Nancy Karreman
@karremannancy.bsky.social
Post-doc researcher interested in commercial determinants of health, corporate political activity, and wellness mis/disinformation. Also a fan of dog videos and nature. She/her.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Had a great time at #EPH2025 with this @lhgp.bsky.social team! So many great presentations to learn from across the spectrum of public health research 👏🏻
Our November newsletter went out today and it features compelling new #research exposing industry influence, practical resources for healthy urban planning, and ways you can engage with our work.
Read more: mailchi.mp/98c307e23470...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Had a great time at #EPH2025 with this @lhgp.bsky.social team! So many great presentations to learn from across the spectrum of public health research 👏🏻
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Anyone at #EPH2025 in Helsinki, come to Hall B today at 11.45 for session 6.B to hear about @lhgp.bsky.social’s work on commercial determinants of health @karremannancy.bsky.social @georginawort.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Anyone at #EPH2025 in Helsinki, come to Hall B today at 11.45 for session 6.B to hear about @lhgp.bsky.social’s work on commercial determinants of health @karremannancy.bsky.social @georginawort.bsky.social
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Researchers from the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium will present work on local responses to commercial determinants of health at the 18th European Public Health Conference in Helsinki, 11-14 November 2025. #EHP2025
👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...
👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Researchers from the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium will present work on local responses to commercial determinants of health at the 18th European Public Health Conference in Helsinki, 11-14 November 2025. #EHP2025
👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...
👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...
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Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
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Paracetamol use during pregnancy does not increase risk of autism
Laurie Tomlinson explains best available evidence shows #paracetamol safe to take during pregnancy & urges parents to seek reputable sources of information, & medical advice from GP.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Laurie Tomlinson explains best available evidence shows #paracetamol safe to take during pregnancy & urges parents to seek reputable sources of information, & medical advice from GP.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
September 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Paracetamol use during pregnancy does not increase risk of autism
Laurie Tomlinson explains best available evidence shows #paracetamol safe to take during pregnancy & urges parents to seek reputable sources of information, & medical advice from GP.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Laurie Tomlinson explains best available evidence shows #paracetamol safe to take during pregnancy & urges parents to seek reputable sources of information, & medical advice from GP.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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Yep.
Alarming rise in misinformation about women's health on social media, www.thestar.com/news/alarmin... via @thestar.com
"Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and disinformation about women’s health are spreading..."
Alarming rise in misinformation about women's health on social media, www.thestar.com/news/alarmin... via @thestar.com
"Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and disinformation about women’s health are spreading..."
Alarming rise in misinformation about women’s health on social media,
MONTRÉAL - Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and disinformation about women's health are spreading like wildfire on social media apps like ...
www.thestar.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Yep.
Alarming rise in misinformation about women's health on social media, www.thestar.com/news/alarmin... via @thestar.com
"Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and disinformation about women’s health are spreading..."
Alarming rise in misinformation about women's health on social media, www.thestar.com/news/alarmin... via @thestar.com
"Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and disinformation about women’s health are spreading..."
Every year the average retired woman earns £7,600 less than the average retired man. The Gender Pension Gap sits at 36.5% - more than double the Gender Pay Gap!
Call on public sector employers to do more, including making statutory parental leave pensionable, and sign here: bit.ly/3Vn1NS3
Call on public sector employers to do more, including making statutory parental leave pensionable, and sign here: bit.ly/3Vn1NS3
End the Gender Pension Gap for public sector women
This will make a real difference to millions of women and shows what can be done when pension schemes take this issue seriously.
We are calling on all other public sector pension schemes- coveri...
www.megaphone.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every year the average retired woman earns £7,600 less than the average retired man. The Gender Pension Gap sits at 36.5% - more than double the Gender Pay Gap!
Call on public sector employers to do more, including making statutory parental leave pensionable, and sign here: bit.ly/3Vn1NS3
Call on public sector employers to do more, including making statutory parental leave pensionable, and sign here: bit.ly/3Vn1NS3
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An interesting policy debate: should you just give institutions money to do research, or make them bid?
In think-tanks, two of the most effective outfits over the past twenty years have been Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities - both with core funding
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
In think-tanks, two of the most effective outfits over the past twenty years have been Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities - both with core funding
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
How to take over a government via PDFs
The long march of the Resolution Foundation
www.economist.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
An interesting policy debate: should you just give institutions money to do research, or make them bid?
