Medical Ethics Obesity

Medical Ethics Confronts Obesity | Journal …

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 …

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 …

Medicalizing Obesity: Individual, Economic, and Medical Consequences ...

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

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 …

Ethics and prevention of overweight and obesity: an …

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

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 schools or …

Obesity discrimination in healthcare

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

In fact, one 2015 study suggested that many adults with obesity are healthy and that 2–50% are “metabolically normal,” indicating a low risk of …

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: ethical dilemma and public health challenge

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

“The trends from 1962 to present in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey show that obesity rates increased from about 10 percent to just over …

Obesity Stigma: Important Considerations for Public Health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866597/

The stigmatization of obesity is pervasive, damaging, and threatens core public health values. Rates of overweight and obesity are as high as 76% for some groups in the …

The obesity epidemic: medical and ethical considerations

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-007-9002-0

Obesity is generally considered to be the result of a complex set of behavioural choices, most importantly decisions regarding nutrition and exercise. The rise …