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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New Money Power Health essay with @sandrogalea.skystack.xyz in our Ideas about Ideas series! This one entitled "The limits of technocratic thinking". All essays are free and ad-free, subscribe with your email to receive new ones straight to your inbox: nasonmaani.substack.com/p/ideas-abou...

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Ideas about Ideas: The limits of technocratic thinking

What are the limits of expert evidence-based analysis?

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

LHGP Deputy Director @spidermaani.bsky.social is also delivering a keynote today, but for the 30th European Association of Dental Public Health (EADPH) Congress at Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara. event.fourwaves.com/eadph

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Structural changes for Oral Health Equity: Bridging Science & Policy

Join Structural changes for Oral Health Equity: Bridging Science & Policy, September 24-26, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In a new blog post, Dr May van Schalkwyk ( @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social ) and Dr Benjamin Hawkins ( @cam.ac.uk ) point to a small linguistic shift that has significant consequences for how we understand the commercial determinants of health. www.phiuk.org/blogs/lhgp-g...

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LHGP guest blog: "Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?": Why metaphors matter in public health

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Public Health On Call Podcast @publichealthpod.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

You've heard of Big Tobacco and Big Business but what about Big Wellness? @karremannancy.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social are co-authors of a recent @milbankfund.bsky.social article exploring wellness as a burgeoning industry. 🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...

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Nancy Karreman @karremannancy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I was so delighted to join @publichealthpod.bsky.social with @spidermaani.bsky.social to discuss our latest findings on the big business of #wellness based on our recent paper also with @marcozenone.bsky.social and Ben Hawkins. Give it a listen! 🎧

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The #CommercialDeterminantsofHealth is a broad concept: from #BigTobacco & #fossilfuel impacts to the vital role of responsible business in thriving communities. Our new guide offers practical do’s & don’ts for framing CDoH in policy and practice. 👉 Find it here: www.phiuk.org/local-health...

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Public Health On Call Podcast @publichealthpod.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The wellness industry covers everything from fitness to biohacking, and it’s backed by powerful players. @karremannancy.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social discuss their recent paper in @milbankfund.bsky.social on "Big Wellness". 🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...

Promo graphic for episode 1064 of Public Health On Call titled The Rise of "Big Wellness." Additional text reads: How social media fuels the wellness industry’s proliferation and the growing skepticism of traditional medicine that allows it to thrive.

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It was a great pleasure to be invited on to the @publichealthpod.bsky.social with @karremannancy.bsky.social to discuss our recent paper in @milbankfund.bsky.social on the wellness industry as a commercial determinant of health @lhgp.bsky.social!

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Jane Tinkler @janetinkler.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

How much of the money that should go into NHS services in your area but instead goes to private shareholders? @chpithinktank.bsky.social have crunched the numbers (and it’s a lot) www.nhsprofitmap.org.uk

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NHS Profit Map

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Marco Zenone @marcozenone.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The wellness industry’s influence goes beyond dubious health claims. Our new article led by @karremannancy.bsky.social with @spidermaani.bsky.social and Benjamin Hawkins examines the wellness industry from a commercial determinants of health perspective. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Elena Whitham, former Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy at the Scottish Government, discusses her experiences of commercial influence on health policymaking, and the advice she would give to other policymakers seeking to make a healthier, more equitable society podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

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Episode 19: Commercial power, conflicts of interest and health policy with Elena Whitham

Podcast Episode · Money Power Health with Nason Maani · 12 May · 54min

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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

What does a former Minister for Drugs and Alcohol think about commercial influence on health policy? New Money Power Health episode with @spidermaani.bsky.social and @elenawhitham.bsky.social, former MSP and Minister. Essential for new MSPs and public health professionals 🎧️ Free to listen:

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Episode 19: Commercial power, conflicts of interest and health policy with Elena Whitham

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Elinor Jayne @edinburghellejayne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Lots going on in politics in Scotland and the UK just now but whatever happens there’s always one constant in the background: the ongoing influence of big business - like alcohol - on policy that’s supposed to protect our health.

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Peter van Heusden (he/him) 🗿 @pvanheus.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Via @spidermaani.bsky.social's Money, Power, Health podcast I came across the work of the @chpithinktank.bsky.social & this mapping of how much NHS money feeds into private profit: bsky.app/profile/jane... - and the "investment model" often targets the most vulnerable & thus least vocal groups

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Super valuable & needed analysis! 👇 The Political Economy of Wellness: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... "...wellness industry deploys political strategies closely resembling those of other harmful commodities industries, including undermining scientists and policymakers..." #ScienceMatters

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

What does commercial influence on #HealthPolicy actually look like in practice? This is the subject of the latest episode of Money, Power, Health by @spidermaani.bsky.social, Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) Deputy Director.

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Sandro Galea and I have a new public-facing book now available for pre-order entitled "A Healthier Profit: The cost of business as usual and the case for health". Read about the book in our latest substack essay here: nasonmaani.substack.com/p/a-healthie... A short 🧵 summarising it follows below

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A Healthier Profit

Introducing our new public-facing book

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We are offering a unique opportunity for #PublicHealth registrars to contribute to the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium. Full details here: www.phiuk.org/news/lhgp-na... Deadline for applications: 9 am, Tuesday 28 April.

