This book is the first to focus 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 marketing to children.
This book is the first to focus 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 marketing to children.
Kristin Voigt is an Assistant Professor at McGill University, jointly appointed in the Department of Philosophy and the Institute for Health and Social Policy. Her research focuses on egalitarian theories of distributive justice and the links between philosophy and social policy. Stuart Nicholls is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Epidemiology & Community Medicine, University of Ottawa. His research broadly considers socio-ethical issues in public health, with a particular interest in population screening. Garrath Williams lectures in philosophy at Lancaster University, UK. He studied philosophy, politics and health care ethics at Manchester University, and continues to research in all three areas. He has a special interest in the philosophy of responsibility, and participates in collaborative European research on children and health.
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* Introduction * Part I * Chapter 1: Empirical Uncertainty: Some Difficulties in Placing Obesity Centerstage * Chapter 2: Normative Uncertainty: What Do We Want From Policies to Address Childhood Obesity * Chapter 3: Childhood Obesity and Parental Responsibility * Chapter 4: Childhood Obesity Interventions, Equity and Social Justice * Chapter 5: Stigma and Weight Bias: Implications for Childhood Obesity Interventions * Part II * Chapter 6: Childhood Obesity and the 'Obesogenic Environment' * Chapter 7: Price Policies as Strategies for Obesity Prevention * Chapter 8: Responding to Food Marketing Targeted at Children: Regulation, Social Marketing and Media Literacy * Chapter 9: Schools and Childhood Obesity * Conclusion: Childhood Obesity: Some Practical Implications * References
* Introduction * Part I * Chapter 1: Empirical Uncertainty: Some Difficulties in Placing Obesity Centerstage * Chapter 2: Normative Uncertainty: What Do We Want From Policies to Address Childhood Obesity * Chapter 3: Childhood Obesity and Parental Responsibility * Chapter 4: Childhood Obesity Interventions, Equity and Social Justice * Chapter 5: Stigma and Weight Bias: Implications for Childhood Obesity Interventions * Part II * Chapter 6: Childhood Obesity and the 'Obesogenic Environment' * Chapter 7: Price Policies as Strategies for Obesity Prevention * Chapter 8: Responding to Food Marketing Targeted at Children: Regulation, Social Marketing and Media Literacy * Chapter 9: Schools and Childhood Obesity * Conclusion: Childhood Obesity: Some Practical Implications * References
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