Stefanie Gissing
@stefaniegissing.bsky.social
Public Health Registrar & Future Leaders Programme Alum based in Yorkshire and the Humber
Passionate about prevention and commercial determinants
Frequent reader 📚 occasional writer 📝
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Passionate about prevention and commercial determinants
Frequent reader 📚 occasional writer 📝
Views my own
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
"Farmers operate on increasingly narrow margins [..] Meanwhile, major retailers and manufacturers continue to make record profits while many of those producing and preparing food are struggling"
Powerful mandate for action inc strong governance to limit corporate influence and restricting marketing
Powerful mandate for action inc strong governance to limit corporate influence and restricting marketing
With food policy consultations and legislation underway in all four UK nations, there is now a powerful opportunity for governments and citizens to work together towards a healthier, fairer and more secure food future.
Read the insights 👉 ffcc.co.uk/publications...
Read the insights 👉 ffcc.co.uk/publications...
A Citizen Mandate for Change
After two years of conversations, insights from #TheFoodConversation reveal what people in the UK really want from food.
ffcc.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Farmers operate on increasingly narrow margins [..] Meanwhile, major retailers and manufacturers continue to make record profits while many of those producing and preparing food are struggling"
Powerful mandate for action inc strong governance to limit corporate influence and restricting marketing
Powerful mandate for action inc strong governance to limit corporate influence and restricting marketing
Fantastic policy and an exemplar for good governance processes. Considering the evidence of potential (and real) harm if undue influence is left unchecked, such policies could be the single most impactful policies for protecting health in a generation if implemented across the public sector
There is substantial evidence on how engagements with industry can undermine the mission, purpose, and goals of public health institutions.
The FPH is inviting all its members for the online launch event of our policy for governing engagement with commercial actors.
www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...
The FPH is inviting all its members for the online launch event of our policy for governing engagement with commercial actors.
www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...
Launch of FPH policy governing engagements with commercial actors
There is now a substantial body of evidence for how engagements with industry can influence and undermine public health goals. Having a robust policy for engagement with commercial actors is core to p...
www.fph.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fantastic policy and an exemplar for good governance processes. Considering the evidence of potential (and real) harm if undue influence is left unchecked, such policies could be the single most impactful policies for protecting health in a generation if implemented across the public sector
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Thank you @theguardian.com for covering this important initiative requesting that the government acts on the concerning issue of industry influence on youth education. Children deserve high quality, trustworthy education free of conflicts of interest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Health experts urge ban on school materials backed by food, drink and gambling firms
Exclusive: Education secretary told sponsored resources misrepresent evidence about diets, alcohol and betting
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Thank you @theguardian.com for covering this important initiative requesting that the government acts on the concerning issue of industry influence on youth education. Children deserve high quality, trustworthy education free of conflicts of interest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Along with @ias.org.uk, we believe that ALL young people should receive trustworthy, independent health promotion education that is free from commercial influence.
76% of parents with secondary school-aged children believe that Gvt should take action⬇️⬇️
76% of parents with secondary school-aged children believe that Gvt should take action⬇️⬇️
The alcohol, gambling and junk food industries have no place providing educational materials to schools.
58 leading academics and orgs have urged Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.
As Prof Chris van Tulleken states:
58 leading academics and orgs have urged Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.
As Prof Chris van Tulleken states:
August 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Along with @ias.org.uk, we believe that ALL young people should receive trustworthy, independent health promotion education that is free from commercial influence.
76% of parents with secondary school-aged children believe that Gvt should take action⬇️⬇️
76% of parents with secondary school-aged children believe that Gvt should take action⬇️⬇️
Different industry, same tactics. Time to restrict the fossil-fuel industry's ability to say its part of the solution, when they're actually causing the problem
www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
U.K. Ad Agencies Call For Total Ban On Fossil Fuel Marketing
British ad industry organizations have launched a campaign calling on the government to treat fossil fuels much as it treats tobacco products.
www.forbes.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Different industry, same tactics. Time to restrict the fossil-fuel industry's ability to say its part of the solution, when they're actually causing the problem
www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
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Fab @bmj.com article on how unhealthy food industry sidesteps regulation aimed at improving health and our freedom to choose what we eat - so hard when our environment is saturated with their ads. IMO deserves the same outrage as gambling industry sponsorship
#HFSS #CDOH
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#HFSS #CDOH
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Junk food “avoids advertising regulation” with top level UK sports sponsorship
A BMJ investigation finds more than 90 deals between brands of food or drink that is high in fat, salt, or sugar and sporting entities, amid concerns over such sponsorship’s impact on the UK’s obesity...
www.bmj.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Fab @bmj.com article on how unhealthy food industry sidesteps regulation aimed at improving health and our freedom to choose what we eat - so hard when our environment is saturated with their ads. IMO deserves the same outrage as gambling industry sponsorship
#HFSS #CDOH
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#HFSS #CDOH
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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"Successive governments have ignored the robust evidence on alcohol", says Alice Wiseman of @adphuk.bsky.social, "Questions must be asked as to how much influence health-harming industries now have here in the UK.