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LHGP placement opportunity for public health speciality registrars

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Annual Reviews @annualreviews.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🎉 The 2026 volume of the Annual Review of Public Health is now online. Most downloaded article is "The Politics and Profit of Disinformation in Public Health" arevie.ws/4e9Npa8 @spidermaani.bsky.social @kristinakim.bsky.social May van Schalkwyk @markpetticrew.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Missed our Business of #Health #Misinformation #webinar? Watch it now on YouTube. With 79% of the UK on social media and 22% getting health information there (rising to 40% among Gen Z), the stakes around misinformation have never been higher. youtu.be/j3CRlSeHZio @spidermaani.bsky.social

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The Business of Health Misinformation - Local Health and Global Profits webinar

YouTube video by Population Health Improvement UK

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

New ideas about ideas essay with Sandro Galea, on the economics of attention, bias, and the need to see things for ourselves: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

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Ideas about Ideas: The economics of attention

Why the ideas we see are not all there is

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

New Money Power Health substack post! A short reflection on what the new coal extraction mascot Coalie tells us, and why these tactics exist precisely because public opinion still matters, children and young people are feared, and legitimacy is fragile. Link here: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Absolutely critical research here

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

👇Nason Maani (@spidermaani.bsky.social), Deputy Director of @lhgp.bsky.social, joins David Rowland, Director of @chpithinktank.bsky.social, to discuss the implications of the 'quiet but profound transformation of the #NHS'. #PublicHealth #Podcast

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

New Money Power Health podcast episode just out! I was thrilled to be joined by David Rowland from @chpithinktank.bsky.social where we discuss NHS privatisation and implications for transparency, accountability and health inequalities: open.spotify.com/episode/1nGv...

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Episode 18: UK NHS privatisation, health and the public interest with David Rowland

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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Thanks for sharing. It reminds me a little of ideas we raised about deepening engagement with 'intersectionality' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

New Ideas about Ideas essay "The politics of recognition". This explores the politics of recognition: how status, institutions, and power shape whose ideas are taken seriously. Written with @sandrogalea.skystack.xyz and cross-posted on The Healthiest Goldfish. open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

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Ideas about ideas: The politics of recognition

Which ideas get heard? Why?

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Rare, and welcome positive messages in Nason's piece...I look forward too to more MPH podcasts in 2026

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I published a slightly different piece on Money Power Health to close out 2025. I called it “2025 in review: A Gangster’s Paradise”, an attempt to name a world where raw power is increasingly visible and rewarded, harm is externalised, and moral ambition worn down. open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

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2025 in review: A Gangsters Paradise

Some personal reflections and a note of hope

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

New substack article from me, which in spite of the title, does contain a note of hope (I hope!). Happy new year everyone nasonmaani.substack.com/p/2025-in-re...

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2025 in review: A Gangsters Paradise

Some personal reflections and a note of hope

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Last week's unveiling of England's first Men's Health Strategy is welcome, but without tackling commercial determinants of health - the industries profiting from harmful products that disproportionately affect men - we'll only address symptoms, not root causes. www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...

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Local Health and Global Profits responds to Government’s Men’s Health Strategy

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Join @ambervandenakker.bsky.social, Research Associate with @lhgp.bsky.social, on Tuesday 25 November for a #webinar on understanding and acting on commercial determinants of health in practice, hosted by Medicus Mundi Switzerland. Register now: exciting-leader-6110.kit.com/2dbb5b1bd9

Follow up webinar, MMS Symposium 2025, 25 November at 11:00 - 12:00. Register now: From Understanding to Action: Commercial Determinants of Health in Practice: With Amber van den Akker, University ot Bath

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sum: $$$$ Politics & Profit of Disinformation in Public Health www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... by @marcozenone.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social et al. 🙏 Really important piece by some terrific colleagues. The incentives baked into our current information economy drive bunk.

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

In @bmj.com, @spidermaani.bsky.social, @maizie333.bsky.social, and @markpetticrew.bsky.social highlight the £27.44bn annual cost of alcohol harms in England and the lack of transparency in the government’s licensing review.

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

ICYMI, our new article in @bmj.com with @markpetticrew.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social, on new alcohol licensing, is below

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

www.bmj.com/content/391/... Proposed changes to alcohol licensing Growth for whom, and at what cost Liberalising licensing is not a neutral act. It is a policy decision to prioritise commercial interests and shift any costs to already overstretched health, emergency, and social care systems

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Proposed changes to alcohol licensing should make us question whose interests we’re serving in the name of growth

Increasing the consumption of harmful products is the opposite of healthy or productive growth, say Nason Maani and colleagues Preventable ill health is at the heart of the challenges facing this co...

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 12/11/2025

The government recently announced plans to extend the opening hours for pubs and bars in England and Wales. This proposal shows a failure to differentiate between healthy and harmful growth, say @spidermaani.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

"Tackling the political and commercial determinants of health is no longer a technocratic exercise; it has become a geopolitical imperative," write LHGP director Anna Gilmore and co-authors in an article published in a special issue of EuroHealth. eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...

Cover of EuroHealth with title: Investing for sustainable health and well-being

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