In think-tanks, two of the most effective outfits over the past twenty years have been Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities - both with core funding
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
In think-tanks, two of the most effective outfits over the past twenty years have been Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities - both with core funding
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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this thread was extraordinarily helpful and shaped my thinking on this. unrolled it for easier reading.
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
this thread was extraordinarily helpful and shaped my thinking on this. unrolled it for easier reading.
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Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
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It’s never been about “the science.”
August 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s never been about “the science.”
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New episode of Money Power Health is now out! Thanks so much to @vickycann.bsky.social from @corporateeurope.bsky.social who joined me to discuss lobbying by forever chemicals or PFAS manufacturers at the EU level: t.co/DjCGXKyO7A @eupha.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social CDoH
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5R4v5zBIBaEBsboFyWfa40?si=U8rIt4vsT6yLe9fKzwlYsQ
t.co
June 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New episode of Money Power Health is now out! Thanks so much to @vickycann.bsky.social from @corporateeurope.bsky.social who joined me to discuss lobbying by forever chemicals or PFAS manufacturers at the EU level: t.co/DjCGXKyO7A @eupha.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social CDoH
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Triangulating from “trans women are women” to appease transphobes until you land at the exciting new position: “no women are women.”
Labour to cancel its women’s conference after supreme court gender ruling
Trans rights and gender critical campaigners criticise decision after party told it risks legal challenge if conference goes ahead
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Trans rights and gender critical campaigners criticise decision after party told it risks legal challenge if conference goes ahead
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour to cancel its women’s conference after supreme court gender ruling
Trans rights and gender critical campaigners criticise decision after party told it risks legal challenge if conference goes ahead
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Triangulating from “trans women are women” to appease transphobes until you land at the exciting new position: “no women are women.”
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taking the opportunity to shamelessly promoting my research on corporate power and UPFs off the back of @theguardian.com's investigative work
we need to start thinking about industry strategies in terms of a wider political economy of delay
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
we need to start thinking about industry strategies in terms of a wider political economy of delay
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
taking the opportunity to shamelessly promoting my research on corporate power and UPFs off the back of @theguardian.com's investigative work
we need to start thinking about industry strategies in terms of a wider political economy of delay
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
we need to start thinking about industry strategies in terms of a wider political economy of delay
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🔴 Remember the £330million contract given to Trump donor Peter Thiel's firm Palantir to build an NHS data platform?
Well we've found out that most English hospitals aren't using it - because it's not very good
Scoop on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantirs-...
Well we've found out that most English hospitals aren't using it - because it's not very good
Scoop on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantirs-...
Palantir's NHS data platform rejected by most hospitals
US spy tech firm's £330million software isn't much cop, experts say
democracyforsale.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🔴 Remember the £330million contract given to Trump donor Peter Thiel's firm Palantir to build an NHS data platform?
Well we've found out that most English hospitals aren't using it - because it's not very good
Scoop on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantirs-...
Well we've found out that most English hospitals aren't using it - because it's not very good
Scoop on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantirs-...
Reading this brilliant article from @maizie333.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social et al today.
Hard to think of a bigger contradiction than selling guns and calling your PR exercise/educational program “lifesaving” 🤢
#CDOH #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Hard to think of a bigger contradiction than selling guns and calling your PR exercise/educational program “lifesaving” 🤢
#CDOH #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
“Stop, don’t touch, run away!”: reconceptualizing firearm industry-funded youth education programs as corporate political activity - Globalization and Health
Background Injuries represent a major threat to child health globally. In the US, firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. Despite limited evidence of their effe...
doi.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Reading this brilliant article from @maizie333.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social et al today.
Hard to think of a bigger contradiction than selling guns and calling your PR exercise/educational program “lifesaving” 🤢
#CDOH #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Hard to think of a bigger contradiction than selling guns and calling your PR exercise/educational program “lifesaving” 🤢
#CDOH #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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We are hiring! We're looking for two post-doc researchers to help us deliver a randomised controlled trial of group model building to address inequalities in diet in English local authorities.
Two 3y posts, ideally starting in July. Closing date 4 May.
Full details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50905/
Two 3y posts, ideally starting in July. Closing date 4 May.
