1. We should not underestimate the ability to increase the personal agency of the public against commercial influences - they don’t have to be a victim to it. Shifting consumer demands with education can force commercial adjustments - think the recent trend to now offer low sugar versions of products.
2. We need to confront the commercial drivers in Big PHARMA. Clinicians and patients can become their ‘super-users’, under the cloak of ‘healthcare’.
3. People can disagree the politics, but one of the biggest movements in this space is ‘Make America Healthy Again’, with Robert F Kennedy having a long track record of battling corporations against harmful environmental and processed food chemicals. We will need to watch this space if they have success in health outcomes.
Great podcast discussion! I would add 3 points:
1. We should not underestimate the ability to increase the personal agency of the public against commercial influences - they don’t have to be a victim to it. Shifting consumer demands with education can force commercial adjustments - think the recent trend to now offer low sugar versions of products.
2. We need to confront the commercial drivers in Big PHARMA. Clinicians and patients can become their ‘super-users’, under the cloak of ‘healthcare’.
3. People can disagree the politics, but one of the biggest movements in this space is ‘Make America Healthy Again’, with Robert F Kennedy having a long track record of battling corporations against harmful environmental and processed food chemicals. We will need to watch this space if they have success in health outcomes.