community of students and faculty working on global health!

Last day of class at Lehigh! I had a wonderful time teaching an advanced undergraduate seminar on the commercial determinants of health. Wonderful group of students; our future leaders dedicated to making our world a healthier place! :)

Latin American leadership in food policies - the same picture for high-income English-speaking countries would look very bare.

Paula Johnes co-author of the Lancet Series on Commercial Determinants of Health discussing the importance of industry interference and conflicts of interest as major barriers to advance in obesity prevention policies and a healthier food system. #ico2024

Lorena Ibarra (GHAI), Lais Amaral (IDEC) and Diego Rodriguez (Alianza ENT Uruguay) complete the symposium on Commercial Determinants of Health at #ICO2024 | one of the most important topics to achieve advancements in obesity prevention.

Joseph Harris GlobalHealthPoliticsPodcast Amherst College Dr. Jallicia Jolly UC Davis Health Adeola Oni-Orisan Lehigh University College of Health Eduardo J. Gomez Hopkins Press In Episode #4 of the GlobalHealthPoliticsPodcast, Joseph Harris speaks with Themrise Khan about her co-edited book from Daraja Press, "White Saviorism in International Development." Listen to the full episode: …lhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/156560…