ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2015
In a class of their own: the Danish public considers obesity less deserving of treatment compared with smoking-related diseases.
Article in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Does weight-related stigmatisation and discrimination depend on educational attainment and level of income? A systematic review.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
- Stigma Toward Bariatric Surgery in the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom: Protocol for a Cross-cultural Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Weigh More, Pay More? Public Opinion on Varying Health Insurance Contributions among Divergent Weight Groups.Obesity facts · 2019Article
- Should Europe follow the US and declare obesity a disease?: a discussion of the so-called utilitarian argument.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2017Review
- Obesity Genes, Personalized Medicine, and Public Health Policy.Current obesity reports · 2015Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesThis study examined public support for publicly funded treatment of obesity (weight-loss surgery and medical treatment) and two pulmonary diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer) in Denmark. It also investigated whether beliefs about the causes of lifestyle-related diseases (external environment, genetic disposition and lack of willpower) and agreement that 'people lack responsibility for their life and welfare' influenced support. SUBJECTS/
methodsThis was a questionnaire study in which a sample of 1003 Danes (age 18-65 years) drawn from an Internet database were surveyed.
resultsApproximately one in three supported publicly funded weight-loss surgery (30%) and medical treatment of obesity (34.4%). A large majority supported treatment for lung cancer (86.1%), and a clear majority also supported treatment for COPD, whether it was framed as 'smoker's lung' (61.9%) or COPD (71.2%). The belief that lifestyle-related diseases are caused by the external environment or genetic disposition did not systematically influence support. Agreement that 'people lack responsibility for their life and welfare' reduced support significantly for all treatment types. However, in contrast with pulmonary diseases, support for publicly funded obesity treatments decreased considerably when beliefs about individual failure (that is that people lack 'willpower' and 'individual responsibility') were detected.
conclusionsSupport for publicly funded COPD and lung cancer treatment is considerably higher than that for obesity treatment. This could encourage institutional discrimination through policies that involve charging patients for the treatment of obesity but not for the treatment of other lifestyle-related diseases.
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