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maritahennessy.bsky.social
Really wish I could be at #HSRUK25 this year - especially to tune into this discussion...

#COI #CDoH #HealthServicesResearch #PublicHealth #CriticalPublicHealth #Power #WebOfInfluence #DisclosureIsNotEnough
hsruk.bsky.social Health Services Research UK @hsruk.bsky.social · Jun 3
💡 #HSRUK25 Workshop Spotlight
Should health services researchers engage with industry? Join @becelvey.bsky.social @amy-mathie.bsky.social @pmw777.bsky.social as they share lessons from navigating an industry-funded evaluation!

Learn more here: hsruk.org/hsruk/viewpo...
Register here: hsruk2025.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
#COI #Obesity #Pharma #CDoH #CorporatePlaybook #WebOfInfluence
easoobesity.bsky.social The European Association for the Study of Obesity @easoobesity.bsky.social · Feb 27
EASO obesity and @novo-nordisk.bsky.social congratulate the Obesity Prize for Excellence Award Winner Professor Kirsi Pietiläinen for her groundbreaking research in identical twins with differences in BMI.

Read more here: https://buff.ly/4h2R7Ah
March 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Ah yes, the annual European Association for the Study of Obesity & Novo Nordisk Foundation Awards still going strong - each awardee receives a research grant of DKK 300,000

#COI #CDoH #Obesity #Pharma #WebOfInfluence #AtWhatCost
March 19, 2026 at 8:42 PM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Absolutely fuming that Eli Lilly held an AV Room Briefing on obesity for Oireachtas (Parliament) members last week. This should not have happened.

How can people ignore the huge #COI?

[Also-Lilly is one of Ireland's biggest corporate tax payers]

#CDoH #WebOfInfluence #CorporatePlaybook #Power
June 21, 2026 at 10:57 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Yet another Novo-funded study 😩

Public health continues to legitimise partnerships with pharma in the area of obesity

Business as usual - let's just ignore the evidence & look the other way

#COI #CDoH #CorporatePlaybook #WebOfInfluence

health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Involving national stakeholders in a systems approach to map drivers of childhood obesity and actions to prevent childhood obesity in Denmark: the Generation Healthy Kids Study - Health Research Polic...
Background Childhood obesity is a preventable global public health challenge, increasingly recognized as a complex problem, stemming from complex drivers. Obesity is characterized by multiple interdep...
health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Not only is the European Association of Obesity partnering with the Novo Nordisk Foundation on research awards (💰), the American Society for Nutrition is now too 😩

nutrition.org/introducing-...

#COI #CDoH #Obesity #WebOfInfluence
Introducing Two New Prestigious Awards to Advance Nutrition & Obesity Science - American Society for Nutrition
Paul Coates, PhD, Chair, American Society for Nutrition FoundationArne Astrup, MD, DMSc, Senior Vice President, Obesity and Nutritional Science, Novo Nordisk
nutrition.org
January 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
"The judge also apologised on behalf of the US government, saying it had "failed" to protect the public from Purdue Pharma, whose practices were "driven by greed" and had a "corporate strategy much like a criminal enterprise"."

#CDoH #COI #Pharma #WebOfInfluence

www.rte.ie/news/us/2026...
Purdue Pharma sentenced ahead of bankruptcy
A US federal judge criminally sentenced OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma over its role in the opioid crisis, ahead of upcoming bankruptcy proceedings and its dissolution.
www.rte.ie
April 29, 2026 at 7:43 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Public health continues to lose its way (even in #CDoH arena) - we keep propping up pharma involvement & marketing at scientific/educational events like this (& beyond)

Is this all really for the public good? No harm?

#CorporateCapture #COI #Obesity #Pharma #WebOfInfluence
March 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
GLP-1 medications for weight-loss: a triumph of marketing over patient care

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@ragenchastain.bsky.social, Angela Meadows & Louise Adams

#Obesity #CDoH #COI #CorporatePlaybook #WebOfInfluence
GLP-1 medications for weight-loss: a triumph of marketing over patient care
GLP-1 weight loss drugs are receiving an avalanche of positive press. From major media outlets to trade publications, clinical, policy, and lay audiences have been inundated with articles declaring...
www.tandfonline.com
April 9, 2026 at 7:10 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Really good to see this NB report & resource launched ✊

Congratulations-& thank you-to all involved @patientlibrary.bsky.social

In Ireland we don't even have an official list of all/cross-party parlaimentary groups, never mind any disclosures 😩

#COI #CDoH #WebOfInfluence

bsky.app/profile/pati...
patientlibrary.bsky.social Patient Experience Library @patientlibrary.bsky.social · Nov 19
Does transparency matter between drug companies and politicians? Find out via our Into the Web report: pexlib.net?249750 And use our APPG Influence tracker to see who is connected with whom among health-related All Party Parliamentary Groups: www.appgtracker.net
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Drinkaware - an exemplar case study on #COI & #CDoH (& #WebOfInfluence across industries & sectors) in #Ireland (& beyond!) 😩

👇 This is marketing, not research

www.activelink.ie/community-ex...

