As the commercial circulation of health content on social media continues to intensify, large volumes of fitness, nutrition, and wellness information lacking scientific grounding are repeatedly pushed to users, heightening the likelihood that psychologically susceptible individuals internalize distorted beliefs and engage in harmful practices.

Our Director, Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, delivered a keynote presentation during the 8th Annual Social Marketing Conference.
She elaborated on the fact that social Marketing is (so much) more than communications.

È un percorso sempre affascinante quello che Sandro Spinsanti disegna nell’ambito della bioetica, della medicina narrativa, della Slow Medicine e delle medical humanities... è nella pratica della buona cura che prende corpo una delle espressioni più alte dell’umano.

Although the prenatal life is a critical period for brain development, very few studies have focused on prenatal exposure to air pollution in relation to infant cognition, and most studies have relied on carer-reported outcome assessment.

In che modo l’intelligenza artificiale cambia la formazione dell’essere umano? Questa lezione riflette sul significato dei concetti di “intelligenza” e “artificiale”, mostrando come l’AI non sia un soggetto autonomo ma un deposito del sapere umano, e come ciò comporti una responsabilità educativa nel riconoscervi il riflesso delle nostre stesse capacità cognitive.

Il 7 gennaio 2026 il Dipartimento della Salute (HHS) e quello dell’Agricoltura (USDA) statunitensi hanno pubblicato la nuova edizione delle Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) 2025–2030 (https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov), presentandole come un “reset” della politica nutrizionale federale, con uno slogan semplice: “eat real food” (“mangia cibo vero”). 

How are clinicians to preserve core clinical skills in an era of algorithmic assistance? As artificial intelligence (AI) assumes a growing role in clinical practice, concern is mounting that off-loading clinical tasks and reasoning will lead to loss of skills (deskilling), adopting errors or bias from AI (mis-skilling), or failure to achieve competence (never-skilling).

During the Welcome session at the 9th World Social Marketing Conference, held in Alicante from 5–7 November 2025, I had the opportunity to share my overview and personal reflections on the conference submissions.

Negli ultimi anni, ciò che accade sulle due sponde dell’Atlantico appare come il riflesso di un modello strategico replicabile in ogni paese. .. La crisi dei diritti umani e delle libertà fondamentali, come sottolineato da studiosi quali Justine Lacroix e Jean-Yves Pranchère, non è più solo una questione ideologica.

In che modo l’intelligenza artificiale cambia la formazione dell’essere umano? Questa lezione riflette sul significato dei concetti di “intelligenza” e “artificiale”, mostrando come l’AI non sia un soggetto autonomo ma un deposito del sapere umano ..

This is not a list of problems: it is a series of connections.

Five sections: experiences, competitors, urban air quality, the effects of pollution and, finally, action, structured in a logical progression that begins with ‘it can be done’ and concludes with ‘we must do it now’.

Disegnare e implementare un programma di promozione della salute comporta mettere in relazione evidenze scientifiche, strategie di intervento e sostenibilità dei risultati raggiunti. In questa ottica il marketing sociale sta diventando parte integrante delle strategie di promozione della salute.

Link all'articolo - Cultura e Salute Editore Perugia

🌍✨ 100 Seconds with Professor Jeff French: Social Marketing’s Role in Today’s Global Challenges ✨🌍
Q1. How can social marketing help defend human rights in a time when they are under threat?
Q2. what role can it play in tackling the global challenge of environmental sustainability?
🔗 Check out the interview below:
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... Yet one critical dimension of vulnerability remains under-recognised: the potential neurodevelopmental and neurobehavioral impacts on children living in polluted areas.

The climate emergency is escalating, yet Big Ag industry actors continue to push misleading narratives to undermine climate action as outlined in this briefing.

Vegetarian diets exclude meat and fish, and vegan diets further

exclude dairy products and eggs. Appropriately planned vegetarian

and vegan diets are considered to be healthful and

nutritionally adequate...

Link all'articolo

Pursuing environmental sustainability alongside health equity in research endeavors allows for a comprehensive examination of how social determinants intersect with environmental challenges to influence health inequalities. 

Ashley A. Anderson, Katie Abrams ...

Outdoor air quality has significant health effects for susceptible groups, such as outdoor workers. Identifying motivations for such audiences to seek information about air quality is important to inform evidence-based practices to protect health and well-being.

Studenti in cattedra: Marketing sociale - COMPASS Università di Bologna

"Comunicazione e Marketing Sociale per One Health" al corso di formazione manageriale "Sviluppo delle competenze tecniche-professionali, digitali e manageriali del personale del sistema sanitario (PNRR - M6 C2.2 c)" finanziato dall'Unione europea - NextGenerationEU.

During the Strategic Public Communication course at Carlo Bo University in Urbino, Professor Giuseppe Fattori gave a lecture on “Social marketing for health and the environment in the digital society”.
The lecture was preceded by an introduction by Professor Gea Ducci, who teaches the course.