Recently, the topic of commercial determinants of health (CDH) has attracted a considerable interest in the public health field.The term refers to commercial entities marketizing, promoting, and selling products whose consumption may be harmful for both human and planetary health.Although some authors consider -correctly in my view -that CDHs should be understood as shaped and interacting with socioeconomic and political factors (1), the topic has developed as a distinct area of research and policy.Research in the field is focused specific -obvious -areas of interest, i.e., the "unhealthy commodity industries", such as tobacco, ultra-processed food, alcohol, firearms industry, or fossil fuel.Less obvious industries have also been scrutinized, such as the pharmaceutical industry, linked to the risks associated with overuse or inappropriate use of medicines, and pricing strategies that may threaten the sustainability of health systems.
Julian Perelman (Fri,) studied this question.