More Than a Watchdog: Harnessing State, Civil Society and Academia to Tackle Unhealth Commodity Industries; A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors

1 College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia

2 Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Introduction

 

We thank colleagues for their thoughtful commentaries on our scoping review and framework synthesis of national public health surveillance of corporations in key unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs).1-7 Our review aimed to consolidate existing frameworks to monitor the influence of UCIs on health to inform future surveillance efforts and reduce the impact of corporate practices that undermine health.2 ...(Read more...)

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  • Received Date: 04 June 2025
  • Revised Date: 05 June 2025
  • Accepted Date: 07 June 2025
  • First Published Date: 08 June 2025