Medical Ethics Obese Children

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

ABSTRACT: Obesity is a medical condition that may be associated with bias among health care professionals, and this bias may result in disrespectful or inadequate care of patients with obesity. Obstetrician–gynecologists regularly care for patients with obesity and play …

Medical Ethics Confronts Obesity | Journal of Ethics

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 change and treat the serious …

Does Pediatric Obesity Indicate Child Neglect? | Journal of Ethics ...

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/does-pediatric-obesity-indicate-child-neglect/2010-04

Ethical Issues in Treating Childhood Obesity

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/children-the-table/201704/ethical-issues-in-treating-childhood-obesity

Children with obesity need even more vigilance by the doctors and nurses to prevent further harm and suffering. In her paper entitled, “Ethical Issues in Pediatric Bariatric Surgery,” Caniano...

Bariatric surgery for obese children and ... - BMC Medical Ethics

https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6939-14-18

Obesity in children and adolescents is associated with serious health consequences, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance/diabetes, fatty liver …

Obesity, Stigma And Discrimination - StatPearls

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

Obesity is the most common cause of youth to experience bullying and teasing at school. [5] [10] [11] Medical professionals, including physicians, dietitians, nurses, and medical students, have been found to …

Ethical considerations in the treatment of childhood obesity

https://www.dovepress.com/ethical-considerations-in-the-treatment-of-childhood-obesity-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-MB

Parents of obese children are inadvertently categorized by at least one of three situations: they have failed to seek treatment for their child’s obesity-related concerns, they have …

Overweight and Obesity - Childhood Obesity | NHLBI, NIH

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/overweight-and-obesity/childhood-obesity

Children with obesity are more likely to develop other serious health problems, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. They are also more likely to suffer …

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 public health …

Ethics and prevention of overweight and obesity: an inventory

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 …