Childhood obesity : ethical and policy issues

Childhood obesity : ethical and policy issues / Kristin Voigt, Stuart G. Nicholls, and Garrath Williams.

This text focuses on the ethical and policy issues raised by childhood obesity. The authors, whose backgrounds are in philosophy, epidemiology, and community medicine, address topics including: parental responsibility; equity, stigma and discrimination; proposals to tax foods and drinks; and marketi...

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Main Authors: Voigt, Kristin, 1979- (Author), Nicholls, Stuart G. (Author), Williams, Garrath (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Obesity in children.
Obesity in children > Moral and ethical aspects > Developed countries.
Medical policy > Developed countries.
Children.
Infants.
Medical ethics.
Obesity.
Health education.
Medical policy.
Human beings.
children (people by age group)
infants.
Homo sapiens (species)
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Obesity
Medical ethics
Infants
Health education
Children
Medical policy
Obesity in children
Developed countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Major Ethical Topics. Empirical uncertainty: some difficulties in placing obesity center stage ; Normative uncertainty: what do we want from policies to address childhood obesity? ; Childhood obesity and parental responsibility ; Childhood obesity interventions, equity, and social justice ; Stigma and weight bias: implications for childhood obesity interventions
  • Policy Domains. Childhood obesity and the "obesogenic environment" ; Price policies as strategies for obesity prevention ; Responding to food marketing targeted at children: regulation, social marketing, and media literacy ; Schools and childhood obesity ; Conclusion: Childhood obesity: some practical implications.

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