"Without serious policies that...(1/2)
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
"Without serious policies that...(1/2)
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS plan 'doesn't go far enough' to stop alcohol harm says Tyneside health chief
Health chief Alice Wiseman and recovering alcohol addict Karen Slater agree that the NHS 10-year-plan doesn't go far enough to prevent alcohol harms
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Successive governments have ignored the robust evidence on alcohol", says Alice Wiseman of @adphuk.bsky.social, "Questions must be asked as to how much influence health-harming industries now have here in the UK.
"Without serious policies that...(1/2)
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
"Without serious policies that...(1/2)
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
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1/ Alcohol deaths at a record high, liver disease rising and nearly 1m hospital admissions a year. A lack of evidence-based action to reduce alcohol harm in today's NHS 10 Year Plan means more illness and death and more pressure on the NHS. Our response 🔽
bit.ly/400MOzS
bit.ly/400MOzS
Balance response to NHS Long Term Plan - missed opportunities to reduce alcohol harm - Fresh Balance
Balance has joined health campaigners and medics nationally in their disappointment at the lack of evidence-based policy measures to reduce alcohol harm within the NHS 10 year plan published today. L...
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July 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
1/ Alcohol deaths at a record high, liver disease rising and nearly 1m hospital admissions a year. A lack of evidence-based action to reduce alcohol harm in today's NHS 10 Year Plan means more illness and death and more pressure on the NHS. Our response 🔽
bit.ly/400MOzS
bit.ly/400MOzS
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In a recent issue of @futurehealthj.bsky.social
@rcphysicians.bsky.social, edited by #chrisvantulleken, @adphuk.bsky.social Vice President, Alice Wiseman discusses countering industry promotion of harmful products to protect public health. #PublicHealth #CDOH
👀Read the article➡️ bit.ly/46ms75i
@rcphysicians.bsky.social, edited by #chrisvantulleken, @adphuk.bsky.social Vice President, Alice Wiseman discusses countering industry promotion of harmful products to protect public health. #PublicHealth #CDOH
👀Read the article➡️ bit.ly/46ms75i
July 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In a recent issue of @futurehealthj.bsky.social
@rcphysicians.bsky.social, edited by #chrisvantulleken, @adphuk.bsky.social Vice President, Alice Wiseman discusses countering industry promotion of harmful products to protect public health. #PublicHealth #CDOH
👀Read the article➡️ bit.ly/46ms75i
@rcphysicians.bsky.social, edited by #chrisvantulleken, @adphuk.bsky.social Vice President, Alice Wiseman discusses countering industry promotion of harmful products to protect public health. #PublicHealth #CDOH
👀Read the article➡️ bit.ly/46ms75i
A local historical example of why people before profits is crucial for us all to thrive, and a moment of reflection on the positive progress we have made in the UK ✨
"In 1833, the small West Yorkshire Bents Mill in Hallas Bridge, Cullingworth, employed 61 people, 42 of whom were under 14 years of age, and 14 of whom were under the age of ten. All workers worked a 69 hours per week – five twelve-hour days with nine hours on a Saturday."
July 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A local historical example of why people before profits is crucial for us all to thrive, and a moment of reflection on the positive progress we have made in the UK ✨
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Innovating with people, places and communities - the PHI UK Annual Review 2024-25 is now available.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
July 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Innovating with people, places and communities - the PHI UK Annual Review 2024-25 is now available.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
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1/ We would support the Govt taking long overdue action to address alcohol harms and in the NE ¾ of the public think that alcohol is a big problem regionally and nationally.
June 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1/ We would support the Govt taking long overdue action to address alcohol harms and in the NE ¾ of the public think that alcohol is a big problem regionally and nationally.
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🚨Temps will near 40°C (104°F) for Benfica vs Bayern, showing how climate breakdown is already endangering players, fans & the game itself.
Fossil fuel sponsors, rising emissions & extreme heat risks are all part of the bigger picture. 🧵 1/7
Full story 👉 www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
Fossil fuel sponsors, rising emissions & extreme heat risks are all part of the bigger picture. 🧵 1/7
Full story 👉 www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
June 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚨Temps will near 40°C (104°F) for Benfica vs Bayern, showing how climate breakdown is already endangering players, fans & the game itself.
Fossil fuel sponsors, rising emissions & extreme heat risks are all part of the bigger picture. 🧵 1/7
Full story 👉 www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
Fossil fuel sponsors, rising emissions & extreme heat risks are all part of the bigger picture. 🧵 1/7
Full story 👉 www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
The time for action is now. We must hold the fossil fuel industry to account for the destruction they are causing to our planet and the harms to our health and lives that accompany it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The time for action is now. We must hold the fossil fuel industry to account for the destruction they are causing to our planet and the harms to our health and lives that accompany it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.foodpolitics.com/2025/06/cali...
California is considering banning ultra-processed foods from schools: Really
California is considering banning ultra-processed foods from schools: Really
California is considering banning ultra-processed foods from schools: Really. - Food Politics by Marion Nestle
The California Assembly has passed a bipartisan bill banning harmful ultra-processed food in schools California is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to ban unhealthy ultra-proc...
www.foodpolitics.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
www.foodpolitics.com/2025/06/cali...
