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Title: | Childhood Obesity and the Importance of Rights Discourse: A Way Forward for Public Health Practitioners | Contributor(s): | Simpson, C (author); Simpson, Brian Hendry (author) | Publication Date: | 2004 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1759 | Abstract: | Childhood obesity is a matter of ongoing concern and one that urgently needs to be addressed. Human rights discourse can be a powerful tool in the hands of public health practitioners and can provide another way forward to address this public health concern. The integration of discourses on human rights and children's rights provides a mechanism to construct public health problems - such as childhood obesity - as a legal problem. The importance of human rights discourse in the context of public health issues is in the manner in which it can be utilised outside formal legal structures. Recourse to principles of human rights and children's rights must inform practice and in doing so affect how society at large sees the need to address various public health matters. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Environmental Health, 4(1), p. 53-61 | Publisher: | Australian Institute of Environmental Health | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1444-5212 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 180119 Law and Society | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://journal.eh.org.au/abstract.php?display=153 http://ozisoftware.com/issues/EHJ4(1).pdf#page=52 |
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