Jun 28, 2025 4:02 pm
It’s not just genetic code and postal code that determine an individual’s health. Everything around us — from the air we breathe to the products we buy at the grocery store — also plays a much more decisive role than anyone could imagine.
Behind the habits and products that fill our days there are powerful corporations whose actions, however seemingly trivial, can have enormous repercussions on people’s lives, says Dr. Anna Gilmore, a professor of Public Health at the University of Bath, in the United Kingdom, where she directs the Centre for 21st Century Public Health.