The commercial determinants of health

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan has noted that “efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases go against the business interests of powerful economic operators”.1WHOWHO Director-General addresses Health Promotion Conference. The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion in Helsinki. World Health Organization, Geneva2013http://www.who.int/dg/speeches/2013/health_promotion_20130610/en/Google Scholar Selling processed food and drink, alcohol, and tobacco is big business and demand is booming, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. There has always been critical public health analysis of the power of the corporate sector— especially in the field of tobacco—and attention has turned to other areas in…