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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Crawford, Patricia B. ; Gosliner, Wendi ; Kayman, Harvey
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Description:
Schools may have an ethical obligation to act in response to the precipitous increase in the incidence of obesity among children. Using a bioethics framework, we present a rationale for school programs to improve the nutritional quality of students' diets. Because children are required to spend half their waking hours in school and because they consume a substantial portion of their daily food there, school is a logical focus for efforts to encourage healthy dietary behaviors to prevent obesity and its consequent individual and collective costs. We suggest that beyond strategic considerations, the concept of the common good justifies actions that may appear to conflict with freedom of choice of children, parents, and school staff, or with the interests of food and beverage companies.
Subject:
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Child
Child Behavior
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Epidemics
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Promotion
Human Rights
Humans
Legislation, Food
Obesity
Principle-Based Ethics
Schools
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Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 2011; 8(5).
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
Main Document Checksum:
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