Ethical consideration in patients with obesity

  • Dian Permatasari South Tangerang City General Hospital
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25220/WNJ.V08.S1.0001
Keywords: obesity, ethical considerations, patients

Abstract

Obesity is an epidemic that is about to overwhelm the economic and health care structures of society. Obesity is a complex medical condition that has roots in genetic, environmental and social exposures that should not be attributed lack of willpower any more than other diseases. One in five adults, one in five children aged 5-12, and one in seven adolescents aged 13-18 in Indonesia are overweight or obese, according to estimates from the 2018 National Basic Health Research survey

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Submitted

2024-10-03
Published
2024-10-18
Issue
Vol. 8 No. S1 (2024): Selected conference proceedings of the Nutri Symposium 2024
Section
Articles

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