Brands are designed to build relationships between consumers and the products, services, or organizations they represent by providing added value to their objects. Through brand promotion, consumers form associations with brands, which can become established and lead to a long-term relationship between the product, service or organization and consumer. Similarly, public health brands are the associations that individuals hold for health behaviours or lifestyles. Public health branding - building positive associations with healthy behaviours and lifestyle choices - is the primary strategy by...

Corporate social responsibility, the ultimate oxymoron, and its country cousin, cause related marketing, are just means of currying favour amongst our political leaders and further extending corporate power. So it is time to fight back. The book ends with a call to do just this.