The conflict between profits and health equity is not new. The global health community fought for decades to provide access to antiretrovirals for patients with HIV/AIDS in less-resourced settings.

The headline findings are startling: four industries (tobacco, unhealthy food, fossil fuel, and alcohol) are responsible for at least a third of global deaths per year. Yet much of the work to understand the harmful (or beneficial) impact of commercial actors has to date been done in health research silos….

Defining and conceptualising the commercial determinants of health

Conceptualising commercial entities in public health: beyond unhealthy commodities and transnational corporations

Commercial determinants of health: future directions

Anna Gilmore: confronting the commercial determinants of health

Rob Moodie: a radical voice in public health