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31 sty 2020 · Without considering aspects of responsibility, obesity management is severely compromised. There are at least two sides to personal responsibility: medicalizing obesity, which reduces it, and parental supervision, which emphasizes it, since fat children are at high risk for adult obesity (7).
27 wrz 2022 · In the last ten years or so, a handful of countries have recognised obesity as a disease, including the USA, which has one of the highest prevalence in the world. 1 Patients, healthcare professionals, and policymakers have contributed to this debate with strong arguments on both sides.
20 mar 2024 · More than 1 billion people are now living with obesity, a new study finds, as global food systems and technology have led to changes in what and how much we eat. Obesity is a form of malnutrition and can lead to a range of non-communicable diseases.
Obesity as a disease: a white paper on evidence and arguments commissioned by the Council of the Obesity Society. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Jun;16 (6):1161-77. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.231. Epub 2008 May 8. Authors.
8 maj 2008 · three broad classes of argument as to whether obesity is rightly classified as a disease. The first, the scientific approach, pro-ceeds in two conceptually simple steps: i) identify the characteristics that entities must have to be considered diseases and ii) examine empirical evidence to deter-mine whether obesity possesses those characteristics.
4 mar 2020 · People with obesity commonly face a pervasive, resilient form of social stigma. They are often subject to discrimination in the workplace as well as in educational and healthcare settings.
Evidence is accumulating that a weight-neutral, nutrition- and physical activity–based, Health at Every Size (HAES) approach may be a promising chronic-disease prevention, and overall well-being, strategy.
