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In this episode of the Leading Voices in Food podcast, host Kelly Brownell discusses the concept of market-driven epidemics with his guests Dr. Jonathan Quick and Eszter Rimanyi from Duke University. The conversation explores how aggressive marketing of consumer products like cigarettes, sugar, and prescription opioids has led to significant health crises. The experts outline five phases of such epidemics, ranging from product development to market adaptation, and discuss the roles of different actors in mitigating these issues. They also delve into the narrative similarities across different harmful products, the tactics used by industries to sow doubt, and the long gap between acknowledgment of harm and regulatory action. The episode concludes with hopeful suggestions for reducing these time gaps and promoting corporate responsibility. Podcast and transcript - https://buff.ly/4ghDJsq #marketdrivenepidemics #marketepidemics #publichealth #corporateaccountability #healthimpacts #jonathanquick #eszterrimanyi #DGHI #Sanford #KellyBrownell #tobaccoplaybook #sugar #corporatetactics #corporatelying #freemarketandaccountability #consumerprotections #earlywarningformarketdrivenepidemics #mitigatingcorporatecontrol #harmfulconsumerproducts #opioids #marketadaptation #regulatoryaction

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