California is considering banning ultra-processed foods from schools: Really
California is considering banning ultra-processed foods from schools: Really
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For over 100 days, no fuel has entered #Gaza, and attempts to retrieve fuel stocks from evacuation zones have been denied. This is pushing the health system closer to the brink of collapse.
June 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
For over 100 days, no fuel has entered #Gaza, and attempts to retrieve fuel stocks from evacuation zones have been denied. This is pushing the health system closer to the brink of collapse.
Industry doing what they do best when it comes to corporate political activity: "delay" in action. No surprises here! I wonder how profitable this further delay will be
Urghhh. After the all promises about "the healthiest generation of children ever" & mission led govt, it turns out this govt capitulates to industry lobbying.... Just like the last one.
A win for the industry playbook. Lose for health.
www.ft.com/content/a4a5...
A win for the industry playbook. Lose for health.
www.ft.com/content/a4a5...
Ministers to delay UK junk food advertising ban until next year
Marketing of unhealthy products to be barred before 9pm on TV but branded advertising using company names will be allowed
www.ft.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Industry doing what they do best when it comes to corporate political activity: "delay" in action. No surprises here! I wonder how profitable this further delay will be
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Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
Sure Start children’s centres provided £2 of savings for every £1 in costs, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), prompting calls for the government to look at such services as potentially paying for themselves.
The centres, championed by the last Labour government, created £2.8bn in savings and revenues at the scheme’s peak in England, according to the IFS study. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
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𝗕𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.
Over April, TotalEnergies continued to push its greenwashing ad campaign, "The Roads to Net Zero".
In reality, the oil giant is on a highway to climate hell.
Here's what the ad doesn't tell you. 🧵 1/
Full piece 👇
Over April, TotalEnergies continued to push its greenwashing ad campaign, "The Roads to Net Zero".
In reality, the oil giant is on a highway to climate hell.
Here's what the ad doesn't tell you. 🧵 1/
Full piece 👇
Badvert of the Month: TotalEnergies and the Highway to Climate Hell — Badvertising
Our latest Badvert investigation reveals that despite the misleading title of TotalEnergies advert, the French oil giant is in fact on a highway to climate hell. In yet another instalment of its con...
www.badverts.org
May 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
𝗕𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.
Over April, TotalEnergies continued to push its greenwashing ad campaign, "The Roads to Net Zero".
In reality, the oil giant is on a highway to climate hell.
Here's what the ad doesn't tell you. 🧵 1/
Full piece 👇
Over April, TotalEnergies continued to push its greenwashing ad campaign, "The Roads to Net Zero".
In reality, the oil giant is on a highway to climate hell.
Here's what the ad doesn't tell you. 🧵 1/
Full piece 👇
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This week is #DementiaActionWeek
Did you know that alcohol is a major risk factor for dementia in later life?
One study found heavy drinking as a teenager was the biggest risk factor for developing early onset dementia.
Watch our film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpYQ... @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
Did you know that alcohol is a major risk factor for dementia in later life?
One study found heavy drinking as a teenager was the biggest risk factor for developing early onset dementia.
Watch our film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpYQ... @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
Alcohol and the Brain: Explained
YouTube video by Institute of Alcohol Studies
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This week is #DementiaActionWeek
Did you know that alcohol is a major risk factor for dementia in later life?
One study found heavy drinking as a teenager was the biggest risk factor for developing early onset dementia.
Watch our film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpYQ... @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
Did you know that alcohol is a major risk factor for dementia in later life?
One study found heavy drinking as a teenager was the biggest risk factor for developing early onset dementia.
Watch our film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpYQ... @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
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Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Big Food sells us what makes us sick, and Big Pharma sells us their treatment for it.
Rather than paying for a longer life, we should regulate harmful product industries so they don't profit from shortening it.
Rather than paying for a longer life, we should regulate harmful product industries so they don't profit from shortening it.
Do you know what else reduces risk of MI and Stroke? Lifting weights and sweating more whilst reducing consumption of Big Macs.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Big Food sells us what makes us sick, and Big Pharma sells us their treatment for it.
Rather than paying for a longer life, we should regulate harmful product industries so they don't profit from shortening it.
Rather than paying for a longer life, we should regulate harmful product industries so they don't profit from shortening it.
This was fab, a concise overview of the key issues and evidence, put into the context of local public health practice 👏🏻 #commercialdeterminants #cdoh
📺 Watch the 8 May @lhgp.bsky.social webinar on the commercial determinants of Health www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z6w... Featuring Anna Gilmore and Peter Roderick discussing how we define, conceptualise and address commercial influences on our communities and health.
#phiuklhgp
#phiuklhgp
What are the Commercial Determinants of Health - Local Health and Global Profits Webinar
YouTube video by Population Health Improvement UK
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This was fab, a concise overview of the key issues and evidence, put into the context of local public health practice 👏🏻 #commercialdeterminants #cdoh