Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Obesity is a complex chronic illness of adiposity, yet body weight and obesity are routinely conflated in public health wording and policy design. This paper examines a recent recommendation from the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) to combat obesity via the routine collection and discussion of weight and height data of all school-aged children in the country. The obesity-specific ethical framework developed by ten Have and colleagues (2013) has been used to critique the ACN proposal, and to propose a shift away from weighing people, particularly young people, in health promotion activities for obesity.
Source: Public Health Ethics
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phaf021
Author: Cal Paterson
Institution: UNSW Sydney
Language: English
Topic: Obesity and Health Practices
Subfield: Pharmacy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,499
OpenAlex ID: W4416439167