@paulaleonard.bsky.social @alcoholireland.ie
Drinkaware: Winter 2025 Research Briefing
An examination of patterns of alcohol consumption among adults in Ireland in 2025. Join us for our Winter 2025 Research Briefing, featuring John O’Mahony, Director, Ipsos B&A, delivering the keynote p...
www.activelink.ie
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
34th Novo Nordisk Foundation Science Cluster Conference, Prevention of Childhood Obesity: Body, Brain & Society, Denmark, 16-20 March 2026, in collaboration with the Centre for Childhood Health

#COI (just read the disclaimer 🤪) #CDoH #Obesity #WebOfInfluence

sciencecluster.dk/event/body-b...
Conference: Prevention of Childhood Obesity: Body, Brain & Society - Science Cluster
sciencecluster.dk
December 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
bugzooinc.bsky.social
Why did the spider get into politics? To spin a 'web' of influence! 🕸️ Weave your way to Bug Zoo! https://bugzoo.com #SpiderPolitics #WebOfInfluence
Why did the spider get into politics? To spin a 'web' of influence! 🕸️ Weave your way to Bug Zoo! https://bugzoo.com #SpiderPolitics #WebOfInfluence
March 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
"Novo Nordisk provided a grant and Eli Lilly and Company Limited provided sponsorship to the BDA to support costs of the development and production of this obesity management resource material." 😫

#CDoH #COI #Obesity #WebOfInfluence #CorporatePlaybook

www.bda.uk.com/food-health/...
Staying healthy when taking medications for obesity
Free evidence-based guide for patients taking medications for obesity (GLP-1s). Developed by dietitians. Trusted by healthcare professionals.
www.bda.uk.com
June 25, 2026 at 6:07 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
When you see a paper title and you just know who has funded/conducted the study.... you guessed it, Novo Nordisk [see Authors, Acknowledgement, Funding & COI statements]

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#CDoH #Obesity #WebOfInfluence #Framing
Obesity, Employment, and Economic Productivity in Europe: A Systematic Literature Review
Introduction The economic burden that obesity places on society, both directly and indirectly, is considerable. It is acknowledged that obesity is associated with decreased economic productivity; ho...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 10, 2026 at 9:21 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
An updated list of sponsors of the International Congress on Obesity 2026, broken down by who is paying for what re mobile charging stations, lanyards, etc.

#Pharma #COI #WebOfInfluence #CorporatePlaybook #Marketing

And plenty of #CDoH researchers involved

icocongress.com/sponsors/
SPONSORS – International Congress on Obesity – ICO 2026
icocongress.com
June 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Obesity Lived Experience Global Summit 2026

...Brought to you by Amgen, Wave Life Sciences & Novo Nordisk 😩

#CDoH #Obesity #CorporatePlaybook #WebOfInfluence #Marketing #CorporateTactics

Independence needed (I will keep shouting into the void 😶‍🌫️)

www.worldobesity.org/training-and...
Obesity Lived Experience Global Summit 2026 | World Obesity Federation
At ICO 2026, this Summit will bring together people living with obesity or related conditions
www.worldobesity.org
June 30, 2026 at 1:05 PM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
Brought to you by Eli Lilly...

Can we do anything in obesity now without pharma funding?

supportiveobesitycare.rudd.center.uconn.edu

#CDoH #COI #Obesity #Pharma #WebOfInfluence #CorporateCapture

"The site does not contain information about any Lilly products and has no commercial intent." 🫠😶‍🌫️
Home | Supportive Obesity Care | University of Connecticut
Welcome to Supportive Obesity Care Obesity occurs in over 40% of US adults and is recognized as chronic with a complex etiology.1 Our society can be hostile ...
supportiveobesitycare.rudd.center.uconn.edu
July 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
bugzooinc.bsky.social
Why did the spider get into politics? To spin a 'web' of influence! 🕸️ Weave your way to Bug Zoo! https://bugzoo.com #SpiderPolitics #WebOfInfluence
Why did the spider get into politics? To spin a 'web' of influence! 🕸️ Weave your way to Bug Zoo! https://bugzoo.com #SpiderPolitics #WebOfInfluence
April 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
bugzooinc.bsky.social
Why did the spider get into politics? To spin a 'web' of influence! 🕸️ Weave your way to Bug Zoo! https://bugzoo.com #SpiderPolitics #WebOfInfluence
Why did the spider get into politics? To spin a 'web' of influence! 🕸️ Weave your way to Bug Zoo! https://bugzoo.com #SpiderPolitics #WebOfInfluence
April 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
The Novo Nordisk Foundation "Global Science Summit" 2026 took place in recent weeks

"Summit participation is by personal invitation only"

With associated funding call
(novonordiskfonden.dk/en/grant/glo...)

web.cvent.com/event/cc4269...

#CDoH #Obesity #CVD #CorporatePlaybook #WebOfInfluence
Welcome - NNF Global Science Summit 2026
web.cvent.com
July 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
"This experience has been created by Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company." 😫😫😫 (& event promoted by celeb on Instagram 😫😫😫)

#CDoH #Obesity #CorporatePlaybook #Marketing #WebOfInfluence #AtWhatCost

www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-me-in...
Meet Me in the Middle Maze: An obesity experience
This maze explores the reality of weight management for people who are overweight or living with obesity.
www.eventbrite.com
June 30, 2026 at 7:59 AM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
HPRA said Irish law controlling the advertising of medicines included an exemption for “disease awareness campaigns” 😏

#COI #CDoH #Obesity #WebOfInfluence

www.thejournal.ie/obesity-adve...
Regulator rules Ozempic maker's obesity ads were legal (because they didn't mention Ozempic)
Novo Nordisk ran an ‘awareness raising’ campaign on billboards and in the media.
www.thejournal.ie
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
maritahennessy.bsky.social
"This masterclass is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly...(with disclaimer)"

Disclosure is not enough

Independent CPD needed

#COI #CDoH #Obesity #WebOfInfluence #CorporatePlaybook

nipc.ie/obesity-mast...
Obesity Masterclass - NIPC - National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health
nipc.ie
May 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM