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

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

viii, 251 pages ; 25 cm

Empirical uncertainty : some difficulties in placing obesity center stage -- 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.

Includes bibliographical references (199-236) and index.