The commercial determinants of health are the private sector activities that influence individual and group differences in health status. [2] Commercial determinants of health can affect people's health positively (such as sport or medical industries) or negatively (such as arms and tobacco industries). [2] [3] They are part of the broader social determinants of health.
Corporate and business activities influences the social, physical and cultural environments in which people live. For example: [2] [4]
Commercial determinants of health impact a wide range of risk factors and noncommunicable diseases (especially cardiovascular diseases, [5] cancer, [6] chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes). For example: [2] [7]
According to The Lancet, 'four industries (tobacco, unhealthy food, fossil fuel, and alcohol) are responsible for at least a third of global deaths per year'. [7]
Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental risk to health. [...] The combined effects of ambient air pollution and household air pollution are associated with 6.7 million premature deaths annually.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally. An estimated 17.9 million people died from CVDs in 2019, representing 32% of all global deaths.
Around one-third of deaths from cancer are due to tobacco use, high body mass index, alcohol consumption, low fruit and vegetable intake, and lack of physical activity.
Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year, including an estimated 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke.
The harmful use of alcohol is a causal factor in more than 200 disease and injury conditions. Worldwide, 3 million deaths every year result from harmful use of alcohol.
People who are insufficiently active have a 20% to 30% increased risk of death compared to people who are sufficiently active.
The commercial determinants of health are the private sector activities that influence individual and group differences in health status. [2] Commercial determinants of health can affect people's health positively (such as sport or medical industries) or negatively (such as arms and tobacco industries). [2] [3] They are part of the broader social determinants of health.
Corporate and business activities influences the social, physical and cultural environments in which people live. For example: [2] [4]
Commercial determinants of health impact a wide range of risk factors and noncommunicable diseases (especially cardiovascular diseases, [5] cancer, [6] chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes). For example: [2] [7]
According to The Lancet, 'four industries (tobacco, unhealthy food, fossil fuel, and alcohol) are responsible for at least a third of global deaths per year'. [7]
Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental risk to health. [...] The combined effects of ambient air pollution and household air pollution are associated with 6.7 million premature deaths annually.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally. An estimated 17.9 million people died from CVDs in 2019, representing 32% of all global deaths.
Around one-third of deaths from cancer are due to tobacco use, high body mass index, alcohol consumption, low fruit and vegetable intake, and lack of physical activity.
Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year, including an estimated 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke.
The harmful use of alcohol is a causal factor in more than 200 disease and injury conditions. Worldwide, 3 million deaths every year result from harmful use of alcohol.
People who are insufficiently active have a 20% to 30% increased risk of death compared to people who are sufficiently active.