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Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity

Ethical and Policy Issues

9780199964482
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Opis
Childhood obesity has become a central concern in many countries and a range of policies have been proposed or implemented to address it. This co-authored book is the first to focus on the complex set of ethical and policy issues that childhood obesity raises.Throughout the book, authors Kristin Voigt, Stuart G. Nicholls, and Garrath Williams emphasize that childhood obesity is a multi-faceted phenomenon, and just one of many issues that parents, schools and societies face. They argue that it is important to acknowledge the resulting complexities and not to think in terms single-issue policies. After first reviewing some of the factual uncertainties about childhood obesity, the authors explore central ethical questions. What priority should be given to preventing obesity? To what extent are parents responsible? How should we think about questions of stigma and inequality? In the second part of the book, the authors consider key policy issues, including the concept of the âobesogenic environment,â debates about taxation and marketing, and the role that schools can play inobesity prevention. The authors argue that political debate is needed to decide the importance given to childhood obesity and how to divide responsibilities for action. These debates have no simple answers. Nonetheless, the authors argue that there are reasons for hope. There are a wide range of opportunities for action. Many of these options also promise wider social benefits. This book provides a welcome re-appraisal of commonly-held beliefs about child obesity and misconceptions about what needs to be done. The authors expose the futility of holding parents responsible for childrens unhealthy behaviour, they challenge the assumption that education and family support will solve the problem, and they condemn the prejudice and stigma which surround the narrative of blame. The book shows convincingly how the causes of obesity - and the range of associated diseases -lie in the fabric of the modern market economy:: in the food supply which shapes our diets, the social and physical environment which encourages sedentary behaviour, and in the media which promote ever greater consumption. Obesity is not the problem:: it is the symptom of a more complex social andeconomic malaise encouraging poor health. The case for interventions by governments to promote health and wellbeing above crude economic growth is comprehensively proven. - Dr. Tim Lobstein, Director of Policy and Programmes, The International Association for the Study of Obesity and The International Obesity Task ForceA well-researched, highly critical, but carefully balanced examination of everyday assumptions about childhood obesity and its prevention from an intensely moral perspective. Although the authors demonstrate that no intervention is without ethical complications or effective entirely on its own, they call for immediate actions to reduce the stigma of childhood obesity, support parents, and create food environments healthier for children, adults, and the environment.- MarionNestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Szczegóły produktu
OUP USA
87271
9780199964482
9780199964482

Opis

Rok wydania
2014
Numer wydania
1
Oprawa
twarda
Liczba stron
260
Wymiary (mm)
156 x 235
Waga (g)
476
  • 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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