Medical Ethics And Obesity

Medical Ethics Confronts Obesity

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/medical-ethics-confronts-obesity

Medical Ethics Confronts Obesity For decades, physicians and the public alike viewed lack of willpower as the primary cause of obesity. Physicians could do little more than counsel lifestyle …

Ethical Considerations for the Care of Patients With Obesity

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2019/01/ethical-considerations-for-the-care-of-patients-with-obesity

Ethical Considerations for the Care of Patients With Obesity Recommendations and Conclusions. Obesity is a medical condition and should be treated as such. …

Obesity, Stigma And Discrimination

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554571/

Obesity is a complex medical disease and a significant public health issue in the United States as it has become a …

Medicalizing Obesity: Individual, Economic, and Medical …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medicalizing-obesity-individual-economic-and-medical-consequences/2011-12

Ethics and prevention of overweight and obesity: an …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21545391/

Abstract. Efforts to counter the rise in overweight and obesity, such as taxes on certain foods and beverages, limits to commercial advertising, a ban on chocolate drink at …

Ethical Issues for Public Health Approaches to Obesity

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26627490/

Obesity is a major public health concern worldwide. Because individual-level interventions have been unsuccessful at curbing obesity rates, there is an emphasis on …

Obesity, equity and choice | Journal of Medical Ethics

https://jme.bmj.com/content/45/5/323

Abstract. Obesity is often considered a public health crisis in rich countries that might be alleviated by preventive regulations such as a sugar tax or limiting the density of fast food …

Obesity discrimination in healthcare

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/obesity-discrimination-in-healthcare

Although research does show a correlation between having obesity and certain health risk factors, not everyone with obesity is unhealthy. In fact, one 2015 study suggested that many …

Obesity: ethical dilemma and public health challenge

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2013/september/obesity-ethical-dilemma-public-health-challenge/

Obesity: ethical dilemma and public health challenge. In spring 2013, faculty members from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health …

Ethical issues in obesity interventions for populations

https://www.phrp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NB12062.pdf

Ethical issues in obesity interventions for populations Craig L. Fry Health Ethics and Policy, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Email: [email protected] …