Résumés
Abstract
This case study considers the ethical defensibility of recommending weight loss as a treatment for patients with higher body mass indexes. Recommending weight loss may be motivated by clinicians’ biases toward people living in larger bodies, misperceptions about weight and its relevancy to overall health, and a failure to consider other ethical factors such as those related to equity and the social determinants of health.
Keywords:
- weight bias,
- weight stigma,
- weight inclusive,
- social determinants,
- weight cycling
Résumé
Cette étude de cas examine la défendabilité éthique de recommander la perte de poids comme traitement pour les patients ayant un indice de masse corporelle plus élevé. La recommandation d’une perte de poids peut être motivée par les préjugés des cliniciens à l’égard des personnes vivant dans des corps plus volumineux, par des perceptions erronées du poids et de sa pertinence pour la santé globale ainsi que par l’absence de prise en compte d’autres facteurs éthiques, tels que ceux liés à l’équité et aux déterminants sociaux de la santé.
Mots-clés :
- biais de poids,
- stigmatisation du poids,
- poids inclusif,
- déterminants sociaux,
- cycle du poids
Parties annexes
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