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Building H
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A research and advocacy group working to build health into everyday life, by design - www.buildingh.org. Co-founded by @thgoetz.bsky.social and @stephenjdowns.bsky.social. Part of @publichealthinst.bsky.social.
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New report today: “Where’s the H in ESG Investing?” We looked at how the top socially responsible funds factor in how a company’s products affect the health of their users. tl;dr — there’s a big opportunity to do better.

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Where’s the H in ESG Investing?
Consumer products affect people’s health, but these impacts carry little weight in how socially responsible investing portfolios are…
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Electric scooters wouldn't be such a problem in our cities if they, like bicycles and all other forms of micro mobility, had somewhere else to go besides sidewalks and streets.

The problem is not the scooters, it's a lack of appropriate infrastructure.
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“For all the hype over GLP-1s, Americans have struggled to access these weekly injections.” Nicholas Florko on why some insurance companies aren’t covering them:
The Obesity-Drug Revolution Is Stalling
Somehow, it’s becoming even harder to get a GLP-1.
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Great thread. If only we could design modernity with these reminders in mind…
Whenever I start to wonder why humans are having such a tough time with modernity I find it helpful to remember that:

1. We’re animals. And we've only been human for 0.15% of the time that mammals have existed.

2. We’ve only had written language for 1.8% of the time that we’ve been human.

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great to see a car/truck company bring its tech to healthier form factors
For our latest newsletter, we look at the current challenges facing public transit, how it matters for health, and ways to think about the future, ft perspectives from @humantransit.bsky.social, @davidzipper.bsky.social & @henriettalmoore.bsky.social -- and more mailchi.mp/bd7c1161a908...
Building H: Get on the Bus
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Best distillation I’ve seen about how to think about microbiome in health, from former @abbvie.bsky.social CMO Dr. Rob Scott
Company that delivers lifesaving meds and other medical supplies in Africa pivots to delivering burritos
also popular in our newsletter last week was this piece in the @nytimes.com on former FDA commissioner @davidakesslermd.bsky.social's effort to rein in ultraprocessed foods: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
Former F.D.A. Chief Backs Kennedy’s War on Processed Food
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The most popular story in our newsletter last week was this piece, by Jordan Shlain, on how the key to longevity might actually be the friends in your life:

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Social Architecture
Inspired by a conversation with three amazing scientists: Dr. Elissa Epel, Dr. Britney Blair and Dr. George Slavich.
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We also folded in perspectives on longevity, obsession over metrics and achieving health indirectly from @dshaywitz.bsky.social, @vicmsong.bsky.social, Jordan Shlain, Dawn Teh and @jomierau.bsky.social.
For our most recent newsletter, we were inspired by @tadfriend.bsky.social's @newyorker.com profile of the longevity movement & by John Kay’s writings on “obiquity.” We ask what it would take to achieve health by not focusing on it so much. mailchi.mp/cc9491e30ea8...
Building H: Overthinking Health
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