Letters
Business and public health
We must reclaim public health from private corporate interests
BMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e6160 (Published 18 September 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e6160
- William Wiist, senior scientist, professor1
- 1Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 15015, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, USA
- bill.wiist{at}nau.edu
Hastings calls for a broadening of public health’s focus beyond concerns about marketing, tobacco, and individual behavior.1 Others in public health—for example, in food and nutrition and non-communicable chronic disease have also taken this perspective. Some have raised the problem of widespread and multifaceted corporate influence on public health and …
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