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

Author: Voigt, Kristin, 1979- author.

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Descriptionviii, 251 pages ; 24 cm

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-236) and index.

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