Ethical, Stigma, and Policy Implications of Food Addiction: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: The concept of food addiction has generated much controversy. In comparison to research examining the construct of food addiction and its validity, relatively little research has examined the broader implications of food addiction. The purpose of the current scoping review was to examine the potential ethical, stigma, and health policy implications of food addiction. Major themes were identified in the literature, and extensive overlap was identified between several of the themes. Ethics sub-themes related primarily to individual responsibility and included: (i) personal control, will power, and choice; and (ii) blame and weight bias. Stigma sub-themes included: (i) the impact on self-stigma and stigma from others, (ii) the differential impact of substance use disorder versus behavioral ad

SUBMITTER: Cassin SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6521112 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature