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Childhood obesity : ethical and policy issues / Kristin Voigt, Stuart G. Nicholls, and Garrath Williams.

By: Voigt, Kristin, 1979- [author.].
Contributor(s): Nicholls, Stuart G [author.] | Williams, Garrath [author.].
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2014Description: viii, 251 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780199964482 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Obesity | Child | Ethics | Health Education | Health PolicyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 618.92/398
Contents:
Empirical uncertainty : some difficulties in placing obesity centerstage -- Normative uncertainty : what do we want from policies to address childhood obesity -- Childhood obesity and parental responsibility -- Childhood obesity interventions, equity and social justice -- Stigma and weight bias : implications for childhood obesity interventions -- Childhood obesity and the "obesogenic environment" -- Price policies as strategies for obesity prevention -- Responding to food marketing targeted at children : regulation, social marketing and media literacy -- Schools and childhood obesity -- Childhood obesity : some practical implications.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-236) and index.

Empirical uncertainty : some difficulties in placing obesity centerstage -- Normative uncertainty : what do we want from policies to address childhood obesity -- Childhood obesity and parental responsibility -- Childhood obesity interventions, equity and social justice -- Stigma and weight bias : implications for childhood obesity interventions -- Childhood obesity and the "obesogenic environment" -- Price policies as strategies for obesity prevention -- Responding to food marketing targeted at children : regulation, social marketing and media literacy -- Schools and childhood obesity -- Childhood obesity : some practical implications.

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