Full details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50905/
Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term) in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We are hiring! We're looking for two post-doc researchers to help us deliver a randomised controlled trial of group model building to address inequalities in diet in English local authorities.
Two 3y posts, ideally starting in July. Closing date 4 May.
Full details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50905/
Two 3y posts, ideally starting in July. Closing date 4 May.
Full details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50905/
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We did an analysis for the House of Lords Committee on Food, Diet and Obesity to look at the overlap between foods high in salt, fat and sugar (HFSS) and ultra-processed (UPF). We extended the analysis and it is published today (open access):
nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
March 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We did an analysis for the House of Lords Committee on Food, Diet and Obesity to look at the overlap between foods high in salt, fat and sugar (HFSS) and ultra-processed (UPF). We extended the analysis and it is published today (open access):
nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
📣 Paper accepted! Our research on media framing of calorie labelling shows one way "lifestyle drift" occurs in obesity policy.
Analysis of 177 articles reveals how approaches get reframed as individual responsibility in public discourse.
#PublicHealth #PolicyResearch
www.ijhpm.com/article_4723...
Analysis of 177 articles reveals how approaches get reframed as individual responsibility in public discourse.
#PublicHealth #PolicyResearch
www.ijhpm.com/article_4723...
Obesity and Lifestyle Drift: Framing Analysis of Calorie Menu Labelling in England in News Media
Background Successive government public health strategies in England have described structural influences of diet-related ill health, including obesity, while emphasising the solution of individualle...
www.ijhpm.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📣 Paper accepted! Our research on media framing of calorie labelling shows one way "lifestyle drift" occurs in obesity policy.
Analysis of 177 articles reveals how approaches get reframed as individual responsibility in public discourse.
#PublicHealth #PolicyResearch
www.ijhpm.com/article_4723...
Analysis of 177 articles reveals how approaches get reframed as individual responsibility in public discourse.
#PublicHealth #PolicyResearch
www.ijhpm.com/article_4723...
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Highly recommend this new 📜 on Tobacco industry & ENDS regulation by Ben Hawkins& @maizie333.bsky.social! ❤ the title "Reputational revival and industry survival" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reputational revival and industry survival: A rhetorical analysis of tobacco industry evidence before a UK parliamentary select committee.
The tobacco industry are facing an existential threat from increasingly stringent tobacco control policies. At the same time, their exclusion from pol…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Highly recommend this new 📜 on Tobacco industry & ENDS regulation by Ben Hawkins& @maizie333.bsky.social! ❤ the title "Reputational revival and industry survival" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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MAHA wellness influencer caught promoting Nestle owned supplements 👇🏻
www.instagram.com/p/DFYeb2Ny-9C/
www.instagram.com/p/DFYeb2Ny-9C/
January 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
MAHA wellness influencer caught promoting Nestle owned supplements 👇🏻
www.instagram.com/p/DFYeb2Ny-9C/
www.instagram.com/p/DFYeb2Ny-9C/
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Remember when RFK Jr profited off the lie that vaccines cause autism? He’s been doing it for 25+ years.
Watch ⬇️
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Watch ⬇️
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Remember when RFK Jr profited off the lie that vaccines cause autism? | excerpts from @WIRED
YouTube video by Andrea Love, PhD
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Remember when RFK Jr profited off the lie that vaccines cause autism? He’s been doing it for 25+ years.
Watch ⬇️
youtu.be/ZZCutMBhjpg?...
Watch ⬇️
youtu.be/ZZCutMBhjpg?...
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Prof Mark Petticrew to speak at The National Alcohol Conference 2025 Copenhagen on "Commercial Determinants – How the Alcohol Industry Affects Your Health" 🗓 Jan 28-29, 2025 🔗 More: alkohologsamfund-dk.translate.goog/alkohol-samf...
👉 Read more: 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 lnkd.in/enPCFqy9
👉 Read more: 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 lnkd.in/enPCFqy9
January 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Prof Mark Petticrew to speak at The National Alcohol Conference 2025 Copenhagen on "Commercial Determinants – How the Alcohol Industry Affects Your Health" 🗓 Jan 28-29, 2025 🔗 More: alkohologsamfund-dk.translate.goog/alkohol-samf...
👉 Read more: 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 lnkd.in/enPCFqy9
👉 Read more: 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 lnkd.in/enPCFqy9