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<h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">About this episode:</h3> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Consumer products from auto makers to housing developers to streaming and food delivery services all have impacts on our health. In this episode: A look at the Building H Index, which calculates a health score for these products and services and makes recommendations to companies about how to make their products healthier. Note: Building H is a program of the nonprofit Public Health Institute and the Index does not receive any funds from the companies that are rated.</p> <h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true">Guest:</h3> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"><strong><a href= "https://www.buildingh.org/people" data-prosemirror-content-type= "mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="link">Steve Downs</a></strong> is a cofounder of the Building H Index.</p> <h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true">Host:</h3> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"><a href= "https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/1781/joshua-m-sharfstein" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name= "link"><strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong">Dr. Josh Sharfstein</strong></a> is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland’s Health Department.</p> <h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true">Show links and related content:</h3> <ul class="ak-ul" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="bulletList" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"><a href= "https://www.buildingh.org/index" data-prosemirror-content-type= "mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="link">Building H Index</a></p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"><a href= "https://www.phi.org/" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="link">Public Health Institute</a></p> </li> </ul> <h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true">Transcript information:</h3> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Looking for episode transcripts? 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