The conflict between Public Health and 'Big Food': A Counterinsurgency?

Michael J Dale; Suzanne J Carroll; Mark Daniel

doi:10.1002/hpja.544

The conflict between Public Health and 'Big Food': A Counterinsurgency?

Michael J Dale
, Suzanne J Carroll
, Mark Daniel

Health Research Institute

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Abstract

This commentary characterises as an insurgency those elements of the Food Industry seeking to retain and expand industry profit-making opportunity with scant regard to the effect on public health and wellbeing. Premised on a conflict in which the battlespace encompasses the drivers of (un)healthful behaviour, our view encourages opponents of Food Industry methods to consider an approach based on analogy of successful Counter-Insurgency strategies to a health promotion context.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	614-617
Number of pages	4
Journal	Health Promotion Journal of Australia
Volume	33
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.544
Publication status	Published - Jul 2022

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