An ethical framework for the prevention of overweight and obesity: a tool for thinking through a programme’s ethical aspects | Zendy

Marieke ten Have | Zendy; Agnes van der Heide | Zendy; Johan P. Mackenbach | Zendy; Inez D. de Beaufort | Zendy

Open Access

An ethical framework for the prevention of overweight and obesity: a tool for thinking through a programme’s ethical aspects

Author(s) -

Marieke ten Have,

Agnes van der Heide,

Johan P. Mackenbach,

Inez D. de Beaufort

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cks052

Subject(s) - overweight , psychosocial , obesity , psychology , public health , ethical issues , engineering ethics , medicine , nursing , engineering , psychotherapist

It is important to be aware of the ethical pitfalls in programmes to prevent overweight and obesity, such as stigmatization, blaming the victim and reinforcement of health inequalities. In this article, we present an ethical framework for facilitating a structured analysis to the extent to which a programme prevents overweight or obesity is ethically acceptable.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research